Tuesday, April 21, 2009
My PS2, She May Be Dyin'...
It was bizarre. I'm on the trail of the (real?) killer in Persona 4, and we hit the ol' dungeon again. Well, the new dungeon. A fight begins, and Yosuke summons his persona...
... And nothing happens. He stays stuck in an animation with a magical tarot card spinning above him, wiggling a little bit. I can toggle "rush" mode on and off, but that's it for interactivity. The main game loop is waiting for an animation that will never arrive.
It seems to be the case (after I reset it and replay a dozen or so times) with any of the other characters, too. And not just this saved game, either, but also any past saved games. My own character can summon personas just fine (well, okay, I only tried with ONE, but it worked fine).
So - since things that were working in past saved games are now not working, it would seem to be that either my disc became damaged (while sitting safely inside the machine), or my seven-year-old 'fat model' PS2 is starting to die. A quick test revealed that though it seems to play some other games just fine, it refuses to acknowledge the existence of my Gran Turismo 4 disc.
Could be that the GT4 disc has gone bad, too, but it's smelling suspicious, ain't it?
Gah. What a bummer. More testing may be involved to make sure what's going on, but part of me thinks this might be a blessing in disguise. A forced vacation from Persona 4 for the next week or two might be a good thing.
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- posted by The Rampant Coyote @ 7:10 AM (Permalink)
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Well, as tragic as this is, there's some reason to be optimistic...a replacement's now $100.
# posted by 
: April 21, 2009 11:04 AM
: April 21, 2009 11:04 AM
Persona 3 killed my PS2 just after the beach vacation... :(
(I immediately went out and bought another one... which is good because they're only ~NZ$150 but bad because the memcard exploit doesn't work on the slimlines, so I've lost access to the MAME emulator I'd been running on my PS2 -- unless I go install a modchip, which I don't really want to do.)
(I immediately went out and bought another one... which is good because they're only ~NZ$150 but bad because the memcard exploit doesn't work on the slimlines, so I've lost access to the MAME emulator I'd been running on my PS2 -- unless I go install a modchip, which I don't really want to do.)
I didn't realize you were in New Zealand, Miral. :)
And yeah - a replacement will cost only 1/3rd of the price of the original. Still, that's $100 I'd much rather have put somewhere else. :)
But - hey, it's to finish Persona 4...
And yeah - a replacement will cost only 1/3rd of the price of the original. Still, that's $100 I'd much rather have put somewhere else. :)
But - hey, it's to finish Persona 4...
What, you've already forgotten the (misguided) mini-rant I posted several threads back? :)
And the console price is now the same as 1.5 games, so... yeah. (But you're right of course.)
And the console price is now the same as 1.5 games, so... yeah. (But you're right of course.)
Sorry to hear about your apparent hardware failure. My first PS2 (a slimline bought in 2005) was the first console ever to die on me, and immediately before doing so it scratched my Prince of Persia Two Thrones DVD,thereby producing some very weird in-game graphics problems (which I initially rather foolishly thought were actual gameplay features (!)).
But yes, taking a break from a lengthy game like P4 can be a really good idea. For example, I stopped playing the game for a week or two and instead frantically button-mashed my way through "God of War: Chains of Olympus" on the PSP. Then I returned to Persona 4 with renewed enthusiasm and finished it.
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But yes, taking a break from a lengthy game like P4 can be a really good idea. For example, I stopped playing the game for a week or two and instead frantically button-mashed my way through "God of War: Chains of Olympus" on the PSP. Then I returned to Persona 4 with renewed enthusiasm and finished it.
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