Topic: Playstation 4 Backloggery and most wanted!

My next three games, which I plan to finish by the end of February, are:

• Prodeus (SD)
• Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (NS)
• WarioWare: Mega Microgames (GBA emu via NSO)

WarioWare is probably pretty short, and Prodeus is a boomer shooter, so I foresee Rain Code being the only game requiring any significant investment of hours. That said, I have 2 - 3 weeks spent on vacation, and then hopefully a few weeks spent training for a new job, so I won't have a ton of free time for gaming regardless in this period.

No upcoming purchases are planned. Going to wait to see how P3R runs on Steam Deck, and how the new Princess Peach game reviews.

@LtSarge I shed a tear when they turned off the Onrush servers.
I have so many hours in that game, probably the best coop racing game there ever was.

It’s been a while since I reported (over two months), but I was able to complete Disco Elysium, which I enjoyed, and have made substantial progress on FFXVI, which I’m also enjoying. I’ve clocked close to 60 hours and am savoring every minute of it. It’s been a good one to play alongside other games because it is relatively forgiving and quick to get back in the flow of. Although I think the game’s easiness is overstated, and I have especially just scraped by in some of the optional hunts.

I have purchased my planned purchases — Spider-Man 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3.

So the immediate plan is —
Finish FFXVI, and
Finish A Plague Tale: Requiem, which I started with the Game Club.

After those, it will be all about Spider-Man 2 and/or Baldur’s Gate 3, depending on my mood at the time. I reckon I’ll do both in concert with one another since they are so different. We’ll see

As for planned purchases, my next is probably
Dragon’s Dogma 2 and either Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth or Crisis Core Reunion. It would be nice if they sold a bundle with Crisis Core included as a free bonus instead of Remake.

@CaptD It's a very fun game, albeit a bit repetitive due to the lack of tracks and different race types. I definitely need to continue playing it when I get the opportunity.

Speaking of which, I'm playing through Dirt 2 now on 360 and it reminds me heavily of Onrush. Which isn't surprising since both games were developed by Codemasters. It's also a very fun game. Codemasters is simply the best at making fun racing games like Onrush, Dirt and Grid.

@LtSarge Yes there is definitely a lack of content in Onrush and I consider that to be its main reason for its failure, there simply wasn't enough content for the price. It should have released at a budget price point.
As for feeling like Dirt 2, Onrush was actually the first project by the Ex-Sony Evolution team who were taken on by Codemasters. This is why it also feels like Motorstorm albeit nowhere near the scope. I loved the Motorstorm series and Sony were idiots for closing that studio, I only wish Sony would port the Motorstorm trilogy to PSVR2.

Next three purchases:
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (well, technically already purchased, but I count it as it hasn't been released)
Hogwarts Legacy
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
Apart from Banishers, that list is very tentative though and, depending on sales, may take the back seat to others. For upcoming releases, there aren't really any that I'm 100% certain that I'll buy, but there are quite a few that are highly likely. I'm itching for Persona 3 Reload, but I'm still hurting a bit as I had just purchased the remasters of the third and fourth Persona games when this one was announced and I feel that neither of the P3 are the total package. It is likely that I'll bin the remaster and go for Reload, though (pending good reviews)

Backlog:
The Last of Us Part II (have had the PS4 for a long while, unplayed, and just upgraded to the PS5 version. Must get this done before season 2 drops)
Sexy Brutale
Cyberpunk 2077

Still, need to finish Control first. Not even halfway through, so might be a while

I've got a bit of a bit of a backlog right now so thought I'd post it here. The reviews for Infinite Wealth have got me intrigued so I'm going to get into that series with Like a Dragon. Sea of Stars is a good game for the steam deck so started that also.

Main Games being played right now:

Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Just started it, the cut scenes are lengthy
Sea of Stars - Am liking this so so far, it oozes quality

Games I'm dipping in and out of:

Street Fighter 6 - Story mode is quite addictive
Gran Turismo 7 - Good game to zone out to
Mario Wonder - Joyous game this, always makes me smile.

