Title Fight (codenamed)

Gaiyae

Free DLC announced: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/15/first-playstation-all-stars-dlc-kat-and-emmett-join-the-battle-royale-for-free/

Great news,
Kat's a character with tons of awesome possiblities.
Her lvl 3 should make everyone weightless, and than she could proceed to kick-kill everyone in a set amount of time.

Haven't played StarHawk that much, not really my thing. But i know plenty of people who love it.

Customization & Unlockables

Some Costumes

That will be my main Sir Dan's costume. And Dante is just UGH…

Hiroy

I wonder what kind of audience not-Dante is selling himself to.

Gaiyae

Twilight fans, like my girlfriend.
Something about 'em emo-pretty boys. sights

Mr.0 Crocodile

That Big Daddy Rosie model better not use a drill…

Noqanky

Yea classic Spike! So far that will be my first choice next week.

Really looking forward to this, glad that there's also the nice thanksgiving break to hone my skills, although I still imagine after day one there's bound to be really intense people online.

Noqanky

Quite extensive video from WNF with Seth Killian. A good watch if you have the time:

Insider2000

I want this game in my life.

Pirate Empress Kooh

I'd feel embarassed to put this on my wishlist for Christmas, but I might have to xD although I grew up mostly playing gamecube games as aposed to classicPlaystation titles…so there's only a few characters there from games I've actually played :( sad to say.

Btw lol that Dante...why????

valiantt

@Pirate:

I'd feel embarassed to put this on my wishlist for Christmas, but I might have to xD although I grew up mostly playing gamecube games as aposed to classicPlaystation titles…so there's only a few characters there from games I've actually played :( sad to say.

Btw lol that Dante...why????

Marketing reasons. Promoting the new dmc which should be released right after this game.

Pirate Empress Kooh

Yeah I know he's from the new game coming out, I'm just still baffled by the drastic change of appearance…

Gaiyae

And more info;

• Four different difficulty settings: Easy, Hero, Legend, and All-Star.
• 10 general trials and each characters has 23 individual trials. A total of 470 trials in the game.
• 105 unlockable profile card backgrounds. Each character has 5 that they can unlock.

Each one is unlocked when players reach ranks 16,19, 25, and 300.
• 333 unlockable icons with each character having 16.
They are unlocked at ranks 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 50 and 200 and are mainly character poses and scenes from their games.
• 624 FFA titles to unlock; these are names that appear on profile cards and are unlocked by gaining different colored belts in FFA tournaments.
• 533 Team titles to unlock as well and they are obtained in 2v2 tournament play.
• Players can unlock 20 minions when reaching rank 8 with a character.
• Players will have other goals including 9 session goals that are implemented daily for match-made online game.
• 35 career goals for the entire game as well as 78 tournament goals for tournament mode.
• Players will also have 80 Goals for Ranked match sessions, 127 Arcade Mode Goals, 84 Combat trial goals, and 19 Versus mode goals.
-Completing some goals ties into some of the other ranks and unlockables but has nothing to do with unlocking characters or stages.
• You unlock minions on Level 8 and costumes on Level 10.
• One playthrough of the character’s arcade mode is enough to get to level 10.
• There are 6 difficulty settings for CPUs.
• Minions exist to cheer you on, ex: when you kill everyone with a Super they appear with fireworks.
• Rivalry cutscenes are CGI but opening cutscenes are hand-drawn images.

Story-mode is a bit basic;

Noqanky

Work ended, rushed to the store to get this game, and got some fast food and pepsi to keep me fueled. Tonight it's all about enjoying this game.

if anyone wishes to add me for online fights and maybe 2v2 pairings later, my psn id is anax4aero.

Jekkie

Only played through Radec and Sir Dan's arcade mode. I love playing as Sir Dan. Very fun.

Couple things were annoying…the start screen is still the same as it was in the beta, same background for the credits...that is just poor. Also the credits roll on like over 20 minutes lol

Noqanky

Went through the arcades of Spike and Sackboy. Other characters I seem to do well with are Jak and Nariko, who is extremely easy to combo with, although I rack up AP faster with Spike and Sackboy … I realize I got to level three before I remember to use the supers.

Sir Dan was also fun and Toro is interesting, I feel like they are next in line for arcade.

Jekkie

What level difficulty did you start with? I went with the hardest setting myself.

Something very cool happened. On the PSASBR forum I go to we were raising money for a user[graphics guy on the site] because with school and bills he didn't have a PS3 or vita but has been following the game since day 1. We raised 100 of the 250 dollar goal and Superbot donated the rest so now he'll be able play PSASBR on a brand new vita. Very awesome of them.

