Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

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I had my first chance to spend a little time with the PS5 after the latest update and I do think it’s an improvement to the UI.
The organization of the cards is better now and seem more functional.

I’m still not likely to use the quicklink cards, mind you, but at least they don’t seem as randomly regurgitated on the screen like they used to be.

Every few months I get one of those invitations from Playstation to queue for a PS5 & I finally bit the bullet this time (my brother said he'll pay back half the cost as he wants to get the new Avatar game next year).

I've been contemplating it because of their occasional censorship of Japanese games in the last few years, however for better or worse I think most devs are going to work within their confines from the start so I don't think it's going to come up much in the future (that, & I still have a gaming laptop for the times those issues still pop up).

Ordered it with Miles Morales since my PS4 came bundled with the first *Spider-Man game.

@RogerRoger, thanks! I just hope I don't have to wait too long. I know the shipping is only supposed to take 2-3 days once it's shipped, but I don't know how long the wait is going to be until that point.

Also, definitely starting with Astro's Playroom! After pouring over 140 hours into XC3 on Switch (& I'm still not done), I'm very excited for a short & sweet experience.

@RR529 I’ll second the congrats on the new console! Do you have any other exclusives on your sights?

As for myself, my wife was ordering something off Amazon prime the other day so I got a new controller through. How wonderful to play without fighting my character intermittently pirouetting around the screen, giving my vertigo

@Thrillho, in addition to Astro's Playroom & Miles Morales, I'm looking forward to Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War: Ragnarok, Stellar Blade, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI, Wolverine, & Spider-Man 2 when it comes to first party & timed exclusive games (though I know quite a few of those are still a couple years off).

EDIT: @RogerRoger, yeah, they don't ship on weekends, so they'll send it out Monday at the earliest. I just wasn't aware if there was typically a waiting period before shipping due to a backlog or anything (granted, it's probably not as bad as it was during the launch period, so I'm not sure how much that's still an issue).

@RR529 Nice list! Ghost looks and runs fantastic, with almost non existent loading times.

I played the base game on PS5 and then the DLC with the PS5 upgrade. The latter isn’t essential but resistive triggers were a nice addition, as was better lip sync for the Japanese dialogue.

@RR529 Nice one! I got mine early last year, and still really enjoy playing.

One piece of advise I'd give - probably worth signing up to PS+ 'EXTRA' service, which is the middle-tier online offering. PS+ Extra provides you access to a huge volume/library of great PS4/PS5 games - including many you mention wishing to play! (Ghost for example)

Can't recall the annual sub fee, think maybe around 80 £GBP? In which case still worth it, as the annual sub < value than 2 x full price PS5 games! Check the list, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how vast it is

At a crucial point in Trails of Cold Steel 2 and the game went and crashed on me.

Thankfully did some googling and I'm on my way to Trista, that would have been 70 hours wasted if it didn't work!

@MightyDemon82 Hooray for save points

I need to start that series someday....

@KilloWertz exactly, it's a known bug where at a certain point the game just shuts down but I found away to get passed the problem.

It's fantastic, I'm all in on the legend of heroes or just Falcom games in general. Hoping to finish this one before GoW Ragnarok in a few weeks!

SILENT HILL

@MightyDemon82 That's weird that they've never fixed it, but at least there's a solution.

I don't think I've ever played a Falcom game, but that will change when I get Ys VIII when the PS5 version comes out soon and I plan on trying out the series you are playing at some point too.

@Kairu atleast 1 game for sure.

@Kairu A new pachinko machine for sure.

@RogerRoger Not sure if I see many UK based people refer to trainers as sneakers!

Silent Hill x ASOS clothing collab....

Hmmm…. So with recent news, I’m surprised to see current gen games releasing at 30 fps.

I’ve not been a frame rate snob, but I’m gradually growing accustomed to 60 fps. I don’t have a 120 hz or VRR capable display, so perhaps I’m more open to the lack of performance options coming out, but it is strange that we have older games performing better than games that are made for this generation.

In the case of Plague Tale, I suspect the issue is just the fact it’s AA, and in the case of Gotham Knights, it’s the fact the game is probably so big and complex with the multiplayer aspects that the hardware might struggle. I don’t know.

Is 30 fps a deal breaker for you? I’m undecided, but I must admit it takes the hype out of it for some of the current gen projects to hear this.

@Th3solution it's not a deal breaker for me personally. I played cyberpunk 2077 on my Series S for instance and hardly noticed it not running at 60 fps. It's mostly noticeable in fast paced games like racers and online shooters for instance and those i don't really play to be honest. I prefer a fixed 30 over some game that have fps dips. Like dipping from 60 to 30 back and forth on graphically intense parts of the game can make me nauseous sometimes, a problem, which i don't have when i'm on a fixed 30. So i won't skip a game when it's not 60 fps at launch, gameplay is much more important for me.

@Kairu I do think 30 fps is perfectly playable and depending on the game I have sometimes opted for the fidelity mode over the performance mode (I liked the performance RT mode of Insomniac’s games though), but I must admit - I jump over to the PS5 version with the higher frame rate when the option has been there.

When I’m on the fence about a game, any sort of current gen perks can entice me to play it (DualSense support, ray tracing, 60 fps). But like you said, for a game I’m really stoked for, lack of those features wouldn’t deter me from still playing it. However, tolerance for the lower frame rate is gradually becoming more and more rare amongst the gaming population, I think.

At least 60 fps has become a standard; looking at my backlog, it has very few games that don’t have a 60 fps option on PS5. Most older games have an update patch now (Bloodborne one of the notable exceptions) and nearly all new games come with it baked in from the start.

I suspect the backlash will prompt APT Requiem and Gotham Knights to try to get a patch eventually.