Oh God, thanks, that makes me feel a lot better. I put in Killzone and started playing it on either the middle or highest difficulty like I always do (well, usually the middle setting really). I kept getting destroyed, just over and over and over again. I wasted hours doing that first part at the crash site. I was ready to stop playing it forever. I then decided to start over on easy, I took time to better understand how to use OWL and the other controls, and bam, I got past it in my very first try and I'm up to chapter 5 or so.

I was getting seriously pissed off. I just couldn't do it, it was driving me crazy. I guess figuring out disarming the alarms helped a lot. I was wonder why a seemingly endless onslaught of baddies kept showing up just totally destroying me.

If anything, it sounds like they are being (overly?) cautious on the password thing.

I got distracted from Killzone by Warframe, but yeah, the OWL is the answer to every difficulty question. The guns feel amazing in that game though, and I really need to try the multiplayer out.

I have to say, I'm fully won over by the UI on PS4. At first, I found it a little bit less intuitive than the XMB, but the more I use it, the better it gets.

Sorting and filing apps was the big thing that I thought I wanted, but in practice, showing the last 10 apps in the order they were used and migrating everything else to the library is a really elegant solution. Everything else is super quick, including the store, and setting up a party chat at the system level is just a couple of clicks.

What things do you guys want to see added to the UI? For me, in order, it's:

1. Files for friends with unique options for each file, or at a minimum, sorting friends with real name friends first.
2. For real name friends, I want the pop-ups back that tell me when they come online.
3. Accepting a friend request should take about 2 fewer clicks
4. Multimedia stuff would be nice (3D Blu-Rays, MP3, DLNA)
5. Suspend/Resume would be nice, particularly for games with long/unskippable intro screens
6. I'd like the option for custom wallpapers or at least to change the background color (I do like the blue though)

One other tip for Killzone that I missed when I first played it: There's a button prompt to show you where the objective is. I forget what button it is, but I found it really helpful when I wasn't sure what the game wanted me to do next.

It also doesn't help that kneeling behind almost any cover still leaves your head exposed.

It's UP on the D-pad. And it stays on screen for about 10 seconds. Which means you have to constantly stop what you're doing to hit up on the D-pad, because the game just can't manage to keep your objective marker on screen like every other game.

I assume they thought some people would think that would make the game feel too linear, but it would be nice if having it up permenantly were an option.

In theory, I'm OK with a game letting me try to sort it out and then giving me a crutch when I can't, but I also think they could have done a much better job of giving the player cues within the game, and like you, I'm hitting it pretty much constantly.

The other weird thing about those D-pad icons is it shows the shape of the button, but it winds up looking like an arrow to me. So when it shows the UP arrow, it looks like it's pointing down so I press DOWN. Hard getting used to that.

Agree with all comments about Killzone so far. I had no clue what I was doing. I seem to hate a steep learning curve these days. It's probably why I keep going back to COD since it's familiar to me.

I'm relying almost entirely on the multiplayer to make Killzone worthwhile, which really isn't any different than CoD or BF.

But the shooting feels great, and it will be interesting to see whether the classes and maps are balanced. Warzones, with changing objectives, is an interesting premise, and free map packs feels like justification enough to keep it.

I've turned a corner on Knack. I'm really digging it and actually looking forward to playing it. The game still has too many flaws to list(got burned by ridiculous save points 2-3 times in the past day or so), but once you get to be big Knack pretty regularly it's a damn fun time. The first 3-4 chapters where you're little Knack just highlight the flaws in the game because little Knack just isn't fun.

Also, it's kinda cool to see what treasures people on your friend's list found when opening a chest. Being able to swap for something you'd rather get is pretty cool. However, it's ridiculous you can't use any of the special Knack's you unlock until your second playthrough. And the game is pretty damn stingy with the parts/gems. I just put a bunch of time into Knack's Quest to get most of my stuff. I'm still short 1 piece on 3-4 of the gadgets.

There's no YouTube app for the PS4, WHY?!

http://thegamefanatics.com/2013/11/2...ples-confirmed

Yes that was a huge annoyance for me this weekend when demonstrating the system for a bunch of buddies.

Does YouTube work in the web bowser?

If not, be sure to try the HTML5 link:
http://www.youtube.com/html5

I believe it didn't, but I did not have the HTML5 link.

Turned on my Vita and had to reset my PSN password. Not real pleased with Sony's vague "suspicious activity" answer about this whole thing...

I'm surprised how hard it is to find just the right headset to plug into my PS4 controller.

Right now, I'm using a pair of blackberry earbuds that I had lying around, and they work very well, but I want something a little more robust because I love game sound coming through the headset. When I'm just chatting, the bundled mono earbud has been a pleasant surprise FWIW. It's comfortable, light and functional. I also hear great things about the official Vita in-ear headphones, and they are cheap, but having something in my ear is irritating after a while. My logitech USB from PS3 still works, but I'm not running a cord across the room any more.

I thought somebody would have made a proper headset with a boom mic for smartphones, but I'm having a hard time finding anything that fits that bill. It seems like the cheapest option would be to get a 4-pin 3.5mm adapter for the broad variety of inexpensive PC gaming headsets available, but PC gaming headsets seem to have absurdly long cords.

Guess I'll have to wait for somebody to make something specifically for PS4.

iPhone earbuds have a built-in mic, haven't tried it myself...the mono earbud works fine for me for in-game chat.

How do you get in-games sounds to come through the headset?

Anyone have any luck getting the new iphone ear buds to work?

Hold down the PS button, and select Device Management. There's an option to route all game sounds through headphones.

Whoa. Does that work for watching movies too?

I really wish they would update this mess so we can use our Pulse headsets as they are nice and reliable. You can also play all the audio of movies through it and the sound is really nice.

Yes. I watched a blu-ray the other night at absurd volume on my Sennheisers through the controller.

Wow, that is great news. For my wife and neighbors anyway.