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zinfamous

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you guys with your new cans of plasti-dip and left-over volume from this project....I pray for the badges on your cars, once you start looking at them, longingly, and the gears start turning in your brains.....
 
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purbeast0

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LOL I had no clue wtf plasti dip even was until about 2 days ago in this thread. Then googling I do see people use it all over their card. I was surprised by that.

But, black > white for PS5. I put it all back together and it just fits so much better with it.









 

SteveGrabowski

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Can't decide if I want to try for the disc or the digital version. On one hand, the disc version is ugly as hell IMO. On the other hand, the digital will cost me more in the long run since then PSN would be my only source to buy games from. Probably will just go for the disc version so I can go patient gamer on my game purchases like I mostly have with PS4, but you can tell they designed the console around the digital edition.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
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Can't decide if I want to try for the disc or the digital version. On one hand, the disc version is ugly as hell IMO. On the other hand, the digital will cost me more in the long run since then PSN would be my only source to buy games from. Probably will just go for the disc version so I can go patient gamer on my game purchases like I mostly have with PS4, but you can tell they designed the console around the digital edition.
The digital edition is just as ugly as the disc version lol.

Okay maybe it's like 2/10 due to symmetry, and the disc one is 1/10. But it's like comparing who's S smells worse.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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I actually prefer the asymmetry of the disc version--there's a lot of high-art precedent for that. ...and I really don't mind the overall design. I still think it's neat...but I also don't have one sitting in my house right now staring at me all the time, so that can all change of course.

The black treatment does look good for these, and I imagine it does help with the size anxiety. Maybe when I get one of these toys I will go that route as well...but I do kinda like the white (again, not staring at one all day makes this statement a bit worthless)
 

sze5003

Lifer
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Interesting, looks like Control ultimate edition for ps5 will be free for psn plus next month. Always was curious about that game.
 

repoman0

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I don’t mind mine as is, but my TV cabinet is white so it blends in and is relatively hidden. Disc version is a no brainer for buying used and on sale games IMO, and I have maybe 10 physical PS4 games that I want to be able to play again without rebuying.

 

Mopetar

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Came out really well. IMO, it completely changes the personality since the white did nothing to help the size.

Well they do say that black is slimming. These images actually make me want to get a PS5 now.

My biggest hang up was that I thought it was ugly as sin and that I wanted to wait for whatever redesign they come up with later.

It's still kind of ugly but at least it won't look like some kind of mutant swan that crawled up into your entertainment center and unceremoniously died there.
 
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SteveGrabowski

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I don’t mind mine as is, but my TV cabinet is white so it blends in and is relatively hidden. Disc version is a no brainer for buying used and on sale games IMO, and I have maybe 10 physical PS4 games that I want to be able to play again without rebuying.

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You're not worried about overheating having it in such a tight spot?
 

sze5003

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I don’t mind mine as is, but my TV cabinet is white so it blends in and is relatively hidden. Disc version is a no brainer for buying used and on sale games IMO, and I have maybe 10 physical PS4 games that I want to be able to play again without rebuying.

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You're not worried about overheating having it in such a tight spot?
Yea that does look tight. Mine is in a similar space but it has open areas on the side, back, and front since it's a glass type of tv stand.

But again mine also has room for the headset and controllers on the same shelf. I haven't seen my system have any cooling issues so far.
 

repoman0

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Not too worried, the back of the stand is open and the fan has been nearly silent so far. Should be drawing air from the front and exhausting out back. My PS4 Pro lived in there for years (and was much louder, probably due to its smaller size not quite exhausting air out the back of the stand)
 

Aikouka

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Nov 27, 2001
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I saw some interesting remarks the other day on Twitter about how the PS5 (sometimes?) has issues updating PS4 games that are on external storage. The person moved CyberPunk to the PS5's internal storage, and it updated without a problem. It was maybe a week before that when I noticed that my install of Ghost of Tsushima, which is on external storage, kept failing to update. I still haven't tried moving it, but I wonder if that's the cause.
 

Crotulus

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Finally snagged a PS5 from Best Buy a couple weeks ago. Been having fun with it. My daughter really likes Astro's Playroom. I'm looking forward to games taking advantage of the DualSense controller. Would like the system to be flat but at least the Shield TV can sit on it
 
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purbeast0

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Astro's Playroom was fantastic. I just wish it was longer. I collected everything in that game and miss playing it.

If you want to take the plunge, Astrobot on PSVR is one of the best games on PS4.
 

purbeast0

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I have now finished all of the worlds first levels in Demon's Souls. I don't want to jinx myself but it definitely feels like it's getting "easier" which may just be because I understand the mechanics and stuff more and am stronger now. But level 4-1 and 5-1 were pretty simple for me. The boss on 5-1 was super easy. I don't know if it's because I have leveled up but I just put some pine resin on my sword and went to town. I didn't even get hit much at all and used like 2 crescent grass.

But I've already finished 1-2 and played a bit of 2-2 but didn't get to the boss there yet. I'll probably just start working through them in order. I'm expecting the bosses to get more difficult though.
 

