Topic: PS4 recommendation thread

I already posted about it over in the PS5 forum but for all of you who enjoy 2D platformers, I highly recommend Unbound: world's apart.

Fantastic hand drawn art, A hint of metroidvania but mostly platforming. Provides a good challenge.

Your character looks a little like Vivi/Orco and is a young mage who uses portals to manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in order to progress.

I am new to this. I’m a casual gamer. I mostly play MLB The Show. I want to branch out a little more. My all time favorite game is Ocarina of Time. I was looking for some suggestions for PS4 games. I like the following types:

Linear (don’t care much for exploration or open world)
Beat ‘em ups
Shooter (not stealth or strategy; run in guns blazing)

Any thoughts?

@RonFreakinSwanson Hi there! Absolutely love your username. Have you tried "Devil May Cry V" yet? It was the first game that came to mind that ticks all of your boxes.

@RonFreakinSwanson

For beat em ups - Streets of Rage 4 was really well recieved.
Action shooter - try Doom (2016) or Doom Eternal
Personally i found the Uncharted series to be more linear than I was expecting so maybe try the 4th one of them.

Though many sites, including this one, publish lists of best games in different genres so maybe do a web search for whichever you're interested in and be sure to check out more than one review before you commit.

@RonFreakinSwanson God of War 2018

@RonFreakinSwanson next to already named and good suggestions I would also recommend Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. If you like the humor of those movies you gonna love that game it a fun linear action game

@RonFreakinSwanson The Uncharted series and the new DOOM games are great shouts.

Other FPS games from the PS4 era that are well worth a look include Titanfall 2 (USP of getting to play as a mech as well as a person) or the new Wolfenstein games (made by the DOOM team but with a bit more of a plot if you enjoy shooting some Nazis).

I appreciate all the suggestions. I will definitely look into these.

I have never played a Final Fantasy game before, and just noticed the FF VII remake is on sale (still on the expensive side, given it is a AAA title), but the discount is there. Should I give bite the bullet and purchase, since it has been so recommended and talked about and I like JRPGs?

@avatarian
go have a look at the 'What PS5 games are you playing' thread for the last week, we have been discussing it there. My vote would be no. I got it free with PS+ and still regret the purchase.

@avatarian I would have to agree with @sorteddan - I would personally not recommend FFVIIR.

It is one of the few/only games I felt I had to 'force' myself to finish... A lot of bloat and 'filler', alongside a combat mode that doesn't really kick into gear until you can access Hard Mode. (You have to beat the game on regular difficulty first to unlock this)

If you're a JRPG fan, I would perhaps recommend instead that you go with Dragon Quest XI instead, assuming you have not already played. This is a JRPG that is far more comfortable in its own skin, with a nuanced turn-based battle system and skill-trees which work really well. A quirky and likeable cast of characters, with a plot that does get surprisingly dark and high-stakes towards mid game.

If you don't mind a retro experience, some of the older Final Fantasy games are exquisite. IMO, FF7 and FF9 from PS1 era are amazin - FF9 being my personal favorite. FF10 and FF12 are also good, and more modern. If you are looking for an entry point to the FF series, my overall recommendation would be FF10... which is very accessible.

You can buy the Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster for about <£13 GBP, which is a steal.

So if you want a new modern experience, go for DQXI... and if you're keen to get into FF series I would say to pick up the FFX/X2 HD remaster. (Or FF9 if you want to go a bit more old school!)

@avatarian Not criticizing the other opinions as nobody will like every game, and obviously you asked for opinions, but also (to potentially confuse you more) I would not totally dismiss the game because two people hated it either. There are people on here, including myself, that absolutely loved it.

My honest recommendation would be to download the demo and see if you like the game's combat. Or at least watch a playthrough of somebody playing the game on YouTube for a little while to see if the game seems like it would really appeal to you.

Ok, thanks @sorteddan @CDJ87 & @KilloWertz

Think I will check the demo and maybe add something to the discussion in the PS5 forum mentioned. Hopefully the demo is not just advertisement for the full version.

@avatarian It's not. It's the whole beginning of the game. There's just a cutoff point with it being a demo of course.

There's 2 l's in my name, btw...

Wondering about a couple games on sale currently —

At some point I put Tacoma on my PSN wishlist and it popped up on the latest sale for only $5. I don’t really even remember why I put it on my wishlist other than I must have read praise about it at some point. Perhaps I placed it on the list because I liked the studio’s earlier efforts with Gone Home. I don’t know. Can anyone recommend Tacoma? The PS review seemed decent enough and $5 is a hardly a very large investment.

Secondly, Death’s Door. On sale for $12. I know many people will enthusiastically recommend this, but I am skeptical if it’s really my kind of game. I don’t have any history with the older Zelda games, to which this has some comparison. There’s really nothing particularly engaging to me at face value, but at a low price I thought I’d at least look into it. Is it really all that great for someone who’s not necessarily a fan of isometric Metroidvania type games? It supposedly has Soulslike qualities too, which could be a positive or a negative, depending. It’s not a game I planned to get but for a cheap price, I couldn’t ignore looking into it because of the ubiquitous praise. Would be a good PS+ game to try for free, but I’m not sure I’ll upgrade yet.

@avatarian I really enjoyed FF7R and got the platinum on PS4 and replayed it with the DLC on PS5. The original game is one of my all time favourites though.

There is a lot of filler to pad out what the first game covered and some of the JRPG dialogue/voice acting does my head in but it looks fantastic and the combat is brilliant fun.

I was always sceptical of how they’d do but loved the demo and got the game as soon as it came out.

@Th3solution Death’s Door is a cool little game. I really liked the art style and overall vibe of the game, and I don’t mind the isometric style in games.

The combat is solid with some good boss fights. The Metroidvania element is fairly minimal other than the abilities being needed to unlock areas but also helping mix up combat.

My main frustrations were the lack of a map (particularly when backtracking for collectibles) and a lack of count of collectibles you have.

I don’t remember it being overly long and you can easily leave the side stuff and post game bits alone if you want to just blast through it.

If you like quirky farming sim + cooking games, you can consider Epic Chef PS4.

@Thrillho Thanks for the info. Good to know it’s not terribly long and that the Metroidvania elements aren’t complex. I’ll let it simmer for a while. I usually like to try the major shakers in the industry, but I’ll probably wait and see if the mood strikes. $12 is like what, two gallons of gasoline? 😜

Thanks @Thrillho for your opinion about the remake of FF7.
To be honest, I tried the demo and decided to go for the full game. Too bad I will get only a part of the main story from the original though, but as long as combat/gameplay can compensate, I am good.

@Anti-matter or, you can actually try cooking irl (?)