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[Portable Gaming] Best value for money
Comedy Reflux
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Since I got a job last December, I hardly have any time left to play some games. Since it's one of my favorite things to do, I've been thinking of ways to get more time to do so recently. I work full time, and while at home I work on a webcomic of mine, and a starting project of my girlfriend. They both need a lot of time since their just in the start up phase. It seems the only time slot where I have some options left is when I commune to and from work. I take the train, and have about 45 mins each morning and evening.
So that brings me to portable gaming. The question is, do I go for a 3DS, a PS Vita, or would a tablet better suit my needs.
Most tablet games I've played are either angry birds or aren't alot of fun. But that might be because I haven't ever bought any, I just played the ones that were free. Seeing that a few bucks/euros can get you something fun on steam, the same should be true for the android store, I guess. Then again, perhaps you need to invest alot of money in a tablet to get the same out of it as a dedicated gaming device, two to three times as much. The advantages I see is that I could also use the tablet for surfing and drawing, and games are alot cheaper (but are they any good?). Then again, it seems only the galaxy note tablet seems somewhat adequate to draw on for 'serious' purposes, which is a bummer because I can't seem to get it here yet.
So I would think that a 3DS or Vita probably best fits my needs. I would like it to give me the same kind of games I like to play at home. I like role playing games (fallout/skyrim/baldur's gate style, not Japanese style), driving games, platformers and especially fun or original games (to be fastidiously exact). At first this would make me think the Vita is perhaps the better choice. Then I notice that currently there don't seem to be too many games out yet. I also think of it predecessor with it's sometimes awful long loading times. When I only have 45 minutes, I don't need one and a half minute loading times. But perhaps that was all to blame on those UMD discs. The 3DS (XL even) is way cheaper, I can get a few games with it for the same money as a Vita. I can also play some games I've been meaning to replay, like Ocarina of time. Then I wonder if there's anything nice on offer besides remakes, something new? I dislike 3D in movies, so it's probably not a bonus to have it for my games.
Do I wait for a Galaxy Note so I can draw on the train too, or do I just go for a 3DS or a Vita now?
TL;DR: What portable gaming device to buy?
Post scriptum: I tried to specify my particulars in the hopes of not starting a 'best device in general' flame war.
So that brings me to portable gaming. The question is, do I go for a 3DS, a PS Vita, or would a tablet better suit my needs.
Most tablet games I've played are either angry birds or aren't alot of fun. But that might be because I haven't ever bought any, I just played the ones that were free. Seeing that a few bucks/euros can get you something fun on steam, the same should be true for the android store, I guess. Then again, perhaps you need to invest alot of money in a tablet to get the same out of it as a dedicated gaming device, two to three times as much. The advantages I see is that I could also use the tablet for surfing and drawing, and games are alot cheaper (but are they any good?). Then again, it seems only the galaxy note tablet seems somewhat adequate to draw on for 'serious' purposes, which is a bummer because I can't seem to get it here yet.
So I would think that a 3DS or Vita probably best fits my needs. I would like it to give me the same kind of games I like to play at home. I like role playing games (fallout/skyrim/baldur's gate style, not Japanese style), driving games, platformers and especially fun or original games (to be fastidiously exact). At first this would make me think the Vita is perhaps the better choice. Then I notice that currently there don't seem to be too many games out yet. I also think of it predecessor with it's sometimes awful long loading times. When I only have 45 minutes, I don't need one and a half minute loading times. But perhaps that was all to blame on those UMD discs. The 3DS (XL even) is way cheaper, I can get a few games with it for the same money as a Vita. I can also play some games I've been meaning to replay, like Ocarina of time. Then I wonder if there's anything nice on offer besides remakes, something new? I dislike 3D in movies, so it's probably not a bonus to have it for my games.
Do I wait for a Galaxy Note so I can draw on the train too, or do I just go for a 3DS or a Vita now?
TL;DR: What portable gaming device to buy?
Post scriptum: I tried to specify my particulars in the hopes of not starting a 'best device in general' flame war.
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The PSP had some great racers too, like Initial D and Wipeout.