ARR "technically possible" for Vita?

[Griss]

While it's really cool to hear that the new engine is that scalable, I just don't know how much fun it would be or if the experience its self would be comfortable. Games like this are really designed to be played in pretty big hunks of time. I could not picture my self sitting down with a hand held for two to three hours or more to play this or any other game.

The problems are many, eye strain from the screen size, battery life, and connectivity. Hell that's not even getting into holding the damned thing for prolonged periods of time.

[Zantetsuken]

I'd guess we'd see FFXI on the Vita before FFXIV.

With the lower res and smaller memory footprint, it seems like a much easier port at this point.

[Yucie]

Larger scale games will never be able available on Vita, or any other handheld, FFXIV included.

I, for one, would never be caught dead playing an MMO on something that small and uncomfortable.

[Andrien]

wow you guys can come up with all kind of ideas, "small scale, big scale"

appreciate the innovation the devs trying to make lmao


btw: PSO2 is no way close to small scale.

[Colino]

riiiiigggghhhtt

Here is 2 PS Vita free to play mmo

Funny you mention two games that are not full-scale mmos, are entirely instanced and one of them uses a facebook type energy system.

Yeah no.

[Andrien]

Funny you mention two games that are not full-scale mmos, are entirely instanced and one of them uses a facebook type energy system.

Yeah no.

holy smokes.. full scale mmo now. lol

is there such a thing like partial scale mmo?

[Amherst]

btw: PSO2 is no way close to small scale.

Yeah, it really is. Excluding the lobby it's just instanced maps with a maximum of four people, I think sixteen max for multiparty. Not to mention the entire game is built less around strategy and more around reaction. There's no wide-encompassing overworld, no large scale PvP (though that may change in the future, we'll see) and no real need for communication to be honest.

Not to say it's a bad game, I actually enjoy it quite a bit. It's just that trying to imply FFXIV would be a good fit on Vita because PSO2 is doesn't work.

[Andrien]

Yeah, it really is. Excluding the lobby it's just instanced maps with a maximum of four people, I think sixteen max for multiparty. Not to mention the entire game is built less around strategy and more around reaction. There's no wide-encompassing overworld, no large scale PvP (though that may change in the future, we'll see) and no real need for communication to be honest.

Not to say it's a bad game, I actually enjoy it quite a bit. It's just that trying to imply FFXIV would be a good fit on Vita because PSO2 is doesn't work.

yeah, i agree totally. the point i'm really trying to make here is that it is not impossible for mmo to work on that platform.

[Colino]

yeah, i agree totally. the point i'm really trying to make here is that it is not impossible for mmo to work on that platform.

No one said it's techinically impossible, it's just "impossible" as far as comfort and utility goes. I just don't know of anyone who would want to play it considering how cluttered the screen would be.

[Andrien]

No one said it's techinically impossible, it's just "impossible" as far as comfort and utility goes. I just don't know of anyone who would want to play it considering how cluttered the screen would be.

speculations heh.

considering they're making a new UI for the PS3 version.. I beg to differ.

Hold that thought. Now what if I can use PS Vita as a controller for the PS3 version.