Sony Repartee v2

[Angle-plex]

Psn and Xbox live were hacked. Still down?

 

[Damaramu]

It looks like it. I can access WWE Network on my PS4 (my friend says he can't) but I can't access anything else.

 

[vivisectvi]

I think they were just DDOS'd, supposedly by LizardSquad..
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=958711

 

[skullman80]

Yeah both Microsoft and Sony got DDOS attacks. Xbox live seems to be back up in some capacity now, PSN still down. It's not the first time, and I know DDOS attacks are tough to try and prevent against, but still sucks... especially for people who got consoles yesterday and couldn't do anything with them.

Thing is it effects single player games too if those games ping out to PSN/Xbox to verify stuff. I loaded up WWE2k15 today, and since 2k makes their games ping PSN it just stalled at the loading screen. I had to go into the settings on my PS4 and uncheck the box for "connect to internet".. and then it worked fine at least for the offline modes. NBA 2k15 would be similar for the my career/my team modes I believe. I'm sure lots of other games do it too.

 

[Sabre]

That explains why 2k15 kept sticking on a black loading screen for me. Here's hoping we get some compensation ala a few years ago.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Wish these fuckers would get bored enough to take down Nintendo's network instead.

 

[Damaramu]

What's DDOS?

Also why the fuck so these assholes do this shit?

 

[vivisectvi]

Basically flooding the servers with requests so that they crash.

..and these losers apparently did it "for the lulz!"

 

[skullman80]

At least the host called them on their shit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNZg5NaPe0k

 

[Sabre]

Sadly DDOS is one of the attacks that are hard to defend against. The DDOS plus the x amount of people get ting s ps4 etc for the holidays didn't help matters.

 

[Damaramu]

Basically flooding the servers with requests so that they crash.

..and these losers apparently did it "for the lulz!"

Sometimes I wish I could play out the final scene from Jay and Silent Bob Strikeback in real life.

 

[Angle-plex]

I know little about games for this system. Just beat dragon age and am just looking for a pick up and play game that I don't need to put 50+ hours into. Thinking either Wolfenstein, far cry 4, or Outlast. Thoughts?

 

[skullman80]

Wolfenstein is mindless fun and you can probably beat the campaign in like 8-10 hours.

 

[Angle-plex]

That's what I was leaning towards. I'm interested in the first person mode in GTA v but I had it for 360 and that game was just too big.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Knack was among the PS4 games that the missus gave me for Christmas this year. I enjoyed the demo enough so I asked for the full game. While the camera is decent enough, the graphics are an impressive showcase of the PS4's particle effect capabilities and the controls are pretty tight, holy shit is it full of cheap unavoidable deaths and excessive damage. I'm playing it on normal and it's a chore to get through this thing.

 

[fazzle]

1001 Spikes is a game that's easy to pick up and play...and then fucking hate everything for doing so.

 

[vivisectvi]

Mercenary Kings and Rogue Legacy are also pretty fun pick up and play games on PS4 that I'd recommend. Oh, Super Motherload as well!

 

[fazzle]

Make sure you have someone to co-op with for Mercenary Kings. I tried to play it solo at first and it was so freakin boring. It works a LOT better with other people.

 

[fazzle]

PS Now coming out of Beta on the 13th, and with it comes all access subscription pricing models. $20 for one month or $45 for 3 months. I *might* look into it now, but the games on there still seem pretty shit.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/01/05/playstation-now-subscription-program-all-the-details/

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Do trophies trigger like usual while playing these streaming titles?

 

[fazzle]

I think they do, but I don't know for sure

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

So, I finished Knack last night. I played through it on normal, and I can safely say that I have never in my life experienced a game of this difficulty. There is challenging, and then there is this game. I know with games like Demon Souls and Dark Souls, yes, they are hard as shit, but you get a real sense of accomplishment when you finish a level or beat a really tough boss. With Knack, you finish the level or beat the boss because the game decided it was time for you to move on. The cheap, unavoidable damage and unpredictable pitfalls were a chore to get past. The controls are tight and the camera only gives you a bad angle a couple of times, but the cheap enemies and environmental hazards are really something to behold.

 

[Kageho]

So Persona 5 Trailer is out and also the intro to Persona 4: Dance All Night.

The first is very interesting in that it seems that you get to be a thief!

The second is just a defilement of English that is so damn catchy that I must continually listen to it. DAMN YOU ATLUS~!

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

PSN sub accounts (or child accounts) can now be upgraded to full master accounts.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/02/12/psn-upgrade-sub-accounts-to-master-accounts/

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

Spring Fever promotion starting next Tuesday on PSN. New game for PS4 (and some PS3/Vita cross-buy) every week for 8 weeks; 10% off in the first week for PS+ members. Also a different franchise sale each week.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/02/26/spring-fever-2015-8-weeks-8-new-ps4-games-ps-plus-discounts/

 

[vivisectvi]

Hotline Miami 2 is a part of it? Sweet!!

 

[Conspiracy_Victim]

Anyone tried Helldivers yet? It looks fun and people seem to like it, but I'm worried that it's going to quickly be overrun by griefers and assholes who just run around friendly firing people.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

I'm not sure if it had a definitive release date yet, but Uncharted 4 has been pushed to Spring 2016.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/03/11/uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end-coming-spring-2016/

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

In all likelihood, I'll be grabbing Helldivers and Loadout tonight. They both look pretty fun.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

HELLDIVERS IS GREAT FUN. GO PLAY.