Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

... I broke in the new year playing Divinity: Original Sin II as my partner had fallen asleep and my daughter was out with friends and I'm just one big nerd 😅

I niavely thought I could maybe beat Bloodstained within a few days over the christmas holidays so I put this on hold temporarily.

... That never happened

Didn't take me too long to get back into the groove for Divinity though despite not playing it for two weeks more or less.

Made it to the next chapter (after retrying for the 4th time at the boss battle) and finally got to a new area! and Holy moly this next area is huge!!!

... and I found out how long I'd spent on the game so far... 30 hours.

I think it's safe to say I'm in for the long haul with this one lol 😂

@RogerRoger Excellent stuff. I'm looking forward to reading about your journey through this one-of-a-kind game (well, except for its sequels). I'm expecting you to veer between joy, frustration and despair. I think you'll come through the first one unscathed, but parts of Shenmue II may test your patience if you're anything like me.

The third game is lovely, though... If you can get there!

Beat Resident Evil late last night and really enjoyed the whole game, there was a lot more to it than what I thought and those final few minutes were heart pounding. Will have to do it all again as Chris , but for now I'll concentrate on Tales of Vesperia and CTR. Happy New year everyone!

Playing Soma now, it's kinda disappointing for now, I will give it another go today.

@Arugula Great game. It took me ages to get round to play as a couple of sites I was then visiting regularly scored it low and it put me off.

@Arugula The motion tracker indicates you the way! Use it to find the active mission objective but remember that its beeping attract the Alien!
Best survival ever, IMO.

@Kidfried Tetris Effect is a gem, isn't it? Best version of the game I've ever played. I can only imagine what it's like when played in VR.

... Past six days all I've played is Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition and added another 20 hours to my save to rack it up to fifty.

Gosh darn it there's so muuuuuuuuuch to do on this next map! It's so condensed and full of stuff that I've barely moved the main story along!

Loving every second so unless the quality suddenly takes a nosedive I think it's safe to say this might be my favourite rpg for a good long while 😁

One dungeon (that I guess is "main plotline adjuacent" but definitely seems to feed into later main events from the info I've discovered (And Beast's questline if I had him as a party member)) can be a bit overwhelming at first thanks to the party getting seperated and the enemies seem to have higher defences then normal (Plus my builds and methods work better in a group)

The fact you can quicksave (even in battle) and make hard saves anywhere (outside of battle) along with autosaves means you should have some saves you can go back to if it's too tough (And you can flee from most battles too with zero repercussions)

The loading is a bit long too but considering it's got no load screens afterward and it's got to reload stuff like all the surfaces (for things like water, oil, smoke, clouds), objects (seeing as you can move things as well as looting all the chests) and likes means I can live with it.

... If I had to nitpick I'd say the walking speed could be quicker too.

Other then that though it's golden! Don't think I can play it on higher difficulties though... it's providing a good challenge on Classic for me at the moment

@Kidfried That’s awesome! Really enjoyed Tetris Effect too (... 8.62147/10 😜) but I could never get good enough at it to get the full appreciation of all the modes and difficulty levels.
I am intrigued by Obra Dinn. Something about the aesthetic is just attractive.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy It’s so fascinating to get your DOS II updates. The game sounds like it’s enormous. It will be interesting to see if the quality holds up during the big length of the game’s runtime.

Well @Th3solution I wouldn't say enormous. I did admittedly spend like 26/27 hours on the Fort Joy map that maybe takes about ten, maybe fifteen minutes to walk across from end to end without any battles, quests or other distractions

It's very densely packed though and as I said before it is my first time with this very specific niche of RPG so I was especially slow at the beginning as I was getting used to it's complexity.

I am taking my time even now, trying to do every quest I come across. The next map is at least double, maybe triple the size of Fort Joy!

I did find a secret/back entrance to the dungeon I'm in that leads straight to the boss by some clever use of the teleportation spell/moving skills to get to a lower area... But I need that sweet sweet exp and loot so forward entrance I went!

Plus... I kinda forgot I could sneak first time round which helped my team not get picked off so easily when seperated 😅 (My team (main character especially) is mostly geared towards magic)

playing ni no kuni remastered.

what a game!
it's very charming especially drippy (he's cute to).

i get that some people might be put off by it's "childish" nature at first glanse but the story and characters are very much able to charm adults aswell.

i must admit that this game is my first JRPG i ever realy played and i'm not disappointed.
combat is fun aswell because of the mix between turn based and action oriented system.

it's also newcomer friendly imo.

since i'm liking this game i might pick up revenant kingdom after beating the first game despite it being rather different gameplay style.

@jdv95 Aww Ni no Kuni's lovely and rather poignant, although surprisingly dark in places. My first PS3 game and platinum. I got the remaster for Christmas so shall need to get to it soon! Revenant Kingdom doesn't have quite the same emotional depth, but is still enjoyable and nice to play through.

@jdv95 @mookysam I was always well jel of ps3 users with Ni no Kuni as I love the studio ghibli art style. This and ff7 remake will most likely be my last games in the genre if I don't like them, I've not had the best of times with JRPGs this gen. 😢

Woah, Code Veronica X is old school. Got to say I’m enjoying it so far but there’s just a wee bit too many zombies for my liking. I prefer my horror games to have meaningful encounters and low health to drive up the stakes. Claire tanks about 12 zombie bites and keeps going. I know she’s hard as nails after 2 but oof, the girl’s a machine.

I am trying to play the Witcher 3. Third time trying to see what the fuss is all about

@Arugula
1st time ) Blood Baren
2nd time) A quest involving a dwarf/ fool(?) and a tavern that had been trashed
I put a little time into it this week and rage quite because I was trying to kill a werewolf for some witches.

Playing on easy and hitting everything util it dies

@Arugula After speaking to a few about it I think I played it wrong. i was just main story focused and seriously under leveled so I wasn't enjoy it.
I think the combat is very very bad and my approach was to hit everything until it died. Was given a tip about using oils and maybe go exploring to get my level up.

The 2nd time i played i was talking to a poet not fool I think. Ended up at a horse race...

@Kidfried you have got to admit it is sluggish as hell, especially the sword swings. I will be taking my time through it the next time I try it but from the 1st few hours, i cannot see why people call it Game of the decade. Also Geralt is a terrible character but I heard he gets better further in. I just find him a little bland early game.

Having played TW3 for 60+ hours now, I'm not entirely sure I understand complaints about the combat. It won't go toe-to-toe with a Souls game in terms of combat, but it's fun and perfectly proficient. The weightiness of Geralt's movements and the emphasis on reading enemy movements reminds me a bit of Monster Hunter.

The game is very imperfect, but, honestly, the combat doesn't even factor into that for me.

@ZeD @Arugula @Ralizah I came into the Witcher 3 on the back of MGS 5 and HZD. The graphics were relatively poor, the lag is noticeable, open world tropes abound and I couldn't enjoy it. From reading @ShogunRok @ApostateMage and @BAMozzy who all love it, you need to get sucked right in. I'm thinking about taking a few days off work the next time I start it up.

I've been playing a few games

Xposed
New Star Manager
Tekken 7

Platinated T7, what a game BTW. Xposed is like Qix fr the 80s - the presentation is very cheap but the gameplay is fantastic. New Star Manager is a game I will always keep coming back to, like player of the year from the 8 bit home computers - it's so so good.