I did the opening 5 times now doh. My kids wanted to play, couldn't do the first version. Then again as starting saves on my account was not a good idea as they are not transferable. So I had to play the opening 2 more times on their account on the base ps4. (Which pretty much looks just as good with HDR, except there a slight black borders all around or maybe my kids messed with the 'safe' zone)
Anyway, dunno why I struggled the first time, it's really easy now. Just that vertical learning curve throwing everything at once at you for the opening was a bit frustrating. Amazing game, fights are really fun now, and swinging through the city is the real reward for all the different collecta missions.