Gaming PlayStation 5

Been playing some Ghostrunner, which was a free PS Plus title a while ago. There's a lot to like here, but man is it hard. The gameplay, cyberpunk aesthetic and matching synthwave soundtrack are all fantastic.

When it comes to combat, the game it reminds me the most of is Hotline Miami. You're trying to solve each encounter by finding the most efficient path through the enemies and you die in one hit, so you're doing this over and over until you get it. Definitely not for everyone, but I'm having fun with it so far.
 
Started Returnal last night.

That's some good shit, right there. :drool: Pretty much pulled that face the entire time. It's just amazing.
 
Finally finished elden ring other day, nearly 150hrs in total. Feeling of beating some of the tougher bosses on that game is great but was glad to finally finish it.
 
Ainu said:
Been playing some Ghostrunner, which was a free PS Plus title a while ago. There's a lot to like here, but man is it hard. The gameplay, cyberpunk aesthetic and matching synthwave soundtrack are all fantastic.

When it comes to combat, the game it reminds me the most of is Hotline Miami. You're trying to solve each encounter by finding the most efficient path through the enemies and you die in one hit, so you're doing this over and over until you get it. Definitely not for everyone, but I'm having fun with it so far.
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I played it a few weeks ago, and yes - it's a very difficult game. Steep learning curve. I did like it, but I gave up in the end. When you have a difficult game like that, I need something in there to keep me going to in order to overcome the difficulty. The From games have that sense of exploration that drives you on, and something like Cuphead is just such a gorgeous and unique-looking game that I wanted to carry on playing until I completed it.

But I couldn't find anything like that with this game, unfortunately, so I ditched it. It is very satisfying when you nail a particular area though.
 
Superunknown said:
I could type loads more about it, man. It just feels great to play. Looks great, sounds amazing, fun as hell, and it just hits that spot. Like a really delicious meal after you've spent all day fecking starving.
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The game never gets old it's undoubtedly my most played PS5 game. Definitely scratches that itch when you wanna just play something and have fun....
 
BusbyMalone said:
I played it a few weeks ago, and yes - it's a very difficult game. Steep learning curve. I did like it, but I gave up in the end. When you have a difficult game like that, I need something in there to keep me going to in order to overcome the difficulty. The From games have that sense of exploration that drives you on, and something like Cuphead is just such a gorgeous and unique-looking game that I wanted to carry on playing until I completed it.

But I couldn't find anything like that with this game, unfortunately, so I ditched it. It is very satisfying when you nail a particular area though.
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How far did you get? There's indeed no real exploration beyond collectibles and story isn't particularly interesting, but the gameplay is so good I can't put it down. I made it past the second boss now, so I'll probably go all the way. An excellent addition to the PS Plus lineup, I encourage anyone who put it in their library to check it out.
 
Ainu said:
How far did you get? There's indeed no real exploration beyond collectibles and story isn't particularly interesting, but the gameplay is so good I can't put it down. I made it past the second boss now, so I'll probably go all the way. An excellent addition to the PS Plus lineup, I encourage anyone who put it in their library to check it out.
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Oh not far. Got to that boss fight with all the lasers. It's the first boss I think. It pissed me off so I stopped there! Again, it's not so much the difficulty, per se, it's just that I need something there to keep me going and to persevere. Sometimes it can be the gameplay; but not in this instance.

It is a good game though. I've moved on to The Messenger now which is very good. That's also part of the Extra tier on PS Plus.
 
Finished Ghostrunner now but that final level was absolutely brutal, soured my experience a bit. Still, overall a good game with stellar gameplay. Final death count is 1444 over roughly 9 hours, so about a death every 22 seconds. :lol: Might check out the DLC as well.
 
Ainu said:
Finished Ghostrunner now but that final level was absolutely brutal, soured my experience a bit. Still, overall a good game with stellar gameplay. Final death count is 1444 over roughly 9 hours, so about a death every 22 seconds. :lol: Might check out the DLC as well.
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Fewer deaths than my elden ring experience :lol:
 
Weird. Deliver us the moon is coming in the PS Plus game catelogue but as payable? Seems to be an error putting it there at all.
 
Wow Little Nightmares is a short but sweet little gem isn't it. Much better than stray and creepy as hell. Might play through again at some point and go for the platinum.
 
One Night Only said:
I've downloaded little nightmares bit it says start trial. Wtf. Thought it was the full game with ps plus
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Seems you have the option of downloading both a free trial and the full game on the PS Store, so you must've accidentally picked the wrong version. Make sure you pick the version marked with PS Plus, not the one that says free.
 
One Night Only said:
Don't really understand why it wouldn't default to the full game download if you have the full game. Stupid bullshit.
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That's the thing with PS Plus games, as long as you don't add them to your library first, you don't have them, and it might default to a free trial version.
 
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I stumbled upon a Yakuza 1 stream years ago, watched five to ten minutes of it and knew that it was the kind of game I'd love to play. I'm awful at rhythm games/minigames so the likes of the karaoke and disco minigames I know I'll never be able to complete so won't get the plat but really enjoying Yakuza 0 so far. Ten hours into the game and only just finished chapter 2 (of 16?) because I've been wandering around doing substories and playing bowling.
 
Finished Final Fantasy 9, they don't make RPG's like them anymore bring back crappy visuals but great story and content.
 
Ainu said:
That's the thing with PS Plus games, as long as you don't add them to your library first, you don't have them, and it might default to a free trial version.
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I always add them, even though I know the chance of me playing the game will be about 2%
 
Damien said:
I stumbled upon a Yakuza 1 stream years ago, watched five to ten minutes of it and knew that it was the kind of game I'd love to play. I'm awful at rhythm games/minigames so the likes of the karaoke and disco minigames I know I'll never be able to complete so won't get the plat but really enjoying Yakuza 0 so far. Ten hours into the game and only just finished chapter 2 (of 16?) because I've been wandering around doing substories and playing bowling.
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Yeah, I mean, I'm not that great at the karaoke mini-game, but, I exhort you to play the karaoke all the same because the songs are just super addictive. The sub-stories are some of the best stuff about it. The wackiness and humour of some of them are brilliant. Have you got to the Pocket Circuit Fighter racing side story yet? :lol:
 
Hoof The Ball said:
Yeah, I mean, I'm not that great at the karaoke mini-game, but, I exhort you to play the karaoke all the same because the songs are just super addictive. The sub-stories are some of the best stuff about it. The wackiness and humour of some of them are brilliant. Have you got to the Pocket Circuit Fighter racing side story yet? :lol:
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Yeah I played that for hours :lol: not even a fan of micromachines but doing all the different races and then the thing with the girl wanting to give Kiryu her 'most important thing' and her dad was great :lol:

Also done the dominatrix, burusera and gandhara substories which emitted a few expletives.
 
I know we saw something similar for one of the Oculus VR headsets recently, but for a home console, this has to be unprecedented, right? Seems like a terrible, terrible decision. Maybe it won't affect hardware sales in the short term, but between this and the AAA game prices, Sony seem determined to destroy the goodwill built up in the previous gen.

Such a weird company. I love (most of) their games and their dedication to VR, but I'm definitely not a fan of the business side of things. I blame Jim Ryan.
 
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