Topic: PS4 recommendation thread

@KratosMD I haven't played Resi 5 and 6, and only part of 4(they were too action oriented for my liking). Some Easter eggs or references might have gone over my head, but I didn't feel I was missing anything from Resi 7 by not playing those games. 7 is kinda a soft reboot for the series, so don't feel you have to play the previous games!

@JohnnyShoulder @KratosMD Yeah, I was actually wondering if I’d like any of these Resi games. I played some of RE5 and some of RE2 (the original). Decent enough, but just not my cup o’ tea. Of any, RE4 looks the most to my liking, and I’ve thought about getting the PS4 remaster, but I fear that it won’t hold up due to antiquated gameplay mechanics. RE2 Remake is probably the best place for me get on the RE wagon; that or RE7 it sounds like is also a decent entry point. I’ll probably only take a dive if one of them ends up free on Plus.

Granted, I've not played RE7 or Zero yet, but REmake beats the pants off of every other game in the series I've played. REmake 2 included. It's meant to be intimidating and forces you to adapt to changing circumstances as you go on. It's one of the few games in this "survival horror" series to actually feel like "survival horror" and not "action with a dash of horror and item management." And, good god, it's the most atmospheric game I've ever played. Only entry in the series I've come across that can compete with the original Silent Hill trilogy.

Until Dawn didn't really work for me. The characters often hang out in the same uncanny valley as some of the people in Horizon: Zero Dawn. Being modeled on B-grade cinema, it's... not particularly good script or story-wise. And I really didn't like how the scope of the game changed as it went on. It turned into something much more generic, IMO. The interactivity and gameplay are pretty limiting as well.

Yeah Resi 1 remake is absolutely fine, it takes a certain way of playing to make progress but it isn’t so hard. Personally I really struggled with Resi 4 back in the day because I was trying to play it like 1-3, to the extent I didn’t play it for a while and a friend literally had to show me how to do it properly (who knew the knife was useful in a Resi game?!).

I don’t like the character swapping in 0, for some reason this mechanic flat out makes me lose interest in it.

As for Evil Within, I’m a big fan of number 2. Number 1 is okay, pretty confusing and also really quite hard in some areas. I found it harder than any of the resident evil games, anyway. Honestly I’d say skip it, play EW2, and go back to experience EW1 if you like what you played.

And since we’re talking about it I am pretty excited for that Ghostwire Tokyo game, even though we don’t know a whole lot about it.

Thinking about what I'm going to get during the summer sale. I have two paydays during it's run, and if I budget roughly $20 per paycheck for the sale, I'll be able to get 4 games out of it (if I pick choices at or around the $10 mark)

The Last Guardian is a sure pick, but for the other three I'm going to have to pick between one of the LEGO games (I'm thinking Jurassic World or Batman 3), Star Wars Battlefront II (no interest in the multiplayer, but the single player could be worth it at this price, plus it'd give me access to the VR bonus mission which looks cool), Unravel 2 (really enjoyed the first one, but not sure how well this one plays as a single player experience), and the Witcher 3 (I think I'm caught up in all the hype surrounding the series thanks to the upcoming Switch port & Netflix series, but I'm not sure if I'm really interested or if it's just FOMO. Still, the big western AAA titles I've played thus far have really suprised me with how much I've liked them, as someone who traditionally prefers Japanese games, so maybe I should give it a chance).

@RR529 The Witcher 3, you will thank me later.

Has anyone played the Banner Saga games before? The trilogy is only £16 in the summer sale and it’s a game I’m aware of with good impressions but don’t know much about it.

@Thrillho I played 1 and 2 and it's a solid turn based RPG. For that price I surely reccomend it since it's really well crafted.

The recent talk about horror games convinced me to try Until Dawn, especially because an italian retailer is selling now most of the Playstation Hits titles for € 9,00!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy A package containing remastered versions of Planescape: Torment & Icewind Dale will be releasing in the next few months for home consoles, I believe. I've always heard people talk about the quality of the writing in those games (especially Planescape).

I'm panning on picking up the Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, NWN, Planescape games as they release. I doubt I'll clear any of them to be honest (it depends how well they've done porting to a controller) but I've dipped my toe some of them in the past and I do enjoy them.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I’ve been playing Borderlands 2 DLC Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon’s Keep and it’s D&D inspired... in a complete parody sort of way. 😜

I’m kidding of course. I know that’s not what you’re looking for.

I think I heard Divinity Original Sin is a D&D inspired RPG. Actually DOS2 is even more so, apparently. Here’s an article:
https://www.gamerevolution.com/features/348615-dungeons-drago...

I’ve been curious to play the DOS games and they are very highly rated, especially this second one. Unfortunately I don’t have a spare 200 hours at this point in my life. 😄

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy @Th3solution I loved OS1, OS2 is no where near as good in my opinion, I can only get through the first act before I lose interest. I did try twice!

The only thing you might not like is the frequent comical tone it employs, if you prefer your RPGS to be all dark and miserable.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I think my work there is done

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy There is Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity II the second one even has a Critical Role DLC where you can play as the characters from Criticla Role season 1 (Percy, Grog, the twins etc.).

It's also nice to meet another Critter

@Tasuki @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy POE is pretty good but DOS1 is much better. I do like the high-res pre-rendered backgrounds in POE, and the darker tone will probably make it a better game than DOS for some.

A big but though is the awful loading times. After 20 hours or so the loading screens can take 1-2 minutes, and consider you might be in a city going into a shop (1 loading screen), going up the stair case (another loading screen), back into the shop (another loading screen) back to the city (another loading screen). Yup, 5 or more minutes of loading screens versus 15 seconds of game play. I was having fun but I had to throw in the towel. It's awful!

As for POE2, it's not out until the end of the year or beyond, I will get it only if the loading issues are resolved. I believe it was down to the original being made on Unity. I'm not sure about this one.

Theoretically, what games would you reccomend ypur friend to play if he gets a choice of RDR2-Far Cry 5-AC Odyssey and why. Also some games he should play if he just got a Ps4.

@ZeroOverOne If he’s new to PS4, then he really needs to also get Horizon Zero Dawn if he likes the open world story-driven genre with combat and exploration. Another with a similar gameplay style would be Spider-Man. He’d probably like that too if he has any affinity to Marvel superhero stuff.
I haven’t played AC Odyssey yet, or FC5, but KratosMD is right about RDR2. Although he would probably really like it, especially if he liked the first game, but it’s more of a slow burn and the first several hours are off-putting to the uncommitted.

@ZeroOverOne God of War, the best game on the system and probably the generation for me. And you don't even need to have played or liked the previous games, I didn't and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I've only played FC5 out of the games listed so can only reccomended that. Best Far Cry so far for me. In the dozens of hours I played there was hardly a dull moment.

I'm on my summer holiday so I've just got Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition and Dishonored 2. What are you guys playing while you're off school/work/university?