Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Those are pretty substantial games to jump back into after a break from gaming!

I've only played a small section of RDR2 and it was part way through the game, so am unable to offer any advice. Can't you do a guts build and hit the wolves with a greatsword?

Started playing Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight today and it's been a lot of fun thus far. It's sad to see no actual story mode like in P4: Dancing All Night but at least there's a "Social mode" where you basically hang out with all the Phantom Thieves members. I haven't found any particular remixes of tracks that have stuck with me yet, but the list of songs is still excellent due to how great the soundtrack is in P5. It's also too bad that the added songs from P5R aren't in P5D but yeah, there's not much to do about that. I'm definitely enjoying this game a lot though after having finished P5R and just wanting to hang out with the gang some more before moving on.

@Keith_Zissou yeah, perfect example there... Naughty Dog are so unique. Theyre not my favourite developer... not even my favourite Sony first-party but they do something no one else seems able. And although their games really aren't my 'type' of games, I always really enjoy them. Maybe this specific trait (how they balance the difficulty for you from checkpoint to checkpoint) is a big reason.

@Keith_Zissou @Jimmer-jammer I'm so looking forward to Part 2. Im really curious about it too... I mean 1 is so universally loved and 2 is loved and hated in equal measure. Really hoping its the former for me 🤞.

I'm nearly done on the original now... just got the hospital section (& the epilogue) left when I get home from the office and that should be the plat.

@Jimmer-jammer sounds phenomenal! Second week of September, I have a week booked off to totally immerse myself.

@Keith_Zissou so I’m obviously still to play the sequel but I would add that my recent run on Survivor+ of the original really upped the ante on the infected encounters. Their hearing and the range of sight on the stalkers and runners really made the difference.

@Th3solution @Jimmer-jammer Still playing through RDR2, I had a shootout in the 'Old Friends' mission wherein I also lassoed and hogtied an escaping O'Driscoll boy, he's back at our camp now

Loving the game so far, really immersive, decent gaming experience, can't wait for the 'open-world' aspects of it to open up to me.

How are your games going?

@Th3solution @Jimmer-jammer Also, there will always be inevitable comparisons to the GTA series, what with both series being made by Rockstar, and, after playing a bit of San Andreas and GTAV, alternatively, the setups for the missions and mounted combat seem quite similar, you can really see RDR2 as a spiritual successor to the GTA games eh? What do you think?

@Jimmer-jammer that sounds epic, I’m all about getting the old heart pounding during my gaming. Hopefully the next 3 weeks don’t drag too much until I play it.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I haven’t played much GTA, but yeah, I can see the resemblance with RDR.
The whole sandbox thing is really enjoyable. Changing up your beard style, hair, and clothes is a whole mini-game in and of itself. Glad you enjoy it so far.

I actually didn’t have much gaming time but I jumped back into A Plague Tale today, and am probably toward the end on it. I’ll probably do a couple runs of Returnal later. I did finish the main game and saw the credits roll on it, but there is a 3rd Act, sort of a epilogue of sorts, so I’m wanting to get through that.

@Jimmer-jammer What is the setup with the Pathless? Glad you're enjoying it, would you recommend it? is it hard?

@Th3solution I see, well I look forward to some outfit/facial hair customization later in the game for good ol' Arthur Morgan. By the way, hope the 3rd act goes well and you see the game through to it's "true" conclusion. Let me know how that goes.

@Jimmer-jammer That sounds fantastic and incredibly approachable/accessible, I may add that to my list of to-play games in the next few months!

I started Mafia II and it runs way better on PS5 than it did on my Pro. There’s zero lag and yeah, the animations are still janky but it’s so much better. I find it really weird but kinda cool how they’ve ported elements of Mafia 3 over to a PS3 engine as an Easter egg, it feels like time travel. It’s definitely a dated game but I’m enjoying it so far.

So finally managed to log into the Square Enix Just Cause 3 servers after getting my friend-list down to 99. Last played it in around 2017… and wow that frame-rate, I might well play it on the PS5 as it is stuttery-as-all-hell on the PS4. Still fun though… the perfect tonic of mindless-abandon sandwiched between the two The Last of Us games.

@RogerRoger to be fair, I don’t recall thinking there was an issue when I played it a few years go… but it actually hurt my eyes and started to give me a headache this evening. It might have just been a period of acclimatisation though as it didn’t seem so bad by the time I logged off.

Was really enjoying it once I mastered the wing-suit again, quite surprised that I broke my old record too… over 8 minutes!

@colonelkilgore the infamous framerate was why I never gave it a try! I might give it a go this weekend actually, I'd forgotten it was free ages ago.

@BowTiesAreCool mate, I’ve gotten used to it now and just really enjoying it. I was a massive fan of Just Cause 2 on the PS3 but the wing-suit in 3 (& 4, although I’m yet to play 4) just elevates the whole experience. I didn’t realise quite how much of 3 that I must’ve got done a few years ago… only got a couple of missions left but leaving them for the time being and just taking over the map… so much fun.

@Th3solution How is A Plague Tale going? @Jimmer-jammer How is The Pathless going? In RDR2 I just completed the train robbery mission and now I'm in the heartlands, ready to explore the nearby town at the earliest opportunity, the train robbery mission was quite fast-paced and frenetic and thoroughly enjoyable

@RogerRoger yeah it is a really great game… one I feel deserves more attention from the masses. As it’s rekindled my love of the Just Cause games (well 2 & 3) I’ve looked a bit further into 4, which is buried deep in the backlog. It seems Avalanche has gotten rid of the location-liberation element for 4… wtf were they thinking!?!?