Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@kyleforrester87 @CaptD The courtroom fight in New Colossus is still lodged in my memory for being an utterly horrendous difficulty spike.

I still enjoyed the game but the story felt like part two of a trilogy with no finale in sight.

@Thrillho At least not on PlayStation. 😥

I've yet to finish New Colossus either, as I too found the difficulty problematic.

I'm have similar issues currently with Borderlands 3, and struggling with a couple of bosses which are completely wiping me out. You can go back and try again later when you are a higher level, but is a pain as you have to go through the whole level again.

I’ve jumped into Far Cry 5 and Dragon Quest XI S.

FC5 has me hooked by its story, but the shear size of the map is exhausting. It really does feel more like homework & less optional (tick the checklists). I also had to fiddle with the options for a good 30mins just to get it ‘right’ for me. Thought about dropping it, but the story and it’s characters are really carrying it for me.

DQXI is just wonderful. I’m playing in 3D mode on PS4. I reckon I’ll do a 2D run sometime later maybe on the Switch, as there’s no way I’ll get the platinum in this one.
My only gripe is the English VA so I’m having to switch to Japanese as I can’t stand Gemma & her ‘Crickey!, Crickey!’ sound bites. @Ralizah did you play it in Japanese? The English VA by all accounts was meant to be very good.

@JohnnyShoulder If you want some help with Borderlands 3 then post in the boost thread, I've yet to start the game but I'm happy to jump in a PushSq crew.
Coincidentally I'm playing Borderlands 2 VR ATM, good fun and I think it has been more tuned for single playe as it doesn't support MP.

@Fight_Teza_Fight Fc5 was great, hop in a plane or chopper to zip around the map a bit quicker.
As for Japanese VA, for most games I pick English VA if available as I like to avoid trying to read subtitles at the same time as the action is kicking off. I'm sure many would frown upon that.
I'm playing Ghostwire ATM and switched to English VA.

@kyleforrester87 Oh cool that you have picked up and are playing Wolfenstein at the moment. I have actually myself been playing the new Wolfenstein games on and off for a couple of years now and have like always been impressed with the quality and fun factor of the games. I think many people might have missed the games. Also thinking about all the hard work that most have gone into creating the games.

Can mention that I have yet to complete Old and YoungBlood in the series hehe.

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town PS4
I got the PAL version. 🥺
I want to get USA version but suddenly the stocks all sold out, only 1 copy PAL version left so I have no choice but pick the PAL version.

@RogerRoger @oliverp i’ll let you know how it goes with TNC when I get round to it, it could be a while if Zelda really grabs me on Friday though!

@CaptD I almost always play with English VA, but have found myself switching back & forth in this one😅.

I did some air raids in FC5 yesterday & they were pretty great tbh.

@CaptD Cheers for the thought, but I'm more of a single player guy.

Made a start on Life is Strange 2 this morning and… it’s great! I remember being really surprised by how much I enjoyed the original and I think this one is actually better. And that moment about 30 minutes in … 😱 woah!

@colonelkilgore Are you telling me to play it? 😝
I see. It is in ps+ extra and perhaps I should hit the download button, I played the first one but none of the others.
Ps. You don't have Wolfenstein Youngblood do you? It has appalling reviews but it can't be that bad, can it?!

@CaptD if you liked the first one, then sure.

It’s not a bad game… but it is a TERRIBLE platinum. So if you’re not chasing 100% completion I’m sure you’ll have fun… I on the other hand wanted that shiney 😔

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town PS4

I have to wait until next sunny Wednesday to meet with Van the traveler merchant to sell Van's favorite bottles and getting Remote controllers to be sold on Huang to get instant Million Gil.
Yay... Getting rich by selling remote controllers. 😆

Made a start on Dead Nation today with @CaptD very kindly showing me the ropes. What a great little game! Gonna be a tough old nut to crack for the platinum… but I’m gonna enjoy the journey.

@colonelkilgore Yeah good fun game and pretty tough but I've just started a morbid playthrough and it wasn't as tough as grim in coop, only did first level mind (I did die once though so it wasn't a totally walk in the park) plus 100% loot so I don't know what the hell was happening before.
I think the game doesn't scale too well at higher difficulties in coop...the enemies are a bit too bullet spongy. Braindead in coop is where it's at.

@CaptD yeah I made a start on my solo grim playthrough and found it so much easier… that multiplayer scaling is insane!

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

I have reached Spring season Year 2.
Still working on getting more money and raise the Heart level of the dudes.

As part of my mini gaming funk, I took a left turn from games I’ve been playing and decided to just start Life is Strange 2. I’m knee deep now, and might just plough through to finish it today. I was going to do an episode every week or so, but I’ve binged through 4 already.

More detailed impressions to follow.

@RogerRoger I had the best of intentions to finish it the other day, but I ended up having to postpone and now I’m probably looking at the weekend before time will allow. I want to give myself the proper time and mood to really invest in the last episode. I’m not only sad for Sean and Daniel to be out of my life, but I’m also anticipating some emotional processing that will need to be had. And the way my week is going it would have to be rushed if I don’t wait until Saturday.

As a side thought, the last play session before finishing a game is always a tough one for me. Some games do really need a lot more time to digest the ending, especially if a really emotional tale is being told. I struggle with how to approach a game’s final stretch sometimes because of the attention it needs for a proper send off. I’ve went into the last section of a game and thought to myself “okay, I have two or three uninterrupted hours, let’s finish this game”, only to find that the developers have pulled a surprise twist at the end and it draws out for another entire story beat or epilogue. Sometimes that works in the game’s favor, and sometimes it doesn’t. There’s a certain crescendo of emotional investment that I often feel and if a game tries to be too cute and drags things out, oftentimes it loses the moment and then it becomes anticlimactic. Of course occasionally the opposite happens too — I’m popping along with a game and it unceremoniously just ends. No fanfare, no emotional peak, no lasting takeaway.

Anyways, with LiS2, because of the games episodic format, it’s very predictable as to the timeline of the concluding chapter so I know with some confidence I’m somewhere between 2-4 hours away from finishing, plus whatever additional personal processing time. But still, I want the final play session to be something of an event rather than a rushed, stress induced afterthought whilst nodding off to sleep.

But as a preview to what is sure to be a long post later this week about my final thoughts on the game, I did go back and read your excellent review of the game from a couple years ago and really enjoyed it (again). A lot of what you said in that review rings true to my feelings so far and I like how you broke it down. Anyways, more on that later. 😄

I've been playing a lot of Hunt: Showdown given the newest event has been going on for the last few weeks. No other first-person shooter comes close, in my opinion. It's not perfect by any means but it's in a league of its own.