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Thanks! I'm pretty glad, too. I've now got enough in my wallet to get either Assassin's Creed III Liberation or PS All-Stars when either come out. I'll probably get AC III Liberation, since I need a really good open world game on my Vita. No doubt will have enough for PS All Stars when it releases almost a month later. Overall a good day for me today. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

I have been in a small battle with Sony for a bit to get a refund on my digital copy of Phantasy Star Portable 2 on the PSN, and it finally happened! "Thank you for your recent call to PlayStation ® Consumer Service. Your PlayStation Network account wallet has been refunded $39.99." I paid $39.99 for that (amazing) game, only for it to be removed from the PSN a year or so later, with no way to play it on any system I own. I was denied refund the first time I asked, and so on. But now I've got it! Fuck yes. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

I'm living life pretty happily, so I guess whatever I'm doing works. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

If I have a purpose in life, I've no idea what it is. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

Welcome to the GCN! I hope you enjoy your stay. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

I dunno. It doesn't specifically state that, and seeing as how it's flagged as downloaded content, it most certainly should be able to be booted offline, just like how I can with downloaded content on my Vita, and my old PS3(which I sadly no longer have) from years ago.

That's looking pretty great. Keep up the great work. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

The second two you talked about really piss me off, for sure. Though, are you sure you need to be signed on to even boot up games? That sounds like something that people can easily take Sony and Microsoft to court to, for a case they'd no doubt lose. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

I met they add to the genre, as in, it's another entry. For example: you have Medal of Honor released in the FPS genre, and then Battlefield comes out. Two new entries to add to the overall genre. As for bringing things new to the table, I meant so new it can be its own genre. See, when I said "every game adds to a genre", I was talking about genres that are established and have a few/bunch of entries so far. I am full aware new, original games come along. I also believe games like PS All-Stars that join a genre and bring enhancements/new features to it, shouldn't be called blatant ripoffs because the genre is so unpopulated. Also, since this is, like I've made known(at least I think I did), a quickly written topic, I didn't have time to flesh it out as much as I'd like. Anyways, I got my point across. At least I hope I did. xP -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

Well, yeah. I am aware new games come along, and some of them bring forth new genres, however, I was talking about games adding to already established genres. Anyways, there's a possibility I am misunderstanding you here, since my head hurts and I'm very hungry, and have no way to deal with either of those currently, so my judgment is kind of derped right now. In which case, can you please explain the contradiction more for me? It should also be noted I wrote this topic up in a hurry when I already wasn't feeling too well, so it would be easy for me to accidentally slip in contradictions and not really realize it.

SSB wasn't the first game to feature finishing moves of such caliber. Anyways, you're right. This game is inspired by SSB rather than being a ripoff, for sure. And it most definitely is solid. :3 -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

1. It is people being biased. Go on any Nintendo news site that made an article about the game, and watch the hate flow in the comment sections. However, while the hate is still there on other news sites(more than Nintendo coverage), it is not as evident. That just helps prove there's bias, since you have less Nintendo fans roaming around to act as they do towards it. (I also know its not only Nintendo fans, trust me. They're just a big contributor) Anyways, I'm pretty aware that there's hate for each console, and you don't have to try and school me on such a thing. 2. Secondly, the reason I mentioned how it's hate for Sony, is because all people compare it to is SSB, and those other games are never brought up. Regardless of them being lesser known, I consider most of it Nintendo biased hate since comparisons are made how they are with such hate. 3. I'm not even remotely thinking that, because PS All-Stars doesn't only have Sony characters. It has Big Daddy, for example, a character from a third party series. And Raiden, from that new MGS game(forget the name, but it's multi platform and now being produced by a third party rather than Kojima Studios, which doesn't even stick to Sony only anymore), as well as Dante from DMC, a third party game, so it's not only Sony characters. 4. That's negative thinking. It doesn't matter if platform fighters aren't a main genre, it still can't be populated by one series only; that's just stupid, and it's even stupider when people chastise every new entry for bring a knock off. Anyways, I'm going to join the cool people: every FPS after Wolfenstein is a shameless ripoff. Yay logic. Want to make clear: I am and always will be a Nintendo fan, I just find it ridiculous how this game is being treated. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

