Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@KidBoruto Trust me, after going back and playing AC1, it has not aged well at all! I think a remaster would probably do it a disservice, it was really impressive at the time but just hasn’t held up.

@nessisonett @KidBoruto I thought the first Assassin's Creed game was a dull experience even at the time and would probably need more than a remaster to fix those problems. The second game was a massive improvement all round.

Good luck collecting all those damn feathers!

@KidBoruto @nessisonett They remastered it for the Xbox One X. It looks great for a game as old as it is, but sadly they never brought it over to the PS4 Pro since you can't play it on there.

I agree that it hasn't aged well at all. I was really looking forward to finally playing it a few years ago since I'm very late to becoming a fan (I've played the last 4 AC games starting with Syndicate), but couldn't get through it. Clunky controls and you get noticed way too often.

@bluedex I just finished RE 7 like 3 night ago , i did enjoy the game more as it got closer to the end tbh, but over all it was a good game , hope you enjoy it too.

i've been jumping in and out of Borderlands 3 for a while now, stuck on some boss in Remnant: from the ashes (as i play solo and the dude duplicates himself like a dozen times), been meaning to play the 2 epilogue chapters in RDR2 but haven't got to that yet, thinking about starting The Witcher 3 : Blood and Wine DLC since i finished Hearts of Stone like a month ago and i'm already missing the witcher, AC Valhalla, and also some DBD and Apex.

@Jimmer-jammer Transistor is really good, the combat is so much fun. I can't really remember the intricacies of it since I played it.. 8 years ago (damn). I platinumed it, which I always point out whenever I can because I have only ever platinumed about 3 games, but it does show how much I enjoyed it. Trouble is, I have never felt the need to go back as there is nothing at all left to do. Maybe one day!

I am not big at all on Bastion and Hades, in fact I don't really like either of them. Not tried Pyre.

@kyleforrester87 Interesting perspective, since I was lukewarm on Transistor, maybe I’ll like Hades. I’ve wondered how much carryover there is with the Supergiant games. It seems like most people who like one, like them all. And I’ve only ever tried Transistor.

@Jimmer-jammer glad that Transistor has started to click with you dude… phew 😅

I do agree, AC1 would need a full from the ground-up remake at this point.

Thankfully I have been purposely avoiding the feathers during the story, will just follow a YouTube video to collect them all after beating the story.

That's not a remaster, they just patched up the original Xbox 360 version to be playable on XB1 and Series X/S.

It's not playable on PS4 because PS4 consoles aren't backwards compatible with PS3 games.

I do agree the game hasn't aged very well at all though, it would benefit alot from a legit next-gen remake.

@KidBoruto At the very least it might as well be called a remaster since it looks vastly superior on the Xbox One X then it did back on the Xbox 360, and it's not simply just the fact that the console was much more powerful.

I'm aware of that, which is why I said it wasn't on the PS4 Pro since you can't play it on the PS4.

@Jimmer-jammer I played Bastion last year… and while I ended up quite enjoying it, it was nowhere near as good as Transistor (at least for me). Just a heads up that it only really gets interesting during the endgame of playthrough 2… and only then if you’re chasing the platinum. Apart from that it’s pretty mundane.

@Jimmer-jammer Yeah I thought Transistor was awesome too, with all the elements coming together really well which felt like a rather unique experience at the time.

I seem to remember the combat not clicking with me initially either until I got my head round it.

I only played Bastion for a bit, but didn't really gel with me. Yet to play Hades, but will eventually.

@Bentleyma I really enjoyed the second South Park game as I thought the combat mechanics were so much better than the first game and preferred the Superhero characters to the Fantasy ones. The only thing was that most of the references in the second game were to series after I'd stopped watching whereas I knew most of them from Stick of Truth.

I'm still replaying Assassin's Creed II very slowly, not getting very far because I'm also binge watching the original Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers cartoon.

@Thrillho @Bentleyma I've seen every single South Park episode, special, and movie! Big fan.

Just need to replay Stick of Truth on PS4, and then I can jump straight into Fractured But Whole.

@RogerRoger Oh man, the sequel is much better, imho. I liked the first one too, but the number of new characters and the expanded, more polished presentation really put Injustice 2 over the top for me. The story in these is a bit weird and feels thrown together, but it’s serviceable. I hope you enjoy them!

It does bring up a point I was actually thinking about the other day — I wonder if the Vita could have been saved if they did the cross-buy more consistently. It was only a few select games that gave you both the Vita version and the PS3 version for one price, many of the big titles you had to choose which one to buy. The current trend of PS4/PS5 versions being all under one purchase has become so ingrained in my head that I look back now and see all these games that I only have either the Vita version or only the PS3/PS4 version and I think it’s annoying.

@RogerRoger Good point about Vita portability, and I think your analysis would explain the success of the Switch.

I can only remember one game I played on Vita and PS3 simultaneously using the cross-save function to progress one playthrough and that was Borderlands 2. It was really great, in my experience, and I really enjoyed and spent about half my big playthrough on the handheld. The Vita port was much maligned for its many technical shortcomings, but it worked and was quite convenient for me. I did have to buy both versions separately though.

As far as Injustice 2, do you have the complete edition with the expanded roster? I forget which characters were added through DLC, but I think there were some good ones. I was a big fan of Swamp Thing, Blue Beetle, Starfire, and the TMNT

@TheNomadLad enjoying it so far, although I'm not that far in. Only playing it in short bursts but it's ok for that so far. I don't really have the time for hours long sessions at the moment.

Overcooked All You Can Eat

Horse Club Adventures

I'm just starting up Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana and already I feel like it's a good fit with the sea voyage opening and mysterious tropical island the opening cutscene teases to go with the weather we're currently experiencing here in the UK.

The character models look fairly nice too compared to Cold Steel 1 & 2 (which admittedly were just PS3 ports). Still looks like a PS2 game though overall (Well it was made for Vita too).

The music is also very good despite only hearing only 3 or so tracks so far.

Such a different atmosphere and a breath of fresh air after the rather oppressive and gloomy SMT 3 Nocturne

@HallowMoonshadow I just finished it last week and absolutely loved it. The combat and the music are the strongest points of the game imo. As you said it looks oldish but that didn't bother me at all. The story starts out kinda slowish but picks up later on.

Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.