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

weed's cheaper than a good TV

My new TV was pretty cheap! And no, it does not make bad TV better, in fact, it makes bad TV worse, imo, because you can see every nook and cranny of every bad, caked on by necessity make-up job. Haven't played Spider-man on it yet, that should be a good test. But Zelda and the other Nintendo games look fine.

I remember, many years ago, at the advent of consumer HD, going to a giant electronics mega-barn in Omaha, Nebraska, just to bask in the novelty, and the salesperson there kept pushing an HD TV. The pitch was basically "sports, sports, Becker (with Ted Danson), sports, Becker ..."

Big ol sale: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/06/days-of-play-deals-hit-playstation-store/

I've been introducing my kids to the PS4. So far their favorite games are Pacman (shocker), Cars 3: Driven to Win (another shocker), Wipeout Omega (HELL YES) and... Woah Dave! (?????)

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-playstation-rebundle-2019

eh, should i bite for Talos?

no

There are a handful of old and/or sequel games I'm curious but almost 100% ignorant about - Fry Cry 3, Bioshock Collection and Borderlands (3 comes out soon). Are these all just shooters? Are they any good or worth getting cheap? The first two have a couple of vague red flags about them, like seeming too bro-like or, in the case of the latter, Ayn Rand-y. Right? What can anyone tell me about them?

I bought the remastered Shadow of the Colossus for $12. Game looks great, if a little limited in scope (if not scale!).

i don't think any of those are particularly worth playing in 2019, the good elements of them have all been absorbed into better games by now

Fry Cry 3

Lol would totally play Fry Cry: Jurrasic Bark

Bioshock is at least semi-critical of Objectivism if not full blown (at least the opposite site is such a cartoon I can't imagine it being taken seriously, compared to the Randians) and maybe worth a play. I haven't played the sequels.

Borderlands 3 comes out in a little while and you can probably just wait for that

bioshock infinite is the one that gets that criticism, not the first 2

iirc, i never played it

the good elements of them have all been absorbed into better games by now

otm

like i dunno why you'd play far cry 3 when that series is basically iterative, just play 4 or 5 and get current gen graphics with your crappy far cry writing

At least for Bioshock and Colossus - gameplay-wise they're definitely superceded, but there's probably still plenty worthwhile in them if you like the story and environment. Shadow in particular has this uncanny loneliness few games even look for, and I played the PS2 version a decade after release.

But I haven't played either in a long time, so feel free to correct me

Collosus seems good so far.

Re Far Cry series, there must be more than just tech differences, since people seemingly have clear preferences for one over another.

"uncanny loneliness" a great coinage for that particular videogame feeling. tomb raider 1 had this in spades.

Borderlands 3 is tough to stomach after the Randy Pitchfork shitshow

metroid series is another ‘uncanny loneliness’ simulator

And Dark Souls.

Far cry 2 is the only entry in that series that one should try to play the others yeah you can play the most recent or whichever theme seems fun I guess primal or whatever they’re all the same w different skins

So just curious, why that one? Because others say Far Cry 3 is the best, others say 4 a big step down, some say 5 is a fun return to form ... what's shifting between sequels to make one better than the other if they are all fundamentally the same?

different people like different settings and characters and stories i think thats all there really is to it.

But the gameplay is more or less the same, just the stories and graphics and stuff change from version to version? Like, for example, people seem to like Dark Souls 2 the least of the three (and Bloodborne), but as far as I can tell that's because they messed with the gameplay, right? So you're saying the gameplay of all the Far Cry games is more or less the same, but some people prefer one story or setting over the other? Just wondering, I've not played any of the Far Cry games.

far cry 2 is not like the other ones - much more immersive experience. the others are all more or less iterative tho, but that particular entry stands out.

I read someone else observe that Far Cry 1/2/3 are all pretty different from one another, but Far Cry 3/4/5 are all kind of the same idea. Eh, I'll file 3 (which overwhelmingly seems the One To Get) in the pile of potential games I don't need now but that know I can always pick up for $15 or less

why isn't there a decent letterboxd clone for video games yet...

I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.

That's as far as I have gotten so far. I kind of assume it is the same thing over and over again, with different big creatures, but at least the game looks pretty good. And I think I paid $12 for it.

the pretty goodness per $ quotient is off the charts!

how do you feel about old country buffet

I think the graphics are pretty cool, it almost looks exactly like real food.

Far Cry Primal is pretty different from the main series but seems forgotten now. It's the only one that interested me. I guess Horizon ZD and maybe Monster Hunter sort of made it obsolete? Anyone play that one? I've only watched vidyas.

I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.

:(

keep going!!

I bought a cheap copy of Horizon, people seem to love that one.

I certainly love HZD.

Kojima (or some other human) is apparently going to show 80 minutes of gameplay for Death Stranding next week.

80 minutes of pissing

Long Pissman

I played Shadow a bit and after two bosses was completely bored by it.

:(

keep going!!

I did the third boss! Right index finger was tired from holding R2 down.

afaict that's pretty much the game.

whateverrrr you guys haven't even beat avion yet, gtfoh

The bird? I beat the bird.

I think I'm to the water boss.

Anyone played Blasphemous yet? Looks like it might scratch that Hollow Knight itch until the sequel comes out

I almost pulled the trigger for it on the Switch yesterday, but I have a pretty big backlog and (speak of the devil) I find Hollow Knight (for only $15!) just sets the bar so high. Like, I'm going to buy Blasphemous eventually, but it's a head-scratcher whenever I read reviews that call it "gorgeous" or whatever, because by the standard of Hollow Knight all the pixel stuff is just so (imo) underwhelming. But yeah, reviews are generally very positive.

I'm a sucker for Souls-like mystique (which Hollow Knight delivered as well) so that's a good selling point also.

The artwork / design does look pretty awesome and very different from the usual 'vania-clone