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Started by Dr. Pezus, May 03, 2014, 03:25 PM

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Xevross

People have had nothing but a couple weeks with this Beta, of course most things here will be short demos and tests. What did you expect was going to happen?

This is the reason that this Beta has an NDA on it and isn't completely open. This is a beta in the traditional sense, where it exists to show bugs etc., and not in the sense of like the Anthem beta, where its primary purpose is to sell the game to more people.

If you went into this expecting someone to have whipped out something like Mario Odyssey in 4 weeks within Dreams, then you went iin with the entirely wrong expectations and honestly aren't someone who this Beta exists for.
Well exactly. But I saw that people are already collaborating on levels, and this demo has been up for a month now which I would have thought is long enough to make something which is longer than about a minute.

Like I said, I expect improvements. But for me its the fundamentals which are off. The controls just aren't very good, physics is a bit off in some cases and there's many other problems like this. Now I have no idea if this can all be fixed and improved over time, which is why I just said I'll wait and see instead of declaring the game to be disappointing.

But I expected at least a bit better than what there is, and I'm now worried about the game rather than optimistic. Of course I still want it to be great and I'll be eagerly looking to see if there's any incredible creations, but there's no way I'm buying this day 1.

Legend

Well exactly. But I saw that people are already collaborating on levels, and this demo has been up for a month now which I would have thought is long enough to make something which is longer than about a minute.

Like I said, I expect improvements. But for me its the fundamentals which are off. The controls just aren't very good, physics is a bit off in some cases and there's many other problems like this. Now I have no idea if this can all be fixed and improved over time, which is why I just said I'll wait and see instead of declaring the game to be disappointing.

But I expected at least a bit better than what there is, and I'm now worried about the game rather than optimistic. Of course I still want it to be great and I'll be eagerly looking to see if there's any incredible creations, but there's no way I'm buying this day 1.
See that's why a game like this really needs an awesome campaign. LBP1, 2, and Vita were well worth your money even if you never tried out community levels. They also worked to show the game's potential.




I played 18 games last year.

91 hours Mass Effect Andromeda
53 hours God of War
38 hours Nier Automata

289 hours for all games combined. 0 hours online and 3 in VR.

Longest streak was 9 consecutive hours and I played on 57 days out of the year.

I played the most during daytime and on Mondays.

I earned 182 trophies. 1 Plat, 9 gold, 29 silver, and 143 bronze.


GamesTrophiesHours
Jan13391
Feb23341
March000
April13755
May12417
June33543
July11220
Aug000
Sept003
Oct624
Nov034
Dec1310

the-pi-guy

I played 25 games.

Top is GoW collection 55 hours

928 hours
12 hours VR

Sunday most played

78 trophies

January
4
1
73
February
0
0
23
March
1
0
17
April
1
0
12
May
4
20
122
June
4
23
195
July
2
2
82
August
2
0
13
September
0
0
19
October
1
0
49
November
1
0
128
December
3
32
196

Well that didn't work.

Xevross

See that's why a game like this really needs an awesome campaign. LBP1, 2, and Vita were well worth your money even if you never tried out community levels. They also worked to show the game's potential.




I played 18 games last year.

91 hours Mass Effect Andromeda
53 hours God of War
38 hours Nier Automata

289 hours for all games combined. 0 hours online and 3 in VR.

Longest streak was 9 consecutive hours and I played on 57 days out of the year.

I played the most during daytime and on Mondays.

I earned 182 trophies. 1 Plat, 9 gold, 29 silver, and 143 bronze.


GamesTrophiesHours
Jan13391
Feb23341
March000
April13755
May12417
June33543
July11220
Aug000
Sept003
Oct624
Nov034
Dec1310


Yeah, I hope that MM's campaign for this is good.

Why does NA only get such a detailed email about stats? :(

the-pi-guy

Yeah, I hope that MM's campaign for this is good.

Why does NA only get such a detailed email about stats? :(
You guys got the 2018 review thing!  

Legend

Yeah, I hope that MM's campaign for this is good.

Why does NA only get such a detailed email about stats? :(
Does this link not show you everything?

Your PlayStation Journey 2018 - PlayStation

Dr. Pezus


Xevross

You guys got the 2018 review thing!  
Yeah we got our top 3 all time played games and that's it. This is way cooler!

Xevross

Just played Marbelous by SergUSAccount (dreams beta) and it was probably about 10x better than everything I've played so far combined. Its a platformer where you play as a ball and its extremely well designed and a lot longer than I expected. Very good. More like that please!

SWORDF1SH

This reminds me I haven't posted about the Dreams Beta!

Just been playing the Dreams Beta. I'm not blown away by the community levels. Not a day 1 buy for me. :P

Well I'll explain further. Some levels are awesome but really, really short. I don't doubt that there'll be some longer ones in the final release, but everything right now is still a demo or test or whatever. A lot of levels are struggling with performance as well.

I really liked the guitar hero style level, but it wasn't as smooth as an actual guitar hero game and it only has two songs. So why would I play this instead of guitar hero?

Some of the platformer levels are fun, but they are very short and lack the creativity and tightness of proper platforming games. Which leads to me again to say why don't I just play a proper platformer?

There's a working portal gun demo and I thought ooh portal guns. But its only just barely working and they haven't done anything else with it. Portal has its own level creator, so why bother?

Some levels are just bad. I tried a couple of the top rated FPS levels and wowee were they horrible (mainly due to terrible controls). I tried a couple of driving levels and the driving physics/ controls were terrible, but I guess they might be improved over time.

I was hoping to play the beta, see the incredible potential of dreams and get really excited. Yet all I can see now are the limitations. Its a shame, hopefully some truly amazing stuff gets made once the game launches which will convince me to buy it.
I like user created levels to be a little shaming. I'm weird like that. But what blew me away was what people came up with in the short amount of time by a limited amount of users. And are people now allowed to upload their own assets like sound? Somebody made the PT demo and it had the same radio report playing in the background. The scope of what can be created in this game will be huge and less restrained than creating in LittleBigPlanet.

Xevross

I like user created levels to be a little shaming. I'm weird like that. But what blew me away was what people came up with in the short amount of time by a limited amount of users. And are people now allowed to upload their own assets like sound? Somebody made the PT demo and it had the same radio report playing in the background. The scope of what can be created in this game will be huge and less restrained than creating in LittleBigPlanet.
Yeah people can upload sound. I'm okay with playing some dumb levels that might be a bit shaming, but the controls still have to be good. Most of the levels so far have poor controls, and most are really short.

I'm sure they'll get better and better with time. It just means the game won't be that good at launch. People who are predicting a massive metascore seem to be forgetting this.

Xevross



Now this looks ridiculous.

Dr. Pezus



Now this looks ridiculous.
That's cray

nnodley

Don't have my full stats on hand but I did:

44 games, 1334 hours, and earned 468 trophies

I think my longest was AC odyssey at 120 hours. seems a bit high since my save only says 70 hours

Legend

(Video) The Dreams Beta is no longer under NDA, so here is the full video showcasing the most liked creation so far :) : PS4

Amazing. I really can't wait to dive deep and explore how their engine works.

Scene transitions need some work.

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