Ridge Racers 2 Comments by Tom Bramwell

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Not worth getting I presume?

People would probably find it easier to accept if they'd called it Ridge Racer: Remix or something, rather than suggesting it's a fully-fledged sequel.

can;t be done with all the ridge racer malarky on psp. come on, we need some more original psp games. If that is not going to happen then i may as well purchase a DS lite

Whats the person like who's doing the commentary, male or female, and how irritating this time? Do we get the 'here comes some crazy nitrious' every minute? My fav was the tasty sounding bird in Rage Racer. Are there multiple commentary options like in Ridge Racer 6 360 (lockable).

Sticking a '2' on the title takes the piss a little, the new content and modes would look slim even in an expansion pack (whatever happened to those?)

No infrastructure mode, no point.

Money. Old. Rope.

My PSP is collecting dust.

Can someone recommend any PSP games that aren't:

PS2 franchises (Tekken, Syphon Filter).
Racing games in general.
Lumines (Have this and it is admittedly great).
Have terrible loading times (because these ruing portable gaming).

Please! I mean I bought this pretty expensive machine and right now it has very little function other than as a paperweight.

I've had my PSP since Christmas and still only have Ridge Racer and WipeOut for it... There just doesnt seem to be much in the way of great games at all...

I still love my PSP tho as I use it as an MP3 player at work, and watch movies on it at lunch times... But as a games machine its had pretty poor service imo...

Although, Daxter and Football Manager Handheld do interest me when I can find them for less than £10 on eBay...

lambtron:

LocoRoco!

@lambtron

I've got 3 times as many PSP games as Gamecube games, and I do most of my gaming on it now. I can understand not wanting direct ports of games, but outright dismissing things because they are a franchise seems a fast way to talk yourself out of playing anything at all. Tastes differ though. Exit, Mercury and Loco Roco aren't available anywhere else, and Every Extend Extra is out in a month and should be up your street if you like Lumines. Sort of Rez having a dirty threesome with Tempest and Missile Command.

Well put it this way - I am a massive fan of Wipeout 2097 but Wipeout Pure just doesn't do anything for me. Its hard to say why. I bought it and found it a massive disappointment. And Tekken - well I'm just bored of it tbh and can't see it as a good game to have a quick 30 minute go with while I'm on the train.

It's lowest common denominator city as far as the PSP is concerned for me, I haven't got one myself, but have played a friends one extensively trying out several supposed AAA titles, and while they all look and play great, they are somehow missing that spark that does it for me. They are essentially soulless copies of stuff lovingly created for bigger systems, and it's the lovingly part thats missing from the PSP and makes me go meh.

I've only played 2 really good games on PSP and those are LocoRoco and Lumines, and even those arent worth getting the system for IMHO.

I'm glad I didn't succome to that early adopter itch I had for the PSP.

@lambtron

Football Manager fits all the criteria, it is a great handheld game.

@lambtron : Only game that I didnt get bored of before selling my psp was daxter.

Id recommend that..

Alternatively do what i did, sell psp for some ds games..

Hmm Football Manager didn't think of that - thanks :).

@Smelly - It has crossed my mind to sell it but I want to play MGS Portable Ops as I am a bit of an MGS whore.

Can you DS fanboys STOP hijacking PSP threads!!!

I get it you love your DS, and PSP has no (mabye one) game you like.

Do you REALLY have to tell us in EVERY PSP thread.

Cause I think ridge racer SUCKS, but i can't wait for metal Slug Anthology or GTA Vice city stories.

Monster Hunter
Katamari
Retro Anthologies (Capcom, Taito, Midway)
Gitaroo Man
Ghost and Goblins
LocoRoco
Lego Starwars (ok a port)
Daxter
Xmen Legends II (underrated)
Metal Gear Ac!d 1&2
Mercury
Exit

All absolutely ace.

Games worth playing:
This should cover most genres you want:

Tekken
Valkyrie Lenneth
Syphon Filter
DJ MAX
Loco Roco
Gurumin
Daxter
Wsop
Gradius
Field Commander
Gitaroo Man
Lego Star Wars 2
Lumines
Virtua Tennis

coming soon

Metal Gear Solid
Powerstone
Gta Vice City Stories

Emulators:
CPS2 emulator for all the capcom games
Megadrive emu
Snes Emu
Scumm
GBA Emu

Wireless streaming of all your movies and mp3s from your pc

Internet radio streamer from shoown threadutcast

umm want more?

/plus a few i missed in the list above now all you PSP hating DS lovers go back to your handhelds and play Advance Wars coz its the only game worth having oh hang on i've got that as well on the GBA emulator.

Dissappointing that it's not really a sequel, the original was great though.

Also, I'm going to tell you a little secret, I own both a PSP and a DS with roughly the same amount of games (around 14 or so), and I prefer my PSP :o

The games just seem to click more in general and I really find myself losing myself in them, moreso than the DS games.

Not only that, but the amount of vitriolic pro-DS anti-PSP bullshit I see on the internet really grates, and Nintendo fanboys have essentially made me dislike the DS even more than I want to, or than it deserves.