SteveGrabowski

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I have now finished all of the worlds first levels in Demon's Souls. I don't want to jinx myself but it definitely feels like it's getting "easier" which may just be because I understand the mechanics and stuff more and am stronger now. But level 4-1 and 5-1 were pretty simple for me. The boss on 5-1 was super easy. I don't know if it's because I have leveled up but I just put some pine resin on my sword and went to town. I didn't even get hit much at all and used like 2 crescent grass.

But I've already finished 1-2 and played a bit of 2-2 but didn't get to the boss there yet. I'll probably just start working through them in order. I'm expecting the bosses to get more difficult though.

Is this the first Souls game you have played? If so, it's a really outstanding series you should check more of. Obviously the rest of the series is nowhere near as impressive graphically, but from playing the original Demon's Souls on PS3, I think Dark Souls and Bloodborne are even more awesome. I haven't played Dark Souls III so can't comment there and Dark Souls II doesn't seem to be loved by the community the way Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls III, and Bloodborne are. Demon's Souls has some of my favorite level design in the series though. Damn I really want a PS5 lol.
 
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Crotulus

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Astro's Playroom was fantastic. I just wish it was longer. I collected everything in that game and miss playing it.

If you want to take the plunge, Astrobot on PSVR is one of the best games on PS4.

Been meaning to get Astrobot for the longest time. Always seem to miss the sale. Received the PS5 camera adapter from Sony. Need to see if there is any upgrade to PSVR running through the PS5.
 

sze5003

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Demon Soul's is the easiest of all the soul games is what I keep hearing. Without following a walk through or play through guide I wouldn't be able to progress as much as I have. I'm at the upper latria section now of demon Soul's.

Just playing the resident evil 8 demo made me want to go finish resident evil 7 too. I wonder if it will look any better on ps5.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
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Is this the first Souls game you have played? If so, it's a really outstanding series you should check more of. Obviously the rest of the series is nowhere near as impressive graphically, but from playing the original Demon's Souls on PS3, I think Dark Souls and Bloodborne are even more awesome. I haven't played Dark Souls III so can't comment there and Dark Souls II doesn't seem to be loved by the community the way Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls III, and Bloodborne are. Demon's Souls has some of my favorite level design in the series though. Damn I really want a PS5 lol.
Yeah this is my first Souls game.

I'm also playing it without any guides for the most part. I have looked at the wiki pages to find out some more information about weapons and randomly looked at the Adjudicator page after I had faced him just to see what boss pages looked like, and read an easy way to kill him from afar so I just did that. But other than that, I haven't been following any guides or anything. It's really mysterious just figuring stuff out. I am pretty confident had I read guides I would have had magic abilities WWAAAYYY earlier than I did lol. I didn't figure that out until I had beaten like 4 bosses out of the 6 I have beaten total.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
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Been meaning to get Astrobot for the longest time. Always seem to miss the sale. Received the PS5 camera adapter from Sony. Need to see if there is any upgrade to PSVR running through the PS5.
Nah PSVR just plugs and plays on PS5. It's up to the devs to patch their games. I know that Blood and Truth had a pretty big graphical update but I haven't gone back to it since I got PS5.
 

SteveGrabowski

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Yeah this is my first Souls game.

I'm also playing it without any guides for the most part. I have looked at the wiki pages to find out some more information about weapons and randomly looked at the Adjudicator page after I had faced him just to see what boss pages looked like, and read an easy way to kill him from afar so I just did that. But other than that, I haven't been following any guides or anything. It's really mysterious just figuring stuff out. I am pretty confident had I read guides I would have had magic abilities WWAAAYYY earlier than I did lol. I didn't figure that out until I had beaten like 4 bosses out of the 6 I have beaten total.

I highly recommend checking out the Dark Souls Remaster then too, and especially Bloodborne. I can't imagine the Dark Souls Remaster would be anything other than locked 60 fps on PS5. Bloodborne will only be 30 fps though. I love Bloodborne because it forces you to fight super-aggressively as there are no shields and you need to attack back when hit to leech health back. Also the DLC on Bloodborne is a must, best part of the entire Soulsborne series I have played yet. I can't recommend Bloodborne and Dark Souls highly enough if you're becoming a fan of Demon's Souls.
 
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purbeast0

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I highly recommend checking out the Dark Souls Remaster then too, and especially Bloodborne. I can't imagine the Dark Souls Remaster would be anything other than locked 60 fps on PS5. Bloodborne will only be 30 fps though. I love Bloodborne because it forces you to fight super-aggressively as there are no shields and you need to attack back when hit to leech health back. Also the DLC on Bloodborne is a must, best part of the entire Soulsborne series I have played yet. I can't recommend Bloodborne and Dark Souls highly enough if you're becoming a fan of Demon's Souls.
Yeah this is making me want to check them out. My main problem right now is time to play games. But it's mainly because we have a 6 month old in the house so sleep is more important to me at night than gaming. Once he's sleeping through the night, I will have more time to play.
 
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