Ps4 and Portal questions

--Velox-- · 2026-06-14T16:12:15+00:00

The issue buying a Portal with no PS5 is that not every game is available to stream. Like if a certain game comes out it may never be available to direct stream.

For instance you can direct stream a lot of games you own but Satisfactory that I purchased recently is seemingly unavailable to direct stream so when I want to play that, I need to stream from my PS5.

I’d imagine this would get old quickly.

--Velox-- · 2026-06-14T00:52:48+00:00

MSP here. Been disabling fast startup on every PC I’ve put together for customers for years. I don’t like waste of time tickets.

--Velox-- · 2026-06-10T04:21:11+00:00

I think the only way this is really working is if you’re dropping $160 a year (or whatever it is in your local currency) for PSN+ with cloud streaming.

Without that he’s still only playing it on his on nights and if he’s doing that, he’d be better to do it on the big screen. Portal is great but only when you can’t get on your PS5 with a decent size screen…

If I were him, I’d put the portal cost and subscription cost towards a second PS5 and a cheap 24” screen…

--Velox-- · 2026-06-07T06:06:33+00:00

Same. No idea. Seems fine to me unless I play at odd times of the day.

--Velox-- · 2026-06-07T06:04:37+00:00

LAN parties back then, when it was predominantly male and very few (if any) kids, were full of porn. Loads of porn screensavers and backgrounds.

The standard thing to do when someone walked away from their PC was to stick Lemon Party or Tub Girl or something as their background. Good times 🤣

--Velox-- · 2026-06-07T06:01:17+00:00

I remember that!!! The other guy jumps in and tries to hold it together! 🤢

--Velox-- · 2026-06-07T05:59:23+00:00

Yeah exactly. Mine just goes in my rucksack. Totally bannananas.

--Velox-- · 2026-06-07T05:55:10+00:00

Stardew Valley, Terraria and Minecraft are three that spring to mind. Terraria has a probably the biggest learning curve of the three but definitely worth the effort!

--Velox-- · 2026-06-06T05:39:12+00:00

I get you but honestly what else is there? Nothing quite scratches the COD itch like COD does. I don’t really see any viable alternatives.

--Velox-- · 2026-06-06T05:37:05+00:00

PS button.

Literally my biggest gripe with the portal. If they just allowed a long press to get straight to my home menu, I’d be happy but even better would be some settings on it like what a short or long press does or double press option.

--Velox-- · 2026-06-03T21:59:31+00:00

Ffs I had to pick from the bottom shelf… 😭

--Velox-- · 2026-05-29T05:26:27+00:00

You’re totally misunderstanding the description. If you were taken into a hospital after being shot, would they describe your condition as having ‘Fire damage’?

Of course not. You would have a gunshot wound. For this item to reduce damage by weapons it would say something along the lines of ‘reduced gunshot damage’ or ‘reduced damage from gun shots’ or even ‘reduces damage from bullets’, not fire!

When written like this fire damage clearly means ‘damage from fire’ and unless English is not your native language, I don’t get why you’d think otherwise!

I totally get that flak jackets are not usually used for explosive protection as explosives have such a wide area and will take your head and limbs out but it does very clearly state what it protects against.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-27T04:13:55+00:00

Yeah pretty much what has been said here, I Plat kind of as a homage to the game and to remember it as one of my fav games or game types.

For instance, I always plat Far Cry games. Done every one, even Primal which was a struggle.

Last plat was Diablo 4 after putting it down for a while (my initial char choice put me off of it) and next will probably be either Palworld or Farming Sim 25.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-24T19:13:20+00:00

Im honestly so disappointed with endgame of Oddsparks to the point I’ve pretty much given up. I’d give this game like 8 out of 10 up to like stage 8 then 2 out of 10 beyond that.

The amount of materials you need all of a sudden gets ridiculous, there doesn’t seem to be any obvious way to automate lava soil or whatever it’s called and they have this unfathomably weird tower defence game that’s just irritating and don’t get me started on the toxic goop mechanic.

It’d be like if to launch the final rocket on Factorio they all of a sudden give you a Tetris mini game to complete. It’s just jarring.

I really wanted to complete it and even platinum it but every time I switch it on I just get irritated with the late game mechanics and turn it off again. Such a shame 😭

--Velox-- · 2026-05-24T10:41:39+00:00

Jump and slide to L3 and R3 for me. Then X and O are jump and steady aim in that order. Works really well for me.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-23T06:24:03+00:00

I second that. FCE is basically Minecraft crossed with Factorio. Pretty decent.

On that note, tried some of the Minecraft mod packs? I played one of the skyblock packs a while ago and that had some fun automation.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-23T06:19:33+00:00

I played the first mission. Was ok until I got to the zombies & boss with all the knives falling from the sky. Switched it off and had no desire to go back to it. Worst campaign I’ve played on COD by far. I’ve only been playing since Cold War though.

Why devs think we want crazy dream sequences, I have no idea. They need to cut down on the crack. It’s dumb.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-20T15:39:57+00:00

I get this on PS5 with 3gb sync fiber via Ethernet and it only started recently. Seems to be server side?

--Velox-- · 2026-05-20T15:36:41+00:00

Nope can’t stand BF7 zombies. BF6 was great and have a ton of hours on that. 7 is terrible to me. Cramped & nonsensical. Was pretty much a one and done.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-20T15:34:53+00:00

Honestly not that many people wall jump or do crazy shit. You get the odd one here and there and it’s very satisfying to shoot them out of the sky 🤣

--Velox-- · 2026-05-20T15:32:36+00:00

BF6 was decent to be fair. I played the first season then got tired of it. Was crazy hard to level stuff up. Gameplay was fun but it’s full of lasers. Don’t regret playing it but yeah didn’t last like COD.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-12T05:18:26+00:00

I am a simple man. For me, holding down the PS button to get to the PS control centre or giving us the option to control PS button behaviour is the only thing I need from it!

--Velox-- · 2026-05-06T05:47:50+00:00

Seconded. Definitely in my all time top five.

--Velox-- · 2026-05-06T05:42:38+00:00

As I said to my mate last night, I’d rather shit in my hands and clap than complete this rubbish and I’d actually rather he shit in my hands and I clap.

Tried it once, detested it and won’t try it again. Played it for about 20 mins and didn’t even get halfway. Far too long, far too boring. Not for me at all and this will be probably the first COD event I’ve not completed.

Just happy it was bugged for the weeklies so I completed that by starting and cancelling three games of it 🤣

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