Metro Exodus (Enhanced)

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by BIGRED1977

PS4 save files not being transferred across is a pain the ass.....I played for about 5-6 hours on the PS5 and assumed I'd be able to carry on in the enhanced version..... nope

LOL! I love PlayStation but I continue to be astonished at how inept Sony is at the little things with this console. At this point, why are things like game saves from PS4 to PS5 not just handled at the system level automatically? The user shouldn't even have to think about that. Game saves should just BE there automatically. You would've thought that would've been a no-brainer.

Same with game installs. Now let's think about this for a moment. You bought a PS5 and you want to install and play a PS4 game that has a PS5 version available. Shouldn't the PS5 just assume the gamer wants to play the better PS5 version and install that one by default? I don't understand why Sony forces the gamer to become a sleuth and go on some weird scavenger hunt to locate and install the PS5 version. It should be the exact opposite. If a PS5 version exists, the system should install THAT version by default.

For as amazing as Sonys 1st party game studios are, the team that handles things like OS implementation, UI implementation, and overall quality of life features is seriously lagging behind. They and Sony should look at Xbox's UI and how everything works on that console and be embarrassed because it runs circles around PlayStation.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

LOL! I love PlayStation but I continue to be astonished at how inept Sony is at the little things with this console. At this point, why are things like game saves from PS4 to PS5 not just handled at the system level automatically? The user shouldn't even have to think about that. Game saves should just BE there automatically. You would've thought that would've been a no-brainer.

Same with game installs. Now let's think about this for a moment. You bought a PS5 and you want to install and play a PS4 game that has a PS5 version available. Shouldn't the PS5 just assume the gamer wants to play the better PS5 version and install that one by default? I don't understand why Sony forces the gamer to become a sleuth and go on some weird scavenger hunt to locate and install the PS5 version. It should be the exact opposite. If a PS5 version exists, the system should install THAT version by default.

For as amazing as Sonys 1st party game studios are, the team that handles things like OS implementation, UI implementation, and overall quality of life features is seriously lagging behind. They and Sony should look at Xbox's UI and how everything works on that console and be embarrassed because it runs circles around PlayStation.

Yeah, for the crap Xbox got for just sticking with the same old UI and it not even being 4k, they got so many little things right over the PS5 so far it's crazy. Game saves working on almost every game regardless of what system you started it on, the correct version of a game downloading automatically , and only having to buy one version of a game most of the time.

I get why there are issues occasionally with stuff on the PS5 since Sony chose to have each version of a game be treated as if they were completely separate games. It's a pain, but the one plus is the new gen version on disc is a UHD, while every Xbox game is still on Blu-ray discs. If you are still at least mostly a physical copy only person, that's a fairly big deal as you can install a whole game most of the time (minus patches of course), while you have to download a decent portion of most games on Xbox.

Like you said, them still not making it really simple to install the correct version of a game is just plain dumb. The game saves issue is annoying, but I at least get it to an extent because of what I said in the above paragraph. The really dumb part is why some PS4 games don't allow you to transfer over the game save when there isn't a PS5 version available. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is the newest one I can think of that doesn't allow you to pick up where you left off if you start it on PS4 and then get a PS5. Unlike what it shows on Xbox, there is no new gen version of the game on PlayStation (and it's not really one on Xbox either despite the case and the system saying otherwise).

So, I guess to end this longer than expected post, I actually do think the Series X is the better overall system of the two. That is from design and UI perspective. Obviously Sony still wins out in the games department for now (things could get real interesting in a year or two), and that's what drove me back to getting another PS5 yesterday even though I've highly enjoyed my time with my Series X. I was sick of watching people play Ratchet & Clank and Final Fantasy 7 Remake on their PS5s and me not being able to since I sold mine.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by KilloWertz

Yeah, for the crap Xbox got for just sticking with the same old UI and it not even being 4k, they got so many little things right over the PS5 so far it's crazy. Game saves working on almost every game regardless of what system you started it on, the correct version of a game downloading automatically , and only having to buy one version of a game most of the time.

I get why there are issues occasionally with stuff on the PS5 since Sony chose to have each version of a game be treated as if they were completely separate games. It's a pain, but the one plus is the new gen version on disc is a UHD, while every Xbox game is still on Blu-ray discs. If you are still at least mostly a physical copy only person, that's a fairly big deal as you can install a whole game most of the time (minus patches of course), while you have to download a decent portion of most games on Xbox.

Like you said, them still not making it really simple to install the correct version of a game is just plain dumb. The game saves issue is annoying, but I at least get it to an extent because of what I said in the above paragraph. The really dumb part is why some PS4 games don't allow you to transfer over the game save when there isn't a PS5 version available. Mass Effect Legendary Edition is the newest one I can think of that doesn't allow you to pick up where you left off if you start it on PS4 and then get a PS5. Unlike what it shows on Xbox, there is no new gen version of the game on PlayStation (and it's not really one on Xbox either despite the case and the system saying otherwise).

So, I guess to end this longer than expected post, I actually do think the Series X is the better overall system of the two. That is from design and UI perspective. Obviously Sony still wins out in the games department for now (things could get real interesting in a year or two), and that's what drove me back to getting another PS5 yesterday even though I've highly enjoyed my time with my Series X. I was sick of watching people play Ratchet & Clank and Final Fantasy 7 Remake on their PS5s and me not being able to since I sold mine.

Try installing a physical Xbox One game from Disc & try playing that on Xbox Series X without internet.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by Derb

Try installing a physical Xbox One game from Disc & try playing that on Xbox Series X without internet.

Fair enough. Neither system is perfect. It still seems like the PS5 has more issues than the Series X, with some of them being more important of course.

While we shouldn't have to live with some of the issues that are still there on the PS5, you can to play the great games.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by KilloWertz

Fair enough. Neither system is perfect. It still seems like the PS5 has more issues than the Series X, with some of them being more important of course.

While we shouldn't have to live with some of the issues that are still there on the PS5, you can to play the great games.

I find it amusing that people are just now learning of this.

I had the first Forza game released on Xbox One on Xbox One from Disc. My internet went out for a day or 2. Decided to play some Forza. Nope!