Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

@crimsontadpoles My pop-in’s been dreadful on PC and it has annoyingly long load times on launch but that’s about it. The pop-in can cause issues if I get too close as I can clip through things. Not really sure why the pop-in’s like that given it’s a decent PC and it’s running off an SSD. It also makes my fan take off like a jumbo jet.

@nessisonett @crimsontadpoles The PS5 version has been fine so far, granted I’m not as far into the game. But I’ve started building my own base and visited a pretty far part of the map. I don’t have much pop-in, but a little and the game isn’t particularly mind blowing for a PS5 game. The load times are long for a PS5 game. When Control, Astrobot, and Returnal can go from clicking the icon to playing the game within maybe 5 seconds, this game takes about 20-25 seconds to open maybe? I don’t know I never timed it. But for what it is, the performance should definitely be better.

@Th3solution Yeah, I started dabbling in No Man's Sky but I'd just come off the back of The Outer Worlds, so I was a bit spaced out, so to speak, so I stopped.

I've watched the kids play it quite a lot though, which is a good way to experience these games. You get to enjoy seeing it develop without the stress of all the micromanagement. I played Subnautica at the very start of the first lockdown so I had ample time to really devote myself to it. I can completely see why people would dislike these sort of games though. No Man's Sky is on a bigger scale than Subnautica, but it's a very similar experience. Well, I thought so anyway

I've reached the ending, and unlocked the Platinum trophy. It's actually quite a nice Platinum to get, as anyone reaching the ending will likely be close to reaching the trophy anyway, with only a few quick things left to do.

Anyway, I'll post some more thoughts another time once people are closer to finishing.

And if anyone gets a Cuddlefish, be very careful about using vehicles near them. They can get in the way easily, and take damage from colliding with the vehicle.

I don't think I'll get time to play this game unfortunately. I've had a really busy/weird month. I really wanted to take part because Subnautica is on the cusp of games that I have an interest in (mainly because it was a freeby) so I thought game club would help see me through it even if it didn't grab me at first. But yeah, it's probs too late for me to start/catch up now and I'm not sure what my availability will be for a 30+ hour game in the next couple of weeks. Sorry peeps.

@ralphdibny I’m not even sure I’ll finish it. It’s really long. We’ll probably vote for the next game at the weekend!

@nessisonett ahh fair enough. Seems like everyone has had a good crack at it though!

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While I haven’t finished Subnautica (I’m close, I swear!), it’s time to vote on the next game. IIRC, the ones with at least 2 votes were Mafia, Vampyr and Life is Strange. Resident Evil 3, Doom Eternal and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture were on 1 vote. To make matters easier mostly because post-vaccine side effects have completely floored me, we’ll just vote for one of these games. So to sum up, your options are:

Mafia Definitive Edition
Vampyr
Life is Strange
Resident Evil 3
Doom Eternal
Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture

Happy voting and it closes on Monday! As always, just drop a message if you want added or removed from The Tag List.

Resi 3 for me even if I had originally planned to save it for October!

@Col_McCafferty That’s true actually, Resi 3 would be a good fit for Halloween since we did Resi 2 last October. Perhaps we can do Resi 7 instead at Halloween since it’s part of the PS Plus Collection.

@nessisonett Resi 7 is part of the PS5 collection? Interesting.

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Well if that's the case my vote will stay the same.

@nessisonett Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture would get my vote, as I have access to it via PS+ and the Game Club is the only thing that'd ever get me to actually bother playing it.

My main vote would be Doom Eternal but I feel that game doesn't offer much for a month's worth of discussion. If not Doom than Resi 3 for me.

@Ralizah That's a nice most anticipated list you got there

@nessisonett The only one of those I've got is Doom Eternal, although could possibly borrow Resi 3 off a friend. I'm wondering how good the PS5 version of Doom is.

@TraCuz- Not everything really needs to be a month long, some games we’ve played have been quite short! You’d be amazed how slowly some of us can make our way through the games too 😂

Mafia Definitive Edition gets my vote. I'm quite interesting in playing that one.

@TraCuz- This next year is a pretty awesome one for fans of niche Nintendo and Nintendo-adjacent franchises. Like, if I had to think of a year personally catered to my own tastes, all of those series would be represented.

Although FF VII Remake 2 will probably vault up the list when we learn more about it. That might be the software that ends up pushing me toward a PS5, since I doubt it'll be a cross-generation release.

@mookysam Probably like the PS4 version of DOOM, but with higher-resolution visuals and raytracing support.

@nessisonett Ahh ok didn't know that, I will probably be one of those slower ones since FFXIV has become my life lately haha.

@Ralizah That's dope, I'm happy for ya! Hope they're all smashing releases. Personally the way you've talked about MegaTen over time has gotten me interested in SMT5, not sure if I'm there day 1 or not but I'm surely interested. Do I even need to say anything about BOTW2? On the topic of Zelda what's your favorite one? If that's too hard then top 3.