Topic: PS4 recommendation thread

Is LBP 3 worth buying for €20, if I'm basically going to play the story once and a few of the top rated community levels then be done?

@Wesker:
Did you play Tearaway? If you're just looking for a quick playthrough of a single player I'd say Tearaway absolutely blows LBP 3 away.

@Gamer83: I played the demo on Vita, but it didn't hold my attention. It seemed like it was more interested in doing innovative things with the Vita than actually giving you fun platforming levels. Maybe it was just the demo, i don't know, but the gimmicks didn't interest me much.

@Wesker: LBP3 is down to €14 in the October sale if that helps your decision making. Also LBP Vita is on sale for €6 but as far as I know you can't access levels made in the other LBP games (1,2,3) only levels made by Vita owners, whereas with LBP3 I think you can download levels made on the previous two games as well

@andrew20: @Hego: @Wesker: I have lbp on the vita. Weskers right, its innovative uses of the vita are at the detriment to the level design. But its still excellent. A must play, just a pity I deleted my save accidentally thinking it was my sons and have no motivation to play again.

i recommend FIFA 16

How is Dragon Quest Heroes? Keeping in mind that I'm not really a DQ fan, as I have very little exposure to the series, and have mixed feelings on most hack n slash games.

@Ralizah: I have yet to play it (darn backlog) but a friend of mine says it's like Hyrule Warriors but with a Dragon Quest coat of paint. He seems to enjoy it but he liked Hyrule Warriors.

@Tasuki: Yeah, I was afraid of that. Thanks for confirming. I might jump on it when it drops to $20. At least I can count on that, unlike HW, which will likely never significantly drop in price.

This works out. Once Senran Kagura: Estival Versus drops for PS4, I won't have room in my heart or PS4 for another musou style game for quite a long time.

@Ralizah: I think it's rather different to Hyrule Warriors. The battle system is largely the same. It's mostly melee fighting but there is a focus on magic. Also, instead of having large battlefields with "keeps" the levels are smaller and you can change who you control on the fly. There's also more tactical elements involved. The story definitely has a larger focus and I would say there's a lot of RPG customisation. If you like Dragon Quest it's well worth playing as it has so many references to older games.

@mookysam: Would you say that a lack of familiarity with the series would detract from one's enjoyment of it?

Also, I'm thinking about playing through the DQ series. I've only played the first one. I'll probably get to all of the games eventually, but are there any standouts in the series that I should play first?

@Ralizah: The only one I've played was 8 - never finished it but I fully intend to go back to it one day as, on reflection, it was a brilliant RPG!

@Ralizah: You'll definitely appreciate it more having played others first but I don't think it matters hugely.

Like @SteveButler2210 said VIII is a brilliant game but it is very very long. If you still have a PS2 that is the best way to play it currently. The DS remakes of IV, V and VI are very good and are now available on Google Play and iOS. Of those my favourite is V, probably one of the best RPGs I've played. One thing I will say about the Dragon Quest games is that they are resolute in how traditional they are, unlike Final Fantasy which usually makes big changes between instalments.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm going to a con soon, so I'll probably be able to find DQVIII there.

@Ralizah: What con are you going to if you don't mind me asking?

Not at all. I'm attending GMX (Geek Media Expo) in Nashville. I also attend MTAC (Middle Tennessee Anime Convention) and, some years, Gencon.

Although, honestly, nothing measures up to Nan Desu Kan, which I attended almost religiously when I lived in Colorado.

Nice, I hope you have fun. I wish we got as many cons on the West Coast as you all on the East.

Hi guys! I've recently ordered a PS4 bundle as a Christmas present for myself, annoyingly with the Uncharted collection (darn you early December beta!) and was wondering what games (preferably going cheap nowadays) you'd recommend. The bundle has LBP3, Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Watch_Dogs.

@the-madprofessor: If you get in there before the sale finishes tomorrow, you can get Metro Redux on the PSN for £8 something. I'm still on the first game but really enjoying it so far (and for that price you can't go wrong). Also goes without saying that if you never played it on PS3, get The Last of Us Remastered as soon as you possibly can!

Had The Last of Us on PS3 - absolutely loved it, but still need to play Left Behind.
I got Metro 2033 for free on PC from GOG and I did like what I played of it, so I might pick that up. Thanks!