Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Th3solution I think we have been here before, but I can highly recommend Metro Exodus. It is not a true open world, and there some linear levels too. It is probably one of the most immersive games I can recall playing.

@Th3solution I know what you mean about throwing food out, we’re terrible for that. Must waste hundreds of pounds every year.

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@psmr
Shocking, I hardly throw any food out, I’ve even eaten yogurts over a year out of date and they were fine and I was okay as well.

@CaptD 🤣 that was no longer yogurt mate… that was a new form of cheese!

next week im going to be quite buy playing alot of WWE 2K23 since i just bought the game off of amazon.

showcase, MyRise will keep me busy in WWE 2K23 pretty much

Over the last week, I have started Subnautica. I'd seen part of a playthrough of the game a while ago when one of my favourite YouTubers played it. It intrigued me ever since then, but the survival aspect of it all led to me putting it off for a long while. It's not a genre I usually get invested in and find obnoxious more often than not. Some time ago, I found out that the PC version of it has a co-op mod that lets you play with one or multiple friends. It's imperfect since it's still in an alpha state, but it has worked well enough so far. This particular friend is a big fan of survival fare, so I figured that if I'd have any chance of enjoying it at all, he would be the perfect person to play along with.

So far, it turns out I was right! I'm having a good time with it. We've racked up a little over a dozen hours together so far, and I've become increasingly invested in seeing the full game play out. I've found that the survival aspects are fairly limited and manageable, which has helped tremendously with being able to enjoy the discovery aspects of the game. Sure, there's your typical food and water meters as well as the resource gathering, but it's all very straight-forward. Being surrounded by fish and water has made managing those meters rather easy instead of a total nuisance, and even more so once you start expanding your base and get more options to automate it. It also helps that my friend is totally focused on the base itself while I get to add little tidbits here and there and just focus on the exploration!

I do realise that it's somewhat ironic to play this game in particular in co-op. Not only because it's totally unintended, but also that it's supposed to evoke a sense of loneliness rather than co-operative play. Does that lessen the intent of what I'm supposed to be feeling while playing it? Maybe, but if it lets me enjoy a game that I might've otherwise had a hard time playing or finishing, I figure it's worth the exchange. The aspect that lets me enjoy this game more than most survival games is how it consistently feeds the player clear goals. New waypoints to go to and explore, constant progress in terms of what I'm able to build or achieve and a little bit of a narrative to go along with it all! It strikes the perfect balance between the survivalist urges of the genre along with my need for clear communication of what a game wants from me. No endless running around a forest, chopping down trees, only to eventually maybe find something worthwhile to do. No senseless upgrades to my tools just because they're supposed to be better. Everything I do has a clear reward I can then use to find new things to do and be rewarded by. That makes it a very gratifying gameplay loop.

We'll see if it manages to hold my attention through to the end, but having a friend along is bound to make just about every game more fun. Well, maybe that's an overstatement, but true for a lot of games in the rights genres nonetheless!