Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Right now, my big games are Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix, Metal Gear Solid V, and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. I haven't played Type-0 in a while, and I'm probably gonna jump back into it soon.

I’m splitting time with Yakuza 0 and The Walking Dead The New Frontier. I’m enjoying both, for different reasons, but it was a major buzz kill when TWD crashed on me once and had major graphical glitches for about 15 minutes during episode 3. Very frustrating. I’m loving the new characters though.

I decided to try out Black Ops 3 tonight with some MP. It’s way too fast-paced. The time to kill is rediculous and everyone’s is moving at mach speeds. You can’t have a firefight as much as flinch and who saw who first fights. I might give it another chance later, but my first impressions aren’t very good.
Update: it comes with one freaking zombie map?! What kind of bull is that?

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@Jaz007 Yep that's my problem with Advance Movement CoD like BO3 and Infinite Warfare. It's not so much as skill but who sees who first and who can jump around like a flea and crack more that wins the fights.

@Tasuki Are we not allowed to say crap? or was the bull in front of it too much? I'm a little surprised it got edited.

@Jaz007 It came up as an alert. Not sure if it was for the whole thing or not but regardless it came up.

@Tasuki I thought we were allowed to use those kind of words as long as they were not directed at anyone as an insult?

@Jaz007 Sounds great! I quite liked Black Ops 2.

Hopefully I'm nearly at the point where I'll have my full vision going within the next couple of weeks. I'll give it a try.

How big is the download?

@KALofKRYPTON 71 GB. But you can choose to download either the MP or SO portion first.

@JohnnyShoulder =O By the Power of Grayskull!

Don't have space...

PES 2018. I picked it up for a fiver off the store and I'm already engrossed in the 'become a legend' mode.

@KALofKRYPTON Hahaha, I love your reaction to how I thought it wasn't good. But yeah, it's a massive game in terms of storage. I was confused as to why I needed so much free at first, but once I looked at it I realized how much it took I saw why. Updates are half as big as the regular games these days.

@Jaz007 Ha.

It's a big old game! I'm really not sure I have anything even close to that size that I'm willing to delete.

Rocket League
I'm fascinated by the Rocket League and it's fun for hours.
This is my latest game.
Once you are satisfied with how long you play in RL, you can always discover other aspects and other possibilities. A lot of players play in RL only for evolution and winning games, but there is a different group of Rocket League players. I myself belong to the group that you see the interest in Rocket League, that's why I buy Crates and Items wholesale at low prices, and if someone wants to buy Rocket League Items, I can sell them
Of course I will not advertise on the forum and I will not give you any leads But I really like Rocket League for Crates and new items are constantly added.
Uncharted 3. I prefer Uncharted 3 on PS3, than Uncharted 4 - because there is no Co-Op mode on PS4 (and I love to play on Borneo map with a friend).
Today will be added Zephyr Crate, the new Crate to Rocket League - we are still curious about the content. Therefore, all Rocket League players who buy items are hoping for new content, Zephyt crate has a chance to be more popular than Impact Crate (dissolver, streamline - very valuable Black Market Decals).
It's best to buy Rocket League items and crates right away and later see the content and items.
The most salty Crates are Champions Crate 4, Triumph crate and Zephyr crate - something fantastic. you do not have to be a tea gourmand to know that it is profitable, that's why I play and buy Rocket League items
https://odealo.com/games/rocket-league

Nier: Automata. I'm still early on with it, but I'm really loving it so far. It could potentially be one of my favourite PS4 games.

Edit: Also play some Hatsune Miku Project Diva Future Tone every now and then. Been working through the songs on hard difficulty. It's a solid rhythm game with lots of great songs, so I'm having lots of fun with it.

