I don’t really dig portables. The last handhelds I owned were the original Nintendo GameBoy, (and to be honest, it didn’t get a whole lot of use after they came out with the Super GameBoy adapter for the SNES) and the Sega GameGear (picked up second-hand at a garage sale along with a handful of games, the only one of which that was any good being the Sonic title).
I’m very much a console girl, and probably always will be. I don’t like the tiny screens on handhelds. I don’t like the way the buttons are arranged to accommodate the tiny screens. And did I mention that I don’t like the tiny screens? Itsy, bitsy, teeny, tiny screens.
That said, yesterday, I went out and dropped around $200 on a PSP for the sole purpose of playing one title.
Well, actually two titles, but Final Fantasy: Dissidia hasn’t got a release date yet, and probably won’t make it to the U.S until sometime in 2010 at the earliest, anyway.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. Oh sweet mother of Cloud, am I ever a Final Fantasy fangirl. FFVII was the title that really got me hooked on the series (and it’s still my favorite - haters can die in a fire.), so I was very enthusiastic about the release of Advent Children a while back, along with Dirge of Cerberus: FFVII… both direct sequels to the original game.
Advent Children is good, but clearly intended for the rabidly FFVII-obsessed… like me. Dirge of Cerberus is really only enjoyable if you’re A) a fan of Vincent Valentine, and B) not big into shooters. And as much as I love Vinnie, let’s face it - shooters just aren’t Square Enix’s thing, and it definitely showed in DoC.
With Crisis Core, however, I’m hoping for something special. The game has been getting consistently excellent reviews in Japan, and even U.S. gaming sites that have been given a sneak peek have been forced to admit that it doesn’t completely suck. That leaves us with the question… is this one going to live up the the hype when it hits the U.S. on March 25? I sincerely hope it at least comes close. It would be nice if the whoring out of the FFVII franchise amounted to something other than eye candy.
By the way… if anyone has any PSP game recommendations (so that I don’t feel like a total nerd for buying this damn thing for one title) please use the comment form below.
Nikki Blight: is still trying to find that damn princess... when she's not writing fresh code for the217.com.
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nikki (nikki) says:
(Posted March 19th, 2008 at 2:44 pm)
Yeah… It’s really not heavy enough for a brick, paperweight, or any other sort of blunt object.
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Fairfield (Fairfield) says:
(Posted March 19th, 2008 at 1:47 pm)
PSP Recommendations: Brick, Paperweight, One-way Frisbee, Skipping Stone, Tie it to a stick and make a club;)