Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@colonelkilgore Curious how Subnautica is, so let us know your thoughts. It doesn’t look like my type of game (survival isn’t necessarily my favorite, nor underwater gameplay) but the relative praise has me curious enough.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Did you finish Drake’s Fortune, or just taking breaks from it?
I played a tiny bit of Nioh once, and it seems like a high quality game. I suspect it will scratch the Souls itch a little bit for you.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Yeah be interested to hear your thoughts on Nioh, I wasn't as keen as most people seem to be. Combat felt really good, everything else I was a bit meh over.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I loved the first Nioh game but have never felt a desperate need to play the second.

I found that a good way of getting decent gear was to summon dead player characters and beat them. Using a long spear was an easy way of beating these “ghosts” from what I remember.

@Th3solution yeah I’m not really into survival myself, seems decent though... the little of it I’ve played so far.

@get2sammyb @shogunrok @quintumply Here's a list of every hidden demo on PS4 (ie they are not available in the demo section) you have to click in the games to find them. Credit to whitefumeknight over on Reddit;
httpss://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/n0f7k7/every_hidden_ps4_demotrial_you_can_download/

16-Bit Soccer
428 Shibuya Scramble
Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Backgammon Blitz
Baseball Riot
Bear With Me - The Lost Robots
Blue Rider
Claybook
Clockwork: Tales Of Glass and Ink
Comet Crash 2: The Kronkoid Wars
Croc's World
Croc's World 2
Croc's World 3
Croc's World Run
Dark Arcana: The Carnival
Dark Mystery
Demon Hunter: Revelation
Dreamwalker: Never Fall Asleep
DRL Simulator
Dynasty Warriors 9
Endless Fables: Dark Moor
Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek
Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood
Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
Epic World
Eventide: Slavic Fable
Eventide 2: Sorcerer's Mirror
Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends
F1 2016
F1 2017
F1 2018
F1 2019
F1 2020
Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises
Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow
Far Cry 4
Football Nation VR Tournament 2018
Ghost Files: Memory of a Crime
Gladiator: Blades of Fury
Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride
Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan
Grim Legends 3: The Dark City
Homefront: The Revolution
Honor and Duty: D-Day
Horror Adventure
Horse Racing 2016
How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition
Inside
Is it Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em up Girls in a Dungeon?
Jewel Fever
Kingmaker: Rise to the Throne
Little Nightmares
Lost Grimoires: Stolen Kingdom
Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery
Mass Effect Andromeda
Metro: 2033 Redux
Metro: Last Light Redux
Modern Tales: Age of Invention
Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker
NASCAR Heat 3
Nightmares From The Deep: The Cursed Heart
Nightmares From The Deep 2: The Siren's Call
Nightmares From The Deep 3: Davy Jones
Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
Pacific Wings
Path of Sin: Greed
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders
Persian Nights 2: Moonlight Veil
Prey
Queen's Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past
Queen's Quest 3: The End of Dawn
Queen's Quest 4: Sacred Truce
Rainbow Moon
Rec Room
Rollercoaster Dreams
Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child
Shadow Tactics
SpeedRunners
Spelunky
Statik
SUPERHYPERCUBE
Super Kids Racing
Super Mega Baseball 2
Super Mega Baseball 3
Super Motherload
Sword Art Online Alicization
Tembo The Badass Elephant
Tennis in the Face
Terraria
The Crew
The Crew 2
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game
The Path of Motus
The Secret Order: Shadow Breach
The Secret Order: Return to the Buried Kingdom
The Unknown City - Episode 1
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier - Episode 1
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Tom Clancy's The Division
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Trackmania Turbo
Trine 2: Complete Story
Tumble VR
Uncharted Tides: Port Royal
UNO
Unravel
Vroom Kaboom
Watch_Dogs 2
Water Balloon Mania
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Yoku's Island Express
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

@Th3solution so Subnautica is undoubtedly very well made but I can already tell that I’m gonna struggle with motivating myself to play it. It’s got elements of things that I like, it’s deep (literally and figuratively), planning is essential for steady progress, the game world seems large and diverse... but I just struggle with a lack of ‘action’. I keep thinking about what else I could be doing, as even little things take thought and time.

I’m not saying I won’t continue with it but I’m gonna leave it unless the mood takes me... which could be quite few and far between. For anyone who likes survival games though, it seems a very good one.

@themcnoisy Thanks! Why are they hidden?! 😂

Haha. Maxed out my stats and ranked up to level five of Kasumi's social link (guaranteeing my access to the full third semester content, since I already did Maruki and Akechi) on the same day. Also got past that annoying mouse section in Shido's cruise ship palace.

