State of the PS4 version.

[Gorecloud]

So... I just bought the ps4 version of the game now since it is on sale (i thought 22€ felt a bit better than 41€ tbh).
And I'm not sure where to begin to be honest.
let's begin by saying that i have not spent more than 30-60 minutes in the game so far.
Considering that, here is what i find extremely irritating so far.

the controls are god awfull, I'm not even sure how to describe this but they really are.
For example you can use the D-pad to go up or down in the menus but not left or right, that you have to use your left analog stick for.

Activating "end turn confirmation" in the options menu makes it so that you actually CANNOT end your turn.

Footsteps/walking has NO soundeffects what so ever (same for genestealers).

Hitting an enemy with a friggin powerfist makes no sound either (genestealers has no soundeffects in melee either).

I cannot freely turn my ♥♥♥♥ing camera but have to choose between 4 pre-set and awful angles.

when leaving terminators in overwatch mode the camera does not pan to them when defnding/shooting after i end my turn, i have to manually find the terminator shooting using the right analog stick wich is a problem considering how bloody zoomed in the camera is even when maxed out.

speaking of wich, you have two levels of zoom.
close and very ♥♥♥♥ing close.... if i want to get any kind of overview at all i have to keep my d-pad pressed down constantly.
what?
why can't i choose my own zoom level, wth is going on here?

if/when you choose to change a character for a new one from the reserve I have to go to the map screen, then back to the character screen, then into a characte loadout and then back out again in order to be able to switch between the characters i have in my squads instead of being locked to the reserve roster...
wow, much intuitive yes...

so, this is what i have experience so far and I'm still in the tutorial missions.
HOW is it ok releasing a game in this state and then leave it there?
Will we see a bloody fix for this?
This is not only some gamebreaking faults but allso extremely immersion breaking.
Who the hell approved this?


EDIT: just tried deleting the game and the savefiles, downloaded the game again and restarted my ps4.
Still the same issues.
BUT on the other hand i now have this charming microstuttering every time one of my terminators ends his actions.

EDIT: On a sidenote i notice something when looking through the trophies.
All the campaigns including the very first ones have a completion rate of 0.0% meaning that not one single peron has completed ANY of the campaigns so far...
what does this mean?
Does it mean there are bugs gamebreaking enough for me to be unable to complete the game or could no one be ♥♥♥♥♥ to do it?

and when looking through the trophies i also found this gem "There is only war"=kill 40.000 genestealers.... really?

at the moment this could possibly be the worst port from pc to console that i have ever played and i honestly feel cheated here, this is just not right.
You're selling a broken game for 41€ (with the obvious exception of the current sale that is).
An it is seriously NOT ok considering it has now been out for more than 2 months on the ps4... you should be ashamed of this really.

P.S. is the successor chapter pack not a part of the game on ps4 despite the pricepoint being on par with the ultimate version on pc?
because all of the factions in that pack are greyed out.

[datguy13]

Maybe you should find the website for the studio that actually did the port-over and take this up with them. Full Control had no part in the mechanics of the transfer.

Also, the "There is Only War" achievement is a staple of all the early WH40K licenses, as it's a take off the slogan for Warhammer 40,000, the progenitor of Space Hulk. It takes an investment of less than 150 hours to complete the achievement in Space Hulk: Ascension.

As for camera re-center during combat, the original never had it either, so you're probably SoL on that nit-pick.

[Gorecloud]

You might think something is a nitpick and that is up to you.
A fact tho is that full controls name still is placed all over the product.
If i go to the space hulk homepage it directs me to THIS forum.
so who is it that has done this port and where do i find them?

And yes, i do understand the entire story as well as the concept behind "there is only war", it just felt very ridiculous having to kill 40.000 genestealers.

[dv]

Originally posted by Gorecloud:

... it just felt very ridiculous having to kill 40.000 genestealers.

It takes some time. But it's not exactly difficult.

[datguy13]

Originally posted by Gorecloud:

You might think something is a nitpick and that is up to you.
A fact tho is that full controls name still is placed all over the product.
If i go to the space hulk homepage it directs me to THIS forum.
so who is it that has done this port and where do i find them?

And yes, i do understand the entire story as well as the concept behind "there is only war", it just felt very ridiculous having to kill 40.000 genestealers.

Hoplite Research. Google is your friend, even if they aren't folowing their own slogan these days...

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/space-hulk-ascension-ps4/

[Gorecloud]

i thought it was funbox, so i wrote to them on their facebook page...
thanks for the link.

[BBQPizza]

I'm having all the same problems with the ps4 version and agree with u completely dude... this is a rubbish port. I'm stuck on the second tutorial mission. I cant for the life of me work out how to shoot a door yet on the pc version, not a problem ive been slowly working my way through the campaigns. This should be pulled from online distribution, it breaks basic consumer laws by being a faulty product for sale.

[Joff]

Whilst there are some PS4 players/owners knocking about can i ask a question, does the PS4 version of Ascension actually have multiplayer?

The PSN page suggests 1-2 players but is that correct?

[BBQPizza]

not that i can ascertain, but i cant even finish the tutorial missions.

[Gorecloud]

Originally posted by Joff:

Whilst there are some PS4 players/owners knocking about can i ask a question, does the PS4 version of Ascension actually have multiplayer?

The PSN page suggests 1-2 players but is that correct?

only local, for both games...

[Gorecloud]

Originally posted by kurn:

I'm having all the same problems with the ps4 version and agree with u completely dude... this is a rubbish port. I'm stuck on the second tutorial mission. I cant for the life of me work out how to shoot a door yet on the pc version, not a problem ive been slowly working my way through the campaigns. This should be pulled from online distribution, it breaks basic consumer laws by being a faulty product for sale.

indeed.

[Joff]

Nice one, thanks for the info chaps.

Local multiplayer would be the only reason for me to get it, my son has both versions on PC and we enjoy playing the first every now and again...heh...nothing like a game of space hulk to whip me back 25 years and put us at the same mental age.

PS4 version does sound pretty awful though, sounds like a bad port. It's a shame that it's reflecting badly on full control too -they did a cracking job with the PC version under difficult circumstances.