Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Bentleyma I wish I could sit there day after day playing a game for hours...

I'm definitely not complaining. I'd be surprised if I wasn't done in time, but me being willing to push back playing Resident Evil 4 until I'm done and not rush through Ys VIII tells you what I think of the game. It's the only Ys game I've played so far, but it's definitely one of the best JRPGs I've played (even if I haven't played a good portion of the genre).

was playing Mortal Kombat X to do some Brutalities so i can get the 50 Brutalities trophy.

and while I was doing that I got a Level 50 faction trophy which was kind of cool.

Jason's machete brutality was pretty cool straight out of an old Friday the 13th movie in my opinion

@HallowMoonshadow Yes, I did play FFX-2, actually. And I like it also. Not as much as I liked FFX (still don’t know why I got obsessed with Blitzball) but you’re right — X-2 was really good at its core. It’s felt a little too close to a Barbie Dress-Up game for my taste back then with my young immature mind, but now such thing’s probably wouldn’t bother me.

And no, I don’t have PS+ Premium, but I do have Extra. I really doubt I’ll ever upgrade, but if I do then TLoD is high on the list of things to try. With Extra alone my backlog has exploded though.

And that’s an impressive amount of DD you’ve played! I just played through once and I even fizzled out on the add-on content and didn’t quite do all of that. But I enjoyed many hours and I love the pawn system. Still don’t know why it was never replicated or copied. Hopefully DD2 brings it back with all the nifty current Gen bells and whistles. I’m curious what they could do with it. Perhaps you could better train or coach the pawns, and make sharing pawns in the asynchronous space more significant.

@HallowMoonshadow There was a point in the game early on where I nearly gave up on it as I was having trouble advancing along as it felt like I was blocked/gate from advancing everywhere I went. It took me several hours to finally figure out what to do, and once I did manage to it felt like every gate just kept tumbling down and the game really started clicking for me. I admit I have not played a good portion of the JRPG genre yet unfortunately since I ignored the genre for a long time after failing to finish 3 Final Fantasy games, but things have gone so well for me with Ys VIII that I would call it one of my favorite JRPGs (behind Final Fantasy 7 Remake of course).

I'm not saying you shouldn't revisit the game again someday, but obviously just because I've joined the side that really loves the game doesn't mean you were wrong. Crazy maybe is the better word.

Yeah, I think I am actually near the end of Chapter 5. I could be wrong as the chapter is absolutely massive, but I think I might actually be right this time.

Can’t remember who recommend me this (Ness or AdamN ?) but I’ve been playing efootball 2023 almost religiously for the last week.

On paper it’s everything I hate. GaaS, F2P, always online…. - but it’s genuinely pretty great?
I’ve not spend a single penny. The single player events & debut missions are enough to get you a pretty great team. You can sign pretty much any player via the main free in-game currency & then train them with the free rewards given by just playing a match (ai or online).

The value & premium match/season pass is very enticing, but it’s not needed- regular is just fine. Epic cards with special skills do hold an advantage, but it does come down to skill/tactic.
This is live service done right (also has 600mil downloads somehow).

@Fight_Teza_Fight It plays a great game of football. I played it religiously for about 3 months, but then did fall off hard suddenly. I did spent a little bit on it to show a bit of support, but think i got a bit fed up by the lack of new modes.

So feel beyond excited to finally have begun playing The Last of Us 2. Feel very lucky to being to finally play the game. #Lifeisgood.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah I can certainly see that happening. I’ve finished 4/6 events already. I can’t do 1 event as I don’t meet the requirements (line up & subs are la liga only)- so I’ll be waiting for a refresh.

I’ve got enough gold coins to get the value pass for free, but I’ll save them.
There’s currently a sale on coins (1x only) which I’ll take advantage of to show my support.

I wish there was some way to incorporate Master League, but that would probably cripple their business model.
I’d pay £20 for a Master League expansion even if it’s only for a year.

@oliverp Enjoy. One of the greatest games ever made imo. Going in completely blind, or has it been spoiled?

@Fight_Teza_Fight Mostly blind which is something Iam very glad for. Its funny but I have come to the conclusion that for a gaming experience to be spoiled for me I have to do a lot of online reading and youtube watching before (which is something I try not to do).

@HallowMoonshadow Yeah, it has 6 chapters and a epilogue. I just started Chapter 6, so I should be done with it at some point late in the week. I thought I was closer to being done before about 2 weeks ago, but I didn't realize Chapter 5 was quite so huge.

Thanks. Obviously I do too, but I'm pretty sure I will given what fans have said about the ending (just that it's really good, not that I actually know what happens thankfully).

@HallowMoonshadow And here's the part where I say you don't know what you're talking about...

Seriously though, while it has been a game I have loved for the most part so far, obviously not everybody will feel the same. I'll never understand the appeal of dying 50,000 times in a game like people do in Souls games or the Rogue genre, but a lot of people love them.

I can understand the combat to an extent when you fight the same things over and over again and such, but at least it's better than the combat system in some other JRPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles from Nintendo, and I did like the bit of strategy they threw in with Dana when you switch between versions of her. It's not great, but the characters, story, and soundtrack are so good (in my opinion) that the combat system can be somewhat weaker and still be fine.

