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

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

i broke down and got one. now i just need to buy knack

PS+

in the month of November we’ll have The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Steamworld Dig on PS4, Frozen Synapse Prime and Luftrausers on PS3, and The Hungry Horde and Escape Plan on PS Vita.

In December, we’re excited to add Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition and Secret Ponchos to PS4’s IGC lineup. As one of the biggest fighting games, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition is the first AAA Blu-ray title to join the Instant Game Collection for PS4, and we think you’ll really enjoy playing it since DRIVECLUB PS Plus Edition is not available yet. For January’s PS4 lineup, we’re adding the hit games inFAMOUS First Light and The Swapper for PS4.

phasing out ps3 there

yeah, definitely. i may break on PS4 if there's a good enough deal on Black Friday, but nothing's jumping out at me yet

Injustice and inFAMOUS sound like good additions for new system buyers

I still haven't played Binding of Isaac so I'm excited for that one.

inFAMOUS sucks, don't get it. Redbox it at best.

It'll be free in January anyway!

I'm playing inFamous at the moment, and I think it's ok, but I'm glad to hear it's only about 10 hours long cos it's starting to get fairly tedious, and I've just cleared the top 'island'. Don't know that I could face the expansion, but nice to see a couple of non-Indies coming up for PS4.

I might have messed up my experience by my normal videogame compulsion to level up as much as possible before doing too many story missions. I found by the time I got all the powers there was nothing more to interest me in the game. Also I cannot fucking STAND your character, a 90's-style "whatever man" 'tude dude that you're forced to endure through umpteen unskippable cutscenes.

Titan Attacks is free with Plus. It's fun, get it.

i enjoyed it for about an hour. Got past the first four bosses then let it go; didn't feel like wasted time. Pseudo RPG space invaders with upgraded gen attackers past each level; I imagine by level 10 you're in bullet hell mode.

There's a current deal at Target - you can get a Black Friday bundle for $340 ($60 off) w/Last of US HD and GTA V, in addition to a free $20 PSN card (and from what I hear, an ADDITIONAL $10 PSN card as well w/the included games). Really tempting me... I think I'm gonna go to the store after work to agonize over the cardboard box.

Considering I have probably over 100 games in my 360/PS3/3DS backlog this is a bad idea. BUT THE DEAL.

can't play knack w/out a ps4

I broke. They were out of GTAV/TLOS bundles, but I got one with the Pick One digital download instead (one of Destiny, Far Cry 4, NBA 2K15, Little Big Planet 3). Huzzah!

which download did you go for?

Not sure yet if I'm gonna pull the trigger or just sell the card on eBay. Leaning towards FC4 if I do pick

fc4 is fun, I'm playing it now. if you've played fc3 it's very similar - fixes a lot of the problems of that game but somehow I'm not enjoying it as much so far.

Also I cannot fucking STAND your character, a 90's-style "whatever man" 'tude dude that you're forced to endure through umpteen unskippable cutscenes.
― antexit, Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:25 AM

lol him and the brother suck. still had fun playing it, the mechanics are pretty tight (excluding the lame banksy graffiti shit). liked it enough to grab first light which i'll prob like more since the neon stuff was the best part and she's a much more tolerable main char

FYI, a bunch of PS4 launch titles are on sale at Best Buy this week for $20 - Infamous: Second Son, Knack, Killzone: Shadow Fall. May bite.

I think Second Son is free on PS+ this month.

I think it's the Infamous dlc/expansion thing that's free on PS+ - First Light.

ah - that makes sense.

it's expandalone, right? still would rather play the main title first, but i don't think you need it

I believe so.

only one post on ILX to date mentions driveclub and then it's still only a C&P of a press release.

I just picked it up (in Hong Kong, for about half the price) and I'm enjoying it so far in a stripped down Gran Turismo kind of way. Haven't got onto much of the social stuff, partly since I don't know anyone else with it. I haven't tested out whether the disastrous online problems have been fixed yet either.

gawping at the rain physics on the windscreen is worth the price of admission alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6WreymP_c

i've got it. looks truly amazing but it feels pretty restrictive and dull compared to forza horizon 2, which I bought a couple of weeks before and is the most fun I've ever had with a driving game. the online component seemed to be working fine every time I've played but fuck a multiplayer imo

I heard you can just spend the entire game fishing, if you want.

The Resident 2 Remake is pretty great. Think I’ve enjoyed that more than the proper later entries, though those are solid as well.

