Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@nessisonett How's the job hunt going?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Coronavirus means it’s just not feasible for now. It’s hard enough for people who’re only just now getting back to work so most companies aren’t taking anyone on. In all honesty, I’ll be applying for placement come next year anyway so as long as I can save enough money to make it to my first month’s wage then I should be fine. I’ll see how it goes but this virus really has put a spanner in the works across so many different industries and there are people who need work more desperately than I do.

Still on act 1 of Ghosts of Tsushima lol. I'm soaking in the beauty. Looking forward to Pathfinder kingmaker coming out the 18th.

@nessisonett Will you be relying on PS Plus and PS now for games for the foreseeable then? I haven't asked you this before, but what are you studying at Uni?

Started 4th play-through of the TLOU2 on grounded+ with Perma Death set to Act which will be max 5 hour penalty if I die. Hardest thing is trying to judge when to heal with the grounded difficulty, did laugh when I opened the 1st safe and it only had single bottle of alcohol.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Yeah, my student loan and scholarship comes through next month but I feel like spending it on GoT and TLOU2 is probably a hugely irresponsible thing to do. I’ve got a decently large backlog so for now, I’ll be ok. I’m going into my 3rd year of a BSc in Software Engineering, it’s a 5 year course so I probably won’t bother doing a postgrad. It’s very dry and occasionally interesting, like most subjects you study in detail.

Started up F1 2019 last night. It's horrible.

Codemasters make a ton of racing games and it feels really bad on a controller and the graphics aren't good enough in my opinion. The cars look great but everything else is average. Disappointing.

@themcnoisy That’s a shame, I really enjoyed last year’s game. The proper F1 drivers seem to like it too given they used it during lockdown for races. I have heard this year’s one is brilliant though.

@nessisonett I put Driveclub on a couple of weeks ago, although I'm at an almost impossible point for mortals to obtain trophies (DC has ridiculously hard dlc especially maxing out all events) the mechanics are excellent with awesome graphics across the board.

Playing F1 is plain ugly, I said it about nascar and there just isn't enough flair on the graphics side.

I will give it another go in the future for sure, so hopefully it can win me round.

I’m now playing Yakuza 0 with my mum. She’s beaten Chapter 1 and general feelings are that it’s quite slow to start and text heavy but I do remember feeling that myself until a good few chapters in. She’s loving the combat though, with the similar controls I thought it would be a good game to ease her back into The Witcher 3, it was just too hectic for her at that point. I forgot how serious the first few chapters were, there’s basically none of the classic humour seen later on.

I have Yakuza 0. I really liked it. Yes, it was kinda slow in the beginning, but that all changed as the game went along. It can be bought for a very reasonable price today.

@PSVR_lover Yeah, I’ve beaten it twice now, once back in 2017 and once last year on Legend. It really is a brilliant game but I’m enjoying seeing games like this and Red Dead 2 from a relative beginner’s point of view. It makes you appreciate certain things a lot more like good minimaps and checkpoints.

Currently playing the remaster of the Ghostbusters game. I'm very fond of the films (yes even the sequel) so the idea of having the original cast in the game was very appealing. However the sound mix of the game is absolutely appalling. I'm missing loads of what is being said by the cast because you have to find a bizarre sweet spot to stand/look in order hear the dialogue at a reasonable volume. It's really spoiling the experience.

@BearsEatBeets I hate that in games, I've noticed it seems to happen more often than not recently.

Played a bit more F1 2019 and what can I say? It's not absolutely crap on a pad like project cars which is the single worst pad controlled racer I have ever played. Its use able after a bit of tinkering.

There are a few races with tight and quick turns, almost impossible without assists turned on. Bahrain sticks out here, there's a chicane and you can't run it property as the car is too twitchy. Way more difficult than it has any right to be when the likes of Forza and GT have these basics down to a fine art. With a wheel I'm sure these issues would be resolved but I don't own one!

The tracks are varied but boring as hell, you have the odd bird or aircraft in the air but that's it, Statik scenery. It gives the games a very sterile feel. The cars are nice and the cut scenes are okay.

I have no idea of the AI sweetspot - having a solitary slider for AI is a bit concerning, would much prefer a wider set of options as I have no idea what's improving in the AI. When they can't keep up on a straight for no reason they are just nerfed it's not really AI at all!

And the biggest crime of all? Locked single player content behind a pay wall. And lots of it as well, all the best gloves and uniforms. It's a disgrace in a full price game. I won't beat this subject anymore than I have already but codemasters racing release schedule is akin to Tecmo Koei and their various musuo games. They should not be charging me money for a patterned helmet! It is the lowest of the low, graphics that take minutes to design and would add a touch to customisation being flogged on the store in a full price game!

I was considering buying the new F1 game but with these snide practices I won't buy another codemasters game full stop. Which isn't a big loss.

@BearsEatBeets i really enjoyed Ghostbusters on PS3, I didn't notice any problems with the sound just a problem with saving progress past a certain level, meaning that I had to play it until 3am in order to complete it! That was a hardcore gaming session, if ever there was one. Is the saving problem still there in the PS4 version?

I am currently still playing GoT on PS4 and loving it! It's really an excellent experience, and I just completed the tale of Hammer and Forge.

GoT is great fun, I think that the Arkham-style, although some would say, arguably Assassins' Creed-style or inspired combat is the best point of the game, although from what I have seen on Youtube, the boss fights look particularly, no especially daunting compared to the average PvE encounter within the game.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is my main game at present. 30% in but so far I'm really enjoying it. Only problem is every time I reach a new area I'm spending lots of time trying to capture and share the perfect screenshot!

God help me when I finally get round to playing Ghost of Tsushima.

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@Col_McCafferty Yeah good luck, I think i took about 150 screenshots in GoT.

I'm stuck into Wargroove at the moment. Got to love a good turn based game.