Backlog:

The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine - played a few hours of it so far. Hope it's as good as Hearts of Stone
Starfield - played about 26 hours of it but needed a break from it so back to the backlog you go
Baldur's gate 3 - Got to Act 2 in this but the slow pace is putting me off so parked it for now
Drainus - I'm terrible at this game but it's so good I will take another stab at it at some point
Vampire Survivors - I will likely get addicted to this game
Ghost Trick - Started it but don't want to get into it right now

Upcoming Purchases:

Tekken 8 - Will need to finish Gran Turismo 7 first to free up space on the PS5 before I can get this

June 2022

Gran Turismo - Finish a further 3 tracks at gold on circuit experience. (Yup)

Judgement - Start it up properly (Yup and hated it)

FF8 remaster - Complete the initial 5 hours (1000g on xbox with all side quests complete)

February 2024

Elden Ring - Beat some more bosses (just beat Godrick the grafted after 22 hours rofl 🤣)

Mario Wonder - Get to the northern area

Warriors Orochi 4 - Get all camp upgrades

To buy

1 more Wales interactive fmv game.

Ori and the will of the wisps

@xeofate Tekken 8 is really good. It's a similar level to Street Figher 6 with a vast suite of great offline and online modes. No avatar fighters this time but with a significant amount of fighters with the base game, I didn't miss that feature.

One thing I will say, both are very offense heavy. And for a defensive counter fighter like myself, they both make me yearn for another soul calibur.

Welp, still haven't made progress on Rain Code. Prodeus and WarioWare are a wrap, though.

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

• Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (via the Reboot Camp collection on Switch) //would have been done with this a week ago if the last few missions weren't so intimidatingly difficult//

ON HIATUS:

• Master Detective Archives: Rain Code //Progress on this has been weirdly slow; just can't get into it//
• Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut //Haven't really been able to get back into this since getting back from my trip//

NEXT NEW BACKLOGGED TITLE:

• Super Mario RPG //This one is apparently reasonably short, approachable, and runs beautifully on Switch, so I definitely am looking forward to playing it//

NEXT LONG-TERM UNFINISHED GAME:

• Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe //Haven't played since early last year, but I doubt getting back into it will be much of an issue//

NEXT POTENTIAL PURCHASE:

• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance //Despite having blown a fair bit of money on the original Switch version, I'm still excited to have an improved version on more capable platforms//

@Ralizah Out of curiosity, since you said you can't get into Rain Code, do you feel that you're not as interested in visual novels as before? I feel that has happened to me now. Maybe it's because I've gotten older or that my taste has changed, but nowadays whenever I want to play a game, I don't want to just read, I want to actually do something in it. Even though I don't mind reading in a game that has a lot of text such as Persona 3 Reload, I mostly look forward to getting to the dungeon crawling part and actually doing something.

I don't think I dislike visual novels. It's just that I'm never in a mood to play them anymore, which is really unfortunate as there are still plenty of ones I want to experience, such as Rain Code.

@LtSarge Nah. It wasn't that long ago that I played the heck out of adventure games like AI: The Somnium Files and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. I just don't think it's done enough to hook me tbh. The Danganronpa games leaned heavily on memorable characters and an immediately engaging premise, but the only character who has lived up to that standard at all so far is the game's mascot, Shinigami.

I'm still not very far in, so hopefully it improves as it goes on.

@Ralizah Ah I see. I agree that the beginning wasn't as captivating as the Danganronpa games. It focused more on gameplay rather than story elements. Have to force myself to give it another go soon as I tend to love these games. It just needs to click for me and then I'm all good.

