Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Man, Metaphor ReFantazio keeps exceeding my expectations. I just beat the first real dungeon (the entire prologue), and it was incredible.

I don't agree on that at all

@Th3solution I just defeated a mini-dungeon boss in ER this morning in the second main area that you're sposed to go to, I haven't done the bosses in the first main area yet because I am trying to become properly op first, but he was still pretty easy to take on, and defeating him gave me access to an item which makes upgrading your weapons easier, albeit only in the early stages of upgrading them. I am greatly enjoying my time in the game, and I will just mention that there is a mechanic which shares a similarity with that of one from Bloodborne - sometimes if you kill an enemy the number of your HP flasks is automatically replenished, it is a bit random as to how often it happens though, but I thought this was similar to Bloodborne's mechanic (rally system) wherein you have a small window to get some of your health back if you riposte an enemy fast enough.

Edit: Stats are now 25 Vigor & 55 Str - haven't levelled up anything else yet. Rocking the Greatsword +6 .

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I’m glad you’re enjoying Elden Ring. It sounds like I’m really going to like also, so I look forward to it.

I’ve been progressing well with DS2, and just killed the optional boss King Vendrick. Probably going to start the DLC now.

I’m still playing Metaphor ReFantazio. I’m in the second main area, and I’m not sure how to feel about this game anymore. Everything is top tier — the writing, gameplay, characters, combat, and aesthetics — but it’s not gripping me. It’s strange, too, because P4G is my favorite RPG of all time, and I enjoyed P5R immensely, so I’m accustomed to how Atlus games are, but I just get the sense that I’m missing too much content due to the calendar cycle and it’s really bothering me. Maybe I’m not in the right headspace at the moment. I think I’m going to put this game to the side for now.

Just finished a 7 hour co-op session of Palworld. It's so much better than I was expecting. I didn't think it would keep my interest because I thought there wouldn't be much to do compared to something like 7 Days to Die - Console Edition, but I was wrong! On top of building and catching Pals there's also boss battles, dungeons, Pal breeding, things to collect and more.

I really like a lot of the Pal designs, even if some of them do look similar to Pokémon.

@Kraven Out of curiosity what do you think you're missing out on? I've just beat the 4th main dungeon and have managed to do all the requests and bounties available to me at the moment.

@Bentleyma I just feel like I’m never choosing the right activity in any given day, and whichever one I do pick, I’m ultimately leaving something out. I know you can view an option detailing what percentage of people chose to do on that day and that’s how the game is designed and I usually love it (P4G and P5), but it just isn’t clicking the same way as in those games. And especially with certain responses to side quests being blocked by lower virtues.

I got the left half of the Dectus Medallion in Elden Ring ,this morning so I should be able to go to Altus Plateau soon, after getting the other corresponding item needed to access that area. And that in turn should allow me access to the goodies needed to further upgrade my Greatsword! I also ended up getting another Golden Seed, a Sacred Tear and the Flask of Wondrous Physick along the way! Fully loaded for the next battle!

@Kraven I'd try not to worry about missing out on anything if I were you. From what I've played so far the game gives you more than enough time to finish requests, do the bounties, socialise with the various characters and raise your stats. I'm pretty sure non of it can be missed as you get a fast travel option fairly early on.

I've been having some serious "games with swords" withdrawal symtpoms so I'm going to play some Ghost of Tsushima and Witcher 3 in the coming weeks and probably bench Yakuza LAD, even though it's mildly entertaining. And the fact it's playing off Ichiban's love of RPGs just makes me want to play some fantasy RPGs instead, so my Baldurs Gate 3 dark urge run is always lurking, too.

TLoU, Hogwarts Legacy, TW3, Ghost, BG3 should be a decent mix of winter titles for the PS5 Pro. But it will mostly be TLoU that I commit to playing consistently. I do want something new I've not yet played to draw me in at some point, as I feel i'm bouncing around titles waiting for something special to come along. And I'm not so sure Dragon Age will be that, for me. I swear they said the Gothic remake would be out this year, but I don't know if that is still likely to happen, considering it didn't get dated.

@Bentleyma that screenshot does make it look kind of cool. Almost like Nintendo decided to make decent hardware so they could make a full on 3D Pokemon RPG in the style of AAA fantasy games 😅 and, actually, if that game existed with a solo campaign that would legit make me buy the next bit of Nintendo hardware.

Imagine if Guerilla or Insomniac were allowed to use the Pokemon license for a AAA release 😅

Things that will never happen in gaming 😭

@Ravix Hopefully Nintendo will do a new Pokémon Legends game that'll be exclusive to Switch 2 and look miles better than any Pokémon game currently on Switch.

After putting aside Metaphor ReFantazio (I like the game, but I’ve concluded I’m not in the right headspace for a meaty RPG), I decided to try out Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. So far, I’m only a couple of hours in, but it’s pretty great.

@Kraven How would you compare Kunitsu-Gami with, as I just finished Control and both dlc expansions and was curious about it?

Road 96 - just finished it. Awesome game.

@BeyondKnight They are two totally different games and genres, so if you pick up the game and expect it to, sorry for the pun, control the same way or as fluid as it, I think you’ll be disappointed. Kunitsu is more a tower defense game, with Jack and slash elements. It’s more akin to a Musuo game, with defensive elements involved.

So After beating DAI before the Veilguard. I guess I'll start a new era in my gaming life. Normally I was getting excited about new games and because of that I was rushing in a lot of my playthroughs which I didn't enjoy and didn't do justice for a lot of great games I've played before. So instead of doing that I decided to revisit or even start some blockbusters I've missed after finishing the Veilguard but at the same time I'll still get some new games upon release which I can't wait to play and there's no other game on my backlog that can beat my interest in it.

That being said I'm currently playing The Crew Motorfest and Destiny 2 as my ongoing titles and hopefully this weekend I'll be able to start Dragon Age The Veilguard.

@Kraven I know both games are different, I just wanted to know how did Kunitsu played like, and you told me, thank you mate

@Jimmer-jammer Did a lot of exploring today and the day before in Elden Ring. Discovered the Dectus Medallion halves and the Grand Dectus Lift, took it to Altus Plateu and acquired the materials (and purchased the materials they unlock) after some heavy farming - to upgrade my Greatsword to +12 ! Also got 7 Estus Flask (or the ER equivalent) refills per bonfire now. Happy days!

Edit: And, no, still haven't done Stormveil! Planning to do the Lion Guardian Boss in Fort Gael first to get a specific AoW.

Edit II And that should be after getting Vig to 60, End to 50 and Str to 80! Gonna be a beast!

Edit III Defeated that boss with the invaluable assistance of some Jellyfish Spirit Ashes. Got the AoW! Now just got to do some all-important levelling to complete my build.

@JohnnyShoulder @colonelkilgore I thought the post above also might be of interest to you two, as fellow Souls players.