Malice_Mizer Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Hey. Japan's PlayStation Store is back and there's a bunch of stuff you can get with your PlayStation Plus 30 day subscription, this game is one of them. It's actually like some sort of Full Game Trial that you can only play for 30 minutes, and only on your Japanese account for some reason. So it's like a demo you can fool around with to see if you might want to buy the game. Edited July 6, 2011 by Malice_Mizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francofone Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) It didn't play on a non Japanese account for me. Anyone know a work around? EDIT: I got Frogger to work, but it expired in the middle of the game. I'm going to wait and see if Dark Awake is going to expire tonight/today before I start playing it. EDIT: Ok, it expires in August so i should be ok. Edited July 6, 2011 by Francofone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice_Mizer Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Wow, this is pretty much a rip off. Dark Awake only worked on my Japanese account and only for 30 minutes. Mahjong World, the other freebie, mentions in its expiry data that it expires after 60 minutes of play. I'm gonna change the thread stuff to reflect this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francofone Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Wow, this is pretty much a rip off. Dark Awake only worked on my Japanese account and only for 30 minutes. Mahjong World, the other freebie, mentions in its expiry data that it expires after 60 minutes of play. I'm gonna change the thread stuff to reflect this. Yeah, mine expired as well. Sony needs to do a better job in its homeland. Edited July 6, 2011 by Francofone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezkly Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 (edited) Actually you can get all 3 of them to work on other profiles and here is the trick. Start the game up for the first time in your Japanese account.. Once it has loaded you can exit and switch back to whatever account you like.. It will load up and continue the trial.. It will also show in your trophy list.. Once the trial starts you have that amount of time to play.. Not 5 minutes here one day and 10 minutes the next.. you have 15 minutes to play then and that is it.. Now here is the bad part.. Froger you have 15 minutes, Dark Awake 30 minutes and Janline Lite you have a hour... Yes you can unlock trophies while in the trail.. But they don't sync... unless you purchase the full game.. Its nice and all but it was really cruel of Sony to add these to the PS+ after two months of a outage.. Edited July 6, 2011 by dezkly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyotaros Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I didn't even get to download and play my free ps3 game oh wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francofone Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Actually you can get all 3 of them to work on other profiles and here is the trick. Start the game up for the first time in your Japanese account.. Once it has loaded you can exit and switch back to whatever account you like.. It will load up and continue the trial.. It will also show in your trophy list.. Once the trial starts you have that amount of time to play.. Not 5 minutes here one day and 10 minutes the next.. you have 15 minutes to play then and that is it.. Now here is the bad part.. Froger you have 15 minutes, Dark Awake 30 minutes and Janline Lite you have a hour... Yes you can unlock trophies while in the trail.. But they don't sync... unless you purchase the full game.. Its nice and all but it was really cruel of Sony to add these to the PS+ after two months of a outage.. Yeah, it would have helped if there was a time mentioned, or at least a number that is universally recognizable, in the description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Yeah, it would have helped if there was a time mentioned, or at least a number that is universally recognizable, in the description. I only downloaded Frogger before I knew about the time restraints, and I saw the warning on the downloaded game about the whole 15 minutes of playtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmoneyofHokuto Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 anyone here downloaded the japanese Echochrome? im having trouble going into the "Cloud" option. It shows 2 message menus and exits out. I'm playing it on my US account. This woyld make Give Me Five impossible just a warning for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan187 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 So i've downloaded Echochrome & Frogger, and now im reading there just trials?? More BS from are trusted friend Sony lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 So its not even worth it to dowload anything because they are just "trials" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmoneyofHokuto Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 i know those trials are bs ....Dark Awake was an awesome game from what i played.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 so japanese are paying for trials? wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 so japanese are paying for trials? wtf? Well basically they are not paying because its 30days free ps+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malice_Mizer Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 The Japanese (and rest of Asia) have a really fucked up Free Game Trial system. Looking back in various news articles, they seem to get a lot that are only half an hour or 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nostros Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 dont know. dark awake only lasted 30 min's for me and sync'ed up to my profile witch will now have a stain of 0%. echecrome play's fine on my us account and there for good so i dont know. i snagged it day 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 dont know. dark awake only lasted 30 min's for me and sync'ed up to my profile witch will now have a stain of 0%. echecrome play's fine on my us account and there for good so i dont know. i snagged it day 1. Well Echochrome is part of the Welcome Back, so that's why it plays normally since that's the full game with no trial BS. Dark Awake is 1 of the free games from PS Plus but with the whole 30 minute trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nostros Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Well Echochrome is part of the Welcome Back, so that's why it plays normally since that's the full game with no trial BS. Dark Awake is 1 of the free games from PS Plus but with the whole 30 minute trail. ya. i just popped off about the echochrome cause StanDaMan187 said he only got it as a trail and some one else said it was haveing cloud prob's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainComptonese Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I only downloaded Frogger before I knew about the time restraints, and I saw the warning on the downloaded game about the whole 15 minutes of playtime. Funny, how I did manage to unlock the 4/4 trophies within 15 mins on the Japanese Version . It's pretty cheap & easy to do . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobol14 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Is it going to forever stuck as 0% on my trophy list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullz_69 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Is it going to forever stuck as 0% on my trophy list? Unless you buy it, then yes! it's stuck at 0% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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