A PS4 Thread: Because You Had to Play "Knack"

So did anybody buy this thing or not?

There's a ps4 now?

i know, right?

lotta years in the console cycle to have to deal w/the terrible touchpad

it's not bad tho

co-worker came in today and told me she got the PS4 with BF4 and AC4 and spent this weekend playing it. i felt ashamed of myself

kinda weird if PS4 doesn't play the brand-new GTA right??

at least they got one thing right, then

"hi i have a brand-new 'next-gen' CD player that won't play Rihanna's last record"

"hi whats a CD"

"hi i have a brand-new 'next-gen' CD player that won't play Rihanna's last record"

Also it doesn't play cd's

*yet

"hi my 'next-gen' iPod plays only mp5s"

just "bought" Resogun and Contrast for free via PS+ but have no PS4 to play them on. eeeeeeeeeeeh.

the price of digital PS4 games are pretty lol, can't imagine there will be many takers in the UK for Madden at £59.99 in the coming weeks

zappi that reminds me of when I "bought" Persona 4 only to release that I needed a PSP to play it. :(

knack is somehow like the least appealing game ever to me

http://www.nowgamer.com/features/2176331/ps4_how_to_buy_us_digital_psn_games.html

any euros have any experience of this?

would much rather buy FIFA for $50 than £55 (COME ON) but don't want it to not work or have Sony vengefully cancel my Playstation

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/08/12/upcoming-ps4-system-update-to-v2-00-to-add-share-play-youtube-and-more-to-come/

Interesting - basically Share Play is the old network tunneling / Hamachi / LAN simulation to allow local multiplayer-only over the internet.

Actually, even better - only one person has to actually own the game. They're probably using the Gaikai/PSNow tech.

didn't this thing sell like 7 million units? And none to ILXors apparently?

waiting for Bloodborne

^^^ this

we're old and have backlogs
honestly, waiting for a few franchises to push me over, like Batman and MKX

witcher 3 and ac:paris might push me in early b4 bludbourne

There are a couple of ilxors - myself included - think it's that neither PS4 or XboxOne has reached critical mass enough (nor has enough exclusives), so the only chatter seems to be on 'The upcoming console generation' thread.

I bought one. It's currently languishing in the guest bedroom until a game comes out for it that I want to play.

WE GOT A BOURGIE HERE PEOPLE

but uh how do you like it?

I like the interface more than the PS3 interface and things are definitely pretty on it, it's just that there are very few games out for it that I want to play

might try to squeeze in some Injustice time before my MIL shows up and takes over that room

DJP I suggest getting Towerfall and 4 controllers if you want to have friends over to use your PS4.

I wish this thread title had playstation or sony in it.

http://lovephoenix.typepad.jp/photos/rock/the_knackget_the_knack.jpg

i added some of you dudes on psn. i'm josephcotten. invites welcome.

I decided to take the plunge on one of these things; the lack of backwards compatability REALLY blows since I have a ton of old games that I still want to play, but between the good games that are out for it now, all the PS4 games I've already banked using PS+, and the fact that my old PS3 was getting too loud to use as a blu-ray player any more I said fuck it.

I can't quite dive into it full-on just yet since I'm going to swap out the stock HD for a 2 TB drive tonight and I didn't want to install everything twice (Destiny took HOURS to install last night ffs), but the little bit of tooling around that I've done with it so far has been really impressive. the new Dualshocks in particular are just a treat to use, although I had to get 2 just because the charge drains so fast (still better than the Wii U Gamepad, though). the Gold headset is p slick too - it's obviously the least of all the sets of headphones I own, but it's comfortable enough for me to wear it down until the battery dies, sounds good enough that I can turn off my speakers during gametime, and includes a built-in mic for chat & voice commands (which would be a lot cooler if I hadn't seen how much slicker the Xbone's voice stuff is).

anyway feel free to add my PSN ID (trdn89) if you need folks with whom to play.

added you. no mic btw

why no mic?

waiting for kojima/del toro penned silent hill. 2016!

why no mic?

i try to avoid headphones whenever possible to avoid further damage to my stupid ears

the charge on the pads drains so quickly you need more than one pad? how quickly are we talking here, like minutes?

I think I typically get a few hours, but the cable provided is like 30cm, so you can't charge-while-you-play unless you're parked in front of the TV. Also, what typically happens to me is that I've charged it, played for a couple of hours, watched some Netflix. Next day I go to play and after 5mins it says it's dead.

Yeah, the battery life on the DS4 is terrible. If you've got an outlet near where you play, though, you can plug a microUSB cable into any USB charger and play and charge at the same time.

the better part of twenty years they've been making these controllers and they keep finding ways to make them more expensive and worse

The charge on mine is fine and this is probably the best controller I've used so ymmv

waiting for kojima/del toro penned silent hill. 2016!

Shoot. I was hoping for this next year. Have they confirmed it'll be a PS4 exclusive? Would hope, like most of the other games in the series, it'd come out on the 360/xbone, too.

Speaking of SH, this SH book looks pretty good. Can anyone confirm?

the DS4 is way better than 3 in every way except for battery life which is bad enough to cancel out all the improvements

might as well just never unplug it

so apparently this is the first gaming console i have ever owned

welcome to the cool person club

is this what it's like

it was outrageously fun

Last of Us is definitely a story driven game. It gets really engrossing once you finish the Capitol building.

Ha Sakuza. I think I mixed up Sekiro, Yakuza and Sakura all together.

We've been tag teaming all the same saved games (like doing handoffs when one gets aggravated or needs to do some work), so I might play Last of Us on my own.

does The Last of Us involve violence on children? that's a no go for me, and I see a child in the game art.

yeah

:(

it was free on psplus

i haven't made it far but I say yes. One dies in the prologue.

