Retro City Rampage roars onto PSN this week

so.. dont know if i should buy this. i would support a dev. that does not have the balls to release the game, because of microsofts ruels… then i would condone such behavior. and then he cant even talk about it. my god the reddit thing was a bad step.

hope he makes up for it, at another time.

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will buy it… yes.. damn it!

Great to see another top indie game on the Vita. I really enjoy playing indie games on the Vita most, I had a blast playing Kyntt Underground. I really hope that developers will get behind it, I know i’ll be supporting every great indie game that comes out on the vita even more so than the big studio games.

I liked the Master System reference in the boxart

Anyway does the Vita version have the Gameboy filter or I am mistaken that it was promised to be in the game?

You know, I think we should support him after all that hard work he has done to bring us that great game.

I think both XBLA and PSN have some advantages.

Personally I’d rather wait a bit for some games and miss the party chat than have to pay extra for the “privilege” of being able to go online to fully enjoy games I’ve already paid for when I bought them in the first place!

Instead, we get for a smaller fee quite a few excellent full games, beta trials, full game trials and discounts, which cover the cost of PS Plus alone.

The cross-buy in this case is compensation enough for me for the delay!

People are moaning about a 3 month delay from when the US got it? This is an 80′s game, just be thankful it’s not an 18 month delay like we used to have to deal with back then.

I’ll be getting this for two reasons: 1. I’m an 80′s child & 2. I’ll support any dev who makes their titles cross-buy. If more people supported the games which are, it would soon become standard.

I’ll be getting this, I have it on Steam, but I’ll be getting for PS3/V too It’s just so AWESOME!!!

(There goes my gaming new year resolution… sort of, I mean, this is a good excuse right?)

Been watching and waiting for this game ever since it was announced for the Wii yonks ago.

So it’s a day one purchase for sure, can’t wait!

Yeah the 4 month EU delay annoyed me and sure the fact it’s a US Plus games is an ironic twist of the knife.
But it’s an awesome game that’s cross buy and save and look be a great Vita title. So I’m buying it day one to say thanks to the developer for bringing it over to the Vita which needs all the help it can get. I hope Sony take note over the grief these delays have caused. Probably not but here’s hoping for the future!

Anyway I hope the developer has plenty of success on the PS platform, it’d be interesting to here about what caused the delays at some point but I’d rather just crack on with enjoying the game and. It get caught up in the negativity that SCEE seems to attract and generate.

I also recall some extra graphic filters like a gameboy one being announced for the Vita version?
Any clarification on this would be good, either way roll on Wednesday!

Instant buy, This is exactly what my Vita have been missing, a game that bring back memories on my gaming youth..

Plus it have one of my favorite features – CrossBuy/CrossSave!

I’d much rather support a develop who releases a cross-buy game. So I shall be buying this as it looks sweet.

everyone sony hates the EU and they wont make

RETRO CITY RAMPAGE free for us ps plus users Wednesday and i dont care if it takes longer to design a toilet either make this game free for ps plus Wednesday or dont bother to add it yet again the usa gets the good stuff and leaves us eu people shafted

dont like this comment DONT READ IT !

@54 i int gonna support no one they made the game free for ps plus in america IF IT WAS FREE THEIR IT SHOULD BE FREE HERE IN THE EU for everyone who got ps plus i think i wont bother with ps plus in 2014 because sony dont know how to run it so i wont be waisting money on this game it will be rubish anyway

Game looks fantastic, will be buying, especially as it is Cross-Buy. Good work Brian.

Gary485 i think the maker of this game hates the eu cuz it WONT BE FREE FOR PS PLUS

well i was gonna get this game well i aint now im not gonna waste my money on it soon as gta5 is out people will forget about this one sorry but im very angry if anyone dont like my comments ignore them and i never read replys so dont bother

GOOD BYE and hurry up GTA5

For those talking about “Free in America PS+ it should be free there”

Go and ask one of the americans to swap their account with yours, they’ll happily do it, because the American PS+ subscribers think the European PS+ is far superior, we get a hell of a lot more BD content than them and better discounts on PS+ too.

@CoolRichy008UK

Dude, I have friends in the U.S. that are jealous of our IGC line up. We here may have the impression that it’s the US IGC that has “the best games” but there are people over there that think the opposite.

Also raging and writing in caps doesn’t help anyone, people will listen more if you make a good argument, just saying…

Thank you for all the hard work, Brian. I hope you get to read this to know that some of us really appreciate your hard work regardless of a delay. On the flip side you must understand that it is annoying for us EU users who had wait months for SF2HDR, Spyro… erm… where is Counter Strike? And other shady acts like allowing us to get a season pass and not giving us the content on time (which in my opinion is inexcusable). I will support your game and I really appreciate your passion for video games which is made ever so present by RCR. Good luck because you deserve success.

@Brian, just want to say thanks and well done for such a great game idea. I was hanging around for the PS3 release but as soon as i saw it on Xbox for 800 points i lost control of my fingers and bought it instantly. It’s been reported in magazines that you are taking a well earned break but i was wondering if you have any plans for the near future to make another Retro styled game ? If you do, make sure you get the same musician involved.