Ok, so on a whim, I decided to put in Horizon Zero Dawn again. I played it at launch and put many hours into it - like maybe 30 or so, (I don’t know I’m guessing) but somewhere along the way I got sidetracked and actually never completed it. But what I played of it I enjoyed and felt very satisfied with getting my money’s worth for the good times it did give me. As I think in retrospect, I had played Rise of the Tomb Raider immediately before HZD and although they are games with a different setting, there are more similarities than differences. So I suppose I grew fatigued of a story driven action and exploration game with light rpg elements fueled by bow and arrow combat while chasing markers in a beautiful open world with a strong female protagonist. For whatever reason, I had just put Horizon down, planning to return, but days turned into weeks which turned into months and I never did — a habit I have been guilty of a lot lately.
When I first started it back up today after about a year hiatus, I of course had no idea what I was doing. I spent 30 minutes simply just scrolling through the menus and maps and trying to relearn the lore and mechanics. It all seemed so confusing to me, I had forgotten how complex the supply gathering, crafting, armor, and weapons were. The game is pretty deep. I came close to shutting it down and just relegating the game to my bin of games I’ll never finish or have to start over if ever do want to play them again, but I stuck it out for at least a few moments. Fortunately my last game save was after a major story point so I wasn’t in the middle of any major quests. I retrained myself by randomly pushing buttons just to see what made Aloy jump, crouch, swing the spear, etc. After I felt reasonably comfortable, I ventured toward some icon on the map. I was terrified of my first encounter with a machine, as I was so rusty. And it was rough, but I did get the hang of things pretty quick after that. And what do ya know, after what seemed like a moment, 3 hours had passed and I was addicted to doing, “just one more” quest or task before bed. After taking a long break away from the game I am really appreciating it once again for how great it is. In fact, I wish I could be playing it now, but alas, I must sleep and go to work in the morning.

I wonder if anyone else has experiences like these where you try to return to a game many months or years later and try to pick up in the middle of the game again.

@Th3solution I tend to play a game heavily after purchase, fully intending to at least finish the main game and possibly more depending; but I too am easily sidetracked so end up revisiting games.

I revisit a lot anyway, shmups are a favourite genre of mine and even something with a relatively simply set of mechanics usually requires at least some adjustment to get used to again.

@Th3solution I do this all the time, scary to think how many games I've got unfinished which I intend to go back to. They say to never stop playing on a boss fight or a difficult section as you will most likely get frustrated coming back to it weeks/months later. I suppose the only exception for something like Dark Souls when you are not 'locked' into the boss fight and can go to other areas to level or to brush up on your combat skills.

I've tried starting The Witcher 3 DLC a couple of times but just can't get back into the combat. I go straight into a mission and get destroyed. Think I need to load a previous save and lower the difficulty until I get my mojo back.

So, now that I'm done with the Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion, I'm returning to Child of Light (which I'm near the end of, anyway). I really like Aurora's adult form.

@KratosMD @KALofKRYPTON @JohnnyShoulder
I’m relieved to hear I’m not the only guy who has a problem with prematurely getting away from a game and then trying to go back to it and relearn the controls and mechanics. I have a decent list of games that are in this category ... gosh, we need a name for this. Hmmm... just like I previously proposed the term “backlog regress” to be the opposite of “backlog progress” — in other words buying more games to add to your growing backlog as opposed to finishing games from your backlog — I now propose the term “sidelog” as those games that were started and only partially played that you have the intent to return to and complete. So for me, I have a pretty hefty sidelog: Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5, Gravity Rush 2, Dragon Age Inquisiton, Batman Arkham Knight, and most recently having started Yakuza 0. ...Oi, that list is daunting.

@RogerRoger Yeah, to relate to your post about relearning the controls for UC — the funny thing was the game I most recently have been playing is Yakuza 0 and the common button punch scheme for the melee that my fast twitch muscle memory had been trained to do was: ‘square, square, square, triangle.’ I used that over and over in Y0. So unfortunately when my fingers automatically went to work during an attack from a Sawtooth or a Snapmaw they went to that reliable melee combo, only to make Aloy ‘crouch, stand, crouch, stand’ while she got pummeled. 😂