Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

After recently beating rift apart, I jumped into the uncharted legacy of thieves collection. Sadly, due to visibile problems, I could not finish the game so it was a sour experience compared to the other three games. So many visuals blended together and I winded up dropping it.

My next “ps5” game is probably another remaster. I’m thinking about playing horizon zero dawn, or days gone.

@Jimmer-Jammer that was fast man. How long did it take you to do that?

I’m actually using PlayStation’s streaming service to stream Castlevania Lords of Shadow. It is surprisingly running well, and it’s a fun game. I’m surprised we can actually earn PS3 trophies in this format.

@Kraven I beat Castlevania: Lords of Shadow a few years ago on the original PS3 console, loved my time with the game. I wish you all the best with it and I'd be pleased to hear how your playthrough goes.

@Jimmer-jammer I beat the mission where the Foreign Swordsman is the final boss, but I think the NPC assisting me was bugged because he just stood there during the whole thing! But I found it a bit incongruous that Harris referred to my character's previous potential assassination attempt as "harassment" and offered me some information on my Blade Twin in exchange for assisting his escape from the area, why would he want to make a deal with me under those circumstances?!

Did you beat Stellar Blade yet? How would you rate the game if you did?

@Jimmer-jammer But none of that can match the boss's hilarious "french" accent 🤣

I got addicted to Cricket 24 at the weekend, it's not really good or anything, but I played and have enjoyed cricket in the past, and this game just kept me hooked for quite a bit with it rewarding you nicely for timing and decisions. Timing and decisions. Timing and decisions.
Just one more over 💀

I really need to get back to AC Mirage though, which doesn't really reward you for timing or decisions, as such, but stabbing is fun.

Stabbing is fun.

Stabbing is fun.

@CosmicJester what’re you playing at the moment bud?

@colonelkilgore At the moment, Assassins Creed: Valhalla, and between times alternating between Bloodstained and Castlevania: Symphony of the night.

@CosmicJester nice SotN is awesome, I actually really enjoyed Rondo of Blood too, if you’re yet to play it.

So I was a bit late to the party with AC but am looking forward to Valhalla after really enjoying Origins and Odyssey (the later being one of my fave games from last gen). I still have Rogue, Liberty and Syndicate to go yet though, so could be a while before I get to it.

@colonelkilgore SotN was my first and favourite metroidvania, not looked back. Rondo and Super castlevania IV of the classic CVs are brilliant as well. Loved Origins, the atmosphere of ancient Egypt was perfect, really liked odyssey as well. I'm enjoying valhalla as well, just not as much as I did origins. Still a damn good game though.

@CosmicJester yeah I have heard that Valhalla doesn’t quite hit the highs of the other two. That’s probably the reason I went back and played all the other AC games in between tbh… so by the time I get to it, it should be relatively fresh again.

@colonelkilgore @CosmicJester I’ve come to the conclusion that keeping up with the Assassin’s Creed games is an implausible goal, at least for me. The first five games were among the most influential in getting me into gaming to the extent I am today. But the series was really mishandled, imho, and as other Ubi-clones popped up that were more digestible and evolutionary, it was easier to play those instead. But many of my beloved games have their roots in that AC soil.

@Th3solution I’ve just been playing one or two a year since playing Odyssey back in 2019. I’ve quite enjoyed all of them so far tbh, particularly Origins, Odyssey and Unity. Really looking forward to Shadows too.

Picked up High on Life on the latest sale. It's fun for what it is. A mediocre shooter, but the fun lies in the "Rick and Morty" humor.

@colonelkilgore Have you picked up Mirage? I did see that physical copies were already quite discounted. So much so that I was tempted to just pick it up on a whim. But I know I should probably go back to Unity and Syndicate for the old school AC and then play Odyssey and Valhalla when I want the new school versions.

But I also have Horizon Forbidden West in the backlog, which I think I’d rather get to first, and Days Gone (although not sure DG is really an AC-like…?) and by the time I get through those we’re likely to have Ghost of [insert your Japanese island] from Sucker Punch, which will probably sap all my samurai energy from wanting to play AC Shadows. Also Rise of the Ronin exists. And Wukong, Phantom Blade Zero, etc, etc. But I must admit, despite being satiated on the Ubi-open world and on the feudal Japanese setting, the Shadows trailer actually looked quite good and has me considering jumping back into the series at this point. All the sour taste of the pirate and naval stuff has worn off. 😅

@Th3solution yeah I managed to get a cheap copy of Mirage a few months back, think it was around £20. I won’t be playing that until sometime after Valhalla tbh.

Yeah I wouldn’t really say that Days Gone was similar to the Assassins Creed games tbh… brilliant game though it is. And same about Shadows what with GoT, it’s inevitable sequel and RotR I kinda though Ubi had missed the boat but I did like the gameplay showed at Ubisoft Forward (but who am I kidding, I was always gonna buy it 😅).

@Th3solution
Days Gone, to me is more like a cross between Mad Max and The Last of Us. Great up close and personal combat with a bit of crafting, mixed in an open world with vehicular combat. The gaming equivalent of a road movie, a road game (sounded better in my head).
Fab game, one of my favourites from the last gen and much improved on the PS5.

@CaptD @colonelkilgore Cool. Thanks guys. I knew it had some kind of open world, but unclear about the structure of the game and the combat. I know there’s some kind of hoard mechanic with the zombies, and I figure it’s got guns but also melee. I never played Mad Max either, as the IP isn’t necessarily something I like or actively seek out, but it’s supposed to be a good game from all I’ve heard.

@Th3solution It’s a shame the platinum trophy is unobtainable for Mad Max. I wish there was a way to remedy that. I’ve been wanting to play the game as well since I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. I’ll definitely add it to my backlog.