Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@colonelkilgore I'm glad Watch Dogs 2 is working out for you, personally I got burned by Watch Dogs 1 and Ubisoft formula in general and unfortunately never gave Watch Dogs 2 the time of day. Also I need a tag when you start Ghost, I'll happily join the discussion. If the online Legends mode interests you I'd join that too.

Neck Deep? Brother I'm far past that. FFXIV is easily one my favorite gaming experiences of all time, but it's surely not for everyone. The only other games that come close to giving me that childlike sense of adventure and wonder would be Skyrim and Zelda: BOTW. Some of the best world and character building/writing that I've personally experienced in a game, calling it a game almost does it a disservice. It is very much so a living breathing virtual world. Traversal is blissful and combat is very fun once you get to higher level content. You know how welcoming the "most" of the Push Square community is? Imagine that twofold, and it's almost every player(of course there's a few bad apples, cmon its the internet). In my near 400 hours of play, I've come across maybe two "bad apples". I adore this game and this won't be the last time you see me rave about it .

@TraCuz- glad you've gotten so much out of it bud, its great when you find a game that you connect with to that extent. Not gonna lie, the enthusiasm with which you speak about it does kinda make think I should give it a try at some point.

Will do about GoT... and yeah if I'm still hankering after some if that GoT action (I've heard it has a great combat system from many people) GoT Legend's could be a real good shout 👍

@colonelkilgore Yeah I'd highly recommend especially since the free trial is one of the most generous offers in the entire gaming industry. Entire base game and 1st expansion up to level 60 trial cap. No time limit so no need to rush, which is great because it's very much a take your time and smell the roses kind of game. Most of the free trial restrictions are social limitations. Unable to send players direct messages, unable to make parties, and unable to buy/sell on the marketboard. That's pretty much it, the rest of the game is your playground. Just a heads up before you invest even a minute of your time, it's an MMO and there's a monthly $15 subscription in want to continue to lvl 80 and other expansions. Just though it'd be fair you know ahead of time.

Honestly when I played Ghost I wanted them to dive into the more mystical aspect of Japanese culture, but the story of Jin Sakai is very much grounded and told in a realistic world. For Legends mode they had their fun and went full blown mystical with fighting Oni and undead samurai. Not to mention this FREE update did a better job than Destiny and The Division with leveling and looting.

@TraCuz- cheers for the info, tbh the fact it's an MMO is what has deterred me starting it up until now. The only MMO I ever played was ESO and I became far too obsessed for my liking. It was taking too much of my time and attention... and from what I've heard about FFXIV it would take my already addictive personality to even worse levels.

Still, I can't help but feel tempted... I played FFVIIR & FFXV last year (my first FF's) and loved them both. And everyone keeps telling me the world and narrative of XIV is better than both! I need an MMO clone 🤣

@Jimmer-jammer Thanks dude, how is your playthrough of Biomutant going? Have you managed to defeat the Porky Puff yet? That boss killed the game for me..

@Th3solution Thanks dude, I am looking forward to further exploring the game, upgrading and whatnot, and yes ,the Janitor's accent is certainly "unique!", he's Finnish, apparently, according to the internet How is Returnal going for you?

@colonelkilgore Lmao at least you know yourself xD, FFXIV might just bring you to those worse levels haha.

@Jimmer-jammer Would you agree that the fight with the Porky Puff is somewhat broken then? I just couldn't get past it.

@Jimmer-jammer I understand. Best of luck with Demon's Souls

N.B Be sure to tag me when you play through it, as I'll be excited to discuss!

@TheBrandedSwordsman Returnal is going …well, I guess 😅. I’ve bemoaned my struggles over on the dedicated game thread, so I’ll not expound too much, but I’ve yet to beat the first boss. In my defense, I still feel like I’m getting better and climbing the steep learning curve gradually, but not over the hump yet. Still enjoying it though, so I’m not giving up yet.

@Th3solution Have you enabled auto sprint? Also try to hipfire as much as possible.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Knowing many Finnish people I can confirm that character is VERY Finnish

@Voltan is that a seal in your profile picture ?

@nomither6 Kind of. It’s this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus_loxodontus

@Voltan oh its European-based , no wonder I never seen it before . I wonder how recognizable her statue is in America.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I really enjoyed Nioh but agree that the opening area is really cool so the jump to Japan is a bit abrupt.

The weapon stance mechanic worked really well and I quite liked the freedom to change between weapon types, unlike in the Souls games.

@johncalmc Another convert to Yakuza! I really liked Kiwami 2 as it has one of the best big baddies in the series. Did you play Zero already though as that really is fantastic.

A warning though that the 3-5 remasters are a little rough after the Kiwami games and 3 is especially wacky and ponderous. I still have the final game to play at some point but have loved the series on the whole.

I've been playing through Control, I just unclogged the pipes in the NSC Coolant sector and am now heading to the energy NSC Energy sector at the Janitor's request the Hiss are certainly quite irritating to deal with and encounters become a bit repetitive after a while with the relative lack of enemy variety at this early stage of the game, but, hey, I am just playing for the story really, and the story is great.

Last Of Us 2 and Ratchet and Clank.

The latter i'm nearly finished as I want to complete it before I get the PS5 Ratchet and Clank, the former I was waiting on the PS5 upgrade to start playing. LOU2 is really dark though, i'm finding it difficult to really WANT to play it because of the bleakness of the whole game. I don't really remember feeling that same way on the 1st game.

@TheBrandedSwordsman The combat can be a bit tedious, but the mood of the game and the story is amazing.

I was one step ahead of you @colonelkilgore and had already chosen it as my backup weapon skill alongside a sword and the fire wolf spirit 😄

Did end up deciding to play Nioh last night though and ended going through the first proper mission and boss.

I did use the Kusarigama quite extensively (That low stance combo against the enemies that crawl along the floor!) but I give pretty much every weapon type a shot during this aside from Axes and Spears (Which I'd already used in the Tower Of London).

I defeated the Onryoki on my... 4th attempt I wanna say? Fought him with a simple Katana and just played it safe til his second phase, whipped out living weapon and then decimated the rest of his health bar. Did seem quite a big tanky though for a second boss.

Completely forgot that the game had a mission based structure til I'd wrapped that up.

Not sure how I feel about that yet and having to presumably re-open shortcuts and the like if I decide to replay a mission or have to return to a certain area.

... Like having to go back and collect all the Kodama's. Or "The little green ba*tards" as I kept calling them when I found one

I've not touched the high stance much at all... It feels way too sluggish to be of any use to me, especially as I like to be a bit more nimble and agile @Thrillho. Low stance has been fine enough but I've mainly stuck to using the mid stance seeing as it's the "balanced" one.

The fishing village area wasn't too impressive but hopefully there's some nice looking areas further down the line!