Oh and anyone who is refusing to buy this on ps3 (if that is thier only option) because of the delay (for whatever reason) then they are shooting themselves in the foot.

Haven’t heard good things on the Review side and Comments from US players suggest the game is extremely average, no wonder it became free on the US PSN. Since there is no discount it will probably become free in a few months, until then im not touching this with a 10Foot Pole. delayed by 4 months, average reviews, no discount ? Its a big NO PURCHASE for me.

Honestly even after the long delay, I’m still gonna buy it. As it looks very impressive.

It’s a shame that this delay has affected people’s minds on what looks like a fun and enjoyable game to something that should be revolted against.

If its any consideration you have released a certification delayed product quicker then Valve has.

Can’t wait to purchase it at full price when it releases

@ Raziel

I fail to see how you can decide to dismiss a game because it’s delayed 4 months and does not come with a discount. Plenty of triple A titles are often delayed by MANY months, and of course they cost full price when they’re out!

As for the average reviews, according to the above there will be a free demo, so why not give it a chance and see for yourself if it’s worth the asking price or not???

People do understand that a one man development team can only do one job at time? I’m assuming between Europe’s multiple languages and publishing laws a gap is bound to appear between us and the USA’s two languages and singular set of publishing laws, never mind everything I have no clue about.

Also a world where small teams can develop on platforms such as the playstation and Xbox is so very young that I’m assuming Sony is also still in the learning process of accommodating and helping people such as Brian Provinciano. And if you go “ugh, it’s so much later than the US. No buy!” where is the incentive for SCE to continue never mind improve.
I’ll be honest I’ve been a greedy buyer and receiver of games over christmas, even though I barely have an hour to even play my pre holiday shelf of digital delights. But I’ll still be grabbing Retro City Rampage, just like I did Derrick the deathfin, Papo and Yo, Joe Danger, Dyad…and closure (when it’s released?!) because I want to see Sony keep supporting those kinds of games and people.

Hey Brian,

I’m live in Canada so I use the US Store, but I just wanted to come over here to tell you and the commentators a few things.

1. The game is awesome. I found it got pretty hard near the end, but it was a lot of fun getting all the time machine parts. I got it for free with PS Plus, but because of that I am definitely interested in what you come up with next (if you plan on it!).

2. To anyone who’s demanding this be on discount or for free, you guys gotta understand what’s it like being an indie developer. Some are very generous, and I think it’s awesome that he let his game be on Plus in the US (probably some secret transaction going on there It’s so worth it if you were on the edge hoping for a discount or free. I went it thinking I wasn’t going to like it because I’m only 15 and grew up in the late 90′s early 2000′s, but it was soooo much fun to play, and I loved going for the trophies as well! (Damn you Death Cam!!!)

Anyways, thanks for the game, Brian. It was a lot of fun to play through, and I really hope you make some good money from this a give yourself a much needed vacation after that development cycle, you deserve it!

- Zach

The biggest dissapointment about this post is that tomorrow is Tuesday. The best thing is that tomorrow is Tuesday.

This means only 1 more day to wait and then RCR is unleashed on Europe. BOOM!!

Day 1 purchase. Cant wait.

well done Brian looks like a great game. Hope to see more epicness from you in the future.

I find it hard to believe this won’t be coming to PS Plus. Apologies, to the developer but I will wait. Be thankful that so many people are still interested in your game after this delay.

Seriously people need to stop being so impatient, your not entitled to constantly whinge at a developer because there issues releasing a game in you region. If you have never released a professional international game all by your self then you don’t have the right complain. America have always received games before us or even exclusively. Just Because you didn’t get the game immediately when a different region did doesn’t mean you can invalidate someones hard work and obtain the game half price or free. Loosing interest in some thing because you don’t get it exactly when you demand it is characteristic of a spoiled child. It looked good when it was announced, it looked good when it was released in America and it looks good now so ill be buying it for the full price.

The replies from Brian Provinciano have put me right off this game, what I gather from his replies is the developer is going use our money from the EU to fund the discounts he gave to the US. I’m not going to support a person like that because the exact same thing will happen with the next game it seems like blatant discrimination to me.

I have a MAJOR problem with the 3 month delay & no transparency. The biggest nut shot is whilst this launched as a PSN console exclusive it made it to XBLA before EU PSN.

SCEE, your lack of openness about this won’t help your reputation (which is on the ropes judging by the blog community reaction to this and previous fiascos). This isn’t the way to support an indie developer either. Brian, thank you for giving us the best version possible but couldn’t SCEE have been kept us posted on the progress rather than radio silence. In fact, a PSN user had to cite Eurogamer (EU date) to get a confirmation on the blog that it was true.

Brian I will be getting RCR & supporting this wonderful game BUT you may have lost a lot of EU business through poor communications of SCEE. Things get delayed, we understand that, but SCEE generally gives us less than breadcrumbs on what is happening. Just track the miserable progress of CS:GO, now near 5 months overdue & no information whatsoever. We’re all very fickle about different things (me too) but a better level of communications & transparency never hurt anyone. In 2013 No news is not good news anymore. Next time remember delays can be mitigated if you talk to customers.

