Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@colonelkilgore Honestly, Black Flag was one of my least favourite titles during my AC binge. I loved the setting and pirates are very cool but the story sections didn’t really cut it for me. The island hopping was good fun but since I wasn’t going for the platinum due to the multiplayer trophies, I couldn’t really bring myself to clear everything!

@Th3solution will do Sol, though if I were you I'd probably stick with your plan to play Odyssey... and then if you're still craving some naval battles a few months later you can always dust off Black Flag. I really enjoyed Odyssey... and I honestly think controls have progressed quite a lot during the 8th generation and as a result the onland gameplay (at least) is smoother in the later game.

@nessisonett I try not to binge any series really, as I'm so cautious of ruining a possible good experience through burn out. Of the series, so far I've only played AC1 (back in the day... and promised myself never again), Odyssey (lured back in by Greek myth) and Origins (loved Odyssey so I figured I'd love that... only liked it in the end though).

Basically, I'm gonna ensure I have a good few months between installments but have them all waiting to be installed.

As a side note, I was quite pessimistic about trying the pre-Origins ones but my experience with Black Flag so far has made me far more open to the others.

@ApostateMage they're great aren't they... and always on the verge of sounding quite rude. There was one yesterday where I wasn't sure what they were actually singing but in my head it sounded like the main verse was "Someones got a boner" which I took to singing along with. Think my missus was a bit disappointed when she walked in and I was still 'soft' 😂🤣😂🤣

I've finally decided to give Jedi: Fallen Order a go. I'm only on to Zeffo but enjoying it so far although I've just unlocked the evade and kick move which feels a little hit and miss.

Loving the big orchestral score though!

@nessisonett Black Flag was a great game. It just wasn't a great Assassin's Creed game. It would have shined as a new IP, which I assume they realized too late and that's where their vaporware online pirate game game from. All the AC stuff felt shoehorned into a game it didn't fit, and the decent AC stuff that was there felt like it deserved to have its own game.

Personally I agree though, as an AC game i think it might be the weakest entry. Even liberation despite it's Vita limitations is better as an AC game. It was amazing for it's time running on Vita though. I can't remember the PSP one but that one was actually pretty good. My thumb did not get along with that game and the cheese shredder nub of the PSP though!

Revelations remains a weak entry, but 3 is imo the low point. The lack of verticality destroyed the ac gameplay and it became a brawler. Though i hear Valhalla has the same problem. I haven't started it yet.

@NEStalgia 3’s probably my favourite one although I’ve only played the remaster 😅

@nessisonett eewww! That could be the difference though. I got the remaster with odyssey gold edition but haven't had the urge to check it out past the ever awesome theater intro, because it's ac3. I do remember them saying they were intending to fix fan complaints about it and make it "more assassin's creed", so maybe that means they were successful. The original release had almost no real stealth, it was mostly grabbing weapons and playing Bad Dudes: Colonial Edition. On a 2D plane. That's cool if they really did make it a proper AC...a bit like what happened with Unity.

My favorite remains the first though. Sure the side quests were repetitive and uninteresting but no other game has really duplicated the grandeur of the big stalk and kill assassinations. I hadn't really thought about it before recently but technically the first channeled a lot more of Hitman then later entries, which might explain part of why it's my favorite.

I'm on the fence about syndicate. It tried to bridge 3s action brawler in Jacob with traditional AC in Evie. So i ended up loving the Evie missions and hating the Jacob missions. Except the freaking Thames... Screw that bland river and it's endless barges!

@TheBrandedSwordsman So you not started with the first game in the trilogy as we discussed? OK then! 😂

In regards to Shadow, if you are expecting deep crafting and climbing from the game, prepare to be disappointed unfortunately. The crafting and climbing seemed pretty light I seem to remember.

How you generally finding the game so far?

I thought they had refined the combat, exploration and puzzles to the best in the series. I wasn't too keen on some of the RPG-lite stuff (like having to speak to numerous villagers for quests) and some of the story beats. But, overall I really enjoyed it.

