Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Yeah, I have no qualms about using whatever little advantages a game gives me (within reason) since some of the tactics it employs against me are often “cheap” also. 😄

I haven’t bought DeS yet, but I’m tempted by the sale price. The fact is I have plenty of backlog, so I’ll wait. And I believe I might play DS3 first anyways, when I get around to it. I’m just really interested to experience the full PS5 experiences now that I’ve been spoiled 😛 . We’ll see

But to answer your other question, yeah I reckon I’ll play FF7R before either of them. I made some great progress with Returnal yeasterday, so maybe I’ll finally finish it next week. My game time can be so unpredictable. And I didn’t account for the Olympics getting in my way; I’ve devoted a lot of my usual gaming hours to watching those the last week.

But yeah, still planning to have FF7R on deck for a play soon. A couple people on here are currently playing and really enjoying it apparently, which has me even more excited.

Just started my ‘recap’ playthrough of The Last of Us as I’ll be plaything The Last of Us part 2 next month. Still plays a little clunky but the overall product really is something else. Only just got to collecting ‘the cargo’ (if you know what I mean 😉😉) but the dialogue, writing and pacing are already impressing me once more (originally played it in 2014 but can’t really remember a great deal).

I know we’ve only just entered August but this is already a strong contender for post of the month 😂

@colonelkilgore 😅 Hopefully I didn’t just broadcast myself as some kind of cheating scumbag.

@Th3solution no, just an honest gamer who was new to the genre.

As a huge souls-fan, I’m happy when ANYONE who does not normally play those types of games takes up the challenge… and I’m even happier when I hear that the game clicked enough with the player for them to see it through to the end (regardless of how they achieved that). Respect for the honesty and respect for hitting those end-credits 👊.

@Th3solution Cheesing is just a gameplay mechanic in my book. If it’s in the game then exploit it as much as you want.

@Th3solution Some of the cheesing methods I've found harder than the 'proper' way with the ones I tried, so most of the time I give up and do it normally.

@Jimmer-jammer you’ve hit the nail on the head there Jim.

@colonelkilgore @nessisonett @TheBrandedSwordsman @JohnnyShoulder @Jimmer-jammer Actually, when I took on the challenge of Bloodborne, I tried playing straight up, and ran into the usual frustrations. It was only when players on the Bloodborne thread urged me to use YouTube for finding techniques to help with bosses that things started to come together. If the choices are to rage quit or utilize the game’s quirks to shift the tides in your favor, I’ll take the latter. I’ll try to take down bosses on my own the first couple times, but then it’s to YouTube I go!

I think cheats are great in general, especially if you have to do a little searching for them online. I did the Infinite gold bar cheat in Red Dead Redemption 2 (not sure if they’ve patched that out yet) and had so much money I couldn’t even spend it all. 😅 But it didn’t sour my experience with the game, which I really loved and still think very fondly back on.

The best cheats and cheeses are the ones you find yourself though. In Control, I kept dying in the second Tomassi boss fight, considered by many to be the toughest fight in the game. I looked up videos and read strategies, but nothing helped. Finally I discovered a very simple strategy that made the fight almost trivial, which I saw no one online had used.

@Kidfried I thought so. But there are quite a few different opinions online. Although Tom2 is widely considered one of the hardest, some say Former, some say Mold-1, some say Essej… all of which didn’t cause me too much grief. Salvador was tough, but the ones I died the most was Tomassi 2, Hartman, and Marshall.

I think it might have a lot to do with playstyle. I am more of a stand-still / fight behind cover type of player, which I was forced to adapt during my playthrough because you really need to stay on the move in the game and certain bosses favor those who can run-and-gun better. It would interesting to see if I’d have an easier time after playing Returnal, since staying on the move is even more essential in that game.

Gave Hunter’s Arena: Legends a go. It’s actually fairly decent if you look past the average graphics. Definitely something I’ll keep installed and dabble in every now and then.

@Bentleyma- what game would you compare the melee combat too... ie Devil May Cry, Dark Souls, Arkham/Witcher or nothing like any of them?

@colonelkilgore Hmmm, I’d say the combat is very similar to Dynasty Warriors. You have a couple of different attacks and several skills you can use, as well as one special attack.

@Bentleyma- okay, never played Dynasty Warriors but I know what you mean… aren’t they referred to as muso games or something… where you bat away like 100 enemies with each swing of your sword?

@colonelkilgore Yeah. The game itself is nothing like Dynasty Warriors though. It’s a battle royale game, so you’ll only ever fight a few enemies at a time.

Probably about halfway through my The Last of Us: Remastered recap playthrough and it’s triggered a lot of memories deep in my subconscious. I remember a similar thing happened when I replayed the first two Uncharted games… it must be something to do with the way Naughty Dog design their levels but I completely forget them and then when I replay them I’m like “Ahh, this is where that vague memory stems from… brilliant!”.

I always appreciate Naughty Dog games more than i initially think that I will too.

Putting it here since I’m sure people will be interested in the game on console too but I gave Back 4 Blood’s beta a go on PC. It’s alright. It doesn’t really try to differentiate itself from Left 4 Dead but honestly that’s what everyone seems to want from it. The main differentiating factor is a card system that adds buffs to your team and you draw one at the start of each map. Hordes are a little easy and can be cleared without much communication but bots are absolutely brain dead so you do really need a full team. There’s a bit too much of the whole stats malarkey despite it not making much difference if your gun has 56 handling so long as you point at the zombie and shoot them. It’s a decent start but I do think it needs a lot more carnage.

@colonelkilgore I know he gets a lot of flack from some people, but i thought Troy Baker's performance was phenomenal. I never really paid that much attention to voice actors in video games, but that made me appreciate the craft a whole lot more.

@JohnnyShoulder yeah his performance as Joel is so good... probably the best videogame performance of all time imho. Irl Troy Baker does come over a bit pretentious but he is undoubtedly very talented.

@Jimmer-jammer 'almost'... I'm gonna try and playthtough TLoU again on Survivor+ for the plat straight after. Then I'm gonna play something very different... maybe one of the SuperGiant games, or maybe Just Cause 3 to freshen things up for The Last of Us part 2 in early September.

@Jimmer-jammer I look forward to chatting about it with you 👍