Bionic Commando Rearmed Supports Remote Play

[Shin-Ra]

Bionic Commando Rearmed will feature Remote Play

This is the sort of value added feature that can help set the PS3 version of a multiplatform game apart as the more attractive buy. Hopefully Sony will promote it well and make it even easier for developers to support in their games.

[Copywriter]

I still don't know why I should care about remote play. Got any links that would get me excited for it?

My PSP has been siting here for eons. Got it when it came out and haven't used it much. Think it's time to mess around with it more.

That said, I AM excited for Bionic Commando. It's an icon.

[u_nick]

Originally Posted by Copywriter

I still don't know why I should care about remote play. Got any links that would get me excited for it?

My PSP has been siting here for eons. Got it when it came out and haven't used it much. Think it's time to mess around with it more.

Basically, i think of it as a way to play my PS3 when I'm not home... Christmas and Thanksgiving stuck with lame crazy uncle's no one else wants to talk to? Flip on my PSP, and suddenly, my PS3 sitting at home is available to me...

[Septimus Prime]

Awesome. Awesome to the max.

[Copywriter]

Originally Posted by u_nick

Basically, i think of it as a way to play my PS3 when I'm not home... Christmas and Thanksgiving stuck with lame crazy uncle's no one else wants to talk to? Flip on my PSP, and suddenly, my PS3 sitting at home is available to me...

Oh? How the heck do you do that?

Why isn't this a feature that's talked about more. I know nothing about remote play.

[TheEnd187]

REMOTE PLAY IS AWESOME, you can play Pixel Junk Monsters on it, sure beats the heck outa work.

[u_nick]

Originally Posted by Copywriter

Oh? How the heck do you do that?

Why isn't this a feature that's talked about more. I know nothing about remote play.

Well, it's not talked about more because only a handful of titles actually support it right now. I think its just BC Rearmed, PixelJunk Monsters, and maybe Loco Roco Corrececho right now? You can play videos and trailers, as well as mp3s stored on your PS3. And view your photo galleries.

I think you can even acce4ss the browser and PS Store. So if you are at work, you can log into your system on new download day, queue up your downloads, and they will be ready waiting for you when you get home.

Most gaming, Blu-ray movies, and such are not supported yet though.

[tommyD]

You can also play all PS1 game discs (load them into the drive on the PS3, then launch Remote Play), though if you're not at home the lag is a killer for anything except for RPGs.

[Copywriter]

Okay cool. Late last night I learned about remote play and set up my stuff.

Took ages, because I had to download the PSP update AND wait to charge it up. Even though it was plugged it, the PSP won't update if the battery is low.

Pretty cool. Anyone use Skype or the Internet radio on it yet?

[Shin-Ra]

Bionic Commando: Rearmed, PSN Features: Revealed

They're keeping something back for announcement later.

[Mxr5150]

I am excited for this game.

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Bionic Commando: Rearmed, PSN Features: Revealed

They're keeping something back for announcement later.

Some stuff that came out of the blogpost responses from John Damiano (Capcom) and Ben Judd (Bionic Commando team lead):

Ben Judd:

Is there going to be trophy support?
A solid perhaps

Is there going to be a demo?
A definite yes

Is there co-op offline?
A concrete yes

How much is the game?
A reasonable 10 bucks

when is the game going to be released?
When it is released (Jedi mind trick (TM))

>> $9.99 to be specific, in keeping with typical PSN pricing.

More from Ben Judd:

Unfortunately it does NOT feature online co-op. I just want to make sure everyone knows that before buying. I would hate for someone to feel “cheated” by it not having a feature they assumed would be in it.

Basically we initially planned to make a bare-bones single player game that had about 70% of the original levels and enemies in it. However, while we were creating it one of the programmers at GRIN threw in a second character.

Co-op swinging was so much fun we knew we had a dilemma. We could either remove Co-op to avoid disappointing people by the fact that online Co-op was not in the game, or we could leave the easter egg in there and hope that people would see it as a nice bonus.

Unfortunately, the 2D part of the engine was never built with online features in mind since that was never in the original spec. However, I can say that while it may not make up for the fact that people want to play online, it is nice to grab some friends and play in the same room and play mutliplayer like we did last gen!

Also note (unrelated): 1942: Joint Strike confirmed for PSN on July 24.

[Kyzer the Medic]

Its funny, but with games like Star Wars : Force Unleashed and all the others coming out this fall. Bionic Commando is the one I am eagerly waiting a release date on. I remember it was actually the first game I finished on the original NES and can't wait too see it in HD !

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Is there going to be trophy support?
A solid perhaps

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disappoint ya. Both BC: Rearmed and 1942 will not be supporting trophies, but they might appear at some point in a patch.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/07/10/...onic-commando/

[Shin-Ra]

That's not contradicting what he said.

[u_nick]

Hopefully all these updates means it's coming soon.

[Idealsupra]

Too bad Capcom sucks and wont put trophy support into either BC or 1942 even though they havent been released yet.

Good job.

[Shin-Ra]

I don't understand all this whining about games that are coming soon not having trophies. You'd rather they delayed them? There'd be a whole lot more complaining if these games released later on PS3 than Xbox 360.

[Idealsupra]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I don't understand all this whining about games that are coming soon not having trophies. You'd rather they delayed them? There'd be a whole lot more complaining if these games released later on PS3 than Xbox 360.

Who said anything about delaying them? But its pretty sad that they have already come out and said that they have no plans to make a patch for them to support trophies either. I believe they said "if the money is right" they "MIGHT".

I think its sad that some devs and in this case Capcom have basically publically stated that there will be pretty much no support for a game that hasnt even been released yet.

Seems pretty bad business to me. Just looking at the comments on the page where this news was announced people have already stated they were thinking about buying but wont now because of lack of support.

Like it not the trophies are here and ARE a big deal to a LOT of people. Myself included. I dont want to waste my money on a game that wont get any support in the future and that includes trophy patches. Its not like these PSN games are graphical or gameplay wonders to warrant buying anyways (for the most part). They are simply internet "mini" games on steroids and sold to us...which is fine by me but Ill be selective with my purchases due to that. I was thinking of getting 1942 because I like the style game but I really dont feel like supporting a company that doesnt seem to care about what a community wants.

All you have to do to see the RIGHT way to go about this is look at dev teams like Criterion, Naughty Dog and the PixelJunk team. THATS the right way to go about things.

Examples of the wrong way are obvious from Capcom, IW, and for the time being Insomniac (although I DO think they will patch both R1 and R&C once R2 is released).

[Shin-Ra]

Do you know how long it takes to put trophies into a game? Especially if the game wasn't designed to have trophies on PS3 from the start?

Assume it's easy and takes no time all you like but don't expect every new game released to support trophies for a few months yet.

And you know a majority of developers don't support their game after release and what's wrong with that? You finish your game and put all your effort into the next one, gaming wasn't so bad when everyone did that, was it? It might well have been better because everyone knew where they stood, what to expect.