Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

I tried CoD WWII and didn't like it - I liked every other CoD campaign I played (at least 5 of them, probably more) but that one didn't do it for me.

@Voltan that’s unfortunate because WWII is historically so interesting to me. I suppose it’s been beaten to death with game and movie renditions though.

Just been playing Dark Alliance. I actually really like it, even if it is a bit of a technical mess on my PS4 Pro. I do find it odd that amazing looking games like God of War and Death Stranding look and play really well and this average looking game stutters and has screen tearing. At least the gameplay is fun. I’m only a few levels in, but I’m enjoying the combat and it’s really satisfying finding new loot.

I’m playing Persona 5, loving it so far.

With this ghastly summer heat creeping in I really haven't had the patience to play something like Nioh and seeing as it's so, SO close to me finally being off work for the summer holidays I returned to Pathfinder: Kingmaker and have been playing it the past week.

I've finally got through the first arc of the game and have finally beaten the Stag Lord (who was no fudging joke), taking the Stolen Lands as my own.

Up until now it's been pure CRPG similar to Divinity Original Sin so the whole kingdom management aspect that's suddenly crept in certainly makes it stand out (... It's a bit overwhelming too though).

Also tried some of it's rogue-like dungeon crawl DLC yesterday which was fun with each floor having effects like all the monsters being electrified, concealment/invisibility effects and stuff like that. No idea how long it is but I can see myself sinking a lot of hours just into that mode too.

Having a good time with Pathfinder: Kingmaker and look forward to playing it more!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy God, I totally forgot that you’re still in school down south. At this point I wish my brother was still in school, I’m already sick of him 😂

Re-started the original Watch Dogs 7 years after popping my one and only trophy on it back in 2014. It’s not bad actually… not as fun or versatile as Watch Dogs 2 but decent nonetheless.

@colonelkilgore @Th3solution @Jimmer-jammer I have returned to Bloodborne and am currently leveling up, grinding away, blood echo-farming to do that, 1 level per day is my aim as I am currently at 74 of a predicted 99 Vit tank build, might level up Str/Skl to 30-50 after that but probably not, I will probably play through the rest of the game with my 99 Vit tank build, collecting blood stone chunks and whatnot along the way in order to make my weapon more powerful (I'm using the Hunter's Axe) and might do some Chalice Dungeons later in order to get some Blood Gems as well, anything to avoid future farming once I hit the 99 Vit mark.

How are your games going?

@TheBrandedSwordsman glad you've returned to 'the greatest game of all-time'... I'm still holding out hope for that PS5 remaster, as I would love to earn another BB plat.

Couldn't really offer advice on what not to farm as its been a while since I played it... and don't think I concentrated too much on VIT, intact I'm pretty sure I didn't get very close to 99 on any of the stats.

What I will say is the Chalice Dungeons get a bad rap... they are very repetitive but the boss fights are fantastic. I'll never forget getting my ass handed to me many times by the Chalice Dungeon Amygdala... the feeling on eventually beating it was incredible.

I'm currently playing the og Watch Dogs, started it yesterday and quite enjoying it.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Hopefully Bloodborne is still as fun to play as ever for you. I know you’ve cleared the Dark Souls trilogy and Bloodborne, but have you played Sekiro? I was wondering your thoughts on it since From turned the gameplay around a little bit.

I’m unfortunately no better off than I was a few days ago. I have had too much going on lately that I haven’t made progress on games. Some of it is mental fatigue from some projects that I’m working on but some of it is just extraneous distractions that are unpredictable. There’s an outside chance I might get to enjoy a little game time later today. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼.

@Th3solution Actually I never beat Dark Souls 2. Didn't care for it, like so many others. I tried Sekiro, couldn't get my head around the gameplay, beat Chained Ogre but when it came to Genichiro I was stumped, just couldn't get a hold of him on his horse So yeah it's just Dark Souls 1 & 3 and Bloodborne that I've beaten. (I beat Dark Souls 3 twice with alternate endings so that should make up for not beating Dark Souls 2 somewhat, hopefully!) I hope to get an alternative ending in Bloodborne this time around, by beating two more (optional) bosses, also hope to acquire the Cainhurst Armor Set and Ludwig's Holy Blade for a Guts (Berserk manga protagonist) build.

