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Keeper Of Traken
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So, I'm planning on buying a handheld this year, and I'm looking for advice and people's experiences with the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP.
I like the look of the DS, with the two screens, stylus control, that it's bright enough to play in daylight and that it can be closed so as to protect the screens and controls. What keeps me back is the sheer amount of anime-styled games (I loathe anime with the hate of a thousand million suns), I want to stay clear of that art style in my games. However, the DS seems to have more strategy games, which would be my main game interest on a handheld. I know it's got Age Of Empires and Anno 1701 already (the latter I may have to import however), and Civilization: Revolutions is coming out along with Warhammer 40k Squad Command. The DS Brain Age titles also look really good (and heaven knows I need all the help with my memory I can get!).
The RPGs for it however, and some of the strategy titles, seem to be all anime styled crap like Final Fantasy. The PSP seems to have less of that, and has D&D Tactics, the Grand Theft Auto games and the Warhammer title will be for PSP as well. There were a couple of other titles I cannot recall at the moment, but I remember being intrigued and they were PSP-only.
The PSP though by all accounts is difficult to see in daylight even with the brightness settings maxed, and the screen and controls have no protection other than a separate carrying case.
So, those of you that have one or the other, or both, what do you recommend? As I said my main interest is strategy, followed by RPGs and I like fun silly stuff too (but no anime!).
I like the look of the DS, with the two screens, stylus control, that it's bright enough to play in daylight and that it can be closed so as to protect the screens and controls. What keeps me back is the sheer amount of anime-styled games (I loathe anime with the hate of a thousand million suns), I want to stay clear of that art style in my games. However, the DS seems to have more strategy games, which would be my main game interest on a handheld. I know it's got Age Of Empires and Anno 1701 already (the latter I may have to import however), and Civilization: Revolutions is coming out along with Warhammer 40k Squad Command. The DS Brain Age titles also look really good (and heaven knows I need all the help with my memory I can get!).
The RPGs for it however, and some of the strategy titles, seem to be all anime styled crap like Final Fantasy. The PSP seems to have less of that, and has D&D Tactics, the Grand Theft Auto games and the Warhammer title will be for PSP as well. There were a couple of other titles I cannot recall at the moment, but I remember being intrigued and they were PSP-only.
The PSP though by all accounts is difficult to see in daylight even with the brightness settings maxed, and the screen and controls have no protection other than a separate carrying case.
So, those of you that have one or the other, or both, what do you recommend? As I said my main interest is strategy, followed by RPGs and I like fun silly stuff too (but no anime!).
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