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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Review time! Cubixx is a very neat puzzle game along the lines of Qix or Fortix. While the gameplay is incredibly enjoyable the game has only one mode; to be fair this one mode will take a long time to master though. OMG Zombies is a highly addictive (albeit ugly and frustrating) little bastard in which you have 5 different zombies who all react differently upon being shot causing you the sniper to use your limited ammo wisely in order to wipe out the most zombies possible. There are upgrades you can buy and something like 80 levels and so far I really enjoy the game and lost a lot of sleep playing it. On the other hand, the game frustrates me immensely; the graphics are black and white (in order to accent the red blood) and cause the game (that already looks flash quality) to be more painful on the eyes than need be but this is due to an irritating little gimmick in which you hold down the R trigger to see "zombie mode" in which the zombies are colored based upon what type of zombie they are. That's nice and all but why not use color throughout the game so I can tell what is going on without holding down a button. And just to make it a bit worse, you have to see the enemies health in order to plan chains and make shots but that requires you to hold down the L trigger! So for the hours I spent playing the game my fingers were locked over both triggers the entire time (so ****ing uncomfortable); why couldn't these two options be toggled or just left on?

Edit: Oh! and upon doing some googling as to why Cubixx only has one game mode I found Cubixx HD which features twice as many levels and 3 extra modes available for the PS3. Why the **** did we not get that version of the game?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Izzy Stinson:
I try to find 1 good quality games on ps mobile for my vita but i found none. All of them look crap and doesnt ever worth 1 dollar
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Have you tried any? I've named plenty of great games for the service, usually with short reviews too. I would highly recommend Numblast, Crate Box, and Cubixx
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
The fact of the matter is, none of the games are worth their grossly inflated price. Tell me, honestly, would you have honestly given these games a second look if they had been on the Google Play store, rather than in a sparse collection on PSM?

The games are largely mediocre and most of the reviews I've read reflect that. So for what they are they should be priced at $1 and no higher than $2.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] abstractbeats:
I agree with BrianChase's posts here, including the criticisms he makes.

Super Crate Box is intensely addictive, but just should indeed have made the unlockables harder to unlock (the game itself is plenty hard enough). Numblast is nice too, I actually get proper console feelings playing that. Beats Trellis is fun for 69p and Fuel Ticaras is a dull RSI-inducing waste of time even for 40p but hey, maybe it's not my taste. You definitely have to watch YouTube and ask yourself "would this be fun?", same with any game you can't get a demo for, and that's why I won't buy Cubixx as I've seen Qix, been there and bought the T-shirt already.

The $5 thing though, is that just for the USA, or elsewhere? In the UK I can buy each game individually and don't have to use the wallet. But to have to top up to a certain amount of money each time definitely is absolutely cynical in the extreme, especially as the people who don't have credit cards... kids... are the people who are getting ripped off.

Maybe it's because my expectations of the Xperia Play were initially relatively low, because it was a SIM-free economy drive move for me, and if it hadn't fallen to such a low price I would probably be the not-very-proud owner of a Galaxy Ace one*, not an HTC One X or something, so I wasn't expecting Gravity Rush on this, just hopefully quirky indies that being released for Vita are released for some time into the future and work with our controls. Is it just me that finds a lot of the Android game market (not just what is optimised for us) kind of derivative? At least this is an additional source, and I'm even quietly excited about the stuff that is good...

* OK, I would probably have stretched to an Xperia Neo...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Yeah in the case of the games I've mentioned I most definitely would have picked them up if they were available on Google Play. I've been as honest as possible in my reviews and certain games really aren't worth the money but I really enjoy games like Qix so I gave Cubixx a go and am really enjoying it; same goes for Numblast, simply reading the concept of the game had me very interested and after playing it I believe its worth quite a bit beyond what I paid for it. When a $60 FPS comes out on the 360 (a console that I own but never seem to use) I don't complain that the prices are too high for games that aren't my style, I simply ignore them and go about my day.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
I don't and haven't doubted your honesty in your reviews. I am surprised however that you would have given these games a second look on the Google Play store. What with the greater selection and high quality games available, I personally wouldn't have given these games a second look. You must just play a lot more games than I do.

As for paying $60 console game, this is a non comparison. For one, the development cost involved in making a console game is much greater than that of what can only be described as "mini" mobile games. I agree however that the $60 cost is still extortionate and I tend not to buy many of those either. The more important difference between the two is that if you don't like or when you're finished with a $60 console game, you can resell it to recoup a fair amount of your money. The same cannot be said for these games, making the quality and satisfaction of buying these games doubly important.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] shocito:
Sony PSN comes to Chile and Argentina the next year (march 2013):D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] leetxperia:
What a big update!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Jotamide:
Nice! I'll be able to buy games when I visit home now. :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
I think this is the source of our disagreement :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Hey team, found out about a few more games coming our way via PS Mobile.

