Topic: What PS5 Games Are You Currently Playing?

@JohnnyShoulder I encountered a few last night. It had me stressing out a bit. I thought I navigated them quite well and I was safe but nope! 😂

@Kairuuu Glad you’re at least having your interest piqued. That bodes well going forward.

I looked back at my trophy list out of curiosity and it made me remember that Death Stranding was my main COVID pandemic game in the early days of the shut down, early 2020. Along with Jedi Fallen Order and AC Origins. But definitely the timing of playing Death Stranding in the spring of 2020 hit hard, as I recall how ironic (or prophetic?) it was to be playing a game where everyone was shut-in and isolated from one another and relying on deliveries. It really felt true to life in those days where we couldn’t see anyone and the streets were abandoned with everyone holed up in their homes. Crazy how Kojima can be so topical in his content.

@Kairuuu I think the grenades you can craft when you poop 😂 are quite handy, once you have the blueprints for the more advanced ones.

I was quite happy zooming round on my newly crafted motor bike, when I got stopped in my tracks by the BT's and my bike got destroyed. 🤬

@JohnnyShoulder sounds like you wanted to ride it around the BTs and not through them (or check those weather reports beforehand) 😁

Ah, some of my favourite moments are when you get caught, kind of, maybe, and in a way it's easier to get past areas when it's just the main monster things, and, rather than slowly creeping around, you get to run around shooting and escaping which can be less stressful and way faster. If I'm remembering right.

Keep at it @Kairuuu it will no doubt reward you. It must do, tbh, as I know I completed it fairly easily, and I'm shockingly bad at any 'horror' aspects in games

I’m pretty deep in the end game in Clair Obscur. I’ve finished all Nevron quests, found all of the lost gestrals, maxed out all relationships with my party members, and have all combat oriented trophies. My goal now is to attempt to finish the Endless Towrr, and reach level 99.

I've been playing PowerWash Simulator, currently on the final career mode level.

After I've beaten it, will play thru the Bonus & Special jobs that I have access to.

Okay, so after finishing the ps2 game Mafia, which was remade for PS4, I decided to try Mafia 2 the PS3 game, slightly upgraded for ps4 and that looks worse than Mafia 1, but I'm playing it on PS5 Pro, so who knows what thread to put it in. But here's my thoughts, regardless 😛

Having said that, and despite it not being a full remake, I feel like I'm already loving the atmosphere and tone of Mafia 2 much more. The dialogue has become even more natural and dynamic, and the characters are feeling pretty realistic early doors. There is something about PS3 era games, it has to be said, too. And I'm definitely feeling some GTA 4 nostalgia vibes with the faux NY setting here.

All in all, I enjoyed Mafia I, but it definitely had some old game reskinned issues, so Mafia 2 still feels like a leap forward in quality and design, even though it's much rougher around the edges without a full remake, and the controls and strafing style movement took a while to get used to.

By Mafia 2 you can kind of feel some early ideas forming for the kind of realism that would become KCD when Vavra, and I assume some of the dev talent from 2k Czech moved over to Warhorse. You can turn on light switches and fans, for example. I don't know if it has any uses yet, but it makes the world feel more real even with these silly little details. I believe in Mafia I at one point you could ignore a checkpoint to do what was hinted at rather than the actual objective too, so I hope that continues in Mafia II.

Good stuff. More crime games please, devs. And let's hope Mafia: The Old Country has some of this old 2k charm in it this summer!

So I've played RAINCODE+ the past few days @Ralizah and I see what you were saying in regards to the pacing.

I don't know how far you got into it but I'm partway through the investigation for chapter 2 and... Shinigami is seriously getting on my nerves right now. Monokuma she is certainly not.

She's annoying me more then the intentionally dislikable Monokubs in v3

Just a little note for KCDII players, the recent patch made everything flash/vanish/materialise but there is a new one (released yesterday) that stops everything flashing and the game looks beautiful again.

It might be time to play the Brushes with Death DLC soon 😁

I’ve been playing DOOM: The Dark Ages. I’m five chapters in and it’s been fun, albeit some things don’t click with me. I really don’t like the flying dragon sections, but thankfully those are few and far between according to what I’ve read. The mech suits are pretty fun though.

@HallowMoonshadow I think that's about where I cut out. Yeah, it's a slog. I may return if there's a Switch 2 patch, but considering it's an older game from a small publisher, I'm not holding out hope.

Shinigami is definitely polarizing, although that bugged me less. Kodaka's games are full of extreme personalities, so I didn't mind her. Honestly, she's more memorable than the rest of the cast. 😂

Back on the Zenless Zone Zero grind before Season Two commences. I haven't played it in months so I've got a lot of catching up to do before then. I've been enjoying it a lot and I'm a little surprised at myself for dropping it when I did.

I was perfectly fine with Shinigami til chapter 2 @Ralizah and she started her incredibly obnoxious jealous girl shtick against Kurumi where every other sentence has been a combination of "flat, uggo & skank" along with Yuma being called a perv incessantly. Which is a shame as the chapter's mystery seems a step up from the previous one!

And yeah I get what you mean in regards to the characters. I actually quite liked the cast on the train that got killed off.

Other then Halara Midnight the other detectives have been disappointing and losing the claustrophobic, intimate setting of the Danganronpa games means the cast doesn't get to bounce off of each other nearly as well.

Playing Dead Space Remake. Love it. I think this is one of the only times that I've playing the remake when i've completed the original game. Made an expection for this as it is one of my favourite games and has been long enough since I've played the original. Some brillaint sound design, and not for the faint of heart lol.

@JohnnyShoulder Dead Space Remake sounds good from what you say. Did you finish LotF? How did you find it overall?

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I really enjoyed it. Not as much as top tier FromSoftware, and apart from a couple of bosses not as difficult as those games either. The layout of the world and the Umbral world stuff was my favourite parts of the game.

@Hapless Enjoy it, man! Phenomenal game, and definitely worth getting the platinum for. Probably in my top 5 games this generation.

I’m now in the 13th chapter in Doom: The Dark Ages with a 100% completion rate for each mission. This game freaking rules. I didn’t like the first three chapters, but once things started to open up - the world, weapons, upgrades - it felt like it hit its confidence and hasn’t let up. It’s so good.

@Jimmer-jammer How are you man? What are you playing at the moment? Been a while since we've spoken.

I booted up Sekiro this morning, still pushing for that 'Shura' ending with Emma/Isshin Ashina as the final boss, I assume you went for Sword Saint Isshin as your final boss? after reading about your struggles on here, I decided to go with the option, of which, the internet consensus, is saying, is the easiest. I am strategising, heavily, looking for weaknesses, opportune moments to strike etc. but yeah the Mortal Blade is definitely op, so that helps a lot!

Replayed Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut on PS5 and got the Platinum, and now playing Days Gone Remastered