Son lost 700h+ elden ring save

reezoo

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As title say my son lost 700h+ elden ring save due to corruption and reformatting of PS5. I have PSN+ so my saves are fine. Is there any way to recover that?

edit: He knows his stats my heart now, is it possible to create a build using some editor and add to PS5?
 
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I don't think you can do anything here no. unless he uploaded it, it's gone.

next time play the Xbox or Steam version
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free and automated save syncing at all times...


but honestly, Sony should make cloud saves 1: free and 2: more reliable
 
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As title say my son lost 700h+ elden ring save due to corruption and reformatting of PS5. I have PSN+ so my saves are fine. Is there any way to recover that?

edit: He knows his stats my heart now, is it possible to create a build using some editor and add to PS5?

Are you saying you have PS+ but your son does not?
 
I feel ya same thing happened to me and FF15 on PS4. Cloud save was even corrupted.

What I did was buy the Xbox version.
 
As title say my son lost 700h+ elden ring save due to corruption and reformatting of PS5. I have PSN+ so my saves are fine. Is there any way to recover that?

edit: He knows his stats my heart now, is it possible to create a build using some editor and add to PS5?

If he has used the automatic cloud function on the PS Plus he's good.

If he deleted it, then it´s gone.
 
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I'm surprised PlayStation has not been sued over holding save files hostage to a ps+ subscription. At the very least there should be the option to back up saves to an external drive.
 
I'm surprised PlayStation has not been sued over holding save files hostage to a ps+ subscription. At the very least there should be the option to back up saves to an external drive.

You can't save games to an external device on PS5?
 

The description says "PS4/PS5". No clue if it's legit or bogus. Good luck.
 
Are you saying you have PS+ but your son does not?

that's pretty common. only 1 account needs PS+ for everyone on the console to be able to play online and play PS+ games. but cloud saves is a feature only the main PS+ account can use sadly
 
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Worst father of all time. It's like buying yourself eggs and not letting your son eat them because they're too expensive.

jk. dont do any save manipulation on ps5. sony are cunts about it. just let it go. kid will learn life isnt fair.

You can't save games to an external device on PS5?
no. they removed that. classic jimbo. you could do that on ps4.

what you can do is do a backup and move save files along with system data. i had to do that recently when i moved to the ps5 pro. but its a full backup of system files and save files. so you might be overwriting other newer save files.
 
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You can't save games to an external device on PS5?
Unfortunately the only way you can do it is to backup the whole thing. You can't just backup Saves unlike with PS4.


The description says "PS4/PS5". No clue if it's legit or bogus. Good luck.
This will work on PS4 games running on PS5 but not on PS5 games.
 
that's pretty common. only 1 account needs PS+ for everyone on the console to be able to play online and play PS+ games. but cloud saves is a feature only the main PS+ account can use sadly

Yeah, I get it. I was just clarifying his situation.

Nope. You can on PS4, but not on PS5. You could do a full system backup, but then you'd have to do a full system restore. That's far from ideal.


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My advice:

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This is what I would probably do. Back in the day, my Mass Effect and Skyrim 360 saves got hosed. This happened right before Mass Effect 3 came out. I was gutted.
 
but honestly, Sony should make cloud saves 1: free and 2: more reliable

The fact that they don't already do this is insane. I don't even have to think about it on PC. I've literally never had a problem with cloud saves and I can't imagine going back. Shit's weak.
 
As title say my son lost 700h+ elden ring save due to corruption and reformatting of PS5. I have PSN+ so my saves are fine. Is there any way to recover that?

edit: He knows his stats my heart now, is it possible to create a build using some editor and add to PS5?
I've had this happen twice now where ps5 games shit the bed with my saves not syncing with local. Deleted 5+ hours of content I played on lords of the fallen when I was at the final boss. Never came back to the game. Happened again replaying death stranding and dropped my replay of it.

Now when I see that notification I just ignore it and keep playing my game.

As for your son it's time to do a speed run dagger only no mimic no summon man up play through.
 
I lost my original Bloodborne characters in a similar way. At least this is an opportunity to start a fresh run and create a new build.

Also, has he played any other the other Souls games? If not, it's a perfect time to do so. He can always come back to Elden Ring once the sting of losing his character has gone away. There's also Nioh, Wo Long, Khazan, and Lies of P that are each respectable additions to the genre that he may enjoy.
 
reezoo reezoo GAF sends their condolences to your son. I think that save is gone.

I once lost a "perfect" Final Fantasy Tactics save file with all the secret characters, best equipment, and everyone at level 99. Looking back now, it taught me to love the journey, not the destination. Your kid will be stronger through this in the end.
 
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