Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

I'm towards the end of Metaphor, and so far I think it's a pretty solid game. Not the best game ever made (truth be told no game is), but I genuinely have been enjoying it for what it is.

I've seen a good few people comment about how the twists don't feel like they've been built up towards at all- and that there's no use of foreshadowing.. but I don't see it? There pacing can be wonky at times given the shorter calendar system, but the twists are foreshadowed a good bit in advance. Especially if you read the lore compendium and start to connect the dots after the twists.

I have one more month of the game to go, so I hope it'll end up ending in a pretty interesting way.

I just wanna say, the new game from Silent Hill's creator has been getting mixed reviews and because I guess some of the people from Japan Studio worked on it, there's a group of people I've seen on Twitter who are too cowardly to directly say but are heavily implying "yeah that's why my man Sony fired them all, smart move"

I cannot describe how much I hate these fanboys. I was there in gaming forums back in 2003, and these are the worst PS fanboys ever, with the only caveat to disregard anyone who has sent death threats. But otherwise, THE worst. The very worst. I am furious I had to see their opinions. I don't even like it when they try to justify it for Concord, ah yes hundreds of people are clearly to blame for like a handful of people deciding to make a worthless live service game, but doing this to justify shutting down Japan Studio is just embarrassing.

Also who is still doing console war bs in 2024? These are like the gaming equivalent of those people who got stuck on an island unaware that World War 2 had ended.

I'd appreciate a bit of help with a couple of questions plese, I have bought a PS5 for my son's christmas present. I just wondered if I should consider downloading updates etc. before i give it to him. If it's not too long a process then I wouldn't bother, but if it's going to take an age I might consider it.
I also wondered if the playstation is like the switch with fortnite, where you can play online without needing a playstation account?

@dew12333
PS5 has some games that you can play Online without making PS Plus subscription for at least $60, they are Free to Play games.
But, most of those Free to Play games are not suitable for kids.
Fortnite is not a kids game, it rated Teen and also the game have a lot of crossover of characters from different franchise that might be inappropriate for kids to be introduced because they are from adult games.
There is Roblox for PS5 and you can play Online for free, but if I'm a parent I will not recommend Roblox for my kids due to inappropriate issue from other players outside that might be saying bad words or wearing inappropriate outfits.

My games recommendation for your son. (Offline games)
I also included some PS4 games since PS5 is backward compatible with PS4 games and some of PS4 games get boosted performance on PS5.

Solo
Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Paw Patrol games
The Smurfs games
Kao the Kangaroo
Bluey
Ice Age
Story of Seasons games
DreamWorks Dragon (PS4)
Nexomon + Nexomon Extinction (PS4)

Co-Op / Multiplayer
Overcooked All You Can Eat
Moving Out 1 & 2
LEGO games
Paw Patrol Grand Prix
Ben 10 Power Trip
Cat Quest 2 & 3
Portal Knights (PS4)
CARS 3 Disney (PS4)

@Anti-Matter Thank you for replying and the recomendations. He is 12 and from the UK so is mostly playing Fortnite and Rocket League, but also enjoys some mariokart and mario party games. He's not interested in all the Bluey, Paw Patrol games anymore, more interested in playing older games now.
However I noted yourself and others talking about Portal Knights some time ago, so we tried that and enjoyed that.
Thanks again.

@dew12333 Hi there, my son is 11 - and something we loved playing together on his XB is "It Takes Two" (winner of "Game of the Year" award 2021!)

Funnily enough - this game has been added to the December roster of free/available game with PS+ Subscription. Definitely give it a whirl.

My kid like Fortnite and Rocket League also, but he had great time for It Takes 2. I actually really enjoyed it as well

Amazing to me that the PS5 Pro makes some games look worse with its ai upscaling. Figured an un-needed console would be useless.

@CJD87 Thank you for your comment. I have been considering getting PS plus, I think he will benefit from having a few games to try. I have looked at It takes 2 but the price had put me off before, if it's free on PS plus then I am sure we we will try it out.
I am confident we will like too as we have enjoyed several co op games, Cuphead, Portal Knights, Cat Quest1&2, Overcooked, Moving out.

@WaveBoy
Looks really cool. This might be my first real PSVR 2 game. Gran Turismo 7 does not count. Thanks.

Haha cool! There is a little surprise if you start the PlayStation 5.

@dew12333 PS+ seems expensive, but the middle tier "Extra" provides such an incredible wealth of games... especially if you're new to the PS ecosystem. So many classics, and plenty of more adult games for yourself

@WaveBoy
Nice, sounds like I really should not miss out on it. I did not know that 90fps eliminates motion doubling. Thanks I will try to keep that in mind, when looking for PSVR2 games.

I do not want to play violent and horror games but I believe you when you say, that it is the greatest PSVR2 experience.

Well I feel old now. Just saw that the Playstation is celebrating its 30th anniversary, that's wild. I remember first seeing it on display at my local Blockbuster video. They had Tekken 2 playing on it and at first I was just confused by it lol. It looked like a Street Fighter type game but the characters were so blocky and moving around the whole arena.

I got one a few months later with Twisted Metal and Suikoden. Alot of good memories with that machine.

Happy 30th Playstation.

@NeonPizza Ehhh, I wouldn’t expect anything on PS5 Pro to look better. A good chunk of games look worse than they do on the base console.

@NeonPizza
You are really informed about this topic, nice. Always a pleasure to read your enthusiastic posts.

How does brightness reduce motion clarity though?

Happy 30th anniversary PlayStation! Thanks for all the great games and memories.

@NeonPizza
The window-like clarity and motion clarity sounds cool. I would like to try the Quest 3.

Question for all of you guys.
Who have at least almost ALL PlayStation machines model and the games ?
I have PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5 and PSP games.
I used my PS2 machines to play both PS2 & PS1 games.
I used my PS3 machine to play PS3 games and a few PS1 games.
I used my PS4 machine to play PS4 games.
I used my PS5 machine to play both PS5 games and certain PS4 games that need PS5 power to get better performance.
And I used my PSP to play PSP games.

@Anti-Matter I had a PS1 back in the day, but stupidly sold it and all the games years ago...possibly to buy a PS2. Still have the PS2, and PS3, skipped the PS4 Gen and considering a PS5. I even bought a broken PSP from eBay a while ago to see if I could fix it...but haven't got around to looking at it yet. I've actually bought a few games for it since, so suppose I'd better get to it soon!

@Anti-Matter
Got the PlayStation 1, 2, 3 slim, 4 Pro and 5 base model but none of the handhelds. I am sure they are cool though.