PlayStation 4 Console Discussion

[Ike]

10 hours ago, drahkon said:

Which ones? And what mechanics do they use instead?

I was referring to Ys Origin and Memories of Celceta from H-o-T's post. Ys Origin's combat is still a bit simpler but you have an attack button with jump attacks. and learn a limited set of skills which are also used to boost your traversal.

Memories of Celceta builds in it a lot and you can learn a lot more skills, you can also dodge and block which if you time correctly gives you various bonuses. It uses the part system so you have 3 characters in your party (Sonic Heroes style) and you can switch between them to deal with enemies they are strong against which all the recent Ys games have been using. Not my favourite style to be honest.

They haven't used the bump system since the original Ys IV (Memories of Celceta is a remake of Ys IV).

Ys Origin has a demo on Steam if your interested, it's probably my favourite Ys game.

 

[drahkon]

2 hours ago, Ike said:

Ys Origin has a demo on Steam if your interested, it's probably my favourite Ys game.

I don't do PC gaming. I could give the Vita version a go, though. But...too much to play

*leaves again so H-o-T doesn't get mad*

[Hero-of-Time]

7 minutes ago, drahkon said:

I don't do PC gaming. I could give the Vita version a go, though. But...too much to play

*leaves again so H-o-T doesn't get mad*

[Mandalore]

On 12/2/2020 at 4:35 PM, Hero-of-Time said:

What's crazy is that there are still a stupid amount of games that I want to pick up for this console. I could probably add another 10 games to the list, most of which were released just this year. This right here is why I have no real interest in any of the next generation consoles.

It's ridiculous how many great PS4 games there are to play through, it feels very different to when the 360 & PS3 gen was coming to an end.

I can see one possible advantage for you getting a PS5 straight away though. I wonder how much time you would save on loading screens if you played all those games on PS5 rather than PS4?

[Esequiel]

@Hero of Time DBZ is great, and the DLC is actually worth it!

[Hero-of-Time]

@Ike Ys IX demo is available to download on PSN.

[Ike]

8 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

@Ike Ys IX demo is available to download on PSN.

Thanks, had no idea they were doing a demo.

[Hero-of-Time]

The email with my 2020 stats arrived today.

75 hours on Anthem...5 quid well spent.  

[Magnus]

Guys, I think there's something wrong with my circle?

[nekunando]

On 04/02/2021 at 5:26 PM, Hero-of-Time said:

The email with my 2020 stats arrived today.

75 hours on Anthem...5 quid well spent.  

Staggering numbers

[drahkon]

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Surprise! We just released the first game in the We Were Here series on PlayStation Store today for PS4, and it’s free to download for a limited time! The rest of the We Were Here series will also be coming to PlayStation 4 on February 23 (and of course all three games are playable on PS5 as well)! It’s a perfect opportunity to try out the game and see if you vibe with our brand of online co-op puzzle solving in a sinister castle. 

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Might be worth a look

[drahkon]

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[drahkon]

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Republic Commando is a fan favorite, and nobody knows that better than Aspyr. Trust me, we’ve read many, many, many tweets and comments requesting it. We’re happy to say that your requests will finally be answered.

That’s right, Aspyr Media is bringing Star Wars Republic Commando to PlayStation 4 for the first time April 6 and yes, we included a platinum trophy.

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I don't know what this is, or if it's any good, but I think someone here wanted it? Was it @Hero-of-Time? Was it @Julius?

Edit: @Julius I HATE YOU.

Edited February 24, 2021 by drahkon

[Julius]

8 hours ago, drahkon said:

via PlayStation.blog

I don't know what this is, or if it's any good, but I think someone here wanted it? Was it @Hero-of-Time? Was it @Julius?

Oh wow haha, I actually had everything typed out before that edit of yours and must have forgot to submit my reply  

That Platinum will be mine, definitely picking this up on PlayStation  (please don't have any stupid trophies...). Probably my second favourite Star Wars campaign next to the original Battlefront II. I haven't played KOTOR, which sounds blasphemous coming from me, but I didn't have an easy way to access it growing up, and experienced a lot of that era (and The Old Republic MMO) through it's music, The Old Republic Galactic Timeline Records (which are awesome), and Wookieepedia entries, as well as parts of Let's Play's, so that'll be a weird one to get around to at some point (though hopefully we won't be waiting too long at this rate for that to be ported over too). 

