Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Thrillho I've done a fair few of those already, just those and clan creator as well as the last two tournaments and I should have unlocked everything! Thanks.

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I'm really enjoying it, although for me, playing with friends is definitely the best way to play. Makes things much more interesting.

Taking a break from AAA's and been working through Tetris Effect (again) and Sayonara Wild Hearts. For two completely different games they feel so similar. Both have BANGING soundtracks, too.

@Th3solution I have just completed Kashyyyk 1 and have now returned to Zeffo, I used the force to enter a previously unexplored area, and am thoroughly enjoying the exploration-based aspects of the game.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Glad to hear you are enjoying it. It really is a good game, especially if you like Star Wars.

What’s your opinion about the combat? What difficulty are you playing on? Is it close enough to Soulsborne style gameplay for your taste? Have you struggled with the enemies or any of the bosses?

Played some more Dark Souls Remastered over the past two nights. Not a whole lot (Maybe an hour and a half monday and an hour yesterday) but I've quite easily got through the Darkroot Garden/Basin & The Catacombs.

Pinwheel will always be a joke but I'm surprised how easy Sif went down too (I'm level 47 or there abouts). In fact the hardest boss I've faced so far was the Gaping Dragon because I couldn't remember anything about it.

Every boss has been done in one or two attempts (Aside from the aforementioned dragon that took four I believe... And I hadn't upgraded my weapon either up to that point)

I'm gonna go through The Great Hollow and get to Ash Lake I think before starting off Sen's Fortress... Though I've never joined the DarkWraiths or got the Kaathe/Abyss ending so I might pop to New Londo and try that

@Th3solution I like the fact that it is a good game and am totally into Star Wars, seen the original trilogy and a few of the newer films, the gameplay is not quite SoulsBorne but still strategy-based, so I like it, I think exploration is the main theme of the game, wouldn't you say?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Yes, the exploration is a key part of the experience navigating the labyrinthine maps and shortcuts, as well as the RPG mechanics of leveling up the skills.

The game is more forgiving than a Souls game, I think. Partly because there is difficulty settings to choose. I played on the standard difficulty (Jedi Knight I think it’s called) and it was only frustrating a few times. Some of the late bosses are pretty tough.

@Th3solution I just fought the second sister for the second time, thoroughly enjoyable boss fight. @nessisonett ,as a fellow Souls veteran, what did you reckon of the bosses in Jedi Fallen Order?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy What did you elect to do in the end? Ash Lake or New Londo Ruins? Sif is definitely an easy boss, just hug her belly right? Have you done the DLC before? It might be worth doing this time around.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic The boss fights were ok. I had more fun fighting the big frog at the start to be honest because I played on the highest difficulty but still found it slightly lacking on the difficulty side of things. Not flexing, just my preference.

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@JohnnyShoulder I swear I’m not hahaha, I just felt that once you got your force powers, the game could be cheesed pretty easily. I died more jumping off cliffs looking for the last couple of collectibles, which was really horrific but at least I got the plat.

@JohnnyShoulder rofl <3 the simpsons, the eyes are the best part!

@RogerRoger Kudos for sticking it out for the good ol’ college try. I know there is a general sentiment we often adhere to which encourages ditching a game if it doesn’t grab you in the opening few hours, and I can support that mentality sometimes, but when a game is deemed a seminal classic in the industry, I think there is something to be said for trying to see it through to the end if possible. I’m sorry that you didn’t enjoy FF7 as a whole, but maybe there is some kind of comparative experience you gleaned which will serve you well on future gaming endeavors. Plus, I’ve always been of the mindset that you earn the right to be openly critical when you’ve actually played through the entire game. (The same would apply here to movies, books, etc) Hash criticism of a piece of media that one has never even fully experienced is empty indeed. You have now earned the right to blast the game to bits, if you please. 😄 And I know you aren’t going to, based on your post above, but if you are ever discussing and debating the greatest games of all time you can rightfully speak on FF7 from a strong position of real experience.

@RogerRoger Haha, of course. One person’s garbage is another one’s treasure, and vice versa.

I would be interested to see if the modern iterations of the series sit better with you. If your major complaints revolve around the random battles, the endless grind, or the blandness of the turn-based combat, then some of the more modern games do things a little differently. If it’s the story telling or the overall feel and ‘JRPGness’ of it all, then you’ll not be escaping that with any of the follow up titles.

I know the topic of which FF is best has been beaten ad infinitum but I think my favorites have been FFX and FFXII, but I quite like VII too, so probably these two entries might not be any better for you. Depending on the exact parts of VII that didn’t care for then XIII might actually make the most sense to try since it veered the furthest away from the gameplay styles established in the PS1 era FF games. The fans of the older games were very critical about the linearity and storytelling of XIII, but I think it’s actually held up a little better over time.

But most likely, the series is just not going to be your cup o’ tea, which is fine of course. No shame in that. 😄

@RogerRoger I'm guessing you didn't spend endless hours raising and racing chocobos to get Knights of the Round materia then?

As for me, I've just started on DOOM Eternal having finally finished Two Point Hospital (well, the base levels anyway; I might go back to the DLC levels at some point).

@RogerRoger I love the final disc of FF7. In all honesty, I much much prefer the post-Aerith stuff as the tone of the game shifts somewhat. My favourite area in the game is probably the snowy place just after that cutscene. At least it wasn’t a total bust, I really do love the game but I’m a JRPG nut and I just think it’s a fun game from after Midgar to the end.

@RogerRoger Yeah, as far as personalizing the protagonist and the interactions and direction of the narrative, I don’t recall any FF games that really do that. Lightning brings some diversity to the lead role in XIII, so it’s a bit of fresh air and I personally quite liked her as a protagonist, but you’re still locked into a narrow set of interactions and the usual JRPG-type storylines. Although the setting of XIII is closer to a Sci Fi setting than most of the others, which are more fantasy-like.

In the gameplay realm, I just really loved the gambit system of XII. The story and characters aren’t particularly notable, but the gameplay for me was very addictive. Suffice it to say that the combat works like programming your system to fight the battles for you and there’s something strangely satisfying about doing that and I’ve not played a game before or since that has a combat system quite like it. With the remaster Zodiac Age available on PS4, it’s worth keeping in mind in the remote chance you happen to get a Final Fantasy itch somewhere down the road.

It’s been really interesting to read your impressions of one of PlayStation’s beloved! And thank you for reading my boring and unsolicited recommendations! 😄

@RogerRoger It does seem strange at times that people can call themselves fans of FF as a series because, like you point out, the story, cast, and mechanics are so different game to game that there is almost nothing (other than an obligatory Sid/Cid character) that ties them together.

Myself, I've played VI, VII, VIII and then the remake but nothing else!

And yes, I do enjoy a good tonal shift between my games so I don't get fatigued with the same game type. This is certainly one of the more extreme shifts I admit