Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@KALofKRYPTON Thanks for the advice!
Another thing that surely makes the game look dumb is the city itself: populated only by people in their thirties, with nothing to do except walking around with an umbrella under their arm and a smartphone in the other until they start yelling at me or collapsing around like kids crying for attention... It's so bad it's almost funny!

Did you literally stomp on the disc? I'm surprised it still works!

Sucker Punch's next game, Ghosts of Tsushima looks a lot different to their previous games. And a load of people actually enjoyed Second Son, which is is why some are hyped to see how it turns out. Whenever that will be. 🤷‍♂️

Taken a break from DQXI and and gone back to Ghost Recon Wildlands, I played it briefly for a few hours before DQXI. Am enjoying it so far, I like the emergent gameplay and it can go tits up fairly quickly if your not careful. I found it really accessible and within my first hour or so I was causing mayhem with a chopper. It is not as chaotic as say a Just Cause or Farcry game, but you are still free pretty much to lark about if you don't wanna do any other the missions. Been playing solo and don't feel at a disadvantage so far, your team AI is fairly good with only a couple of times them not being able to lock on to a target. Also take note Monster Hunter World, you can pause the game in this!

Also, the fact that you can save at any time now from the pause menu is such a nice thing.

Hallelujah!

I have quite the Yakzua backlog to get through now I own Kiwami 2 through to 6 but will spread them out like you say.

Funny about all this Yakuza talk, I started 0 this week. I haven't finished Horizon yet, but I was tired of it just sitting not being played.

Only on Chapter 4, and it's awesome that you also get to play as Majima. So far, the game feels just like Kiwami (I don't know why I expected different), so I'm accommodated well enough to it already.

@KratosMD I rattled through the first three or four chapters last night and the changes to the game have been a bit of a shock. Getting rid of the different combat styles is a bold move and for me so far it feels a little repetitive at the moment just hammering square and triangle, and occasionally running in circles until you charge up the heavy attack.

I feel the same way about sub stories so far as they have felt a little superficial and I'm surprised that a significant proportion have been single fights and then they're done. The UFO catcher one was also way harder than previous games (technique this time was mostly just nudging it towards the hole rather than picking it up) and I completely fluke the golf one by getting a hole in one.

The game also has a lot of blur when you turn on the spot which is something I HATE and took me a while o get used to.

@DerMeister Having played Zero before Kiwami, I quite liked that I knew all of Majima's attack styles having used them myself. The dancing style is pretty annoying to fight against! I'm so glad Kiwami is the only game to have had the Kiwami move feature though as for a significant proportion of the game, those high level enemies just recovered loads of health, making those big fights even more frustrating.

@Thrillho Whenever that happened, I just made sure I had some Tauriners on hand (The item that boosts Heat, not sure if I spelled it right) to stop it. It was still annoying though if you didn't have the proper move unlocked, so yeah, I understand the frustration.

@DerMeister Yeah, it was more that the abilities unlocked so late in the game that was annoying.

Well, it seems my Mafia III playthrough has hit a snag. One of the missions isn't spawning any more, leaving me a bit stuck. I'm looking around for a solution but if I can't fix it I might settle for watching a Let's Play so I can see how the story turns out. Either way it won't spoil my memories of what has been an enjoyable game.

Instead I've started Iconoclasts, of which I played a couple of hours today and enjoyed. It's very old-school in presentation and in execution, but it seems to be grappling with some pretty heavy themes. Seems like a game I'm going to enjoy.

I'm also toying with playing the Modern Warfare remaster we got on PS Plus recently. While figuring out my fave PS3 games for mcnoisy's definitive list, I realised I've never actually played the campaign. Me and my mates would just play the multiplayer back in the day, in local split-screen. It must be the only game where I've played the multiplayer but not the single player mode.

If this thread was titled What PS4 Games are you Currently NOT Playing, for me that would be Dragon's Quest XI and Ghost Recon Wildlands.

The former because I think the story or characters are not connecting with me and latter has become a bit samey. I've also am a bit overwhelmed by the size of the map, there is still loads to cover and my enthusiasm has been sapped.

