Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Bloodborne on PS5, currently stuck in the research hall

@LordBakemono Best game of the last generation and my personal favourite of all time. Enjoy it! If you ever want or need some help, hit me up!

Sonic Frontiers, my favourite Sonic game was Sonic Adventures 1 and 2 on the Dreamcast although I must admit im not the biggest Sonic player, to me this just seems like a super cool upgraded version of those, really fun and I am enjoying the open world elements.

I am getting FF16 on day one so i will hopefully be done with Sonic by then or I'll have to pick it back up after

@PixelDragon I’m playing Jedi Survivor too, and also really enjoying it.

How are you finding the difficulty? I mentioned this somewhere on here about it being a little unbalanced at times and I’ve had to drop the difficulty settings to get past a boss or a force tear every now and then. I saw you mentioned you’re well acquainted with the FromSoft games so I’m curious how you view this in comparison.

And are you having any performance issues or technical problems with the game?

@PixelDragon Haha, yes that is ironic about the chatter. 😄 It feels like Cal is more social and quippy this go-around. I find him still fairly likable and so I’m rolling with it for now but undecided as of yet about the story as a whole. I do feel that the gameplay is better in the sequel and overall more fun to play moment-to-moment. The improved (although still mediocre) in-game BD holomap has helped make exploration more inviting too.

On the subject, do you have a favorite From game? It’s a topic of much debate around here. I’ve played Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls Remastered, and Bloodborne and I’d say all are excellent but BB wins out so far. I’ve got DS2 queued up for later this year (depending on how things go with other games). I’m cautiously optimistic about it, but feel like I want to clear the Dark Souls games before doing Elden Ring.

@Kidfried I tried that game but had the exact same feelings as you. Something just doesn’t feel right.

What Remains of Edith Finch

I only had time to play the first part of the game, but the beginning was maybe a bit too weird where you're Molly. I'm obviously going to stick with it though given how good the game is supposed to be. I also need something short to play before Final Fantasy XVI arrives tomorrow, so it'll be perfect regardless.

@KilloWertz I am a bigger fan of walking sims than most people are, but WRoEF is one of my favorite games from last generation. And the ‘impact-per-time-spent-playing’ ratio is really high. I think I completed it in 2 or 3 gaming sessions over a weekend, although more prolific gamers certainly can do it in one stretch, so you’ll be fine getting done in time.

The game does have a weird vibe to it that takes some getting used to, but a few of the stories are quite heavy.

You’re playing FF16 at launch then? I’ve been planning to also, but am finding myself a little short on time so we’ll see.

@Th3solution I don't mind walking sims and games along that line. I love the Life is Strange games I've played (haven't played LiS2), most Quantic Dream games, Until Dawn, etc. I'm sure it will click before I'm done. I did play a little bit more of it this morning before work and I did enjoy it more. It seems, at least so far, that the Molly sequence in the beginning was the only truly weird sequence. The way she talked about eating everything was borderline disturbing, but I've been good with everything else.

Yes, my copy will be arriving at some point tomorrow. Once I'm done with What Remains of Edith Finch, I'll dive right into FF16. Hopefully it's there before I get home from work so I can install it right away.

@Kidfried @nessisonett If you mean Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom then I actually liked that a lot, got the platinum trophy as far as I remember.
There was another released later that was a remaster of an older game and I did not like that one.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Well, this is just delightful. I've just finished the first world and am having great fun; the level set to Uptown Funk had me smiling all the way through. It's been like a cross between AstroBot and Rayman Legends so far.

Final Fantasy XVI

Only got to play it for roughly an hour tonight since my copy arrived later than I had hoped it would, but I really like it so far. I do wish they were able to do a much better Performance Mode (don't know if they just need to develop a new engine or if they just made poor decisions), as I would obviously prefer to play the game at 60 FPS, but it's definitely not worth the graphical tradeoff. As is, it does seem to be better than some other games at 30 FPS as this was obviously their intention since it seems the camera panning and such is a bit smoother than in some games.

All in all, after my initial disappointment about the extremely lackluster Performance Mode, I'm sure I'll love the game regardless of the framerate.

@Thrillho I had a blast playing Sackboy, I really need to go back and finish it, just an all round fun game and the music sets a great tone, I agree that it feels alot like Astrobot I also got Mario Odyssey vibes.

Final Fantasy XVI, first game in a very long time that I've got at launch, being a big FF fan I just couldn't wait, I was hyped but I was holding off on launch but then the Demo swayed me! Can't wait to get stuck in properly, hopefully get a good few hours on it tonight

I went back to Judgment and I cannot believe they really used the sad Yakuza substory music (you know the one) while main characters were reminiscing about a recently deceased character. What a game.

Downloaded Metro: Exodus to give that a whirl this weekend. Started playing it a few years ago but never finished it so I'm going to start it over and see how it goes.

Almost picked up ff16 after the rave reviews and great looking gameplay. I decided to hold off until a discount as I have so many others that are free to play that I'm interested in. I started Elex 2. Elex was a diamond in the rough, quite a surprise game. So far Elex 2 is more of the same double A game and it's fantastic. Just what I was looking for. It is still VERY janky. Once you get used to it, it's not so bad. The jetpack is back and can now be upgraded to do amazing things. It really sets it apart from other open world games. I have a long ways to go, but enjoying every bit.

@Kidfried This is like my third attempt to get into it, so it’s not really clicked before. The fighting isn’t the most interesting and the tailing is godawful but the plot’s really intriguing and I do love the more detective-y side cases. Yagami’s a great protagonist too.

Got FFXVI in the post today. So will be pouring myself a rum and ginger beer along with some snacks and get stuck in a little bit later.

@PixelDragon how do you like it compared to the first game? I'm waiting for a deeper sale, but anything Star Wars always temps me.

@Elodin I'm really tempted by Elex 2, ever since the initial announcement I thought it looked interesting but then the reviews came in and I binned the idea of buying, however seeing that it is on ps extra...hmmm I really should give it a go.
One of these days I just hope that Piranha Bytes improves like Spiders have....I think they are ripe for investment as I know they develop these games with quite minimal staff. We need more Western RPGs , especially on PS.