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One thing I've always liked about the click system for console games is the room for error. It really makes course management important and brings back the risk/reward aspect.Spooky wrote:Well, I am officially back to being a fan of the 3-click swing system.
I've never liked swinging with an analog stick on a control pad. There just is not the same room for error simply due to the design of the current control pads. Most of the time with an analog stick its either a perfect hit or wildly off line. The variability with the swing is just not there. With the 3-click system there is a much wider range of shot results.Spooky wrote:Well, I am officially back to being a fan of the 3-click swing system. It's funny...after playing years of the analog swing system games, I thought that the 3-click was so out of date. But now, after going back, I feel that it is a better interface. Perhaps it is just because it is something different and new feeling again, but I am more immersed than with the analog swing in Tiger.
Holy crap...you consider the NBA game excellent? Eesh..you've got some low standards. That game is GARBAGE.OmflShark wrote:I am in 7th heaven! I now own an excellent baseball, golf, and nba game for my PSP.
I bought Forza last night and it felt very strange playing the Xbox. Since I purchased the PSP I have played about 4 hours on the Xbox. I'm not going to sell my Xbox, but if someone stole it I probably wouldn't even notice. Now that MLB PS2 has been replaced by the PSP version and GT4 replaced by Forza, I can safely sell my PS2. I only have 2 left games for it anyway and one is 2 years old (NCAA 2004).HipE wrote:BTW, I'm enjoying my PSP more and more every day. It really has replaced console gaming for me so far.
I agree with everything you said. I haven't turned on my Ps2 in forever although I still game on my Xbox. Now if there had been a portable Xbox...Leebo33 wrote:I was worried about becoming a gaming-aholic when I purchased a PSP, but it has really been the opposite. Gaming has become much less important in my life because I can casually play at times when it is convenient for me and my family rather than be locked into only gaming after my wife goes to bed (10-10:30 PM) and being a zombie at work and home. I used to be a "binge gamer" and it wouldn't be uncommon for me to stay up until 2 or 3 AM on a weekend night just to get gaming time in. Now I can play a little here and there or get a lot of gaming time in when I travel and then stay on a normal schedule when I get back home.
I have enjoyed all of the consoles I've ever owned, but the PSP was the best gaming purchase I have ever made and it will only get better as more games come out and improvements are made to the next round of games.
Yes I was talking about NBA Street. The other NBA game is horrible.dbdynsty25 wrote:Holy crap...you consider the NBA game excellent? Eesh..you've got some low standards. That game is GARBAGE.OmflShark wrote:I am in 7th heaven! I now own an excellent baseball, golf, and nba game for my PSP.
Now, if you're talking about NBA Street, then I may agree, it is pretty good, but the NBA game, yuck.
I think the PSP will be a perfect fit for me when I go off to college next year. I don't think I will have a lot of two to three hour blocks of gaming time, but I should be able to find 15 minutes here and there for gaming. I have one question, does the PSP have wireless internet? Because my parents are thinking about buying me some sort of handheld device (like a Palm Pilot, or whatever..) that I can check the weather, scores, etc. on. Does the PSP have this capability, because if it does, then I might just ask for one of those.Leebo33 wrote:
I was worried about becoming a gaming-aholic when I purchased a PSP, but it has really been the opposite. Gaming has become much less important in my life because I can casually play at times when it is convenient for me and my family rather than be locked into only gaming after my wife goes to bed (10-10:30 PM) and being a zombie at work and home. I used to be a "binge gamer" and it wouldn't be uncommon for me to stay up until 2 or 3 AM on a weekend night just to get gaming time in. Now I can play a little here and there or get a lot of gaming time in when I travel and then stay on a normal schedule when I get back home.
I have enjoyed all of the consoles I've ever owned, but the PSP was the best gaming purchase I have ever made and it will only get better as more games come out and improvements are made to the next round of games.
No it doesn't. It may in the future with software upgrades/hacks but don't count on it.Herbsinator wrote:I have one question, does the PSP have wireless internet? Because my parents are thinking about buying me some sort of handheld device (like a Palm Pilot, or whatever..) that I can check the weather, scores, etc. on. Does the PSP have this capability, because if it does, then I might just ask for one of those.
