Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Th3solution @colonelkilgore @RogerRoger I don't know how any one in these times of fast and furious game releases would ever get by with out a plan/schedule 🤣 I'm roughly about 2 to 3 years behind current releases and as daft as it may sound for a hobby I do have things planned out as much as possible. Im in the same boat, I've worked all through this pandemic and I do feel very fortunate to be still working and I do feel for anyone who has had to cope with loosing a job or no income but some days I think imagine the dent I'd of made with that time off 🤣 with a full time job and family my time is limited so I plan regularly, I mainly game on a night when every one's settled in bed, that's if me and the wife don't watch a movie or some tv so if I roughly get on at 8pm I'll have 2 or 3 hours depending on how tired I am, then I'll try to organise it so I play mostly the game I'm completing with a night or 2 on what ever multiplayer or sports game I can be bothered to play to break it up.

When I was younger it used to really stress me out, I know that sounds daft but it did, the backlog used to just get bigger and bigger and I use to feel like I was never getting any where, but the older I've got the more relaxed I am about it, I actually like the fact there's more games than I can play because I feel at least I know I can enjoy my hobby for the next few years with guaranteed awesome games.

Add in to the fact that when all this pandemic malarkey is over it'll be back to taking the kids to there sports sessions, footy matches, weekends away, holidays, hiking I probably getting more game time then ever at the minute.

@MaulTsir another kindred-spirit of the planning variety 🖖... turns out we're not so weird after all eh? 😅

Your story sounds very familiar to my own bud, though I'm very lucky that I only have to work 4 days per week, so every Wednesday is just a pure gaming day from 6am-7pm... the day is like an oasis in the 'desert of the real'.

@colonelkilgore Wednesday's must be tough for you then 🤣.

Just out of interest what game/games are you currently working your way through?

@MaulTsir I'm just finishing of Dying Light atm... think I got like 30% of trophies left to get for the plat. I'm also trying to find the odd hour here and there for my first playthru of Dead Space 3 as I have arranged to do the co-op trophies with someone at the start of March. Then March proper, will be AC: Black Flag.

How about yourself, I know you were playing Days Gone, what you got lined up after that?

@colonelkilgore I'm a big zombie fan so I should give dying light ago I've heard really good things about it, am I right in thinking this is the one that has the parkour style?

Yeah I currently plodding through days gone around the 45 hour mark, I've just locked the beginning part of the map so I'm lead to believe from what I've read online that I'm about half way through so probably another 40 hours to go but I think I'll definitely stick around after to complete the hordes and other end game activities.

That will settle me nicely in to mid March so I Will probably tackle either Death Stranding, Final Fantasy 7 Remake or Resident Evil 2 Remake, they will take me nicely to Mass Effect release which will be the first game in about 2 yearS I'll buy at release and this really messes my backlog up because I will probably play all 3 back to back so all other games will get picked up after that again.

Added in to that I've been playing the division 2 since Christmas and that is a time sync but I do enjoy the gameplay and the manhunts.

@MaulTsir yeah it is the one with parkour, if you like zombie games I would definitely suggest you give it a shot. As it's quite old you can normally find it quite cheap on the store and is a lot of fun.

@Kidfried Yes, excellent choice for an Odyssey palate cleanser — Lost Legacy is fantastic and relatively short and doesn’t overstay its welcome in the slight. There is no bloat and the character driven narrative is in full force. Glad you’re enjoying it! (Take note @colonelkilgore , another Lost Legacy advocate!)

@Th3solution that 'loose' 2023 playthru can't come quick enough 😂

After having finished Yakuza 0 I'm going to carry on the action combat vibe that I've had the past few months going and I'm gonna play some Devil May Cry 1.

I haven't played it in YEARS (The last time may've been sometime before I got DMC 3) so it's going to be fun going back to this but part of the HD collection. Always remembered this being quite tough in particular from what I remember, especially with the Panther/Shadow enemies.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy The first game is way harder than the others imo, although I did play it first so wasn’t used to the tactics yet. I did quite enjoy it though, other than the rubbish final boss. Should be interesting for you to revisit!

