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

That's true. And if you get Hitman 2 you can import your level progress into Hitman 3 later.

RDR2 has a ton of accessible interior spaces... a huge improvement over GTA5 (or RDR1), which had very very few.

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, January 27, 2021 4:56 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

True, and I'm not saying it doesn't. But so far it's mostly empty old shacks with a couple of cig packets lying around. I feel like the new generation of consoles should let you break in to every building if you wanted to. I'd want to be able to break open a back window, sneak in, loot some stuff, but also be consciously looking over my shoulder in case the owner gets home and catches me.

With Witcher, I'd like to be able to go down into the catacombs, but instead of just hacking and slashing my way past successional waves of monsters, I'd be doing my best to hide from a witch who is also somewhere down there, cackling away in one of the tunnels. At one point, I'd reach a chamber with a hidden treasure - but having given myself away, I hear a voice from behind.

I'm all for this new gen Hunt the Wumpus

would buy

Have you ever played Gone Home, Tracer?

i tried. it felt too much like “guess the secret thing to activate”

I'm just asking because it's the archetypal walking simulator - you just wander around the house occasionally finding notes, there's like three things that you can pick up and carry to somewhere else, there's nearly no 'gameplay' (by certain definitions that the game arguably pushes at) there. I've not played Heavy Rain but if there's things you have to do other than just walk around then I'd say that makes it not a great fit.

the thing about heavy rain is that it literally makes moving your body parts and incidental actions into “challenges” that you have to get right. it was unique at the time and kind of cronenbergy in an uncanny way but for me was eventually a little bit “ffs”

I get irked by lock picking mechanisms to find loot. Fuck learning door handle turning.

the thing about heavy rain is that it literally makes moving your body parts and incidental actions into “challenges” that you have to get right. it was unique at the time and kind of cronenbergy in an uncanny way but for me was eventually a little bit “ffs”

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:24 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

The cursory first few minutes of Detroit that I played seemed to be like this. RDR2 is a bit like that too to a certain extent. this sort of thing (making day-to-day actions one would perform without thinking) into something complicated actually hinders immersion

yeah it's really bone-headed imo

ditto how difficult aiming your weapon is in most games where your characters is supposed to be an expert, hardened veteran

Detroit BH is basically a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' game with quicktime events instead of page turns. It picks up the pace occasionally but there is a lot of 'press R3 to comfort the orphaned girl' stuff, that feels like its just making sure you are still awake before playing the next part of the scene .

On the other hand, it has proven to be a great game to play with my wife, who is not a 'gamer' and definitely not into twitch shooters and the like. Its especially fun constantly making the worst possible moral decisions and watching her doubt her life choices.

Super Trippy PS4 Tetris or whatever its called has also going down well with her, great game.

I haven’t played heavy rain yet but i want to. From everything I’ve seen, it is a very cheesy b-movie that you watch and occasionally prod along by holding a button or something. I think it would be fun to play with non-gamers who like weird movies

there are a few games more explicitly made to scratch that itch, 'until dawn' for example

But can you yell “Jason!?!” in After Dawn?

that's a good attitude karl and with it i think you might get a lot out of it

that said i prefer fahrenheit because it's even more cheesy, even more pulpy and way more outrageous

ditto how difficult aiming your weapon is in most games where your characters is supposed to be an expert, hardened veteran

"it's been years since i pulled this revolver out of its holster. but in its day, the mere sight of it was enough to send every two-timin' ghost town lootin', half-witted outlaw runnin', at least west of the Platte"

*pulls out gun and aims it straight it up into the air, twirling and rotating in place, reloading*

you can yell Jason in most games but i don't know if it will affect gameplay

Wait til ye try and shoot from a yard out in pro evo 3 lads

^^ deep cuts that never heal ^^

This looks like a fun Gaiden-vania. Usually I don't get to play these games because they're only on Switch/PC these days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBuOXuIwPo4

Jordan you should get a switch

it's good

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

I've not played a game for ages and went for this one 2nd hand on e-bay cos it looks pretty good from YT reviews.

guilty gear strive beta available for free, open until the 21st 3pm GMT

https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/obt/

nice, gonna try it today

Free if you pre-ordered?

pre-orders got it a day early - it's open to the public now, just until the end of the day

yes it's now free for everyone and it's not just today, it's the whole weekend BUT rn it's not working at all and has been like that for several hours

you can download the beta but not play anything, not even the offline modes

Emergency Maintenance:
Due to a server issue currently under investigation, the game can still not be played.
We are currently performing a final check in a test environment.
We ask for your patience for a while longer.
We're truly sorry. https://t.co/trNDTTHERu

— ArcSystemWorks ➡️ #GuiltyGearStrive 04.09.21 (@ArcSystemWorksU) February 19, 2021

oh, the beta is PS5 only? boo.

no, it's ps4 and ps5 and there's crossplay, the psn store is probably making it confusing

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0036-CUSA24910_00-GGSTOBTUS0000100

tyvm

Extending the Open Beta Test:
We have decided to extend the Guilty Gear -Strive- Open Beta Test two days for all participants, ending Feb. 23 at 6:59AM PST.

🚨*Please note that the Open Beta Test game data can only be downloaded until Feb. 21 at 6:59 AM PST.

— ArcSystemWorks ➡️ #GuiltyGearStrive 04.09.21 (@ArcSystemWorksU) February 21, 2021

Anything worth checking out from today's State of Play?

A lot of them had been in previous state of plays... Returnal, Deathloop, Oddworld, etc. Returnal looks pretty nice.

Crash Bandicoot 4 and Final Fantasy VII Remake are getting pretty substantial upgrades for next gen.

Sifu and Solar Ash looked cool of the games I hadn't seen before.

only new announcement was FF7 Remake Yuffie DLC, it being exclusive to PS5 is wtf

at least it's a free upgrade from the PS4 version but yeah, weird

presumably will be on PC eventually

I see that Hitman 2 is on sale for a few more days, but how the trilogies work in terms of transferring progress is a little confusing. Would 2 be a good starting place (Hitman 1 GOTY is still full price), and I'd just wait for 3 to eventually come down in price?

It's a little bit complicated.

https://www.ign.com/wikis/hitman-3/How_to_Get_Hitman_1_And_2_in_Hitman_3

Since you can import H2 progress to 3, 2 is a good starting place, but you won't have access to the Hitman 1 levels out of the box unless you pay extra for it as DLC or already own it.

at least it's a free upgrade from the PS4 version but yeah, weird

Except it's not, if your PS4 version is the one you'll be getting free with PS+ next month. So yeah, even weirder.

https://gamerant.com/final-fantasy-7-remake-playstation-plus-ps5-upgrade/

There's a Ratchet and Clank game that's free to download for some reason!

Ah ha: https://www.cnet.com/news/ratchet-clank-ps4-free-to-download/

Is there a way to make the button prompts bigger in Hitman 2? I can barely make out the onscreen tips and tutorials.

that's a problem for tons of games, for me. i think we're supposed have bigger and better displays

unfortunately, I enjoy having a wall in addition to a display, so

As well as hardly ever being able to make out button prompts, my TV is so old it overscans my PS4 and there's no option to stop it doing it, making a lot of games more difficult and some (Civ 6) impossible to play

Do I need a PS+ account to play Hitman 2? I bought Hitman 2: Gold Edition, which is supposed to be the full game + DLC, but I can only play the first level plus the prologue -- all the other missions say "Get Access" with a link to go to the store, but when I go there, it says it's already installed.