Llamasoft does TxK for Sony Vita

[Harlequin]

What about tilting the controller, which is I think required for the bonus levels of TxK?

[axel000]

What about tilting the controller, which is I think required for the bonus levels of TxK?

You just move it like this, not hard.

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[Misfit]

What about tilting the controller, which is I think required for the bonus levels of TxK?

PS Dual shock controllers have tilt sensors.

[Harlequin]

What about tilting the controller, which is I think required for the bonus levels of TxK?

PS Dual shock controllers have tilt sensors.

Ah. Lovely.

[Yak]

At the moment tilt is used fairly minimally, just to steer during inter-level warp to maximise bonus points, and the front touch screen is used to detonate the Supertapper.

Now that we know what's afoot it'll be a simple matter to provide alternates for both those things to ensure compatibility with the Vita TV thing.

[fog]

Presumably it will all depend on how games control as to whether they are compatible?

Actually, yeah: I remember from a video that the reviewer was using the touchscreen a lot to select tracks, etc.

Maybe they'll do specially-tweaked Vita TV versions of incompatible games at some point?

Yeah the Wipeout update would be fairly trivial as touch is just used in menus.

When it's released the DS4 could emulate the touch screen where it's really essential in other games.

[PVB]

When is the release date for this? I wasn't going to buy a Vita but because of TxK I will be banging some cash down. If it's anyway as good as Tempest 2000 then I can justify the purchase I haven't look forward to a game for years and boy I'm looking forward to this!

If by "this" you mean TxK, then (hopefully) by early 2014, but don't quote me.

[fog]

The OLED screen suffers from burn-in apparently.

The Vita's a couple of years old now so I'd guess that a new LCD screen could look as good as an older OLED one.

Here's a comparison of the older OLED & newer LCD Vita screens. It's not very scientific but it gets the message across if anyone is considering buying one.

https://twitter.com/Hiro_1998/status/37 ... 36/photo/1

[zip accident]

Eh? It's a different aspect ratio? Certainly looks like it from those pictures.

[Harlequin]

So they have pre-faded the blue (or, as I have read, OLED displays often boost the blue to allow for future fading)?

[fog]

Eh? It's a different aspect ratio? Certainly looks like it from those pictures.

It's not obvious, but the top Vita is actually tilted away from you quite a bit. AFAIK they are both 16:9.

So they have pre-faded the blue (or, as I have read, OLED displays often boost the blue to allow for future fading)?

There just happens to be a lot of blue in that image I think. If you see a Vita OLED in action all the colours are more vibrant and the images sharper, especially in motion, than any LCD I've seen.

It's hard to covey in all Vita screenshots and vids. Yes, even TxK will look better than the already gorgeous screeies and vids Jeff has posted.

[bcass]

I don't care how deep the blacks are on any tiny screen. For a game like this I'd choose playing on a 51" plasma over a tiny handheld screen every time.

[gilesgoat]

I don't care how deep the blacks are on any tiny screen. For a game like this I'd choose playing on a 51" plasma over a tiny handheld screen every time.

Yes but the whole point is that this is PORTABLE, you can play it on the train/bus/tube/etc. and "of all the portable things" this is probably one of the best screens/portable form factor.

Of course on a 51 screen is another thing BUT trust me "it goes VERY NICE" on the Vita

[bcass]

Well, I have zero interest in buying a Vita (or a PS4) but I might be tempted to buy a VitaTV for the indie stuff that it's bound to attract, especially if Sony get it comfortably under £100 by the time it reaches Europe.

[gilesgoat]

Well, I have zero interest in buying a Vita (or a PS4) but I might be tempted to buy a VitaTV for the indie stuff that it's bound to attract, especially if Sony get it comfortably under £100 by the time it reaches Europe.

Strange thing about the VITA .. it's really a lovely piece of HW, I quite can't understand why there seems to be a bit of "hum" about it, HW speaking is really a pretty nice piece of HW.