Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

Mass Effect.

I’ve wrapped up all of the combat and exploration trophies. I just need to complete the game and I’ll have the platinum trophy. I should be able to obtain it by the end of this week. I might not immediately start ME2, but I will eventually play the entire franchise (I’ve played these games many times before) and get the platinum on all of them.

Bouncing back n forth between Star Wars n outriders (still) at the moment. Just recently beat Spider-Man 2 which was epic.. prolly one of the most recent games where i couldnt put down the controller.. also finished saints row which was tons of fun.. nothing else on my radar that im aware of.. robocop strikes a bit of curiosity

@Tjuz @Thrillho @RogerRoger Put me down on the list of people who immediately dismissed Midnight Suns due to the deck-builder based gameplay. And I did watch some early videos and it didn’t seem to sell me on it. The relationship building aspects are what tempt me because I usually really enjoy those in the old BioWare games and in the Persona games. I’ve read varied opinions about the quality of Midnight Sun’s companion relationship side stories and base building, so I’m glad to see some approval from trusted sources.

I’ll admit when the game went on a steep sale recently I also nearly pulled the trigger just because it was such a good deal and my curiosity had me giving it a second and third look. But my backlog gave me a stern side-eye frown of disapproval and so I passed. I look forward to hearing more of your experience with it, Tjuz!

@RogerRoger Yeah, it can wear thin after a while if you don’t switch it up. I’d really like to attempt the platinum trophy for Dead Space Remake, but I know it takes three playthroughs and I have a hard time replaying games after I beat them. A game really has to fully capture my attention. And the “Impossible” trophy sounds absolutely mental. With that said, I think I’m going to give it a try.

@Kraven Definitely give it a go, Impossible isn't too bad. Be sure to upload to the cloud every so often, I think I uploaded it at the start of each chapter and before a couple of instant kill sections. I'm a very average gamer and I didn't die at all during my Impossible playthrough although a couple of occasions I did reload a save if a fight didn't go entirely my way so be sure to save at every opportunity.

PS. I'm sure it only took me two playthroughs. EDIT Oops, it was three although NG+ on easy was a quick blast through.

@Thrillho Yeah, I thought the more obscure characters like Magik and Nico might end up taking a backseat while more of the big name ones come in, but I'm glad to see that they're still as important as ever. There's a great balance in terms of the narrative where it feels like everyone really has a place and time to shine at different points. Maybe the only exception there is the DLC characters for obvious reasons, but at least they have their own little storyline going on in the background that involves all of them.

I would recommend going back for the DLC at some point if you're interested at all! I'm not sure how end-game works regarding if you're locked out or not after you've finished it, but if you can return to the Mirror Table to just play through the DLC missions I think you'd have a lot of fun with it. I've enjoyed the characters so far, but I still have to unlock Venom as I'm not far enough into the main story yet that that would make any narrative sense at this moment.

@Thrillho @RogerRoger @Th3solution I would honestly recommend not to be turned off by the deck-builder tag. Not because I am incredibly biased in how much I've been enjoying it, but because I can say from experience I've engaged minimally with actual deck-building. The idea of min-maxing cards and builds doesn't appeal to me in the slightest either. And while the opportunity to do so for the people who do enjoy that is certainly there, I personally barely go into the screen to edit your deck.

Typically, you'll receive a few cards as a reward after every mission which you can then use to either implement in your deck, salvage for resources or upgrade an existing card of the same type. I usually just go into the deck menu to switch out a card for whatever new one I got and that's as far as the deck-building goes for me. I'd say this is maybe like one minute of my time at most every hour and no real thought is put into it. Of course in some games this might mean you're just screwing yourself over with a bad deck, but I've found with this one in particular that it hasn't held me back at all. I'm sure a lot of the combinations I have might be not optimal or whatever, but I've still been able to kick butt and take names all the same.

