It's Weird to See Fallout 4 on a Vita Screen

Well I use remote play a lot. From all the games I have tried only Metal Gear is unplayable. The controls are not well mapped and you can't change them. Driveclub, Injustice, Dead or Alive, Final Fantasy x x2 and many others work perfectly. Haven't tried Destiny yet though.

Absolutely love remote play. Awesome feature, and seeing as how Fallout 4 is the BIG ONE for me, I am really excited they were able to make the controls spot on. Bravo Bethesda, as with most things Bethesda, it's quality.

Never use it. The ps4 uses a load of power on its own - let alone constantly charging the vita. That said I used it last year you get a code on the ps4 to put against your vita and it works a treat, that was just an experiment and I'm lucky that my wife only watches two programs on the TV. I could imagine if my wife's was a soap addict, I would use it loads more.

I use remote play all the time and I think it's a shame Sony didn't double down on promoting it. Remote Play is such an excellent way to do your fetch quests and grinding from anywhere in the house, but preferably your bed of course

If Sony made a PS vita with extra shoulder buttons I would buy it right away, because that's the only thing I'm missing atm.

I wish remote play was so good. But often times it feels clunky and although I have good wifi it never seems to reach the places I need it to be strong in for remote play to work properly.

The inevitable lag gets to me when I have to use precognition to keep up (AC4 countering was not fun). Let's hope they can make it work well all-around

I tried several times remote play but was not happy with the controls. Over a year ago now that I used it. I prefer the streaming service of the XBO to a laptop or tablet with a normal controller.

I actually only tried Remote play for the first time earlier this week, despite owning both a PS4 and a vita for a long time now. And I must say it was amazing. I will definitely be putting time on Fallout 4 through remote play in the near future.

Me and my son only use remote play out and about, if we get a connection to the ps4. But yes remote play is good for a number games but can be terrible with others. Ect Fifa.

Never tried Destiny on vita remote play, I'll have to give it a go at some point, but I found the sticks just too small and fiddly for a FPS (native or otherwise). Regarding the mapping thing @belmont - can't you just use the accessibility remap option on the PS4 or does that not carry over to the Vita? (never tried it myself!).

I did get a "version" of the Sony android remote play APK, and installed it on my Fire TV stick and Fire TV to see what it was like. Worked surprisingly well, though I did get lag and breakup every few mins - I'm pretty sure this is down to my crap SKY router - going to give it a try again once I move and change over to BT or someone else. SKY are so restrictive, without a ton of hassle you can't seem to use your own router.

Remote play is a nice feature .... unfortunately the Vita is poorly equipped for it, lacking 4 buttons!!! Ive tried it out occasionally with certain games but using the rear touch screen just isn't the same!!! Sad part is they made a hardware revision ( a great chance to rectify it) .... and failed to add the missing buttons!!! And they wonder why it bombed!!

@Cron_13 Actually I never thought to try the accesibility options. May give it a try.

If you experience some lag it may be due to the wireless modem. I don't have wireless so the remote play is done directly, like what the Wii U does, and have not experienced any lag.

I'm buzzing that they've taken time to give remote play to vita a bit of love, I use it a lot when she's watching the soaps or X factor, will be mostly using it for exploration than doing missions same way I have with AssCreed 4 & Witcher 3

@belmont yeah, be interesting to know if it works. Yeah its 100% my SKY router, not to mention the fact that my tablets and computer pick up about 20 other signals where I live - changing the channel improved it but its still not great.

I'll move over to home hub or something better soon enough so no big deal, my PS4/XBOX One/WiiU are all hardwired for that very reason!

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@Cron_13 Ive got sky broadband and remote play works fine for me

@GlynCR the black one or the white one? I've heard the newer black router is better than the older one that I have.

Also, you don't live in the same house so building makeup (walls/layout/structure), other local wifi signals etc will all affect the reliability of wifi signals - so you aren't comparing apples with apples. If I put my router next to my vita - its fine...

@ztpayne7 by that do you mean the toilet?

I'm always using Remote Play on my Vita whilst my missus watches 'The only way is Essex' or the horrendous 'Come dine with me'!! The major issues I have is that the wi-fi is awful on the Vita and I almost have to be sat on top of my Wi-Fi AP for it work well. I've turned off 'Wifi powersave mode' and it's still pretty poor. The games I've played that work well are 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture', 'FFXIX' and 'DriveClub'. Even with poor wifi I think it's a fantastic addition to a great machine.

