Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ah, sorry, I didn't see your post in that thread. I haven't been maintaining a massive presence around here lately either. I hope you're feeling better!

My character's terrible luck stat would probably explain why I can't seem to find these items. I knew it must have been useful for something!

I was technically stuck with Roland, although I didn't use him at all. I assume you get Heat if you do something differently? Although, to be honest, he's a more physical attacker, and a tsundere, so I'm not heartbroken over not getting him back in my party.

Yeah, the entire second half of the game is... weird. I've actually finished it now, but I'll probably go back and try to find those items while I'm writing my review. It feels a bit like Atlus had no idea what to do with the story once the player got to the sun.

I will say: that almighty nuke you get at the end of the game is a lot of fun to spam on all of the random enemies. I had so many of those stat-boosting items that restore your HP/MP fully, so I got through the final dungeon by using that skill and almost nothing else (with the exception of boss fights, of course!)

I am thank you and no worries! Glad to see to see you're ok too @Ralizah!

I know what you mean... I was pretty surprised when I first played it too. Really goes all in on the Hindu themes that were (admitedly) fairly present throughout the games huh? I did think the whole Schrödinger being Seraph from another universe guiding them along and to get Seraph on the path of enlightenment was rather interesting. Weird as hell but interesting.

Zero no Kiseki just got really, really good in a short space of time. It had been slowly building, introducing characters both old and new and then Chapter 3 just drops bomb after bomb, picking up plot threads from several games ago. It’s hard to really go into the details without major spoilers but the shared-universe approach is paying off massively. I couldn’t imagine jumping straight to Cold Steel and missing out on all this exposition and character development.

I just bought a Switch. Not happy with Sony censoring games. I am playing YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world. It’s a lovely game too.

I am keeping and playing my PS4. No PS5 until this issue gets resolved.

I’ve been playing Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg again on GameCube. I forgot how much I love/loathe this game. Such a bizarre game but brutally difficult to the point that I’m shocked I beat it back in the day. The Sonic Team Easter eggs are still cool and the soundtrack is fantastic. Even the graphics are still serviceable outside of some annoying lighting issues. Apparently it only sold 250k worldwide which is shockingly terrible. Explains the lack of sequel but man, I miss the days of Dreamcast->GameCube Sega, they had some amazing games back then.

Hmm...
Kiddie and girly 3DS game MahoCole: Mahou Idol Collection 3DS 😉

I played a bit of the first Killzone on PS Now, not really played much of the series at all before. I find pre-Modern Warfare controls on a controller absolutely baffling to be honest. It’s crazy how long it took to find good controls for an FPS. That’s to say, the controls in Killzone have taken some getting used to.

So, I've effectively finished Super Mario Sunshine, since I've found all the sprites that are available via challenges (hidden sprites; 100 coin challenges; etc.), but thanks to the ruddy blue coins, there's hours of repetitive backtracking ahead of me. I like the game a lot overall, but its issues have definitely stood out to me more on this playthrough versus my initial GameCube playthrough 5 years ago or so.

@PSVR_lover I doubt the censoring "issue" is ever getting resolved. It's reflective of the altered corporate climate and company ethos in general. Although it won't be as visible an issue on PS5, as games that would have gotten censored just won't hit the platform at all, and will likely opt for PC and/or Nintendo Switch instead.

@Ralizah Good luck with the blue coins, I remember printing out a walkthrough for them back in the day. Even back then I couldn’t be arsed looking for them without help.

@nessisonett I'm using a guide for some of them, for sure. I'll scour the levels again on my own (I've already found 20+ coins for most of the levels), but the lack of coin counts per episode and the generally stupid hiddenness of them makes them a massive pain in the rear without guidance.

@RogerRoger Well the set pieces are somewhat impressive for the time, I have to admit. The gameplay feels a little imprecise and the guns just fire all over the place so it’s a bit hard to hit anyone but I’m sorta enjoying it. It’s very PS2, that’s for sure.

@RogerRoger Oh no, I’m playing through PS Now so it’s the HD remaster but definitely the structure of the game reminds me a lot of the FPS games I grew up playing. The whole ‘barbed wire trapping you in a small shooting gallery and then getting blown up, clearing your path’ deal is very very overused. I know some people have a problem with input lag while streaming but to be honest, it’s been alright for me and it’s definitely playable. I had a look at the platinum and no chance I’m playing it 4 times with different characters but I’m enjoying it for what it is!

@RogerRoger I’ve used PS Now mostly for downloading games although I streamed F.E.A.R, Resi Code Veronica X, the original God of War games and such. They mostly worked fine to be honest but I used a wired connection.

@RogerRoger It’s definitely worth noting that my connection is pretty good and anything less than that would result in problems. Things will only get better, as D:Ream would say, but I’d say things are good enough to enjoy as it stands.

@RogerRoger I have what as classed as a medium internet speed, and streaming anything from PS Now gets a big no from me. Thankfully you can download PS4 and PS2 games, and I don't have much interest in pre PS4 games either.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I’m about 80Mbps, although I think ISPs only use megabits because it sounds higher and fools people who don’t know the difference. Megabytes are what most services measure in so they should show that figure, in my case roughly 10MBps.

@nessisonett My speed is supposed to be 20 - 50Mbps but have only ever reached 35mbps max on PS4.

@JohnnyShoulder Do you use an Ethernet cable? I get about 64Mbps on my laptop through WiFi but up to 80Mbps on my PS4 through a wired connection.

@nessisonett I used to use those power line things but found it made little difference. My internet point is in the hallway of the flat, my router is the in my bedroom which is in the middle, and my ps4 and TV in the lounge which is the other side of the flat from the internet point.

@RogerRoger Yep got fibre too and is good for what I use it for, I can still stream a 4k movie no problem and downloading stuff doesn't take too long. Certainly an improvement on what I had a few years back. If I do wanna go one tier higher there would be a problem as it is not currently available where I live. Hopefully that would have changed by the time I need to upgrade again.

@JohnnyShoulder Ah yeah, that would be pretty inconvenient to run a line all the way to the PS4. Mine is in my living room so it’s simple enough. ISPs are my absolute pet hate, they provide a terrible service with loads of tiers designed to bamboozle unsuspecting customers. I couldn’t imagine having data caps either, it’s an absolute crime that there are still people in countries like the UK with home internet speeds worse than their phone’s cellular connection, just due to them not signing up to Sky or BT’s super special tier for special customers.