Noqanky

@Jekkie:

What level difficulty did you start with? I went with the hardest setting myself.

Something very cool happened. On the PSASBR forum I go to we were raising money for a user[graphics guy on the site] because with school and bills he didn't have a PS3 or vita but has been following the game since day 1. We raised 100 of the 250 dollar goal and Superbot donated the rest so now he'll be able play PSASBR on a brand new vita. Very awesome of them.

Oh, just played the normal setting to get through and practice. Currently doing online and owning with Spike, Sackboy and Toro. This can get really addicting …

tatermoog

Got the game, barely had time to poke around in it. Liked what I tried. Real test will be the Thanksgiving me+brothers+dad tournament, with none of us having had more than two or three minutes experience.

Reviews are obnoxious to read on this one.

Cyber-Robin

@tatermoog:

Got the game, barely had time to poke around in it. Liked what I tried. Real test will be the Thanksgiving me+brothers+dad tournament, with none of us having had more than two or three minutes experience.

Reviews are obnoxious to read on this one.

Was to be expected. How many compare it to Smash?

Noqanky

I respect the ign review the most seeing how much time they spent dissecting the game.

First day impression is that it's a really addictive game. There's definitely some bugs they need to work on. Most noticeable of all is the one in which when placed in a ranked match, instead of giving me the character I chose I get a random one, which is fun in a custom match but in a ranked match it kind of undoes the hard work from previous rounds. During one round I was given Big Daddy and got completely obliterated.

At this point I'm definitely maining Spike and am getting the hang of Toro. Sackboy it seems I can handle decently, but not solidly enough yet to feel comfortable.

Other impressions:

Too many noobs using Raiden, gets tiring to go into a match with three of them.
Drake seems to me to be likely to go far … the people who know how to use him completely wreck.
Ratchet doesn't seem to need as much balancing as I imagined ... I guess it plays a role that most people by now know to expect his level one.- I'm finding Spike to be extremely reliable and versatile. Everytime I go into a fight with other spikes I see they do things different from what I do, and as a gamer that excites me, that I can use a character in my own signature way. Every single one of his moves has come into play in an interesting way … I can't wait to get more into him and strategize.
Not sure if it's there, but I would love ranked matches that are 1v1.

Gaiyae

As much as like sir Dan, I'm crap at playing with him.
I think i'm going back to Sly <3

tatermoog

@Cyber-Robin:

Was to be expected. How many compare it to Smash?

All of them. And they probably should.

It's not so much that there are so many comparisons to Smash Brothers, it's that so many of the reviews seem to have been dictated by preconceived notions, both pro and con. The reviews seem to be more of a platform for commentaries on Sony/"innovation"/Nintendo than a basic question of whether the game is successful in what it attempts to do.

Gaiyae

I wonder if people said the same thing about Doom after Wolfenstein was released…
The video game industry is based upon games that copied from other games, and put their own spin on it/added features.
Actually the same applies to alot of modern products.
I'd personally love to see more companies do the same (Classic Square/Enix character vs Konami All-Stars Brawl GO!)

Anyone figured out how i can use my vita as a controller for the ps3 game?
I only have 2 controllers and i'd love to play it with 3 people at the same time.

Zkaiser

@Gaiyae:

Anyone figured out how i can use my vita as a controller for the ps3 game?
I only have 2 controllers and i'd love to play it with 3 people at the same time.

I don't know for sure but have you tried going to the wifi versus match and seeing if your PS3 picks it up?

Gaiyae

Yeah.. Already found out.
I used another PSN account, and invited my main (Vita) account.

Game might even be one of my personal GOTYs.
Really hoping this game sells well enough to warrant a sequel.

Noqanky

I'm enjoying the game but it still has to surpass Kid Icarus as most addictive game of this year for me.

That said, I did go ahead and obtain a Vita and am very eager to be able to play this on the go. Took a couple hours to download it, but it's all set. Does the saved data from the PS3 get linked to the account, or do I need to constantly link the systems?

edit: Also, this is an awesome ad:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/28/robot-chicken-takes-on-playstation-all-stars

Gaiyae

Whenever you play on the Vita you need to log into your PSN acount.
There should be a button in the top right corner that should enable you to log in.
Don't worry if it doesn't directly show your PS3 progress, because it can sometimes take a while.

Most (unhealthy) addictive game for me this year is Guild Wars 2 …by far.

