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Finishing off Jedi Survivor and dabbling with Walkabout Minigolf on PSVR2. Loved Survivor and Walkabout is such an exceptional VR game. Has a whole course themed after Labrynth (yes, the Jim Henson movie)!

@Trousersnake Yes you can!

I take that back, there was a second entry for the PS4 version in the game library with a lock symbol on it. Clicked on the ellipses and found the PS5 version there.

Every time there's one of these upgrades they work in a different way. Hope Sony sorts this crap out.

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Yeah, the missing PS4->PS5 upgrade is a little disappointing. Went with the PS4 disc in case I want to play on the Pro. I'm sure they'll sort it soon.

Download Days Gone as part of the Plus Collection and it's keeping me away from Valhalla at the moment as I'm enjoying my time with it immensely. I'm sure that the fact that it runs at 60fps and load times on PS5 are so much better than they were at launch are helping matters. The ability to fast travel in 10-14 seconds is also really neat! Much better than I thought it would be.

Cyberpunk will have to wait until it is a little more stable.

I've had 1 crash and a fair few issues with the external drive trying to move from a Pro to the PS5. Ended up reformatting the 4TB Samsung and will keep on the PS5. Since then it seems to be stable. Also had the reboot database once but no issues since then.

Loving the console otherwise. Days Gone runs very well with no noise from the console!

@jmac1686 I did the same for MM and Valhalla!

Picked mine up 8am in Sydney yesterday. Loving the console, controller and gameplay experience. However I have had a few system crashes and the wizard getting locked on the media apps selection page with no means of progressing.

I think most of my issues stemmed from connecting my PS4 external drive before starting for the first time. Samsung 4TB hdd ended up corrupted for both. Luckily it just contained game data, so downloading/installing everything again.

Ending on a positive note, family is blown away by the controller and launch games. It's a very big console, but a great one so far.

@TwomanybuttonS That's great. I'm keen to see if there is any improvement to existing PSVR titles. I saw that London Studios has patched Blood and Truth to up resolution and texture quality, hopefully more devs will follow (looking at you EA Motive).

@TwomanybuttonS Great to hear the PSVR camera adapters are going out. Which country is this in?

I've got the Thursday and Friday off. Picking mine up at 8am here in Sydney and then splitting time between setting it up and a bathroom reno!

Playing the single player alongside the kids and we're all really enjoying Ms Marvel's story. That alone has been worth it so far. They'll have a great time taking turns doing the missions as well. No regrets here.

@get2sammyb Great review. I'm also one of those who'll be picking it up a third time. This time I'll let my kids play through it first and I'll see what they think. The Last Guardian was a joint affair and they really loved it.

2017 was a fantastic year for the PS4, what with Persona 5, HZD, Nioh and Nier (among others). However Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was the game that stuck with me for days after completing it, despite some minor quibbles. My game of the year.

2017 was a fantastic year for the PS4, what with Persona 5, HZD, Nioh and Nier (among others). However Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was the game that stuck with me for days after completing it, despite some minor quibbles. My game of the year.

The high cost to unlock heroes was a cynical move, and I'd like to think I'd be strong enough to boycott the game, but so much of it looks great. It's AU$62 (£36) here on launch day, and between the single player and playing split screen with the kids, it's pretty much a done deal. Roger roger.

@gbanas92 Yeah. Just saw that a developer answered on the Steam forums back in June.

"We are currently focused on the PlayStation VR version at the moment. All the groundwork for Episode 2 is done but unfortunatly we do not have an ETA for now."

Also, Fated does really good VR bats!

@get2sammyb Ah, it is there. That'll teach me to skim the review whilst pretending to work.

Played through this last night and the review is spot on. A really good experience at a fair price, with a few niggling issues. Would love the ability for smooth turning and just a slightly fasted run speed (I was holding random buttons on the off-chance of an Everybody's Gone to The Rapture tortoise level acceleration).

@get2sammyb Do we know from the developers if this is planned to be a standalone title or an episodic series?

Finished Horizon Zero Dawn this weekend. Enjoyed every one of the 55+ hours. Sure, it borrows systems from so many other games, but the experience here is so cohesive. Guerrilla are leaning so hard into the world and lore they've created that it's hard not to be swept along.

The combat with the machines is excellent, giving HZD something that sets it apart from open world Ubi-tower games; I never got bored of a single encounter in all my time with it.

I've also been playing the "fill my external drive" game. With ADSL speeds "down under" less than hot, this is taking some time!

Great lineup. Day of the Tentacle is one of my all time favourite games (so of course I own it already). That hamster puzzle is genius.

Looking forward to This War of Mine and Titan Souls, especially the latter game on the Vita. Biggest issue is finding time what with all the bloomin' Lego games I have to play with the kids!

