PS5 thread 2.0

muddypuppy

Doom Eternal just got the free upgrade to PS5
Quality mode runs at mostly 4k @ 60hz, RT mode lose some resolution but still runs at 60, and performance mode runs at 120. Save doesn't carry over. It does support Adaptive Triggers (nothing mind blowing) but I didn't notice anything fancy going on with the rumble.

DaveyDave

Replacement PS5 arrived, 11 days from the day of collection. Not bad at all. Arranging a DPD collection is a bit of hassle (they don't send a box so you have to pack it yourself which can be tricky due to size, DPD drop off points don't take larger boxes and trying to call head office specifically took a few tries).

The GF will be happy as I've had my PC on the floor in front of the TV unit with an ethernet cable going all the way into the hall and the cable from the mouse, keyboard and controller going across to the coffee table :P

Snowrunner on the way from Amazon. Hopefully the PS5 update for that will be along soon.

There's rumours of WRC 9 being on PS+ next month. That would be nice as I've been looking at picking it up and I got a month of Plus when I backed up my saves.

J Mysterio

I rang playstation yesterday and they will repair or replace both of my controllers, just have to arrange for the shipping.

Wasn't too much hassle to arrange, but a bit ridiculous that both of these are defective. One was with the console, the other was a gift. Both have analog drift issues, and whatever else. PS5 is solid, thank god.

padair

Any word on July Psplus games?

EoinMcLovin

padair wrote: »

Any word on July Psplus games?

Usually half 3 I think. There is a separate thread for ps plus btw

johng906

July ps plus games:

A plague tale innocence
Call of duty black ops 4
Wwe 2k battlegrounds

Still keeping virtua fighter this month

Seems like a few poorer ps plus months (for me anyway)

Revoker88

J Mysterio wrote: »

I rang playstation yesterday and they will repair or replace both of my controllers, just have to arrange for the shipping.

Wasn't too much hassle to arrange, but a bit ridiculous that both of these are defective. One was with the console, the other was a gift. Both have analog drift issues, and whatever else. PS5 is solid, thank god.

The PS4 controller was garbage regarding longevity,I've never had more controllers for one console and it was a short console generation.

Givin the haptic feedback and how good it is on the DS its doubly disappointing that they suffer the same longevity issues as PS4 controller.

I know some won't like it but I'd easily have paid say €550 for the disc version to make this a non existent issue. Instead we get good ideas on what to do with controller spoilt by them just not lasting.

I've turned haptic and trigger tension to lowest setting because I'm worried about the controller breaking. Defeats the purpose for me really.

Potential-Monke

I dunno, aside from Dirt Rally 5, I haven't adjusted the haptics in any game yet, and I haven't noticed any longevity difference between haptic heavy games like R&C and Returnal vs normal rumble games. I've had no drift or sticking issues aside from what I thought was a slightly sticky X but that resolved itself. New controller about a week now (trade in offer) and haven't notcied any difference either. You're always going to have issues with mass produced products, just you don't hear of all the non-issues because people don't bother logging into forums or social media to post positive stuff!

I'm also lucky I suppose, aside from a 360 with a RRoD, I haven't had to replace any consoles or controllers that I can recall. Well, controllers yeah, because I broke them or they wore out over use, which is to be expected over time.

The Phantom Pain

The store on PS5 in regards to clearly distinguishing between PS4 and PS5 versions of games is appalling. I wasted 25 minutes downloading what I thought was the PS5 version of Rogue Company but nope, turns out it's the PS4 version despite being in the PS5 section of the store. I'm assuming it did this because I used the 'sort' button to easily locate it but I used the sort button within category of 'all PS5 games' therefore it should not be including PS4 versions. I even tried searching without using 'sort' and it still kept showing the PS4 version. Had to literally type in 'rogue company ps5' in the search box to bring it up. Ridiculous.

The Phantom Pain

oh, and the PS5 just installed an update even though I declined it. My current install for Fallen Order was 90 minutes before the update. Now it's 3 hours. :rolleyes:

sweetie

Quick question re cross-saves from ps4 to ps5;
I sold my PS4 at xmas and got my PS5 in march. Backed up everything to the cloud before I sold the ps4 but any of the ps4 games I've downloaded like Bloodborne, Last of us and Nioh 2 I can't find my save anywhere in the cloud despite my trophies/progress showing as expected. I'm thinking of getting a cheap ps4 and seeing if I can access the saves again and transfer manually. Any thoughts? cheers

Markitron

sweetie wrote: »

Quick question re cross-saves from ps4 to ps5;
I sold my PS4 at xmas and got my PS5 in march. Backed up everything to the cloud before I sold the ps4 but any of the ps4 games I've downloaded like Bloodborne, Last of us and Nioh 2 I can't find my save anywhere in the cloud despite my trophies/progress showing as expected. I'm thinking of getting a cheap ps4 and seeing if I can access the saves again and transfer manually. Any thoughts? cheers

It’s a bit awkward but you can’t always see what the save is until you download it and then install the game that it’s for. Download all your saves to your PS5 and then boot up the games you want to play, should work fine. Then delete the saves you don’t need.

