So, as I mentioned elsewhere… I’ve started Final Fantasy XIII - 2 today and think I’ve made some decent progress (it’s hard to tell really). I really liked the original XIII (mostly down to it’s combat, which finally won me over in regards to turn-based stuff) and the combat is much the same here with a nice tweak involving monsters/enemies that you’ve conquered and recruited. Not sure I like it quite as much yet but I’m thinking that is due to still being relatively low level and consequently having low-level battles.
The story has thrown me for a complete loop! It’s like some major things have happened between parts 1 and 2 but gives no insight into what exactly (yet 🤞).
As ever the OST is brilliant. I remember thinking that FF music was a bit cheesy and laughable when I played my first one (XV back in 2020) but I love it now. It’s still a bit cheesy… but I love hearing the different renditions of the melodies that you’ve heard in previous games.
Managed to get a bit more Final Fantasy XIII 2 in today and am finally starting to feel somewhat oriented with travelling between locations and times. Still enjoying it but not sure if it’s falling a little short of the original for me… at least at this stage.
Anyone here has any experience with cloud streaming PS3 games from a modern device? In my case PC, but I assume that's no different from the experience on PS4/PS5 with it. I've always been incredibly interested in Puppeteer on the PS3, but I do not own my old PS3 anymore, yet have recently learned it's available on the PS Plus tier with cloud streaming. I'm currently not in a building which has incredibly high-speed internet available, often maxing out at about 7 - 10 MB/s in terms of download speed. Has someone been in a similar position and had good experiences with the cloud streaming? I'd love to finally get my hands on it and give it a fair shake! It seems like a forgotten gem from everything I've seen and heard about it, and absolutely up my alley with its stage-play presentation.
@Tjuz I have been streaming PS4 and PS5 games to my Portal and a few times to my PS5 and it works quite well, actually. I was just commenting over on the Portal article that the cloud streaming is really stable for me and better than expected. Not perfect, mind, but definitely playable for most types of games. I would assume that a PS3 game would be even more streamable since the graphics and files are less complex. My internet connection is decent though. I think I have 300-500 MB/s download speed.
You sure yours is 7-10 MB/s…? That sounds awfully low.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
I have played and completed ps3 cloud streaming games even when i had 5mb ADSL the key is a wired connection with such a low speed any fluctuation in wireless signal would effect the game so a stable wired connection is a must
@Th3solution It was about 7-10 megabytes yes, but in megabits that would be around 56-80 if I did my math right. Paying premium Berlin prices only for them to still skimp on the internet connections... wouldn't expect less from my landlord! There's actually been a change in provider leading to maintenance in the last week, which seems to have upped my maximum speed to 100Mb/s, but so far it also keeps going down for short moments on regular intervals. Not very compatible with streaming, but I hope that'll get ironed out still in the next few days assuming they're still working on the internet in some way. If (and hopefully when) that does, I suppose it's worth giving the streaming a shot despite our speeds being wildly different! The fact that you had good experiences with it at least means that the tech is there. Just up to my internet to realise the potential then, haha.
@trev666 Thank you as well for your thoughts! Sadly a wired connection is not currently possible in my apartment complex, but if you've been able to complete games with half the speed, I assume stability will be more the issue then. Gonna hope that that stability will soon return to my safe haven as I mentioned before!
@Tjuz I’m not very tech savvy, but I do think the stability of the signal is probably as important or more important than the raw speed. Do you have any trouble with streaming TV from Netflix or other streaming services? If that’s smooth, then maybe PS3 game streaming has hope.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Streaming has always been stable enough, with occasional issues. I always assumed streaming video games would be much more demanding though, with the ping being important and all that for smooth gameplay. At least I'd be trying out a platformer and not some type of Battlefield!
@Tjuz Yeah, ideally something that is narrative, walking sim, visual novel, or turn based would be safe bets. Quick reflex competitive games are definitely going to fare worse. The games I’ve been streaming are more along the lines of the narrative choice games (Life is Strange and Telltale types) and stuff like Balatro. Baldur’s Gate 3 works well too, given there’s not need for timing reactions. I tried streaming Dark Souls 2 briefly on my Portal just for kicks and it actually did fine but I couldn’t take the chance for a random lag to occur during a boss fight so really stuck with it natively from the console.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
last night i hooked up my playstation 3 to my tv which i had to use two HDMI cords.
wasnt playing but loaded up WWE 14 and 16 to refresh my memory of what moves were in the game.
the main in game wrestling moves not as big as the current stuff in 2K24 and 2K25. 14 and 16 only have like 2 to 3 exploder suplexes only like 2 T bone suplexes
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