Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@render I loved Death Stranding and feel it was genuinely hard done by due to the public perception of ‘fetch-questing’. Ever since the Director’s Cut announcement I’ve kinda planned to play it through again at some point but if the sequel does actually happen, I might not bother with the Director’s Cut and just play ’2’ down the road.

@colonelkilgore Agreed! The traversal mechanics were so well done and the missions were really varied. It had a great mix of gameplay too and actually looks like they’ve added to the combat side of things. I think I will actually pick up the DC just to experience it again.

@colonelkilgore @render I’ll definitely take a sequel. I want to play again with the Director’s Cut too but I have so many backlog games that I don’t think I’m going to play it right away. It’s only been a year since I played it and that’s just a little too soon for a game that I spent 80+ hours in. I do miss that world though.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/tormented-souls

Tormented Souls seems to be doing well.

A fun little article of the cameos from Astro and how they came about.

I didn’t realise each one had a unique animation if you hit them too!

@Thrillho Oh believe me I hit every single one of them

After a particularly vigorous gaming session trying to beat [name redacted] which I'm reviewing, one of my controllers R2 has gone slack. Damned adaptive triggers.

@johncalmc I've heard about it happening and from the description I'd argue adaptive triggers have nothing to do with it. If anything, the little spring that seems to be the problem should be getting less tension when the adaptive triggers are engaged. Unfortunately it seems like the quality of the spring itself is a little iffy.

@johncalmc I've just had one of my DualSense controllers replaced by Sony due to the left stick drifting. They feel like they are really robust controllers but it really took a hammering with Returnal, Demon's Souls, and Hades probably being the main culprits!

@Voltan It's weird. Now the slightest pressure depresses the trigger so even just catching it ever so slightly means it thinks I'm pressing R2. Okay if I'm playing like Trails of Cold Steel but not so good I'd imagine for Bloodborne or something.

@render Yeah I rang Sony and they need the serial number which I can't see because I'm not at home and they reckon it'll take two weeks. I used to like it better back in the day when you rang them and they'd send a replacement out and pick up your broken one at the same time. I can't be a one pad man for two weeks. It's not the dark ages.

@johncalmc I think it took pretty much 2 weeks from me phoning them to them delivering a new one. That was my worry too though, going back to having only one controller and seeing that battery warning come up 😂

@johncalmc Is it like it's giving you no resistance at all? If that's it it's most likely a snapped spring - apparently easy to replace if you have the right part (it's the same as in a DS4). Looks like one of these

I'm not necessarily encouraging trying to do it yourself with a controller under warranty though - I probably wouldn't myself either. I would if it was past the warranty period.

@Voltan Hmm. See now I love the idea of tinkering around in there like some kind of workman with my little screwdriver and that. And honestly I don't want to wait two weeks. Maybe I'll just try and fix it myself, and then when I break it I'll just order one of the red ones they just brought out.

@Voltan @johncalmc The spring on my L1 got stuck so I had to open it up and unstick it. It’s not too difficult to fiddle with the insides of the controller as long as you have one of those plastic thingys that look like they separate Lego. It’s horrific to put back together though, mine is slightly separate at the seam. I also have a bit of left stick drift that comes and goes.

Welp I was always the one to say I never had problems with any of my Sony controllers (and there's been a bunch of them since the PS2) but I think one of mine just started drifting to the left a little. Weirdly, it doesn't seem to happen if I'm not touching the stick but touching the stick triggers it sometimes somehow?
Hopefully it's just some dust that got in there or something and it will go away? I'll keep an eye on it and maybe try cleaning it somehow. If it persists or even get worse, I'll have to see about a warranty claim, I guess.
A bad day for DualSense controllers, it seems

@Voltan Mine also drifts to the left. I was driving in Mafia 2 when I noticed it the most, as I legitimately swerved into oncoming traffic when I went to scratch my nose and took my thumb off the stick. Didn’t help when Joe was like YOU DRIVE WORSE THAN MY GRANDMA

@nessisonett You said it comes and goes... how often does it appear?

@Voltan Maybe every few days? I usually rotate the stick vigorously and it’ll eventually go away after a bit of effort. I feel like it’ll probably get more apparent over the weeks though.

You guys need to stop using your dual sense pads to spread jam on your toast. I don't think that is what they are supposed to be used for.