First off we have Life of Pixel

http://www.pspminis.com/9575/life-of-pixel-screens-released/

It appears to be a platformer where your character enters computers and in doing so travels to different graphical styles such as NES, C-64, and Gameboy; if that sounds confusing just check out the pictures! The developer (Icon games) is also working on a PS Mobile game called Mega Blast but so far there's next to no information available on it.

Next up we have Sixty Second Shooter Deluxe

http://happionlabs.com/happion_laboratories/sixty-second-shooter-deluxe.html

It's a twin-stick, a genre that I'm bored to death of and don't feel like writing about but apparently this game is a deluxe version of a pretty critically acclaimed twin-stick (Sixty Second Shooter. non-deluxe) that changes the conventions of the genre enough to stand out. Check out the video if you're interested.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Zynga just released Twist Piltot on Google Play for 99 cents! On PSM it sells for $3.49!!! Is there literally no exclusivity period for apps released on PSM? I would be beyond disgusted if I bought Twist Pilot from PSM.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
This is the type of extortionate pricing I'm talking about. Developers just seem to be testing their luck with PSM at the moment, probably seeing as though its low on content.

Life of Pixel looks interesting.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Agreed with you there; I assumed there was some sort of exclusivity contract but the fact that there isn't really concerns me and makes me weary to purchase new games through the medium.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Two new games out tonight, Rock Boshers DX and ZooZooGo!, will be posting a short review of Rock Boshers after I get to try it out even though it was against my better judgement to purchase another game by the makers of Aqua Kitty (huge letdown IMO).
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
Just looked at the newest games. One word comes to mind. Balls. Nuff said.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ILikeTheWayYouMove2:
Yeh most of them suck we need some psp games like daxter and untold legends!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
While Untold Legends was fun in its day. I'd tale The Bards Tale anyday over those. Got to love the humor.

But yes these games look lame and the ones I wasted money on were a total waste and way over priced. Over already deleted the PSM app. Piece of crap taking up ay too much space
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Quiz Quiz and Sixty Second Shooter Deluxe are now available on the PSM store
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
Woop woop more sh#t games :( makes you wonder why Sony bother. We moaned about the ps1 games for so long and now would prefer them and want them back. At least they where good retro and not rubbish new retro. Very basic for android standards. :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
I was thinking the same thing. I mean we lose ps1 games for these crap games....! Meanwhile vita gets over 100 ps1 and still no ones buying it. Hahahaha stupid move $ony.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Jotamide:
*sigh* Thanks Brian for keeping the thread up to date with all the new PSM releases. Unlike other members who have nothing good to contribute, your posts are very informative. ;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] bhavei:
I may have to agree, games are full of crap.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Look, for the most part I agree, most of the games look pretty ****ty. I've tried to stay current on the releases though in the hopes that people were interested but for every post I've made informing people I've had ten people come in and bash the games and the medium. At this point I'm done keeping up with the releases and news relating Playstation Mobile, I'm interested but I'll keep my findings to myself. There are plenty of games that are released that people make threads about that I have literally zero interest in so I simply don't post in those threads. I don't see the point in repeatedly voicing your lack of interest in the medium; it would be easy for me to voice my discontent within a thread but would it be constructive? Maybe if I was giving a review and cited issues with the game in question but otherwise not so much. In my opinion it seems that a lot of people had expectations far beyond what Playstation Mobile ever attempted to be and attacking it has become popular within the Xperia Play community and even within somewhat reputable gaming blogs. If you look at the medium for what it is, a service for independent developers, then it might soften the blow. If you decide the prices are too ridiculous then so-be-it, let the medium fail by choosing collectively not to support pricing that you find extortionate, but at least let the discussion take place constructively by the few of us who are interested in having it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
Sorry if I sounded negative on my last comment. For our site we have to keep up with these games no matter how people and I think about them. At the end of the day there are plus points. All controller supported games on PSM are fully Xperia play optimized with touchpad support (around 80-90%) and because it's built into Sony's SDK this will continue. Sony have said they will release 70 games by Christmas so some of them have to be good so we just have to wait. I think the reason people are upset is that they have been waiting for a proper PlayStation experience on the first PS certified product, like myself I have had Xperia Plays since the release over a year ago and not many people could be more upset then me but things will change or Sony will fail. I am glad to have PSM as it has had more support in the last month then the ps suite ever did. Just can't wait for better developers to choose to release on the platform. Please don't let other negative people in this forum discourage you.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
I would like to apologize for the harshness of my comments. I do appreciate the time you take to update this thread. My negative feelings and comments are brought up by similarbreasons for what poo-tang mentioned. I have also has my PLAY. For well over a year and I was extremely excited about what the PSM could bring and just have been extremely disappointed with the releases contained therein. I really do hope they get better games and that they remove the $5 payments increments, I find that very sleezy/shady way of taking peoples money. Those are my two complaints. To he honest I check the PSM several times a week hoping to see something awesome jump at me.but again only find disappointment at the massive wait we have had to endure only to see these early initial games. I really do hope we see some better games as again poo-tang mentioned roughly 80-90% of these games are fully optimized to our PLAYs. So for my part in making negative/harsh comments I apologize but do appreciate your updates. If you still decide to not update this thread I understand. There is just a lot of disappointed people here. I guess we all have to remember that this is only a month old and could take some time to see a groundbreaking game hit this medium. Either way if you decide to continue supporting this thread or not I support and thank your for your time that you took to keep updates on this thread and again apologize for my harsh comments and frustrations.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] tezlewis1988:
They are crap and this playstation mobile gaming is, bring back ps one
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Thanks for the kind words guys, its just been feeling like a thankless job but when I find stuff I'll continue to post about it in here. Oh and Ozzman, there's no reason to check several times a week, the games have dropped consistently at around ~10:30 Eastern Time!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Blahh, now here are two new games I'd pay not to play. We have You Are The Ref and You Are The Umpire, two sports quiz games. If anyone is interested here is an article