Whittled it down and planning to make my next few games, but not necessarily in this order, to be the following;

Rise of the Ronin Digital Deluxe Edition
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition
Silent Hill 2 Remake Deluxe Edition
Death Stranding Director's Cut Digital Deluxe Edition
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Deluxe Edition
Elden Ring SOTE Deluxe Edition (aim to plat)
Nioh 2 Remastered Complete Edition
Stray
Lords of the Fallen
Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition
Death Stranding 2 : On the Beach
Dragon's Dogma II Deluxe Edition
Black Myth: Wukong
#BLUD

@FuriousMachine I was interested in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden myself, how does it play? I heard it share some similarities with God of War but how would you rate it? If you've played it yet.

@Black_Swordsman Haven't gotten around to it yet, but it is high on my list. I pre-ordered it mainly to support Dontnod, as I am fan of theirs and I knew it was a game I would want to play at some point anyway. I just started The Witcher 3 last night and I'm considering Crisis Core after that, but Banishers may very well take the first "post-Witcher" spot. I fully expect to be busy with the Witcher for quite some time, though, so by the time the credits roll on that one I might have changed my mind again. I had originally planned to start Cyberpunk 2077, but having just finished the Witcher books I figured it would be fun to play the game while I still remembered most of the ancillary characters I expect might pop up in the game.
Whenever I look at my library there are so many games that just cries out to be played that it's not even funny. Still, Banishers, Crisis Core and Cyberpunk are all high on the list.

Looking at my earlier post re.: next purchases and backlog, I'm pleased to see that I've held relatively true to my tentative plans.
Next purchases is unchanged as it all comes down to what's on sale or not and there aren't that many new games coming in the near future that looks like day-one purchases for me (though that may change... I was looking hard at Stellar Blade, but after playing the demo I realized it was just not my type of game... a bit too soulslike for me).

I did finish both Last of Us Part II Remastered (though no platinum due to NG+ requirement... might chase that down later) and The Sexy Brutale (a fairly short, but very enjoyable platinum), so the only change from my backlog list was that The Witcher 3 subbed in for Cyberpunk 2077

I'd say a tentative list of next three games might be something like
The Witcher 3
Crisis Core
Banishers

The order may very well change, though. I may also sneak in some shorter games in between there as well.

Welp, review time.

DONE

DONE

DONE

So yeah, I tore through all that pretty quickly. Even platted a PS4 game not on the list.

New list time! Gonna change up the format now.

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NEXT PS4 GAME:

• Sakura Wars //One of the few remaining modern Playstation exclusive games. Also a sorta reboot, as I understand it, to a long-running series of tactical rpgs, except now it's an action game. I've had this game for years, so time to rip the packaging off and see what's underneath.//

NEXT SWITCH GAME:

• Master Detective Archives: Rain Code //I actually borrowed this from a friend last year lol. Took me a weirdly long amount of time to push through the intro chapter because I just really wasn't feeling it. Time to tear through this and see if it ends up grabbing me at any point. There's definitely a considerable amount of Danganronpa's DNA in this, so I'd really love to enjoy it.//

NEXT STEAM DECK GAME:

• Yakuza Kiwami 2 //Really wanna get moving on this series again. I only have Kiwami 1 down so far (and half of Y0 seven years ago lol), but have access to 0 - 5 and Like A Dragon (still need 6, but I figure I'm a ways off from that anyhow). Anyhow, when I played Kiwami, I couldn't stop thinking about how dope it'd be to play this on a portable, but I think a Nintendo executive must've run over the lead developer's dog or something, because they refuse to play ball with the Switch. But now it doesn't matter, and it'll look and run better on Steam Deck than it ever would have on Switch!//

@FuriousMachine I'm glad to hear that you are playing The Witcher 3 I played and finished it a few years ago, really liked it. Hope you enjoy your time with the game and can update me on your adventures!

@FuriousMachine I plan to play Cyberpunk 2077 along with watching the series on Netflix. I've not played it since I completed when it first released, so will be good to experience all the changes they have made. Depending on how i get on with it, I may get the dlc also.