@Tasuki I like The Pinball Arcade but the developers were always keen on pushing out more tables across as many platforms without fixing UI issues and bugs. The lack of cross-buy PS3->PS4 was also really annoying, especially given the high price of the season passes. Couldn't help getting Adams Family on Pinball Arcade... such memories. Zen Studios let you pay once and get the table on all three of Sony's platforms (the Vita being my go to pinball machine).

@AlexStinton Fair review. I was getting rather annoyed with the constant drop into the shop and having to navigate to the exit. Perhaps the hole shouldn't light until you have enough credit to buy something? I think with some tweaking the Skyrim and Fallout tables can be salvaged. Doom is awesome though.

Looks great, but like others I own every table they've released for Zen Pinball 2, so cannot justify the cost. If they offered a Driveclub to Driveclub VR like discount it might sweeten the deal.

Back to my portable pinball machine it is (Vita implementation is damn good).

Great experience left me wanting so much more!

And Sammy, this is a flight game, so surprised that you left it at "up to go up". Mind you, I tried the mission on one of my kids and he couldn't get to grips with traditional flight controls... so maybe it's me that's backwards.

@sinalefa No season pass in the Deluxe Edition for Battlefront. It's the Ultimate Edition that included the season pass, and that's not on the list. Still, good deal for a fun game.

Units are pretty much all sold out here in Australia and looks like new preorders won't be satisfied until December... no Move controllers until January. Says a fair bit about the hunger for a new experience.

I got lucky when my wife grabbed one on release day, and all we've been playing is the demos and Playroom VR. Highlights were the Mrs playing Kitchen and playing Playroom's Godzilla inspired mini game with the kids. Great stuff.

Will be working through Batman VR tonight, and perhaps Volume which was recently patched.

No buyers remorse here (though it is early days).

Sammy, will you be revisiting any of the titles when the Pro releases? I wonder if Driveclub VR can approach the standard version for visuals on the new console.

There's a similar deal going on here in Australia with EB Games. $559 for the Pro, $349 if you trade a 500GB PS4 with any game. $210 is a little under what you can get on EBay, but not by too much.

Given mine is a launch day PS4 that has been heavily used for 3 years, it might not be a bad idea to get value for it. On the negative side it will make it harder to transfer content across and involve juggling drives as opposed to LAN transfer... as long a P.T. survives!

@SanderEvers Yeah, based on the specification it looks like it doesn't support 4K blu-ray. I'd like to see an official press release confirming this, because leaving that out seems like a dumb move.

The PS3 sold well on the premise that it was a cheaper entry point into blu-ray than stand-alone players. This in turn helped bolster the blu-ray market. To think that Sony would not put a 4K player in the Pro when they've known Microsoft were using it in the slim? Crazy.

@NayrStrebor Cheers. May hold off on this beta, though it looks great!

I use remote play a bit. Previous firmware betas have disabled remote play so I'm always a little hesitant to test. For anyone who has installed the beta, is remote play disabled again?

@goonow Yeah, most likely.

Looking forward to picking up the game today with the AU/EU release. Nice to have a PG release that my space obsessed 8 year old can appreciate!

Am I right in saying that the back of the box says "1 PLAYER"? Shouldn't that be the best indication of whether the game has multiplayer or not, as opposed to what people have been projecting onto the game?

Of course, Hello Games could have made this a little clearer!

Great review Kell. Completely agree.

I've been diving for over 15 years and ABZU evokes many of experiences I've had. The interactions with aquatic life, the sense of scale and the sheer tranquility of it all. Coupled with that score by Austin Wintory and you have something truly special.

I've waited a year, I can wait longer for a price cut on PS4. Way too many games in the backlog at the moment.

Disney Infinity - Marvel Battlegrounds with the kids. They absolutely love this add on and it's hard not to see why. Everyone can play thanks to 4 player support and there's a decent handicap system in place to make the whole thing fair.

First day of football season here in Australia and got caught between the opposition centre forward and our keeper... took a knee in the back and now I'm laid up. So the Vita is going to get a work out with more XCOM EU: Plus. Slowish load times and frame rate don't bother me as it's all here, with Enemy Within content!

Great review. I best finish The Talos Principle as a warm up...

A great and varied lineup.

Owning the disk version of Helldivers, I'll be glad for the influx of players to keep the swarms at bay. Also looking forward to P4A Ultimax having enjoyed Golden and recently completed the awesome Dancing All Night.

Pun-tastic Sam!

I'm really looking forward to picking up and getting through The Witness, but must finish The Talos Principle first. Let's call it a warm up.

Having registered and not received an email, I checked the beta site at: https://psnbeta.eu.playstation.com and Tomorrow Children was active there. Don't wait for the email!

Beta window works out as 6am to 9am Saturday 23rd for those of us "down under".

Great review Sammy. The bikes addition to Driveclub was a great surprise and a hoot to play.

I've been a follower of Push Square for some time and can't believe that I hadn't registered to comment before now. Just wanted to say that your reviews are well written and extremely balanced for a Sony specific site. Keep up the good work!