Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Kidfried What are your thoughts on Dark Souls Remastered so far? How far in are you & how are you finding it?

I'm still going with TLOU1 at the moment and just got into Autumn.

@Thrillho Wow, you’re literally right at the same bit as me, I had to put it down last night after that scene 😢

@nessisonett Have you played it before? I had to stop after that bit when I played on the PS3 as well. I pushed on quite a bit today and have just got to the start of Winter.

@Thrillho It’s my first time playing it, I’ve been putting it off for years. It’s alright, I find myself enjoying it despite the overall plot just not being my thing at all.

@Arugula I noticed that, had the engines and other sound effects screaming at me and then come the interviews I couldn't here a word she was saying.

I've just done China in the wet and hadn't paid attention to the weather forecast so set my car up for the dry. Had to tiptoe round the track waiting for a drying line to form before I could really attack, great game

@nessisonett I forgot how stingy the game was with ammo but I’m also too inpatient for the stealth combat in the game.

@Thrillho My main complaint is that there’s absolutely no reward for hoarding ammo, you can carry like 20 bullets max even for a pistol. So it basically encourages run and gun gameplay.

Speaking of TLOU1, I'm playing the multiplayer on PS4, since my good friend is BEGGING me to join him. Funny thing is, I got my fill of it back in 2013 (played it for like 40+ hours and enjoyed it more than the SP game, story aside, 10/10) and he couldn't be bothered, and now 7 years later the tables have turned!

Onto the university now in TLOU, the chapter with Tommy felt really quite short. Not the most riveting chapter, gameplay wise, but nice to catch up with Tommy regardless. I think I’d probably place Henry and Sam’s chapter way in front as the best so far, followed by Bill’s town. At the bottom is probably Philly before you meet up with those two or the initial chapter with Tess. I assume I don’t have much left but I have heard about Cannibal Holo-Nonce coming up at some point so there’s that, at least.

Currently playing Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. I have joined the Covenant of Champions and acquired the Ring of Binding (albeit with much difficulty) to make the game easier for myself. I love a challenge, but am more than happy to play the game with a minimum of 75% of my maximum HP and respawning enemies to make soul farming a more convenient affair.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Probably not the whole game but I'll remain a member long enough to become OP by farming the early enemies' souls.

@nessisonett The university is one of the best looking areas in the game so far and quite good fun to amble around.

Like you say, the chapter with Tommy is over pretty quickly but it’s a good excuse for a bit more shooting.

I don’t feel the game pushes you to run and gun and would say it’s almost the other way around as ammo is so tight. It feels a bit daft to stop you from carrying too much though. It also slightly annoys me that you can make bombs but can’t craft more arrows!

I made a little more progress in the Winter chapter this morning before work.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy To be honest, it’s not even because of the ending to that chapter, I just really liked the area you go through with them. The letters you find from Ish are some of the best storytelling I’ve seen through collectibles, they really put games like Horizon to shame. The suburbs were great too, I like being able to nosy around so having loads of houses to go into was great.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Is that a screenshot from the PS4 version?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy It's a bit rough looking. I hope the game itself makes up for the presentation.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ys VIII looked sort of like an upscaled GameCube game, but the game itself was excellent otherwise.

It comes with a manual?! I really only see that in Limited Run releases anymore. Very nice touch.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy That's really cute. Guess I won't be buying these games digitally.

@RogerRoger Trico is adorable, easily my favourite part of the game. I petted it a lot, even when it wasn't needed.

I'd be curious to read your thoughts on the rest of the game once you've played it. Personally I had mixed feelings with the game, and it's my least favourite out of it, Ico, and Shadow of the Colossus. But it's still a game worth playing, and others rate it highly.

@RogerRoger Yay! I’m not surprised that Trico quickly found a place in your heart; I thought that would be the highlight for you, and I’m glad I was correct. I absolutely agree that there are technical and mechanical aspects of the game which hold the experience back such as graphics, color palette, and controls. I think you’ll soon grow accustomed to the last gen feel of the controls and set up. And I feel your bond with Trico will only deepen, so it’s a good sign you are off to a good start. 😄

Back on the subject of game performance and development, you may have read my comments before on this, but it’s actually interesting to note that the PS3 build for the game (that had to be scrapped when it changed to a PS4 game) actually had a slightly more complex set of Trico animations and movement, supposedly. So yeah, I think the game could almost be considered last gen. Although it gets more complex as you move through; and also - some of the simplistic nature of the environments and archaic character movesets for The Boy are actually conscious design decisions I think. I think Ueda has never intended his games to handle like a standard third person action game. All the games have a similar older “feel” to the controls of the protagonist, except with the remake of Shadow of the Colossus Bluepoint tried to modernize them and did so with some degree of success.

Also, I just had to comment about how you’ve already immediately joined the camp which feels Trico is male, which actually is a point of great debate. There is a faction that have examples from the game to support Trico being female. There are rather extravagant theories out there on the internet for when you complete the game 😄. I’ve typically referred to Trico as a “he” also, and I think that’s the prevailing thought among fans.

Edit: I would argue that the male or femaleness of the creature is purposely left open to interpretation, as much of Ueda’s game elements are. I think he wanted us to project ourselves into the game and it’s characters. It’s also partly why “The Boy” is never named.

Hope you continue to enjoy it and look forward to more of your thoughts!