http://www.psnstores.com/2012/11/playstation-mobile-update-november-7/

On a more interesting note there was an update to PS Mobile and all I noticed was a new little sound that played upon opening the app. I could have sworn the PS Mobile app took up more space than it does now (~2 megabytes after update) so maybe they made that aspect more efficient if anyone wants to look at their current version and check.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
It'll be some good times when they finally decide to bring that amazing new PS Store layout to the Vita and PS Mobile.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Agreed ^^ btw, we're getting Alien Breed next week
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
How you know that its next week? for defo?

I am waiting for good old lemmings yay:victory:.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
http://www.psnstores.com/2012/11/alien-breed-coming-to-psm-on-november-14th/
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jcarbox:
Anyone else is having problems to update the PSM app? When I open it forces me to update but the downloaded apk doesn't solve the issue.

Well, I don't really need it until Lemmings or Alien Breed arrives but... :silly:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CyberScopes:
This takes up too much internal memory.....

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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
As I said, I believe the new update lessens the amount of memory the app takes up considerably. I'm not 100% because I don't remember how much the old version took up internally but post update its about ~2 megabytes.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CyberScopes:
anyway, its not like theres epic games in the store at the moment
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] tezlewis1988:
why is sony not updating it through pc companion, when i asked they dont know nothing about it and don't advise to even install it, they aint a clue on anything these day!

i am running stock 2.3.4, only differance it does is make a PSM app for the games and i still have my PS one games in the stock playstation app
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] joshsarena:
NEW GAMES

ALIEN BREED AND PANIC! check them out
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
For you shmup fans we have a pretty neat title coming our way (sounds like next week) called Radiant Flux. Video and description are in the link

http://www.psnstores.com/2012/11/radiant-flux-coming-to-psm-soon/

Btw, has anyone played Alien Breed, Panic! or Sixty Second Shooter and if so I'd love to hear some recommendations.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] RottenFoxBreath:
Good, bout time there was some shooter love, on both Vita and Xperia Play.

Sixty Second Shooter, hmm...Every Extend Extra, mixed with some Geometry Wars/Asteroids.

Nice title too, well worth it, IMO
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
You know, I picked up SSS and so far it has been a really neat experience and I love the unlock system but I'm terrified once all the unlocks go the game won't be deep enough to keep me hooked long. I hope I'm wrong but much like Super Meat Boy the game could fare better spacing its unlocks out a LOT more (assuming there aren't hundreds of unlocks within the game which I highly doubt, will report back on that). Alien Breed has been really fun so far but the controls aren't done quite as well as other PSMobile titles in regards to the analog stick, something about the left stick just seems a bit off to me and I can't quite put my finger on why, I guess another thing I'll have to report back on since I finally have a day off tomorrow. As for the gameplay, this is my first experience with Alien Breed and it seems like a really great game that like a mixture between Doom and Gauntlet. My only real complaint would be that there is a score system but it seems horribly broken; enemies continuously respawn and each time you kill one your score goes up but there are no time limits or score multiplier for time so theoretically all you have to do to get a massive score is hide near a respawner and blast away until you are out of ammunition. Maybe I'm missing the point, like I said, I haven't had much time to play either title, but my favorite part of Doom was the speedrun aspect as well as the other little counters at the end such as secret and item find.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] UndisputedGuy:
Anyone else get an error when launching the app? I did yesterday but I'm not sure if the problem has persisted today
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Why not check again and tell me what the error message is or describe what is happening and I'll try my best to help out.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] 216Monster:
App launches without problems on my r800x

