Mikey Jr.
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This thread is for PS Now control/image quality/general feelings impressions. This is NOT to discuss pricing, or why PS2/PS1 games are not on there, or "I won't subscribe until a Netflix model", or I haven't played it yet!
So if you rented a game, come in here and describe your experience. If possible, please state your internet connection stats when replying. It would give people a good idea on how well the game performed versus your internet connection.
So the beta has been open for a few days now. They updated their game selection quite a bit from the closed beta, so there were a few things that peaked my interest. But anyways...
1. So right off the bat, the PS Now store is kinda sloppy. The way games are shown is too large. I would like to see more games at a glance rather than having to scroll so much. Also, it shows the 4 hour pricing there. Is this to trick people? Show me 7 day rental prices. That is much more useful for me.
2. Renting was pretty simple. It was essentially the same as buying the game. No problems here. Also, it puts the game onto your XMB which I found really neat. So I can get into the game really quickly.
3. Starting the game was really quick. From purchase to menu was probably 30 seconds.
4. First game I rented was Catherine for a week. Controls seemed great. But then again, I was kinda skeptical because it was not a very fast paced game. Your just climbing up blocks. So it didn't really give a good judge of if PS Now was capable.
Having said that, I wish I didn't rent this game. Don't like it at all. I like the game parts where your NOT playing the game, like cheating on my GF and stuff. Thats fun. The puzzles part pisses me off. I am just not good at puzzle games and get aggravated easily.
This is where an hour option would have been useful. Let me play for 1 hour for X amount, to see if I like it. ohh well. A refund option would be kinda nice too. Play for half an hour. If you like it, your card is charged. If you stop, then your card is not charged. The refund option gets removed from that game forever to prevent abuse. (Sorry, wasn't supposed to discuss pricing). I'll discuss graphics in the next game because I feel slower type games usually look better, you know, without a lot of fast moving stuff.
5. Next game I rented was Darksiders 2. Loved DS1, and DS has a lot of fast moving action, so this should test the capabilities in my opinion. Heard bad stuff about this game, but for $7 for a week, I felt ok about it.
The graphics: There will be a difference between disc and streaming for sure, but having said that, it looked good. Someone described it as high quality twitch which sounds right. But yeah, lots of fast moving objects, and the picture quality stayed good. It really never was a distraction. There is compression though.
The controls: Now this part is surprising. The lag seems to be incredibly low. I was killing dudes, dodging, using skills, no problems. Brad from Giant Bomb said the best indicator that the service works is if you forget you are streaming the game. He's right. When I finished, I remembered I was streaming the game. Kinda blew my mind. I was playing a streamed game and I forgot I was doing it.
Audio: Sorry, no idea. Sounded fine, but I'm not an audiophile, so its hard to give an opinion on that.
Conclusion: Overall, very happy. Darksiders 2 seems very playable. And the week option is great. That is the perfect game time for me. I hop from game to game, so a week will hold my interest for this game.
I will use the service again, hopefully they will expand the catalog to include more first party as well, of course as well as PS2 and PS1 eventually which I am more excited about.
And just so you know, I live in Ontario Canada, and my internet is 25mbps, with 2 upload. According to PS4 connection test, my down is 22.6 and up is 1.8 over wireless.
So if you rented a game, come in here and describe your experience. If possible, please state your internet connection stats when replying. It would give people a good idea on how well the game performed versus your internet connection.
So the beta has been open for a few days now. They updated their game selection quite a bit from the closed beta, so there were a few things that peaked my interest. But anyways...
1. So right off the bat, the PS Now store is kinda sloppy. The way games are shown is too large. I would like to see more games at a glance rather than having to scroll so much. Also, it shows the 4 hour pricing there. Is this to trick people? Show me 7 day rental prices. That is much more useful for me.
2. Renting was pretty simple. It was essentially the same as buying the game. No problems here. Also, it puts the game onto your XMB which I found really neat. So I can get into the game really quickly.
3. Starting the game was really quick. From purchase to menu was probably 30 seconds.
4. First game I rented was Catherine for a week. Controls seemed great. But then again, I was kinda skeptical because it was not a very fast paced game. Your just climbing up blocks. So it didn't really give a good judge of if PS Now was capable.
Having said that, I wish I didn't rent this game. Don't like it at all. I like the game parts where your NOT playing the game, like cheating on my GF and stuff. Thats fun. The puzzles part pisses me off. I am just not good at puzzle games and get aggravated easily.
This is where an hour option would have been useful. Let me play for 1 hour for X amount, to see if I like it. ohh well. A refund option would be kinda nice too. Play for half an hour. If you like it, your card is charged. If you stop, then your card is not charged. The refund option gets removed from that game forever to prevent abuse. (Sorry, wasn't supposed to discuss pricing). I'll discuss graphics in the next game because I feel slower type games usually look better, you know, without a lot of fast moving stuff.
5. Next game I rented was Darksiders 2. Loved DS1, and DS has a lot of fast moving action, so this should test the capabilities in my opinion. Heard bad stuff about this game, but for $7 for a week, I felt ok about it.
The graphics: There will be a difference between disc and streaming for sure, but having said that, it looked good. Someone described it as high quality twitch which sounds right. But yeah, lots of fast moving objects, and the picture quality stayed good. It really never was a distraction. There is compression though.
The controls: Now this part is surprising. The lag seems to be incredibly low. I was killing dudes, dodging, using skills, no problems. Brad from Giant Bomb said the best indicator that the service works is if you forget you are streaming the game. He's right. When I finished, I remembered I was streaming the game. Kinda blew my mind. I was playing a streamed game and I forgot I was doing it.
Audio: Sorry, no idea. Sounded fine, but I'm not an audiophile, so its hard to give an opinion on that.
Conclusion: Overall, very happy. Darksiders 2 seems very playable. And the week option is great. That is the perfect game time for me. I hop from game to game, so a week will hold my interest for this game.
I will use the service again, hopefully they will expand the catalog to include more first party as well, of course as well as PS2 and PS1 eventually which I am more excited about.
And just so you know, I live in Ontario Canada, and my internet is 25mbps, with 2 upload. According to PS4 connection test, my down is 22.6 and up is 1.8 over wireless.