Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Just got a PS5, might first PlayStation every to go along with my Series X. I am diving into all the PS4 exclusives I missed last year. I just finished Ghost of Tsushima, beautiful game, and one of my favorites of the generation. I am targeting now starting either God of War, Uncharted 4, or Horizon: Zero Dawn. Which one would you guys recommend?

I love open world games, but also enjoyed a lot the Tomb Raider trilogy in my Xbox which is why I am looking to Uncharted. Any thoughts?

@Casco I love Uncharted 4. A lot of people were burnt out on the series by then but it's my favourite.

@Casco For open world games I really dug Witcher 3, and Final Fantasy XV is also pretty solid, while Dragon Quest XI S is one of the best JRPGs I've played in a while (although I played it on Switch so can't speak to how it runs on PS4)

I also give the Yakuza series a giant recommendation. Great sandbox style games with engaging stories and some of the best side quests in any JRPG

Another one I'd swing for is NiER Automata. It's very atmospheric and has a timely narrative touching on stuff like sentient AI learning how to grow human emotions and how they cope with the changes in how they percieve their peers in a world that's mostly been wiped clean of the human population and only dominated by machines

For more sandbox style stuff that's open ended without necessarily being open world, I loved Marvel's Spider-Man (but have yet to play Miles Morales since I'm still PS5 hunting), as well as Persona 5 Royal

@Casco Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the prettiest games on the system, and the combat against various robots (especially the enormous mid-to-late-game ones) is quite fun. It's one of those games where hours would pass by almost in the blink of an eye. The worst thing about the game was the load times, but those should basically evaporate on PS5.

@TheIdleCritic Uncharted 4 is my favorite as well. The deconstructive writing/approach to Nate's relationship with adventuring was long overdue, and I appreciated that it actually built up to a thrilling climax that wasn't centered around some lazy supernatural mystery.

@TheIdleCritic Yep, Uncharted 4 is my favourite by quite some margin. I like 2 but recently playing it I realised that it’s got all the depth of a puddle. 4 actually tries to do something a bit more interesting and it totally pays off.

@TheFrenchiestFry Agree with all your recommendation. Actually played most of those in Xbox. Particularly Witcher 3 and Nier Automata are great, did two full playthroughs of both of those (Witcher 3 second playthrough was on Switch a year ago, when I still did business travel). I loved Spider-Man remastered (was the first game I completed on my PS5). Still holding on Miles Morales tough.

@Ralizah @TheIdleCritic thank you both for your recommendations - leaning for Uncharted 4, as it should be good to change from a open world to a more linear game, before diving into HZD. I think it will be one of those the next one I'll be playing.

@Ralizah @nessisonett I completely agree. I have nothing against Amy Hennig, and she's done great work but I'm glad they went with a more humanistic, grounded narrative. Regardless of whether the supernatural aspects were hallucinations or not, the plot device was never my cup of tea. I like the gameplay more too - basically The Last of Us but much less tense haha. Not to mention it looks beautiful.

I’ve now finished the extra scenarios in Dragon Quest XI S and have started Act 2. Can’t believe I only noticed that Rab was voiced by Alex Norton, who was in Taggart for like 35 years. Can’t say I’m overly fond of some of the narrative decisions however, with Jade being subjected to one of the worst tropes out there, big pervy monster wanting to bang her and dressing her up in sexy clothes. Akira Toriyama’s art and the voice acting combined to make for rather uncomfortable viewing, not in the way that it was intended but just in terms of the portrayal and tropiness. That in itself is just a real shame given the rest of the game like how Sylv could have been portrayed as a proper stereotype but actually is one of the best written characters in the whole game, especially given how truly horrible Sugiyama’s attitudes are towards people like him. Dragon Quest has traditionally been a bit tone deaf but this game has actually made some proper strides forward and to see Jade reduced to a Slave Princess Leia cop-out was a bit rubbish. I am enjoying the game though, already spent 40 hours with it and looking forward to seeing what happens next.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy You’ve pretty much described my thoughts playing the original Castlevania a while back! Losing a whole life when you fall is absolutely awful, especially when it’s due to knockback. I could never really get on with the classic Castlevania games other than Rondo of Blood and even then, that game is properly brutal.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Stairs are the worst enemy in the entirety of the Castlevania series. I’ve died far more times to stairs than any boss so it’s not just you 😂😂

Playing Ni No Kuni 2, 10 hours in on to chapter 5, I'm really enjoying it, I normally don't like the childish/campish looking jrpgs, it's the reason I've always been put of by persona 5, I'm more of an old school anime fan, but this reminds me so much of studio ghibli that I'm actually really enjoying the art style and the story telling.

Plus the load times are so fast on the ps5 that the fast travel and save load up are almost none existing.

It's actually got me rethinking that I should probably give persona 5 a chance seen as its so popular and I'd probably be missing out on one of the best jrpgs going

I don't have much of backlog as I tend to buy games and try to complete them in as few sittings as I can. I like to live life on the edge.

I need something to occupy my mind until Hitman 3, so I'm playing through Driveclub. Servers are gone so I'm playing what I can of the tour. I really like how the cars handle in this, and I'm constantly impressed by the visuals. Driveclub wasn't a bad game!

Just jumping back into Marvel's Spider-Man while I await the next PS5 drop. It's actually my first time playing in a while so I haven't had the chance to check out the update that added the new suits (Arachnid Rider, TASM1, Armored Advanced). I'm really digging the Arachnid Rider suit as a Kamen Rider junkie and the TASM1 suit honestly looks better in this game than it did in the film it's adapted from

When I get my hands on a PS5 I'm definitely swinging for the Miles Morales Ultimate Edition so I can transfer my PS4 save over to the remaster

I am currently playing Death Stranding, just completed Order no.4 where I brought the Waystation west of Capital Knot City onto the chiral network

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@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Pocket Racer is great fun and gets quite tricky later on. It’s also in the first Kiwami game as well.

And yes, I’m on Y5 which I believe has multiple playable characters too. I’ve spent most of the time so far doing the taxi/race storyline. Driving is seemingly not something Yakuza does well!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Well done on discovering the pocket racing so early on. It wasn't until the postgame when I found it. Even then, I had to look up the location online. I got quite hooked on trying to find the best parts combinations for the car.

That Dojima Headquarters fight is a great moment. It really sets the tone for the game.

trying to blast through Persona 5 Royals atm, getting ready for P5Strikers

Playing through Killzone Shadowfall on the PS5. Crazy that this was a launch game and looks as good as it does still, runs beautifully on the 5!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Oh goodness... you’ve been Yakuza’d! Glad you’re enjoying it. It is so hard to not get distracted by all the copious mini-games and side quests. Especially when each of them are so hilarious. Still can’t believe the Miracle Johnson one. It’s right up there with the most random and humorous pieces of content I’ve seen in all my gaming years. Too bad I never completed Yakuza 0 because I could never make any progress 😅