And both I believe of us I believe, nice memory! I think H-o-T mentioned wanting to revisit it when it leaked on the eShop to see how it holds up, and I'm always down to play mid-2000's Star Wars games where I get to be a clone in a meaningful campaign, because they're better than what we got from EA. Yeah, I said it. Don't @ me. Or do. I don't discriminate. 

I really think PlayStation might have broken an embargo with how early they stuck it up...

Original Battlefront and Battlefront II next please! 

Edited February 24, 2021 by Julius

[drahkon]

These will be available from 25th of March until April 22.

And Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition will be up for grabs between April 19 and May 14.

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Sony delivering the goods.

Can't wait to give Rez, Abzu and  Subnautica a go. And eventually the Horizon DLC

[Ronnie]

Sony said they would be trying to compete with Game Pass and this looks like a first step

[drahkon]

The Platinum Architect – Mark Cerny On His Fascination With PlayStation Trophies

Paging @Hero-of-Time 
It's a great read  

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For me, the way it started was Resogun, which is basically Defender. That’s where I started getting into the Trophies. I was like, “I might be able to get the Platinum.” 

Resogun started it for me, too  
Since then, I've spent quite a lot of time on getting the odd Platinum here and there. I even called myself a trophy hunter for a while. But this has fizzled out over the past one or two years.
Now I only get Platinums if I truly enjoy a game (or if it's a co-op game and my mates wanna get the trophy, too).

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I guess I want to take on the biggest possible challenge. [...] I want to play it on regular, hard, and then beat it on the hardest.

He and I are quite alike  I love a good challenge.

Edited March 18, 2021 by drahkon

[Happenstance]

Trophies never really clicked with me. I don't have any platinums. Xbox Live points were fun for a while on the 360, doing things like renting King Kong or Avatar to get as many as I could but I lost interest in that way before the Xbox One came along as well.

[Cube]

I've got a few platinums, but only for games where I already had most of them upon completing the game naturally, and the remaining few sounded like fun.

 

Like for Spider-man, the only one left was to use the fast travel a couple of times.

 

Difficulty based ones I ignore completely, as well as things like "kill 100 enemies with X" type ones.

[Sheikah]

Sony said they would be trying to compete with Game Pass and this looks like a first step

This is more like competing with Epic, these games are completely free, unlike Game Pass.

[Zell]

Always wanted to give Subnautica a go, so will definitely be grabbing that.

[Ronnie]

43 minutes ago, Sheikah said:

20 hours ago, Ronnie said:

Sony said they would be trying to compete with Game Pass and this looks like a first step

This is more like competing with Epic, these games are completely free, unlike Game Pass.

They've no real need to compete with Epic, their main competitor is Game Pass and they even said as much, including their need to compete against it. This is a nice first step, but a long way to go.

Edited March 18, 2021 by Ronnie

[Sheikah]

1 hour ago, Ronnie said:

They've no real need to compete with Epic, their main competitor is Game Pass and they even said as much, including their need to compete against it. This is a nice first step, but a long way to go.

These games are totally free, if anything Microsoft have a way to go to deliver similar freebies like Sony and Epic are. Not everyone wants to sign up for a monthly subscription.

PS5s are also flying off the shelves, there's no advantage to them putting their first party games directly into a subscription at launch and slashing their profits like Microsoft do.

Edited March 18, 2021 by Sheikah

[Hero-of-Time]

Thanks for the heads up, @drahkon. It was a great read. I always love reading about people's trophy hunting adventures and what drives them for 100% competition. Like Cerny, my desire to push myself with harder challenges and achieve 100% in a game came long before achievements and trophies were a thing. 

[Sheikah]

6 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

Thanks for the heads up, @drahkon. It was a great read. I always love reading about people's trophy hunting adventures and what drives them for 100% competition. Like Cerny, my desire to push myself with harder challenges and achieve 100% in a game came long before achievements and trophies were a thing. 

Yeah this article was a pretty great read - I ended up googling Invisible Inc. to see what was so hard about it. There's some games in particular where I just know I'll never have a chance of getting the platinum - Nuclear Throne comes to mind. I have got some of the hard trophies on it and I do love the game, but yeah.... apparently only 0.48% have the Nuclear Throne plat.