I have been very surprised about the amount of swearing in the games. I wished there was a function to play a cleaner version. I have been trying to figure out which games might be ok for this 8 year old that I watch sometimes.

Part of the "games aren't just for kids anymore" aesthetics is swearing.

As for what the games you have that are appropriate for a pre-teen, I think Horizon Zero Dawn is the best bet. It's almost profanity-free (the one censorable swear that I can think of is missable, meaning that it's not part of the main storyline), and also doesn't ogle its main character. That said, it is post-apocalyptic and there are scenes where people die horribly.

The horrible deaths aren't graphic, however.

NBD, really, if you play anything online most of the profuse swearing you'll hear from fellow players is by eight-year-olds afaict.

I might just get FIFA for him to play and be done with it. He's not my kid so I don't want to be responsible for corruption.

Horizon Zero Dawn is pretty good! but it’s also guilty of some of the most outlandishly dull dialogue ever committed to ones and zeroes in a AAA game.

Spider-Man would be a very good bet for an 8 yo - there is no outright killing, you never use a gun, it’s v wholesome

i was reading about spiderman and it said there was some violence and mild swearing.

Yeah we really like Horizon Zero. So far it's our favorite although the dialogue and the one dude that just lays on the ground forever are dull. We just started Witcher 3 last night. So much prologue!

Spider-man might have the occasional "damn" or "hell," something like that, but it's pretty innocent super hero fun. But, like, for example, something like Resident Evil 7, if that were a movie it would have to go out unrated for all the extreme violence and language.

My 9 year old son loves Ratchet & Clank (good) and Knack (bad) but also racing games like Driveclub and TrackMania as well as Rocket League.

All of those are dirt cheap now.

If you can find games that are rated ESRB "E" or "10+" those tend to be "good for children".

spider-man is damagingly boring. ratchet and clank and rocket league are both enormous fun.

still obsessively playing Witcher 3 and nothing else. completed the main quest and now it feels like the real fun is starting somehow

Remote Play via the Switch would be fantastic

Kratos is very emotionally distant from his son in God of War.

it's because his son isn't good enough at helping out with the bow and arrow. it makes kratos very angry, which he transmutes into sadness and distance

looking for more two player couch games. we love Crash Bandicoot Racing and Overcooked 2 but starting to get a bit tired of them

EDF if you like co-op shooters, both 4.1 and 5 are fantastic, grab whichever is cheapest

Cook Serve Delicious 2 rules for coop

Thanks Euler, there goes the rest of my Sunday. I own CSD the mobile game & on Steam but didn’t know there was a PS4 version.

it is different than CSD1. on console rather than touchscreen the controls are hard to master, and slower, so I've found it doable better in coop, à la Overcooked. but it has soooooo many recipes and is thus fun fun fun.

xpost I am really into Witcher 3 as well. It's really relaxing.

Because it's boring? (Sorry.)

it is sort of boring. repetitive in some ways but also very addictive. I feel obsessively like I have to complete it. but I also wonder if that's because I am itching to get on with some sort of other game instead

yeah it fills some completist compulsions I have. But I also switch off easily between all the games I have right now.

the show makes a lot more sense as well.

i really want to play overcooked (it seems totally my thing but partner is like meep?) but I am going to wait until I am home home to do the 7 days ps plus trial and try out a bunch of other games.

got my money back on Civ6 because it wasn't compatible on my TV.. but I was keen to play a similar game, you know, strategy, building stuff.. is Tropico 6 worth a look? Or something else? What's Bad North like?

Tropico hasn't really changed much since 3. It's sort of disappointing. Still, I enjoyed it a lot the first time I played.

Maybe check out Frostpunk, Two Point Hospital, Jurassic World Evolution, Northgard, Surviving Mars... Bad North looks cool too.

sims 4 in this month's PS+ (along with Bioshock Complete)

Hmm maybe I’ll resub for that

The Return of the Obra Dinnis GOAT material, I'm on my third playthrough and am getting close to completion. So atmospheric and such brilliant game mecahnics.

Really enjoyed Obra Dinn, but feel like it got less fun towards the end when you had to solve the deaths of some of the more indistinct characters. Felt like I was trial-n-error-ing it a bunch after a certain point. But maybe there were clues that I just didn't pick up.

Regardless, yeah, it is very good. Really well done.

I think a bit of speculation is inevitable, I didn't feel much compunction switching the names of the Russian seamen around until I got a three, for example.

Being reported that PS5 will cost around $450 to produce, which means at least $470 to recoup. That seems high, even if they do artificially lower the price to sell it at a loss. But on the other hand, people buy phones for $800+ and don't seem to balk at that, and those are just phones. Plus, Playstation exclusives seem pretty awesome.

The Last Of Us was £8.99 for download so I thought I'd go for it. Wonderful-looking game, if a little 'on rails' so far. Subject matter a bit close to home in this climate though.

That's this generation, IMO we should wait till the next is actually out before we can say for sure.

phones aren't really comparable since they're portable and have a display

But they also all functionally do the same thing, unlike game consoles, which are unique and which do one thing.

spiderman is indeed a lot of fun. really liking it.

It is the only game that I have ever “100%”ed

yeah, all of the gameplay is so smooth and pleasant. I really do need to start concentrating on only a couple of games at once. I switch so much I get all bobbled with the different controls.

that's one of the reasons I'm loathe to start new games - learning all the different controls all over again

As far as FPS go, "Hunt: Showdown" looks like a, er, blast.

huh, it's by Crytek. Interesting