PS4 Megathread goes fourth.

Benzino · 24-02-2019 3:30pm

Thanks for the advice, will do both. Just got another email!

Kenjataimu · 27-02-2019 8:23pm

Are any of the apps on PS4 worth downloading.

(Apart from Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, Sky & Twitch)

Varik · 28-02-2019 8:51am

Bit more than the average colour change for limited editions

sekiro-shadows-die-twice-limited-edition-ps4-pro-ds1-1340x1340.jpg

28-02-2019 3:36pm

Kenjataimu wrote: »

Are any of the apps on PS4 worth downloading.

(Apart from Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube, Sky & Twitch)

Think you've covered all your bases there. Maybe Spotify? And PSNow if that's of any interest to you.

Inviere · 28-02-2019 5:28pm

Has anyone any recommendations for a HDMI switch that works with the PS4? Ideally it'd have 4 or 5 inputs.....

Zero-Cool · 28-02-2019 11:07pm

The division 2 open beta starting tomorrow morning, pre-load is live now.

SolvableKnave · 01-03-2019 11:38am

Inviere wrote: »

Has anyone any recommendations for a HDMI switch that works with the PS4? Ideally it'd have 4 or 5 inputs.....

I got one form Argos years ago, still works perfectly. Don't think any make/model would makew a blind bit of difference to their function.

Xenji · 01-03-2019 11:43am

Inviere wrote: »

Has anyone any recommendations for a HDMI switch that works with the PS4? Ideally it'd have 4 or 5 inputs.....

I picked a Betron one up off of Amazon for about a tenner and had no issues.

Varik · 01-03-2019 11:52am

Is HDR comparability required, will you use a PC on it where you'd need/want higher refresh rates at 1440+ resolution or want it a bit future proof.

01-03-2019 5:28pm

Inviere wrote: »

Has anyone any recommendations for a HDMI switch that works with the PS4? Ideally it'd have 4 or 5 inputs.....

I got an unpowered one with 3 ports in Tesco. Even had a wee remote, One4All brand I think.Ran a ps4 slim, One X and PC on it. Served me well until I upgraded to a 4k monitor in recent times. PS4 will still work if I disable HDR in it's settings but no good for PC and One X in 4k. Reminds me I need to look for one with 4k support to replace it as I hate having to use the input toggle on the monitor.

CastorTroy · 01-03-2019 11:19pm

I plan on getting this one on amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072J4C42H/

Varik · 02-03-2019 12:10am

That's HDMI version 1.4.

would try to get one that's version 2.0

02-03-2019 10:52am

Interesting thread over on reddit about some foreshadowing in God Of War.

(Light spoilers)

Am I seeing what I think I am seeing. [Reddit]

ERG89 · 06-03-2019 10:00am

https://twitter.com/yakuzagame/status/1103075388765290496?s=19

Zero-Cool · 07-03-2019 10:25am

I'm still having loud fan issues on PS4 Pro(too lazy to try cleaning/moving it yet) but there is a faint clicking noise now when the fan starts getting faster and also when it starts slowing down. Definitely gonna clean it and move it to an open space today. Weird thing, I can get the fans going mad when I open the menu in Trials Rising. Close the menu back to a race and they slow down, very weird.

Anyone had clicking fans before?

Varik · 07-03-2019 12:33pm

Firmware 6.50 out, adds remote play to IOS.

dulpit · 07-03-2019 12:47pm

Varik wrote: »

Firmware 6.50 out, adds remote play to IOS.

But still not non-Sony androids?

Batesy · 07-03-2019 2:39pm

No sign of the app on iOS though. What gives?

Kintarō Hattori · 07-03-2019 4:22pm

Inviere wrote: »

Has anyone any recommendations for a HDMI switch that works with the PS4? Ideally it'd have 4 or 5 inputs.....

https://www.pigsback.com/en-ie/offer/400676/dm-logistics

I'm using this, works well enough.