Sent from my Xperia Play™
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] zombiesmoke:
Has anyone had any framerate issues with Super Crate Box? The game runs perfectly smooth until I shoot either the minigun or flamethrower. This is occurring on a nonrooted R800at.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Yes, I've actually mentioned it several times on here and it makes the game far less enjoyable in my opinion.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Hey all, I've been skipping a lot of stuff seeing as some of the games have been literal garbage as opposed to the stuff often considered to be "literal garbage" that is actually niche and I enjoy quite a bit but anyways, Lemmings is out now. I know a few of you guys were interested in it and it is actually free with some extra levels available as IAP's (only 99 cents from what I've read though). I've never ever played Lemmings and the concept never sounded appealing but maybe you guys could convince me otherwise if it's done really well. With Vice City coming I don't have a spare ~200 megabytes to mess around with. Ecofish has also been released tonight but **** if I know anything about it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
I love lemmings its a great game. Works great on touchscreen but i dont get this PSM version, Says controller support which is right but it only works in menus and to pause, not ingame to highlight items and lemmings (Strange as did on systems like PS2) but still great game and bonus that we get a lot of it for free :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neuTrue:
Can I have your attention please:

Hi fellow gamers :}

I hope you like to have high FPS in games, and if you are like me then you definitely hate stutters & lags.

This idea is about giving you a smooth and lag-free gaming experience, just by lowering the resolution a little bit, don't worry about the artifacts your device is already having high DPI compared to PS Vita or PSP and you will hardly notice anything!

If you want more prove to be convinced, try finding a wallpaper with your native resolution and down scale it by 0.75 factor , then try to spot the difference on your screen device.

Please spread the word & show your support ,and be a part of Android's gaming future.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41017&thanks=41017&ts=1354792959

Don't forget to vote by clicking on the "star", your contribution matters for the future of gaming on Android.

Thanks again for your support :)

neuTrue
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Really neat concept. Really poor place to post it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neuTrue:
I guess you were referring to my previous post. :)

I know it isn't the best place, but I am trying to collect enough supporters by posting in appropriate place like gamers threads.

By the way, the best part is we were able to gain +45%extra FPS just be decreasing the resolution by 25%. Add couple of factors, like extreme overclocking (CPU,GPU,AHB&APB) and lowering the resolution by half we could easily estimate an increase of performance to be +140%! (In other words, 25FPS would be 60FPS!).
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
Yes I was, and I completely agree with what you are saying. The idea and project sound fantastic and could give us Android gamers a real edge. But, it has nothing to do with Playstation Mobile. A lot of people would be really receptive to your message if you simply made a thread for it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neuTrue:
I agree with you too, to be honest I was even more skeptical to post it here (I announced this idea in many "Gaming Threads" in other forums). However, this lead me to realize about some people who couldn't distinguish between DPI & real resolution changing.

Hopefully soon enough me and my friend will be opening a thread in general Android section. Currently, my friend is busy and didn't officially propose his idea "Gaming Center/mode" kind of idea, in which would include 3D scaling, a gaming governor (this is an issue with Tegra/multi-core devices) and all other related features (like Chainfire3D features). This mean, it would be better to have the resolution control inside a "Gaming Center" and let people know about it, all at one time.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vg_imsc:
2 new games added. Life of Pixel & Haunt the House:Terrortown. Both look fun. More games with the quality of Lemmings, Alien Breed would be welcome.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] BrianChase:
You know, I just didn't enjoy Alien Breed. It has no nostalgic value to me but I feel weird for not liking it since everyone else sings the games praises. Anyways, what did you think of Pixel and Terrortown? I thought both looked great but I'm a bit strapped for cash.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] vg_imsc:
I have not bought these 2 games. So, I cant comment on them. Sorry.

Got more platformers than I need on my device. I'm short of cash too after spending on all the games that went on sale. Waiting for someone else to bite the bullet & give their reviews. :)