R(ob)’s Comments (group member since Jun 21, 2021)

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I don't, although I probably didn't talk to him at all or very little over PSN. I can't remember if we were PSN friends or not, but not sure what his PSN ID is. I'm still friends with a lot of the old Amazon people - even ones that never moved across to here - but I rarely talk with them but it's nice to see them online and what they are playing. I have chatted over PSN (and XBL) messaging with a few of them now and again but not often.

Completed the Blops 6 campaign. Actually really good for a change and the best cod campaign in a long time. It’s a good mixture of flavors of other games such as MGS5, Hitman, Alan Wake, Control and with the good old blockbuster COD moments. 8.5/10 on the r-score-o-meter. Looks the part too.

So I had a brief play of all the games I downloaded yesterday in readiness for my Pro and I have to say for the Sony exclusive games I downloaded it’s hard to imagine them looking better. I also had a very quick go of Jedi Survivor for the first time since soon after launch and they’ve definitely improved the resolution and performance in performance mode. It was really bad on launch graphics wise. Still room for improvement though.

I’ve bought horizon zero dawn remastered. I can confirm the ps4 save transfer works no problem. Had a quick go for 15 mins and it looks amazing graphically. I can’t see how the Pro patch can improve it really.

I’m also doing a mega download of Pro games ready for Thursday. So I’m currently downloading Starwars Jedi Survivor, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Alan Wake 2, TLOU pt 1 remastered and Miles Morales. Put them on the storage expansion so I can move it across to the Pro console. I see AC Mirage has been added to Pro patched list too. Of these most are just to see the Pro improvements rather than to replay them but the DLC of Alan Wake 2 and Frozen Wilds I’ll play.

I’ve just got £200 of ps store vouchers for my birthday so I’ll get Star Wars Outlaws but not sure what else to get. Spider-Man 2 is tempting but surely it’ll be on ps plus extra soon. I’ll wait till Black Friday before I buy anything or even the new years sales.

I'm happy to pay £10 to play the frozen wilds with PS5 Pro enhancements. That bloody save better transfer across ok though otherwise it's a tenner to see the enhancements and nothing else.

Yea Zero Dawn was OK but it got so tedious after a while I struggled to complete it - I did - but I was glad when it was done. Those last few missions were never ending enemies. Forbidden West had a much better campaign with better thought out campaign missions and less slog.

Yea just to play the frozen wilds. I’m not playing through the main campaign again. Apparently the recommended level for frozen wilds is 30 so need that save really to work.

No the trophies don’t auto pop.

Not sure if the save files are a problem or not. Guerrilla games have said in a blog post they should work so perhaps what I read in forums is incorrect. I guess the only way to find out is to buy the upgrade.

The complete edition works fine with my PS4 save of the game. In fact, my PS4 save is named the complete edition even though I only ever played the standard edition. I guess I could take the risk for £10. Anyway, I just played the PS4 complete edition for a few mins on my PS5 and I have to say it looks amazing as it is - 60fps and super sharp graphics.

I've just being doing some more research and there could be an issue with PS4-> PS5 save compatibility. It was a bit confusing but if you owned the standard edition digital or disk edition then the PS4 save can be transferred to PS5. If you own the game from PS+ (i.e. the complete edition) it cannot be transferred. Don't rely on that information it's massively confusing. I'll try to check on my console. No way I'm paying £10 to play some DLC where I have to level up my character to level 30 beforehand - as in, complete the campaign again. I do have the Zero Dawn disk but if I upgrade that then I can't play it on PS5 Pro - no disk drive. As I'll need the disk to validate ownership.

Mystery solved. Everyone could get Zero Dawn for free to keep forever so I must have done this but forgot I did it:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/19/22...

Apparently I own both Horizons on PS4 according to my owned games library. I don't know how as I only ever played the PS5 version of Forbidden West on PS Plus extra (no longer in the extra library) and the Zero Dawn I played on disk.

Edit. Just checked on my PS5. Yea I own Horizon Zero Dawn (don't know how) but not Forbidden West. So confusing as the PS App says I own both outright on PS4. Anyway Zero Dawn added to the Pro list now as I can play the expansion DLC (for £10 on the Pro as I will need to upgrade to the remastered version first).

