Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@colonelkilgore @nessisonett I have abandoned my Bloodborne quest for The Old Hunters as I have begun to agree with @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy in the sense that I distinctly prefer the medieval setting of Dark Souls to Bloodborne's Lovecraftian Victorian madness, plus I prefer the weapons and armour in Dark Souls to a large extent, and I have now returned to that game, aiming for the platinum in both that and Dark Souls 3, levelling up my character by farming in the Grave of Artorias, with the Symbol of Avarice to increase my souls per run. Praise the Sun!

If I remember correctly there was a PS2 game of Rez wasn't there @RogerRoger? Pretty sure I played some of it... Maybe as another demo?

Oh I had a go of Enter The Gungeon last night as well @JohnnyShoulder and had a rather good time with it too playing as "The Hunter" character. Only played the first floor and faced the Gatling Gull but I can easily see myself playing more!

Ha well the setting was more of a personal preference and perhaps one of the smallest reasons of why Bloodborne doesn't really click with me @TheBrandedSwordsman.

Probably doesn't help that you've just been grinding levels the past so many hours for whatever reason. I've never played The Old Hunters either so I can't comment in the slightest on that 😄

Not played as the Hunter yet, but will do next as is the only base character I've try to play with @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy. That is the boss I defeated eventually, after about the 3rd time. I found to strafe in a circle useful for its 1st move then just avoid the targeting missiles and shoot it in between dodging them. I try to test out all the weapons I pick up, as there have been a few times I picked up a weapon, faced a boss and didn't realise you had to charge a weapon. Death quickly followed! 😂

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy No, doesn't help at all! But I beat a boss in Bloodborne recently in order to vary the gameplay, and my Dark Souls character is already at quite a high level, so I'm alright with that!

soooo would anyone recomend demon souls as first time souls game to a noob?
i heard bloodborne was the "easiest" but i doubt that tbh.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy what were the other reasons why Bloodborne didn't click with you? What are you playing at the moment?

@jdv95 I’ve yet to play it but people on here have said it’s the “easiest” of the games. The better frame rate on PS5 probably helps with timing and the quicker reloads will make death less annoying too.

I don’t think there’s a bad place to start with the series but it’s just accepting the change in play style and that failure is a big part of the game!

@TheBrandedSwordsman I definitely prefer dark fantasy over gothic-lovecraft in terms of a theme... but Bloodborne ‘plays’ beautifully. Not that Souls plays badly... but there is something about the combat of Bloodborne that just seems so much more intuitive... to me at least.

I love all Miyazaki games... but Bloodborne just rocks my world... best game ever.

Started ABZU, got to grips with movement, found some shiny things, explored a cave, hitched a ride on a humphead wrasse. I think this game is trying to hypnotize me!

@RogerRoger I’ve never played the original but heard a lot of good things over the years. Glad to know they were proven right!

Oh really @JohnnyShoulder? I would've assumed we wouldn't have fought the same boss... But then again I think the floor after was called "the gungeon truly begins" or something along the lines so maybe that first floor is an extended tutorial?

The lack of weapons, removal of magic & build variety
is probably the biggest knocks against Bloodborne for me @TheBrandedSwordsman. Playing it for a second time felt pretty much the same as the first time round.

and I'm playing Cyberpunk 2077. I got to the third and final act yesterday

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I think the bosses are randomised from a pool of a certain number, as it was about the third time i faced that one from that floor, but all the other times they were different each time.

Bloodborne is still my favourite of the Souls games as I much prefer the front foot, aggressive combat style that the game encourages, rather than the slower combat of DS.

And personally I really liked the style of the game but that much just be because it was something different to the others.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy @JohnnyShoulder Each floor has a couple of bosses to choose from. The chances of you both getting Gatling Gull and relatively high to be honest.

Hey guys, is it safe to buy digital media from third parties?

@Onigumo If it’s a code then yes. Just make sure that it’s not an account, as some sites will sell you a PSN account with just that game for a cheaper price, which is obviously a violation of PSN’s rules.

@nessisonett Its a accout, my fear is be banish

Ahhh ok @JohnnyShoulder & @nessisonett. I was thinking other then some key bosses on set floors it'd be entirely randomised with the boss selection. Good to know.

Gatling Gull's most certainly a reference to Vulcan Raven from MGS1 right? Can't be a coinky dink with the whole Getting eaten alive upon death by a bunch of birds and the whole gatling/minigun weapon of choice whilst being rather buff lol 😄

@Onigumo Yeah, I wouldn’t take the risk. It’s just plain dodgy.

Good memory @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy! I did wonder what that was a reference to. After jogging my own memory, yeah that has to be it.