Topic: General PlayStation 4 Thread

@BearsEatBeets Don't quite remember factions mode in the original even though I did play it, but I don't think so. They could be trying something different with the mulitplayer mode for this game though. It is supposed to be more substantial.

@RogerRoger I should try UC4 multiplayer. Probably my best MP memories are with UC2. I was horrible at it, but had fun at the time.

I tried Factions on TLoU and didn’t find it nearly as appealing.

The other enjoyable MP add-ons for me were the Assassins Creed Ezio games. It was nice to get points for just hiding and avoiding conflict.

@RogerRoger Yeah, I wonder how active the servers are. I might have to pull out of the archives and dust off the ol’ UC4 disc. I think I deleted with data off my hard drive though, so it might take a real strong impulse to push me to go through the loading process again. 😄

I ashamed at how impatient I have become with regard to gaming and technology. Loading screens and downloads are getting on my last nerve lately. I think it’s a subliminal effect of all this propaganda of next gen SSD lightning fast loads. I didn’t use to be this way.

@Thrillho I've heard good things about the ND multiplayer modes. Maybe I'll give this one a shot. If it's as frantic as TLOU2, it ought to be good.

Currently amassing a list on Amazon of the PS4 games I either never owned physically that I wanted to like Persona 5 Royal, or games I missed out on initially like inFamous First Light in prep for the PS5 launch

I was initially holding out on buying P5R at launch because Catherine's Switch port gave me some slight hope that the survey Atlus conducted with its Japanese playerbase earlier this year was actually being taken into consideration, especially since I already own the vanilla game on PS4 as is, but I caved in once the COVID pandemic settled in and school was officially closed for the rest of the year, so I pre-ordered it digitally literally like 2 nights before launch since I wanted to actively avoid spoilers.

I saw the launch steelbook for like 60 bucks too so that's something

So the three suits being added to Spider-Man Remastered on PS5 are also going to be patched into the PS4 version at a later date, further lessening any reason to even get Ultimate Edition for the remaster unless you just really care about seeing your reflection on windows

@TheFrenchiestFry Yeah I'm just gonna play the dlc for Spider-Man on my PS5, which I've yet to start, and take any enchantments (if any) that comes with playing it through backwards compatibility.

@JohnnyShoulder

@TheFrenchiestFry

Yeah I have been trying to get my hands on the steelbook of persona 5 Royal for a while now. I have been trying to get it for cheap, because I actually all ready have the game haha. I love it so much though, that i just want that steelbook so badly. I’m hoping for this BlackFriday i can maybe snag it for pretty cheap.

As for Spider-Man I agree, I probably won’t be getting the remaster if i get the PS5. I’m perfectly content with the PS4 version right now. I still haven’t done the DLC yet for it. It’s so crazy just a year ago we got the game of the year edition, and now there’s all ready a remastered version coming out.

@JohnnyShoulder PS5 Enchantments

Game Boost is officially dark magic

@TheOtherEden Yeah that's the big thing that really rubs me the wrong way about this remaster even existing

Just last year they released GOTY Edition with all the DLC, and by the looks of things the only major change to this remaster that I guess is justifying it right now is Peter's new character model, which a lot of people are already heavily divided on. The only real loss to me I guess is 60fps performance but I can live without it if it's not going to be patched in with Game Boost or anything like that, and I can certainly sleep soundly without the thought of ray traced puddles

@TheFrenchiestFry

Yeah I agree, that was when I snagged the DLC actually. Last year The game of the year edition was on sale as well as the season pass.
I picked up the season pass for a pretty good price. At the time i was thinking, i now have the most definitive version of the game. But I guess I was wrong because not even a year later the remastered version was shown off.