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@Neolit
PS4 is cabled into my router and I've just enabled Direct Connection and had a quick blast on Tearaway Unfolded which seemed to run pretty damn smoothly. Looks like you've sorted it. Cheers mate

@Cron_13 it's a white one always been fine well so far will go bad now Fallouts on the horizon

This is not the PS4 version of fallout. It's the vita port. I have a mate who knows someones uncle who once ate a grape off the same plate as some one at sony, and they say the vita port is due out for xmas .........

@GlynCR haha yeah for general use I don't have any major problems with the router, but with remote play its much more intensive so struggles. I did get a free wifi signal extender than SKY gave out a while ago, but it didn't really make any difference. I did thought about just getting the black router from them but being so close to moving I'm going to look at BT this time around.

Annoyingly I have a really nice wireless router, but I had a look into using it with SKY and it looked to be quite tricky.

@charlesnarles Your getting lag because your Internet speed isn't good enough. Remote play is flawless otherwise.

@617Sqn Hahaha I wish. I also wish they would port Fallout 3 as that would be possible.

I had bad flu and spent 2 days playing Phantom Pain on Vita in bed. Its amazing!

I've only used it twice. Far Cry 4 via remote play was a spiteful experience but for games that don't use the second shoulder buttons or L3/R3 I reckon it would work flawlessly. King's Quest is excellent played using remote play. Either way there was no lag or other issues and aside from the controls I could honestly not tell any difference between it or off-TV play on the Wii U gamepad.

@Mergatro1d hahahahaha no. More specifically my bedroom is in the back part of my house.

I bought the Vita pretty much for remote play but my wifi, though fine for streaming content, just seems to hit lags. Plus the controls just aren't always great. I was excited by PS Now on the Vita but a go on Bioshock infinite just didn't work well for me. On the plus side, I am loving some of the indie games on the Vita so I still love my Vita.

I used the Vita to practice up in Guilty Gear and Blazblue. Along with grinding in Destiny. I think I may try Elder Scrolls Online with it too.. Or Uncharted (although I prefer that on a big screen).

I used to use my vita a lot with the remote play function. But since upgrading to a Sony Xperia Z3, I now remote play on that, using a dualshock 4, which, in my opinion, is far better than the vita controls

@blakey78 I have real problems with my z3 when I connect the controller via bluetooth. Connection drops constantly. Whats your setup? Any tips?

@WARDIE I get over 30 mb/sec DL and around 10 UL when I test it, which is about 1/3 of what I pay for ("up to" right?). If the top tier of my prolific ISP isn't good enough for remote play, the blame is on Sony's bandwidth throttling. I'm talking milliseconds of lag, but it's extremely noticeable and frustrating to a CS 1.5 veteran like myself. It simply takes an amount of time to send and receive data packets.

@john81 My Internet speeds are ridiculously slow. We get 2mbps tops and with no fibre optic due or virgin in our area, we're stuck with it. I too get drops, but for the most part it plays fine. My ps4 is hardwired which made a tiny difference, not much though what with our speeds. I swear dial-up would be faster lol

@charlesnarles I get around 10mb/sec and it works great for me. I play Killzone Mercenary online with no lag. When im using my Vita for remote play and im pretty far from my router I make sure to connect direct to my PS4 wireless and that works great.

I read the first post and thought screw this. REMOTE PLAY is such a non-discussed part of the vita. Ok, it's discussed, but for me it's a system seller. I very rarely play vita games. In fact, I couldn't give a toss about vita games. I LOVE the fact I can play PES, The Golf Club, and various other games ps4 games when I can grab a quick game when the wife is doing her thing and my 10wk old baby isn't having a meltdown.

I've never understood why it's not a system seller. BAD BAD marketing.

@Boerewors I replied in the main thread. But you're so so right. It's a system seller for me. And it's never talked about!! Even by Push Square. I'm 41, so quite an 'old' gamer. I don't have the time to sit in front of my TV playing games.....vita is perfect for that. Undersold, under rated, under used. Poor poor marketing SONY!!!

@bman2112
Totally agree with you! Nothing beats finding your warm, comfy bed after a hard day's work for some good ol' fashioned grinding....and afterwards you just switch on the Vita and play Fallout 4!

Oh... Been doing that the other way round.....no wonder she's not talking to me!