Topic: General PlayStation 4 Thread

@nessisonett It sucks too when the comparatively lower budget and more quickly developed Switch game has a much more diverse cast of characters. Pulling exclusively from the movie pool is why MvCI's roster felt so lackluster from the Marvel side and I fear the exact same thing is about to happen here considering even the character models for the core team just look like derivatives of the movie designs excluding Kamala Khan. Bruce Banner is even sporting Mark Ruffalo's exact clothing from the first Avengers film complete with the purple collared shirt and glasses. Even the hair style is exactly the same. At this point I won't be surprised if they announce Scarlet Witch is coming to the game without Quicksilver, and that she won't be a mutant in their canon.

So I've managed to get onto the Avengers beta a few hours early for some reason and mananged to play most of the first stage before it crashed and it was ok. It reminded me of the bad Sonic games as you switch between characters who play almost the same but never feel great to play and it plays itself half the time, oh and Iron Man's flying bit was rubbish. The "platforming" involved pressing jump on the red metal tile thats conveniently placed where you need to jump and then just land on the next bit or the huge scratched surface. Its a training level so I'll give it a pass for now and try again later but so far it feels like somebody has vaguely described Arkham Knight and God of War to somebody to make a game

Just moving this here before we get yelled at for clogging up the Game Club thread!

@Th3solution Haha, don't I know the constant dance of gaming and no gaming! Only with me it often ends up being months of not playing. Glad your brain manages to stay a little bit more dedicated. I'm jealous! I've mostly just been playing Fall Guys like everyone on the planet seems to be doing, and a little bit of multiplayer modded Minecraft on the side. I did also pick up this new game called Metamorphosis which I plan to start soon (maybe tonight?), and hopefully that will lead to me playing a bit more in general again! You played anything fun lately?

@Tjuz My current jam is Ghost of Tsushima. I had previously committed myself to play it at launch in order to experience the communal sensation of playing alongside the masses. Having a virtual shared energy and excitement for a game was important for me to experience at least once this year. But I had committed myself to this before we came up with the Game Club, which has been a great way to do the same thing with older games. The discussion which it fosters is fun, along with the knowledge that others are playing the same thing is strangely comforting. The first two games we played were games I would never have stuck with if I played them by myself.

I’ve also played a bit of NBA2K20 off and on along with the occasional Star Wars Battlefront 2. These are games I wouldn’t normally get into but wanted to try out since they were free. Both are okay, but I like my 3rd person story driven single player action adventure games better.

I should try Fall Guys. I’ve been scared off by reading about the server instability issues. Looks like it would be fun though.
And I haven’t heard of Metamorphosis. I have to look that one up.

I tried Conan Exiles, used Admin mode to spawn weapons ,gear and bosses and gave myself God-like abilities. Thus, I was able to pop a few trophies before I was done with it, not the most fun game in the world, yet strangely enjoyable to play a Conan game, nevertheless, I will probably just look at the cartoon and comics next, whilst I am exploring the franchise.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Are you playing GoT at the moment yourself? Does it remind you of Sekiro?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic You are officially The Forum King of Random Questions! 😂

Nope to either question @Draco_V_Ecliptic

I am not playing Ghost of Tsushima (Though I'll try it at some point) and it can't remind of Sekiro as I've never played that (& I'm not terribly interested in that actually)

@Th3solution the fall guys servers are mostly fine now. it's rather uncomon for me to NOT get into a match.

Started Shadow of the Tomb Raider last week. My God is this game gorgeous, the HDR mode is very good but even without it the environments can be breathtaking.

I remember it received mixed reviews when it was originally released but I'm really not sure why. Maybe 2018 was such a great year (God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man) that people were a tad spoilt!

I'm about 30% in but so far I think it's my favourite of the three.

@Col_McCafferty Yeah it is a cracking game. Did you get the dlc as well? Some of the tombs were fantastic. I was never happy with HDR in that game but I only have a peasant ps4 and not a pro, so no 4K.

@JohnnyShoulder I think so, all the Challenge tombs are listed anyway. I won't even think of touching them until after I've completed the main story.

I only have a base PS4 as well but I can see the difference. It looks great in standard mode anyway in particular the caves and lighting effects. I'm just surprised it wasn't better received upon release. I mean compared to Uncharted it isn't quite as polished, in particular facial animations and the script, but it's not far off and Lara remains a classic character and gaming icon.

@Col_McCafferty I’ve only played the first Tomb Raider reboot but personally I think it’s better than Uncharted 1. If the sequels improve on it then I could see them beating Uncharted in my eyes.

@Col_McCafferty IIRC I think they are pretty well integrated into the main game. The challenge ones are the exact same ones but time attack or high point chasing, unless my memory is playing tricks on me.

@nessisonett Yeah I defo think that. Played the Uncharted Remastered Trilogy a couple of years back and thought they were only ok. I didn't like the balance of combat v non combat sections. And some of the combst section went on waaaaay to long. It does story and characters better than the TR games, but I find the gameplay much better in TR. I've still jot played Uncharted 4 and I've got it both physical and through PS plus.

@nessisonett I still think TR2013 is the best one. Rise was bigger, but also longer, which meant that it overstayed its welcome a little bit. Shadow is more of the same, but even bigger maps, and I got burned out pretty quickly. The towns/settlements are gigantic, and littered with question marks. TR2013 definitely beats Uncharted 1-3, but I think Uncharted made bigger improvements with each game.

@JohnnyShoulder 4’s the one that finally nails gameplay. I love 2 but it is a wee bit hokey now. Honestly, the gameplay in TLOU1 was way better than the story imo, that’s why I’m looking forward to playing the second.

@nessisonett Yes but when did the first Uncharted come out? It was quite a few years before the TR reboot which in itself is very much influenced by the Uncharted series.

In terms of gameplay one could argue that TR maybe has the edge over the first 3 Uncharted games but in terms of characters and scripts ND are definitely the benchmark for these types of games.

@LN78 Nah, I just really enjoyed the gameplay loop of running around looting the smallish maps and sneaking my way past enemies. The guns felt pretty nice and weighty too. It’s a strange beast, not quite Resi 4 and not quite Uncharted either. I didn’t hate the story but it’s hardly a masterpiece and the constant jumps totally spoiled the flow. One day I’ll go back and play Grounded, it’ll probably feel a lot more tense.

@Octane I liked the first one but I prefer the setting in both Rise and Shadow. The length of a game never bothers me, if you're enjoying it that's the main thing.

I guess that's why in general I prefer open world games, the main story is set and has a determined length and structure but if you just want to chill out and explore the world and see what's over the horizon then this is also available to you.

@LN78 By all accounts, the second one is at least set in a smallish time period. I really enjoyed the feeling of a journey in the first one as you slowly approached a landmark so if it does that without cutscenes inexplicably landing you closer then job done 😂