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PS5 thread 2.0

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,505 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,177 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Wait, isn't that a movie plot from Fast and the Furious? Except they were stealing VCRs of all things :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭dingledosser


    Markitron wrote: »
    Start playing God of War.

    I guarantee that after 10 minutes in that game, it won't even occur to you that other games even exist.
    This literally happened to me last night.
    Markitron wrote: »
    Game is special
    Rx713B wrote: »
    By far best game I have ever played
    I've started GOW twice, played it for about an hour each time and found myself not going back to it. I'm going to give it another go over Xmas but it certainly didn't pull me in like all the previous God of War games
    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Same here, but didn't play previous titles, and in no rush to play it again. Sometime in the future, maybe.

    I actually have 2 or 3 hours of it under my belt from months back, and like others have said, it just didn't grab me. But it has so many people saying how incredible it is, I know I must be missing something, so I will give it another go in 4k 60fps glory and see if I can finally get it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    I actually have 2 or 3 hours of it under my belt from months back, and like others have said, it just didn't grab me. But it has so many people saying how incredible it is, I know I must be missing something, so I will give it another go in 4k 60fps glory and see if I can finally get it.

    I'm fairly certain the 60 FPS mode is locked to 1080p (unless there has been a new patch?)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    Berty wrote: »
    Wait, isn't that a movie plot from Fast and the Furious? Except they were stealing VCRs of all things :D

    Serves them right, that movie stole the entire plot of Point Break to the point that it was pretty much an unofficial remake.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Markitron wrote: »
    I'm fairly certain the 60 FPS mode is locked to 1080p (unless there has been a new patch?)

    Yep, it's either 60fps or 4k


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭dudeeile



    Deffo, you'd think they'd target the slow-moving trucks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭jones


    When trophies came out first I'd no interest in them but since the middle of the PS4 era I started enjoying looking for them in games i loved. I've platinumed 14 games since so I don't do it with them all but if I have enjoyed a game I usually try get them. Although I hate the complete game+ types it's very rare I'll play through any game twice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭Saz2020


    Unearthly wrote: »
    Yes! I had the exact same issue. Froze at that sign up page. I got around it by signing up for the account on the laptop. Then I was able to get past that screen by just logging in

    Thanks for your tip to sign up on laptop. Did it today and no problems when playing online now. Me and my oh have been playing it this morning. So far so good. Thanks again


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    jones wrote: »
    Although I hate the complete game+ types it's very rare I'll play through any game twice

    Miles Morales has that requirement which is weird since the original Spider-Man doesn’t require it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    Miles Morales has that requirement which is weird since the original Spider-Man doesn’t require it

    NG+ mode was patched into the original a couple of months after launch, it almost certainly would have been a requirement for the platinum had it been there day 1


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭loughrey


    Finally got to play my PS5 last night after it sitting in the box for a few days and it's pretty good. Nice to be able to play PS4 games with online multiplayer support and I do love the new PS5 store. It's not a massive leap over the PS4 like the PS3 was over the PS2 and that's despite me owning the rated best TV for PS5, the LG CX OLED. So anyone who doesn't have one yet, you're really not missing a whole lot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,146 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Berty wrote: »
    Wait, isn't that a movie plot from Fast and the Furious? Except they were stealing VCRs of all things :D

    Actually it was dvd players. :P


    Just wait until these same gangs that are stealing PS5s become international spies.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,501 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    loughrey wrote: »
    Finally got to play my PS5 last night after it sitting in the box for a few days and it's pretty good. Nice to be able to play PS4 games with online multiplayer support and I do love the new PS5 store. It's not a massive leap over the PS4 like the PS3 was over the PS2 and that's despite me owning the rated best TV for PS5, the LG CX OLED. So anyone who doesn't have one yet, you're really not missing a whole lot.

    To be fair there's a decent improvement over the PS4, between faster loading, full speed downloads for games and updates along with the very quiet fan, it's a pretty good improvement overall. I'm saying this as someone who has no PS5 games and had to purchase a PS5 sooner rather than later due to a faulty disc drive.

