Topic: Your Latest PS4 Purchase

@Thrillho

I also got jedi fallen order recently its a great game, i bought a physical copy for 22 euro, the I upgraded to the deluxe version by buying the ps store upgrade for 10 euro

I picked up Tomb Raider Definitive Edition for £2.39 on the psn store on sale until the 10th of Feb i think.

I had the other 2 thanks to ps plus so thought I'd pick it up to complete the trilogy will work my way through them this year probably

So recently picked up Yakuza Zero in the PSstore sale as it was so cheap and after watching a few reviews on YouTube it seems like I’ve been missing out on a classic. As I like to own the classics in physical form as well as the whole series from whence they are spawned, I’ve been eyeing up Y0, YK, YK2, Y Remastered Collection, Y6, Judgement and Y:LaD.

As Y0 is supposedly so good, so series vets suggest I start at 0, or save it to play after 6?

@colonelkilgore I’m up to Y5 and it’s where I started so crack on!

The one thing is that as it was made after Y5, it’s really hit its groove with mechanics etc so some of the other games can feel a step back. The Kiwami remakes use the same engine so also look and feel great. 3-5 are slightly polished remakes so look clunky but are still good fun.

I know you say you like physical copies but many of the games are frequently on sale on PSN.

@Thrillho cheers for the input. About the whole physical copies thing, yeah I’m just really old school and like owning stuff rather than virtually owning it... also, the missus and I are buying a new house (like literally new, it’s not even built yet) and I’m gonna have an actual gaming room (I game in the lounge atm), so I wanna have all my games on display, together with all my playstations etc.

@RogerRoger yeah I couldn't say no at that price, especially to complete the set. I haven't played tomb raider since ps1 but I loved the Uncharted games which I believe will be a bit similar so looking forward to giving them a go.

I probably will spread them out a little I've got such a backlog that it won't be a problem lol

@MaulTsir Although there are similarities with Uncharted, the Tomb Raider games do play quite differently. Less linear than Uncharted, in general, with a little less focused storyline as a result. Also the combat is more varied and less of a cover shooter. But thematically (3rd person adventuresome exploration in a wilderness type setting) they are cut from the same cloth. I enjoyed both series immensely. I’m actually planning a replay of the Uncharted series sometime in the next few months.

I ordered myself a physical copy of Yakuza 0 about a week before this recent psn sale @colonelkilgore and so far I'm really quite enjoying it (If my other posts around the forum didn't make it obvious already 😄).

It's my first Yakuza game too and it seems to lead on quite nicely to Kiwami 1 (Which uses the same stance system in fights as 0 I believe)

I also like to collect physical copies of games if I can too (especially with something I'm new too/not 100% sure on) so I can understand and thankfully all the games seem to be rather readily available on PS4 (Especially 0, Kiwami 2 and 6 being all part of the greatest hits range)

As for the actual topic

Devil May Cry HD Collection & Dead Rising 2.

I've never actually played the special edition of 3 with all the neat additions like Virgil, the jester fights & turbo mode etc... so to get DMC 1, 2 and the special edition version of 3 on ps4 for a tenner? Pretty good deal to me (That and my PS2 is starting to get a little temperamental)

Thanks to the guys in the game club for re-igniting my interest in the series as I've haven't played them in years!

As for Dead Rising 2 I only played it once on PS3 and I remember enjoying it quite a bit so for only £4.79 it was a pretty good bargain.

@Th3solution thanks for the input, definitely looking forward to playing them.

The Nathan drake collection was what got me back in to gaming after a bit of a gaming lay off, I spent about 2 or 3 years of just playing fifa or cod if I had time(probably why I have such a large backlog and seem to get to a game a year or 2 after release) but after a friend recommended me the uncharted series I remember I picked it up for about £15 about 2016 or 17 and I completed all 3 in about a week and a half I was hooked again from then on its been mostly single player games again for me, I absolutely loved the uncharted series and should give it a go again myself at some point its just finding the time

@MaulTsir I’m with you on the backlog issue. Not too long before I discovered Push Square I had an extended lull in my gaming, only playing a few of the high profile titles off and on. So when I got back into gaming in a hardcore way, I was behind the 8-ball so to speak and had some catching up to do. I started snatching up all these titles that I heard about by frequenting Push Square and before I knew it I had dozens of games in my backlog and I’m still trying to get through it now 😄

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy yeah it might have been you to whom I mentioned previously that I had played Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise in reply to a glowing message regarding Yakuza Zero. I wasn’t fully sold on FotNS:LP but I have heard from a lot of people that while similar, it pales in comparison with the Yakuza games.

I’ll only be playing one (maximum 2) Yakuza games per year, so it’ll take me a fair old while to get through them. I will definitely post my thoughts on Zero/Kiwame once I have started them though.

@Th3solution haha yeah too many damn good game's to play and not enough time!! I blame the developers they need to slow down not us speed up 🤣

@MaulTsir

I totally agree!!

@MaulTsir @Pditty1980 I think we’ll get a bit of a reprieve for the next 6 months or more. The game releases appear to be slowing down due to the generation switch and the pandemic effect. Time to catch up, mates!

what were the 3 games that you played the most this year and how many hours?

I just got Assassins Creed Origins and love it. Tons of quests and a ridiculous sized map.

Thanks to the current sale, I got Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and since a friend was playing it, Dead By Daylight. Both cost me $33, which is a steal for what is essentially 4 games.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I recently bought DMC HD Collection myself, not with this sale but the last one. I haven't played DMC1 or 2 ever, but playing 3 again is something I'm looking forward to. I'll be firing DMC1 up after I'm done with 5 for the game club. Glad to see more appreciation for the series!

Just pulled the trigger on the physical versions of all the Yakuza games apart from Judgement and Like a Dragon... will probably wait for the PS5 versions of those.

@colonelkilgore

I don't know about Juggernaut, but with like a dragon they have already announced you will get the free ps5 upgrade, (thought your save files won't migrate) so better to get the Ps4 version now!

I bought Yakuza 0 there a few days ago digitally (it was only 5 euro) and I have a physical copy of like a dragon which I haven't gotten around to playing yet!

What do people here think do you prefer digital or physical copies?

Personally I would normally prefer physical copies of games but because of the lock down (and lets face it, impulse buying) I have bought a few from the playstation store and it seems quite good!