This topic is not aimed at any members of the GCN. I know the timing of this topic and posts of mine in the other thread make it seem so, but it's not. I had planned to write this up for a long while now, and just decided to do it now. I just thought I'd write something up about this, since I find any claim of it being a ripoff total bullshit. 1. Why do people consider it a ripoff? Quite simply put, the only reason people do think such is because it looks a lot like Smash Bros. Not only that, I also think there is plenty of bias in play, and the fact most people love to rip on almost anything Sony does; that's a story for another time, though. Let's be honest: the games do look similar, but so does ANY game of the same genre. Isn't it funny? It's as if genres COMPLETELY go out the window when people compare these two games, and I find it funny. Sure, Smash Bros. may have been the game to start this particular sub genre of fighting games, and it was definitely the first game in said sub genre, but let's not forget PS All-Stars wasn't even the second, so it's not deserving one bit of all the hate it's getting for being a "ripoff". I'll go more in depth about this whole genre thing in a later section, though. 2. Let's compare Smash Bros. and PS All-Stars. When you actually take the time to look past a screenshot, or two(maybe even a short video) like many people do not, you will actually realize that, while they're similar, they're very different. How is this? Well, for starters, it's really apparent in the battle system(you know, that thing that defines a game like this), and I shall explain the mechanics of PS All-Stars' battle system here for you, so you can hopefully ditch some of the confusion you've packed on while reading misleading, biased articles about this game on the internet. But yeah, here goes: 1. Combat System: If anything, the combat in this game is more comparable to something along the lines of Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom, and we all know that Smash Bros. definitely does not play like that; you'd be a fool to think it does. So, basically, the combat is more fast-paced, and allows for waaaaay more combos than you could even get in a Smash Bros. game. So, in a sense, combat in this game is more deep. 1-2. Super Meter: Ah, yes. The Super Meter. It's no doubt that thing everyone will ignorantly compare to SSBB's Final Smash move, even though Smash Bros. didn't invent finishing moves. Anyways, the Super Meter is separated by three levels, 1 - 3. Each level of the super meter houses a finishing move, unique to each character of the game. You can choose to fill it up completely, all the way to level three so you may unleash hell on your enemies, or if you're in a jam, you can quickly unleash a level one or two you've got waiting for you. How it works, is you fill it up by landing successful attacks on any opponent, and getting enough damage in there gradually fills up your meter. You can also bust open special crates that appear randomly in stages which give you glowing blue orbs, which helps fill your meter. Attacking your opponents with any item that spawns in the match knocks blue orbs out of them, too, so that helps a good deal. And considering your Super Meter moves are the ONLY way to kill your opponents, I would say this game's combat system already separates it from any SSB game right away. 2. No Ring-Outs: We are all aware of how iconic ring outs are in Super Smash Bros. You hit your opponent off the stage, the crowd gasps, and if you've knocked them out far enough, they explode into a large burst of colorful energy. Not only that, that's pretty much how you kill people in SSB(unless you're playing on Stamina Mode, even then it still works). This, however, is completely absent in PS All-Stars, and it makes the experience all the more better, in my opinion. 3. More Dynamic Stages: Another thing which differentiates the two games, is that PS All-Stars' stages are much more dynamic, and each of them have an environmental hazard which you should try your hardest to avoid. Smash Bros. has it's fair share of these, of course, but it's not nearly on the same level as in this game, so it really sets PS All-Stars apart. I can go into more detail here, but I think you should use your better judgment. 