    In saying that, a lot of the games are PS4 generation so won't have the full potential of better graphics. It will probably be another year or two before the games look truly next gen, but the console itself has some immediate improvements in day to day use. Although I can't get 4K HDR, I believe there's a bug and the suggested work arounds don't help me with my Samsung Q70/Pioneer AVR. PS4 Pro worked fine.

    Nothing worth buying a console over, but there's certainly a lot less waiting around which was always a pain with big day one patches. I'd say wait for Q1/Q2 2021 for the rest of the launch window games to come out for a better selection of games though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Markitron


    loughrey wrote: »
    Finally got to play my PS5 last night after it sitting in the box for a few days and it's pretty good. Nice to be able to play PS4 games with online multiplayer support and I do love the new PS5 store. It's not a massive leap over the PS4 like the PS3 was over the PS2 and that's despite me owning the rated best TV for PS5, the LG CX OLED. So anyone who doesn't have one yet, you're really not missing a whole lot.
    DaveyDave wrote: »
    To be fair there's a decent improvement over the PS4, between faster loading, full speed downloads for games and updates along with the very quiet fan, it's a pretty good improvement overall. I'm saying this as someone who has no PS5 games and had to purchase a PS5 sooner rather than later due to a faulty disc drive.

    In saying that, a lot of the games are PS4 generation so won't have the full potential of better graphics. It will probably be another year or two before the games look truly next gen, but the console itself has some immediate improvements in day to day use. Although I can't get 4K HDR, I believe there's a bug and the suggested work arounds don't help me with my Samsung Q70/Pioneer AVR. PS4 Pro worked fine.

    Nothing worth buying a console over, but there's certainly a lot less waiting around which was always a pain with big day one patches. I'd say wait for Q1/Q2 2021 for the rest of the launch window games to come out for a better selection of games though.

    I may be alone in this but I honestly think its the biggest leap forward since the PS2 era. The new UI features are fantastic, its essentially silent, the loading times are pure sorcery, the controller is revolutionary and there has been a nice graphical/performance boost too.

    It doesn't hurt that, with Demon's Souls, it has the best launch game since Mario 64. Also it is not getting enough credit for having a pack-in game that is actually brilliant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,933 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    I find it a good leap from the launch day PS4. I never did get a PS4 Pro.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭SomeSayKos


    lertsnim wrote: »
    I find it a good leap from the launch day PS4. I never did get a PS4 Pro.

    Same here. I'm really happy with it. To be honest, the near imminent death of my launch PS4 made me get a PS5 at launch but I'm so happy I did. It's great playing games without your console trying to do an impression of a hairdryer. And that controller <3<3<3<3


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭sticker


    PC Only review - But hey...



    and



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    There's a glitch at least every hour......but it isn't game breaking :pac:

    Looks like it is worth waiting for this to be patched up down the line.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭HairySalmon


    Markitron wrote: »
    I may be alone in this but I honestly think its the biggest leap forward since the PS2 era. The new UI features are fantastic, its essentially silent, the loading times are pure sorcery, the controller is revolutionary and there has been a nice graphical/performance boost too.

    It doesn't hurt that, with Demon's Souls, it has the best launch game since Mario 64. Also it is not getting enough credit for having a pack-in game that is actually brilliant.

    The quality of life improvements are very next-gen, it’s great.

    PS4 was a good console, but it never felt truly next-gen due to it being so underpowered. PS5 takes absolutely everything to the next level!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 KevC20


    Hi has anyone ever bought games off CD Keys ? I'm looking at fifa 21 and its 45 euro


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭shrewdness


    lertsnim wrote: »
    I find it a good leap from the launch day PS4. I never did get a PS4 Pro.

