Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

@WaveBoy
The haptics are superb in Astro's Playroom. Perhaps the best of any game I've played to date. The "tink tink tink" pitter patter of his feet when running on glass just feels sooo satisfying. If there's one thing Sony does well, it's haptics. Nintendo does too, they just use it more sparingly. But when playing Switch Sports, that satisfying jolt you get when the bowling ball releases from your hand... it feels better than actually releasing the trigger like in past games.

@RR529
Ya, Astro bot RM is worth picking up just for the incredible VR boss battles alone. 👌 I finally got all of the robots, found all of the chameleons, and beat all 26 bonus levels too. Time to move on to my final PSVR game before I sell it and wait patiently for the VR2 which is hitting this holiday. And that final game is Resident Evil 7. I’m 3 hours in, or was when I started it months ago and need to go back at it. It’s total nightmare fuel.

But I hear you on how cumbersome it is. I’m not interested in keeping a collection of VR headsets anyways, I just want the latest and greatest from whatever companies, be it Sony, meta and apple. So I’m more than happy to toss the PSVR.

As for the quest 2, I might just hold off and get the Meta Cambria instead.

I’ve heard numerous people complains about Q2’s milky washed black levels and desaturated Color’s due its LCD display. plus it’s FOV is only 90d compared to the PSVRs 100. And it’s limited when it comes to IPD adjustments. Other than that, the quest 2 does everything else better and then some

@WaveBoy, have you played Farpoint or Wolfenstein Cyberpilot? I remember enjoying both of those.

There were these spider enemies in Farpoint (that jumped on your face) who's animations ticked just the right boxes in my brain that I jumped every time I saw one, lol. Cyberpilot was pretty short, but really interesting (my favorite mission may have been the one where you were controlling the little drone, sneaking around).

https://www.play-asia.com/rabbids-party-of-legends/13/70ff1z

USA version of New Rabbids Party game !!! 😃

https://www.play-asia.com/lol-surprise-bbs-born-to-travel/13/...

LOL Surprise B.Bs Born to Travel on PS5
Another kiddie game on PlayStation 5.
AAAAAAAAGH....!!! 😃😃😃

I spend my days hoping for a Switch port, but here comes a "starter edition" for Guilty Gear Strive.

According to TCL Technology PS5 Pro and the New Xbox Series X are coming in 2023 or 2024

Are there many other Playstation exclusives similar to Ratchet and Clank & Sackboy?

I haven't been with Playstation since the PS3 so I'm not very familiar with their content.

@Yoshi2
"Are there many other Playstation exclusives similar to Ratchet and Clank & Sackboy?"

There was one on PS2 exclusively, called Ruff Trigger.

There is Kao the Kangaroo (multi consoles) on PS4 & PS5.

There was Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Remastered on PS4 (multi consoles) with better graphic from PS2 version.

There was Rango on PS3 (multi consoles) with shooting and platforming.

Even some of my recommendations are not exclusive to PlayStation machines (also available on other machines with different quality) just pick the PlayStation version.

@Yoshi2, only have a PS4, but from what I remember you have Tearaway Unfolded, Knack, Knack 2, MediEvil (remake of a PS1 game), and Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (PSVR required, though I believe it has a non VR sequel that comes free on PS5) when it comes to exclusive (action) platformers.

https://www.play-asia.com/nexomon-nexomon-extinction-complete...

Do Playstation owners ever get fed up with Sony's mentality towards backwards compatibility?

It is highly anathema to me that I wouldn't have the option to play the PS1 / PS2 / PS3 games I once played on PS5. Ironically I can access most of those same PS2 / PS3 games. I once played as Xbox and Xbox 360 titles on the XSX.

Sony's attitude towards backwards compatibility sucks. One of the greatest things about the PS2 was the ability to keep PS1 games due to the hardware allowing it.

@Yoshi2
I only depend backward compatibility from PS2 machine with PS1 games but for PS3 and PS4 machine, I'm fine if I don't use the backward compatibility. They are unique machine each others.

Also, not every backward compatible working properly.
I have a case from playing DDR PS1 games on my PS3 Slim and when I played the game, the arrows moved faster than the song so I couldn't hit the arrows accurately as between the song and arrow movement became very off sync, possibly from the emulating process.
Maybe the emulating process from PS3 machine to run PS1 games only good for non rhythm games.

New State of Play was pretty good. Almost every games looked good.

Glad we finally got another look at FFXVI, had a teaser of RE4, Eternights looked fun, Stray continues to look promising, and while I have mixed feelings on it, Street Fighter 6 definitely seems to be the most ambitious entry in that series in a long time.

That State of Play was perfectly decent and deeply unexciting. I will say as someone who is actively against the idea that RE4 remake needs to exist for any reason, I'm curious at least.

Honestly the cat game was the highlight to me. Probably because they let the gameplay speak for itself. Maybe also because its a Sony game that's both impressive looking and stands out from other Sony games.

@kkslider5552000 I'm also very interested in Stray. However, I should mention that it's actually being developed by BlueTwelve and published by Annapurna. Looks fantastic though

I'm glad I didn't watch the State of Play.
I knew it will be rated M games material and I always hate them.
Meanwhile, I found more upcoming kids games on PS4 / PS5 from play-asia. 👍

...Not a huge Sony fan, but...I do have my own PS4 Pro now, so I decided to at least watch a reaction video of the Sony Direct...(yes I'm calling it that, shut up, lol)

Honestly, the only thing that really interests me...
...
Yeah you guessed it...Stray.

You play as a freakin' normal cat, of course I want it. lol

@Joeynator3000
There is another Kittens or Cats games on PS4, definitely safe for kids. 😉
My Universe: Puppies and Kittens