Death Stranding - Playing for the first time, really enjoying it. would have liked for it to have a PS5 upgrade, but looks amazing already. I'm about 15 hours in

I’m enjoying Fallen Order so far and haven’t had too many technical issues (a few long pauses when auto saving, a few stuttery cutscenes). The game looks pretty good but did they outsource the wookies to someone on the cheap??

@Thrillho They made a Wookie mistake there.

Started Control, played about 3 hours. For now all I can say is it's weird but I'm enjoying it.

@TheBrandedSwordsman None at the moment. Yeah I got the Ultimate Edition from ps plus. Wasn't a game I was ever really interested in playing but thought I'd give it a shot as a break from Zombie slaying before I tackle Resident Evil 2, the gameplay mechanics are quite simple at the minute, run, gun and I've only acquired 2 powers so far so it doesn't seem overly complicated although the aiming with the pistol is sensitive.

You enter the game sort of halfway through a story already if that makes any sense, its obvious your not supposed to understand what's going on from the beginning, the main characters talks to herself/you along the way to bring you in to the story. Nothing amazing as of yet but I'm interested enough to see where the mystery goes.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Good to see that SotTR is holding up for you so far. It does feel unique from Uncharted, doesn’t it? Lara is a great protagonist, even though she’s quite different from Drake. And the gameplay is more varied. Talking about it makes me want to go back and play the DLC. 😄
I just love the tombs in the game.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I like RPG's too, but sometimes I get a bit fed up of them been in almost EVERY game these days. It is quite refreshing when I play game when there are no rpg mechanics in the game. It wasn't a deal breaker for me and only a minor niggle though.

And yes, as @Th3solution mentions the tombs are awesome in Shadow.
One of my favourites was the one with the massive crocodile statue. Felt so epic.

Currently addicted to two-point hospital as my killing time game. I really should get back to little nightmare 2 but ya.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I don’t actually own the DLC so I probably won’t go back unless it’s on sale for super cheap. Or unless I take the plunge on that new collection announced with the whole trilogy and all DLC together in one package. But even then it’ll probably be a while. If they do a PS5 upgrade then that will help push me to replay. But definitely keep me updated if you enjoy it enough to play the supplemental content. It received glowing reviews.

As far as DS3, I think it might be a while. I started The Outer Worlds instead and I’m liking it. So along with that and Persona 5, my next few weeks are full. And I have a few others I’d like to mix in over coming weeks like the rest of the Nathan Drake Collection, and others. But I have flexibility in my schedule to move a game into the active slot depending on my mood. I might suddenly get overcome with a desire for dark fantasy at some point.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Yeah, there is definitely some familiar tones in the two series, thematically. And to be honest, I think both borrowed from Indiana Jones to begin with. Especially the early Lara Croft, she being a little more snarky and self-confident in the early games. But the archaeological treasure hunt aspect is something that was probably made most famous by the Indy IP, and they just failed to make a whole lot of noise with franchised video games.

But it’s true that you say they borrowed from one another because, although TR came first in the ancestral gaming order, UC resurrected the interest in the world-hopping artifact search and added more enemy combat, which possibly inspired some of the TR reboot, which added more open-world concepts, which then prompted UC to expand a little on the linearity of the games, especially by the end with Lost Legacy. So I do think there was a little back-and-forth.

@TheBrandedSwordsman mentioned on another thread but playing Witcher 3 currently. I wasn't sure if I'd like it as I haven't really played RPGs and still wasn't sure a few hours in, it looked a bit overwhelming....but now I'm absolutely loving it, engrossed! I think I've figured it out and how to play it properly. Currently at level 4 in Velen and having a blast. Can't help thinking I left a lot undone in the very first location though, now that I've copped the gameplay.

@TraCuz- So I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima now. Wow. It's an amazing game. You said come here and let you know what I think. It's definitely one of the best games of the last 10 years for me. Looks and plays beautifully on the ps5!