@MaulTsir I forgot to mention earlier, do you reckon there is any chance that they will scrap the multiple playthru requirements for the Mass Effect collrction plats? I'm kinda keen to playthru the trilogy again (never did finish 3 actually for some reason) but I certainly don't fancy playing through them all multiple times.

@Kidfried I've had Lost Legacy downloaded for ages but have still yet to play it. Maybe I'll give that a go if I ever finish Yakuza 5..

@Th3solution I just completed Chapter 7 Where they steal the crucifix from the auction just as Raife is about to win it and escape the compound in the car it's got a real Hollywood blockbuster feel to it, hasn't it, that game? That's what's always struck me about the Uncharted games, I'll have to go back to Lost Legacy after this as well.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Spot on — that’s a good description of the game (and the series in general). It’s like playing a Hollywood blockbuster. Replaying the first game currently, it isn’t nearly as pulse-pounding/ action movie like as the latter ones, especially 3 and 4. In 3 and 4 it just seemed that Drake was always having a platform dramatically collapse from under him, a handhold crumble unexpectedly, or some other bombastic surprise challenging event. In fact, I think they overdid it a touch and by the end I was just expecting whatever platform I jumped onto was going to crumble and I’d have to do some kind of button prompt quickly 😄

@colonelkilgore In regards to Mass Effect I would certainly hope they do get rid of the multiple playthrough requirements because they are releasing all 3 games at once and with out dlcs included your looking at 50+ hours each game that's a lot of play time. Although I haven't heard anything about the trophies for the game yet only that it was confirmed they have been totally re-worked for each game.

I've added dying light to my list after your recommendation I didn't realise there was a second so thats another one added to the backlog also 🤣

@RogerRoger that's good to here about your brother enjoying the ps3, everybody needs something to get them through this lockdown and gaming seems a great way. I agree also that its not such a bad thing about being behind like you say most games come out in bad shape and to be honest by I get around to them I'll get the patched version's which has probably enhanced my experience and probably a big reason why I've enjoyed alot of games that got bad press when they where first released.

@Th3solution @TheBrandedSwordsman That is a great description of the Uncharted series they all do feel like Hollywood Blockbusters.

And I agree that 4 went out of its way to have more explosiveness than the others, but I think it's common in sequels they always need to try an surprise you more, be more in your face even though the opposite happens because you almost always know what's coming because you've seen it all before 🤣 but I thought they were all just a lot of fun to play and the narrative always drove it forward. I'm really looking forward to getting around the the Tomb Raider Trilogy because I expect I'll enjoy them just as much

@MaulTsir Despite what my good friend @Th3solution said, I have read on another website that gamers believe to a large extent that the TR games are a rip-off of the UC games, so maybe do a bit more digging online for yourself, Maul, before investing your cash. I know I'll certainly be avoiding the Tomb games myself, based on my own research.

@MaulTsir cool, good news at the very least that they are looking to ‘rework’ the Mass Effect trophies... I actually think it could put most trophy hunters off if they have played the trilogy previously.

In regards to Dying Light 2 it’s been on the horizon for a long old while apparently... but there does seem to have been a raise in the overall ‘buzz’ recently and a release date of May 25th.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I wouldn’t call the TR clones of the Uncharted series... ironically Xbox fans used to refer to Uncharted as ‘Dude Raider’ as they mocked it as being a clone of Tomb Raider. I think neither are true though... yes the latest trilogy of Tomb Raider games are more ‘cinematic’ like the Uncharted games and less like the originals but they are still quite distinct. Also, they are somewhat more open world than the Uncharted games (well the original trilogy at least).

Both series are worthy of a gamers time imho.

@colonelkilgore Technically, there aren't any trophies for replaying the game.

There are trophies for ME2 and ME3 that say either complete the game twice or once with an imported character (weird as that was impossible in ME2 when it was released). The trophies for the top difficulty are the least commonly achieved but there are lots of combat related ones you may not hit on one play through.