Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@themcnoisy Yeah, I remember after playing the Ezio Assassin’s Creed games in pretty close succession I was seeing grab points on walls and planning how I’d climb and scale every building I’d pass.

I never played enough of Tetris to have the tetris effect, but for a while after playing 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors I did have a tendency to calculate digital roots of any numbers I saw.

After playing Super Mario Bros. I had a tendency to smash bricks I saw around town with my head. I'm still living with the irreversible brain damage!

Just finished Shenmue 1 couple of days ago, playing the 2nd game currently.

On Switch I am playing through Octopath Traveller, which is INSANE. Such a good blend of old and new.

PS4 is RDR2 (it just won't end!) and BFV, and I'm looking for any Pushsquare people to join on there if anyone plays it.

Finally playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and loving it. Also getting into Persona 5 too!

Think I may be in the final dungeon in DQXI (There are a couple locations I don't have access to yet, but they could be post game). Worked partway through it, then I went back to the save spot at the beggining and called it a session (I'd opened up a few shortcuts along the way, so I assume they'll still be open).

I've been enjoying it, but I've been at it for about a month now & I'm looking forward to jumping into something else, preferably shorter in length, soon.

@Kidfried I've been like that with PES since it came out last September and another game. Really not doing my backlog any good lol.

@Kidfried @JohnnyShoulder I’m the same. I feel like I’ve been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for ages. But it’s probably because I keep taking breaks from it to play around on other games. OnRush and Tetris Effect have been great distractions for the more immediate satisfaction, versus Red Dead which has been more of the slow burn.

Incidentally, I’m not sure how much of an OnRush player impressions I’ve posted so far, but I’m quite enjoying the game. It takes a bit of getting used to and there’s a lot going on during the game, both visually and aurally, Bright flashing effects in the background of colorful backgrounds whizzing by in a perfectly adjusted sense of speed. Raucous music and sarcastic commentary abound. Crunching sounds of crashing cars, and then the thrill of hangtime also mixed in regularly. The irreverent over-the-top and juvenile celebrations and gameplay hooks border on annoying, but are kept just enough to be goofy and fun rather than irritating. The emphasis on the skins and dance celebrations is a bit much and I don’t really care about that stuff, but there is a very nice casual sense of progression that the game provides by adding more modes and vehicles gradually. The lack of a traditional race mode was offputting initially, but each of the modes offers its own kind of fun, like maxing out boost, capturing zones with your team, and hitting gates to add time. I haven’t gotten bored of the game, and it’s a good one to just put in the rotation for a quick diversion between the third person open world rpg stealth shooting. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it would have been my GOTY for 2018 like @Kidfried , but it would probably make the top 5. If nothing else, it’s different from anything else in my library, and as a free PS Plus game, it’s a gem. Add it to the list including Bloodborne, Until Dawn, and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture as outstanding PS4 games that I probably would have never played if not for PS Plus. It’s too bad we’ll never get a sequel because there’s a lot of untapped potential here.

Assassins creed odyssey, despite the criticism that's it's stayed too far from a typical assassins creed game I think it's epic

Hollow Knight. And it is the best damn game I've played since 1999.

Finished up the main story in Dragon Quest XI this morning. While I will poke around in post game, in the meantime I started up Unravel just for something a bit different (I don't play too many puzzle platformers, but so far it's giving me the same kind of vibes as Night Sky, a game I used to play annually on 3DS, so it's definitely off to a great first impression). It's absolutely gorgeous to boot.

I finally started Spider-Man and just from the early missions and generally traversing the city, it's great to be able to say that this is the game I've been waiting for since Spiderman 2 on PS2.

Resi Evil 7. I had given up on this as I was stuck on a boss fight, but I finally got past him after over a year of not playing it lol. So instead of getting Resi Evil 2 (I will get it eventually) I will playing through 7 instead. Forgotten how spooky and atmospheric this game can be.

I still have MGSV on my backlog, but after completing Type-0, I freed time for another game. So I'm now playing Transistor, a game I've been meaning to get to for a while. Really liking it too.

@DerMeister Transistor really is great - another on my 'stopped playing as something else came along' list...

Back to Red Dead. I've nearly finished Chapter 5. This game is going to break my heart, I can feel it coming. It's not going to end well at all.

@DerMeister @KALofKRYPTON Loved Transistor which surprised me as I didn't like Bastion. Was a bit confused initially with the combat with all the swapping out of different nodes, but I soon got used to it and found a few favourites which suited my playstyle. Cool soundtrack too, think you can get it on Spotify.

About to finish up the Red Dead 2 epilogue and then I’m going back to my Claire B play through.

Just finished up post game in DQXI (after a bit over 100 hours in play time)! I think I still prefer VIII when it's all said & done, but that's just because I preferred it's cast. XI is an absolutely gorgeous entry in the series though, with some very awesome moments & unexpected twists. The true end credits scene may be one of the best I've seen in gaming.

Now I can give all my attention to Unravel, which is absolutely gorgeous and a nice change of pace (though I only have two levels left, so I'm sure I'll be starting something else soon as well).