drahkon Posted yesterday at 09:04 AM Posted yesterday at 09:04 AM 13 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: my other consoles So...guess it's time to rename "Nintendo Gaming" to "Other Consoles" Man, Final Fantasy X is so freaking good. Probably the best turn-based battle system ever made! 2
Dcubed Posted yesterday at 02:10 PM Author Posted yesterday at 02:10 PM (edited) 15 hours ago, Julius said: With the 30th anniversary upon us, curious if anyone's got some interesting memories to share, or perhaps a ranking of the PlayStation consoles – not necessarily by library, but by what they mean to you? I was quite late in getting into Playstation platforms myself, though I did start with the PS1. Growing up, I was naturally a Nintendo kid, but my friends did have a Mega Drive and a PS1; so I did live that experience vicariously to some extent. But I didn't actually own a PS1 until the early 2000s (think it was early 2004 when I got my one). I was older, had more money and was now in a position where I could and wanted to experience a wider world of gaming, so I went ahead and got my hands on a PS1 alongside some of its biggest and most well known titles like Final Fantasy 7-9, Metal Gear Solid etc. Loved them (Well, except for FF8, hate that one to bits ), though my physical PS1 collection would remain reletively small and my time spent exploring the PS1's library in-depth wouldn't come until a few years later... when the vast majority of the PS1's most noteworthy releases would end up getting released at far more affordable prices via the PS3's PSN service (more on that in a bit). It wouldn't be long until I got my hands on a PS2 though. The GCN was winding down by early 2005, with a pretty barren looking software schedule, the PS2 slim had just been released (a much nicer model than the awful Atari-Reject Fat PS2 design), and I really liked the look of the then-upcoming Shadow of The Collosus and God of War. The time felt right for me to jump in and catch up on the PS2's library of heavy hitting exclusives. Not only that, but PS2 would also go on to be my very first imported home console (I had previously imported various handhelds, but this would be a first as far as home consoles go); which I imported from the US for that oh so glorious 60hz output. And it was pretty great! Thoroughly enjoyed the likes of DMC 1 & 3 (With DMC 2 becoming the PS2's equivalent to FF8 for me ), FF10, MGS 2 & 3, Silent Hill 2 & 3, Okami, Tales of The Abyss etc... and of course, God of War & SOTC did not disappoint. The PS2 came into my house at just the right time, keeping me happily playing up until the 360/PS3/Wii came out and all three entering my living room... Speaking of which... The PS3 was the first Playstation console I bought on launch day. Now working a job, I could afford all three consoles this time around... no regrets about buying the US import 60GB model on day 1. While the initial software lineup didn't have all that much to get excited about, I had a blast using it to play my PS1 and PS2 libraries; as well as the array of smaller PSN only releases in the console's early days, like Calling All Cars. Bigger and more exciting games would come later of course, but my best memories with the PS3 actually lie with its vast array of PS1 and PS2 re-releases. I went ham on buying up all the PS1 re-releases I could; absolutely loving the likes of Castlevania SOTN and Chronicles, Silent Hill, The Adventures of Little Ralph, Thunderforce 5, Einhander, Vagrant Story and Xenogears. And many of the best PS2 games would go on to get HD remasters and emulated re-releases, such as God Hand, Zone of the Enders, Sly Cooper, Gradius 5 and Maximo. Eventually, big releases like Metal Gear Solid 4, Little Big Planet, and God of War 3 would finally hit, but the later years of the console would also make way for some surprise smaller hits as well like 3D Dot Game Heroes, Project Diva f 1 & 2, and Puppeteer; all which I thoroughly enjoyed. Ultimately, my tastes were becoming less aligned with the route that Sony was taking with their titles though, so I didn't end up jumping in on the PS4 until... The Last Guardian came back out of nowhere at E3 2015. The long anticipated follow up to Ico and Shadow of the Collosus was easily my most wanted PS3 game, and I was crushed that it never happened. So when TLG finally resurfaced as a PS4 exclusive, I had no choice. I went out and bought a PS4 slim for this one game and one game only. It did not disappoint, easily justifying the console purchase for that game alone. I ultimately didn't really get anything else for the PS4 outside of the SOTC remake afterwards, as I had basically lost interest in Sony's first party lineup by that point; and the gaming world had since transitioned into a multiplatform landscape, where everything got released on everything (or at least ended up on PC). And by this point, I had swapped over to being Nintendo/PC only. And the PS5 remains unpurchased. But that's not all to tell of my Playstation tale, as there are two other platforms I need to mention... Like with the PS1 and PS2, I was a bit late getting into the PSP. But it was the release of God of War: Chains of Olympus that got me to finally take the plunge. I'm glad I did, as it ended up developing a very respectable library of its own that resembled a nice middle ground between the PS1 and PS2. Games like Lumines, Ultimate Ghosts N' Goblins, Dissidia, Monster Hunter Freedom 2, Locoroco, Tactics Ogre: LUCT, MGS Peace Walker and the myriad of retro compilations made for a nice contrast and counterbalance against the DS' library. Thoroughly enjoyable stuff; though I was never the biggest fan of the hardware itself (the buttons and form-factor were never the most comfortable, and the UMDs meant long loading times and poor battery life)... that would eventually be fixed... I got a Playstation Vita on day 1, and it was the best PSP I ever owned. It had basically fuck all in terms of its own exclusive libary (I had Lumines: Electronic Symphony and that was basically it), but it was a killer PSP! Fixing basically every issue I had with the original PSP hardware, I played the shit out of all my PSP games on that thing! Lovely hardware, but a damn shame that its library ended up being so utterly anaemic. While it did end up being a popular device amongst indie game developers, sadly it doesn't have much of a legacy of its own, as it ended up being a dumping ground for ports that would end up on Switch eventually anyway; erasing any need for its own existence. Still, it's a phenomenal device for playing PSP games on! With the above in mind. Here is how I rank the various Playstation consoles... 1st: Playstation 2 2nd: Playstation 1 3rd: Playstation Portable 4th: Playstation 3 5th: Playstation 4 6th: Playstation 5 7th: Playstation Vita Edited yesterday at 02:18 PM by Dcubed 1
Hero-of-Time Posted yesterday at 05:48 PM Posted yesterday at 05:48 PM Loving the 30th anniversary PS Stars challenges. Getting a little memory card and Polygon Man rewards are great. I wish they would do something more substantial with the service. The thing still isn't even integrated to your console. Saying that, given the problems they have had getting it run correctly on a mobile app, it's probably for the best that they stay the hell away from the PS5.
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