Every few days I see people praising this feature too the moon while I sit here like this ¯\_(ツ_/¯ and think, wait, PS4 has something like this, the community feature, for almost 2 years now.
Why is everyone acting like Microsoft invented the wheel?
Or what did I not get here?
Sounds like making an event.
Events will even boot up the PS4 and automatically put you in the game (if you choose).
These can be posted in communities, in messages, on your wall, to a party... Basically in any social section on the system.
Events are also used for the officially sponsored tournaments that are always running.
All baked into the OS.
LFG makes me much more confident that I'll love SoT.
You are abit late to the party.
Hey. It's a beautiful time to be a gamer
Had the same question.What is LFG and SOT
Had the same question.
Looking For Group and Sea of Thieves, perhaps?
What is LFG and SOT
What's party overlay?
When you are in a party you can set up an overlay (think the pip feature from some TVs) to show who is talking, which is specially useful when you are in a group with people that you can't recognize by voice.What's party overlay?
Lfg has been such an amazing addition. MS is just killing it with features this gen. When gears 4 came out I could never find random who would do all 50 waves of gears 4 horde. Every timed I have used lfg I have gotten good groups that stay the whole time. It is shocking how different the players you get from lfg are compared to randoms.
I saw this video before posting, but I mean... It's almost the same (to me), on PS4 anyone can create a "community" (yes a "club") and can add whatever tags he/she wants, you can post in a community, for exemple the "Overwatch blabla community", say that you're searching for gamers to play with/without mic, etc, that you created an open party, and anyone interested can join.
So yeah, I honestly find it hard to see big differences here.
What's party overlay?
This...sounds cool if it is what I think it is.
Party overlay is when you can see who is in your party and who is talking, in-game.
Does it just place it in a corner or is it dynamic and puts a little speaker next to player names/models?
Cool feature, regardless.
I'm a bit intimidated by this feature. I view it as people who are good, looking for other like skilled players. I'm just an average player on a great day, and can listen and execute when someone gives instructions.
Now, I can always put up an LFG. But I'm intimidated to join one. Don't want to be a burden or ruin anyone else's experience.
You can choose from 8 placement options on screen. It's gamertag + speaker icon. You can also adjust the transparancy.
17 posts in.
I was waiting the "meh" comment to show up.
NeoGAF never fails.
PS. Community is like Xboxs Clubs or Game Hub activity feed.....LFG is different.
On Topic
A way out and Sea of Thieves will be saved by this feature and party overlay
I wish this was a thing when i was still into Destiny would have made life so much easier for me cuz i was always changing timezones so friends would be on at erratic times.
"Looking for Group" is a recent feature on Xbox that lets you make posts looking for people to play with.
For example, I've been playing tons of Gears Of War 4 Horde lately... and I've pulled off 50 consecutive waves TWELVE times in the past two weeks, with 5-man groups that all have microphones, just based off finding randoms via "Looking for Group".
The shit posting on Gaf towards anything positive for MS is just unmeasurable
Well, shit, I KNEW I recognised this thread from somewhere
We had almost the exact same OP only three months ago.
I guess you took Montresor's comment about making more noise about it to heart, eh
Is there a "slow - ass dad reflexes" option? May have to check it out if soJust specify what skill level you are looking for and its all good.
Well, shit, I KNEW I recognised this thread from somewhere
We had almost the exact same OP only three months ago.
I guess you took Montresor's comment about making more noise about it to heart, eh
Also this made me laugh
After reading this thread, I feel like I need to use this feature asap...omg I can actively talk with people playing Forza rather than hope I get into a lobby where people have mics