Hi guys, noob here... stumbled on here while attempting to decide on what to choose to play next from my backlog. Just finished MGS V (my backlog is pretty big and therefore there are some real old games in it... as well as some PS5 fresh ones)... and although I’m about 5 years late to the party, it was phenomenal.
I do feel a bit burned out though, from chasing all the S ranks etc. so looking for something a bit more chilled for my next platinum (oh yeah, for some reason I’ve become a bit of a trophy hunter in my old age). Any suggestions & reasoning would be much appreciated, also my apologies if I’ve posted this in the wrong thread etc.
Options are:
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Gravity Rush
The Wolf Among Us
Mad Max
Detroit: Become Human
Uncharted 4
@colonelkilgore
I would say go for the wolf among us. I started and finished it in a few days last week. Much less stress than something like MGSV. Has interesting story and characters and easily obtainable plat... although i also did really enjoy Detroit but remember that taking longer due to multiple playthroughs
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’ve never heard Assassin’s Creed compared to Hitman, but I don’t know — I haven’t played any from the Hitman series yet. It’s on my short list to get to soon.
But yes, I did finish Origins. I played through to the end and a decent chunk of side quests. I started skipping side quests and collectibles after 50 or so hours of game time and focused on the mainline story missions because I could feel a slight tedium might set in if I pushed it too hard as the side quests become pretty same-y. By focusing more on the storyline, I finished it and felt quite satisfied with it upon completion. It was good enough that I was actually tempted to jump straight into Odyssey but I feared it would ruin the experience if I did the two similar games back-to-back, so I gave myself plenty of room between. And now I don’t know now when I’ll jump into Odyssey now as I lost my momentum with the series.
As far as mythical, yeah there is more of that than in GoT, but it’s still more grounded in history. If you veer off into the supplemental missions and areas though you’ll find enemies of a more fantastical nature. Great game though.
It might be hard for you to go back to the earlier games, which are more limited in scope, but still quite open and free feeling.
Looks like The Wolf Among Us it is then. I’ve never actually played a Telltale game before as my perception of them is that there just isn’t that much actual ‘gameplay’ there but I am a comic book fan and I’ve always heard good things about the comics that TWAU are based on. Maybe it’ll convert me and I’ll try another Telltale down the road.
@nessisonett It's a great feeling in the opening hours isn't it? Yeah the actor really nails the performance doesn't he? Bayek is an excellent creation. What did you think about the line on the start screen about how everyone involved in making origins has "various beliefs, gender identities and sexual orientations" .I'm sure that's the case for a lot of studios so it seemed a bit unnecessary to me to say that?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@JohnnyShoulder Yeah I think that there is a DLC called Wrath of the Gods or something similar to that for AC: Origins, so presumably you will be facing off against egyptian deities in that.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Th3solution I know what it's like to lose your momentum with regard to playing games, as much as I was impressed by my initial immersion into Bound By Flame, I think that I will leave that game now and focus exclusively on AC: Origins, as that seems a more worthwhile time-investment. Is Odyssey ruled out for the foreseeable future then? You could always go back to it and play it later, I wouldn't count it out for good. The reviews of it weren't great though, so on the other hand you might be better off replaying or playing the DLC for Origins as that did receive good reviews, so the gameplay is likely to be better, based off of what I've read.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I know there was a few problems with the pc port when it first went over but I assume it's become much more stable now @SweetSummerShunv?
You looking forward to Horizon: Forbidden West?
Thought I'd also post this here as Push Square doesn't have an article on it yet (or any other gaming site for that matter) but It's another free online weekend on Playstation so if ya don't have plus... Well ya can play stuff online regardless
I've already gave Crash Team Racing a go and holy crap the wumpa coin payout is ridiculous (And actually fair) for online! I got 800 coins for winning a single race!
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yes indeed and it's reflected by the much more overwhelmingly positive feedback on the game's Steam page now. Then again as I currently sit on NVidia's BFGPU, my experience of the game may be a bit too rose-tinted.
As for Forbidden West, I'm definitely looking foward to it!
