Topic: PS4 recommendation thread

@DestinationPs: Hope you enjoy it, maybe it was one of those "right place at the right time" kind of games for me, having appeared when the catalogue was a bit thinner

@DestinationPs: Wolfenstein is a good game - its quite old school but has a modern twist. You can usually approach the combat from totally stealth to all guns blazing but still retains old school things like having to press buttons to pick ammo/health etc up. Story is typically 'Wolfenstein'
Destiny is a good co-op FPS game - can get a bit boring solo and the 'story' isn't that great (the lore is very good though). Its game-play is excellent and quite addictive too. Its my most played game ever. The Taken King includes Destiny and its 2 yr1 expansions and can be bought for under £30 so that is great value in my eyes.
CoD:BO3 is probably the best MP FPS game - its the best CoD this gen and also has Zombies and a 4player co-op campaign too. If CoD isn't your thing, Battlefield 4 is still going strong. Battlefront looks stunning but feels very shallow - like its aimed at novice online players

@BAMozzy: Great, thanks! I'm downloading Wolfenstein now, at that discount I know it will be worth it!

What do you guys think of Battlefront?

My opinion it's just a cash in on people's nostalgia for the original Battlefront games. I guess if your a fan of Battlefield or CoD games you would enjoy it but, if you're looking for a single player Star Wars game pick something else.

@Tasuki: Can't agree with your more here - Battlefront seemed rushed out to tie in with the film, and it's pretty shallow gameplay-wise. If you want a good Star Wars shooter, then Battlefront 2 is a whole lot better, and if you play it on PC you can upgrade the textures with mods.

I would say that for CoD and Battlefield fans, this would be very disappointing. The game-play itself is very basic and shallow. It seems more to be for Star Wars fans that don't play FPS games like CoD or Battlefield. Its certainly not for the hardcore online FPS fan. It lacks any strategic game-play as well as any variation (like Battlefields Class system or CoD's variety of weapons/perks etc that can change your 'role'). It lacks a lot of the depth and content options that previous Battlefront games offered too so its very disappointing for fans of those too.
It does feel 'rushed' as if Dice spent the majority of time on the visuals and then suddenly realised they needed to make a game and had a 'deadline' dictated by the movies release.
If you like Star Wars, don't play online FPS games and want a basic, shallow and relatively simple shooter, this isn't bad and maybe I would recommend it under these circumstances. It's also one of those games you could play with a young-ish child co-operatively but IF you are not a novice at online shooters (particularly Battlefield as that has vehicles too) this will get boring very quickly - It feels very dumbed down.
Like I said, visually this game is incredible but the 2 'big modes' only have 5 (now) maps and the smaller modes only have 9 maps (since the Battle of Jakku released). The new mode in BoJ has only 1 map. Its offline/SP content is limited to 5 training missions - lasting no more than 8-10mins each, a limited survival mode and 'combat training' against AI (these can also be played co-op online too) so there isn't much to do outside of that MP. It has 11 primary weapons (no attachments or much variety between these) and 24 Star Cards (your grenades, secondary weapons, jump pack and specialisation/perk) of which you can equip 3 - 1 perk/specialisation and 2 others so you couldn't have jump pack, sniper rifle and a grenade). The other unlocks are purely cosmetic and don't offer that much - different heads/haircuts on storm-troopers/rebels and a few alien heads for the rebels too. It also has some 'emotes' but I think these seem out of place in this game. I know several people that have basically unlocked all game based unlocks by level 40 and now only have 'cosmetics' to unlock (IF they wanted) but most stick with a certain head. I struggle to see this game lasting into the new year. Its maybe lasted longer than I expected because of the Battle of Jakku maps, the film and Christmas but unless Dice add some more significant free content, I don't see it lasting much longer. Being predominantly online, it is heavily reliant on the community and I see the majority of that community seeking out more involved and deeper FPS experiences with more content/options etc.

@DestinationPs: BF4 is still awesome.

Conquest Large (32 vs 32) is great, chaos all around you. Love it.

Don't like CoD, but BF is really, really good. I still play it now and then (lately more so, because my gamebuddies have either CoD or Fallout 4, and I dont like either).

Recently got WWE 2K16 and holy hell is it good. Easily the best wrestling game since the mid-2000s thanks to its huge roster, huge customization options and the excellent WWE Universe mode. The MyCareer mode is really fun, though not as good as NBA's, and I'm enjoying 2K Showcase too - I've already sunk more hours into 2K16 than I have in 2K15.

I think what I love so much about it is how complex they've made it. The submission system sucks, but the new "reversals are limited" thing really improves the matches and keeps them going back and forth. Glad they improved the series after last year's dire entry

@Anchorsam_9: Wow I just posted in the Wrestling thread how much I was disappointed with that game.

@Tasuki: Huh. I'm not a fan of wrestling outside of the games so I guess there are some things in the game that I didn't notice. What didn't you like about it?

@Anchorsam_9: Don't get me wrong the roster is great it's just the mechanics and the story mode with Austin. Basically long story short it didn't seem to friendly for casual players. All the QTE and meters I shouldn't have to go online just to figure out how to play a wrestling game. If you want more clear picture check out the WWE thread.

@Tasuki: That's a good point - I quite liked how complex the gameplay has become, but I guess I didn't think about the mechanics through that mindset. I'm hoping that one of the older WWE games (Here Comes the Pain or the original Smackdown vs Raw would be nice) get ported from PS2 to ps4, because those were much better than the 2K games

@Anchorsam_9: I doubt they will get ported since THQ went under.

@kyleforrester87: Have you seen pillars of eternity - I think you will like it. I've been playing it (properly) last night and earlier, its great. Weird I had to jump through hoops to get it, I backed it on kickstarter and never got it delivered (moved house back to Merseyside), its been sat there for ages but by golly its good. A throwback to baldurs gate and I suppose divinity? Isometric view really good fun.

@themcnoisy: Yeah I was interested in this at one point but I don't have a PC right now and I don't think the Mac version was released at the time, and I kind of forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder, I see there is a Mac version so will give it a go. The only slight turn off is I much prefer the turn based style battle system of Divinity over the real time with constant pausing required in the likes of Baldurs Gate/Icewind Dale/Neverwinter and this.

@themcnoisy: Alrighty after some soul searching (!) I decided to download this on Steam, I was worried because I'm not 100% how well my mac will run it but then I remembered Steam has a refund policy (Which is brilliant!) so it's downloading now. If it works, great, if not, cash back

@kyleforrester87: Its good, I have zero time though so cant get into it. Happy hunting.

Hey guys, I got €7 left on my playstation store account, what should I buy for that? I was thinking velocibox or the bit trip but what do you think? Which one should i choose or do you have something better?

Any good Indies? Has firewatch's performance issues been fixed