    Same as this, I never got a Pro and I just upgraded from a 1080p TV to 4k, so the difference feels pretty big to me. And that's before you even get to the quality of life improvements like the extreme fast loading.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭Mecrab


    KevC20 wrote: »
    Hi has anyone ever bought games off CD Keys ? I'm looking at fifa 21 and its 45 euro

    I've bought games off them for PC with no issues


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭Mecrab


    There's a glitch at least every hour......but it isn't game breaking :pac:

    Looks like it is worth waiting for this to be patched up down the line.

    He said performance was bad even on a high end PC.. doesn't sound good for ps4 and base Xbox one lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭sticker


    Mecrab wrote: »
    He said performance was bad even on a high end PC.. doesn't sound good for ps4 and base Xbox one lol

    Yep - Interesting conversations here also below - no spoilers needless to say but impressions...

    Looks like a slow burner and as Arekkz pointed out this is first an RPG, second an RPG, third an RPG and fourth a shooter...

    I'd personally preffer to go into this (when I decide to) with lowered expectations and be impressed.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭loughrey


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    To be fair there's a decent improvement over the PS4, between faster loading, full speed downloads for games and updates along with the very quiet fan, it's a pretty good improvement overall. I'm saying this as someone who has no PS5 games and had to purchase a PS5 sooner rather than later due to a faulty disc drive.

    In saying that, a lot of the games are PS4 generation so won't have the full potential of better graphics. It will probably be another year or two before the games look truly next gen, but the console itself has some immediate improvements in day to day use. Although I can't get 4K HDR, I believe there's a bug and the suggested work arounds don't help me with my Samsung Q70/Pioneer AVR. PS4 Pro worked fine.

    Nothing worth buying a console over, but there's certainly a lot less waiting around which was always a pain with big day one patches. I'd say wait for Q1/Q2 2021 for the rest of the launch window games to come out for a better selection of games though.

    Yeah, faster download times and no noise is great but I've been using an Xbox Series X and find the Quick Resume to be far faster than than PS5 as it takes you right to where you left off without any load screen or X to confirm resume. I really hope Sony improves that as that was the biggest thing I was looking forward to and so far the Xbox is much faster with Quick Resume. Heading said that I think the PS3 was still a bigger leap as it introduced both full HD, Blu-ray, and online multiplayer, we had 4K with the PS4 Pro so we're not jumping to a new generation of resolution this year, we're just increasing the frame rates etc. It has said these consoles support 8K but I've read that's just up to 30fps which would be unplayable. We'll likely have to wait for the Pro to get true 8K support. All-in-all I'm pretty happy but I guess I expected more from this generation of consoles after 7 years, I definitely wouldn't say I'm hyped like I was for previous releases. Maybe we had is so good with the PS4 Pro, thy noise and slightly slower load times aside. I guess we've reached a technological ceiling where gadgets don't show revolutionary leaps anymore like the old days and they've become more iterative jumps


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    To those that finished Bugsnax.


    Tell me that final section isn't something straight out of a Resident Evil game
    :pac::pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭loughrey


    KevC20 wrote: »
    Hi has anyone ever bought games off CD Keys ? I'm looking at fifa 21 and its 45 euro

    I get my PlayStation plus from them for years and never had any issues with the codes, I assume games would be the same


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭ItsHoggie


    KevC20 wrote: »
    Hi has anyone ever bought games off CD Keys ? I'm looking at fifa 21 and its 45 euro

    Are you actually buying the game here or an account?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭loughrey


    Anyone else hoping the Metal Gear Solid Remastered rumours are true? It's actually one of the main reasons I chose the PS5 type generation as it's supposed to be a PS5 exclusive. Apparently Sony are paying for its production and accompanying it with an A-star casted Metal Gear Solid movie also made by Sony. The the idea of the best game in video game history being Remastered in 4K HDR is just too much for me. There's only three games I like playing: Call of Duty, Tomb Raider, and Metal Gear, couldn't give a toss about any other games. Though the Spider Man game does look amazing looking so I'm tempted


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