I think a lot of the help there comes from the mechanic where you upgrade the cards to make them slightly better versions with usually some type of added bonus. It can make even the most basic cards feel pretty powerful. You don't really have to think about that either though, as you'll just unlock the upgrades organically as you switch out cards once in a while. The upgrading itself is nothing more than a menu with a quick click within the training facility of your base, no different from sending a hero on an operation at the War Room for example.

@Tjuz Sounds pretty good. I sort of regret not picking it up the other day when I saw it for less than $20. Maybe some other time.

https://x.com/suicidesquadRS/status/1745495278646648839?s=20

Now that the NDA is lifted, I can say that I enjoyed the alpha test and while I'm a little worried about the open world gameplay loop getting old fast (depends on how much stuff they introduce over time, really), I'm definitely more interested in the game than I was before playing - and my impressions were more positive than those high profile press previews.

The things that stand out is the parts tied to specific missions - not just the cutscenes (good performances and direction) but also very cool environments like the museum in which you're being hunted by corrupted Batman - those are very, very good.

I know a lot of players have similar opinions, which is probably why they lifted the NDA after disappointing press previews.

edit: looks like twitter embeds no longer work... oh well

@Th3solution There can be a lot going on in the hub between missions for Midnight Suns but it never feels overwhelming and the mechanics are all pretty hassle free. I really would recommend when it reappears in the next sale

@Voltan It’s an interesting decision to lift the NDA but it certainly sounds like they had nothing to lose in doing so.

And the Twitter embed not working might be because you still have to put Twitter.com rather than X.com to embed it..

https://twitter.com/suicidesquadRS/status/1745495278646648839...

EDIT: clicking on the link says it needs age verification to view so might not embed for that reason.

@Thrillho That must be it. I tried with Twitter.com too and didn’t work.

Anyway, game potentially actually good.

@Tjuz It's so great to read someone else being so positive and enthusiastic about Marvels Midnight Suns. I platinumed the game about a year ago and still think its one of the most underrated and overlooked games of 2022. I'm not a fan of strategy games and deckbuilders normally, but Midnight Suns was so much fun to play. It sucks that it did bad financially but let's hope that it becomes some culthilt after all the big sales and being in this months humble bundle so we might get a part 2 one day. Lets hope

@Thrillho What hurts is that I had a chance to pick it up for $20 physical, which means I could resell it for probably $10 if I didn’t like it, but alas, I didn’t pull the trigger. I also think it would be a great PS+ game, so here’s hoping.🤞🏼

So I’ve had Midnight Suns on my Steam wish list for months now and it just dropped to around 15 £GBP. Been on the fence for a while, but funnily enough I listened to a podcast recently where the hosts were waxing lyrical about just how good this game was… and how unfairly it landed with audiences due to the ‘deck builder’ label.

I love Spire and Inscryption, plus I grew up reading Marvel as a kid…. Seeing all the positive comments in this thread made me finally pull the trigger!

MS now has pride of place in backlog, might look to play concurrently with BG3 (took a brief hiatus in Act2 so I could play and complete The Last Faith)

@RogerRoger @CJD87 Midnight Suns is one of the few games I bought myself for Christmas. We'll see who gets to it first and who gets to it last. Given what I know of releases in the early part of the year (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and then the physical release of Baldur's Gate 3), I doubt I'll be getting to it before sometime in the summer.

im playing returnal !

Started Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown with a short session on Friday night... and now I'm somehow 18 hours in with 55% completed.
This game rules and I'm definitely going for 100% (might need a guide to scoop up some final pieces of hidden treasure but for now I'm just exploring myself).

@Voltan I liked the demo when I played it, so will definitely get to it at some point.

@JohnnyShoulder Thing about the demo is that it puts you at the starting point of the main map (full version also has a short prologue before it that's in a separate location you can't go back to), but also gives you access to some abilities and items that you don't get for a while in the actual game - to give you a better taste of the combat and platforming. I thought that a was pretty smart thing to do.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade