Over run by console players

[FadeMadeMeChange]

i can't ever play with other PC players cause there feels like there isn't anymore left on the game. I mean staying up till 1 am was fun cause you find the faded dudes now its abunch of new people i don't know anymore

[BabyOilFreakOff]

Not every console player is a mouth breather.. I'm stuck playing on console because the graphics suddenly want to look like ♥♥♥♥ for AMD GPUS. Sad that it plays better on PS5 than on a 7800xt.

[Constantin]

Phasmophobia was a fun, chill game. Now it is overrun by clueless console plebs in party chat.

Greed ruins another game. If only all the bank this game made was invested into some substantial, game-changing, innovative updates.

It was good while it lasted. RIP Phasmophobia.

[Xaks32]

Originally posted by A cat:

i can't ever play with other PC players cause there feels like there isn't anymore left on the game. I mean staying up till 1 am was fun cause you find the faded dudes now its abunch of new people i don't know anymore

True, most of the new players are stuck on Intermediate Mode and they can't play Professional Mode yet. Joinning a new player room, means you'll be stuck to playing whatever mode they're also stuck into playing.

Make your own room and have players quit when they see "Nightmare" or "Insane" mode. Your only option, as PC player is to either endure through the whole thing or leave and wait until the new player base gets good enough for the game. A lot of PC Players are picking the later option.

[Shrub]

I haven't been playing because the VC never works for me, and if it does it works for one game before failing. All my other PC friends shelved this due to the same issue.

I miss getting faded with random homies

[Michael Daemon]

lmao

[[IDN/IDR] Átlās]

Originally posted by jemYZX:

Originally posted by Cool Cereal:

Just turn off crossplay

Doesn't work it has to stay on because servers are broken if crossplay is off.

+1

[Chibi Life]

The glorious PC master race tend to have friends to play with while the console peasants are all alone

[ULTRANEONGODPET]

Console Players were just able to join the game
then, people get mad that they don't know everything about the game, and are not a high enough level to play other difficulties
Make that make sense
Console players are human, just like PC players.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by Cool Cereal:

Well it’s set up that way because there isn’t a way to shape the system to filter out lobbies that only have pc players versus ones that have a mix of console and pc.

More like THEIR system isn't designed in that way. Hell they had an extra year to iron out this, and still chose not to include a means of "PC only" or "Console only" lobbies. Games that long predate Phasmo have done this. Kinectic only has their own incompetence to blame on this front for ignoring player feedback on this topic.

For example, if I have it off and join a PC host with it on but then a console player joins after me should I get kicked from the lobby? Should the console player be barred from joining because I have crossplay off but the host has it on?

The whole point behind the toggle is so that you can host your own lobbies and get the desired experience you're looking for. It shouldn't be affecting other player lobbies, because the whole point is that you're changing your own experience, not the experience of a lobby you joined.

This idea is similar to how Deep Rock Galactic handles blocking a player, in which they cannot join or see your lobby. If you join another lobby and they join that same lobby, the settings aren't respected because you're not the host.

What they could’ve done is make crossplay a setting when creating a new lobby to host so only pc players can see and join it regardless of what toggle other pc players have in the options. I see that working a bit better than the current iteration.

I'm inclined to agree, so much so that it's basically the exact sentiment that people who want to disable crossplay are looking for. It seems beyond wacky that intergration of console includes a setting that disables seeing ALL platforms, instead of the platforms you're not using.

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

The way how it is now is definitely the most clear way of what players could expect, because it literally makes sure that you don't mix with console players.

I get English isn't your first language and all, but to suggest "The most clear way" is being intentionally disingenuous. Turning off PC players on the platform I am playing on is not "Disabling crossplay" by any stretch of the imagination. Well, any imagination actually looking at this objectively and not just handwaving it away and pretending it's "good enough" I suppose.

[Noodl]

....why is this an issue?

[Cool Cereal]

Originally posted by Noodl:

....why is this an issue?

It really isn’t an issue for the most part. There’s just a lot more new players and instead of complaining about that they made it about the platform they choose to play on. It’s just the greasy “PC Master Race” gatekeeping rhetoric that was “cool” like 8-10 years ago.

Some people just never grew out of it.

[Disodium]

Everyone who plays has to learn the game, instead of complaining about them being new or console players, why not help them get better?
- Helps them, the community, and you by making better players.

[Tracker]

Cross play should be off by default. The console casuals are about as bad as the rush the cursed item Timmys. The more of us that disable cross play the better our experience will be.

It's not about playing the game with new people. It's about playing the game with people who are serious about the match. Console players don't care, they'll die a few times due to their own bad choices and then boot up CoD for the rest of the night.

[ULTRANEONGODPET]

Originally posted by Tracker:

Cross play should be off by default. The console casuals are about as bad as the rush the cursed item Timmys. The more of us that disable cross play the better our experience will be.

It's not about playing the game with new people. It's about playing the game with people who are serious about the match. Console players don't care, they'll die a few times due to their own bad choices and then boot up CoD for the rest of the night.

That's an extreme generalization. Not all console players are going to play and try their darnedest, and just wanna have fun, which is what matters because it's a game, not a competition. Plus, console players are not the only players who do this, so pushing the blame on them is also a generalization.

[Tracker]

Originally posted by ULTRANEONGODPET:

Originally posted by Tracker:

Cross play should be off by default. The console casuals are about as bad as the rush the cursed item Timmys. The more of us that disable cross play the better our experience will be.

It's not about playing the game with new people. It's about playing the game with people who are serious about the match. Console players don't care, they'll die a few times due to their own bad choices and then boot up CoD for the rest of the night.

That's an extreme generalization. Not all console players are going to play and try their darnedest, and just wanna have fun, which is what matters because it's a game, not a competition. Plus, console players are not the only players who do this, so pushing the blame on them is also a generalization.

It's more common with console players so while not exclusive to them you're far more likely to find a casual who doesn't care on console than you are on PC. It isn't elitist to want to play a serious match. This game rewards you for playing well. When all they want is to get the ghost and bounce when you have two or three pictures left to get.

You want to play with the super casuals, go for it. Power to you. You do your best to teach the hot miking Timmys how to spot the difference between a hunt. If what's her face was able to teach Helen Keller to read, surely you can manage to teach the Timmys.

Me on the other hand, I don't have that level of patience so I'll stick to teaching people who actually want to learn the game over someone who is just playing it because of a Youtuber before they go back to Fortnite or whatever.