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

fucking hell, it took me 2 hours to load and it was like a bad channel 5 late night movie or something. Lousy gameplay, hmm let's follow a horse for nearly 10 minutes with some tedious expository "world building" dialogue. not for me.

RDR2 has a really slow intro, and if you didn't like the story during that part you're not going to like where it goes from there, most likely. i found it to be really fun once it opened up to an actual open world game, but it takes several hours of gameplay before you're past the tutorial missions and you can finally get a decent setup with most of core game mechanics unlocked. by the time you get that far, you'll have watched the guy ride his horse and have really dumb conversations for a really long time, though

don't play online

good general advice for gaming in 2019

RDR2 has a really slow intro, and if you didn't like the story during that part you're not going to like where it goes from there, most likely. i found it to be really fun once it opened up to an actual open world game, but it takes several hours of gameplay before you're past the tutorial missions and you can finally get a decent setup with most of core game mechanics unlocked.

To play devil's advocate against my own feelings on this subject: PERSONA 5 has a painfully slow and protracted tutorial dungeon, but it ended up loving the game.

persona is on like a different planet from AAA open world games though, apples and oranges

play yakuza 0

I most probably will! Just going to wait till the end of the month (when my coupon expires) in case it goes on sale.

I was going to curse the PS4 Media player but it is actually very good. It wasn't initially working because it doesn't recognise any files unless you put them in a folder. Not tried its subtitles capabilities yet though.

Because I am adult saddo I don't have any friends on PS4 (or IRL but that's another matter), any ilxorz want to add me? I'm redhalcyon, I think.

I tried to add you but it wouldn’t let me because it said your settings don’t allow it (?)

I’m a terrible PS4 friend though because I don’t have a headset

same on both counts

yall should add me! i havent added friends since my old job so i just keep seeing ex coworkers pop up

brillidotam - and yes you can't change names and yes it refers to a website i no longer own fml

i thought they were adding the ability to do a one time name change

OH HEY you're right! I just looked it up. will be able to do it once in "early 2019" apparently (hey isnt that now)

Oh yeah lol I turned it off because I had a rando try to add me and I heard there was an exploit related to that. I'll change it tonight! I don't have a headset either! Then we can party like socially anxious introverts only can!

i don't have a ps4 yet but i could add you on my vita

OK I updated my privacy settings!

ps4: josephcotten

hahahaha i was just wondering the other day who that was. apparently we have been friends on there for a while

Are you orsonwelles?

brillidotam

anyone getting a french friend request, that is (probably) me

Initials MG?

oui

(leee, check the upcoming ballot polls thread on ILM - your short music poll has been Chosen)

add polyphonic if you want all your Trials records to be blown out of the water

i didn't know that you were polyphonic!

i can confirm that adding polyphonic as a friend will result in dropping down the rankings of pretty much any game

socially anxious gamer mr_thoth over here

xp i'm not polyphonic, i just added him once and gave up on ever trying to beat any of his Trials runs

new trials out in a couple weeks, maybe you can beat him to the punch

oh whoops, gotcha. i was going to say, i totally missed that polyphonic morphed into diamonddave at some point!

forksclovetofu of course

I also applied to the ILX gamers group. Is that still active?

im 'mtlnx' on psn if people want to add me, i don't have a ps4 yet still though, waiting for the next sale

I like this alt history where I'm good at games.

(Other than Trials, I mean.)

I've given up on RDR2 as a complete duffer. Was feeling an urge for some Silent Hill type action which I have fond memories of on the PS1. So after one lazy search I decided to go for Outlast rather than the latest Resident Evil whatever it's called.

just ordered a ps4 pro, looking forward to only using it to play niche small budget rpgs at 1080p

got my pro, this thing is huge. getting some xbox meme vibes...

my psn name is 'mtlnx' if anyone wants to add me

Is Journey + fl0w + flower at $7.50 worth the plunge?

if you haven't played at least two of those yet, absolutely.

tempted to pay $15 to bum around ubisoft egypt for a bit

Divinity Original Sin 2 is on sale in PSN for $36 now, kinda tempted but I'm trying to be smart and wait till it gets to $20.

tempted by some stuff in this sale and my bonus just came in...

I made it pretty far into Doom on the Switch, but I'm thinking about buying and playing it again on PS4 for the better performance and graphics (and price, since it's basically $10 or so). Question: if I've only played it with Nintendo's gyro, will the learning curve be insane for twin analog sticks? It's literally the only FPS I've ever played, so that could work either for or against me if I switch to sticks after gyro.

Playing a FPS with analog (really with anything other than a mouse) is among the worst game experiences imo - I don’t know how anyone does it

imo consider waiting for the sequel later this year rather than buying the same game twice

though i guess that'll be full price

Maaan, being a “FPS only with mouse and keyboard” dude is some olde tyme shit. Been pretty well optimized since (I guess?) Halo. I honestly prefer it now, but I am not a hardcore competitive shooter bro.

Doom for 10 bucks on PS4 is absolutely worth it. A lot was compromised to get that working on the Switch. Kinda of a VHS to Blu-Ray jump. I imagine it would be tricky adjusting to the non-gyro aim tho if that’s all you’re used to.