Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

@DerMeister I reckon we should just push on up to Chapter 15 this week, you think that’s manageable?

@nessisonett Sounds good to me.

Alrighty, I decided to do up to Chapter 16 this week, since it's the end of the "Diverging Point" series.

First gold orb use goes to Ch 15, because I got whacked a few too many times against the boss, who's in my opinion the most annoying fight in the game. I did die on Ch 11 too, but I just replayed the mission instead of using a continue. Let's just say I got cocky with the Royalguard style for a bit and it cost me.

Some extra stuff:
The pocket dimension V gets tossed into in Ch 14 has some goodie to collect, which I didn't know on my first two playthroughs.

If you think Dante's hair for most of the game looks too long, you can give him his shorter hair from before Ch 11 by holding all the shoulder buttons while selecting him on the select screen. It even carries over to cutscenes.

@DerMeister I didn’t know you could do that with Dante’s hair!!! I’m onto Chapter 13 now, really enjoying playing as Dante but especially with the Swordmaster style.

I finished Chapter 15 tonight, it’s definitely feeling like we’re getting close to the end now. I’d assume the last couple of chapters will be just a boss fight like the previous games. It’ll be interesting to see if it surpasses the final boss fight from the third game which is possibly the greatest boss fight of any game I’ve ever played.

@DerMeister I reckon we should probably finish the game this week, sound about right to you?

This means that we should start thinking about the next game we’re tackling! As always, suggest a game or endorse someone else’s pick. The game with the most support will be our target over the coming weeks.

Again, feel free to ask for a tag or to be removed from my lazy copy/paste job. Everybody’s welcome here!
@ralphdibny @RogerRoger @phil_j @crimsontadpoles @Ralizah @JohnnyShoulder @Th3solution @Thrillho @mookysam @LieutenantFatman @LobsterJohnson @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy @Tjuz @Kidfried @Octane @Trisque @Col_McCafferty @DerMeister

@nessisonett cheers for the tag!

I think the next games up on my to play list are

Yakuza Kiwami (old ps plus game but might be a bit long)
Mafia 1
Spyro 3
Doom Eternal
Heavy Rain
Borderlands 1
The Order 1886

I could be up for any game that's been PS Plus in the last few years though or that I might have/be interested in already!

I might be flexible if something different suggested catches my fancy, but these are the next few games I had thought about playing in the near future:

A Plague Tale
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Uncharted Drake’s Fortune
Life is Strange 2
The Outer Worlds

From PS Plus:
Rime
Hitman Season 1

I could possibly go in for hitman season 1, I have to check I still have it and it's playable. It comes up a bit weirdly as a ps plus game on my PS4. It's not in the ps plus list in the library but it's in the all section and I definitely didn't buy it

@ralphdibny @Th3solution Hitman would be an interesting one as it’s not really as if you ‘complete’ the level the first time you do it. It would be quite fun to dedicate a week to each level though, doing it in different ways and completing challenges like it was back when I played it episodically. I would be playing it through Hitman 3 as well so it could be interesting to see the differences.

@nessisonett Can you remove me from the The List please? I don't think the stars have aligned for me yet! I will keep an eye on this thread do incase they do.

When everyone has a ps5 I can reccomend Maneater as a future Game Club title. I don't think it runs too great on ps4 but runs fine on ps5.

I have a partial playthrough of Rayman Legends, so I’d probably join in for that. It’s one that I didn’t quite enjoy enough to stick with, but it could have been my mood at the time. And I’d join for UC2. I’d probably try to rush UC1 first though.

I could do Crash Bandicoot 2 as well. I wouldn't mind crash 1 but i would be doing a mop up of the remaining gems/relics rather than a full play through

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy how are you finding Yakuza 0? I've been playing it as well

Need to look through my backlog (I have intense brain fog at the moment so can't remember off the top of my head what's in there), but I'd be up for some Rayman Legends or Doom Eternal. 😀 I was randomly thinking of playing Rayman the other day. My main game at the moment is Persona 5 Royal, so having something shorter and snappier to play in between sessions would be brilliant.

Out of what's been suggested so far, I'd be most interested in playing:

• Yakuza Kiwami
• Mafia 1
• Rayman Legends
• Ape Escape 2

And since I'm playing Hitman 3 right now, I'd be up for joining in with Hitman 1 shenanigans and replay those levels.

I'll also add these suggestions:

• Beyond: 2 Souls
• Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
• Dark Souls 1
• Detroit: Become Human
• Gravity Rush Remastered
• L.A. Noire
• Spyro The Dragon 1

I’ll echo the recommendations for Rayman Legends and Crash 4

@nessisonett Yeah, let's wrap it up, man! Also, mission 13 is one of my favorites. Seeing all the playable characters in action t the same time makes me desire a co-op DMC game. I know the Switch port of DMC3 has co-op Bloody Palace, but I'd like to see it attempted in the main game.

As for the games that have been suggested: I'm down for any Crash game (duh), I can do Rayman Legends since I have a playthrough going on Switch currently, Yakuza Kiwami is a maybe, since I'm currently near the end of 4. I might join in anyway if it gets picked, but I'd prefer if we did it later down the line. @crimsontadpoles' suggestion of Spyro also works since I recently bought it as a PS1 Classic on PS3 and have the whole trilogy on there.

Any chance someone can fill me in on what games that have already been played? I know Bioshock was one, sad I couldn't join in on that.

Rayman Legends is a good shout, I had it on Wii U and preferred it to the Mario games on that console! Out of Crash games, it’s 3 that I have up next but I could go for 4 as well if that’s what’s selected. Spyro’s another good one and I do think I have it on Steam.

@JohnnyShoulder No worries, I’ve been thinking about including PS5 games but I don’t think enough people own one yet!

@DerMeister Unfortunately our last thread was lost due to the original OP leaving the site and EU data rules etc but if I remember correctly (please people correct me if I forgot one), the games we’ve played are:

REmake
Bloodstained
Bioshock
What Remains of Edith Finch
Erica
Infamous: First Light
Hollow Knight
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Undertale
Devil May Cry 5

I feel like I’m probably forgetting ones 😅

@nessisonett Don’t forget DOOM (2016)! That was a blast to play together as well!
Otherwise I think you got them all.
Man, that’s actually a lot of games we’ve done.

And I wouldn’t mind Beyond Two Souls as mentioned by @crimsontadpoles
Also have been interested to try LA Noire, although I don’t own it. If I can find it cheap I’d probably get it to play though.

@Th3solution Argh, of course, I knew I’d forget one 😂

Oddworld: New N Tasty might be worth a go, get people pumped for the upcoming Oddworld game.