Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@silverspeed Welcome! And Yeah, Titanfall 2 is an under appreciated gem. I don’t even like FPS but I found some enjoyment out of it.

If you’re new to PlayStation then you might consider subscribing to PS+ Extra. For $100 a year you’ll have access to a gargantuan number of titles, both exclusive and multiplatform. But even if you get them a la carte, there’s much to play on PS4. Besides strategy games and FPS, what kind of games do you like?

@silverspeed good to have you buddy. Those are just the games I’ve been bothered to add in all honesty mate… probably have quite a bit more. My backlog (as is that of most people on here) is totally out of control 😅

@sorteddan To be fair, I didn't know for sure what I am buying. But for £1 the cover looked so cool, I looked up a video of gameplay and bang… I took it as quickly as someone saw an accidentally cleared item in a Computer Store.

I have a break because I struggle to kill Ash. It's too quick, and I am not really sure yet about all the weapons advantages. Okay, it's not a quick play game, but it is for me as I played a lot of strategy games where I can pause time anytime and think of my moves

So now I paid introduction price for EA play for a month and checking the games there. It has some good games, what I wanted to play years ago. But surely I won't pay more because I want to finish titanfall first.

You are right. I feel like a child in a new toy store. Many games are new to my eyes and many of them look great. Looked up the PS store, and I am surprised how many games are like Commodore 64 time games(I mean the look). Don't take me wrong, I guess some really fun, but it's like me as a sprinter wants to jog around the track on a race. Never going to happen…

@Th3solution I consider PS+ extra later of the year. It would be too many games right now.

I played mainly these games on PC, I barely gave a chance to anything else.
I grew up on the generation of Starcraft, Warcraft series, Counter strike, NFS underground, Mafia line.

I am sure I can adjust my taste after all on PS

Just a note. I can see titanfall and other PS games on Steam, I like this new way of thinking… I definitely tell to my PC friends about those games

I was fed up with all my ongoing games that I decided to start up a title that's been sitting in my backlog for years now and that's Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition. All the hype surrounding Elden Ring has encouraged me to play another Souls title. The last one I played was Bloodborne, which was 5-6 years ago now. Ever since then I haven't played a Souls game. Not to mention that I played through Dark Souls and Bloodborne by grinding a lot instead of getting better at the games. So I'm excited now to play Dark Souls III without grinding.

I managed to beat the first boss and it was absolutely thrilling. The game is so simple yet challenging, which I really like.

This is the reason why I love exploring genres out of my comfort zone because there are so many highly-regarded games that I haven't played because I haven't had an interest in the genre. That's been the case with JRPGs, horror and so on. So I'm really hoping that I start to enjoy Souls-like games so that I can play other great games in the genre, like Elden Ring and NiOh to name a few.

@LtSarge Fed up with everything you'd been playing? Maybe you just kept picking wrong.

@KilloWertz Nah I've just been playing these games for months now that I needed something new and different. That's the disadvantage of playing two long games concurrently (Persona 3 Portable and Immortals Fenyx Rising). I'm getting closer to the end of both of those titles but it's still relatively far away.

@LtSarge That is one reason why I like to try to play one game at a time. I get the appeal of playing two games at a time to try to keep from burning out on a game by only playing that, but I've tried multiple games at once and it usually doesn't work out that well for me. I should be playing and finishing one game, but I get the urge to play the other and then one gets left behind for a while.

@KilloWertz I was playing one game at a time earlier this year but yeah, you start to lose interest when you play the same game for too long and it's not that captivating to play. Sadly, Persona 3 Portable hasn't impressed me at all and it's a game that I'd rather play when I want to relax in bed instead of having it as my main game. So that's why I added Immortals into the mix to switch things up. But Immortals isn't that captivating to play either now due to its repetitive nature, lol. I need to take breaks from these games from time to time if I want to continue enjoying them.

