Been playing Red Dead Redemption II on Portal, which feels very natural. Since the game has aim assist integrated, it's not that cumbersome to control. The only drawback is obviously that the game doesn't look as good on the device as on a TV. So I prefer to play it on the TV instead. But it's still crazy that you're able to play a game like this on a handheld device. Blows my mind.
Although there is one advantage of playing RDR2 on Portal compared to on a TV, which is the device's built-in light bars. The light is more noticeable on Portal as the bars are longer, so whenever you become wanted, it gives a stronger feeling of you being in danger compared to playing it with a controller. It's like the entire device is blinking. On a side note, the game actually utilises this feature rather well. I can't imagine playing it on an Xbox where you miss out on this completely.
@LtSarge That’s actually a nice use of the light on the unit, I haven’t really played a game in Portal that utilizes the light bars. It’s a cool feature on the usual DualSense controller but the issue I’ve found is that you spend 95% of the time looking up at the screen, not the controller, so it’s easy to miss the light bar changes. While playing Immortals of Aveum I only noticed by chance when I paused the game and saw the controller that it was changing colors to match the type of magic equipped. Whereas with the Portal, you’re looking right at the controller because the screen is attached, so I could see the feature being more meaningful.
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I wonder if the portal is ever going to get any kind of sale in the same sense that the PSVR2 did. I've been tempted by the portal, but with my internet not being the best I don't want to go all in just yet.
Tried out Assassin's Creed: Valhalla on Portal today. It looks and runs well and the control scheme works great on the device since you're not heavily reliant on controlling the camera in this game. I've noticed that shooters, e.g. DOOM 3, can be quite hard to play on the device as aiming is rather sensitive on the Portal. But yeah, the game works great and considering it's an RPG, it's perfect for a handheld device.
Crazy to think that it's been almost a year since I bought the Portal. It's easily one of the best purchases I've ever made. Just having the option to play the majority of your PS4/PS5 games on a handheld system is simply fantastic. Can't believe I'm able to play a game like Valhalla on it.
@LtSarge you’re able to play it because the portal is just a streaming device ain’t it ? it’s just being streamed to your screen, lol. i could be wrong because i don’t have one, but i doubt it.
@nomither6 Yes, the Portal streams what’s happening on the PS5 to the device - basically it mirrors your PS5. So every single game you can play on your TV with your PS5 you can play on the Portal handheld. It’s just that some games are are just better to experience on the bigger screen and the controls feel slightly different because the analog sticks are shorter, as mentioned by @LtSarge . Also there may be occasional lag, depending on your internet connection. But you can still absolutely play FPS or online games on it, but those games with fast twitch reactions and narrow windows of input and/or highly competitive are probably not ideal. I did play some Spider-Man 2 on my Portal and it worked fine and looked great but still wasn’t quite as good as on the TV, so I opted to do most of it on the big screen. Same with Dark Souls 2 — I’ve tried it on the device and it works great but I can’t risk the possibility that I get a random lag for a split second during a big boss battle. It works ok for farming runs though. Turn based games or narrative choice games (like from Supermassive, Telltale, Quantic Dream, etc) are where the Portal shines though.
Right now I’m playing a ton of Balatro on my Portal. In fact I’ve put about 35 hours into it and I’d say 80% of that has been on the Portal. Whenever I’ve played it on the TV I actually find that I’d prefer to have it in the handheld. It works perfect that way. I watched 4 hours of football and basketball today and played Balatro on my Portal simultaneously the whole time.
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