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PS5 Quick Resume in Action

Aceofspades said:
I agree, by calling it that we are selling it short . Its more than that
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I mean, games have been able to load checkpoints for a while now. This is just loading checkpoints but faster.

That said, I'm glad it does it and skips all of the loading screens for this game. Waiting on loading screens is the worst.
 
So its not exactly a quick resume, but you can choose a resume-card that immediately loads your last checkpoint/save. Most games have a billion checkpoints nowadays, so its not a big deal that quick resume is missing.
 
Ok he says that you need to go to what it seems "game center" instead of "play" to resume. If you choose play then it just takes you to the main menu of the game instead.
 
Quick resume. Short for: Quick, or as fast as you can stop playing game and get up and swap disc and put other disc in its case and sit back down, unless you're all digital,resume
 
I saw an activity card with "Continue" on DMC5 in a PS5 screenshot. If you make a "Continue" activity card like that, it's basically quick resume like XSX version (for me technically a "quick resume" would be more like what already exists on console, just starting your current game in 1 sec from hot start). The difference would be it's per game and not system based right now.

I'm not 100% sure it's a memory dump on SSD of your current state on the game, but it looks like it is since it's really extremely fast to start (activities only take a few seconds to launch, with no splash screen or anything).
 
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Krisprolls said:
I saw an activity card with "Continue" on DMC5 in a PS5 screenshot. If you make a "Continue" activity card like that, it's basically quick resume like XSX version (for me technically a "quick resume" would be more like what already exists on console, just starting your current game in 1 sec from hot start). The difference would be it's per game and not system based right now.

I'm not 100% sure it's a memory dump on SSD of your current state on the game, but it looks like it is since it's really extremely fast to start (activities only take a few seconds to launch, with no splash screen or anything).
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Probably able to quick save. Same effect.

Great solution adapted as needed. The hooks are there.
 
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Lmao this is not Quick Resume. Quick Resume saves game data in the SSD. You can turn off your console and where you left off in a game would still be saved. It lasts for days if not weeks or forever. It also works for up to five or six games. As you can see in this video Spiderman and Astro both reloaded fully after switching between them for a bit. If Sony was to implement Quick Resume that would probably take away more storage from an already small 650 gbs.

I don't understand why Sony fanboys can't just acknowledge a feature as cool as Quick Resume.

Also with next gen games using the Velocity Architecture Quick Resumes going to be even faster than it currently is (8-15 seconds)
 
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Not impressed at all, esp compared to the XSX capabilities which seemed way faster while supporting multiple games...which is odd since the SSD is supposedly slower than of PS5
 
Black_Stride said:
Not quite quick resume.
This is just hot swapping between games.

Notice when he goes back to Astros its the start menu again.

Once Sony lets people make custom Activity cards that can be made mid gameplay then it would/should easily rival Quick Resume.
Im like 90% sure thats something they just havent let people show off yet, because the Activities feature is exactly that.
The SSD is fast enough to use pointers to load you directly into a state.

I know some dont believe in Sonys OS updates but theres no way they haven't looked at Quick Resume and thought to themselves why dont we use the Activities to do the exact same thing?
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That would depend really on how often auto-save is happening per game though.
 
I don't really like quick resume/suspend mode. It was my least used feature even in handhelds. I know it is a matter of opinion but I would rather replay a couple of minutes of something to get back into the feel of it than jump back in at the middle of a firefight, race or whatever else is going on. I am glad the option is there for others to use.

What I would really like on consoles and handhelds are more like the save states used in emulators. I find being able to save anytime, anywhere, in multiple save slots much more useful than a resume type feature.
 
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As long as the cards load the game where you saved it its a good feature. If they are at the last checkpoint you hit then not so good.
 
FrankWza said:
Quick resume. Short for: Quick, or as fast as you can stop playing game and get up and swap disc and put other disc in its case and sit back down, unless you're all digital,resume
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This. It's what I do at least. But yeah fast loads are cool too I suppose.
 
