+SpiceWare Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 37 minutes ago, glazball said: How did you even notice that?? Noticed it during a couple closeups in this YouTube video last night on my iPad Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Textures are visible in Astro's Playroom: Crop: noticed it on the PS5 as well, on the inner parts of the shell: Crop: On my PS5: Crop: It's also present on the other PS5 artifacts I've found so far, Wireless Headset and HD Camera, though I don't have them so can't check. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 ❤️ GPU. I managed to find one of the lyric panels. Any hidden lyrics in the other sections? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 7:56 AM, SpiceWare said: Ah, now that you mention it I vaguely recall seeing something about M.2 getting enabled after release. Thanks! My most current console is a PS3, so no existing collection of PS4 games to worry about. I'll probably wait until I need the space before picking up an M.2 for it. I plan to start out with 2 PS5 games (besides the Ragnarök that comes bundled with it). Ratchet & Clank, been wanting that since early 2021 Atari 50. I wasn't originally interested in this, but have heard good things about it like how interesting all the behind the scenes stuff is. As mentioned above, I'd like to pick up PS4's Spyro Reignited. The original Spryo is what got me back into consoles in the 90s, and I periodically replay the trilogy to this day. Most recently I played rips of my original discs rendered at nearly 4K on my Mac mini using Duckstation - it's amazing how much detail was hidden away in a PS1 game: I've not kept up with the PS4 or PS5, so will have to do some research on the games out for them. I also need to read up on PlayStation Plus. Looks like a bunch of older games are included with the Extra and Premium levels. Looks like the PS1 games might be rendering at 4K like Spyro does on my Mac mini: fair warning: The bosses in the new spyro are harder for some reason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 8:05 PM, Frozone212 said: fair warning: The bosses in the new spyro are harder for some reason I've not noticed that for the 1st Spyro. I'm at 96%, just Gnasty Gnorc and Gnasty's Loot worlds left to finish: I've achieved all the skill points so far, including the 3 Perfect skill points earned by defeating the world bosses without Spryo taking any damage during the boss battle: The control changes took a little bit to get used to, though I suspect it'll be nice to have the same control mapping across games. Ran into a number of glitches, such as here where the enemy are invisible until you get close enough for them to hit you: Spyro Reignited Trilogy_20230109203106.webm The ability to record videos and take screenshots on the PS5 is slick, though I do need to figure out if there's a proper way to eject the USB stick after copying the media to it. For these I just shut down the PS5 after copying the above media from it. I found a number of Gems difficult to find due to the foliage. Eventually I noticed the new Gem Pointer feature, which was not originally in Spyro 1 or 2. Back in then it was an unlockable earned in Year of the Dragon by finishing a Sparx level, now it's available immediately in Spryo 1 with no need to unlock it (presumably in 2 and 3 as well). Quote Spider Town is the second Sparx Realm in Spyro: Year of the Dragon and in the Reignited Trilogy remaster of the third game. It can be accessed in the Midday Gardens homeworld after defeating Spike and completing Crawdad Farm. After this level's completed, it unlocks the ability of Sparx locate gems. Despite that, overall I've found the game to be a bit easier than the PS1 version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 i've become so used to the R2 and L2 triggers as attack and block that the x,y square and circle buttons are redundant outside of context sensitive situations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 6:14 PM, Frozone212 said: i've become so used to the R2 and L2 triggers as attack and block that the x,y square and circle buttons are redundant outside of context sensitive situations I was wondering about that when I noticed R2 was also mapped to Spyro's flame attack. Originally I thought it was something new due to the PS5's adaptive triggers, but then remembered Spyro Reignited was a PS4 game so figured this convention must have started on the PS4. Finished Spryo 1 last night with 120% and all skill points. Defeating Gnasty Gnorc didn't seem any harder that before. Been checking out some of the Playstation Plus included games and got sucked into Stray. Also noticed the PS5 supports CEC, so I can control it using my TV's remote. Nice feature for using the PS5 for media streaming; though when I tried that I noticed the PS5 only supports HDR10, so I decided to continue using the TV's built in support because it also supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. We just got our packets for the 2022 homebrew awards nominations, so I'll be busy checking out a bunch of 2600 games thru the end of the month - WIP section alone has over 100 games 😱. I have to turn in my nominations by the end of January, so won't have much time for the PS5 until February. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 it's gotten to the point where beating Jedi Fallen order is damned near impossible because the game lacks a second configuration for the r2/l2 buttons for attack and block. It's disorienting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Nominations are all done. Made it to the end of Stray. Fun game, interesting story, will revisit it at some point and attempt to finish it with 100%. Finished Spryo Reignited. While it was fun seeing Spryo reimagined, I encountered a number of glitches and the overall gameplay seemed easier than the originals; so I suspect I'll go back to my PS1 rips emulated at ~4K resolution when I replay the trilogy again in 2-3 years. I put the disc for Ratchet & Clank back in the PS5 and will start on it next. I bought the disc version for the PS5 thinking I'd be buying games on disc like R&C, but not having to change the disc when switching to games like Stray is pretty nice. I launched Ragnarök - visually impressive, though I'm not at all familiar with the series. Looks like most of the prior games in the series are part of my Playstation Plus subscription, so I'm wondering if it would make more sense to start with the 2018 God of War, or maybe even go back to the 2005 original and play the series in order before playing Ragnarök. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chicgamer Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I played through Stray over the weekend and loved it! First game I've played through from beginning to end on my PS5. