Anyone here play video games?
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@EdH PS4, no real need to upgrade as I have years of PS4 titles to work through atm.
Outer Wilds is a truly unique experience, I've played indy puzzle games through steam almost exclusively for last 5 or so years, and although it scratches my puzzle itch nicely (nothing too brain melting), it's real beauty is the way it manages to constantly deliver experiences of truly wonder and awe.
I've always craved a game where there's no leveling up or upgrading, where everything you need to succeed is possible at the very start, where the only thing that holds you back is skill and knowledge.
OW is this game, although leaning towards the knowledge rather than skill end of the spectrum. You traverse a miniature solar system, piece together knowledge documented by a seemingly extinct civilization, and build an understanding of the lore of the world before even realising what the end goal of the game is.
If you do decide to play, do yourself a favour and don't read or look into it at all. Go in blind, and trust to game to allow you discover everything you need to succeed at your own pace. It's a little confusing at first, but so well designed.
Godspeed.
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@EdH and yeh any recommendations are appreciated!
Currently playing Outer Wilds, Dead Cells and Tetris Elements.
Not a fan of big, open world AAA games, although I did enjoy Ghost of Tsushima recently (probably because I'd taken enough time away from console gaming to forgot that almost every open world game seems to follow the same formula nowadays haha)
“𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”
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@EdH if i may chime in and wanna play something Japanese just go hard on Elden Ring! Although the hardcore soulsborn lovers say it’s ‘easy’ it’s still a tough challenge and they did such a great job i couls loose myself for hours in that game. The remake of demon’s souls did the same for me and that’s looking freaking good on that PS5.
Diablo 4 will hit in june and the same for FF16! Also the last COD is very enjoyable i must say. I had all my hopes on Battlefield 2042 a while back but yeah HUGE disappointment!
Wo Long is a good one and Nioh is also very nice!
Horizon is nice as well although i’ll find the second one to ‘big’ for my taste..
There is plenty more out there but i forgot
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@T4920 PS4 recommends… ok:
Elden Ring - great open world game that DOESNT follow the formula. Hard as nails and you’ve got to be patient with it if it’s your first of these games, but the exploration is great and very Freeform. Definitely worth a look if you like games that test your knowledge and skill.
Same goes for Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In fact, Sekiro is my favourite game FromSoftware has made to date - I’d get that out of any of these 3. In Sekiro you only get the one weapon, and boy does it make you master it. You like to flex your knowledge & skill, then that’s the one which will test you.
God of War (2018) was awesome. God of War: Ragnarok might be worth seeing how it runs on a PS4 before you jump into that - I played it on PS5.
For Indie titles, let me recommend:
Nobody Saves the World: a charming 2d isometric where you transform into different creatures to solve puzzles and combat encounters.
Slay the Spire: deck building rogue-like game which is weirdly addictive once you figure out what you’re doing. One of those “one more run” kind of games that you catch yourself still playing at 3am if you’re not careful.
Stardew Valley: a game about building a profitable farm and helping your local community. The clever thing is that all the progression systems feed into and build on one another. There is no redundancy in that game, it’s utterly charming, and the soundtrack is divine. To think it was entirely made by one guy is mind blowing.
The Sexy Brutale: if you like time-loops, then give this a go. You have to save the guests at a hotel from meeting their unfortunate deaths by watching from the shadows, then restarting the clock and figuring out how to secretly intervene in events to prevent each death from happening. Great little stealth-puzzler.
Pyre: I can’t praise this game highly enough, one of my all time favourites. The soundtrack is great, and the game is excellent. You coach a team in a kind of fantasy basketball tournament. The thing is, win or lose, the game and story keeps going. Your players are playing to earn the right to move on to the afterlife (I think) and so you eventually face these agonising decisions where the players you have come to rely on in your matches are ready to move on, but you can’t bear to let them go. On occasion of genuinely felt like saying goodbye to a friend.
That’ll probably do for now…
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@EdH last two sound like my kinda games, thanks for the recommendations!
My favourite game I've played in recent years is a puzzler called Baba Is You. Devilishly difficult to describe, but if you ever want to try your hand at some of cleverest, and most difficult puzzles you'll ever witness, I couldn't recommend it more.
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@Seul said in Anyone here play video games?:
PS4 game recs, easy... You just need the one game really... RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2...
seconded
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If I may offer a dissenting opinion:
RDR2 was really excellent with amazing production and well worth a play just for the jaw dropping visuals, but as a game I felt it suffered for the overly restrictive approach to missions (try to think outside the box for a moment and the mission will fail because you haven’t done EXACTLY what the designers intended), and some tasks became tedious (E.g. watching the player character skin an animal, very slowly, for the umpteenth time). I still enjoyed it greatly, but I reached a point where I just mainlined the story missions and once I was done with the story I was done - the gameplay wasn’t strong enough to keep me interested in the post-game.
Inside is ‘move right the game’. Very light on gameplay, it’s just a vehicle for a weird story.
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@Heavy_blue I’ll start tomorrow !! Can’t wait. What build are you playing ?
I tried sorcerer and barbarian during the beta but I think I’ll stick with the sorcerer to start.
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@Fl4vM noice!! I’m a necromancer, always went with barbarian but wanted to try something else for my first playthrough
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@endo didn’t play it yet.. but it looks very cool! Reminds me a little of Bioshock!
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@Heavy_blue Haha yeah pretty much ! But I’m doing act1 for 3rd time after the 2 betas so the real discovery will be after.
Playing a sorceress with a different build from the beta for now.
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Ooh a video game thread! Lol. Top game right now: Ghost of Tsushima! Only game I ever played 100% as it progressed- didn’t wanna miss a thing. Love the samurai/ninja vibe and gameplay, incredible story and visuals. Highly recommend.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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@WhiskeySandwich this is high on my list. Looking forward to playing someday soon
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@WhiskeySandwich Ghost of Tsushima is a great game. I want to give it a replay on PS5 at some point, with the expansion.
Currently making my way through Horizon: Forbidden West myself. Damn it’s a worthy upgrade to the first game in every single respect.
