Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@TraCuz- Doing well, my friend. Just navigating a world in never ending crisis. Otherwise, trying to do a little video gaming between moments of sheer trepidation. 😜

How ‘bout you? What you been playing?

@colonelkilgore Thanks for the tag, I think that is a good ranking system but, alas, there are many Souls fans who disdain Bloodborne for not being a "true" Souls game @Jimmer-jammer Yeah I am hoping for a reveal soon, the rumor mill is certainly currently churning at high velocity!

@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah everyone likes and dislikes different things... and I'm open to each and all opinions... apart from Bloodborne-hate. Even I have to draw the line somewhere! 🤣

@TheBrandedSwordsman @colonelkilgore Yeah to put it bluntly, those people are idiots! Surely, there would be only 4 games on the list it only included 'true Souls' games? Which would be a way less interesting list.

@RogerRoger Yeah I think it will be a game that can be played for a long time to come, I certainly would recommend it to anyone who had doubts about its age, its just refreshing to play a game that it paced really well, the action and world exploring keeps the story moving forward and it never feels like I'm just dredging through, even the secret tombs are mainly on your way to the next point so I've never felt like their a burden to do them I've throughly enjoyed the experience.

@colonelkilgore I remember when it first come one Tomb Raider (2013) and I just thought nah been there and done that but I was so wrong, I can't believe I've let them slip through for so long just really a fun game to play.

I was a big fan of the original assasins creed and I played the first 3 but after that I fell away from them, lost interest in the story and the games all felt a bit repetitive, the last one I played was the one during the American revolution and you play as a guy called Connor I believe, but I picked up Origins last year and put some serious hours in to it during the first lockdown and really enjoyed it so looking forward to continuing the journey, I would say this however about these new Assassins Creed games I'm my opinion they would be so much better if they were just about these people and cut all that animous bull crap out.

@MaulTsir I agree with on AC, I've always disliked the present day and sci-fi aspects of the games. The historic settings and stories are good enough imo to hold their own.

Glad you are enjoying your time with Tomb Raider, I really enjoyed the trilogy. The first one had my favourite story out of the three games, and the third had the best gameplay and tombs of the three. It will be interesting to see what they do next with the series, there is supposed to be some kind of announcement this year.

Hope you had a nice holiday, did you go anywhere nice?

I'm still playing through Biomutant, loving the interactions and gameplay and the compliments and praise from NPCs I am receiving for my character's morally virtuous actions throughout the game. And yes, @colonelkilgore even though my character is an animated anthropomorphic fox I still consider myself to be using a Greatsword-based 'Guts' build. 🤣

@Th3solution @TraCuz- @JohnnyShoulder do you reckon you might try Biomutant?

@MaulTsir I agree about the newer AC games being so much better without the present day nonsense. Ubisoft just seem entrenched in their thinking on the subject though for some reason.

I enjoyed Odyssey a lot more than Origins but there are fans on both sides of the debate. For me ancient Greece and sailing the Aegean Sea was my cup of tea. I'm looking forward to eventually playing Valhalla too.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I don’t have plans for Biomutant, but never say never. I’m not a huge fan of animal-humanoid protagonist games, although I had to make an exception for Ratchet & Clank. Otherwise, I have trouble connecting with them (Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, Sly Cooper, etc.) Biomutant does look good artistically though and I can appreciate the unique approach to the characters and setting.

I think I'll try some Knockout City tonight. Anybody dodging any balls?

@JohnnyShoulder yeah the idea of just setting the game in historical times is good enough for me don't need all the nonsense, it was OK during the first few was a bit of a twist but seems to me from what I've played of Origins and now Oddesy it doesn't really need it.

Yeah I'm glad I've given Tomb Raider a try, Well worth it, I would hope that the games improve and not decline that would be a shame. I'll be looking forward to any future stuff now.

Just Caravan in the North East England, was just nice to get out, weather could of been better but was good to feel normal again lol

@colonelkilgore To be honest I tried Origins for about and hour and didn't like it, felt weird the r1 and 2 buttons being the attack buttons and felt the characters where a bit bland, then I went back to it during lockdown and just really enjoyed it, couldn't believe I put it down mabye I just wasn't in the mood for it as I was coming off some pretty big games (rdr2, Spiderman, god of War, horizon Zero Dawn, the witcher 3). In the end I really enjoyed Bayek and his story.

I've chosen Kassandra for my Oddesy playthrough and so far so good, didn't take me long to get in to the swing of things again.

@MaulTsir Glad to see you enjoyed the TR reboot. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole trilogy, although the first and the last are a cut above imo. Rise of the Tomb Raider is my least favorite of the bunch, but still a great game. I prefer the approach of emphasizing exploration and tombs over combat, but you get a mixture in all 3 entries. I look forward to hearing how you get along with the rest of Lara’s adventures.