That was a productive session of Persona 5 Royal.

@Bentleyma- I found the old levels on Sonic Mania quite disorientating. Despite not having played the games in well over a decade, I knew exactly when the levels strayed from their original layout and it felt so wrong!

The special stages chasing the thing around the track gave me proper headaches too..

@get2sammyb you won't know about them from the demo section. If that makes sense.

I am currently playing Blue Reflection again! I just love this game so much!

I’ve now gone past 65 hours on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. This game is insanely vast. Still got about 8 cultists and 3 artefacts left. This game will never end.

@nessisonett out of interest how would you compare it to Origins? I wrote a post not long after joining discussing the fact that I personally think it might come down to which one (Origins or Odyssey) you play first as to which one you prefer. I played Odyssey first and it kinda blew me away in all honesty but was then a little unfulfilled by Origins where as I’ve spoken to many people who feel quite the opposite (& played them in the order of release).

edit. also, I think the plat took me around 150 hours... then all the dlc’s (the latter 3 eps of which was class) was maybe another 60.

@colonelkilgore I think I prefer Origins just because the story felt more focused and the map was a little more manageable. I’m still not entirely sold on an Assassin’s Creed game having rechargeable skills either. Don’t get me wrong, Odyssey has been great so far but there’s definitely something to be said for ‘less is more’.

@Th3solution @JohnnyShoulder @Thrillho @Jimmer-jammer @colonelkilgore Still making progress in Nioh, came a cropper against the knights in the prologue/tutorial, but I think I can just run past them, or lure them into taking me on one on one, I have to remember put my medicine into quick items as well, and learn how to use that function, and thus finally escape the Tower of London!

Seriously though, I'm loving the game, getting better at it each time I tackle it, it's an excellent, high-quality strategy-based RPG, definitely scratching that Dark Souls itch.

@Th3solution And yeah, just taking a break from Drake's Fortune, an infinite break haha - I seriously don't like the lack of aim assist in that game. Just didn't work for me. I'm dyspraxic and can']t free aim with a controller in shooters.

So completed Final Fantasy VII remake on Normal, a brief summary while the credits role and the nostalgia kicks in, WoW what a truly awesome game I've just played. I enjoyed playing this game alot and I can't wait to play he next one.

I'll give a more indepth review/thoughts when I have more time.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Ah, I see. I don’t remember aim assist being in any of the Uncharteds, but I don’t always use it myself. I’m also not opposed to using it either. Depending on the game, sometimes the free aim can feel unwieldy. Did UC4 and UC2 have aim assist? You made it through those fine before.

Speaking of aim assist, RDR and RDR2 have a generous aim assist if you’re looking for a narrative third person shooter with relatively easy aiming. At its fullest, the aim lock-on is pretty automatic so long as you get in the general vicinity of the enemy. The story also setting is open-world Western, which may not be your preference, but the games are excellent.

@MaulTsir Congrats on beating FF7R. I need to get to that but I’ve decided to wait on the Intergrade release for PS5. Looking forward to it.

@Th3solution With regard to the Uncharted series, I am unsure about UC2 but definitely found it easier than 1, and I don't think I played it as part of the Nathan Drake collection, got it as a stand-alone a few years ago. In terms of RDR and RDR2, those games appeal to me but RDR seems unavailable on the ps store, unless you can provide me with a link? and RDR2 is going for silly money.

Edit: UC4 and LL definitely had aim assist.

@TheBrandedSwordsman You’re correct that the original RDR is only on PS3 (as far as Sony platforms go.). You can play it on PS4 through PS Now, but I think I read that it doesn’t quite run as smoothly through the streaming service. Fans have been clamoring for a true PS4 remaster, but I don’t think we’ll get it.

RDR2 can be played on its own, but like a lot of sequels (well, actually it’s a prequel to the first game) you’ll miss out on a few subtle references to the events and people of the first game. It’s definitely not a requirement to have played the original game and RDR2 can be played on its own, even more so independently than playing the Uncharted games out of order.

RDR2 is a really long game though and it has a few pacing problems, with an huge open world and it took me around 80+ hours to finish. The third person cover shooting is quite a bit easier, but the loads of other activities and side quests make for a lot of time wandering the world and slow-paced exploring. It takes a really large commitment to get the full appreciation, so it would be good to check some online videos to see if it would even be in your wheelhouse. The narrative is quite fantastic though, even if it’s a slow burn. And yeah, it’s held it’s price still so might be best waiting for a deep sale if it looks like it appeals to you.

Either way, I think you’re set for now with Nioh. I’ll be curious how it goes the further you get into it. Maybe I’ll try it again someday.