@79

Alternatively, he could have agreed to put it in US PS+ to get an immediate, yet smaller payoff from Sony, which would allow him to finance the EU release. The alternative would be wait for it to sell well in the US on its own and the EU release would be delayed even further until it had sold well enough to raise the cash. Just a thought.

If it’s not too expensive in Australia I’ll probably buy it this week. My priority is the new EDF game, though.

I hope the gameplay is a lot more coherent and less random “hey look we’re referencing this thing now” putting the game all over the place, than the demo seemed to show.

It is understandable that Brian doesn’t want to gift this game away. And the same way it is understandable that we don’t want to be treated as if this were a brand new game that should be rewarded with the full price, because of all this shiny new experience.

This is a globalized world and a game as RCR is yesterday’s news. One that’s been sold or given away “for free” already. Developers and especially SCEE should learn this lesson and improve. Or take a seat when customers shift their focus elsewhere, with poor sale numbers being the result.

Seriously, does anyone expect that CS:GO will still sell considerable numbers?

@JamieIII

Charming idea, that a game about a previous era of gaming shouldn’t be expected to sell as if it would be 2012/13.

I wonder how games about the dark middle ages should be sold then. Probably with years of delay, no previous announcement or information and a 1/3 chance to catch the plague, haha.

Because this isn’t going to be on PS3 in Australia, will the Vita version be cheaper for us due to no Crossbuy?

Look mummy, these kids got this game first, and they got it for free, so I want it NOW and I want it FREE, or I’m not going to do my homework and I’ll break all my toys!!!!

That’s wonderful! Many thanks for this. Please, pretty please give us more retro classics. Namco Classics, Atari Classics, Sega Classics, PsOne Classics (Such as Tekken 3), PS2 Classics (Atari Anthology), et cetera.

Can’t really understand people moaning about how much they wanted the game for months and months and now because of the delay they don’t want it anymore, couldn’t have wanted it that much in the first place really.

Will be picking this up as it seems the perfect game for my Vita when on the go. Well done Brian in finally getting this to the EU store and I hope it gets the sales it deserves.

How about a River Raid HD?

Can’t wait for this. I’ll be picking it up on release day! If you guys don’t support small developers they won’t support our platforms.

Crossbuy is great!

I will give it a Try but it depents on the Price. Hopefully there will be a Plus DISCOUNT (not for free) on this.

Support the developer, you say.
Blame the publisher, I say.
Knowing there was a delay for release in SCEE-territories the publisher should never have allowed the game to become part of US’s Instant Game Collection.
This backlash from European customers is hence more than comprehensible.

I really don t see how you can hope for good sales on this one.

All the hype is over, people are fed up waiting for this one.
And the few that are still following it knows that it will come free someday.
I was 100% to support Brian 3 months ago but in this worldwide economy you can t hope to make big bucks of a game when it s free in US or on sales on other plateform like STEAM.

But please Brian don t blame the gamers in Europe for poor sales, blame SCEE.
Gamers in Europe were ready to support you, Sony Europe was not.

TLN

Holy crap! This looks like mix of a lot of games. GTA, SuperMarioBros, MetalGear I can sense in trailers.
Looks amazing!
Is there any chanse of getting OSX and/or iOS versions?

We arent going to get any discount, while the Xbox 360 version is 10 Euro’s. After the delay, you would expect a discount. Even the Xbox version was earlier while this version was a timed exclusive in the first place. Sony get your act together with worldwide releases on your Playstation store. Microsoft only had one delay between USa and EU,and that was because of rights issues with Iron Brigade.

Not to be harsh but I won’t be buying this at launch. I understand you as a dev have to make your money back but as a consumer in the current market I can’t just throw money away to support a dev for the sake of it. I know to you as we are a new region this is a new game but for all intents and purpose this is an old game. Having seen prices in sales I will not pay full price just because I live in England. I hope it comes to plus or gets a decent discount and I hope you’ve done well enough to carry on as a dev. But it should have been released the same time as everywhere else if you wanted full price.

And to the people saying there no right to complain. There is every right as its our money the dev wants and I guarantee he wants our money more than we want his game. Never forget that’s the way it should be. The bottom line is Xbox got this two weeks ago. If we got it then or Xbox was delayed till now, this reaction may have been avoided.

The xbox version is at the moment 10 Euro for a period, after that it is going to be 15 Euros I got a feeling the ps3 version is going to cost more than 10 Euro.

fine to keep you lot happy and brian happy i just traded in black ops 2 for a psn card so i can get the game and see what the fuss is about so feel free to virtualy punch me in the face

and dont you dare say wow well he changed his mind quick fussing over a game that int free i know how all your minds work people if i do get the game tomorrow and like it i will buy it again on my other account as well as long as its £7.99 or has a discount then il get it

Luizelgespuizel the game will be about 7.99 or have a discount because i read that the wii version is about 16MB how can a huge game be a tiny MB if i do get it it better keep me buzy till gta5 and i take back what i said yesterday