I will try the Cold Steel games someday. As long as the characters are written well, I shouldn't have a problem with the fact that they are teenagers. Can't be as bad as the teenagers in the real world. I plan on playing Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure before I dive into the Cold Steel series though.

@HallowMoonshadow It's a bit too simple in my opinion. Everything is an auto attack, but you have the option of choosing what each one is (the reason for the icons at the bottom of the screen). There were points in the first game where I literally just ran up to enemies and just let the game just auto attack the whole time when facing easy enemies. There are many similarities in Ys VIII to that, but imo Ys VIII does a lot of stuff better. Side quests are a lot better (I only did a fraction of them in XC because they sucked) and you have more control over combat. The former was one really disappointing thing when I played Xenoblade Chronicles.

I can understand never playing Xenoblade Chronicles though if you are a PlayStation only gamer. I am for the most part, but did buy a Switch and that was the only game I ever actually finished on it (I likely should have never bought one). I'll stay away from that spoiler for now, btw.

Understandable since the Cold Steel games have been available for years (at least some of them). Zero and Azure I think are technically set before those games, so now that I have the option, I might as well play them beforehand. Doesn't hurt that they are both supposed to be pretty good JRPGs.

@Fight_Teza_Fight. Iam very glad that I have gone into the game basically blind. I have in general come to the realisation that it takes a lot of online reading and youtube watching for a game to be spoild for me hehe. I in general try to avoid spoilers if I can.

Got the new game trial of Sonic Frontiers for PS4 and just finished my playtime a few minutes ago. As someone who has played a ton of the modern games (If they are even called that anymore cause most of them are over a decade old), this was much different. I played the dinky 15 minute demo version on Switch. I didn’t get past the intro bit and into the open world, despite skipping all cutscenes and blasting through the digital levels. So when I noticed an hour long trial for this game popped up on PS, I gave it a whirl. It wasn’t off to the best start. I skipped the intro scenes and blazed past 1-1 Green Hill. And then came the Data Copy. I didn’t know if I was supposed to download the dlc for an hour long trial game beforehand or not, so I let the Data Copy burn through my time. By the time the game actually started, I had between 40-35 minutes remaining. That was probably my fault. Since I did the intro part on the Switch demo before, I got through quite fast. By the time I got to the open world, I had just under 25 minutes remaining. I dunno what the heck happened with that Azura boss thing, but that took me so long. I couldn’t properly lock on even after continuing pressing square while the prompt was up. I just kept going into the sky and falling back down. I finally got to work but then was killed, so I restarted that fight. I got the first arm down, but the other two took stupid amounts of time. I had 10 minutes left by the time that thing was dead. Really clunky bossfight. Then I ran around a bit, fiddled with the Jukebox (which is a sick update by the way, planet wisp rules) and found Amy. Got her out of the prison thing, and was told to grab the heart things. Went after that giant titan thinking a big fight would happen and got sent flying. Then the trial expired. Maybe I just suck, but I wasn’t a huge fan of that demo. Does the game get better or something?

@RogerRoger yeah, I wondered because the game had great reviews across the board. I’m a sucker for Sonic games, I’ll play a lot of them from the best like Generations and the genesis trilogy to the downright mediocre like 06 and Forces. So I was confused as to why the first bit of Frontiers was kind of a drag. But if the rest of the game is as good as it looks and sounds, the money is still on the table for purchasing this, when the sales are just low enough. Thanks again for the reassurance!

Just finished Resident Evil 4 Remake. The original one was a masterpiece and this one is masterpiece as well.

I played it on a PS4 Pro. Yes, the graphics are downgraded compared to the PS5/PC but it was so enjoyable to play on performance settings. I had no issues at all! No slowdowns or crashes! No updates either, played it only from the disc installation!

I’ve been playing Valkyria Chronicles, The Messenger & still efootball.

I’m terrible at Valkyria Chronicles. The missions are rather long & even if it looks like you’re doing alright everything can change in one bad turn. Also when playing the map first time there’s no way of telling when an ‘event’ is triggered & completely changes the battlefield.

The Messenger is stunning. I’m only a couple of hours in, but I can see this game being one of my favourites for the year.

Efootball at this point will probably be my most played game of all time. Been playing it everyday for about a month now.
Even though I’ve completed the regular pass (100 matches) weeks ago I log in, get the bonus & play a couple of matches if no events are on.
It literally has me going through the motions as I’m eagerly awaiting for the next division & the new passes to refresh.

@Fight_Teza_Fight The first playthrough of a map in VC is largely to feel out the best possible way to blitz it and get high marks.

Or you could just scout rush with Alicia and trivialize the game's entire difficulty structure, but I've never enjoyed doing that.

Gone back to finish off Far Cry: New Dawn this week, after playing around 5 hours a few years back. I’ve always quite liked Far Cry games but I remember not feeling this one too much back in 2020 due to the RPG-lite elements in terms of levelled enemies. I don’t know if it’s just getting back into a Far Cry for the first time in three years, or if the whole levelled enemies thing wasn’t that bad in the first place but I’ve enjoyed it. Finished off the story and most of the side stuff this last couple of days… just a little mopping up left.

Valkyria chronicles is in backlog and has been for a few years, I really should get round to it.
I will remember to use Alicia. 😃

@colonelkilgore I've always liked the Far cry games and did enjoy New Dawn, I think fc5 is my favourite mainly due to the planes. I've yet to play Fc6.