Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Th3solution yeah I am quite enjoying the story tbh, tropes, schlock and all 😁. Even though I’ve had some understanding of the overall Resident Evil series narrative, the way it unfolds within the first game… with the environmental storytelling and diary excerpts etc is really very good.

Gutted that I’m back in work today as I want to carry on with my playthrough 😅… maybe I’ll be able to get an hour in tonight 🤞

@HallowMoonshadow cheers, yeah while it’s took a bit of getting used to I think I’ve clicked with it now.

That’s the first Resident Evil HD Remake playthrough for Jill done and it has me super intrigued… as I’m sure it has millions of other players over the last 20 years or so. Really liked Wesker and Barry as characters (if not as people)… and have vague recollections of the former in Code Veronica all the way back on the Dreamcast and feeling similarly intrigued by him then. I have a feeling that I’m gonna be watching a whole load of lore vids on Resi in much the same way that I did for Dark Souls and Metal Gear Solid when I was playing through them.

Anyway, it’ll be a knife-only playthrough with Chris next, then a Real Survivor with Jill, an invisible enemies with Chris and then a speed-run or two with Jill. They dont half make you work for it like! 😅

@graymamba
Well done, it is all downhill from here.
The speed run isn’t as bad as it seems but be aware nothing stops that timer which is most annoying (not sure why devs do this), recommend using someone’s speed run chapter times just in case and time each section, perhaps cloud saving but that isn’t really necessary.
The no saves was a bit of a pain for me, everything was going swimmingly until Lisa knocked me off the platform...stupid stupid 100 to 1 mistake but that is Sod’s law.

@CaptD yeah right now the 3hr deadline seems pretty much impossible… but I’m sure with a couple more playthroughs, together with a bit of research I’ll get there by hook or by crook.

What a great setting/game world they created though… it reminded me of Arkham Asylum and the original Dead Space in the way they used what is essentially one locale, so effectively.

lol that takes me back 😁. While gameplay is still the overriding barometer for a games quality for me, I have diversified quite a bit over the last few years and have enjoyed the odd narrative-focussed game in-between more gameplay-centric fare tbh.

@AgentCooper 🤣 aye you could put it like that. He’s good mate, we were meant to have done a bit of Castle Crashers yesterday but he’s got a lot on atm with a bundle-of-joy on the way. Think that plat-hunting may be placed on the back-burner for the immediate future.

@AgentCooper will do mate. I haven’t played a great deal of Castle Crashers yet but Moose said it was pretty good… and the Canadian guy we met, who helped us out with some gear was pretty obsessed by it (like 300+ hrs obsessed!).

It’s pretty much a scrolling beat-em up, with a cartoon-medieval paintjob and has some a bit of rpg-elements added too by the looks. I can add you to the group chat for it if you ok,e, as one of the trophies require 4 people.

Managed to make a start on my knife-only run with Chris this afternoon and have made some decent progress to be fair. Just beat Yawn after getting back to the mansion from the residence. Don’t wanna count my chickens but I could have this playthrough done tomorrow 🤞.

last night i got caught on at least one or two trophies to get in WWE 2K22 and WWE 2K24 where i finally got the capture finisher trophy in wwe 2k22 and the trophy for playing as LA Knight vs Finn on Legend difficulty in WWE 2K24.

that and I noticed Gunther and Kaiser they had different names in WWE 2K22 where Gunther was called Walter and Kaiser had a different name. that and WWE 2K22 being the last time for Brock Lesnar and Mandy Rose being in the WWE games

Massively productive day for me! Managed to get everything done in work before I break up for a 6-day Easter weekend… and most importantly, I finished off my second playthrough on Resident Evil HD Remake.

I was a little bit anxious about this one too as I’d watched Adam McDermott’s Platinum Journey (embedded below; check out his reaction at around 5:05 🤭) prior to me starting the game around a fortnight ago and he missed the CQC FTW trophy for a knife-only run on his first playthrough for some reason (maybe accidentally stomping on a zombie head as he ran past seems the most likely reason) and he had to do the knife-only run all over. Thankfully it popped for me and I managed to save Jill and Rebecca to boot.

Next onto The Real Survivor with Jill where, while it’s more difficult, the item boxes don’t connect and you have to manually aim… at least I can let everyone die! 😅

@graymamba
Good show. I think the defensive items can screw you over during knife only runs. However I can’t remember if Leon has a defensive item slots.
PS. Gaming doesn’t break for Easter.

@CaptD ahh yes, maybe his knife-only was screwed by a defensive-item. That’s probably more likely than a running stomp actually.

And agreed… I may have broke up from work for Easter… but the Resi-grind continues for sure 🫡

Resi-update: started my Real Survivor playthrough today and after some real issues early on (there were points where I was questioning myself tbh 😅), I started to make some good headway around 1pm. The issues I was facing turned out to be really good practice for my upcoming speed runs too tbh, as I was repeating certain sections so many times between save points that it really started to embed the optimal routes etc.

