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Ghosts of Tsushima may be the best Playstation game I have played EVER. It's a testament to how late in the console release cycle, developers are just now maste
by ArtWomb 6y ago
Ghosts of Tsushima may be the best Playstation game I have played EVER. It's a testament to how late in the console release cycle, developers are just now mastering internals. It's the ideal video game: open world, 13-century feudal Japan, Age of the Samurai. High contrast "Kurosawa" mode, 4K HDR is cinematically photoreal. I really hope it remains a Major IP for many years to come ;)
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- compscistd 6y agoI just finished playing through Horizon Zero Dawn which had been untouched, collecting dust on the shelf for a couple years. Found more time in the pandemic and I'm wondering what else I've missed out on! The only other titles I've played with great acclaim are God of War and Zelda: Breath of the Wild. From a brief wiki search, it seems outside of Nintendo, studios only tend to have one-hit wonders. I never played the Infamous games, but will take you on your word on Ghosts of Tsushima.
- Causality1 6y agoThe Master Chief Collection is out on PC now. It's an excellent way to experience the Halo series.
- the_duke 6y agoSince you liked Horizon Zero Dawn: - Witcher 3 brought me back to gaming after a 10+ year hiatus. While not perfect, it's the best/most immersive game I have ever played. Thanks to truly incredible writing, an interesting, engaging world where small side quests are some of the best content, good graphics that still hold up very well (especially with mods on PC, but just fine on console). All built on a foundation of very solid combat and gameplay. - "Nier Automata" is an unusual experience that smoothly blends very different combat styles and has a mind-boggling, thought-provoking story.
- wuunderbar 6y agoDo you need to play Witcher 1 & 2?
- the_duke 6y agoNo. Most people just play Witcher 3 and never touch 1 and 2. You can pick up the story just fine, and 1+2 aren't remotely close wrt quality.
- fartcannon 6y agoI'd say Witcher 2 is at least close, just smaller and less refined. The potion system is significantly more interesting in my opinion. That said, 3 is a masterpiece.
- User23 6y agoEven the original Witcher game is solid and has some interesting systems for its time. I wouldn't recommend it though to anyone who doesn't have an absurd amount of free time, or a real passion for the characters. It's been really neat watching CD Projekt step up their game, as it were, over the years.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoWitcher 1 had some serious pacing issues, but I personally enjoyed it more than 2. 2 got too flash for me, whereas 1 was more about the characters and the story. But it most DEFINITELY had pacing issues around the swamp area.
- stevenwoo 6y agoI watched the TV series first, and Witcher 3 has a much better and coherent story than the TV show even though the game picks up after the events of Witcher 1/2. I finished the game mostly for the stories.
- tanilama 6y agoGoW is really good. And surprisingly affordable (10 bucks!) considering the quality of such entertainment.
- beenBoutIT 6y agoThe GoW games on a PS2(console, not emulated) are amazing, especially considering it's a 20 year old system. I still prefer them to the newer GoW on PS4.
- drawfloat 6y agoMetal Gear Solid 5 remains one of the most fun games I played this generation. The storyline is dumb even by MGS standards, but the gameplay is absolutely phenomenal. Every feature just clicks together. It also manages to avoid, for the most part, the pitfalls open world games fall in to (huge spans to cross with nothing happening, fetch missions, collect missions etc). Infiltrating and exfiltrating a compound, whichever way you can think of, in the Afghan desert with none of the fancy SONAR or gadgetry of other MGS titles is what the series has clearly wished it was since day one.
- rangibaby 6y ago> Infiltrating and exfiltrating a compound, whichever way you can think of, in the Afghan desert with none of the fancy SONAR or gadgetry of other MGS titles is what the series has clearly wished it was since day one That sounds exactly like “The Wild Geese”, the movie Kojima got the idea for stealth gameplay from: https://youtu.be/G0xy-XdMqS4 https://youtu.be/G0xy-XdMqS4
- mstade 6y agoI second the HZD recommendation – it's one of the best video games I've ever played. Funny thing is if I hadn't bought an HDR tv I'd probably never pick up the game, mechanized dinosaurs didn't really float my boat and I never saw a trailer or read the synopsis for the game. I bought it dirt cheap on sale only because it said it had HDR support and I wanted to see what difference it'd make in a game. Turns out it was stunningly gorgeous, great gameplay and a compelling story to boot! I'm getting a PS5 this winter or next year, chiefly because of the Horizon Zero Dawn sequel – I desperately want to see where they take the story.
- dkersten 6y agoThe games I enjoyed most over the past few years, in no particular order, are Red Dead Redemption 2, Spiderman, The Last of Us Remastered, Detroit Become Human, Bloodborne, Days Gone, Shadow of the Collossus remake. And in 2D, I loooooved Hollow Knight, And of the ones already mentioned: God of War, The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghost of Tsushima. The Infamous games were ok. Not great, but not bad. Ghist of Tsushima is vastly better than their previous titles, IMHO.
- mercer 6y agoIf you're at all into 'platformers', I highly recommend Celeste, Hollow Knight, and Ori and the Blind Forest. These are some of the best in the genre and pretty cheap to boot.
