Unit 13 - Vita - Funny Story

So TJ was talking up the tactical shooter "Unit 13" (from the makers of the SOCOM series) for the Vita and since I enjoyed the demo I picked it up yesterday. 

We were excited to have a fun coop shooter on a handheld and I'll just say that the game is surprisingly fun, controls very well and demands you pay attention while playing because, in SOCOM fashion, it can be pretty difficult with quick deaths if you aren't careful.

The funny story was that TJ and I were unaware of a built in feature of the Vita we'd never used because we didn't know it existed.  In game headset-less chat.

Now we knew that there was a party system and in game chat, but we figured it was all with bluetooth headsets.  Basically for about 40 minutes we messed around with Vita settings and in game settings and party settings, but we weren't getting good results.  We were hearing ALL audio in the headsets and sometimes we could hear each other and other times not. 

Finally, after a while I said, "we'll figure this out later, lets just disconnect the headsets and play a round or two."  As soon as we disconnected the headsets we could hear each other perfectly through the systems mic and speakers.  The audio quality was quite shocking and is easily on par with the 360 chat and normal phone conversation. 

We just kicked ourselves for a minute at what noobs we were and then continued to pwn the AI in numerous scenarios and mission types.

My takeaway lesson is that you shouldn't overcomplicate things.  Sometimes....shit just works all it's own.