Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Just so you know, you can only play Oblivion on PS4 through PS Now.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Honestly, Bethesda are like Konami for me at this point, I’m not that fussed about new entries in series because they’ll just mess it up. Skyrim’s still fun even this many years on though, mostly due to the writing and general jankiness. My playthroughs usually go through main story up until you get Fus Ro Dah and then I peace out and spend 400 hours bashing wolves or hunting Daedric artifacts.

@nessisonett I have switched to Dark Souls 2 now, I beat 3 a few months ago and just defeated The Last Giant. I'm stumped as to where to go next though, I hear Majula and then down some stairs to a water-filled area may be the next step.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic You can go a few different ways but I recommend Majula then to Heide, which might be where you’re referring to, I played DS2 once and by this point you all already know my feelings on it 😂

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy You didn’t eat the mackerel did you?

But yeah, really annoying to have to manually save so much in that game.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Don’t worry, I pulled out my OS chip without saving! It’s easy done and a clear oversight on their behalf, the game isn’t particularly brutal in that sense.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy You’re making great progress! I’m excited to hear how you feel about the game as you get further into it. I read your early impressions and didn’t comment much because I was busy and I also trying to keep from spoiling anything for you. But I can guess that you like the game pretty well based on your progress. The game is definitely not without its frustrations though. Having to replay a large section due to lost progress should be old hat for a Souls veteran like you though 😜

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Haha! Actually I think you’ve made it through the hardest part, as far as repetitiousness goes. Hang in there!

SOMA. I'm hoping this game sticks as it has a very creepy atmosphere so far, with very good dialogue and voice acting too. Most things are left up to your own to find out what to do next, mostly through dialogue and the environment. I only stopped playing because it good too sunny outside lol.

I've heard people describe it as an walking simulator but I think that is doing it a disservice. Although there has been no combat so far, it feels much more involved than say Gone Home, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, (which I hated)The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and What Remains of Edith Finch(which I really liked).

@KratosMD Yeah I thought you posted about it before and was gonna tag you, but couldn't remember if you had or not. That did put me off from trying it that someone described it as a walking simulator, as I've had a mixed history with those type of games. It reminds me more of Alien Isolation and the first part of Resi Evil 7 than those games.

I like how it makes you feel guilty about 'killing' the robots. Even though the couple I've met was only briefly, you do kinda get attached to them.

Catherine full body, some of the puzzles are insane but still great fun. Think I'd have a breakdown if there wasn't any checkpoints, On day 7 so must be nearing the end and loving the story!

I'm enjoying The Frozen Wilds DLC for Horizon: Zero Dawn. Granted, it's not really all that different from what's offered by the main game, but since I enjoyed the main game, it's just more of a good thing. The robot polar bear is cool, I guess. Also, some decent new weapons.

Frenzied robots are less annoying to deal with than corrupted ones, imo.

@RogerRoger I forgot you were replaying that. Ultra hard mode?

I think The Frozen Wilds would definitely be a bit much if I had randomly tacked it on to my main playthrough, considering it feels a bit like a microcosm of the main game so far.

@Ralizah @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I picked up Frozen Wilds a while after completing the main game and couldn’t get into it at all. Mostly because the controls just felt so alien after so long away from the game and it’s a relatively high level area. I just ended up getting quite frustrated with it and haven’t been back to it since.

@Thrillho I had the exact same problem with The Witcher 3 when starting the DLC. You think after spending 300 odd hours in the game, something would had stuck. 😂

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy The plot seems to be building up to revelations about Sylens and his past, so it's definitely not totally disconnected from the main game. But the big bad and challenges faced in the DLC seem to be distinct from what's happening in the rest of HZD.

@Thrillho I had no problem at all, and I stopped playing this... mid last year, I think. My brain seems to be wired to re-adapt to games fairly quickly. When I got Twilight Princess HD, I played for five hours or so and then stopped for three years. Then I picked it back up and finished it with no issues.

It definitely took me an hour or so to get used to flow of combat again, but I was good after that.

@JohnnyShoulder Me too but I stuck it out. I think I said on here before but I completed the base game before they introduced enemy scaling so previously low level packs of wolves could be taken down easily but coming back to the game rusty to the controls, and with the enemy scaling, meant I was being ripped apart by these “easy” enemies.

I'm still going with Outer Worlds (just finishing the last mission on Monarch) and think it's been good fun so far. It can get a bit overwhelming with the amount of missions that can pile up on one of the main planets and lots of little annoyances are almost standard Fallout ones (e.g. overabundance of resources, combat being a little dull).

I know lots of people had issues with the game and I'm curious what people on here had against the game if they didn't enjoy it.

@Thrillho I really liked it but expected it to be a whole lot longer. Like you said, there’s a lot of side quests on each planet and I methodically went through them so I partly feel like if I’d dipped in and out of the main quest while I went, it would have been better. The way I did it, the main quest felt like about 20 minutes on each planet and then off to the final boss. The characters were great and I loved the companion missions so it was a solid high 7 for me.

@Thrillho Yeah I really enjoyed it. My only gripes were that it got a bit easy once your companions had levelled up a bit and at around the half way point in was getting slightly bored by the samey mission structure. Adding to what @nessisonett mentions above, I really like the freedom you were given to tackle the game how you wanted to.