3. PS All-Stars wasn't the first to "ripoff" SSB, just so you know. Yeah, it wasn't. Not at all. Let's talk about some games which used SSB's formula before PS All-Stars: 1. TMNT: Smash Up: (screeshots in spoiler) TMNT Smash Up, it's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting game. It's definitely very similar to Smash Bros., much like PS All-Stars, yet... why, I don't think it got nearly as much shit as Sony's getting with their game, and it even came out way before it. I'm going to say it again: bias. People hating on Sony's game, because it's Sony's game, and it's apart of the same genre as Smash Bros. Though, any similarities here are not accidental; it's made with the same engine that Brawl uses. 2. Small Arms: (screeshots in spoiler) So, what have we got here? Another game which took inspiration from SSB, and is apart of its genre. It's Small Arms, and was released on the Xbox Live Arcade years ago, yet, it too, has gotten hardly any shit from anyone... hardly at all. Yet, PS All-Stars seems to be getting all of it for taking inspiration from Smash Bros., too, but everyone's mad because it has Sony Characters. Boo-fucking-hoo. 3. Shonen Jump: Super Stars: (screenshots in spoiler below) Now, what we have here, is what people would essentially call "Smash Bros. with manga characters", and they'd be wrong to say that. It is, like I keep on saying about the other games, a member of the fighting genre Smash Bros. brought forth. Is it so hard to accept? Anyways, this, too, hardly got any shit from what I remember, and PS All-Stars... you know where I'm going with this. There you go, people did it before PS All-Stars, as hard as it is to believe for you. 4. What is this genre I keep talking about? Isn't it obvious? Smash Bros. brought forth a new sub genre of fighting, and it was a major success. Now, when a genre is so successful, people are going to make their own games to add on to it, right? Right. It has been done plenty of times, yet, people who add on to SSB's little fighting genre are for some reason frowned upon, for loooord knows why! I am going to make some examples here of games that brought forth many other games in their image(keep in mind, people are okay with this, for some reason): 1. Wolfenstine: Who can forget about Wolfenstine? It paved the way for first person shooters everywhere, and we owe it thanks for that. I mean, without producing it, ID probably wouldn't have made the even more successful DOOM, and we most certainly would not have first person shooters today(I like to believe, at least). But, wait! According to anyone's logic who frowns upon PS All-Stars, and calls it a "shameless ripoff", games taking after ID's Wolfenstine, DOOM, Quake, ect., are shameless ripoffs, and have no originality. Yep, that means EVERY FPS game after Wolfenstine should be ripped on, but yet, we don't(for the most part, CoD gets lots of hate, but for good reasons). Why? 2. Heavyweight Champ: The first fighting game, by SEGA. Every game that takes after it should be a shameless copy, right? Right? No? Well, of course not! But logic says otherwise. 3. Street Fighter: Not the first fighting game, of course, but the first to play like it does(if my research proves right). Now, why is Mortal Kombat, something which plays so similarly, almost as if it's a slightly slower, bloody copy, get so much praise? Well, I guess people of that time weren't into closing down a genre to ONE game series, and I respect that. It's completely different now-a-days. 4. Virtua Fighter: The first 3D fighting game, that allowed rotating up and down the stage while fighting, to my knowledge, and its creation spawned the likes of many similar games after it: Tekken, Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur, the 3D Mortal Kombat games, and so on. We all praise these games, and never once think of how they(according to the logic of many people who diss PS All-Stars) ripped off Virtua Fighter. Good show, people. I can go on here, but meh... I'm just lazy, 'kay? 5. Closing thoughts, bro. Look, all I'm saying is, PS All-Stars is adding to a genre. That's all it's doing. Every game, EVERY GAME does it, and just because a genre is more untapped than others, and one particular series in it is very well known, that DOESN'T mean games newly entering said genre are total ripoffs. I'm sorry, but that's a fact. By the logic I see thrown around many websites and blogs I read, every game in existence is a shameless ripoff of something, and we all know that isn't true.