ItsHoggie · 07-03-2019 5:54pm

Batesy wrote: »

No sign of the app on iOS though. What gives?

https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/ps4-remote-play/id1436192460?mt=8

Adamcp898 · 07-03-2019 7:30pm

dulpit wrote: »

But still not non-Sony androids?

Not even all Sony androids. Had an old Z3 compact for years that could use remote play, then bought a newer Xperia handset but presumably because its not in the flagship tier it can't use it even though it has better specs.

You never use it anyway to be honest, tiny screen and some input lag means the novelty wears off fast.

Zero-Cool · 07-03-2019 9:38pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I'm still having loud fan issues on PS4 Pro(too lazy to try cleaning/moving it yet) but there is a faint clicking noise now when the fan starts getting faster and also when it starts slowing down. Definitely gonna clean it and move it to an open space today. Weird thing, I can get the fans going mad when I open the menu in Trials Rising. Close the menu back to a race and they slow down, very weird.

Anyone had clicking fans before?

God bless the ol Hoover! Between that and leaving it rest on top of the TV unit rather than sitting in the shelf, it made a HUGE difference. Didn't even sound like PS4 was running. Tried a game that kills the fans and before, I would have labelled the sound levels low, medium and high, stressing the fans now never got them above low. No more clicking either. Hopefully it stays like that but the Hoover will be brought out sooner next time.

gimli2112 · 07-03-2019 10:08pm

I never had a problem with mine until out of nowhere playing GoW last week it started uop. Only for a sort while and it's fine now. Have hoover on standby.

Potential-Monke · 08-03-2019 3:04pm

I definitely think positioning is far more important this gen than last. I'm getting the jumbo jet fans myself, even though I have it at least 1ft away from the wall behind it. Even at that, the wall gets hot, so I'm sure the heat is bouncing back to the PS4 causing this. Must test it myself by putting it somewhere else. Have 4 days off next weekend to play World Seeker, so will do a bit of testing around then.

Same as you though, menus cause the fans to go mad, especially map menus. In AC Odyssey, I could be in the middle of a fort causing mayhem, no really loud fans. Go into the map and after a few seconds it takes off. Same if I go back to the main loading screen, fans go mental. Happens in nearly every game with a map, RDR2, GoW, etc.

EoinHef · 08-03-2019 3:16pm

Pretty sick of seeing 4K attached to the pro,practically none of the games that have patches run at 4K. Its nearly all 1440p mostly.

It does feel like it even struggles at that resolution sometimes. Ultimately i thought the pro was better on my old 1080p TV with supersampling and boost mode than it has been with a newish 4K TV.

The console is underpowered massively for 4K.

Captain Chaos · 08-03-2019 3:21pm

EoinHef wrote: »

The console is underpowered massively for 4K.

It was never pitched as a true 4K console though, even by Sony who expalined how it works. Most people just see 4K and believe it.

The PS4 Pro does checkerboard 4K for most of the time it does 4K at all.
I think onlt 1 game runs at true 4k on it.

You will have to wait till next gen for true 4K gaming, no console on the market is powerful enough to handle it at playable frame rates.

The Pro is mainly for increased frame rates at 1080p and 1440p at 30fps as you rightly say.

heebusjeebus · 08-03-2019 3:24pm

EoinHef wrote: »

Pretty sick of seeing 4K attached to the pro,practically none of the games that have patches run at 4K. Its nearly all 1440p mostly.

It does feel like it even struggles at that resolution sometimes. Ultimately i thought the pro was better on my old 1080p TV with supersampling and boost mode than it has been with a newish 4K TV.

The console is underpowered massively for 4K.

It's called the SP4Pro not the PS4K.

kunst nugget · 08-03-2019 3:24pm

I noticed pretty much zero difference between the standard PS4 and the Pro on my 4k TV but then my TV doesn't have HDR.

EoinHef · 08-03-2019 3:43pm

Captain Chaos wrote: »

It was never pitched as a true 4K console though, even by Sony who expalined how it works. Most people just see 4K and believe it.

The PS4 Pro does checkerboard 4K for most of the time it does 4K at all.
I think onlt 1 game runs at true 4k on it.