You know a stone-cold classic when the more times you play a section, the more that you start to realise the brilliance of the design. Now that I kinda feel pretty comfortable with the layout of the game, what were initially treacherous adventures out for certain items are now point-to-point shuttle-runs without even having to check the map. It’s gonna be interesting to think about how I’d rate this game within my all-time top games list by the time I’m done. I’m already far more positive about it than I anticipated… and would probably find a spot for it in my top 30 right now… we’ll see in a week or two.

By the end of todays play I’ve managed to set both Stone & Metal Objects in the gate under the main staircase and am just about to see Lisa for the final time this playthrough before entering the lab.

So I went down into the lounge and I just couldn’t let it lie, knowing I was that close to the end of my playthrough. So I popped back up to the gaming room, booted the PS4 up and finished the run. Much to my surprise I managed to finish the Real Survivor playthrough in 2hrs 28mins, so got all the speed-run trophies and all the weapons! Really happy with that as it was the 3 hr speed-run that I was dreading the most.

So it’s Chris with Invisible Enemies next and then a very easy playthrough without saving… or vice-versa I guess 🤔 and it’ll be all done.

@graymamba
Wow well done on that especially the speed run trophies as well, whilst they weren’t anything to get concerned about doing them during real survivor is mighty impressive.
Invisible enemies isn’t a problem, the nosave isn’t fun...just don’t run with those fuel canisters.

@graymamba Splendid work, mate. I’m really pleased at how the game has clicked with you. I’m excited to see your response to RE2, 3, and 4 remakes. You’ll feel right at home with the more action combat and updated controls, and yet still be able to enjoy the puzzley survivor horror aspects.

Cheers guys, I was particularly pleased after logging off yesterday evening I gotta be honest.

@CaptD you’re probably right about there being no need for my concern for the speed-runs mate… it is one of the admittedly rare trophy requirements I always dread though tbh. When I first started trophy hunting, the mere sight of online, difficulty-specific and speed-run requirements were enough to put me off entirely. And while that did change over time… and all three still weigh on me a bit to this day, it’s the rare speed-run requirements out there which seem to cause me the most anxiety. As a consequence of that anxiety though… once done, I probably get the most satisfaction from them too tbh.

@Th3solution I did play through REmake 2 back during the start of covid… and did really enjoy it. It was when I was still finding what I liked and didn’t like in gaming though after years of being very casual with the hobby. I was quite new to trophy hunting at the time too and the speed-runs required (ironically given my reply to the Captain above) that put me off going for the plat at the time. I’m looking forward to addressing that and putting it right… as well as just fully embracing the series. The beauty of coming to a classic series late is getting to consume them on your own terms I find. You never have to wait a full dev-cycle to see what happens next and can just piecemeal it as and when you fancy. I’m aware that there are a couple of significant dips in quality with RE (namely 6 and to a lesser extent 5) but on the whole it’s clear there is a lot of quality there. 4 REmake and Village in third-person mode are the ones I’m most pumped about… but I’m even a little excited to try 6 just out of curiosity. Judging from the first one it’s gonna be a proper ride these next few years!

@graymamba oh, apologies as I forgot you already played RE2. I do think having the context of RE1 will enhance your revisit to it though.

RE3 remake feels a lot like an expansion for RE2, as the gameplay is quite similar, just a little different setting and also the return of Jill as a main character. The remake got a lot of criticism due to its mild deviation from the original game, primarily with some omitted content, but since I’ve never played the original I didn’t miss what I didn’t know. So you’ll have the same advantage of not knowing the difference.

I’ve just recently played RE4 so you know my thoughts there. And I’ve tried RE5 briefly and thought it was okay, but I really need to devote more energy to it in order to give it a chance. Probably it’s inevitable remake will come out before I ever get to it. Code Veronica and Zero will need to get remade for me to try them out. And RE6… I’m morbidly curious about it also. Everyone says it’s awful and to just skip it, but I heard on a podcast recently someone defending it as better than RE2. 😅 I think there’s a definite preferred order that the game’s multiple selectable storylines should be played in, and if you play the campaigns in a less ideal sequence then it’s a gameplay and narrative disaster.

And that’s the no-saves run done for Ink is for Squids. Piece of cake with the unlimited rocket launcher I earned from going under 3 hours yesterday.

@Th3solution no apologies needed mate, I don’t expect people to remember what I’ve played and haven’t etc. If it’s one thing I’d never level against you it’s ignorance, quite the opposite 🍻.

I’ve heard the odd dissenting voice about 6 too (dissenting as in, against the general consensus if you get me). They mention that while the narrative is awful and it totally abandons its survival-horror heritage… that what’s left is a highly playable action game merging third-person melee and shooting. I’d actually put money on me quite liking it tbh.

So with the invisible Tyrant downed and Chris scarpering out of the lab leaving two innocent ladies to meet their doom for the Every Man for Himself trophy, Resident Evil HD is dunzo. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve loved it but… I think the fifth playthrough did start to feel like one too many tbh and I’m glad it’s over.

I’m gonna take a day off tomorrow as this past week has been pretty intense… and then on to Devil May Cry for what would make plat #225 (if I’m successful that is). There’s no guarantees with this one though… I’ve popped the odd tricky plat in my time but my dualsense-is-tingling on this one, telling me that this could well be the toughest yet… and possibly beyond my upper-limit. Only one way too find out 😉