It's a brilliant update for PS3 gamers this week. Final Fantasy VIII's up there, along with demos for Aliens Vs Predator and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Here's the full official list:
PS3 Store Title Licencee/Publisher Availability Price
Games Final Fantasy 8 Square Enix LTD All Territories £7.99/€9.99
Demo/Trial Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Demo Electronic Arts LTD All Territories except Germany FREE Aliens Vs Predator MP Sega Europe LTD All Territories except Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and UAE. FREE
Minis Spaceball: Revolution Virtual Toys All Territories £3.99/€4.99
Packs Topatoi: Episode 2 BAL Holding Limited All Territories £4.79/€5.99
Dragon Ball Namco Bandai Games Europe All Territories 'Dragon Ball: Revived Warriors Pack' FREE
Eyepet SCEE All Territories 'Eyepet Lucky Dip Pack 11' FREE
Infamous SCEE All Territories Infamous - Gigawatt Blades Pack FREE
Guitar Hero 5 Activision Uk Ltd All Territories except Russia,Saudi Arabia,South Africa and UAE. 'Attack' By 30 Seconds To Mars' £1.59/€1.99 'From Yesterday' By 30 Seconds To Mars' £1.59/€1.99 'Kings And Queens' By 30 Seconds To Mars' £1.59/€1.99 30 Seconds To Mars Track Pack £1.59/€1.99
Rockband Electronic Arts Ltd All Territories except Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and UAE 'Gone (Montgomery Gentry)' £0.99/€1.49 'Me And My Gang' £0.99/€1.49 'On The Road Again' £0.99/€1.49 'She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy' £0.99/€1.49 'Suds In The Bucket' £0.99/€1.49 'Swing' £0.99/€1.49 Going Country Pack 03 £4.99/€7.99
Age Of Booty CE Europe Limited All Territories Age Of Booty Map Pack 1 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 2 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 3 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 4 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 5 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 6 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 7 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 8 FREE Age Of Booty Map Pack 9 FREE
Dante's Inferno Electronic Arts LTD All Territories except Russia Free Soul Pack FREE Small Soul Pack £0.79/€0.99 Medium Soul Pack £1.59/€1.99 Large Soul Pack £3.19/€3.99
Videos Dantes Inferno Electronic Arts Ltd All Territories except Germany Dantes Inferno Fraud Dev Diary FREE
Family Game Night Trailer Electronic Arts Ltd All Territories except Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway and Sweden FREE
Army of Two: The 40th Day Electronic Arts Ltd All Territories except Germany 'Mask Creator Trailer' FREE
After Burner Climax Sega Europe LTD All Territories FREE
Themes Army Of Two Theme 2 Electronic Arts Ltd All Territories except Germany FREE
PSP content available to download via PS3 Store
Games Final Fantasy 8 Square Enix LTD All Territories £7.99/€9.99 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks D3Publisher of Europe All Territories except Belgium, Netherlands and Russia £23.99/€29.99 Astro Boy: The Video Game D3Publisher of Europe Australia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, £23.99/€29.99 Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, UAE and UK Only
Demo Half-Minute Hero Demo Rising Star Games Australia and UK Only FREE
Minis Spaceball: Revolution Virtual Toys All Territories £3.99/€4.99
Packs LittleBigPlanet SCEE All Territories 'LittleBigPlanet Savannah Costumes' FREE 'The Gardens Costume Pack' FREE 'LittleBigPlanet Savannah Theme Pack' £2.39/€2.99
PSP Store/Media Manager Store
Games Final Fantasy 8 Square Enix LTD All Territories £7.99/€9.99 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks D3Publisher of Europe All Territories except Belgium, Netherlands and Russia £23.99/€29.99 Astro Boy: The Video Game D3Publisher of Europe Australia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, £23.99/€29.99 Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, UAE and UK Only
Demo Half-Minute Hero Demo Rising Star Games Australia and UK Only FREE
Minis Spaceball: Revolution Virtual Toys All Territories £3.99/€4.99
Packs LittleBigPlanet SCEE All Territories 'LittleBigPlanet Savannah Costumes' FREE 'The Gardens Costume Pack' FREE 'LittleBigPlanet Savannah Theme Pack' £2.39/€2.99
PS3 In-Game
Guitar Hero 5 - Full list of downloadable content Rock Band - Full list of downloadable content Eyepet - Full list of downloadable content Dante's Inferno - Full list of downloadable content
FFVIII for my shiny new PSP-3000, free inFamous & Dantes' Inferno (flying through the post from Play.com) goodies & AvP MP demo - such a shame I'm off ill from work for the next few days!!! Loving all things Final Fantasy related at the moment with Dissidia on my old PSP 100X, looking forward to XIII, want some info on XIV (Beta release date), Versus XIII and Agito now . . .
The battle system is similar to FF7, but you don't use materia. Magic isn't limited by MP, instead you draw certain numbers of spells from enemies/draw points on the map. The junctioning system is a little daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it it's great - you assign spells you have to your characters' attributes to improve them (eg raise attack or defense against elemental effects etc).
Aside from that, the battling/levelling is pretty much the same. I far preferred the plot and the characters, and the world is massive and fun to explore.
to Athrun888 I can't answer specifically about your tastes but I loved ffvii but viii was still my fave of the 2 I liked the characters and story (plus I finished it with out cheats) It took me 1 year to get into vii for the first time then I never looked back. I would say for sure its worth a look the characters are all lovable in their own way. The story and combat/lvl up system was pretty good. I will definatly say try it and I hope for the best and didn't reccommend you a game you end up disliking.
I wonder if there is anyway to copy ps1 memory card saves to ps3, and somehow use them as I got onto the 2nd cd of ff8 so never really completed it...
There are memory card adaptors available which plug into the usb port and allow you to use your old ps1 and 2 memory cards on the ps3. That's probably your best bet.
FFVIII has a great story and characters (except Squall, who is an even worse brooding emo than Cloud, in fact he probably cuts himself with his gunblade), but I personally found the battle system tedious. It was too summon-heavy and annoying when you run out of magic. That said, it's still a very good game and well worth the £8 asking price.
I wonder if there is anyway to copy ps1 memory card saves to ps3, and somehow use them as I got onto the 2nd cd of ff8 so never really completed it...
There are memory card adaptors available which plug into the usb port and allow you to use your old ps1 and 2 memory cards on the ps3. That's probably your best bet.
Yeah I've used one for all my old game saves, it works a treat. Well recommended.
If you're going to put matchmaking in a game make sure it can make a match in less than 5 minutes. And don't have the nerve to call it quick play.
Totally agree, I downloaded the AVP demo on 360 and after getting used to the Alien controls I thinks its very good, I really wanted to try it on PS3 to help me decide which version to get but I tried connecting on 4 seperate occasions but have still not played the PS3 demo. Looks like I'll be getting the 360 version then.
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