The Phantom Pain

sweetie wrote: »

Quick question re cross-saves from ps4 to ps5;
I sold my PS4 at xmas and got my PS5 in march. Backed up everything to the cloud before I sold the ps4 but any of the ps4 games I've downloaded like Bloodborne, Last of us and Nioh 2 I can't find my save anywhere in the cloud despite my trophies/progress showing as expected. I'm thinking of getting a cheap ps4 and seeing if I can access the saves again and transfer manually. Any thoughts? cheers

In saved data management on your PS5 there should be two separate lists, one for PS4 and one for PS5. Are you looking under the PS4 one? That should be where your PS4 cloud saves are.

sweetie

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

In saved data management on your PS5 there should be two separate lists, one for PS4 and one for PS5. Are you looking under the PS4 one? That should be where your PS4 cloud saves are.

yes, I looked there alright. I'm thinking I either didn't download them completely when I setup the ps5 and now have probably overwritten them with new saves to the cloud... I guess the only way to find out is go back and try on a ps4.

The Phantom Pain

sweetie wrote: »

yes, I looked there alright. I'm thinking I either didn't download them completely when I setup the ps5 and now have probably overwritten them with new saves to the cloud... I guess the only way to find out is go back and try on a ps4.

If that's the case, I doubt getting a PS4 would make a difference unless it's the PS5 that's acting up. On that note, I believe Markitron was saying that the PS5 doesn't always show the specific PS4 saves in the cloud so the only way to know is to just download them all and then install the game you want. That being said, if you've booted up the (backwards compatible) PS4 games on the PS5*, saved in them and have auto upload on you may have, like you said, overwritten them unfortunately. I would try Makitron's method first as to not rule anything out.

sweetie

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

If that's the case, I doubt getting a PS4 would make a difference unless it's the PS5 that's acting up. On that note, I believe Markitron was saying that the PS5 doesn't always show the specific PS4 saves in the cloud so the only way to know is to just download them all and then install the game you want. That being said, if you've booted up the (backwards compatible) PS4 games on the PS5*, saved in them and have auto upload on you may have, like you said, overwritten them unfortunately. I would try Makitron's method first as to not rule anything out.

I've done all that before but I've probably ballsed it up already by not manually downloading from the cloud first before I tried to play it. thanks

Zero-Cool

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut out August 20th. 70 quid on ps5 or 30 to upgrade if you own the original. Lots of info on the ps blog linked in the tweet.

I'm not looking Sony's upgrade paths for these 'director cuts' for games over a year old. Final Fantasy 7 was similar and I'm sure death stranding will have the same model also.

https://twitter.com/PlayStationEU/status/1410634352350859264?s=19

johnny_ultimate

I don’t mind them charging €10-20 extra when there’s new content, as has been the case with FF7 and Ghosts. I’d just consider it DLC in that case. Free is best, of course, but things like the Yuffie expansion are hard to argue with.

But charging full whack retail price for a new copy leaves a sour taste. At least knock a tenner or two off the price for what’s effectively a year old game. Especially since there’s already a PS5 enhanced version of the game. Rereleases are meant to be cheaper, not more expensive than the original game was at launch.

The next-gen premium also stinks.

CastorTroy

Okay, so if you have the PS4 version, you can get the PS4 version of the DC for €19.99 and later upgrade to the PS5 version for €9.99 or upgrade directly from base PS4 version to PS5 DC for €29.99. So technically is 1 cent cheaper to go the other route.

I think this is what they're going to do with any rereleases. Charge an upgrade fee due to making some changes like the lip synching and dual sense haptics.

Just looking here at Smyths and the base version on PS4 is currently 64.99, which was probably the launch price. So that's €94.99 for the PS5 DC if you paid full price for the PS4 version.

Zero-Cool

I don't mind paying for dlc like yuffie but i refuse to pay full price for FF7 when i already paid full price a year and a half ago. Granted, i sold it and got some money back and would have been grand if i still had it and just had to pay for the dlc. Same with this DC, I'm not paying full whack for it and even if i did still have my ps4 copy, i wouldn't pay 30 for the game again just to play the dlc.

I still have my death stranding copy but doubt I'll be paying the 30 euro upgrade for that either.

