Topic: What PS4 Games Are You Currently Playing?

It's crunch time for me. I am trying to wrap up Borderlands Game of the Year Edition and have time to do the BL2 DLC before Borderlands 3 comes out.

I have been playing Far Cry New Dawn and I'm actually liking it more than FC5.

@Tasuki Have you played the BL2 DLC before? And you know about the ability to create a level 30 character now right? It's not immediately obvious how to do it as starting a new game does just that but if you choose to create a new character on the start screen then the option to create your lvl30 vault hunter appears.

@Thrillho I havent played the DLC, but I do have a maxed character,

@Tasuki Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep is the best of the bunch by a long way. Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt is okay but skippable if you don't have time. Fight For Sanctuary is okay but links some story together and has nods to the Telltale game too.

The other two I played on PS3 and didn't bother with again. Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty is good fun but Mr Torgue's one isn't that great. The head-hunter missions are quite funny and mostly just have one main mission and a side mission each, with a good raid boss to finish each one (although mine were all level locked way beneath where I was so I breezed through them).

Basically, definitely play Dragon Keep and seeing as you're well in the Borderlands groove, Fight For Sanctuary is worth playing too.

@Tasuki @Thrillho Funnily enough I finished Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt last night. Just Fight For Sanctuary to do before Borderlands 3 comes out, although I'd like to play the Claptastic Voyage DLC for the Pre-Sequel if I get chance.

So far my personal ranking would be:
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
Captain Scarlett's Pirate Booty
Torgue's Campaign of Carnage

They're all good fun, but I'd focus on Dragon Keep if you find time is running out!

@Thrillho Oh I played some of the DLC Captain Scarlett and Torque's but I haven't done the newest one. And I did Tiny Tina's and Hammerlocks on the 360 a few years ago.

@Gremio108 The Claptastic DLC is as intentionally annoying as you’d expect but plays up to it really well. Well worth a go.

@Thrillho I can imagine it's pretty funny. I'm hoping to squeeze it in before the big one drops on 13th Sep.

How do you start Claptastic Voyage? And what recommended level? I couldn't see anything that pointed towards it on the fast travel menu.

@Gremio108 it’s endgame stuff so presumably it’s at the level cap for whatever playthrough you’re on (I guess lvl30 for “normal” mode).

And I vaguely remember it starting from a new area. A quick google says there should be an area called level 13 1/2 for fast travel to start.

@Thrillho @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Excellent, cheers guys!

@KratosMD The piece on here (or maybe kotaku) about their new game was interesting in that you can play with another person online but they don’t have to let you see what happened in their part of the game.

It’s quite a neat idea as it would be a lot more immersive not knowing the nuances of the whole story but horribly frustrating at the same time.

I started Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and am really impressed so far. I’m about 4 hours into it and it is exceeding my expectations. I’ll give a more comprehensive set of impressions when I complete it, but suffice it to say —
despite it being advertised as such, this does not seem “AA” to me at all. It has all the polish and production value of a “AAA” title. I guess it’s shorter length and lower price point make it considered less than a “AAA” release, but the quality here is quite remarkable and puts a lot of big budget and large studio titles to shame.
Much has been said of the fantastic sound design and acting, but the gameplay is surprisingly good.
It’s also a game that I’m surprised is not mentioned more when people talk about horror and psychological thriller games. It’s extremely creepy and disturbing. So for those looking for horror games, don’t forget Hellblade. ( @KratosMD - I know you’ve been on the horror kick, and I don’t know if you got your fill yet, but if you haven’t played this game you may want to check it out.)

@Th3solution Have you played it with headphones? It is supposed a stellar experience when played with a set.

@JohnnyShoulder I play 90% of my games with my high quality headphones anyways, but yes, for sure this one. The voices that whisper in your ears is part of the immersion and I don’t think it would be quite the same if it were coming from a TV or Speaker. The game informs you when you boot it up that it is suggested that you experience the game with headphones to take advantage of the 3D sound effects.
I remember when it came out in 2017 that it was touted for the great auditory experience and how it won Game Award’s Best Audio Design, Best Performance for the lead actress Juergens, and a few other awards but I wasn’t expecting the game to be as well made in all the other areas such as graphically and in the gameplay department.

@KratosMD I guess they technically call it “dark fantasy”, but to me it seems like a borderline horror experience. More of a psychologically horrific game, the kind that freaks you out and messes with your mind. There is not jump scares in the overt sense, but it is more the atmospheric tension and the setting of traveling through Hell. If I had to compare it to any of the games I’ve played as far as setting and atmosphere, I’d say maybe Bloodborne. But where Bloodborne has a creepy atmosphere (the sounds of metal scraping on concrete and the screams of suffering in the background bringing tension for the next encounter around the corner) mainly to augment the addictive gameplay — here in Hellblade the narrative takes the front seat and the gameplay is a vehicle to augment the narrative. And so the environment and the building of tension takes center stage in order to deliver its message. But yeah, Bloodborne is probably the best comparison as far as genre.

@Th3solution I'm probably the opposite, only play with my headphones only in the mornings (I live in a block of flats so am conscious of distburing my neighbours) and have quite a beefy sound bar and sub woofer, so I use those mostly.

@TalentedAtGames That's quite the collection.

I've played Yakuza, Spiderman, and Nier and they are all fantastic games!

@KratosMD The totems only shows you the fragments of a possible future - your decisions will determine whether the outcome will be same as in the visions.

Well then 1s i've played atm is
Marvel's Spider-Man
God of War
Read Dead Redemption 2
The last Of Us Remastered
Uncharted 4
I really enjoy all these games I've done the story mode for Spiderman, The Last of Us. I think I am 50% into Red Dead Redemption 2 + God of War. I am abit into Uncharted 4 aswell
After this I am not sure what i'll play as quite a few options.
It's a tough 1 between Assassin's Creed Odyssey, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Bloodborne, Horizon Zero Dawn. As all 4 games I am hearing are really good but I am confused which to go for 1st I am kinda swinging towards Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Continuing my playthrough of BioShock Infinite today that I put on hold a few months ago very early on. I've mentioned the awe and brilliance of it's opening before on this forum, and I never expected the game to ever live up to that afterwards. While, granted, it hasn't quite yet lived up to that opening 30 minutes, it has come ridiculously close on numerous occasions — and I'm only about 4-5 hours in I'd say. This game really has no right to be as great as it with how unimpressed I was overall with the first two entries in the franchise. Solid, good games, but nothing amazing for me. This third entry however, seems to be making a strong case to become one of my favourite games so far. That said, I don't want to be too hasty since it could always go to... poop, but I really hope it doesn't.