Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@graymamba
Indeed, needed to get it done before the kids get in from school.
God knows what it is going to be like when schools out for summer, the New York streets will be mayhem....until the limited media time is brought in by the nanny state that is.
Inb4 PSN usage is not covered by that bill.

Of course I’m jesting plus they are unlikely to be playing The Division.

@JohnnyShoulder Last I heard there was a glitch where your save file/trophy progress got messed up if you used Chapter select.

Besides I needed a refresher on the story and combat/gameplay, last time I played The Plucky Squire was in 2024.

I wasn't that far into the game the first time anyway, so it's ok. I'm already well past where I was before then.

Playing Horizon Zero Dawn, doing some last collectible collecting and other things to hopefully get the Platinum

I restarted my old Knack playthrough, after finally platinuming Bloodborne recently.

I plan on replaying Final Fantasy IX and starting Wolfenstein: The New Order next.

Kingdom Hearts 3

Had my first little dabble on Zombie Army Trilogy tonight… and it’s good. I think the level design is a fair bit below the quality of ZA4 but it’s not surprising really when you consider that the Trilogy was just three dlc packs combined into one game, while 4 was a full release. I’m still enjoying it though, the shooting is pretty tight, the headshot-pops are very satisfying and the whole Nazi-undead thing is just a marriage made in heaven/hell.

Red Dead Redemption 2. Finally got aound to it.

Got a proper sesh in on Zombie Army Trilogy today and loved every minute fair play. The level design really picks up after the first couple of missions and it’s a proper challenge too. Got a good bit of co-op in too with @CaptD and @Render (and one of our other mates who isn’t on Push Square)… brilliant game in co-op, much like its sequel.

@graymamba @Render
Yeah good fun until I’m shouting “MEDIC!”.
I’ve just seen that a gun/skins dlc pack for SE Resistance is currently free....now we just play the waiting game for the rest of it.

Just started Mass Effect 2 from the Legendary Collection and it’s feeling pretty good already tbh. I remember very little from back when I originally played the 360 version at release and the introduction has done little to bring back any memories… but it’s a strong opening nonetheless. I remember feeling a little underwhelmed when I replayed the first game a couple of years back but the whole Illusive Man-filled opening is great fair play.

@graymamba Ah, nice! I was actually browsing my trophy list yesterday (not sure why but I got curious about something and just kept scrolling, but more on that later) and when I came across my Mass Effect Legendary trophy list it really prompted me that I need to get back to my efforts to replay the other two games. Part of me was wondering if they would still hold up, because when I played the first game a couple years ago, like you I was a smidge underwhelmed, despite liking it fine. It just wasn’t the gaming revelation that I wanted. I think ME2 has aged better though so I look forward to your impressions.

@Th3solution yeah I was a bit put off continuing with the collection after playing the first myself. In fact, I had planned to play 2 last year and 3 this… but between my apathy following the original and my drive to get as much of my ps3 backlog done as possible, I delayed it a year.

It’s obviously been a while but my immediate thoughts are that it looks a fair bit more crisp, controls noticeably sharper and the narrative is already more intriguing. I wasn’t that excited to be starting it this afternoon but am already feeling good about it, so you may well feel similarly when you get around to giving it a go.

@Th3solution had a proper day-long sesh on Mass Effect 2 and had a great time fair play.

There is of course a chance that I’m just far more in the right mood for this kinda thing than I was back when I played 1 but the difference in my reaction seems too distinct for that to be the whole story.

Don’t get me wrong, the action is aging compared to the games of today but does still seem noticeably better than I remember from the original… but the big thing is the narrative, which is on another level. I’m fully invested rn and am a little bit blown away by how it’s gripped me tbh. It’s a lot darker than 1 in tone and reminds me of the latter seasons of Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 (two of my favourite tv shows as a teen, that did a lot for altering modern sci-fi in terms of a darker tone and shades of grey in resolutions). Cant wait to get back to it tbh 😅.

@graymamba Happy to hear you finally caught the Mass Effect bug! It remains one of my favourite gaming experiences of all time, if not still my favourite. I enjoy the first one a lot more than you seem to have and find 2 the weaker link in the series, but it does introduce a galore of fantastic characters who I have no doubt you will fall in love with as you continue playing! Do you have any clue about the final mission of ME2 through cultural osmosis or are you going in rather blind?

@Tjuz so funnily enough, I did actually play through 1, 2 and much of 3 back when they originally released… but I have no recollection of the ending of 2 for some reason. Probably a good thing as I get to enjoy it all over again with fresh eyes… a rare gift to be sure.

Can’t remember why I didn’t actually finish of the third game. Don’t know if I just wasn’t feeling it or if something else released that I wanted to play and then just didn’t go back. So, I’m really interested to see how the trilogy is concluded. I have heard it was controversial but have no more information than that. Writing a satisfactory ending to a trilogy is a very difficult and rare accomplishment, so no shame if they didn’t quite pull it off… 🤞 that they did though 😉

@graymamba Oh, the joys of forgetting Mass Effect and playing them all again like it's the first time! I'm almost jealous. I would assume you simply were pre-occupied while playing the third one, as it has a bunch of fantastic narrative arcs that I'd be shocked you wouldn't have enjoyed or wanted to see the conclusion of if you got that far into the trilogy! Excited to hear more of your thoughts as you go on.

@Tjuz I smoked copious amounts of weed in my former life and as a result, theres just a massive haze in regards to games, films and tv that I consumed from my mid-twenties to my mid-thirties (unless I played/watched things multiple times that is). Definitely a blessing.

@graymamba ME2 is a proper GOAT.

I only played it on PS3 with the interactive intro so I never played ME1 until the remakes (and that one reeeaaally shows its age).

Getting the platinum for ME2 back in the day with the veteran play through was bloody hard. Some of the best characters in any series though in that second game and the DLC is great; the Arrival DLC leads into ME3 brilliantly.

ME3 is one of the only games I ever bought the special/collection edition for and is a fantastic game too.

@graymamba Like @Tjuz, I am also a huge Mass Effect fan! I consider it my favourite sci-fi property across games, movies, books and TV and I own an embarrassing amount of Mass Effect stuff (including, but not limited to, a shower curtain and a duvet/comforter).
Happy to have you (back) on board the Normandy!

(and regarding the ending(s) to 3, I didn't think it was half as bad as everyone was making it out to be, but it did feel sort of "abrupt", even though the entirety of 3 could be considered the ending . The extended version of the endings did feel more satisfying as a whole, though.)

@FuriousMachine I do think that the overall ending is clever if you take it from the perspective that every decision has been futile… but it very much feels more like a cop out to make something work for the vast array of choices that could have been made beforehand.