Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@Voltan I look forward to playing the demo at some point. I wasn't really following the game at first, so I missed out on the first demo the game had, but I'll download it soon. I doubt I'll actually play it anytime soon though as I'm trying to use every bit of the time I get to game to play Horizon Forbidden West. No rush to play the demo then since it could be quite a while before I play the actual game anyways.

@KilloWertz Just a heads up - I think this one is also available for a limited time (although this time the window should be longer, not just a few days). Probably worth checking out while it's there.

@Voltan Limited time to play or just to download?

@KilloWertz It did say you have to be online to play it so I’m gonna guess it’s the former.
I checked and the deadline is April 19th.

@Voltan Thanks. While that's a shame, there should be no reason I'm not able to at least try it since it'll be playable for over a month.

So I finished the Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin tonight. It’s ugly and cringeworthy and I liked it a lot.

The demo has 3 levels, each ending with a boss fight. The regular enemies are pretty easy on the normal difficulty, as long as you don’t get too reckless. The bosses are pretty tough though - I got the last one on my 3rd try but the other 2 actually took a while.

Anyway, it’s kinda Souls-ish but the combat is significantly quicker and the whole thing seems to have a more straightforward structure with missions/levels you select from a world map, and an actual story
Also, while dying will get you back to your last save point and make all the regular enemies respawn, it’s not punishing in any other way. There seems to always be a save point just before the boss so it’s very easy to try again until you succeed. No grinding was really necessary in these 3 levels as far as I’m concerned.

The job system seems pretty cool as it allows for many different playstyles and let’s you level up things that benefit yours. I mostly played up close with a sword and shield, or the great sword but I’ve seen a stream of someone playing as a mage and it seemed good too.
Haven’t tried the co-op but I imagine it would be pretty fun.

@Voltan Think you'd buy the full game off the back of that? Have you played any of the Nioh games? I tried the first one as it was a Plus game and enjoyed it but found it really punishing that I didn't get too far into it before I got distracted by something else. I'm surprised to hear this has difficulty levels 😀

@render I bounced off of Nioh very quickly... did the tutorial and then just kept dying to basic enemies
That was some time ago, so maybe I have a better understanding how to play these games now, but I feel this one is much more accessible. I actually thought about setting it to the hard mode based on the regular enemies in the demo but I'm afraid it would make the bosses too hard for me to enjoy, so I'll probably stick to the "action" setting.

I think I'll buy it but mind that my love for Final Fantasy probably plays a big part in this decision

Edit: I just went ahead and ordered it because there's a steelbook as a pre-order bonus.

@render @Voltan It's definitely more manageable than Nioh from the review and my bit of time with the latest demo. I imagine they wanted to make it that way since it's a Final Fantasy titled game, as I'm sure some of the fans would have been put off if it was insanely difficult.

@KilloWertz Yep, it's definitely the reason. However, from what I've seen on Twitter so far, Nioh fans seem to be enjoying it too (based on the demo).
73 metascore so far, so pretty much what I expected, with the PushSquare review being on the lower end (not saying they should've scored it higher, the review seems fair and apart from the visuals being indefensible, most of the flaws are very subjective).

@Voltan @KilloWertz I've yet to really get into any FF game so I'll probably leave this for now anyway but good to know that it's more manageable than Nioh was. I've still got the Remake to play so want to give that a go when I get time.

@render The Remake is probably a good place to start even if it being effectively only a "part 1" makes it lack the scale that some other games in the series have (still has some big moments though). My first FF was the original 7 when it came out 25 years ago and it's still one of my favorite games ever.

@Voltan Good to hear it's made a lasting impression. I really want to like FF as it seems like such an iconic series so hopefully that will be the game to help me do that. I read the review and have seen some trailers and it really does look like an amazing remake.

Loved Nioh and is ‘probably’ the best souls-like not made by From imho. The combat is probably even a little bit better… but the environments are nowhere near as creative or thought-provoking.

I hadn’t played any Final Fantasy games until 2020 when I played XV and VII Remake. I enjoyed the hell out of both if I’m honest. They’re definitely not my usual taste but they made a big enough impact that I’ll play pretty much every new Final Fantasy game moving forwards.

I thought I'd try out Guardians Of The Galaxy seen as it's on Game Pass and I'm surprised just how good it is. It's like the Mass Effect comedy I never knew I wanted.

@ApostateMage That's pretty much a spot on comparison. I played it on PS5 before it landed on Game Pass, but it was one of my favorite games from last year. Right up there with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart for me. I really hope we get a sequel.

@Voltan I don't expect to buy Final Fantasy Origin. At least not anytime soon, as I have a bunch of other games right now I'd rather play. I've played some other Final Fantasy games, including Final Fantasy 7 Remake of course. I loved that one (obviously since I beat it on both PS4 and PS5), but I didn't really like the demo at all. I'll give it another shot before the demo ends since I was tired when I played it, but I still have no plans to buy it right now as I'd rather finally play Cyberpunk 2077 and some other games (Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima's PS5 version, the PS5 versions of the Uncharted games, Evil Dead if it ends up being good, etc.) after I'm done with Horizon Forbidden West.

I hope you enjoy it as much as you probably hope to though.

I'm trying the CP2077 trial on PS5. So far I'm stiil not convinced it's a game for me but it's making a rather good overall impression (other than some driver AI looking kinda bad). I might play it at some point, I don't know. Glad I skipped the bad launch though, because I doubt the first impression would be nearly as positive.

@KilloWertz It definitely seems like one of those games that has to hit just right and it won't do that for everyone
I did enjoy the demo though. so I'm optimistic!

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@Jimmer-jammer no I haven’t yet mate, I have it on PS4 and PS5 (a nice steel book for the PS4 version too) waiting in the backlog. Did you prefer it over the original?