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

for the kind of game it is it's a little unforgiving imo. very easy to die, very hard at times to make progress. but yes extremely original, but very fun i just wish i felt inspired to finish/solve it.

there have been moments when the game seems to suddenly glitch out and send me into a completely different world, or I'll end up suddenly transported into another random spot in space, but I can't work out if it's a mistake or part of the game yet. spent ages trying to use my rocket pack to jump out of water onto a platform

I downloaded NBA 2K20 and COD Warzone this week. A 1TB console can store 7-8 games of that size. Ridiculous.

yeah, i have to erase a game before adding a new one 9 times out of 10

Just got a 2TB external and I’m pleased to find that all the games I deleted still have their Save data

yeah, i'm always curious if the two production studios had any communications about that. i'm assuming the pro studio would have sued or something, if they had standing

― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Wednesday, July 8, 2020 12:14 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

wilds was openly in development with that title for years before worlds was announced. and "the outer worlds" is not a remotely good enough name to warrant the inevitable confusion.

this is at least the third time the worlds or wilds conversation has happened on ilx

i'm here for it every time - i try to say a variation on the same joke each time

which one is which again

The Outer Worlds = postmodern satirical AAA RPG where you explore the galaxy
Outer Wilds = Indie action-RPG where you explore the galaxy but only for 22 minutes at a time

I can see the post above but I've already forgotten

those really are the same game, dang

I just bought "Wilds" and "Control" (which was 66% off; $20 is my cutoff point for impulse purchases). My 1TB drive is pretty packed, but I figure as I go through titles I can delete them and, should I return to complete more of the games later, just download or install them again. I assume that whether playing from a disc or from a download, my progress is saved on my machine, and that when I reinstall my progress returns with it. Right? So if I uninstall, say, "God of War," where I am hovering around 60% completion, and then reinstall it later, I'll still be at 60%?

yeah unless you explicitly delete your saved game data files, all that information will remain when you reinstall your games

yeah saves don't go away unless you go into the system settings somewhere and purge them. i think the sports games are the only ones where that'd even be a consideration because they make huge save files for the simulation stuff

Thanks. Size of games can be so misleading, especially since game discs still need to download most (all?) data to the drive to play, right?

right, running off the disc is too slow for modern games. the disc is basically just a DRM check once you've installed the game

Just like PC gaming of old. Looks like killing of the physical disc might finally happen this generation for consoles given the new driveless models

I haven't bought a game disc in years. I have maybe three PS4 discs.

gotta love that ps5 box though

I definitely wanted to play something lighter and less intense/gruesome than "Last of Us" next (even though honestly I've been looking forward to "Bloodborne"), but while I was considering a return to "Spider-Man" again, I think I may go for something like ... "Ratchet and Clank," which I know I bought at some point, since iirc people really like, and I've never played in any way shape or form.

yes! very fun + light game. i think you'll enjoy it.

Love all the R&C games - just excellent fun

Yes, all good fun, not too hard, and look like they've really pushed the PS2 to its limits (I mean that in a good way).

I have the version remade for the PS4.

Looking at my future backlog, besides some From stuff and Spider-man, it looks like I have all the Uncharteds, and all the nu Wolfensteins and Tomb Raiders, too (I've never played any version of any of them) so a bunch of interactive movies a la Last of Us. Plus a couple of Resident Evil stress balls, the first couple of Batman games and ... Mad Max! That last one should be fun to play. And I just got Outer Wilds and Control on sale as well, but no hurry there (lol).

I've become a big fan of Outer Wilds. One of these games that etches it's way into my mind. I have started dreaming about it. I think about it while I'm away. But I love how low stakes it is (especially for a game about the END OF THE GALAXY). Very little violence. Lots of exploration. And I can play it for as long as I like thanks to the 22 minute time loop.

Mad Max is a fun game as it uses the Batman Arkham fight mechanics which are always good and some of the vehicle weapons are very satisfying. It does include a lot of collecting stuff missions that fill up a whole load of open world games where 20 hour campaign modes turn out to be 15 hours of finding scrap metal - though I suppose that makes more sense in a Mad Max universe than in other games.

"Ratchet & Clank" may be the literal opposite of "The Last of Us," which is perfect, but ironically more challenging than it should be at first as I adjust to something so low-stakes and goofy.

lots of people banging on about ghost of tsushima. any good? or is it just fetch quest central?

it looks like an offbrand assassins creed game. the standard ubisoft open world formula, despite being by sony and not ubi

it _looks_ super cool. but yeah, it appears to be another map checkbox game with a stealth combat engine pasted on top

i typically play about one of those a year, so i may get to it once it gets down to $15

ghosts of tsushima is good, reviews are wrong, and i typically find open world checklist games unbearable. infamous x babby mode bushido blade.

whoa really? that's good to hear! what makes this one different for you?

i guess the bushido blade ref is a good one - i used to fucking LOVE bushido blade, although i sucked at it

it is tempting and getting good fan reviews, but I still have Witcher, Death Stranding, RDR2 and Horizon all in various states of completion so maybe i'll wait

everyone sucked at it, that's what made it great

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my wife described it as "elegant" which is not a word i'd use to describe like assassin's creed.

the bushido blade thing comes from the standoff mechanic which is basically a little minigame where you hold triangle and wait for a dude to commit to an attack. release triangle at the right time and it's a samurai movie instakill. you can upgrade it and chain them together and it's pretty cool, if simple.

there's a big map with lots of dumb shit to do, mostly "talk to dude/kill other dudes/return to first dude." but the HUD is minimal, the vibe is chill and pretty, the combat is stupid fun. lots of toys and easily-pulled-off moves. bombs and shit.

it feels kind of ps2/3-ish, in a good way, in that you can break the systems pretty easily. set of an alarm and train all the dudes in a fort in a big line around and around until you can grab whatever the goal is, then run away and pick them off one by one. the stealth is basic but funny. like just stabbing dude after dude making a huge pile of bodies that the remaining mooks don't seem to notice.

for context i thought ass creed odyssey, RDR2, and spiderman were brutally unfun and tedious but i love jak 2, beyond good and evil, and ass creed liberation.

ass creed

I think you need a pair of these
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whoa thanks for the impressions. might give it a try when it gets to the $20 part of its lifecycle

the black and white 'kurosawa mode' getting advertised as a draw despite being blatantly poorly conceived was enough of a red flag that i wrongly assumed the whole thing would be off

has 'buy for 12£ in PSN summer sale 2021' written all over it

remasted GOTY edition for PS5 too

last three post otm

oh yeah it'll be $20 by thanksgiving for sure.

there's a haiku writing activity (not even really a minigame)

oh the story is completely boring and the main character dude is also completely boring if you care about that kind of stuff

checkbox game stories are generally there to give you a moment to check your phone and eat some snacks, although there are exceptions (witcher 3)

witcher 3's central story isn't very good either ime, its the sidequest writing thats fun

Main story of Breath of the Wild was pretty pro forma, it was the side stuff that made that game, too.

breath of the wild actually has the right approach to make open world storytelling work - fragmented and environmental rather than a linear central narrative

Ratchet and Clank isn't stupid-fun, but it is stupid and fun.