As for AC, I’m in the same boat (ba-dum-tsshh 😄) as you regarding falling off the series after AC3 and then picking back up at Origins. Likewise it took a little time to warm up to Bayek and to Origins in general but I enjoyed it overall. I was looking forward to Odyssey but then became distracted by other games before I could start it. I didn’t want to play too many open world RPGs too close together and after Ghost of Tsushima I haven’t felt like going back to AC yet, worried it might be a step backwards. Also, the heavy emphasis of naval battles and ocean exploration was what turned me off of AC4 in its opening hours and so I’m worried that Odyssey might be the same. Let us know how you like it. Always curious to hear everyone’s experiences.

@Th3solution I'd have to say man since about the beginning of April FFXIV just absolutely consumed me, I haven't had desire to play much else. The other day I did get a little tired of the repetition of leveling my classes so I jumped into a few matches of Apex then got to Biome 2 in Returnal. But once I get all my classes leveled I'm full steam ahead to catching up to the story in FFXIV. One of my favorite multiplayer experiences in a long time.

Not sure I have anything to teach ya @RogerRoger but sure... Lessons cost £499.99 per minute! An absolute bargain!

I had a brief look at Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Definitive Edition I bought the other day and it's pretty impressive how they've translated over the pen and paper roots of it (I believe it was an offshoot of D&D's 3rd edition or something?)

The character creation is... Pretty much like making a character for those types of things baring having to come up with a backstory.

9 races, 16 classes (with each class having the option of 3 additional sub classes (Archtypes as the game calls them) to choose from), skills, feats, ability scores, spells/actions, their alignment alongside their voice, name and appearance.

Took me nearly an hour to just get through all that! 😅

Only thing so far is there's portraits you can pick for your character for dialogue boxes (Instead of it using your character model.

The artwork is really quite nice (the character models aren't too great compared to Divinity). There's like 20 or so human portraits but the other races only get 2 (1 for male, 1 for female) which is a bit disappointing, if very minor in the grand scheme of things!

@TraCuz- Sounds awesome. FFXIV looks really good and if I had the time it’s a MMORPG I’d actually like to try. As it stand though I really have my hands full in the single player world. Do you figure you’ll stay with Returnal, by the way? I have the disc sitting by my PS5 waiting to be loaded, but I am not sure when I’ll do it. Probably this week. I’m nervous the game will destroy me - either through losing my life to addiction to the gameplay or demoralization from the high difficulty. 😅

@TheBrandedSwordsman I may do when the PS5 version hits. I saw some gameplay and was intrigued by it, but it is not high up on my list. If I had a list... 😆

@TheBrandedSwordsman Ultra Great Swords AND furries... I couldn’t be more in! 🤯

@Th3solution I'd certainly say FFXIV isn't for everyone but for me it's hitting all the right notes. I will for sure see Returnal through to the end just not in too much of a rush at the moment. After June I won't be buying any other titles for the rest of the year. Between FFXIV, Returnal, Ratchet, and FF7R Intergrade these alone are enough for the year, not to mention other backlog games such as MGS4, NieR Automata, and Tales of Beseria. So I got a juicy gaming Summer ahead of me, if I can manage to have these wrapped up MAYBE I'll consider Horizon and Tales of Arise.

Edit: Oh God.... I forgot I postponed the Royal content of P5R till the end of the year. Too many games not enough time xD.

@TraCuz- “Too many games, not enough time.” — this is my life motto exactly! 😄
I’m with you on Returnal, R&C, and FF7R Intergrade being on the docket for me too over coming months. I’ve never played the Tales games and I probably shouldn’t start because I have so much already and there are a ton of those. But NieR Automata is fabulous, imo. One of my favorites of the PS4 gen. I need to play NieR Replicant one of these days too. Not sure if I’ll buy it before year end though.

I’ll probably be buying Horizon FW day one, likely won’t be able to wait on that. And I’ll probably buy Miles Morales and maybe Demon’s Souls before year end as the prices settle a little. Sheesh, that’s a lot of games to add when I already have a big backlog. I completely forgot about Kena Bridge of Spirits and Deathloop - if those review well I might have to give them a close look. I had plans to fit in Mass Effect Legendary Ed. this year but I’m not sure I’ll have the time for it even though one of my goals for this year had been to replay some older favorites since I’m not prone to do that due to new games always pulling at my attention.

I’m the guy at the restaurant who tries something new on the menu with each visit, even when I know a certain dish is really good. 😄

@TheBrandedSwordsman It's a fun game. I've only played 2 rounds but I first impressions are that I think I preferred the psp game. It's kinda perfect for a handheld game but the psp version was also less "busy", simpler and more straightforward. Still, I can see myself dipping into it a lot, it's still a lot of fun.