Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Started playing Sackboy: A Big Adventure today. I have mixed emotions about the game. On one hand, it's a cheerful and fun game. On the other, the game design is old and there are constant moments of frustrations from missing out on collectibles because you messed up and have to restart the entire level. The collectibles are necessary for progression, but it doesn't seem like you need to get all of them to beat the game considering some are locked behind multiplayer levels, which is also dumb. So I think I'm just going to focus on having a good time and not beat myself up if I miss some stuff.

As for the game itself, it's basically like Super Mario 3D World and it's a blast to play when you aren't bothered by the collectibles. Kinda crazy how little recognition this game has gotten considering it's a solid first-party 3D platformer on PS5. As a person who's played almost all of the LittleBigPlanet games, playing one in 3D is absolutely awesome. Can't wait to play more of it.

@LtSarge interestingly enough, it’s astrobot that made me retroactively curious about this as I missed out on it back in the day.

And yeah what you described seems like standard collectathon.

I’m not too attached to the sackboy character much so I didn’t check this out.

It’s good to hear about it from the perspective of a fan though, makes the review feel more authentic. I’ll check this out if I find the chance.

Animal Well. Very cool and atmospheric, but feel that not enough is explained about what stuff does in the game. I am having fun exploring and experimenting however. Decent use of the Dual Sense too.

A great opinion, in my book! My faves are 10 and 12.

I'm currently playing Astro Bot and it is LOVELY! My favorite 3D platformer since Super Mario Odyssey and everything I could have asked for in a follow-up to Astro's Playroom.

Also testing my memory against all the characters from PlayStation history has been fun! Haven't been truly stumped until last night where I unlocked two similar-looking characters that I have absolutely no idea what game they come from (two robot dogs!?)

Finishing chapter 4 in Wukong. Only the final boss left. I didn't get to fight the Scorpionlord boss though. I had no idea the fight is missable, if you don't approach the boss before the Duskveil fight :/

Been farming in Elden Ring. Doing the Gatefront Ruins Site of Grace site. Got to about level 25 Str. Aiming for 40 before I start farming the trolls. Then 60. Then 80.

@lotan666 Try to save this link and check periodically to know the secret bosses especially the missable ones. I don't look in the strategy and stuff because I like to experience it myself but I open it to make sure I don't miss any boss.

https://www.powerpyx.com/black-myth-wukong-boss-guide-all-bos...

Thanks. I see I was lucky with other missable bosses at least I finished chapter 4 yesterday.

I made a start on The Plucky Squire and played around 60-90 mins. The time just flew by. It's as charmingly pleasant as expected and fairly simplistic so far, just bashing bushes for currency drops and dodge rolling to avoid attacks. Only just made It to past the first 3D bit which involved a bit of stealth sneaking but wasn't too bad. It has made me chuckle a half dozen times so far with story beats or when it introduces new mechanics and stuff.
Will be happy to waste ten hours or so on this. 👍

I tried some Crusader Kings 3 last night. And apart from the tutorial being an info dump greater than all info dumps in games put together, it is a pretty cool game. Bad for the eye balls, but good for the brain.

My tutorial King died during the tutorial too 😂😂 as I didn't quite understand how the siege mechanics worked and didnt make a save, so the army got melted as it fast forward time. But his idiot son and his allies are doing fairly well taking parts of southern Ireland through force, deciet and now planning ahead for peaceful seizure of lands. But a holy war is on the horizon, so that may or may not be my current kings last hurrah before his son, or his son's uncle, who is also being raised alongside him (ah, history) 😂😂😂 takes the reigns.

I have no idea how long a holy war will last or how many other counties take part, so it will all be a learning curve.

Arise, Brian, mac Brian Briain whose son shall also be called Brian 😅

I’m still playing Ys IX, and I think it’s a modern RPG masterpiece. Everything from the characters, story, dungeon design, and fascinating world building is top tier. And the side quests are typically meaningful, that provides surprising character development.

King the II's third child is an albino so I'm looking to find a spouse that passes down other traits to have myself a dynasty of supremely intelligent or robust, psychopathic Irish albino warlords 😅

@Ravix it was only a matter of time before youd sell your soul to CKIII

@Yousef- 😅

Is it a game you're familiar with?

I honestly didn't expect so much depth, like it's actually insane, and on top of that, so much scope to make your own random stories within. A proper sandbox feeling strategy game.

I got to a point where I'm not really sure how things will unfold for the Briain dynasty, but uncle of B-II's son, that he raised, is married to someone who may have claims on the rest of Ireland that I've not yet conquered 😛 I'm kind of expecting a plot at some point, but by chance the son of the original king that I messed up with, could maybe go on to be King of all Ireland within one generation, I don't know if I'll have control of him or not 🫨 but it'd be a cool end to that story if it happened.

basically I kept one segment of the country as my allies through that betrothal as I took the areas around them, just incase I wanted to, err... move in, later on. But maybe I will be able to inherit their lands by default either if they die mysteriously, or the daughter goes on to inherit them.

But for now the main focus is definitely going to be albino giants through matrilineal marriage 😁😁 and slowly making Dublin my house seat for the next generation.

Will it get to a point where Albinos can invade Wales, France or Scotland, who knows 😆

Prince Of Persia The Lost Crown

Its great that this franchise is back with a bang after a long hiatus. Great platforming and combat. Changed the audio language to Persian with English subtitles to correspond with its setting. Usually do that with certain titles.

@Ravix AoE2 is better 😂😂😂 /j

Wukong is getting ridiculously easy in chapter 5. Yesterday I beat 11 bosses in one sitting - 10 of them at my first attempt, and one at second try. Today I breezed through another 4 bosses. I hope the final ones are more of a challenge.

EDIT: No, they weren't, not really. The final boss from the secret area was pretty cool and actually forced me to respec my sparks but he fell after just three attempts (which still made him the biggest challenge of the chapter). The final boss of the chapter, though, was a complete push-over. On to chapter 6.

Currently put Visions of Mana on hold while I play through The Plucky Squire. It's such an original concept and I love how it's executed. Should have it finished by the end of the day.

@Kraven Do you prefer IX over VIII? They're both really good, but I found that there's something special about VIII that IX can't top. I'm really looking forward to playing X next month!

@Bentleyma I love VIII and got the platinum trophy for it. I understand your sentiment — it’s hard to top. I think there is this cozy charm about it that makes it hard to resist. With that said, I am enjoying IX more because I’m engaged with the story and characters. And I think the dungeon design is amazing. But yeah, I can’t for X next month!

Just got the plat for Astro Bot, gonna dive into Plucky Squire next!