Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@LtSarge Oh nice — 999 is a classic. I like it better than the more popular sequel Virtue’s Last Reward, although VLR was fantastic as well. Interested to see how you like the storyline.

I still need to play the third installment Zero Time Dilemma. I just heard it’s pretty meh. But the first two games are wonderful.

@crimsontadpoles Yeah, as a person who loves Danganronpa, I'm absolutely loving 999 so far. Really cool to be experiencing a new visual novel series since I haven't played something like Danganronpa for years now.

@Th3solution Definitely looking forward to playing the sequel as well. I actually have a physical copy of VLR on Vita and I wanted to play it but then found out that it's part of a series and that I have to play 999 first, so I decided to wait. Got Zero Time Dilemma in my backlog too.

My Universe Cooking Star Restaurant

Already unlocked Japanese chef Tadao and at level 15.

@Keith_Zissou so if I had any difficulty getting those s ranks (particularly during the missions with increased difficulty) I’d check YouTube to see if there were any guides. It was still quite tricky for some of them if I’m honest… but pretty exhilarating too. Glad to see you’ve returned to it mate… phenomenal game!

edit. Just checked and PS5 trophies seems to have a pretty detailed collection of YouTube guides for those s ranks mate.

My Universe Cooking Star Restaurant

Sorry, chopping the vegetables for making ratatouille was quite hard.

@Keith_Zissou from what I recall, you have to replay certain missions from part 1 during part 2… at which point those missions that require a replay will have certain sanctions applied (be it subsistence, total stealth or otherwise). They’ll just auto-populate your mission list as and when you get to the point where they’re required.

@Keith_Zissou no probs dude… and good luck. I found going through the s ranks the highlight of my whole experience with the game tbh, so although it seems like there’s a lot to do hopefully you’ll enjoy the process too.

Final Fantasy IX

It's good to finally enjoy one of the PS1 FF's.

There's worthwhile character development and just likeable characters in general, the story is pretty decent so far and I'm rather invested, the battle system is actually worthwhile (I'm looking at you VIII) and I prefer there being classes/roles for each character. I even like the trance system even if it usually appears at the wrong time (As I actually use it) 😄

Kuja certainly has a... unique fashion sense however 😂

Tetra master is pretty goddawful as a minigame though with way too much RNG.

Currently on the outer continent having just gone to the Black Mage village for the first time.

S'Fun!

I am playing ANNO: Mutationem. The Push Square review described the 3D exploration as being “a bit naff”, but I really like wandering around exploring the different places. The combat is perfectly serviceable and can be quite challenging. The game looks really good too.

Started playing Spyro 2 today and I'm highly enjoying the game so far. I played the first game last year around this time actually and it's basically more of the same good stuff. Very chill and fun game to play in between all these action titles. Looking forward to experiencing the rest of it and possibly even getting the Platinum trophy.

Not been recommended FF VIII Rog? ... I wouldn't recommend it to you myself as I never even booted up the second disc cus I was rather bored by it and the junction system was fine in concept but executed horribly imo 😅

FF IX is more fantasy/medieval oriented in setting then VII or VIII so keep that in mind.

I'd probably maybe say X could maybe the one for you myself. The voice acting alone will probably do wonders to keep you engaged (even if the voice direction is not the greatest at times).

@kyleforrester87 is a very big fan of it and the reason why I'm finally giving it a shot 😄

I've got onto the third disc now and no real conplaints honestly other then I think I'm a bit overlevelled actually as the fights haven't really been too challenging so far.

Horizon Zero Dawn. Best 100+ hours I have ever invested in a video game in recent years.

@avatarian glad to hear that you enjoyed it that much, guessing that you must be pretty excited to start the sequel eh?

@colonelkilgore Absolutely. My fingers are itching to play HFW.

@Bentleyma That's a game, despite the mediocre review here, I plan on checking out at some point. No time to now with Horizon Forbidden West and then probably Cyberpunk 2077, but maybe by the time I am ready to play the game it will be even cheaper than it's already cheap price.

@LtSarge I'm highly considering picking up the trilogy with it being on sale for only $13 or $14 right now on PSN. I know that it will likely end up on Game Pass at some point, but I'd rather play them on PlayStation given that is where the series started and that's still really cheap for 3 games.

@KilloWertz Go for it! First Spyro was great and I'm absolutely loving the second one so far. It's such a chill game, it's not like Crash which is known for its steep difficulty. You're just walking around, collecting gems and killing enemies in one hit. Simple and fun, just what I want right now.

@avatarian 100+ ?? What were you doing? I just replayed the game and DLC in 50 hours and I’m normally someone who takes their time 😁

@LtSarge There’s one trophy in Spyro 2 that took me forever. There’s one boss fight you have to complete pretty much without being hit and I swear most Souls bosses are easier to defeat than that!

@Thrillho Sounds rough. Can you replay boss fights in this game? As long as I can replay everything, I don't mind going for the Platinum. For now at least lol.

@LtSarge Yeah, they’re all replayable. You can also make life easy for yourself and replay the fight with super flame after you finish the game (but where’s the fun in that? )