RPGJay

I've nearly got the platinum trophy for this game; to get the final trophies I just need to play against a friend online and win a ranked match without dying. I suspect I'm going to have very huge issues with the latter.

tatermoog

I suspect if you play enough ranked matches you'll get it without even trying too hard.

Gaiyae

I thought getting 3 kills with a lvl 1 would also be super hard to obtain.
Then i did it in one of my first matches.

Also; Atlus talks possible Persona characters in ‘Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale’
Teddy gets all of my money

RPGJay

I'm in full support of anything Persona related~ I'd love to see that happen.

I got close to getting the trophy for winning without dying in a ranked match last night, only to be hit with Cole's level 2 super in the last 5 seconds :\

Insider2000

I really need to start playing this online. I've only played arcade.

It's so funny how I feel this game doesn't have enough characters, yet having to beat arcade mode with every character seems so daunting to me.

King Cannon

First patch already?

Basically, an item that didn't make the cut despite being shown in a trailer, AI and online improvements and Sackboy nerfing.

Jekkie

Jak and Daxter are my mains. I was forced to play as them because of the character switch glitch. It was my first time playing them and got 2nd. Really enjoying them. Maybe I'll have to pick up the collection sometime as I've never played the series. As for sackboy I think the level 3 needed a nerf more. After you die you respawn as a bubble again…other similar supers you respawn with regular movement.

Noqanky

Agree with the sackboy level three. Movement restored after being killed once would be fair.

Loving Spike and the way I can control my surroundings with him, but even though I'm usually the first with my AP ready for level one, I have trouble landing kills with more experience players.

Jekkie

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/04/heavenly-sword-stage-coming-to-playstation-all-stars

Awesome, Heavenly SwordxWipeout stage coming with Kat and Emmett all free.

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Money and Spades

so how is this game?

Noqanky

Excited about Kat, she seems like an interesting character to control.

@Money:

so how is this game?

Rather fun and addictive. The learning curve is a bit harsh online, but the solo mode gives you plenty of opportunities to hone your skills if you wish to do so. There's also a lot of unlockables, but really the main thing that makes this game worth it is the online and playing over and over and over.

KaizokuFan22

4xAP battle, Cole vs Kratos.. EPIC BATTLE LOL

Jekkie

My two top characters now are Jak and Evil Cole. Think I may pick up the Jak and Daxter collection as I've never played the game before. Only like 15 dollars.

tatermoog

@Jekkie:

My two top characters now are Jak and Evil Cole. Think I may pick up the Jak and Daxter collection as I've never played the game before. Only like 15 dollars.

Highly recommended on my part. The first game has aged very well as a game in the Banjo-Kazooie/Mario64 vein of platformer. Jak 3 is also very good.

Jak 2 was much, much, much more frustrating than I recalled, and I found it pretty frustrating when I originally played it.

ex720

I don't know why this is a thing, but is there any reason for, in local versus mode, only player 1 being able to increase charcater levels and use customized characters?

Zack

@tatermoog:

Highly recommended on my part. The first game has aged very well as a game in the Banjo-Kazooie/Mario64 vein of platformer. Jak 3 is also very good.

Jak 2 was much, much, much more frustrating than I recalled, and I found it pretty frustrating when I originally played it.

I think it tends to be subjective. I like Jak 2 the most myself personally, but the first Jak and Daxter is a lot different from the rest of the series.

Jekkie

More info on move sets and such for the Kat and Emmett DLC. Sounds great!

http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/4/3725568/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-starhawk-gravity-rush-dlc-preview

tatermoog

@Zack:

I think it tends to be subjective. I like Jak 2 the most myself personally, but the first Jak and Daxter is a lot different from the rest of the series.

Jak 2 was certainly my favorite when they originally came out. Found the transportation sequences much more annoying when I came back to it.

But yeah, they're all at least worth a play.

RPGJay

I've been noticing I'm not that bad with Ratchet. Which is weird considering I've only played one Ratchet game and from my understanding it was the bad one.

Waffles

I think all the Jak's are great. Speaking of which I haven't played them in so long! Might just replay them now.

Oh and the new stage and characters look great plus its free! Awesome!

valiantt

Just a word of advice, in case anyone else has forgotten, the dlc is only free for 2 weeks. So pick it up asap before it actually costs something.

black-leg jex

whe ndoes the dlc come out? because i won't get this game till chistmas so is it after or before?

Gaiyae

No worries, it should arrive somewhere early 2013

Jekkie

interview with Seth some spinets of gameplay of the new dlc.