Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Looked through my backlog trying to find something to play and I settled on Valkyria Revolution. Seems decent enough so far. I'm usually a big fan of these types of action RPG'S. The nations at war story reminds me of the Trails games.

I'm 10 hours into Far Cry Primal now and the game's finally clicked with me. It happened when I could tame a sabre-tooth tiger and ride it while swinging a giant club to kill all my enemies. What an awesome game! The story isn't doing it for me but at least the gameplay loop is really fun.

@LtSarge
Glad you are enjoying it and yes it takes a while to get going, mainly until you can tame some vicious animals.
I wasn't sure how well a Far Cry without guns would go down but surprisingly well imo, plus I think they manage to keep mixing up the gadgets and animals to keep the game chugging along pretty well.

I can't remember the story but then Far Cry stories are always throwaway and if anything it is the characters that you remember.

@CaptD Yeah the progression system is great in Primal. By the end of the game, you do feel rather powerful, especially when you're commanding a sabre-tooth tiger. I'm 15 hours into the game now and I think I'm nearing the end of the story, which is good as I feel like I'm ready to move on from this game. I've pretty much experienced everything it has to offer.

It's too bad though that the game has been freezing on me so frequently on PS5. It happens every 1-2 hours and it occurs mostly whenever I try to fast travel. It's so annoying.

I won't remember neither the story nor the characters in Primal lol. Far Cry 3 had a great story as well as memorable characters. Far Cry 4 less so but still decent enough. Primal is just plain forgettable.

Made a start on Strange Brigade on Monday. Played through the first couple of mission and wasn’t sure about it. As a massive fan of Zombie Army 4 and the Sniper Elite games, I felt a touch disappointed at first but had a proper session with it today and got right into it tbh. Really playable, nice mixture of enemies and range of puzzles, decent level design and a really cool style. It’s made me laugh out loud a few times today to be fair, good fun.

@colonelkilgore
It is a strange one for sure (pun intended) and you have to lean into the old 30s British quirkiness of it all. I quite liked the level design as well plus the collectibles are actually a nice distraction, rather than the usually "go here, pick this thing up" although it does have those too..
I think it is the enemies bulletsponge nature that let the game down a bit but once you find a decent weapon and some nice gems then it gets much more bearable.

@CaptD yeah the style of humour is quite rare these days I suppose but has struck a chord with me, it reminds me of an old BBC show with Michael Palin called Ripping Yarns - great show btw.

That description makes it sound like it would be my thing. I should have a look.

@Yousef-
It is an interesting title for sure, I will say that im not convinced it has great longevity and it doesn't take too long because its charm starts to ware off and because of that it is a much more enjoyable game in coop or in short bursts.
It is often in the PSN sales and the complete edition is probably the one to go for as it isn't much more expensive than normal (when on the regular deep discount sales).

Started playing Saints Row: Gat out of Hell. It must have been over five years now since I played Saints Row IV. I'm glad that I waited to play the DLC as it feels very similar to the base game in terms of the super powers. It's simply pure fun, so I'm looking forward to playing more of it!

I bought Strange Brigade: Deluxe Edition for £3.49 yesterday (£3.99 for the base game on sale). Not bad as it includes the season pass and all the DLC. Also, as a fan of Rebellion games (Sniper Elite Serie), I find this game quite fun.

Fancied playing Resident Evil Code: Veronica X. I remember back in the day thinking that when I got a Dreamcast I'd be playing games with CGI quality graphics.

Not quite, but there is something I like about graphics from that console generation that make me think that it still looks good.

Youtubers Life 2
I back in action on PS5 machine and I have reached 1 Summer Year 1.

Deltarune Chapter 1 & 2

Fancied playing it again after the 2 or so years after chapter 2 released. I think chapters 3 & 4 are releasing this year at some point (hopefully).

I'm not particularly sure why I gravitate so much more to this game compared to Undertale but I do and I'm enjoying it once again!

FINALLY started playing Spider-Man 2018 yesterday.

It's... really the most generic checklist-driven sandbox you can imagine, isn't it?

Definitely a good 'turn off your brain and consume content' sorta experience, though.

You enjoying web-swinging and the main story though at least @Ralizah? I think Yuri Lowninthal puts in a great performance as Peter.

Aside from Horizon and The Witcher III I think at the time this was the only other open world game I'd played not long after it had released so... It was pretty fresh for me at least.

Definitely must feel rather milquetoast after everything that's come out after it like Zelda TotK and such

@HallowMoonshadow if I may be so bold, what your favorite Undertale tracks? Consider it my legal obligation to ask.

You may be as bold as you like hon!

A top five?

1. Undertale (The 6.22 minute long track not the whole game's soundtrack )

2. Hopes & Dreams.

3. Battle Against a True Hero

4. Spider Dance

5. Asgore

Hope that satisfies your curiosity!

@HallowMoonshadow I mean, the cutscenes and set-pieces are fine. It's a Sony game. If their studios do one thing right, it's the interactive movie thing. They have a lot of experience with it, after all.

That said, web-slinging is kinda awkward for me, since you (understandably) require nearby buildings of similar height to maintain a good pace in the air. So I'm falling and having to run up buildings a lot. Really makes me miss Gravity Rush and the level of control that afforded the player, tbh.

Also, trying to intercept stolen cars is frustrating, and somehow these eagle-eyed common criminals are hitting me with guns when I'm 100 feet in the air above them.

Combat feels solid enough, I guess, but I feel like I keep getting sniped by off-screen enemies with guns because the spidey-sense notifier is difficult to see in the middle of combat. So I find myself dodging unnecessarily a lot to avoid being gunned down quickly. I'm also playing on the second-highest difficulty setting, but the way the game described the others made them sound too easy.

The open world is small-ish and filled with randomly-generated crimes, backpacks, and enemies forts so far. So, like, the most bog-standard open world fare imaginable. But even in something like a Far Cry game, the forts were often fun to approach from a stealth angle. Same with groups of enemies in the Arkham games. This game has some stealth mechanics, but they feel very sloppily implemented, and Peter feels very clunky to control when he's not web-slinging around (I understand the character canonically doesn't spend a lot of time just running around in combat, but still).

It's fine. I played for, like, three hours and barely noticed the time go by. And it looks very nice on my 4KTV, even on PS4. But it definitely feels underwhelming compared to the best games in the genre.

Ahhhhh, fascinating… fascinating indeed!!
It’s good you made that clarification around me in particular as I would’ve assumed it is the whole ost without second guessing it. xP

As for me… brace yourself..!!

• Another Medium
• CORE
• Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything
• Nyeh Heh Heh!
• BURN in DESPAIR!!!!

Initially I was gonna leave…. A somewhat lengthier reply, somewhat, just a tad, but knowing me, I was gonna likely take an entire summer to write it. So I’ve felt it’s appropriate to have a short part 1 and send a part 2 later, sorry to leave you on a cliffhanger…

• TO BE CONTINUED…