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 11:31 AM, SpiceWare said: I put the disc for Ratchet & Clank back in the PS5 and will start on it next. Forgot about the Ratchet & Clank re-imagining from 2016 for the PS4 . I see it has updates for the PS5 and is part of my Playstation Plus subscription so have installed it. From this comparison video the PS5 update is basically the PS4 Pro version with the addition of 60 FPS: Quote - The PS5 version continues to run in backward compatibility mode, only the framerate has been unlocked to give the game 60FPS. - The framerate seems to stay completely stable even in times of increased stress. - As for the rest of the settings, we get a version identical to the PS4 Pro. - Loading times are shorter thanks to the SSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Finished Ratchet & Clank 2016, and played thru it again in Challenge Mode. Fun stuff! I did notice that the hoverboard races were much easier than when I played the original on the PS2 - I remember being really annoyed with those back in the day. Have finally started in on Rift Apart. I found the beginning annoying when it was constantly switching between gameplay and cinematic sequences. I think it would have been helpful if they'd letterboxed those sequences so you'd know you were not currently in control. I installed the new Playstation Plus games for February and am now down to 116 GB free so have ordered a 4 TB Kingston Fury Renegade. ETA is Sunday, so I'll review Sony's installation instructions tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, SpiceWare said: I installed the new Playstation Plus games for February and am now down to 116 GB free so have ordered a 4 TB Kingston Fury Renegade. ETA is Sunday, so I'll review Sony's installation instructions tomorrow. 4TB....now thats a spicy meatball. Id be interested to hear what the PS5 benchmarks the speed at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 My ETA this morning was 11:30 - 1:30. I checked the tracking page periodically and when it showed the Amazon truck was in my neighborhood I prepped my PS5 for the M.2. About noon the driver pulled up in front of my house, then left a few minutes later without dropping off the package. I still have an ETA of 1:30, so at least Amazon knows it wasn't delivered. As of 1:30 it now shows Still arriving today by 9 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 After 9 it changed to Still arriving today, which went away sometime after 11. This morning the ETA now shows the 13th thru 16th, along with a "sorry it's late" message that says I can request a refund if I don't have it by the 17th. Oh well, at least I made productive use of the time - didn't think I'd have that done until next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 hour ago, SpiceWare said: After 9 it changed to Still arriving today, which went away sometime after 11. This morning the ETA now shows the 13th thru 16th, along with a "sorry it's late" message that says I can request a refund if I don't have it by the 17th. I've had this happen a few times. It's on it's way, on it's way, and suddenly, there's a problem and you can request a refund. Like what? did the truck get hijacked or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I think this is the first time I've encountered this. Still shows 13-16th. Think Amazon could handle this better by just automatically shipping a replacement and flagging the initial box so that when it gets scanned an alert sound is made and a return to inventory message is shown. Oh well, put my PS5 back together last night and will do the refund/reorder on Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Refund has been requested, new order in with an ETA of Sunday. This time I'll wait to have it in hand before disconnecting my PS5 from the TV. I'm just about finished with my first play through of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Everybody's at Zurkies after the prison breakout, and I'm leveling up the last of my weapons before committing to the final battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Out for deliver, ETA 2:45 - 5:45. Finished Ratchet & Clank, and started thru on Challenge Mode. Have noticed something odd though - Ratchet's dialog is sometimes missing during cut scenes. Can hear other characters in the scene just fine. I found this, which might explain what's going on: Quote As well, any equipped Helmet will automatically disappear at the start of cutscenes and then re-appear at the end. Any Helmet that covers the mouth will have a slight filter on their dialogue when they’re present. I had the pirate helmet on so removed it, but still no audio for Ratchet during the next cutscene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Arrived a couple hours ago. Installation was super easy. PS5 reported the read speed of the 4TB Kingston Fury Renegade as 6492 MB/s. Was curious to see what the internal SSD's performance would be reported as, but didn't see a way to test that. I moved over Ratchet and Clank and played for a while, didn't see any issues. Ratchet's speech was back during the cut scenes, yet I didn't try anything else so power cycling the PS5 probably took care of it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Finally pulled the trigger on a M.2 drive today. Went with a 2TB SN850X thats currently on a great sale. It ends up being almost 3 times faster and half the cost of Xbox storage expansion. Off the shelf components FTW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H454 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 I need to remember to post pics, But Dbrand makes nice aftermarket sides. They cut off the corners that make the PS5 look an open taco. I got the matte grey and really like it. https://dbrand.com/shop/special-edition/ps5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 There's no way to get rid of the "other" storage without a reformat, right? Somehow I have 85.98GB of this. I wonder where it comes from. I had a lot of "other" storage on my 64GB Vita memory card shortly before it died and there was no way to get rid of that, but in that case that was the memory card itself going bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Steven Pendleton said: There's no way to get rid of the "other" storage without a reformat, right? Somehow I have 85.98GB of this. I wonder where it comes from. I had a lot of "other" storage on my 64GB Vita memory card shortly before it died and there was no way to get rid of that, but in that case that was the memory card itself going bad. You might be able to lower it significantly by putting the system into rest mode and then unplugging the power for a few minutes. Plug it back and go through the prompts. I haven't done this yet but it works for some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Punisher5.0 said: You might be able to lower it significantly by putting the system into rest mode and then unplugging the power for a few minutes. Plug it back and go through the prompts. I haven't done this yet but it works for some people. That sounds... interesting. I tried rebuilding the database a while after my last post to see if it did anything, but it didn't have any effect. Edit: tried it, but it didn't do anything. Edited March 24, 2023 by Steven Pendleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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