Are the distractions coming from people in your life or wha? (without intending to get too personal or intrusive) feel free to respond in the Chit Chat thread if you don't feel like this is the right place for such a discussion. My fingers are also crossed for you enjoying a little game time later, as well! 🤞🏼

Picked up Dragons Age Inquisition in last week's sale. I couldn't pass up the $7.99. I did beat it on ps3 but never played the dlc. I was looking for another rpg and it still hold up. I enjoy the story and read all the lore. The world is a fun sandbox to play in. I'm not sure why many didn't like Inquisition. I do remember completing all the side content and it made the end boss a breeze, but now with all the difficulty options I think it has something for everyone. I'm looking forward to the dlc. Based on what I read I'm going to do the dlc before the end boss. Hopefully the fun holds up. Playing a Dwarven rogue instead of a qunari mage has helped keep it fresh as well.

@Elodin Do Dwarven rogues just quietly stab people in the knees?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Oh, okay I wondered about the fact that I didn’t remember you mentioning Sekiro. I guess it’s a controversial game on the FromSoft palette. I’ve read everything from it being the most difficult to it being the easiest, although most say it’s hardest. I think the game relies on parries and breaking enemy guards, and to me it doesn’t sound like something I’d be very good at.

I’ve always disliked strict timing-based attacks and defense. Although I suppose many games enlist some form of timing mechanic for offense and defense but they vary in how specific the input has to be. Even Bloodborne has timing based defense, dodging, and attacking, especially the use of your firearm is heavily influenced by timing it well. I found that doing a well timed firearm shot can turn the tide in a battle.

But there’s something specific about a parry in games with sword-based battle that has always eluded me. The same applies to fighting games. I’m horrible at them because I can’t ever get the timing of moves and defense down, especially when you have to watch the opponents animations for the clue as to when the exact moment to hit the defend or attack button, based on some specific set of frames in their animation. I’m probably better at turn based combat and/or combat that shows you a overt bar that you need to hit a button within a certain window for the action to register. For example Returnal has what would be considered an early refill of your ammo clip if you hit the reload button at the right timing after using your last round, but it’s clearly shown on the reticle by a bar that moves across from left to right and a box in the middle that denotes the target time you have to hit the button to get the advantage of the early instant reload.

It’s similar in some of the rhythm music games I’ve played, where you are shown on-screen prompts to create the music or make the dance move in the appropriate timing, not to mention the rhythmic beat in the background helps for auditory clue for the timing.

But in games with action combat and parry, I have difficulty with timing things. Games like Batman Arkham and Spiderman have visual prompts, as does Ghost of Tsushima, so I can do fairly well at those. FromSoft is all about immersion and lack of HUD elements and so that adds to the difficulty by making the player watch for animation clues.

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As for the distractions, yeah - just normal run-of-the-mill life stuff. Nothing major, but it all adds up. Anything from dentist appointments to work projects can intrude on an otherwise busy day. The last two days I sat down to play some video games and the phone rang each evening with friends who needed to talk. It’s ironic because I don’t really have that many friends and consider myself relatively anti-social. 😅

@nessisonett haha yes behind the knees tender and backstabby.

@RogerRoger ahh nice. Thanks for info.

Been ticking over on the og Watch Dogs and have been very pleasantly surprised by how solid it is… the term ‘solid’ might even be an injustice.

Got through the online trophies today, which was causing me the most concern due to what I imagined would be ‘dead’ servers. That couldn’t be further from the truth though… loads of players and didn’t have a problem finding matches/races etc.

Playing Judgement on and off and it wasn't really clicking with me. I've now done the Panty Professor side quest and I'm fully on board! 🤣

@JohnnyShoulder I know it's more serious, but that sounds like something that would have been in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and not Judgment.

Finished Yakuza: Like A Dragon. Despite my reservations about the turn based combat I ended up loving it. Kinda sad it’s over. Moved onto LEGO City Undercover. Should be a nice relaxing game to finish.