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

ok i have this thing now and i dunno i guess i imagined they would have done something smart about the menu navigation but it's overloaded with undeletable rubbish.

and, i really must be dim but every time you turn on a controller the game STOPS and you have to SELECT A USER? who must have their own account on the system?? yes i know you can turn on autologin, but i don't want to turn on autologin because i have two kids and i don't want them playing metal gear solid on my account. sorry i'm a little salty because i just had to create a new EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MY CHILDREN in order to get their account onto the PS network, involving an untold number of 2-step verification processes to get that plumbed into sony's system, then going through about 10 screens of permissions, then creating an EA account once fifa loaded, more 2-step verification, and now just playing a two player game involving more than 1 controller means everything stops and i have to select "which account is using this controller" i mean FUCK'S FUCKING SAKE. if the original playstation was intended to be an appliance this feels like an admin system that eats its own tail. ANYWAY i'm playing super mega baseball late at night now, only one controller to fuck with so that's fine. i have a PIN set up on my master account but it apparently means nothing because i can just switch back and forth between the two accounts at will. whatever.

i just had to create a new EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MY CHILDREN in order to get their account onto the PS network

Just ask them if they have a burner address.

The PS4 is clogged with shit it's pushing you, but I found it pretty easy to turn off pretty much all notifications.

I am Technology Uncle, always given the job on Christmas Eve of making sure that everything is filled with batteries and has received all its updates before it's put back in the boxes so the kids can play with it immediately on Christmas Morning.

Apart from last Spring when my oldest nephew got a (checks thread title) special type of PS4 while I was there, and I had to set up everything for him, creating accounts for him and his dad, with his dad's account having powers of buying stuff (initially linked to my debit card!) and him not, and gave him his password, and carefully gave his father both passwords, and also mailed them to myself in case they forgot and lost them. And all the time all the kids are going "Is it ready yet?" and then I have to explain that he didn't buy FIFA, he bought a download code for FIFA...

Anyway, long story short his dad gave him the password to his (the dad's) account within a week the end. Except the last time I was home my nephew gave me €5 because he wanted to buy a skin on Fortnite - and that's when my card got unlinked from the account.

but i don't want to turn on autologin because i have two kids and i don't want them playing metal gear solid on my account.

Yeah it sucks when you're trying to do a no-kill run and the little brats go full commando.

lol it really does seem like each controller needs its own.... email address

getting the ps4 started earlier this year was total bullshit & you are triggering me here

it's fucking wild.

on starting FIFA 19 i had to set up a whole new EA account for each player account. that required email addresses and 2-step verification, passwords etc.

then i selected "kick off" and it wanted me to CREATE A KICK OFF PROFILE FOR EACH PLAYER GODDAMN

If you're having trouble setting up multiplayer, have you tried adding sub accounts under Parental Controls > Sub Account Management? That might help. You'll need your primary login info to access it.

Here's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdqXEEx-iI

yes I've added those. to get online they need email addresses against them. so in effect each controller needs its own email address. unless I'm missing something - which is entirely possible!

you stumped me. haven't played an EA game in a while tbh

lol that's before even getting into the EA accounts. that is literally just to use a controller. if you choose the same profile for controller 2 that's currently using controller 1, controller 1 switches off!!!1!!1!eleventy11!!!!1!1!

mgs V definitive for £6.49, holy hell

OH FUCK I CAN PLAY EVERYBODY'S TENNIS

i got galaga and ms pacman

should see a doctor about that

Shadow of the Colossus remaster is $16 on PSN.

$1 per colossus

^^ Is that one of those "I'd be stupid NOT to buy it!" inflection points?

I've heard mixed things?

Has the same shitty controls of the original.

How is God of War 3 (Remastered). $2.99!

"you'd be stupid NOT to buy it!"

best bit of that game is where you do quick time events to um do Aphrodite

such a bad game but lots of ppl like it so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the old god of war games are kind of abhorrent imo

abhorrent?

i presume cider means "explicitly sexist, hyperviolent orgies of machismo"

Well, yeah.

But for $3!

My favourite God of War game is using Kratos as an Everybody's Golf character.

Night in the Woods is $12! I'm getting this one for def.

its good but a major downer

That is my jam tbh.

bought it on switch (also on sale there)

Child of Light, which has been on my wishlist forever and was one of the first interesting looking games for the system imo, is $6. Anybody want to rep?

i didn't like it

hm, okay. i may try the demo

it had a pretty basic/boring ATB-esque combat system with a real-time wrinkle the problem was i didn't think the real-time wrinkle was fun. there's a pretty big opportunity cost to adding a real-time mechanic to a turn based system imo and this was definitely Not It

the thing where the entire script is in rhyme was more grating than cute to me as well but ymmv on that

agreed on the rhyming stuff, started skipping it after a while
I liked the battle system a bit more, but it outstayed its welcome in what is a relatively short game
overall it's an OK game but there are so many better choices out there, something like Cosmic Star Heroine is a lot more fun all round

Cool, thanks for the feedback.

guess what idiot left his switch charger at his parents

might pick up persona 5 in the january sale

... or just play through the last of us again. if only I could find that DOOM disc

some sort of enhanced version or port of P5 is heavily rumoured to be announced in the next few days, maybe hold off until then?
https://personacentral.com/persona-5-r-announcement-imminent-official-domain-updated/

switch me daddy

tracer how are you (and kids) enjoying DRIVE CLUB

it has real cars and takes a bit of skill but it's like the anti-GT in terms of just throwing you into it, zero setup required, plus allowing you to perform ridiculous drifts, which is exactly what i need right now in my life

however if you have played a lot of GT you have a lot of "unlearning" to do, mainly in terms of braking. in GT you need to slam on the brakes for a long, realistic amount of time just before corners. in driveclub, you just tap the brakes slightly and that's enough.

also, no local 2-player split screen :(

the p5 thing turned out to be an announcement of an announcement so if you dont want to wait until march to find out how long you have to wait to get the enhanced p5 then go for it