So I fired up Dangerous Golf which I got for something like 2 quid ages ago on psn. It's okay, nothing mind blowing or anything just something I can play without really thinking.

@RogerRoger It's the ones to do with the bin lorries and all that. After a quick search it would seem that a few people have had similar problems and managed to proceed, so I think I'll be fine

@KratosMD I didn’t realise that was in this game until I hit it the other day. There goes a significant proportion of my play time again.

And I just unlocked the clan creator mode which looks like it will be a similar time sink.

@Kidfried Thanks for posting your impressions! This has always been on my radar and has been in my basket a few times, but I seem to take it out for some reason. Think I will take the plunge next time I see it on sale!

@Kidfried I wonder how many patches are out by now. I encountered quite a few game breaking glitches. I lost some progression here and there, and the game would sometimes freeze.

I never managed to beat it, because I think the final fight is very unfair, but I'd like to know what you think when you get there!

Despite my having said I was getting into an open world collectathon mood, I decided to play Titanfall 2.
I don’t usually like FPS (besides the Borderlands series) because I’m horrible at them, and most are so multiplayer focused that I really can’t compete. But I had on good authority that TF2 has a solid and fun solo campaign and the financial barrier to entry is so low when the deluxe edition goes on sale for $8.
I’ve played the first 4 chapters, about 3 hours into it and I can report that I’m really enjoying it. The movement is slick, the controls are intuitive, and gunplay feels responsive and satisfying. There is quite a bit of variety in combat with the ability to play as a Titan (the large Mech) or as a Pilot (the player on the ground). Even the pilot controls include expanded features like wall-running (reminiscent of Prince of Persia style, and I think maybe Mirror’s Edge) and jet pack and futuristic suit supported double jumps and slides (reminds me a little of Vanquish). The augmentation of the suit makes traversal fun and the game is much more kinetic than the average military shooter. I’m playing on normal and so far it’s not terribly difficult, even for a novice of the genre like me. Not to say I don’t die sometimes, but when I do, it’s quickly remedied.
So my first impressions are favorable for this — the only FPS not named “Borderlands” or “Battlefront” that I’ve played on PS4. I’m liking the setting and gameplay and it makes me even more confused about why they haven’t done anything else with this IP. It has a lot of potential, it seems. Locking the first game on the Xbox probably didn’t do the IP any favors to create necessary interest in the now dominant PS4 community.

@Th3solution I think T2 is still my favourite FPS story campaign, maybe the first Wolfenstien just shades it but that did run out of steam towards the end imo. You are about come upon Cause and Effect, the level that a lot of people rave about. It will be interesting to see what you think!

I seem to have got sucked back in to Red Dead Online. It's still not perfect, but when it comes together it's a lot of fun. This is not going to do my backlog any good whatsoever...

@Th3solution Also in answer to the next game in the Titanfall series, Apex Legend is part of the same universe but sans Titans. The second game was sent out to die sandwiched between CoD and Battlefield when it was released. We may see a third game after Respawn are finished with Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, but I would not get any hopes up.

@JohnnyShoulder Oh yeah, I really like Cause and Effect so far. I only played a little bit so far, but the flipping back and forth mechanic is a cool feature. But I’ve transitioned into a flaming debris a few times for an instant death. 😂 I’m not very far into it and I could see this chapter is going to be epic so I stopped playing for now until I can get a more substantial few hours to savor it without interruption.

I have no interest in F2P Battle Royale, so I’m not likely to try Apex Legends. But the quality of Titanfall 2 certainly has me much more interested in Jedi Fallen Order. TF2 is my first Respawn game and the their work is really impressive and so Fallen Order might be special. As a Star Wars fan, I’ve never been hugely impressed with the licensed games, but I’m crossing my fingers that this is going to be a well developed AAA game and not a rushed cash grab to piggyback onto the Rise of Skywalker movie.

I have been playing GRID since yesterday, and i must say, I'm having a blast.
Playing on a PS4 Pro so I'm not experiencing any of the problems of the base console version.

To me , it's just a gorgeous, simple arcade racer - like Driveclub was. Okay , it may not have the flashy
presentation of the org. GRID or the brilliant DIRT 2 , but the racing is a hell of a lot of fun -
and that's what counts , right ?