Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@stuzster If you're planning on getting into Gwent (you should, it's great), then my advice in the early game is to visit all the taverns you come across as they frequently have cards for sale. This can help boost your pack early in the game when you only have terrible cards to use.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Yeah, sometimes the game setting makes a big difference. If you don’t like historical context and realistic human enemies then it certainly won’t gel. It’s very much like an Assassins Creed game in that regard.

As far as Fallen Order, Yeah I think you’re getting pretty close. If I remember right, you should be coming to the most epic parts pretty soon and the ending is not far now I’m interested in how you‘ll like it.

@stuzster Ha, yeah it takes a while to get a deck together. It's been years since I played the game so I can't give many more tips but I found it quite a fun waste of time on the side.

I hope you enjoy the game though. The DLC is also excellent but might be too much of a good thing playing it straight from the main game; Heart of Stone can be played around the mid-game but Blood and Wine is end game stuff.

@Th3solution I just completed my second trip to Dathomir, and defeated Taron Malicos, was he the boss you were referring to as tough? If so I didn't really find him that hard, I defeated him on my first go, dodging and spamming the split saber attack whenever I could. One thing I felt that they could have done differently, though ,is that after Merrin is on your side, she could have called off the undead nightsisters so they wouldn't attack you on sight even though you have already made a pact of peace with her. Kind of like in Dark Souls where the forest dwellers won't attack you on sight unless you attack them first, if you have joined their covenant, that would have made that part of the game more congruent with the story. perhaps I'll complete the game in the next day or so, if the force is with me. Where do you stand on the Dark Souls games by the way?

Edit: I just beat the game Loved the ending with Darth Vader, even though you don't actually beat him, just escape him. Excited to try New Game Plus and the rest of the additional content.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic congratulations on finishing and glad you liked it! Yeah Malicos was the boss I really struggled with. I died several times and considered taking the difficulty down, but I persevered and finally beat him. The final boss Trilla and Darth Vader were not as hard for me, but others struggled there apparently. But I loved the Darth Vader cameo. The ending was really fun. And I liked the fact that Cal destroyed the Holocron in the end.

I’m glad you like it enough to go back and do NG+. Reckon you’ll get the platinum?

As for me and my relation to Dark Souls, I think I’m likely to try my hand at the series again eventually, but not anytime soon. My next Souls-like might actually be the aforementioned Code Vein or maybe Demon’s Souls on PS5. Of the core Dark Souls trilogy, I only tried the first game and didn’t make it very far and so when I return to the series I think I’ll actually play the third game since it is supposedly the closest to Bloodborne, which I loved. I realize the narrative will be spoiled it I jump straight to DS3, but in reading about the games I think I’m most likely to resonate with it.

I should probably play Code Vein at some point. Hoping to find it for about £15 though, I don’t think I’d spend any more than that.

@nessisonett @RogerRoger Uncharted 3 is absolutely my favorite. The story is made for the set peices, but Uncharted doesn’t have a story better than any other game (we have to separate characters from story here). The set pieces make the games. 3 has the best ones with the best pacing, which also works well for the story overall. Completely a bonding this approach made for a marginally better story in Uncharted 4 at the cost of all gameplay pacing and great set pieces. Instead we got what felt like a mini-set pieces in the previous games for just about the whole game. I waited the entire game to match any great scene in U3. I got to climb for obscene amounts of time instead where the fights were entirely too short and terribly paced.
U3’s hallucination (late game one) and plane falling apart scenes will always be some of my favorite set pieces in gaming. The fights and melee system always feel about right and are broken up by puzzles or varied by set-pieces within the action.

@RogerRoger I almost mentioned that with my favorite set pieces, but left it out in favor my absolute favorites. Honestly, the fact that it gets forgotten is a testament to the number of great set pieces in the game. There are too many to remember, which just fantastic.
How is Lost Legacy compared to U3? I haven’t played it because I just didn’t have motivation for it after I finished U4. I didn’t really want more of the same.

@nessisonett Code Vein kinda dropped off quietly, so I wonder how good it is. The demo was really interesting in the anime aesthetic and strange storyline. The combat seemed very much a version of the Dark Souls formula, but it had some pretty complex variations and overwhelmed me somewhat. It’s always hard to tell from a demo though.

@Th3solution Thankyou, it was a great experience. I have tried out NG+ but I don't think I will try for the platinum. I reckon you should give Dark Souls 3 a go if you enjoyed Bloodborne, it uses the same engine after all. I am continually intrigued by Hollow Knight as it is allegedly a Souls-like but wasn't a huge fan of the "cutesy" animation. What do you reckon about that game?

@RogerRoger thanks it was worth it, especially to experience those NG+ bonus materials.

Hollow Knight has some "Souls-like" qualities to it @Draco_V_Ecliptic such as having to recover your geo (Money) after you die from a phantom of yourself and the atmosphere is very much in line with those games alongside some similar-ish story beats (And I guess it's a bit difficult) but otherwise it's very much a metroidvania type of game with a sprawling map, a number of abilities you unlock like a wall climb, a dash and so forth... Just with bugs.

It's a very well made and wonderful little game. One of the best games I played last year and of this generation personally.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Yeah, I’ve no experience with Hollow Knight but Foxy said it well.

I’ve heard that Salt and Sanctuary is the closest thing to a 2D Souls game.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I was also thinking of getting Super Meat Boy, which is the better of the two games in your opinion, please madame?

I'd love to help... Only problem is I've never played Super Meat Boy @Draco_V_Ecliptic 😅

In fact I've only ever heard of it mentioned in passing and don't really know what it is so I can't really help at all on that front. Apologies!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy That's ok, no problem . How are you getting on with Dark Souls Remastered?

@RogerRoger Yeah, took plenty of screenshots, all available on my Playstation account.

Oh I haven't made any progress with Dark Souls Remastered since I last played it @Draco_V_Ecliptic

Honestly I don't know if I'll be going back to it anytime soon as it wasn't quite holding my attention at all the last few attempts to play it... I'll probably restsrt it again some point in the new year maybe.

@RogerRoger No problem.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah, I have difficulty staying interested in it post Lord-Vessel, it's a flawed masterpiece .Would you agree?

Well I think it's more to do with my current mood then anything wrong with the game @Draco_V_Ecliptic.

I've only been through it once way back in 2013 and seeing as I hadn't even made it to Anor Londo yet for this playthrough of the remaster I can't quite comment on it's quality as a whole or the final third in particular (Though I do recall thinking Lost Izalith wasn't that good in the slightest).