Markitron

Needed something to play so ended up getting Returnal, was originally gonna wait till it dropped in price. After playing for a few hours I have realised that, unfortunately, it is way too hard for me. It’s not the combat itself is hard, its just that one lapse in concentration and you lose an hour of progress, just like that. A particularly good run saw me make it to the first boss, where I was fairly well geared up. I just about managed to beat it and then my heart sank when I saw the 3 squares next to its health bar - I had only gotten 1/3rd of his health down. He immediately killed me after this.

When I restarted it occurred me that it was going to take me ages of grinding to get decent gear before I could even attempt the boss again, so I just turned it off. I think I’m done with it, I just have no desire to go through that again just to maybe get a little further on the boss. It’s a real shame cos the combat is fantastic and the story/setting really sucked me in - like a more horror themed Metroid Prime. I should have gotten Ratchet & Clank, wonder if I can just return it to Smyths.

HairySalmon

Markitron wrote: »

Needed something to play so ended up getting Returnal, was originally gonna wait till it dropped in price. After playing for a few hours I have realised that, unfortunately, it is way too hard for me. It’s not the combat itself is hard, its just that one lapse in concentration and you lose an hour of progress, just like that. A particularly good run saw me make it to the first boss, where I was fairly well geared up. I just about managed to beat it and then my heart sank when I saw the 3 squares next to its health bar - I had only gotten 1/3rd of his health down. He immediately killed me after this.

When I restarted it occurred me that it was going to take me ages of grinding to get decent gear before I could even attempt the boss again, so I just turned it off. I think I’m done with it, I just have no desire to go through that again just to maybe get a little further on the boss. It’s a real shame cos the combat is fantastic and the story/setting really sucked me in - like a more horror themed Metroid Prime. I should have gotten Ratchet & Clank, wonder if I can just return it to Smyths.

Couldn’t recommend Ratchet enough, it’s utterly charming. There were sections with some of the little robot drones that had me grinning throughout

Markitron

HairySalmon wrote: »

Couldn’t recommend Ratchet enough, it’s utterly charming. There were sections with some of the little robot drones that had me grinning throughout

Yea I’m regretting my decision

shawki

Markitron wrote: »

Yea I’m regretting my decision

There was a PS4 game swap thread, maybe resurrect it and you might be able to find someone willing to do a straight swap.

Markitron

shawki wrote: »

There was a PS4 game swap thread, maybe resurrect it and you might be able to find someone willing to do a straight swap.

That’s not a bad idea, would I have to ask a mod to create that thread?

Zero-Cool

Markitron wrote: »

That’s not a bad idea, would I have to ask a mod to create that thread?

I have Knack 2 if you're interested. PM me your deets.

Markitron

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I have Knack 2 if you're interested. PM me your deets.

I think I’ll just CEX it for R&C, the money it would cost is worth it to avoid having to deal with the mouth breathers and tampon eaters on Adverts.

RocketRaccoon

Markitron wrote: »

Needed something to play so ended up getting Returnal, was originally gonna wait till it dropped in price. After playing for a few hours I have realised that, unfortunately, it is way too hard for me. It’s not the combat itself is hard, its just that one lapse in concentration and you lose an hour of progress, just like that. A particularly good run saw me make it to the first boss, where I was fairly well geared up. I just about managed to beat it and then my heart sank when I saw the 3 squares next to its health bar - I had only gotten 1/3rd of his health down. He immediately killed me after this.

When I restarted it occurred me that it was going to take me ages of grinding to get decent gear before I could even attempt the boss again, so I just turned it off. I think I’m done with it, I just have no desire to go through that again just to maybe get a little further on the boss. It’s a real shame cos the combat is fantastic and the story/setting really sucked me in - like a more horror themed Metroid Prime. I should have gotten Ratchet & Clank, wonder if I can just return it to Smyths.

If you still have the receipt, bring it to Smyths and say it was bought for a son/family member. They're usually sound for exchanges once it's within the allowed time frame.

Zero-Cool

Markitron wrote: »

I think I’ll just CEX it for R&C, the money it would cost is worth it to avoid having to deal with the mouth breathers and tampon eaters on Adverts.

Yrah like Rocket said, try Smyths first, nothing to lose. I'm the same, CEX is just too handy and no hassle, even if it means taking a hit of a few quid.

I love the sound of Returnal but lack of 'save and quit' feature completely puts me off.

Markitron

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Yrah like Rocket said, try Smyths first, nothing to lose. I'm the same, CEX is just too handy and no hassle, even if it means taking a hit of a few quid.

I love the sound of Returnal but lack of 'save and quit' feature completely puts me off.

Take my advice then, wait for it on PS Plus. It’s an excellent game but it just isn’t something that works for me. I was fine with almost all aspects of it, but having to grind for 30 mins just to be able to take one attempt at a boss is a red line for me.