You can get online using some sort of browser that is built in to the Wipeout:Pure game. A guy here at work uses it and reads his favourite sites using wireless net at a bar he hangs at.dbdynsty25 wrote:No it doesn't. It may in the future with software upgrades/hacks but don't count on it.Herbsinator wrote:I have one question, does the PSP have wireless internet? Because my parents are thinking about buying me some sort of handheld device (like a Palm Pilot, or whatever..) that I can check the weather, scores, etc. on. Does the PSP have this capability, because if it does, then I might just ask for one of those.
If Tiger had the same load times and quick play, Tiger would win. Hot Shots however, is just so much more polished that I had to give the nod to it. I "Kept It" through gamefly and sold Tiger yesterday on ebay. Tiger is just way too slow when you can see what Hot Shots can do with load times.Leebo33 wrote:If Tiger Woods had the same load times as Hot Shots, which game would you be playing?
I haven't even unlocked any new courses yet, but am nowhere close to being bored with the game. I'm not that great at golf games to begin with so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but Hot Shots has been perfect for me. I can get a quick 9 holes in almost anywhere I go, it's fun as hell, and I have just enough success to keep me coming back for more. I knocked in a pin-shot eagle from 160+ yards out yesterday and must've replayed it 10 times before moving onto the next hole.Leebo33 wrote:Any updated impressions? Are you bored with the one or two courses you have unlocked yet? Do you think you will get bored with only 6 courses in total?
This game would be a no-brainer for me with "pass and play" multiplayer, but I'm not sold on the game yet.
If Tiger Woods had the same load times as Hot Shots, which game would you be playing?
What did you get for Tiger on Ebay? I'm still trying to dump mine and I don't know if I should take what Gamestop's offering or try and milk what I can out of it on Ebay or Half.comdbdynsty25 wrote:If Tiger had the same load times and quick play, Tiger would win. Hot Shots however, is just so much more polished that I had to give the nod to it. I "Kept It" through gamefly and sold Tiger yesterday on ebay. Tiger is just way too slow when you can see what Hot Shots can do with load times.Leebo33 wrote:If Tiger Woods had the same load times as Hot Shots, which game would you be playing?
That's too bad. I timed the load times in Tiger Woods last night just for the hell of it to see how much time is wasted and they ranged from 20 to 36 seconds between holes. So on average there are 8-10 minutes of wasted time during every round. Times that by dozens/hundreds of rounds and that is a lot of sitting around. Cut that down to 5-10 second waits between holes and it would be worth it to me for the real courses/realtime swing. Hopefully, they will fix it next year.dbdynsty25 wrote:If Tiger had the same load times and quick play, Tiger would win. Hot Shots however, is just so much more polished that I had to give the nod to it.
Yeah, I hear ya. The good thing about Hot Shots is that there is like 1-2 seconds between holes. You can seriously finish a round in less than 20 min...which is perfect for the handheld. If I want to play a real round of golf, I will just play the PC version (which is superior anyway).Leebo33 wrote:Cut that down to 5-10 second waits between holes and it would be worth it to me for the real courses/realtime swing. Hopefully, they will fix it next year.
I'm only on the 2nd course but if the design of the 4 remaining courses is as brilliant as the 2nd I have no problem at all with 6 courses. I've had to use more shot making skill on the 2nd course in Hot Shots than I ever had to make with all of the courses on Tiger PSP combined.Leebo33 wrote:Any updated impressions? Are you bored with the one or two courses you have unlocked yet? Do you think you will get bored with only 6 courses in total?
This game would be a no-brainer for me with "pass and play" multiplayer, but I'm not sold on the game yet.
If Tiger Woods had the same load times as Hot Shots, which game would you be playing?
Yes. I played on a friends PSP a few days ago. He as 5 courses unlocked. I played either the 4th or 5th course (not sure) from the back tees and was destroyed in a CPU match play game.Leebo33 wrote: Does the game get substantially harder once you progress?
