Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@JohnnyShoulder Thanks mate, and I'm really curious to see what my fatigue level will be after the first playthrough. I surprised myself with Returnal, and my hunger for 'more game' once I'd completed Act 2! It was actually the guys on this board that swayed me to complete Act3, and then go for Plat...

So depending on my enthusiasm, I might actually welcome 2 further playthroughs and NG++..

But fully agree, after my first blind/fun playthrough I'll look online for a platinum roadmap and make sure I tick the boxes along the way.

How hard was the Plat for DeS in your opinion? Still fun?

@CJD87 No worries! Same here with Returnal, I don't really replay games or do NG+ runs but the game felt so good to play with the way it implemented 3D audio and the Dual Sense controller, that I couldn't put it ​down!

I never went for the platinum in Demon's Souls as I beat the final boss, and then read about what you needed to do, by then it was too late and thought it was too much a faff lol. I generally only go for platinums if I'm close to getting once I finished the game.

@colonelkilgore Nice. I hope it lives up to the hype now

I actually redownloaded the game too as I might do a hard run to finally get the platinum!

I seem to remember that the second game has a co-op mode too which I’ve never actually tried. I think it’s local co-op only though.

@Thrillho I bought the second one too… though probably won’t be playing it for a while though. Good luck with the plat!

Playing Deathloop at the mo. Initially it did not totally click with me but when I started to mix it up a bit more and not only play stealthy, which felt a bit better.

It controls brilliantly with tight gunplay (for me anyway, I can't compare it to dedicated shooters like CoD as I don't play enough of them) and movement feeling fluid. Dual Sense is pretty cool, with stuff like feeling the thumps as you run and the usual trigger resistance for the different guns. Nowhere near the level of Astro's Playroom or Returnal, but those are the gold standard.

The voice acting of the two main characters is ace. Julianna is annoying, but I think that is intentional as that is how Cole feels about her. I quite like the soundtrack, kinda reminds me of something in an old skool spy movies. 3D audio is decent with being able to tell the location of enemies around you. Like I was in a cabin and could hear the crunching of snow as someone was walking outside, looping in a semi-circle right to left. Then I stabbed them in the back when they stopped patrolling lol.

Graphically it doesn't look outstanding to me, still good just not been blown away by it. Performance wise it has been top knotch, with a only couple of noticeable dips when I switched to Visual Quality mode (4K with variable frame rate). Not tried out ray tracing mode yet but do plan to.

I've played literally nothing this weekend as I was finishing some commissioned music work - but having finished FIST on Friday night - I'm back to the spot where I don't know what play next

@Iver Yeah there were too many trailers, gameplay demos and what not before it released. I think I zoned out after a certain point. I've been indifferent with Arkane's previous games and I was still unsure when I bought Deathloop, and kinda still am.

It defo gets better the more you get into and the different systems are layered over each other, such as gaining more abilities and being able to play around with the different time zones etc. Makes it feel quite different to games I've played before.

@colonelkilgore so I started up Borderlands 2 and it's great on PS5. Downloaded the ultra HD texture pack and it looks spiffing. I'm up to character level 10 and have just got up to the road to sanctuary. Apparently the 5th section out of 128. Will wait for you if you fancy having a go. All the dlc is available but if you want to team we can run that together

That invites to everyone else. I think you can have a party of 4.

@themcnoisy okay cheers for the update buddy... I'm in two minds about whether to play Rise of the Tomb Raider or Borderlands 2 next if I'm honest.

I'm currently finishing up some other stuff... but will deffo let you know either way. Sounds awesome though!

@themcnoisy Borderlands 2 is great. I got up to NG++ back on the PS3 and enjoyed replaying it on PS4 too.

The DLC is a mixed bag but the Tiny Tina one is really well done.

Which character have you gone for?

Me, my brother and my mum all played the first case of Sherlock Holmes Chapter One together and it’s proper brilliant. The way they let you draw your own conclusions is great and played in a group leads to heated discussions about who’s actually the murderer. It’s way way stranger than I thought it would be, genuinely one of the weirdest games I’ve played in a while. I’m gonna assume it’s their way of capturing Sherlock’s way of thinking but yeah, it’s very odd.

@Thrillho I went for the psycho who sets himself on fire. I was looking at the bezerker but ended up with the psycho. Maybe he was dlc?

He doesn't have any trophies linked with his abilities and wasn't in the opening cut scene either, which is leading me to believe he was dlc. Which character did you main T?

@themcnoisy PS3 I went with Salvador the Gunzerker as the move to wield two guns is amazing!

PS4 I played it safe and went with Axton the Commando.

Going for a character based around melee attacks is a bold move! The Pre-Sequel is good fun too but the oxygen mechanic and low gravity levels get a bit tiresome after a while. The Borderlands Telltale game is also one of my favourite by TT and it ties into BL2 (with the DLC they recently released joining them together completely).

@Thrillho If you play as Claptrap in the Pre-Sequel, you don't have to worry about oxygen!

I agree on Tales from the Borderlands. I don't think I laughed so much from playing a game.

@JohnnyShoulder Yes, but then you have to listen to Claptrap constantly

Patrick Warburton was great in the TT game too and it had some fantastic song choices in some of the episodes as well.

On a related note, I seem to remember Patrick Warburton’s son voiced a character in FF7R (he sounds incredibly like his dad) but I swear the voice actor had changed when I played the Intergrade version..

@Thrillho Claptrap wasn't too bad. Plus you could mute his quips if you found it too annoying.

@RogerRoger It’s the sort of game where I can understand why it would get such polarising reviews. If you try to take it seriously then you’ll hate it because it’s too strange for that. I didn’t play The Sinking City because I cannot stand anything Lovecraft but I guess I can see why people coming off that game would bounce off Sherlock Holmes as it’s by all accounts way less serious.

Played the first level of Guardians. Loved the boss fight
The combat is ok but the writing and acting are absolutely fantastic.
Big fan of Drax.

Whether it’s the excitement of the Game Awards GOTY nomination or just the fact that I need a break from zombies and JRPGs — either way, I decided to start up Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart today.

First impressions are good, but I must say that I think… it’s almost too much. In Insomniac’s exuberance to showcase what the PS5 can do, they might have gone overboard.
The setting (at least in the first world that I’ve been in, which should be called “Cyberpunk 2078” by the way, or maybe “Coruscant 2.0”) is oversaturated and it’s really a sensory overload. 😅. The world is so dense, so colorful, so dynamic, and there are loads of NPC robots everywhere so it makes it difficult to know where you’re headed and more importantly, who is enemy and who is NPC. Combine that dense world with all this random appearing rifts and objects phasing in and out, well — it just is a lot to try and take in, and the game is losing a little bit of its enjoyment because of the hyperactivity of it all.

After a couple hours, I’m growing accustomed to the excessiveness of it however, and I’m beginning to enjoy it more. I’ve arrived at the second world and it looks like maybe a welcome change of pace is in store. We shall see.

I was thinking that and thought Pops Shoulder had somehow hacked into Sol's account. He can barely turn off his PS4 without doing something like restarting it by mistake, so the likely hood of that happening would be minimal at best. 😂