You will have to wait till next gen for true 4K gaming, no console on the market is powerful enough to handle it at playable frame rates.

The Pro is mainly for increased frame rates at 1080p and 1440p at 30fps as you rightly say.

It doesnt even manage improved framerates all that much either in my experience,same CPU as base PS4 just overclocked. I just find it an underwhelming experience really. I found the benfits it does provide work much better on a 1080p TV.

The 1X does actually manage 4K reasonably well. Its more of a true upgrade over base consoles id say. In saying that i wouldnt buy one,it would be nice to have but theres no Xbox exclusives worth shelling for for me.

ERG89 · 08-03-2019 10:10pm

Is Dragon Age Inquisition any use?
See its on sale cheap and tempted to try as a fan of older Bioware games

Potential-Monke · 09-03-2019 12:41pm

The first Dragon Age didn't click with me at all. But I went back to it about a year after release and absolutely loved it. Thoroughly enjoyed DA2 also. But, I just could not get into Inquisition. I think I played about 25 hours and lost interest. I was tempted to pick it up again myself, pretty sure I saw that and Mass Effect: Andromeda on sale together for cheap (I did, €15.99 for teh 2), and I would possibly give ME:A a go again. One of my mates has DA:I and loves it.

I'm actually looking for an RPG to fill the void left by AC: Odyssey since I finished it. I may pick it up again. The GOTY edition is €7, quite tempting... If you are picking it up, don't forget there are 3 free DLCs (minor things I think, and something to do with MP?!).

CastorTroy · 22-03-2019 10:37pm

Looks like Sony are doing their version of a Direct with State of Play.
https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2019/03/22/state-of-play-playstations-new-video-showcase-debuts-monday/
Monday March 25th @ 9pm

The first episode has new game announcements, and highlights upcoming PS4 and PS VR software

Brian017 · 25-03-2019 2:35pm

I love episodic games like Until Dawn, Detroit: Becoming Human, Life Is Strange. However, due to my fine motor skill issues I find games with QTEs difficult (see Until Dawn and Becoming Human) and are there any similar games to these that haven't any QTEs like the Life Is Strange series?

kunst nugget · 25-03-2019 5:53pm

Brian017 wrote: »

I love episodic games like Until Dawn, Detroit: Becoming Human, Life Is Strange. However, due to my fine motor skill issues I find games with QTEs difficult (see Until Dawn and Becoming Human) and are there any similar games to these that haven't any QTEs like the Life Is Strange series?

You could try the likes of What Remains of Edith Finch, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Firewatch, Unfinished Swan, Tacoma and Oxenfree - none of them really has QTE's from what I remember but they're all games I enjoyed to varying degrees -particularly the first four.

CastorTroy · 25-03-2019 10:05pm

State of Play here now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9-1Jtbwxg

Iron Man VR incoming

ERG89 · 25-03-2019 10:24pm

Happy with the format of it but there was not a lot worth looking back at twice. Very uneventful tbh.

Brian017 · 25-03-2019 10:24pm

kunst nugget wrote: »

You could try the likes of What Remains of Edith Finch, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Firewatch, Unfinished Swan, Tacoma and Oxenfree - none of them really has QTE's from what I remember but they're all games I enjoyed to varying degrees -particularly the first four.

Thanks man. Will check them out

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 25-03-2019 10:38pm

I'm confused, is State of Play actually on right now or what? I thought it was 5pm EST (10pm our time) ? and it's showing a load of stuff already

Zero-Cool · 25-03-2019 10:40pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

I'm confused, is State of Play actually on right now or what? I thought it was 5pm EST (10pm our time) ? and it's showing a load of stuff already

America is in daylight savings time so that's 4 behind us instead of the usual 5.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 25-03-2019 10:43pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

America is in daylight savings time so that's 4 behind us instead of the usual 5.

Ahhhh f*ck it I forgot about that

CastorTroy · 25-03-2019 10:43pm

A lot of focus on VR.

I'll keep an eye on Concrete Genie.

