The Official PS4 Thread

[purbeast0]

I think my highest is about 6.5 million, which isn't too high. I tend to lose my multiplier too much... especially if I'm running around looking for humans to get. Also, your score doesn't stick if you hit continue after losing all your lives.

yeah i continued from my buddy who lost in the 2nd level, and i beat it from there and i think my score was like 11 million or so. i'll check when i turn it on. but i need to turn the difficulty up so that i can get my multiplier up. gonna give it a go shortly i think.

if anyone wants to add me feel free to - purbeast is my psn. i like having friends who play the games so we can compare scores and try to beat people. if you send a FR from here though please let me know it's from AT because i usually deny random requests if i don't know where it is from.

 

[Doppel]

Ahh turns out I had it set to High quality not Best. It should be better now.

It's definitely better. Maybe that's just all you can get with twitch, though. One day we'll be able to see 1080P at 30 FPS I guess

 

[cmdrdredd]

It's definitely better. Maybe that's just all you can get with twitch, though. One day we'll be able to see 1080P at 30 FPS I guess

So selecting high is better than best quality?

 

[HeXen]

Few questions about twitch. Where are all the ps4 specific games or are they always just mixed in? Are they always low res like that? I changed setting to source but it's terrible quality.
Whats the incentive to stream from PS4 when there's already so many people doing it for all the same games?

 

[zerocool84]

Few questions about twitch. Where are all the ps4 specific games or are they always just mixed in? Are they always low res like that? I changed setting to source but it's terrible quality.
Whats the incentive to stream from PS4 when there's already so many people doing it for all the same games?

It let's you easily do it, you can show you friends or whatever I want. Me personally I have no desire to stream my games but it's a big market.

 

[sze5003]

There are other channels that you can stream to. If you go to PlayStation live you can stream to uverse or something else. And yea, the quality is low as long as you are not watching in full screen.

 

[Aikouka]

So selecting high is better than best quality?

I don't think so. Best should be the highest quality.

Although, I don't think I'm going to use the internal streaming anymore. It's okay, but I really do not like a reduced gaming screen size -- especially in a game like Resogun! The only problem is that the PS4 (just like the PS3) cannot use a standard video capture device because all content is protected via HDCP. Sony is supposed to be removing that (unless the developer flags specific parts of the game such as important cutscenes) in a future patch. :\

Also, that way I can probably get far, far better quality. I have a pretty decent Internet connection (something like 55/10), so a high quality video upload shouldn't be out of the question. My HTPC sits behind my front left speaker, which should be able to handle video processing (i7-860 + 660 Ti), but I'd need some way to manage the screen while on my couch!

yeah i continued from my buddy who lost in the 2nd level, and i beat it from there and i think my score was like 11 million or so. i'll check when i turn it on. but i need to turn the difficulty up so that i can get my multiplier up. gonna give it a go shortly i think.

if anyone wants to add me feel free to - purbeast is my psn. i like having friends who play the games so we can compare scores and try to beat people. if you send a FR from here though please let me know it's from AT because i usually deny random requests if i don't know where it is from.

I'm kind of surprised you managed to get that high. Was it on Veteran or something else? I originally started on ... I think it was experienced, but my score never really got that high because of the multiplier cap. Although, I guess I shouldn't be that surprised given how often I lose my multiplier! :biggrin:

I also need to figure out how the normal enemy keepers eradicate their human. I don't think my original idea was correct. I might have to ask on the Housemarque forums or something.

 

[purbeast0]

I'm kind of surprised you managed to get that high. Was it on Veteran or something else? I originally started on ... I think it was experienced, but my score never really got that high because of the multiplier cap. Although, I guess I shouldn't be that surprised given how often I lose my multiplier! :biggrin:

I also need to figure out how the normal enemy keepers eradicate their human. I don't think my original idea was correct. I might have to ask on the Housemarque forums or something.

i was on normal i think, where the max multiplier is 5x. i think that was my score im about to actually go play now so i will check and let you know.

 

[zerocool84]

Am I the only one that has to really look to be able to push the options button? It needs to stick out more.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Am I the only one that has to really look to be able to push the options button? It needs to stick out more.

I can hit it easily enough but it could use with a little bit of a bump.

 

[BikeJunkie]

I can hit it easily enough but it could use with a little bit of a bump.

So you like your Options buttons like you like your women? Me too.

 

[blurredvision]

Just read on Reddit that Killzone multi-player has no voice chat. The only way to chat is to join a party chat with friends who are also playing. That's crazy, I wonder who thought that would be a good idea.

 

[blackened23]

Just read on Reddit that Killzone multi-player has no voice chat. The only way to chat is to join a party chat with friends who are also playing. That's crazy, I wonder who thought that would be a good idea.

I dunno. There are some really annoying idiots on XBLG that i'd rather not hear talking in MP games - Black Ops 2 specifically - maybe this situation will help avoid something like that.

 

[smackababy]

I dunno. There are some really annoying idiots on XBLG that i'd rather not hear talking in MP games - Black Ops 2 specifically - maybe this situation will help avoid something like that.

Just like the Wii friendcodes are to keep predators away from our children... Yeah, great idea as well. Multiplayer without VoIP is stupid, especially in team games.

 

[cmdrdredd]

It works through the PDM (Playstation dynamic menu). You start a chat room and you can type specific PSN IDs to invite or invite friends. That's the only way Killzone can do voice chat right now.