They are both fantastic handhelds though, and I'm big on handheld gaming, so I'm thrilled with both, they've been great.

"/plus a few i missed in the list above now all you PSP hating DS lovers go back to your handhelds and play Advance Wars coz its the only game worth having oh hang on i've got that as well on the GBA emulator. "

Really, get over yourself

I had a DS and TBH it pissed all over the, jack of all trades master of none, PSP

But in the end I sold that too, I guess I just grew out of handheld gaming, I'd rather read the Metro on the way to work now. It certainly beats reading the word "Loading" for half the journey ;)

You didnt really use your handhelds then.

There is suspend functionality in both the DS and PSP.

Hmm I don't see any DS fanboys. I own a PSP and no DS. I was just asking for someone to recommend some games worth playing according to a few criteria. No need to be so defensive.

Of the games you list most don't meet those criteria. Although Virtua Tennis and Gradius might be worth a look. As I already said I'm bored of Tekken.

"I had a DS and TBH it pissed all over the, jack of all trades master of none, PSP "

So the DS has better graphics than the PSP? Or is better for 3D games because it lacks an analog stick?

Thought not. It seems the PSP IS a master of some trades then, eh? Perhaps not the master of gimmicks, but you can't win them all.

Well you could argue that the "play PS2 games on the train" idea is the biggest "Gimmick" of them all.

No, for me it was the fact that the majority of the games made for the DS, were just that made for the DS and not games made for another more powerful system then shoehorned into a handheld because the original sold well. For me, this makes all the difference and is the reason that Phoenig Wright, Ouendan, Brain Training and many other great games exist, as they are designed from the ground up for the system they will be played on.

My DS was sold at the time when there was the usual post launch game drought, and with the idea that I was going to get a DS Lite when it came out, I just never got round to getting another one.

"Well you could argue that the "play PS2 games on the train" idea is the biggest "Gimmick" of them all."

Yes, when playing games that are of a higher visual quality than any handheld before it, with vast areas that can be streamed from disc, with real voices and music played from the disc, and that have all the depth and structure of full sized console games, I find myself constantly thinking, "I wish this was these games were a bit worse. With worse graphics, and worse gameplay, and worse sound, because handheld games are supposed to be twinkly little bite-sized lo-res time-killers for people with short attention spans."

How can anyone try to pass off the ability to have a real home gaming experience, anywhere you find yourself, as a BAD thing? I find most of the criticism I hear about the PSP utterly retarded though. I have nothing at all against the DS either, except the profile damage done by format whores who feel compelled to slag off the rival hardware.

"Yes, when playing games that are of a higher visual quality than any handheld before it, with vast areas that can be streamed from disc, with real voices and music played from the disc, and that have all the depth and structure of full sized console games"

Yes, very well put, but what about games that are not GTA?

"twinkly little bite-sized lo-res time-killer"

Yes, nothing against the DS, it's got more than just Mario games out for it you know ;)

I'm of the opinion that they are both good, it just depends what you want in your games, and I just don't care for pretty much 95% of stuff on the PSP, that said, I don't care for 70% of stuff on the DS either. But for me the DS is the better games machine and that's why I bought one.

To the guy complaining about there being no games out for the PSP, you should at least try a couple of DS titles out, you never know, you might be surprised at just how good they really are.

Indeed, I intend to own both at some point, but I think I spent most of this months wages on games, I need to learn some self control before I get another machine and the "Ooh! Better get some more GAMES!" craziness kicks in again. I never learn.

First game was more or less trash. The very definition of a completely disposable launch game. This one looks... er... exactly the same...

Unless Namco... sorry... "Namco Bandai" have done something major with the game, I can't see it being worth the effort. There are better racers around.

Is it just me or does anyone else also think that most of the people who come on here complaining about the lack of good games for "their" PSP probably don't even own one and are just sad DS fanboys.

I specifically bought a PSP because it is a Playstation in your pocket allowing you to play your fave home console games when you're not home or when you are home but can't be bothered to sit in front of a big tv.

Also, is it just me who thinks 99% of DS games are crap?! Being quirky doesn't equal good and personally I like the more in depth games of the PSP than the shallow fun for 5 minutes but boring as hell after that DS games.

I love the PSP I play it more than my PS2 and Xbox combined and if the moaners don't like theirs then for christ sakes sell it and stop boring the rest of us!

@MDL199
Yes you might be the only one. It's a pretty exact percentage for someone to agree with you on. And your dismissal of DS games as shallow was exactly that.

It seems some people are feeling a little threatened that their choice of machine is not the favourite. They seem to feel the need to get all defensive whenever anyone suggests that another machine might also be worth a try. I guess it's new for a PS owner to feel what Saturn, Gamecube, N64, Atari Jaguar and even the original X-box owners have all felt before - The feeling of loving the less popular machine.

@somoison
I'd stop complaining about these 'fanboys' who are out to undermine the glory of the PSP. Just hit the ignore poster if you think they're the 'enemy'. Methinks you doth protest too much.