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LegitHyperbole on 31 October 2024
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Things that have not exactly wow'd me but impressed me so far.

  • The BC for PS4 games is vast, almost all my games carry over even demos from long ago with just a few missing.
  • The ammount of free upgrades to PS5 versions for games I already own. Particularly The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk which are like free remasters. 
  • The PS+ Catalogue actually paying for it's subscription fee with titles like Returnal, Rift apart, Demon souls, Dead Space and many other big name games.
  • The haptics in Astros Playroom and Returnal specifically as well as more use of the controllers speaker which no dev used on the ps4.
  • The SSD for instant fast travel, not so much loading which is cool but I never found loading screens to be such a bad thing. 
  • 60 FPS modes on almost all games I've tried. TW3 is finally so smooth and silky to play. Love it.
  • The UI is super fast and smooth, Making me realise how sluggish the PS4 PRO was or perhaps had gotten over time. Everything down to typing in text or browsing YouTube is all so flawlessly smooth. 
  • The timer for all games played going right back to the start of PS4, Idk how they pulled that off and it being relatively accurate too. A wii feature back in the day but appreciated to see once again. 
  • Percentages on trophies and progress meters for games as well as the tips and help feature, idk how useful that'd be though. 
  • PS button brings up everything you need in the easiest menu on a PS console ever, so easy and everything is all there, no need to go out of the way. 
  • A wishlist finally able to keep an eye on the games you're waiting for a sale on. 

There are a few complaints I have, like the UI only holding 10 games and the ability to only pin 5. No themes. Game screens are basically ads for games. The whole system seems like it's designed to be the PSN store and that feels not so premium but it is cool to have an over all system search function. The feeling like your friends aren't there anymore, they're just a tab in game base or a small widget and there is no sense of community like with the "what's new" tab on ps4. Trophy lists are really hard to figure out what you've unlocked on the list, over designed UI makes it hard to read. Game ads everywhere, it the PS tab, on the widgets, on the screens for the games you own trying to sell you add ons... that's not shouting premium console. Feels cheap. Just lack of customization on the console as a whole.