Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins (PSP)

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Originally Posted by dhowerter

Any particualr maneuvers / moves in this game that would be difficult to pull off because of those control problems?

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It's more the way it feels than any real inadequecies. Diagonals aren't required (I don't think), which is good since PSP's diagonals are awful.

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Originally Posted by sleeveboy

If you can live with the PS2's dpad, you can live with this.

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No one really believes that the PSP d-pad is only just as bad as the Dual Shock, do they? Dual Shock pad is pretty blah but PSP's d-pad is insufferable.

I'm working on bitching about a controller being a bannable offense.

Work on being MarkRyan being a bannable offense first.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Work on being MarkRyan being a bannable offense first.

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Seriously, what gives lately? I don't recall kicking any dogs or accidentally killing anyone's mother. Did I wrong you somehow? Do you need a hug?

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

1. It really doesnt matter how much it costs to make. It's not really the customer's problem how much they spent to make it. Do you really base game purchasing decisions on how much coin they dropped to build it? In any case, UGnG's production values seem to be pretty high.

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Of course it matters. As an example, Microsoft didn't just say "$60 for new games, take it or leave it." Knowing consumers don't like feeling ripped off, and need to be able to tell themselves something is "worth the money", Microsoft went out of their way to make excuses for the higher price point they introduced with the 360, the main one being higher development costs.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

But like I said, if a game is ultra-thin or skimpy I won't be spending $40 on it, PC, console, handheld. The fact that its a handheld doesn't matter at all.

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I feel the same.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

3. Again, doesn't matter. I mean, with a 360 you can play games on a 50" plasma in 720p so the $60 price is justified? Of course not.

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First of all, the $60 price for 360 games is gouging (I don't buy the "higher development costs" line for a minute. They were gambling on the market being able to bear the higher price point, plain and simple, and so far, it looks like their gamble is paying off). But I never said, just because a game can be played on a TV, it's worth $60. I said, if a game *has* to be played on a 3-inch screen, it sure as hell shouldn't be priced the same as one I can enjoy in my Home Theater (I personally don't have a "Home Theater" per se, but the point remains).

Bottom line: I feel $40 is too much for a portable game, and, with the occasional exception (i.e. the aforementioned bouts of weakness), vote by not buying them. $30 is fine, perfect. $35 is pushing it. $40 is too much, that's my line. (And lol at $50 GTA PSP.)

All this being said, I feel an episode of extreme weakness coming on, and will probably buy UG'nG this weekend (but with a BB GGC, which will bring it down to $35).

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

Seriously, what gives lately? I don't recall kicking any dogs or accidentally killing anyone's mother. Did I wrong you somehow? Do you need a hug?

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:lol: His opinion of you hasn't changed in the years from you posting here.

Anyway, I was watching the 8/18 1up show and they showed a lot of video of this and it is a stunning looking game in motion (music sounds great too). Just by looking at the parts they showed I can tell this game would make me throw a PSP through a window.

I would pick up UGnG for this price if i could justify the cash for the price of a PSP.

Just got it! Will give it a whirl after work.

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

No one really believes that the PSP d-pad is only just as bad as the Dual Shock, do they?

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So, uh, what's the difference? Since aside from the PSP's being see-through they're the same thing and all.

Now, if you want to say the overall ergonomics are shittier on the PSP, you've got something.

The music in this game is awsome too. It really needs to be listened to with headphones.