It could be fine on PS4, not sure, but the PS4 Outer Wilds played on a PS5 is a clunky, ugly, glitchy mess. Weird input lag, locked at 30 FPS (not a pleasant experience for a first person game), and just feels janky overall. Was bad enough I asked for a refund and Sony just told me “tough shit”.

TLOU2 is a total stunner and a must play imo.

I’m vastly in the minority here, but I couldn’t get into Witcher 3 at all. Wish I got the hype.

Err Resident EVIL 2 obv

Well, at my rate Horizon Zero Dawn may take me through much (all?) of the winter. Yours might be the first bad thing I've heard about Outer Wilds. It's a little indie that could, isn't it? And Witcher 3 is a giant epic, right? Both seem like spring games, though TLOU2 may come first. I just didn't want to play it in the winter, because I assume it is no pick me up. And I know it's pretty long, though god knows it can't be as long as Dark Souls 2.

The Resident Evil games, especially the recent ones (new and reboots) look like tons of fun, though I've always had mixed experiences with them (long) in the past. Iirc I found the resource management system really stressful, which I'm sure it was - probably by design! Installments 7 and 8, however, from what I've seen of them, seem kind of campy, though, which may slightly undercut the horror/stress elements. When it came out I watched the first 20 minutes or so of Village, and the dialogue was sooooooo stupid that I could see the whole thing as good fun.

BTW, today I disassembled and cleaned my PS4 controller. Inevitably, I broke some part of it that doesn't seem important, but the controller does seem to work better, or at least the drift has gone away a little. I'm still tempted to buy a second one as a backup, though they're kinda hard to find these days.

Outer Wilds played fine on my PS4. But, as I've mentioned in a few other threads, it didn't blow me away.

circa and I on the same wavelength re: TLOU2 and Witcher 3, the latter of which (ahem) also had painful load times that compounded my dislike for the game. I guess if you really wanted to you could knock down the difficulty so that you don't ever die.

who wants to play fortnite with me

an angry 12 year old

12yo angry men

the chat panel as i play rocket league and once again blow an easy save in epic fashion:

[Angry12yearold]: What a save!
[Angry12yearold]: What a save!
[Angry12yearold]: What a save!
[Angry12yearold]: What a save!

it's like kid, i don't have TIME to train, and why are you playing in the Bronze 3rd Division league if you're so good you fukken brat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkapfBYIfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75nWTxs4PU

Haven't seen that Wong clip in years, had me dying

I'm playing Witcher 3 again on NG+ on the hardest setting. Certainly makes things like the combat a lot more challenging than the first time round. It was the first game I played on PS4 so I feel a bit spoilt, seeing as it is considered a Best In Class RPG. It really is an epic game with a huge amount of attention to detail.

Coming back to it again now I've played a few other things though, I'd say there are a few things they could have improved:

- More interesting and varied combat. This is where Bloodborne wins out. In Witcher there's a ton of different spells and potions you can use to win fightsz but ultimately it's a bit like following a recipe and once you know that recipe all you really need to do is go in and melee a bit until you eventually win

- Less of the rote fetch quests. I remember this from the first time round. For all its depth and world building, the majority of Witcher is "Speak to a peasant, go kill the monster, come back and get your reward". The minimap tells you where everything is, so once you're leveled up enough, you can complete quests in a zombie-like trance without really absorbing too much.

- Horses and NPCs. I didn't think RDR2 was a better game, but these two factors are where it clearly topped Witcher. It's barely worth riding Roach the vast majority of the time because she's just so unreliable and doesn't really handle much like a horse. Also, you can't attack NPCs and they really don't mind if you walk into their homes and Rob them in broad daylight.

Other than that, it's the best game ever made

Sony bought Bungie yesterday for $3.6 billion. Bungie have some very talented people, but the only series of note that they own is Destiny. Hope Sony's money guys know what they're doing.

I think one of the main reasons Sony spent all that money was for the tech and expertise in running a global online service game, something they didn't have which would be v expensive to build out. e.g. how much money would an Uncharted themed Destinylike make?

From that end it does make sense; they already have the lock on critically acclaimed single-player cinematic adventure from their first-party studios, but multiplayer addiction is the real moneymaker these days.

yeh looks like it
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games

https://kotaku.com/ps4-xbox-one-outsold-twice-microsoft-court-docs-1849413824