Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

So I have been on a blitzkrieg of gaming the last couple days. Finishing off a couple games, which I detailed in the other thread and starting a couple new ones.
I gave in to the hype on two games I said I was probably going to wait to play and collapsed to the peer pressure — Red Dead Redemption 2 and SoulCalibur 6. I started RDR2 and enjoyed the opening chapter, but I reasoned that with such a long open world epic that I would like something different to play between sessions and since I just finished two story heavy games in Detroit BH and Oxenfree, I wanted something just quick to pick up and play that was mindless and different. Button mashing and punching stuff? Sounds good. Enter SoulCalibur 6.
I’ve been wanting a fighter to just blow off steam and I had a $10 voucher to help the cost. I fully intended to just put it in the backlog with many of my other games and just lose myself in Red Dead 2. Well.... a funny thing happened on my way to the American Wild West Frontier —
I kinda, sorta accidentally booted up SoulCalibur 6 ...and before I knew it, I had spent 5 hours goofing around with that game. So yeah, it’s fun. And it is pretty addictive. The different modes are varied enough that they all feel worth playing. The characters are interesting, and the combat is satisfying. I’m no fighting game expert, and in fact I’m pretty bad at the genre actually, but it is easy enough to just pick up the basics in a couple hours and be adequate. I went online and played a few matches and lost them all, but I was somewhat competitive at least.
The character creator is very robust. And I spent a fair amount of time just monkeying around with it. I made some characters and felt they looked pretty cool only to discover there were several pages of more cosmetic additions that I hadn’t even seen. Facial tattoos and scars?! Yes, please.
After clearing the arcade mode and main story mode with Kilik and then with one of my created characters, I tried the large world map mode Libra of Souls and it looks to be a huge time sink. I can’t wait to play more if it. One cool thing is that the game actually ramdomly uses your created characters (and also characters from other players online too I think) as opponents in some of the story modes. It’s a very nice touch I thought.
I did finally reluctantly shut the game off and turn on RDR2. Also an amazing game, but very different, so I’m enjoying it in an entirely distinct way. But there has been plenty said about RDR2 and it has its own thread so I’ll leave it at that.

@Kidfried I don’t know, its hard to say. I’ve put in about 6 hours or so over the weekend and barely have learned 2-3 character very well. I’ve played the main story on Soul Chronicles and a couple extra character arcs. (Last night I tried Inferno on arcade mode and found him enormously overpowered, but a blast to play with.) And I’ve spent a lot of time just experimenting around with character creation, which is a fun thing to sidetrack for a few hours.
I haven’t even scatched the surface of Libra of Soul except to use its tutorial dojo. That is the rpg-ish mode with a custom character and supposedly is at least 6-8 hours to go through, but I’m seeing conflicting data online. Add in some online matches and I’d say I’ll proabably spend 20-30 hours over the next few weeks or so to ‘finish’ the game, but it will probably be one of those game that by the time all is said and done, I’ll dip into it for 50 hours or so over the coming year. It’s a good game to mix things up, in reference to our other conversation about avoidance of open world fatigue. 😁

Playing Mad Max. Got when it was on ps+ a few months ago. Had started it but I think other games got in the way.

Enjoying it so far, needed a game to lose myself in and it is ticking all the boxes for me. Once you have upgraded your car and harpoon, driving round the world taking on the enemies feels so satisfying.

Playing Shenmue. I was so afraid it could have aged badly and it would have ruined the memories of one of the most mind-blowing gaming experiences I had but I was so wrong: I am enjoying every second. The remaster in nothing special but the game is still amazing. It has a very unique charm that is still totally intact.

@Kidfried yeah I share. The same feeling regarding mgsv. To this day it's the longest played game on current gen for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it because of its gameplay. I didn't understand one bit of the story and had to Google it but gameplay is so addictive.

Picked up Grip at lunchtime - roll on the perfect 1999 nostalgia!

I've been playing Final Fantasy X HD a lot lately, i'm trying to do as many of the side quests as i can to get weapons and Overdrives

getting Wakka's for example is a MAJOR pain in the backside, still at least i don't have to get a time of 0 seconds in a Chocobo race like you have to for Tidus (especially when the Chocobo is hard to control and the items that knock your time down are randomly placed along the course)

@RogerRoger now if they'd just release a full on Starfighter sequel! 😁

@Kidfried I think it's pretty great! Fast, challenging, decent looking and it's relatively cheap.

