Topic: Nintendo Life Playstation 3 Fan Thread

The best deal to come out of this sale is Critter Crunch. It is ONLY $3.49! I mean seriously, this game is really awesome. Please give it a shot guys, you won't regret it.

@Stuffy..... dude you should really grab Zen Pinball. It may sound crazy but its an incredible game. The Street Fighter Tribute Table is prob the best Pinball Ive ever played and the new Ninja Gaiden Is Fantastic as well.

It's probably been mentioned on here before, but is there anyone who could link me to a site or help me out with changing my NAT Type 3 to NAT Type 1. It goes to NAT Type 3 on my wireless router and I hate hooking up my ps3 straight to the modem to play a game of NBA Live '10 online with a friend.

EDIT: I had tried before, but the website that was leading me through didn't make since to me since I'm not too bright when it comes to internet connection/modem/router stuff. All I know is I have a modem going to the wireless router and my internet connection is cable internet.

@Slappy: I'm not really a big fan of pinball in general, so I'll have to pass on that one. The Uncharted PSP pinball game was MORE than enough for me.

@y2josh: It hasn't been explained in this thread as of yet, but someone DID offer to post help on that topic if anyone was interested. Now that you've expressed interest, I expect that person to respond as promised soon. Actually, I'll be interested to hear this myself, as my Xbox 360 has historically liked to complain about "moderate" NAT, whatever the heck THAT means.

www.portforward.com

Look for your router/modem and then look for the game/server your trying to connect to.
It will have a tutorial on the site once you click on your router and the game/server you want to connect to.

It may not give your NAT type a 1 but it did for me and now i have 0% lag or disconnects.(apart from MW2....i hate P2P)

Thanks so much, Sean. I will go there in about 2 hours when I get off work and hopefully get my stuff straightened out.

Well, that site is COMPLETELY over MY head...oh, well. I THINK my problem may have somehow fixed itself at some point, though (or more likely, my dad ran an update for the router that fixed the issue...before the first update, the darned thing wouldn't work with the 360 AT ALL!).

@y2josh: Night shift kinda guy, eh? Such fun. Has its advantages, I'm sure...such as the fact that I'm ALREADY nocturnal for all intents and purposes. But all I can get is daytime jobs. Whatta pain.

@Stuff: Well, if it's over your head it's probably going to be over my head to lol. Yeah, 9:30 PM til 6:00 AM is better than 4:30 PM til 1:00 AM for me. Having less seniority than everyone else blows.

My work experience is primarily retail, so obviously, night shifts like that aren't usually an option. Some larger stores have night stocking shifts, but even THOSE are often only during the Christmas rush. I'm jealous of your hours, if not your bottom-of-the-ladder status. I'm up that late all the freaking time anyway (as you could probably guess, what with me being online and posting right now)!

Also, I forgot to post earler @WolfRamHeart: I did indeed FINALLY give Critter Crunch a try! I'd been sitting on a downloaded but unplayed demo since OCTOBER. Finally took a half-off sale to make me try it, and it was really cool!

In case anyone might be wondering (or there are multiplayer modes I don't know about yet), I also downloaded Gravity Crash, Tank Battles, and the aforealluded-to Braid (okay, so that last one obviously has no multiplayer). Half-off sales make my credit balance hurt more than not downloading games at all (shocker, I know)!

Well all i had to do was update my firmware for my router... I now have a NAT Type 2. "Type 2 - Connected through a router properly. Should have no issues." It doesn't show my connection speed though.

Edit: After doing a regular internet connection test after the config it showed me my download and upload speeds. 2.8 mbps down and 239.9 kbps up, which i guess is about right for my internet speed.

My router is a LYNKSYS and it pushes a NAT Type 2 and I have no problems at all. MW2 just has a crap job of grabbing a host and then when pressuring it, it drops bad. Last night I decided to drop 2 Sentry Guns and 2 Stealth Bombers all withing what, maybe 10 seconds and it crashed the server, and I was ticked cause I was like 15-0 lol.