I'll probably pick up Days Gone at some point but I'm starting to see what people mean when they say Sony third person games look similar.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 25-03-2019 10:47pm

Yeah so far I'm not very satisfied with what has been shown thus far. Not very impressed by their first episode

CastorTroy · 25-03-2019 11:50pm

I thought the format was grand, but if I was to compare it to the Directs, the VR stuff was basically the 3DS games. Some people may be interested but I think the majority of people want to see games they can play on the PS4 without add ons.

Varik · 26-03-2019 12:16am

Depends on how much and how expansive it is but Iron Man VR looks good, will at least be interesting.

Gonzo · 26-03-2019 2:21am

That State of Play was terrible. They tried to copy Nintendo's Direct formula, but this came across as very clinical and sterile, mostly bland uninteresting VR games. Day's Gone was the only good game they showed, no surprises.

Sony should go back to being themselves, they are far better at doing the big E3 style presentations, rather than a poor Nintendo Direct clone.

SolvableKnave · 26-03-2019 11:51am

CastorTroy wrote: »

State of Play here now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9-1Jtbwxg

Iron Man VR incoming

Gonzo wrote: »

That State of Play was terrible. They tried to copy Nintendo's Direct formula, but this came across as very clinical and sterile, mostly bland uninteresting VR games. Day's Gone was the only good game they showed, no surprises.

Sony should go back to being themselves, they are far better at doing the big E3 style presentations, rather than a poor Nintendo Direct clone.

Didn't see anything there that was worth the time it took to watch. Still not convinced on the VR stuff. Iron Man looked okay, but not showing 'Actual Game Footage' was a mistake.

ERG89 · 26-03-2019 2:02pm

I enjoyed the more story driven Days Gone trailer but on a whole State of Play just felt a bit fumbled together, for a first time effort it didn't feel like it was noteworthy enough.

Anyway I saw Path of Exiles is out today on PS4.

Potential-Monke · 26-03-2019 4:34pm

The people complaining about the VR stuff, do ye have VR? I didn't watch live (I don't watch anything live anymore tbh), but having a look at the few videos the games looked interesting from a VR standpoint. No Mans Sky VR will be amazing, but people are going to brush it off because they're still annoyed the game didn't live up to their expectations on launch (lived up to my expectations and more). Iron Man VR, wonder if it's going to be free movement or on the rails, but looks interesting too.

Concrete Genie seems interesting, will keep an eye on it. No interest in Days Gone, so I will pick that up on sale down the line.

SolvableKnave · 26-03-2019 4:56pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

The people complaining about the VR stuff, do ye have VR? I didn't watch live (I don't watch anything live anymore tbh), but having a look at the few videos the games looked interesting from a VR standpoint. No Mans Sky VR will be amazing, but people are going to brush it off because they're still annoyed the game didn't live up to their expectations on launch (lived up to my expectations and more). Iron Man VR, wonder if it's going to be free movement or on the rails, but looks interesting too.

Concrete Genie seems interesting, will keep an eye on it. No interest in Days Gone, so I will pick that up on sale down the line.

Personally, I don't have it, simply because I was never convinced by it. While I have seen some interesting looking titles, they've been too few and far between for me to adopt VR in it's still birthing phase. I would be quite happy to be proven wrong in my assesment.

Potential-Monke · 26-03-2019 6:10pm

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Personally, I don't have it, simply because I was never convinced by it. While I have seen some interesting looking titles, they've been too few and far between for me to adopt VR in it's still birthing phase. I would be quite happy to be proven wrong in my assesment.

Depends on what you want from it. I don't think VR will ever become the only way to play, and yes the games are a bit thin on the ground at the moment, but I think there's plenty already out to justify the cost, AstroBot, Superhot VR, Wipeout (if you can get past the motion sickness), Creed: Rise to Glory, Beat Saber and there's more and more coming every day.

I play maybe an hour or two of VR, game depending, and then back to the normal gaming. For that, it's definitely worth the money. But, the VR on the PS5 will be the one to bring it to mainstream masses, they definitely need new controllers for better movement in game, and the patents above show that's the way it's heading.

PS4 Megathread goes fourth.

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