I actually remember thinking the same thing with The Last of Us Remastered on PS4. That one only came out a year after the PS3, even less then Spider-Man. I remember thinking it was pretty bad to charge people 60 dollars for a remaster of a one year old game. To me it just showed how the PS4 didn’t really have anything to play on it until like 2015. But looking back on it, i can see some positives. The game ran pretty poorly on PS3. It was pretty blurry and it lagged a lot. The PS4 version made the game a bit more playable because of that. Plus it had 60 FPS support as well? Don’t quote me on that. It was a pretty no thrills remaster, but at the end of the day I’m glad that they did it.

@TheOtherEden I feel like stuff like Last of Us Remastered and the Uncharted collection was actually justified partially because the PS4 just had no alternative way to play PS3 games, and TLOU came out at pretty much the tail end of the transition between PS3 and PS4, so it definitely needed further exposure since all the eyes were on next gen. Since the PS4 and Xbox One's backwards compatibility with previous gens were either non-existent or very limited in most cases initially, that definitely factored into why we got so many re-releases, remasters and ports of last gen titles

This time there's way less of an excuse because both consoles are pretty well versed in their ability to play legacy content from the get go

@Thrillho @TheFrenchiestFry Damn autocorrect! 🤣

@Kidfried That would be fine if you could pay 20 quid just to get the remaster. But you can't, the only way to get it is to pay 70 quid for the Ultimate version of Miles Morales. That is not a complaint btw, just pointing it out.

@Kidfried I agree with you completely. 70 dollars for the remastered version of one 2018’s best games and the new Spider-Man with it is pretty great imo. Prefect for people who haven’t played PlayStation in a while or haven’t played the original.

@TheFrenchiestFry I think you’re right. It was a bit more justified due to timing of the original Last of Us and the fact that the PS4 couldn’t play PS3 games.

I do think there being a little fair with some things with this Spider-Man Remaster, though. They could have just as easily made the new suits not available for owners of the original PS4 version. And could have easily made the original not backwards compatible, forcing you to buy the remaster if you want to play it on PS5. Granted i don’t except much improvements from playing the PS4 version on PS5. After all what’s the use of buying the remastered version then?

Also It is kinda weird that the only way to buy it is if you pay for the deluxe version or whatever it’s called. I’m sure the remaster will be sold on its own eventually though. If it was sold like for like 20 to 30 bucks that’s an absolute steal. Though I’m not really a fan of the new face model, haha.

@TheOtherEden If it gets a standalone release then I'll pick it up, but I ain't blowing 90 ish CAD just to get access to it in addition to Miles Morales

My toleration with provincial VAT only goes so far

@TheFrenchiestFry

I’m actually going to probably buy Miles Morales on PS4. Hopefully it won’t be too downgraded from the PS5 version. I’m honestly probably going to stick with PS4 a little while longer. Only game I want to play it on is Demons souls. Morales I can just get on PS4.

@TheOtherEden I imagine the major differences will probably the lack of ray tracing, probably a 30fps cap like Spider-Man PS4 and none of the instantaneous loading stuff when you do stuff like exit criminal hideouts

Not too much of a compromise imo

@TheFrenchiestFry
Yeah it’s pretty great that the gaps between generations have shrunk. Cross Gen games with previous console generations were honestly not this good. I remember games like Destiny, MGS V, GTA V We’re just awful on 7th Gen hardware. Blurry, frame rate drops, not even worth playing on older hardware at that point.

But now things are so much better. At the tale end of the 7th generation you could really see how the hardware was showing it’s age. Just compare The Last of Us on PS3 vs The Last of Us Part II on PS4. It’s a night and day difference. Part I is blurry and has frame rate drops and doesn’t run in full HD. But Part II runs beautifully, full 1080p, not even a single frame rate drop. Both games are pushing there consoles hardware to the limit.

I think it’s a good comparison on just how much games ran better this generation. I think we’re at the point we’re remasters are less of a difference as they were before. 4K is inherently less of a bump then going from 720p to 1080p, at even then there’s some games this gen that run at 1400p all ready. I think for the First year or so PS4 players aren’t gonna miss out too much on getting 8th gen versions of games, unlike before where it was a bigger difference with cross gen games. It’s kinda like running pc games at high settings vs medium.