Quick resume is one of my favourite features of the PS4 and I am super salty that the PS5 doesn't have it right out of the box. I can't believe MS gives you the option to switch between multiple games and Sony gives us shit. I'd rather have quick resume than the fast loading times (srs).
 
FrankWza said:
which makes it not quick resume. So even quick resume is not quick resume. It's more like suspend/resume.
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I'm not disagreeing with you.. yes I agree it's not the same feature. It's a bit of a stretch saying it's the same amount of time as loading a disk however.

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From the "this" in my post I thought it was obvious I was agreeing with your take on physical disc. Im a physical owner myself.
 
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timmyp53 said:
I'm not disagreeing with you.. yes I agree it's not the same feature.
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No, I know. I'm saying the feature itself isn't the same feature on any system because It's suspend resume however you slice it unless you're all digital. What difference does it make if you have to load a save after you've already gone through all the steps of replacing the disc in your drive? It's just convenient for digital only gamers that swap between games often.
 
How does the card system work in open world games? Does it load you at the quest giver, can you continue quests you started or does the quest restart? I assume if you're exploring it will reset your location where ever you were last?
 
Quick Resume will be added via patch just like it did on PS4.

These kind of OS features are not HW dependent in this case so, yeah. Too bad it's not here right now though.
 
jaytyla said:
Lmao this is not Quick Resume. Quick Resume saves game data in the SSD. You can turn off your console and where you left off in a game would still be saved. It lasts for days if not weeks or forever. It also works for up to five or six games. As you can see in this video Spiderman and Astro both reloaded fully after switching between them for a bit. If Sony was to implement Quick Resume that would probably take away more storage from an already small 650 gbs.

I don't understand why Sony fanboys can't just acknowledge a feature as cool as Quick Resume.

Also with next gen games using the Velocity Architecture Quick Resumes going to be even faster than it currently is (8-15 seconds)
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I know, I don't get the comparisons, this(cards) is a much better feature.
 
ReBurn said:
Not being able to return to the exact point you suspended the game is more flexible? How does that work?
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Last saves, checkpoints, levels, objectives, side quest.

You can clearly see the versatility but yes MS's "quick resume" is a good feature.
 
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What quick resume
1x

Are you triying to open yesterday's wound? not cool OP.

Save scumming it's for bitches. Suspend/resume it's not exploitable, unlike save states.
reinking said:
I don't really like quick resume/suspend mode. It was my least used feature even in handhelds. I know it is a matter of opinion but I would rather replay a couple of minutes of something to get back into the feel of it than jump back in at the middle of a firefight, race or whatever else is going on. I am glad the option is there for others to use.

What I would really like on consoles and handhelds are more like the save states used in emulators. I find being able to save anytime, anywhere, in multiple save slots much more useful than a resume type feature.
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It would be great if you could pin those cards from different games. Now when you press the PS button you only see the cards for the current game.
 
Didn't it just load into the latest save/checkpoint? When he returned to the previous game he wasn't where he left his character and had to go to the menu instead.

Framerate also seemed to dip a few times in Spiderman, is that normal?
 
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TonyK said:
Cards are better than multiple games quick resume? How?
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Because activity cards can make both quick resume AND start you directly in different points / levels in every game at blazing fast speed, which quick resume can't do. It's wider.
 
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So basically they don't call it Quick Resume, because that's just what Microsoft called this feature, leading some reviewers to say it doesn't have quick resume. But it does have quick...Resuming.

That about right?
 
timmyp53 said:
Last saves, checkpoints, levels, objectives, side quest.

You can clearly see the versatility but yes MS's "quick resume" is a good feature.
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Yes, you have have convinced me. Losing your progress to start at a checkpoint, the way it has worked in games for decades, is better than being able to pick up a game in exactly the place I left it without having to restart the mission. That's clearly the better way to do it as opposed to letting me just go back to where I was. At least I can lose my progress faster through the power of SSD.
 
