A PS4 Thread: Because You Had to Play "Knack"

i'm not gonna keep harping on witcher 3, i promise, but it's down to $20 new at all the big stores and will last you for months. easily my favorite ps4 game (based on pretty limited experience)

xpost I have played Fortnite only a handful of times, relatively speaking, and always almost absent-mindedly. The other day I tried a match first thing in morning, and was shot in the first 30 seconds of the game. So I thought, what the hell? Then I've realized they had changed it from the 50 vs 50 format to every man for himself or whatever. My bad. I did see that they introduced a playground mode or something like that, just for people to goof around in and learn the mechanics.

oh, also regarding Fortnite. I watched a stream of a dude who almost successfully won a match with no weapons, just playing hundred percent defensively. And it really does come down to how fast and how creatively you can build shit to defend yourself. the people who can build fast, and build up, and quickly build a bunker around them, let alone replace destroyed walls, those people have the biggest advantage.

It's not an unbeatable advantage though. I can't build at all, or shoot very well, but I've won one game and placed top 3 in lots of others by playing a kind of stealth mode, just plotting good safe routes through the map and making sure that if you are forced into combat, you position yourself so that you at least get a good shot or two at them before they see you.

So what is this PS+ nonsense? You need a monthly subscription if you want to play anything online? Fair enough, don't think I care about that. And you get a couple of free games a month, but ... you lose them if you cancel your subscription? Eh.

it's like $50 a year for multiplayer + the games. that's a cup of coffee a month. it's a good value. also, cloud saves

($50 on discount which happens fairly often)

you lose them if you cancel your subscription

If you restart your subscription later your access is restored fwiw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbLIyd-VsQ

I don’t understand it, but I am excited by it.

I bought a Slim yesterday! It's set to arrive today, and my first purchase is probably going to be Hellblade (the game concept intrigues me, what can I say, and Raycevick big-upped it). After that, I'm less sure: the Uncharted collection then Uncharted 4, because Naughty Dog?

I think the one must-have is a good story narrative experience.

Josh, have you played Horizon Zero Dawn yet?

uncharted 4 is super dope

I waited until after Prime Day (which sucked and was broken) to see if a PS4 went on sale before I opened mine. It didn't so I will, but not until I get back from a trip. There were a handful of very specific titles I wanted to get for the PS4, and so far I have picked most of them up super-cheap. Dark Souls Remastered, Bloodbourne, Last of Us remastered. Uncharted 4 I haven't bought yet, but I did get the collection of the other Uncharteds, which I'd want to play first, and I haven't gotten the Wolfensteins (or rebought Doom), but I'll get there eventually. (Same with God of War when the price drops or more used copies appear). Horizon Zero Dawn wasn't originally on my short list, but I bought it when it dropped to $10 at Best Buy, because I had heard good things and, come on, $10!

The Slim supports Bluetooth -- but not Bluetooth audio? Weird! I see that there are dongles to connect Bluetooth headphones (I have a pair of Beats), but the reviews say that they're not reliable. Anybody have ideas?

yeh I have a set of Sony bluetooth headphones and they do not work with the PS4.
also a xbox gamepad that does not work with windows 10 (although you can use a PS4 controller with some fannying around wtf?)
bluetooth is a mess.

if you apply the standard formula for shitty technologies

(amount of people using a technology) x (terribleness of a technology)

bluetooth is objectively the worst technology of all time

Some kinda sale:

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-ATTACKOFBBSALEGG/1?direction=asc&sort=name

Tempted to see if FPSes still make me motion sick to see what the Bioshock fuss is about.

Also argh at all the stuff I bought recently included above.

Definitely a solid price for God of War. Uncharteds are also bargain-priced. This is digital only right? Do any of you have a preference of digital vs. physical? Does it matter? In terms of speed or stability?

It's PSN, so yeah, digital-only.

Karl's diss of GOW has kept me from checking it out, tbh, so let it be known: ILG is a real-world influencer!

Considering Persona 5 though.

I have no real preference b/w digital vs. physical, though I'd guess that physical, which requires reading via an optical disc, can be more prone to mechanical failure and is thus theoretically less stable.

Oh man, don’t let me stop you Lee! I’m a weirdo with games, and my opinions aren’t even logically consistent. Tons of people like GOW. For the record I also dislike uncharted and last of us, both beloved franchises

O_O

With a TLOU opinion like that, you should work in the Trump admin!!

There’s a hiring freeze right now but maybe I can mention it in the supplementary materials section of my usajobs.com application!

octoris?

now that's a word i don't like to hear

I ended up getting:

God of War
Uncharted Lost Legacy (thinking of returning the this)
Persona 5

Can you "return" a digital purchase?

Sekiro, that Samurai/stealth distant cousin to Dark Souls, was just announced for I think next spring, which means (I assume) another couple of years for the PS4, til maybe late 2019 or 2020. Which makes me feel good for buying one now.

PS4 has at least 3 more years, probably 4-5 for Japanese games

Tempted to see if FPSes still make me motion sick to see what the Bioshock fuss is about.

I get that with a lot of FPSes like Call of Duty etc but was absolutely fine with the Bioshock games as they're a lot less frantic (see also Fallout/Skyrim).

Bloodborne Complete Edition is $12 right now. But, as someone who never got into Witcher and isn't interested in exploring open worlds, would I enjoy this game?

It isn't really open world. More action than RPG.

i have never played it, but i always kind of imagined it as dark souls with guns?

the guns are sort of a red herring tbh, they're a combo piece, more shield parry than damage dealing. it's weird. the game is Great tho.

and yeah witcher/open world don't have any bearing

OK, bought. My backlog, though...

What Remains of Edith Finch is on sale for $12, I should get?

For the past few months, Sony have had a doggone siphon in my wallet.

did you get Spider-Man, cause damn it's good

If you like pure narrative titles and walking simulators (I do) And you can stomach some slightly twee magic realism (I can’t) then yep it’s worth a play.

thought you were talking about spider-man for a sec. now that's a game i would play

I doubt I'm getting Spidey (webslinging "feels good man" doesn't have much appeal to me).

I'm not sure about the pure narrative/walking simulator part, but maybe I just haven't found the right one? I'm all for twee magical realism though.

The combat is pretty fun. It's basically just batman but it's a good batman game.

pretty much. still, there's a real love and attention to geeky detail that puts it over the top IMO

TLOU Remastered is $10 in the PS store right now. I'm almost tempted to get it just to have it on PS4.

it's a classic. i got the PS4 disc version on sale for the same reason

probably a good thing to replay around the time the sequel comes out, though I don't remember how long a full playthrough is. 15-20 hours?

Spider-Man reminded me how much I love the arkham games, and i remembered that I'd never played the Season Pass content from Arkham Knight, so I've spent the last week doing the combat challenges and DLC missions. In fairness to WB they did give a lot for that pass, even if a lot of it's small DLC missions, alt-costumes or tons of tank/racing/predator challenges I'm not gonna touch

Hollow Knight out today, I'm excited.

I tried to sell two games to Gamestop, and they offered $6 (PFFFFT). Is ebay/Amazon the better bet nowadays?

(Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection FWIW. And that's $6 total.)

ugh.
GameStop has always been terrible, tbf. i'd go with eBay or craigslist