There are caveats of course; the online matchmaking is a bit limited - a games list would be really helpful; I think there are at least two glitched trophies, though a couple of them on the list are ridiculous for a trophy hunter; no photo mode; no race replay.
All of that I can happily live with 😁

Well worth £35!

@RogerRoger That sounds pretty frustrating at how high the price is for unlocking the bonus content. So, out of curiosity, what is the real life cost of unlocking Obi-Wan, Dooku, Anakin, or the Clonetrooper paint if you just wanted to admit defeat, skip the grind and just buy them?

@Th3solution Wasn't all that removed and then put back into the game, because of all the backlash? I thought the only things you can buy with real money are cosmetic items? Or are these classed as cosmetic items?

@JohnnyShoulder I don’t know. I think they sound more than cosmetic, but I’m not sure if it’s so far as to border on pay-to-win. After the initial backlash, I was wondering to what extent MT were quietly reintroduced. I actually bought the first Battlefront game on day 1, but it was a pretty large waste of money for me since I’m not that interested in online modes so I probably only played that game for about 6-8 hours total before I decided it wasn’t fun for me. My Star Wars fanboyism got the best of me then, but for BF2, I was able to resist buying it and the MT debacle made it that much easier to abstain.

@Th3solution Yeah played the first ps4 game for a few hours and it was way too shallow for me, a bit of a Battlefield snob when it comes to these types of games.

@RogerRoger Can you (or anyone else) compare Battlefront 2 with Battlefield? I'm curious as to how similar it is. I'm a little tempted reading you talk about it, but then I just don't know.

@RogerRoger Can any non-shotgun weapon still easily snipe someone across the map?
How does vehicle spawning work?
How does hero spawning work?
How would you describe the TTK? (Especially compared to the first one)

@RogerRoger That was an incredible response. Far more detailed than expected. Hats off to you and thank you man. I might pick it up at some point. It sounds like a solution to the FPS MP itch since I have no interest in BFV and might want to play something other than Battlefield 1 sometime soon.

@RogerRoger I had Star Wars Battlefront 1 back in the day and, being an offline gamer I didn't love it until my now 7 year old son started playing it offline with me and we had a good bit of fun in that. He wasn't interested in SWBF2 at all though for some strange reason so I've not really any clue as to whether its good or not. The best thing with Battlefield and Battlefront games, give it a couple of years after release and they are dirt cheap so will probably pick it up then. I bought Battlefield 1 the other day, digitally, for £3.99 with free premium pass. Even if you just get a few hours entertainment from the campaign that's more than worth it. I recall SWB1 went down to that price point as well so guessing SWB2 will do as well, especially as it was received so negatively.

This weekend I hope to play Red Dead Redemption 2 having just got it the other day. I've barely started it so want to get involved in that. I will also, undoubtedly play some PES 2019 and maybe AO International Tennis. My other fave thing to do at the moment is photo mode in the likes of Battlefield 1, No Mans Sky, HZD and Steep. So will probably try and do that as well.

In reality it will probably involve doing something else whilst my son plays Fortnite.

@beemo My daughter is 140 hours or so in to Disgaea 5, and with the next Pokemon being the Let's Go games (which have disgusted her 11 year old sensibilities) and Disgaea 1 Complete looking like her next game - it seems that the pocket monsters have been dethroned!

There was battlefront 2 for 8$ digital. The lowest physical I've found it was 9 GBP but I didn't buy it because there were many other single player games I had to play. Anyway, I'd really like to play it, it seems fun.

@beemo Yeah, as soon as I die a couple of times in some game I immediately turn it off and revert to PES!! I have to say, IMO, PES 2019 is the best iteration I've ever played. Graphically it is amazing and since the update the gameplay has been ace. I love it. Last year with PES I was bored by now.

I've not had my son move on to Sims yet, it seems fairly complex for a 7 year old. He's more into PvZ:GW2, Minecraft, Goat Simulator, Fortnite, Lego Worlds etc. To be honest, other than the fact I don't actually want him to spend his whole time gaming, I think those games are fine for kids that age.