ReBurn said:
Yes, you have have convinced me. Losing your progress to start at a checkpoint, the way it has worked in games for decades, is better than being able to pick up a game in exactly the place I left it without having to restart the mission. That's clearly the better way to do it as opposed to letting me just go back to where I was. At least I can lose my progress faster through the power of SSD.
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I'm not trying to convince you. I agree that MS "quick resume" is a good feature..

If you would stop being an insecure fanboy you could see the world isn't out to get you lad.
 
LordOfChaos said:
So basically they don't call it Quick Resume, because that's just what Microsoft called this feature, leading some reviewers to say it doesn't have quick resume. But it does have quick...Resuming.

That about right?
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Yes, at least I saw it on DMC5 with a "Continue" activity card. PS5 activity cards should be better since it also allows you to jump directly and near instantly to multiple points in every game, even places where you've never been before.

XSX quick resume can't do that, obviously.
 
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Krisprolls said:
Because activity cards can make both quick resume AND start you directly in different points / levels in every game at blazing fast speed, which quick resume can't do. It's wider.
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But if I want to quit the game in the middle of a level, card will load at the beginning of the level. So, it can't compare with quick resume.

Again, using the Neflix simile, it's as if you stop a movie at one point and Netflix let you choose some chapter points as a bluray. In no way that would be better than resume exactly from where you want.

I don't discuss the new and good possibilities cards bring, only that cards doesn't substitute what quick resume does. They are different things, and not excludent.
 
As seamless as swapping apps on my Sony TV... game changer.

I will often swap in and out of an RPG and break it up with a shooter like CoD.
 
Imagine in a future update the first slot can be reserved by games as a savestate (surrounded by a gold border), but if you choose another card within the same game you will lose that card.

But it would be nicer to jump within the in-game menu at that point.
 
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LordOfChaos said:
So basically they don't call it Quick Resume, because that's just what Microsoft called this feature, leading some reviewers to say it doesn't have quick resume. But it does have quick...Resuming.

That about right?
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Nah, in the video they are just using a card to load the last save from spiderman, which is fast but it's not quick resume.
Quick resume suspends and resume games, in they video he can't even go back to astro where he left of because of course that game doesn't save on the menu and doesn't even have a "continue" card.
 
TonyK said:
But if I want to quit the game in the middle of a level, card will load at the beginning of the level. So, it can't compare with quick resume.

Again, using the Neflix simile, it's as if you stop a movie at one point and Netflix let you choose some chapter points as a bluray. In no way that would be better than resume exactly from where you want.

I don't discuss the new and good possibilities cards bring, only that cards doesn't substitute what quick resume does. They are different things, and not excludent.
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Maybe you go back to the last checkpoint, yes. Certainly not at the start of a level. Checkpoints are everywhere in recent games. Shut down your console while playing, you'll see you won't be set that far back.

There's no reason activity cards can't do the same I'd say technically. Both mecanisms are probably just dumping memory on SSD and restoring it. You just have to update the "Continue" card when the player leaves the game for example, but maybe it's just chaining game load + continue from last save point pretty fast instead, we'll see.

The card I saw the guy use was extremely fast (like a few seconds max), so it looked like a memory dump restore more than a load + continue saved game, but maybe the SSD is that fast.
 
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Yeah so the activity cards means you don't really need quick resume as you just resume a level on PS5. The loading is very fast too.

I really like this idea.
 
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Keihart said:
Nah, in the video they are just using a card to load the last save from spiderman, which is fast but it's not quick resume.
Quick resume suspends and resume games, in they video he can't even go back to astro where he left of because of course that game doesn't save on the menu and doesn't even have a "continue" card.
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He didn't use a card to return to Astros playroom he used the game switcher.
 
Not the same but the card system and going to exactly where you want to go in a game is brilliant. Not the same as leaving the game and going back it exactly as you left it (Quick resume).
 
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