Topic: PS4 recommendation thread

@kyleforrester87 I'm not gonna lie, I had to look it up, too.

At least you're spot on with that Resi Evil bloke. 😂

@kyleforrester87 ha, I’ve gone to replay Skyrim on multiple occasions and given up before the end of the cart ride at the beginning.

Gotta say, playing SOTC for the first time...

I dont get it. I really dont. I know this is all there is to it but its not feeling fun. The horse, god the horse is like a tank with how frustrating it feels to move.

@Knuckles-Fajita Yeah, Agro handles more akin to an actual horse. She has a little bit of a mind of her own and will follow commands, but not always immediately. She doesn’t handle mechanically and drive like a car like most game horses do. It can be a little off putting at first, but just learn to guide her and let her follow the prompts in the way you’d guide a real horse and you’ll soon get the hang of it. She’s really more of an NPC companion than just a mode of transportation and you’ll find she is intergral in defeating some of the Colossi. I think due to the fact that she is really your sole companion in this vast empty world, they made the design choice to have her be a little independent at times.
...But yeah, it can be somewhat frustrating at times.

@Th3solution I mean, 7 Colossi down and....man this game really is empty aint it. Like....where's the game? This does truly feel like a tech demo, and on the PS2 this would be visually impressive at least, but here, in 2018 on PS4?

This um.....yep. Tech demo. :/

@Knuckles-Fajita Ouch! Oh well, I’m bummed that you aren’t liking it. So much for that recommendation 😋. Hopefully NieR performs better for your tastes.

@RogerRoger That’s correct. It’s possible that it may have been born partially from necessity during the PS2 era when the tech had its limitations, but I do believe it was mainly an artistic choice, as dotting the map with random lesser enemy encounters certainly was being done in other games.
Ueda definitely has a certain style. It reminds me... I need to play The Last Guardian.

@Knuckles-Fajita I played it for the first time in February and I liked it as a very focused game. Bosses are varied and the game is short, around six hours. Maybe your expectations were different. It was probably more impressive back in the day, but the remake looks very good in 4k, I enjoyed its visuals.

@Th3solution I believe you can get The Last Guardian for a tenner these days; definitely a steal at that price!

@Knuckles-Fajita The horse has its own AI, and you just have to point him in the direction you want to go in, he follows the road, won't jump off cliffs and avoids trees.

Shadow of the Colossus is a very different game. But it's not a tech demo. You can't force yourself to like it, and if you go in expecting a big open world filled with meaningless content and side quests, yeah, you're going to be disappointed I guess. If you have certain expectations of what a ''game'' needs to be, then yes, you're going to be disappointed as well. It's a very focused experience, the music, the visuals, the emotion, the little hints of story all play a role in this game. It's very subtle, but the simplicity of it all is what draws people in.

I was mesmerised with the game when I played the game back in 2006. Ueda's games have a certain style, and it's right up my alley.

So to give context to SOTC, Im looking at this as what I paid for.

A PS4 remake of a PS2 game in 2018.

Visually Im sure it looks great in 4k. If I had a PS4 Pro I'd probably agree. Visually for what we are used to on PS4 this game looks decidely average.

Regarding my expectations I went in knowing what this game is. A lot of downtime to think, isolation and ambiguity.

Its just that the moments everyone talks about as epic set pieces are simply...I dont know.

I feel for a PS2 game, yes, this would have been really cool. But for a PS4 game I think it could have been more visually, or had more added to it. Somethjng about it feels unfinished.

Like this feels like a project someine made at uni, that looks real pretty, but only has the main bit of content in it. It feels like something is missing.

And Im afraid what I feel I am missing is not going to be filled in by headcanon.

Though we did make the horse a stubborn jerk who taunts the player.

It helps the game keeps bugging out regarding the horse. Once tried to call it and it ran in place while staring straight at me.

@Knuckles-Fajita SOTC is a bit overrated in my opinion, despite the fact I enjoyed playing through it a few times. I have fond memories attached to my first place through which helps. But yeah it's best to play with no real expectations and see what you get out of it I suppose.

It does have cool moments, and overall it's a game everyone should play, but once you know how to bring down the collossus it's a bit silly, you can do them in a minute or two with the equivalent of a toothpick. So subsequent play throughs have sullied my view of it a bit. Maybe im wrong to say it's a bit overrated, and instead I should say it's a game you should just play once lol

@KratosMD I got a 2TB Firecuda in the summer. Pleased with the purchase and it does load games slightly faster which is an added bonus. The hard drives reviewed quite well, so I don't think you can really go wrong.

@KratosMD Yeah that was the same conclusion I came to when I did my research. SSD's sound good and all but for the price and storage you get, and that you will not get a huge improvement in a base PS4, are not worth it.

Seagate's are a good choice, it is what I upgraded to.

@KratosMD I've not really noticed, but it's not something I've been keeping an eye on. It did get rather full at one point until I got my external drive, and didn't notice any performance issues that I can recall of.

I think that it is more to do with Window computers, which need 15% to defrag the drive properly.

Is the Spider-Man DLC any good? It’s on sale on the PS store and wondered if the extra tenner is worth it.

Is Dark Souls 2 worth $10? I liked both Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne, but would DS2 be a disappointment after playing those great games?

@Elodin I played ds2 after those games and still enjoyed it. The only disappointment I recall is some of the bosses are really lame and easy, and some areas don't make sense how you get there. There are still some kick ass bosses though (The Mirror Knight for example) and it has some of my favourite areas from the series. It is also obviously older than those two titles, so temper your expectations accordingly, but the remaster fixes all the issues and looks good, if not amazing and plays really smoothly.

And yes well worth a tenner, I assume this is the edition with all the DLC so there is a bunch of content there and the DLC is brilliant.

@JohnnyShoulder great to hear. Thank you for the response. I think I will pick it up.

@KratosMD If you like Hyrule Warriors and like Dragon Quest then yeah I really recommend the game especially at that price. I felt that two was alot better then one in terms of things to do. There is even option stuff like these little creatures you can capture and such like Pokemon. I enjoyed my time with it and was even one of my top games for 2017. For that price it's well worth it IMO.

@KratosMD Dragon Quest Heroes (II in particular) is much more of an RPG than a straight musou. The battle system is obviously straight musou, so very quick and fun, but in terms of level structure it is different (no forts to capture etc) and there is much more focus on story. The characters have a lot of variety to them and each is fun to use.
I found the games a lot better than Hyrule Warriors and would easily recommend them!
The only downside with II is the difficulty. It seems made for co-op and the AI has a bit of trouble keeping up with late-game battles. I did complete it alone, so it shouldn't count against it, but maybe worth bearing in mind with tougher battles.