What? Well, I don't mean to sound rude, but you've never looked past videos and screenshots, it seems. Everyone who actually reads up about the game knows what those meters actually are. ANYWAYS, I am in the process of writing up an in-depth topic about why PS All-Stars is, in fact, not a ripoff. I just want to make known that it's not targeted at anyone, and it's something I've been planning to do for a while now, anyways.

All they're doing is adding to Smash Bros'. particular genre of fighting, and they're not even the first to do it. Honestly, those are the two things people overlook when dissing Sony's game: 1. It's only adding to the genre. Nintendo shouldn't be the only ones allowed to make games like this. 2. There are a few games I know of that did this before PS All-Stars; A TMNT game, Small Arms on the Xbox Live Arcade, and a Shonen Jump game I recall seeing a long time ago. Hardly anyone cared, so why is it such a big deal that Sony's doing it? It just seems like Sony is target of plenty of shit they don't deserve. Anyways, if I recall correctly, Virtua Fighter was the first 3D fighting game which allowed you to rotate around the stage. I guess the many similar games that came after are shameless ripoffs; Tekken, Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur, 3D Mortal Kombats, ect. And let's not forget that the 2D Mortal Kombats are shameless ripoffs of something like Street Fighter. I can go on, but I think you get the idea. I'm just saying that calling it "conceptual theft" is completely uncalled for, and doesn't even apply. Then again, I think there may be some bias at work here. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

More thoughts: I've noticed a lot people are now starting to spam one of Colonel Radec's attacks whenever they play as him. Let's just say, it's a very cheap attack. >.> But yeah, I had already planned to purchase this game, but after playing in the beta, it's a definite day-one if I can. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

While cool, that's kind of pointless, since all modern(even a lot of last gen) can play retro one way or another; whether they're ported over, emulated, or even remade. Besides, there's plenty of retro games ported over to a wide selection of consoles. EDIT: Whoopsies. You said retro quality, not just retro. Well, you still have various consoles that already exist for that(also PC). -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

You have quite a bit of valid points, but I have to call you out on your ME3 hate: There's nothing wrong with the game, and especially not the cover system(worked flawlessly for me). I liked the ending, even before the Extended Cut DLC, and don't mind that I have to pay for the the From Ashes DLC since it gave me one of my most favorite characters of the series(Javik). As for the multiplayer, I've never played it, but it's a welcome addition seeing as I heat so many great things about it(and it looks fun). Overall, I feel ME3 gets way too much needless hate. Anyways, yeah, Wii haters do consist of very dumb people. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

Thought it'd be a fun gaming topic. Industry: There's hardly any innovation now-a-days, with hardly any companies taking the risk to try something new and innovative with their games. Gamers: When a company actually does try something new and innovative with their games/hardware, you see more of them bitching, moaning and whining about it being a "gimmick" than actually being on board. These same people also bitch, moan and whine when nobody does anything new, so they're also hypocritical. So, who else has their own problems with the industry and certain gamers they'd like to share? -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

My life has taken a major shift: I'm Sly Cooper duking it out with Sweet Tooth, Colonel Radec, and Kratos in the city of Metropolis. PS All-Stars Battle Royale beta. 8D -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

Yay, it was today! My thoughts: This game is really fun! I honestly consider it better than Smash Bros., and I'm being serious. At the core, the two games are VERY similar, so if a Smash Bros. loyalist goes as far to say they hate this game, they basically hate Smash Bros., and I pretty much consider this to be fact(unless they're Nintendo biased and refuse to give up the delusion Sony cloned the game, when all they did was add to Smash Bros'. particular fighting genre, in which case they're being stubborn). Now, one thing annoys me about the beta: Too many people play as Kratos, way too many people. It's not even because he's a great character(he's decent, but not great), it's because "OMG KRATOS!", basically, and that's fucking annoying. Also, Kratos is WAY too overpowered . Anyways, anyone else playing this? It's awesome! -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

That's awesome. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

It's 1974, and I'm Big Boss shooting up some bad guys up in Costa Rica. Not bad. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

YOU'RE WELCOME, GODDESS OF ALL THINGS RAINBOW COLORED. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.

Happy 21st, Kusai. 8D ENJOY YOUR SYRUP BOOZE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. -- Transmitted by an ancient satellite from across the cosmic web. Or my cellphone, if you prefer.