It doesn't help either that we're nearing the Holiday season and so many promising games are nearing release, like Trails from Zero, Pokémon Violet, God of War Ragnarok, Gotham Knights and so on. I'm going to have a hard time finishing anything at this rate.

@HallowMoonshadow Thanks for sharing your impressions. I have a slight interest in both of these games but I don't know much about them. The fact that Valkyrie Elysium seems to look and run better on PS4 compared to Star Ocean is useful to know for me since Valkyrie is PS exclusive while Star Ocean is also on Series X. That means I can get Valkyrie on PS4 and Star Ocean on Series X instead of buying both on PS4.

@HallowMoonshadow star ocean doesn't run much better on the ps5 tbf. I played the demo there and while it probably is better than on the ps4, the character models are so ps3 generation and the environment is okish on the the ps5 as well. You can clearly see that the game didn't get that much of a budget to make and I think the strongest part has to be its gameplay.

I'm still on the fence about it, the demo doesnt completely steer me away from it but it's also not a day 1 purchase atm. If the reviews for the entire game are good and they manage to fix the horribly small letters in menu and subs I might get it day 1

I started not 1 but 2 new games this weekend. After finishing last stop I started Atelier Ryza: Ever darkness and the secret hideout (some of these Japanese games have very long titles lol). I never played an Atelier game before but it seems to he extremely relaxing. From what I've hear Ryza is the most popular one and the easiest one. So curious how it is.

The other game I started is the complete opposite Saints row 4. Played it a bit years back on pc but remember loving the wackiness of it. So when I feel like some more over the top action I'll play this instead of Ryza. I absolutely loved sr3, which I played 3 times already lol, so hope I will enjoy this jsut as much

@Kairu To be honest I think if it was your first or 100th playthrough it would be worth it, just an awesome game, I got the plat earlier this year and I still have thoughts of playing it again!

playing dark souls remastered. trying to get the plat

Just started Dark Souls 3 after beating DS1 (on the Switch) and DS2 (on the PS4 but I wish it was on the Switch as well)!

I am new to the franchise, but I am absolutely loving it!

After Dark Souls 3 I will start Bloodborne and then I will buy Elden Ring

@Zuljaras I was in a similar position a couple of years back! Played (and loved) DS1 on Switch.

I've since beaten Sekiro (just one playthrough, no platinum) and Elden Ring (Platinum trophy)... + playing Bloodborne on the side.

Sekiro is my favorite FromSoft game, but all amazing in their own ways. I've not played DS2, but understand it is actually quite decent and doesn't deserve a lot of the hate it gets

@CJD87 DS2 is quire diverse in terms of areas compared to DS1. But DS1 feels much darker and atmospheric.

Right from the start of DS3 I can feel that the graphics of the last gen kicking in and the game feels so alive and awesome looking! I can't wait to dive into it and die 100-200 times

As for Sekiro I will try it last as I am not a fan of the Japan/Samurai and all in all Asian architecture and feeling. The medieval European/Gothic stuff is my jam. It never gets old for me

And Elden Ring looks absolutely sublime ...

@CJD87 Having played them all, Dark Souls 2 was my least favourite but I thought it was still a decent game. Just compared to other games it lacks it certain areas like boss and level designs. The dlc's were excellent however.

@CJD87 similar to @JohnnyShoulder, Dark Souls 2 is probably my least favourite of the trilogy… but I still remember it really fondly. 1 & 3 are very similar while 2 almost feels like it’s own thing.

Dark Souls 2 is my favourite, completed it twice and keep getting bored of DS1 and 3 part way through

DS2 ftw!

@Zuljaras Are you playing DS3 on PS5? The 60fps patch feels incredible, especially after playing DS1 on Switch!

From a QoL / Graphics perspective you are probably best playing them in sequence. It must be quite jarring if you went the other way, playing DS3 and then going back to DS1. Enjoy man!

@JohnnyShoulder @colonelkilgore - nice to hear DS2 getting some love. I suppose that even the 'worst' FromSoft game is still more fun to play than one of the many inferior clones