Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Keith_Zissou yeah not every game clicks with everyone… even good ones. Maybe it’s ‘that’ time to start your first From Soft game 😉.

Okay buddy, I’ll keep that in mind about co-op etc. hope you find something that clicks over the new year 👊

I started to play Salt & Sanctuary over at my parents, and I have enjoyed it enough to carry on playing now that I'm home. Plus I fear if I stop now I will probably have no idea what to do next. It's a 2D scrolling Darks Souls clone with added minor platforming. The combat feels really good and the RPG stuff seems to be quite deep. The bosses haven't been that difficult so far as I've beaten all the ones I've faced on the 2nd attempt, but I wouldn't say it is an easy game generally. Graphically it is not that great, and sometimes it can be so murky that it is hard to see stuff like your arrow trails properly.

@Keith_Zissou … sounds like it’s time to kick ass and chew bubble gum…

So managed to get about 7 hours of Rise of the Tomb Raider in (we’re having visitors now so I have to log off 🤬) but I’m already a huge fan. It looks beautiful, it plays very well, the location(s) is(are) great, the tombs are awesome… and the lore hooked me from around 15 minutes in. One of the rare third party games that gets somewhere near the level of a Sony first party blockbuster imho 🧐.

@RogerRoger cheers Rog, I remember that you plat’d Shadow of the… recently, for my own personal expectations (as I have that lined up too) how would you rank the trilogy?

@RogerRoger so it’s the 20 Year Celebration, so hopefully it will include the dlc but if not I’ll certainly look to pick them up on the strength of your recommendation.

So I think I have Shadow otTR planned for 2023… so judging on how much I’m enjoying this, I’ll be chomping at the bit by then .

@JohnnyShoulder I’m thinking of getting back into Salt and Sanctuary as you can play coop so might see if the wife will get along with it. I played it for a little while but didn’t get very far as it was not long after that I got the PS5 so that ended up distracting me somewhat. It seemed quite fun though but I do remember dying quite a few times in the first area just getting used to it.

@RogerRoger of course you did, sorry mate I mis-read. Yeah so I think I’ll stick the dlc on my watchlist and pick it up if and when it goes on sale over the next year 👍

@render I was planning on playing resi evil 8 next, but salt & sanctuary got its hooks into me, so I've just continued playing it. I only got it as I had some money left over from a recent purchase, but have been eying it up for an age.

@Keith_Zissou @RogerRoger I’m playing it on Survivor to avoid having to do multiple playthroughs (though from what you said yesterday Keith about the optional tombs not registering, I might yet have to). I’m probably not that far through it yet but I haven’t found it too taxing yet, the only real difficulty spike so far was having to deal with two armoured enemies and four normal enemies at the same time. Still, it was manageable… I’ve heard the final section is very tough on Survivor, so we shall see.

@RogerRoger I’ll keep that in mind.

… and I checked my copy of Shadow… and it is the Definitive, so no worries on having to monitor the dlc 👍

@Th3solution @colonelkilgore @Jimmer-jammer I am currently playing through Kena, and have defeated the first four bosses, the first two were easy, whilst the latter were more challenging. Enjoying exploring the colorful and vibrant world, although the path is strictly linear thus far.

@JohnnyShoulder Did Wood Knight and Sprout Captain give you much trouble? And are later bosses about on par with them or harder?

@TheBrandedSwordsman good to hear you’re making good progress mate… the more I hear about it, the more difficult it sounds. I’m quite keen to get started on it tbh… sounds like a genuinely difficult plat though.

@Th3solution @colonelkilgore @Jimmer-jammer @JohnnyShoulder And how are your games going?

@TheBrandedSwordsman awesome mate, I’m having a great time with Rise of the Tomb Raider… I think I remember you mentioning having played it a while back. I’ve played some bangers this year… and it’s right up there!

@colonelkilgore I played Shadow of the Tomb Raider, I think that's considerably harder than Rise, but a great game from what I played of it, give it a go if you feel like making your way through the trilogy.

Hmm… well I’ll certainly give it the old college try 😅

@TheBrandedSwordsman I’m really tempted to grab Kena since it’s at its lowest price on sale now for $28. I have plenty to play right now though so I’m not sure. The sale goes for another week so I’ll wait and see.

I haven’t played much but I did crank up the Martix Awakens Demo recently to see what all the fuss was about. It is quite impressive. It’s a PS5 “game” so not for this thread necessarily, but I enjoyed seeing what the PS5 and Unreal Engine can do. I only spent around an hour with it but there is an open world area at the end where one could wander around for quite some time just checking out the city.

@TheBrandedSwordsman I don't recall those bosses being too difficult, but they did take me a few goes to get past them. I think you have the most difficult boss I found in the game coming up shortly. There were a couple later on which I found a bit tricky, probably on par with Wood Knight and Sprout Captain.

As for my current gaming, I finished Spider-man Miles Morales on ps5 which I really enjoyed. I stopped short of completing it on NG+ for the platinum. I may go back to it at a later date.

I'm currently playing Salt and sanctuary on PS4, which I started a few days ago. It has not been too difficult so far, but the last section I was just playing was definitely the trickiest I've come across yet.

@JohnnyShoulder Just defeated Mage and Shrine Guardian, I take it Corrupt Taro is the boss that gave you the most trouble in the game? He's up next. It's a great game, lots of fun thus far, but the final boss is meant to be a bit finicky with alleged platforming sections and no checkpoints . Glad to hear you're enjoying Salt and Sanctuary, getting your souls-like fix in before Elden Ring?