@Draco_V_Ecliptic I definitely have Odyssey in the plans for later. I’ll just have to see when the mood hits. I have heard a lot of positive things about Kassandra, so I plan to choose her as protagonist. It’s just such an enormous game, supposedly even bigger than Origins, so I’ve got to be in the right mindset and time availability for that type of investment
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Draco_V_Ecliptic Ubisoft have had that line since the original Assassin’s Creed back in 2007. It was important for them to put it in there because that game was about the Crusades, meaning that they really had to have both Christian and Muslim viewpoints to create a balanced game. It worked out for them too, it’s one of the few products that doesn’t stick to either side of the conflict and they’ve kept that approach to making games ever since. When you’re dealing with history the way that Ubisoft are with the AC games, it helps to have developers from completely different backgrounds as different people read into history in different ways. History was written by the winners/leaders of the time which is why we only hear relatively recently about figures like Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano. If the history books had been written by a group of people from different backgrounds who saw different sides of conflicts and daily life, we would know a lot more about what came before.
@Col_McCafferty And Fallen Order surprised me too! I expected it to feel like The Force Awakened (which I love) but it's so cinematic and the combat is amazing! And Hollow Knight is amazing in it's own right. It's the first metroidvania in a long time that I've really gotten into. It's really worth hanging in there and playing all the way through.
Sorry to barge in on the AC chat but having played both Origins and Odyssey, I get the impression that which ever one you play second becomes a bit of a disappointment. Almost everyone I’ve heard review or talk about the games loved Origins like a favourite child but felt that Odyssey was bloated with a worse narrative.
I played Odyssey first as I’ve always been drawn to Greek mythology and thoroughly enjoyed it... it was long but I thought the map/world was great and I actually really enjoyed the story. So much so that I thought Origins would blow me away what with the greater response online. It was fine but it didn’t hit me in the same way Odyssey did, I didn’t even stick with it to play the dlc (which I bought), just got the plat and moved on.
Judging from the reviews and discussions I’ve seen about the two games, I have a feeling that you may eventually feel the same way about Odyssey that I did about Origins due to having played the other first.
@colonelkilgore I played Origins first but much prefer Odyssey. I enjoyed exploring the Greek islands a lot more as Kassandra than I did Ancient Egypt as Bayek.
With Origins though it didn't help that I started playing not long after finishing Red Dead Redemption 2. Compared to Rockstar's epic it felt a bit lightweight and arcadey and that's not a compliment.
It's okay but I thought Odyssey was a lot better than its predecessor.
Lol, there is always one eh 😉... I definitely needed a good break in between each AC:O, think I played AC: Odyssey in summer 2019 and Origins this past October. I’m probably gonna get my ‘AC-like’ fill from Ghost of Tsushima in 2021 (that comment will probably irk some but I keep hearing that GoT is the best AC game that never was) and finally get around to Valhalla in 2022ish.
Thinking about it, maybe that was why I couldn’t get into Red Dead 2, I think I started it not long after Odyssey. Will have to go back to it at some stage.
This past week I've been trying out recent PS+ games, and I've been having good fun.
Rocket Arena: is a lot more fun than the trailer looks! I don't care for most online shooters. Half the time I'm looking around for people to shoot, the other half I'm getting killed by snipers. This one is more like Smash Bros. There's a small area you try to blast people out of. Controls aren't overly complicated.
Worms Assault: a similar game, and I like it for similar reasons. I can get some lucky kills in and have a few minutes of simple fun without committing my life to memorizing controls and such.
Need for Speed Payback: more fun than I expected. Controls well enough. If you bump into a wall or something it doesn't ruin your chance of success. (Playing on easy of course.) Not a fan of realistic... anything, but this caught my fancy. Has some sort of story that you play through. I skip about half of it, but it's fun playing different scenarios.
I haven’t tried Rocket Arena or Worms but I was also pleasantly surprised by NFS: Payback and will deffo see it through to the plat. Never really been into racing games but ‘that race’ from Mafia Remastered on simulation mode got its hooks into me the same time NFS: P was on ps+ so I gave it a go and I’m glad I did.
Also on ps+ I’ve been playing Bugsnax with the missus and really enjoying it. Totally not my kind of game but it’s charming and hilarious.
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