I like that you can avoid having to mute every idiot online, but I wonder how difficult it would have been to have the option to do team chat.

 

[Rage187]

I agree I hate random game chat. I usually just party chat with buddies.

 

[BikeJunkie]

Since we're on the topic of voice chat... In about 4 hours of BF4, I've not heard a soul. I dont have headset plugged in, so would that be why, or is this typical for PSN?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Since we're on the topic of voice chat... In about 4 hours of BF4, I've not heard a soul. I dont have headset plugged in, so would that be why, or is this typical for PSN?

I believe you have to plug in a headset for voice chat. IF you go to the PDM (main menu on the UI) and hold the PS button you can go to device options and see that "output to headphones" is grayed out and it says chat audio next to it.

You can change this to have it output all audio through the headphones for when you wear full headset or just the chat audio for when you use a mono earpiece and use your TV or receiver's speaker output for game audio.

Oh and in case anyone was wondering about using a PC headset (that has separate jacks for microphone and the stereo headphones) there is an adapter on ebay that only costs $1 that will work. Actually you just need a dual 3.5mm to single three pole smartphone adapter. Just don't use any ones that say iphone compatible because they give odd feedback. Even the apple earbuds have an odd feedback.

I don't want to seem like I'm advertising but in case anyone wants it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Useful-3-5m...rphone-To-PC-Adapter-Cable-Cord-/380754290231

 

[Aikouka]

I believe you have to plug in a headset for voice chat. IF you go to the PDM (main menu on the UI) and hold the PS button you can go to device options and see that "output to headphones" is grayed out and it says chat audio next to it.

You can change this to have it output all audio through the headphones for when you wear full headset or just the chat audio for when you use a mono earpiece and use your TV or receiver's speaker output for game audio.

They have a $25 Turtle Beach headset designed for the PS4 at Target that I was tempted to pick up. It's nothing fancy as it's monaural (since the PS4 controller is), but I think I would rather wait for a headset that's compatible with both the X1 and the PS4.

It would be nice though as I doubt any of you heard me talking during the stream. I sit around 11-12 feet away from my TV and the microphone is built into the camera that sits on the top. Although, a lot of my talk was smack talking my own poor play.

Am I the only one that has to really look to be able to push the options button? It needs to stick out more.

I have some issues getting it as well. I think it's just the adjustment that we'll have to make going from the Start + Select buttons to the new Options + Share buttons.

 

[cmdrdredd]

They have a $25 Turtle Beach headset designed for the PS4 at Target that I was tempted to pick up. It's nothing fancy as it's monaural (since the PS4 controller is), but I think I would rather wait for a headset that's compatible with both the X1 and the PS4.

If you happen to have a headset for your PC, you can get an adapter to get full game and chat audio from the DS4. As I noted in my edited post above.

 

[purbeast0]

so i definitely had more controller sync issues while playing knack earlier. happened for like 30 seconds then back to normal. very fucking annoying.

 

[MrCoyote]

Does anyone else think that the PS4 interface is lacking? I mean, as much as I disliked the ps3 interface, I prefer it to the PS4.

Its like they shipped the console with a halfway done interface. Also there are hardly any customization options compared to the ps3. Can't change the background, no screensaver, etc. What was Sony doing all these years?

 

[zerocool84]

Does anyone else think that the PS4 interface is lacking? I mean, as much as I disliked the ps3 interface, I prefer it to the PS4.

Its like they shipped the console with a halfway done interface. Also there are hardly any customization options compared to the ps3. Can't change the background, no screensaver, etc. What was Sony doing all these years?

A lot of the software stuff was rushed and it shows, that's why there was a day one update. They have a lot to do to the UI.

 

[Aikouka]

If you happen to have a headset for your PC, you can get an adapter to get full game and chat audio from the DS4. As I noted in my edited post above.

Hmm I'm kind of surprised that I don't have something like that already. Although, I'm trying to find one from Newegg or Amazon, but I'm not 100% sure if any 1-2 splitter will work. If I remember correctly, the microphone portion of the 3.5mm plug is a specific band on the plug, so you can't just get any splitter as it won't send the right bands to the correct cables.

so i definitely had more controller sync issues while playing knack earlier. happened for like 30 seconds then back to normal. very fucking annoying.

Hmm maybe it's just a bad controller? You said it works fine when wired, so it's not the controller's button functionality, but it could be the wireless... or the wireless in the PS4, which I hope isn't the case. If you have another controller, that would be a good test.

EDIT:

A lot of the software stuff was rushed and it shows, that's why there was a day one update. They have a lot to do to the UI.

The operating systems that both Sony and Microsoft are shipping are really leagues beyond what they've been doing in their prior consoles -- especially compared to the release OSs in the PS3 and 360. I talk a lot about PCs being more general purpose machines, but actually, the PS4 and X1 are a lot closer to being general purpose software-wise than their predecessors. It's really just the concept of a 10-foot UI that holds them back from doing more desktop-oriented things. To use a PC example, I'd rather use the normal Steam client than the Big Picture Mode variant on the desktop.

 

[Pneumothorax]

Can anyone talk about how loud these new ps4s are? Compared to the ps3 slim.

If it's just sitting on the menu and doing nothing, yeah it's quieter than my 2010 slim. OTOH, killzone has the fans spinning almost as loud as my PS3 launch system. As another poster above said, not as loud as a X360 Xenon launch system, but it's definitely louder than my PS3 slim.