Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Bentleyma Weirdly, I’ve never finished FF6. I’ve made it to the very last section a couple of times but never completed it.

Maybe I need to pick it up again and third time’s the charm!

Coming back to Until Dawn after so many years away was a... weird experience. Firstly, this really came out in 2015? Jesus, I am so old. It is weirder too, because while there is some definite weirdness to the visuals at times, especially with the animations. Between the the textures, micro details, lighting and uncanny valley facial capture this game still looks really, really, good.

What is weirder is that it sounds like a huge portion of the audio was recorded on the same headset mics people used to call me bad words on when playing on Xbox Live like twenty years ago. Like I genuinely don't think I've ever experienced this before in a game where the audio quality is so bad it just ripped me out of the experience. I don't remember this ever being a problem when I played it the first time so I dunno if it is something to do with playing it on PS5 and there being no native version? I dunno, but blimey.

@Pizzamorg That is really weird. I do remember the game looked really fetching back in the day, although the facial capture I do recall as being slightly off. I think when games have used well known actors like Rami Malek that it runs the risk of looking even more uncanny than it would have otherwise if they just used an unknown. Especially back in the early PS4 days.

But as far as audio, I don’t recall any obvious problems with it back on PS4. That is strange. And to date I’ve not have any PS4 games played via backwards compatibility that had issues on PS5 like that.

Booted up Bloodborne for the first time in a few months. It's as glorious as ever. 😍

I also redownloaded Hollow Knight in what will probably be an unsuccessful bid to attempt the Pantheons again. Maybe I'll need to hit up the Hall of Gods to get some practise in. Not going anywhere near those Radiant bosses though. Blimey.

@KAIRU I like to think I got pretty good at Hollow Knight but those pantheons were beyond me. It took me long enough to beat the final colosseum level!

@Thrillho Yeah, the final colosseum challenge took me quite a while too. Not sure how long it was as it was a while ago but it was probably a lot longer than I'd like to admit.

@KAIRU It was such satisfying combat in that game though. Defeating Nightmare King Grimm felt like such an achievement!

Did you ever manage the Path of Pain?

@Thrillho I did do the Path of Pain! It took me around two hours, I think! Almost fumbled it fighting those two enemies at the end too. 😅

@KAIRU Ha, the enemies at the end were just evil seeing as you had to do the whole thing (although with a slight shortcut) if they killed you.

I really hope Silksong can live up to it after all this time.

@Thrillho I'm confident Silksong will deliver. It can't bloody come soon enough though!

Life is Strange 2

I'm only about 2 hours in and still on Episode 1, so the jury is still very much out on where this will land for me amongst the rest of the series. I'm enjoying it so far though.

I’ve been playing Outriders & enjoying it.

It’s very much a budget Destiny-lite. Even side quests seem meaningful & I really like the gameplay loop.
While playing the story missions you can set a ‘world tier’. These affect difficulty, enemy level & the rarity of the loot you can obtain.
Even though I’m perfectly happy playing the game on normal the game makes it rewarding enough that I try my best at the highest world tier I can manage (currently at 8).
I like it & would be interested in a sequel. Wish it wasn’t always online though. Got kicked twice last weekend.

My main problem is that’s definitely designed to be played co-op. Enemies swarm at you from the get-go, which doesn’t make something like a sniper rifle feasible in solo play.

@Fight_Teza_Fight If I’m remembering correctly I think they do have a sequel on the works. I could be wrong about that though

@Th3solution Errrrr, I wouldn't place any bets on that.

@Th3solution @JohnnyShoulder Wasn’t it on the cards? Seems like it did pretty well for Square?

@Fight_Teza_Fight Last I heard, it failed to make a profit. So a sequel seems unlikely at this point. But you never know.

@JohnnyShoulder I know Colin was a big fan of it and so I thought I remember a SS episode where he mentioned being excited about a possible sequel, but maybe it was just him being hopeful.

@Th3solution I'm a big fan of the show, but don't think everything he says is golden. At least he is usually transparent when things do not turn into like he originally thought, like what he heard about Bloodborne for example. Like all leaks and rumours, they should be taken with a couple of tonnes of salt.

Picked up Titan Quest after watching the trailer for Titan Quest 2. This game completely eluded me when it came out 5 years ago for console. I might have confused it with Risen 3, which is a terrible game. I read a couple reviews and thought sure I'll pick it up on sale. It just so happened to be on sale at $6. While the game originally came out in 2008 I think, it holds up quite well. My biggest complaint and that of many I see is the targeting system. You don't pick who you target. It could be a trash mob 30 feet away and boss in front of you won't be targeted. Other than that the game is quite enjoyable. It's a competitive take on the arpg genre. The class mastery system allows for a crazy variety of builds. I'm not too far in, but the story is OK. Instead of hell vs heaven like Diablo, it's you vs the gods including Greek, Egyptian, and others. With all the replayability it should get me through the month until Baldurs Gate 3.

Playing Spiritfarer at the mo, as I fancied a change of pace after completing Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order the other day.

I started it a few months back, but wasn't feeling it. It has clicked with me now though.

It feels quite a chilled experience and quite cute in places as you can do stuff like hug the residents of your boat and cook them meals. Sometimes that can be a bit of a turn off for me, but doesn't seem to bother me so much so far.