PSP Roundup Comments by Simon Parkin

I was under the impression MG:PO+ was the first game with some extra bits, in the Subsistence/Substance style. Glad I keep forgetting to buy it now.

I tempted to get a second hand PSP just for the JRPGs.

Oh why did you cancel Oblivion on PSP!

@Zomoniac
So was I, so I thought it was a snip at £15 and bought it. I totally agree with the review, without story it lacks structure completely, and is probably best if you love the online mode. So I went out and bought MGS: PO and it's really good, I'd recommend that first.

I'd also loved to have seen Oblivion on PSP. I realise it'd have been cut down, but I don't mind! I loved Shadowkey on N-Gage, it felt like a portable Oblivion. Except with really, really awful graphics. Literally a draw distance of around 3-5 meters, running at a crisp 15fps when it feels like it, stuttering to 2-3 fps for no reason. No wonder the N-Gage failed, but I still like it :)

"Metal Gear Aci!D we miss you," agreed bring it back Konami, or how about Ring of Red, someone, anyone?! Portable Ops Plus was a bit of a missed opportunity, and I've tried to enjoy the online game but the skill gap is far too wide now, for those yet to adjust to using the controls in the frenzy of an online game, very difficult to enjoy.

Iif only they'd made it so you could import features into the PS3 Metal Gear Online, might be worth persisting with but as it stands avoid Portable Ops unless you're absolutely smitten with the 'full' PSP game, which I'm certainly not.

Riviera huh, might have to give it a try later in the year, some of the design decisions in this and the devs follow up (PSP bound soonish via Atlus) seem designed to make you suffer, bizarre to say the least, strategy rpgs are tough enough as it is...

I'm glad Oblivion PSP was cancelled because they were planning on removing all that was good from Oblivion (the free roam-y ness) and leaving you with a bare bones dungeon crawl.

WHY oh WHY do devs suddenly decide to "tailor to the platform" translating as bitesized depthless play. I'm more than happy to flick the sleep button if I need to pause in the middle of a game for a few days.

Give me free roamy Morrowind on the PSP and I'd be in heaven.

I don't see why PSP Oblivion couldn't be as free-roaming and pretty flexible. Elder Scrolls: Shadowkey, that I keep bringing up, is free-roaming, you can go where you want whenever you want. Sure, like I said it looks awful, but you get to create a character, you get to free-roam and you get wireless co-op. If the N-Gage can do that, why can't the significantly more powerful PSP do the same, better? No excuse, I say.

Riviera is great, perhaps even one of the PSP's better RPGS. It's sense of humour is utterly charming and the inventiveness of the gameplay facets gives it a lovely refreshing feel. The only real problems I had with it was its dreadfully limited inventory space, of which becomes progressively more difficult to manage as you get further in and of course the trigger point problem that is brought up in the review, is also a bit of an issue. But otherwise I've got a lot of love for the game :)

"instillation"

The common spelling errors on here now instil me with fear.

"Portable Ops +, an expansion to last year's mostly excellent game of the same name-minus-the-plus-sign, features eight hundred cut-scenes, each one over two hundred minutes long. Konami didn't want us to mention it, nor the fortnight long UMD instillation, but there it is anyway."

I Almost went to buy another PSP but then caught on to the sarcasm :(

I want to like Portable Ops, but it sure does its best to convince me otherwise. What the hell is wrong with the people responsible for the series' control design?

>"instillation"
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>The common spelling errors on here now instil me with fear.

Unless you are in fact an emotion that has gained the ability to type but is locked into a bundle deal alongside fear, I think you mean they instill fear in you.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

Riviera is defnitely a good game, got it on import for the GBA. The main problem I had was the rhythm mini-games which were completely random and ranged from easy to extremely difficult and the save points were annoying.

I don't see why PSP Oblivion couldn't be as free-roaming and pretty flexible. Elder Scrolls: Shadowkey, that I keep bringing up, is free-roaming, you can go where you want whenever you want. Sure, like I said it looks awful, but you get to create a character, you get to free-roam and you get wireless co-op. If the N-Gage can do that, why can't the significantly more powerful PSP do the same, better? No excuse, I say.

Now you know how us Wii owners feel. ; )

@YourMessageHere

Towshe.

I mean touché teacher, touché.

@Nikanoru

I am a Wii owner too, and now one that wants Oblivion on Wii! If they can do Shadowkey on N-Gage, and Morrowind on XBox, I demand a Wii Elder Scrolls game!