@y2josh... dont feel bad man, I leave the house at 3:30 am and get home at 6:00 pm, It feels like night and day shift lol.

@Stuffy....... Gravity Crash if really fun in bits, its a fun game nontheless. Oh, and I want trying to force anyone into Zen Pinball, its just a really good pinball game. Im not a major fan of them myself, but the tables are set up so well, and really good angles, it seems every shot you take sometimes goes exactly where you want it, and the Tilt it pretty decent too so you can bounce the ball from bumper to bumper fairly easy with a little pratice.

I downloaded both of these and you were correct. Great game and love the street fighter II pinball machine.

@Slappy: I didn't say you were trying to force anything on me; simply replying to your suggestion in an honest matter. I'm quite certain I spent MORE than enough on this sale already anyway.

EDIT: Also, I just checked my PS3 internet connection. For whatever it's worth, it says I'm on NAT type 2 (not that I really have a clue what that MEANS). My connection generally runs just fine, so I don't think it's really a problem or anything. The Xbox 360 problems I used to have were probably just it not wanting to play nicely with the Verizon Fios router (like I mentioned earlier, it didn't work AT ALL before a router update...and it was a MASSIVE pain in the butt to learn what the problem was through online research, too).

@Stuffgamer: I'm glad that you are enjoying the game. If you ever want to play an online versus match just let me know. There are two trophies that you can earn from that.

@Slappy.... Oh I know man, I just dont really like to Recommend games, as if someone gets its and doesnt like it, I would in turn feel like crap

I actually am now running AT&T 6.0 Meg Gaming Package Service and Im using their highest Modem with built in Wifi and OMG Flippin Crap is my Internet Flippin Fast as Hell. Its NAT Type 2 wich is a good thing because its doesnt allow full access, but it allow full online play. I havent lagged a dang bit. Its only $50 a month too.

@Strofan..... My Lynksys Router was connected by with No Security at all. Full Access and no Security Settings to allow my DS and PS3 to connect, its the only way that worked without problems.

@y2josh..... glad your liking them. Street Fighter Table is just plain incredible.

@everyone - go preorder 3D Dot Game Heroes if you haven't already! Not that I need to mention that to Wolfram

So Zen Pinball is worth it huh? I played the demo and it felt like there was a delay between pressing R or L and the flippers actually moving, whereas the Midway collection was spot on in all regards (which I already own). The tribute tables have looked tempting for a while now though...might bite the bullet and spend 5 more bucks, as I already tossed $7.50 at Braid

I thought it was worth the money and I haven't noticed any delay myself. I don't have any other pinball games so thats why i went ahead and got this one and I enjoy it very much.
I plan on preordering it.

@WolfRamHeart: Sure, maybe. My brother was going to go ahead and download it, I think, so I may wind up playing with him mostly. I'm not generally big on multiplayer outside of what's necessary to earn Trophies. Even with Uncharted 2, good as the game is, I've played almost no multiplayer at all. Just not my thing, I guess. MIght work better if we had a big group of NLifers playing, but tha'td be a pain to set up, I'm sure.

@Slappy: You calling me Slappy again?

@Swerd_Murd: I reserved that right after its American release was announced. So excited!

@Stuffy..... lolz sorry bout that. I was telling my friend about the nickname and appartely typed it.

• Uncharted 2 is getting new DLC next week for Online Multiplayer in the form of DCL Skins.

@Swerd.... Ive heard the Williams collection has a bit better ball movement. Every now and then the ball will have a small unusual reaction but its always in the users favor it seems lol. Its rare and Ive never really seen anything that hurts the gameplay. For only $5 bucks its hard to complain at all the content.

• Im stopping by Gamestop and PrOrdering my copy today for 3 Dot Heroes. Prob going to be one of the few games I buy this year, with Bioshock 2 and GoW3

Anybody played Demon's Souls ? I'm thinking about getting this along with a friend, how hard is it to get into a co-op game with friends over PSN, the review on GT mentioned it wasn't always easy. And did you like the game?