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March 14, 2006 6:51 AM

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Looks like the PSP is finally getting some good additions to its game library. I never regretted getting the system, I've spent a lot more time on it than the DS but there's no denying the lineup was pretty average to weak so far (Burnout Legends, SOCOM and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories being post-release highlights). Might have to pick up Daxter or Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror soon.

Movie: That son of a bitch took my pants

Maarten Goldstein

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- Iscariot47
  
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  March 14, 2006 6:53 AM
  
  Wait and see if the redeisgn rumor is actually true.
- mancide
  
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  March 14, 2006 6:54 AM
  
  Wait and see if the fix 6 minute and 30 second load times.
  - Maarten Goldstein
    
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    March 14, 2006 7:00 AM
    
    oh come on, thats horse shit. the load times really arent all that bad.
    - redfive
      
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      March 14, 2006 7:01 AM
      
      the one wrestling game sported that though. I'm sure it's not with all games however.
      - sigpro
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:04 AM
        
        nope gta loads in about 30-45 sec from a dead turn on. In game you are looking at maybe 10 sec load times between cities, and there is a shit ton of stuff it's loading
      - FormerHPB
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:06 AM
        
        and honestly, IT'S WRESTLING! THOSE FANS NEED THE EXTRA TIME TO THINK ANYWAYS!
      - Entity
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:28 AM
        
        Smackdown and Ridge Racer are 2 examples of some really shitty loading issues, much like KoTOR was for the XBox. It's about how the developer handles things. Not the system's fault the developer screwed the pooch.
      - ieGod
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:36 AM
        
        Who really plays wrestling games anyway?
        
        Entity
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:37 AM
        
        They can actually be quite fun, since they removed the endless button mashing of the SNES-era games.
    - Pneum0
      
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      March 14, 2006 7:08 AM
      
      They are annoying if your using it as a portable gaming device. It takes at least a couple minutes to get into Hawk Underground, Wipeout, and GripShift. It's not as bad if your sitting around the house, but if i'm doing that.. I wouldn't be using my PSP anyway. Very noticable if your used to nintendo's portable offerings.
    - dextius
      
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      March 14, 2006 7:19 AM
      
      but it is BAD. The only game I can stomach is Lumines. I'm going to buy Katamari next week.. And this will be the deak breaker for me. If this game has the same issues the others have had, I'm done with it. (getting Metroid Hunters and Tetris DS on the same day, so it should be interesting)..
      
      I think load times is the reason why I don't play mine as much.. I can pull out the DS, and get a quick run on mario kart in with very little effort.. and if it pisses me off, I can shut it off and turn it back on if I don't feel like going through the menu..
      
      I guess I regret the purchase from a gaming aspect, but it's a very capable movie player, with awesome emulator support. (gah! will Katamari upgrade my psp to 2.0+ ? (running 1.5 right now)
      - FormerHPB
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:25 AM
        
        I don't think load times are bad at all. You have to consider how much higher quality the textures/etc are on the PSP compared to the DS. Look at Burnout Legends and compare it to Mario Kart DS. Night and day in the graphics department. That's like saying Q2 loads instantly on my PC while Quake 4 takes forever. There's a reason load times are going to be higher.
        
        Pneum0
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:28 AM
        
        The reason is the DS is using a cartidge and the PSP uses a disc.
        
        redfive
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:30 AM
        
        you would have to introduce this fact as well then, they should be able to introduce hardware to solve that loading problem when the games are first released.
        
        I can understand 3 years down the road as the games become better but on release?
        
        FormerHPB
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:40 AM
        
        I have like 10 games for the PSP and not one of them has bad load times IMO. I've seen that video for the wrestling game, but I don't have first hand knowledge of it. But SOCOM and GTA which I would expect to have the longest load times because of the vast areas you can explore aren't bad at all. I honestly expected longer load times for those 2 games.
        
        raija
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:42 AM
        
        People make way to big of a deal of the load times. Come on people. It's 2006 and we've been doing disc-based games for over a decade now. Yeah they load slower. Sometimes there are going to be weird extremes, like that wrestling game, but 20-40 seconds is not that much of your life!
        
        ieGod
        
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        March 14, 2006 8:04 AM
        
        I think it is on a portable, where an emphasizes should be placed on quick playability. I don't want to have to wait 30-40 seconds of my potential five minute ride. Nintendo recognizes this and has made a good decision sticking with cartridge based media so far.
        
        That's the way I feel anyway. I could be way off in assuming most people also expect that. I suppose this is why I still play Tetris on my Gameboy color.
        
        ieGod
        
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        March 14, 2006 8:04 AM
        
        By ride I meant bus ride.
        
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        March 14, 2006 8:26 AM
        
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      - sinistarfith
        
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        March 14, 2006 7:37 AM
        
        and if it pisses me off, I can shut it off and turn it back on if I don't feel like going through the menu..
        
        Nobody told you that you can do the same with the PSP? I do this constantly with my games. All you have to do is slide the power switch up momentarily and let it go - the PSP will go into sleep/standby and will return you to the exact point you were before when you turn it back on.
        
        I've seen a few people tout this as some great feature of the DS over the PSP, but both do it.
      - Totenjaeger
        
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        March 14, 2006 8:23 AM
        
        No. It will only upgrade your PSP if you ask it to.
    - lakren
      
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      March 14, 2006 8:28 AM
      
      I saw one game on my cousin's psp, midnight club 3. the loading was absolutely goddamn ridiculous, it would load EVERYTHING, it took about 3 minutes to load the fucking menu, then about 5 minutes every time you went to race a track... and if you retried, have fun waiting another 5 minutes for it to load again. it was completely insane, if any of the other games are like that at all I would never touch one.
      - FormerHPB
        
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        March 14, 2006 8:32 AM
        
        That's very far from the norm. I have like 10 games and none of them have excessive load times at all. I think I've heard that complaint about that game though. THat one and the wrestling one are the ones that stick out in my mind as having lots of complaints about load times.
      - SiW73
        
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        March 14, 2006 8:33 AM
        
        MC3 and Smackdown are two of the worst on the system, I believe.
        
        For the well-designed games, you have loads on par or (usually much) less than a PS2. For the poorly-designed games.. well.
  - mystifier
    
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    March 14, 2006 7:07 AM
    
    trolling this early? :D
    - guido anchovy
      
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      March 14, 2006 7:09 AM
      
      No time like the present! ;)