An updated list maintained on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments...

One week tomorrow to go before we regret our Pro purchases Deck. I've looked at the Pro list of games currently announced and I'm scraping the barrel TBH. Warframe is one I'll defo play - cause I play it every week - but other than that I'll be downloading games I've already completed just to see the 'Pro improvements'. I do plan to buy Starwars Outlaws which has a Pro upgrade. There is Callisto Protocol I suppose which has Pro support but I don't really plan to play it unless I 'm stuck for a game to play. I think for Space Marine 2 there will be some benefit even without a Pro patch but it will be minimal. At best a fixed 1080p and a more solid 60fps frame-rate - maybe.

Equinox80 wrote: "I've not tried Death Stranding yet R. To be honest I don't think its for me but then again, there is a part of me that thinks I should try it.

I'm not a huge Kojima fan so if its a Marmite game, I..."

I thought the same about the game before I played it. Playing as a courier didn't seem my thing at all and then I played it, gave it a few hours and I was hooked. Maybe worth a punt but I know you don't like incomplete trophy lists so understand it's a bigger risk for you.

Have you played Death Stranding yet Equinox? Defo a marmite game. I loved it and up there in my all time favourite games. Takes a good 30 hours to play the campaign so to plat it might be a lengthy commitment.

I liked Ghost of Tsushima. It has that PlayStation polish and is definitely worth a play but it does little different to a lot of other games and is most similar to Assassin’s Creed. The wind blowing in directions of areas of interest is the big idea they had but not exactly game changing. As with a lot of Playstation exclusive reviews they tend to go OTT gushing with praise. It’s a solid 8/10 for me.

Morning all. Lots of gaming at the weekend for me. Started the Blops 6 campaign and so far it's actually very good. Lengthy levels with a mixture of stealth, combat and those hollywood-like scripted sequences. Just completed an open map level and it was very good - reminded me of MGS V Phantom Pain. So far this is the type of COD campaign we got years ago when they cared about it. Also played lots of Blops 6 multiplayer. It's COD MP, it's does what it does but I'm enjoying it. Some really good maps - the sub-base being one. Still, my skillz are not what they used to be but I try not to let that put me off.

Also set-up my 360 and PS3 again for any new release drought times so I can play a bit of Nostalgia. Strange going back after all of these years. I played Call of Jaurez (it was already installed on my PS3) and Max Payne 3 (already installed on my 360). Actually both pretty good fun. In terms of hardware everything is working except for the rechargeable 360 battery packs - both seem dead, so I've had to resort to AA. And one thing that struck me is how bad the PS3 controllers are. I have three of them and the sticks on all of them (at the ball) have far too much movement in them being able to pushed right down and pulled right up. I guess it's how they are but they all work.

I'm probably the only one that plays COD MP in here but do Activision make installing COD a real pain in the arse. COD is one install for all games now (has been for a few years) and with BO6 release imminent they update the install with BO6 and delete MW3 so I have to f-about managing files to redownload MW3. Honestly it's a pain and massive downloads too for no point - just to get back what you had before they f'd it up.

I've also decided to have a little reconfiguration of my gaming room soon. I have my PS5, Series X and PS4 Pro set-up but I don't use the PS4-Pro anymore. So, I'm going to fish out my PS3 and 360 and set those up alongside my new PS5 Pro when it arrives and my Series X. Gives me a few options of digging back into the best console generation now and again, considering it's the gen where I have purchased the most games. Only now and again for a bit of nostalgia. No point having a PS4 set-up when PS5 runs all the PS4 games.

Equinox80 wrote: "R(ob) wrote: "I see FBC:Firebreak is coming to ps plus too as well as Games Pass."

Really? That'll be great if it does."

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/...

I see FBC:Firebreak is coming to ps plus too as well as Games Pass.

No I didn’t but I just watched the developer preview. Looks good, obviously best with mates but on what I’ve seen doesn’t look very Control like. Still, might be very good and at least I can try it for free on Games Pass.

Yea I like the new welcome hub thingyme. It does help to feel connected. Suprised it's taken this long as the US has had a form of it for years on PS5.

I won't be going for the plat on SM2. Not that I go for plats often anyway. Is the campaign only six missions? I've already done three so it seems like a really short campaign.