New console

[kickaha]

I swore I wouldn't buy a new game console until I graduated. That was over a year ago. So last night, I bit the bullet, and bought a brand spanking new... PS2. Oh. Yeah. Baby. Nothin' like living on the cutting edge of technology... for the year 2000. :)

Picked up the PStwo (PS 2 Slim), a two-pack of memory cards, and a couple of games. I have waited years now to be able to play Katamari.


And it looks like I get to keep waiting. Did anyone have one in stock? Oh hell no. We hit every game shop within a 30mi radius, and no dice. Nada. One EB had two used copies, but they were pretty scratched. Time to order online and just be surprised when it gets here, methinks.

We're using a DualShock controller from the old PlayStation, although I'm tempted to go wireless on the controllers. (Any suggestions on that? I was recommended Logitech as having a good wireless/feedback unit, but not sure I want to blow another $80 on two controllers.)


Would love any suggestions on games, but with one caveat: no storyline games. Nothing that requires (allows) my brain to get sucked in for hours on end. That, I still don't have time for, because it will EAT MY BRANES. Yeah, okay, so I made the mistake of picking up the Star Wars II Lego game last night, but *that's it*. I still have frickin' Parasite Eve and one of the Final Fantasy titles from the PS to get through. (Memory card died, got depressed at my hard work gone, didn't pick them up again.) I like arcade-style games more than anything, something I can pick up for 30 mindless minutes of blowing shit up, and then walk away from. (Hence, picking up Burnout 3. Points for massive destruction with an auto? Booyah.)

Comments

[badger.livejournal.com]

Logitech's wireless is pretty good, as in I found it decently responsive and not bad re battery drainage - I went through most of the PS2 wireless controllers last year when I was looking at a dual wireless MIDI controller rig using juNXion. (Still want to find two wireless controllers that will connect through the same wireless receiver hub and then I'll have that last piece of that art installation project built.)

As for games, almost all of the games I've ever played are storyline games. That said, the GTA series will allow you to cheerfully zoom around and break things without having to deal with a single mission or storyline if you don't want to. Also State of Emergency is almost completely mindless violence that might be ok for you.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Cool on the Logitechs. I kinda like the idea of having a clutter free living room again. (Stop laughing, hon... I mean *more* clutter. ;) )

[badger.livejournal.com]

I should have mentioned that M and I both found the Nyko brand wireless controller annoying: one of the two joysticks on the controller tended to stick slightly sideways, resulting in a "constant creep to the right" on screen (intermittent but consistent on two different controllers), and the case was not comfortable: didn't fit M's hands comfortably, and the plastic/rubbery casing was oddly tacky in an unpleasant way to both of us.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

*nod* ginkgo and I noticed pretty quickly that the 'mini' controllers fit her hand *much* better than the std size, while I felt like the Hulk holding them. If we get a couple of wireless units, one's going to have to be a mini, I think.

We also noticed the wide range of grip materials, some good, some bad - as well as the 'cooling' controllers with air vents and *fans* to keep your palms from sweating. You know, if you're playing *that* much... well... eh.