Cloud Monday - Ratatouille - Part 2 - Streaming It Is Convenient, But There's Few Other Positives

This week's new Cloud Monday video is part 2 of playing the PS3 version of Ratatouille on PS4, via the PlayStation Plus Cloud Streaming Service to my Japanese launch model PlayStation 4.

Part 1 didn't go great, not because of the game being streamed from the Cloud but because it's just not that great. the platforming was testing my patience more than anything. We also learned that there were no manual save points in that part but i held out hope that once we got out of the tutorial area that maybe there would be save points added. so even tho i wasn't expecting the game play experience to improve, i was still hoping.

Unfortunately, we never found a way to manually save in this part. there was more progress made through the level, and when i was stuck i was able to use the in-game sniffing button to get help to show me where to go. but it wasn't always able to help out, for example in the kitchen, and it often felt like Ratatouille wanted to slow you down with all sorts of hindrances. before the speed test i did complete a challenge without encountering the squirrels, but the time it took to complete it felt like it's own hindrance. 

Streaming Ratatouille from the Cloud is easier and maybe more convenient than finding an original disc copy of the game. But with no trophies, no manual saves, and a poor auto save, it's hard to say if there's much to gain from playing the game. You can do it, but i don't think the game is good enough for it to be worthwhile doing.

Cloud Monday - Ratatouille - Part 1 - A Rough Game With No Manual Saves And Distant Auto Saves

This week's new Cloud Monday video is part 1 of playing the PS3 version of Ratatouille on PS4, via the PlayStation Plus Cloud Streaming Service to my Japanese launch model PlayStation 4.

I'll admit that i'm not a fan of the movie Ratatouille. As for the game, it's not something i've ever looked into on any platform so i didn't know what i was going to be playing here. 

As ever we're looking at the save situation and unfortunately there appear to be no manual saves in Ratatouille. the Auto Saves seem to be when ever a quest is finished. there are collectables, but picking them up doesn't trigger the auto save. at the end of this part, before the PS4 internet speed test, i did check to see if the game's checkpoints were working as save points but they weren't. so if you pick up collectables, you have to finish the quest you're on to trigger the Auto Save to get them saved.

This part focused mostly on the tutorial, but that's mostly because of how poorly implemented the controls were. because of my previous experience with cloud based gaming, i do not believe that the poor controls are a result of the game being streamed, rather it's an inherent issue with Ratatouille. thankfully, there will be a Part 2 so we can have another look at the controls, but ultimately i get the impression they're a little broken or at the very least not as accurate as they need to be.