- onemiketwelve 6y agoI can't believe I've never heard of this before. Am I really going to have to buy a PlayStation just to play this? Hmm
- katbyte 6y agoYep, and then enjoy all the other amazing exclusives: the last of us one/two, drakes uncharted, god of war, horizon zero (pc did just release but is buggy), ratchet and clank,
- dkersten 6y agoBloodborne, Spiderman, Days Gone, probably a few more that I’m forgetting. Dreams, if you’re into that sort of thing.
- sumedh 6y agoGet the PS4 Pro and a 4K TV/Monitor with HDR if you have the money, you wont regret it.
- yumraj 6y agoQuestion: buy ps4 pro or wait for ps5 and be done for 4-5 years?
- sumedh 6y agoGood point, I would just wait for ps5 now.
- squeaky-clean 6y agoI wouldn't be surprised if console revisions/upgrades begin coming out with even more frequency. There was only a 3.5 year gap between the PS4 and PS4 Pro. Only a 2 year gap between the Nintendo Switch and the revision with vastly improved battery life (not as big a deal as PS4 to PS4 Pro, but still a big deal for anyone who uses their switch on the go). Personally I think I'm going to wait until the PS5 releases and then see if I can find a secondhand PS4 pro at a good price.
- martco 6y agoI played it after Last of Us 2 and it just doesn't compare, especially in terms of mechanics and visuals. If there's one last game to play on PS4 it's Last of Us 2.
- PenguinCoder 6y agoReally? I played both, and while I was a HUGE Last Of Us fan (multiple play throughs) I enjoyedd, and recommend Horizon Zero Dawn much more that LoU2. HZD is a compelling, interesting, and challenging game.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoI didn't find either of them super compelling. I never really bought into the characters so to me they were both mostly mediocre action games that tried way too hard. They weren't terrible, but I didn't agree with the hype. And LoU2 being woke was also a turn-off for me.
- JauntyHatAngle 6y agoReally personal opinion that one I feel. Last of us 2 is quite a different game with very different feel and gameplay.
- beenBoutIT 6y agoTLOU > TLOU2 although TLOU2 is powerful in an interesting way.
- shriek 6y agoBesides story, facial animations, graphics and some of the physics engine in TLOU2 was mind blowing.
- mpfundstein 6y agolets not into TLOU2 lol technically perfect storywise and characterwise a shitfest though
- catsarebetter 6y agoOmg I want to play this so bad, I actually saw the trailer like a year ago and I can't stop thinking about it
- tbrock 6y agoA great series to play if you haven’t enjoyed them yet is the Metal Gear Solid series of games by Hideo Kojima. So damn good.
- graham_paul 6y agoRe-vengeance breaks the MGS mold but it is still a MGS game and it is also worth playing it. The last boss sounds a lot like POTUS
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoDetroit: Become Human.... another visually stunning game came from a tech demo called Project Kara on the PS3.
- mpfundstein 6y ago+1 detroit is awesome
- nix23 6y agoIt's a short story but WOW, what a visual (interactive)novel!!
- danjc 6y agoI got excited when I saw this - I don't game much but my son is obsessed with samurai and would love this. However, I think it's a bit violent for him - anything similar you could recommend for a 13y/o?
- icu 6y agoPerhaps watch a few Samurai films by Akira Kurosawa with your son and discuss the violence that happens on film in the context it arises? It's also worth watching a couple of YouTube reviews of Ghost of Tsushima. I recommend the ACG and SkillUp reviews. I think if you do this you'll be better placed to judge if he's emotionally ready or not.
- IceDane 6y agoYou're deluding yourself if you think your 13 year old isn't consuming much worse than video game violence on a daily basis. Just let him play the game.
- nix23 6y agoHmm... maybe Total War SHOGUN 2 ?
- Funes- 6y agoAs every other mainstream game for the last ten to fifteen years, give or take, it's just a forced course of action narratively illustrated by an interrupted sequence of dull cinematic scenes; the player just follows along with very limited space--if any--for exploration, decision-making, flexibility or creativity. The open world experience is ridiculously limited, as well. Does it look good? Sure! (Although every game uses the same game engines now, making them almost identical visually). But that's not the only thing that I expect from the format. Let's be honest here: videogames aren't nearly as elaborate as many of them were just one or two decades ago, when many developers were having fun making them and putting in tons of effort without as many market constrictions and demands. Then you have, on the other hand, indie games, which tend to be just a glorified demo which uses technical limitations to its advantage, mainly aesthetically. If somebody showed me how videogames would look when I was a kid, in 2000, twenty years in the future, I would have been incredibly disappointed. Besides them looking more immersive and VR being far more advanced, I'd have expected that the player had become an active participant, the effective subject of the game, instead of a passive spectator that just consooms whatever's put in front of them without any critical thought.
- lilgreenland 6y agoMinecraft is the best selling game of all time. It sounds like that's what you want.
- gridlockd 6y agoI think your judgement is clouded by fond memories you acquired in your youth. A child can get utterly fascinated by the most mundane things. My subjectively positive experience of video games already declined, right around when yours peaked, even though by pretty much any standard, these newer games were better than the ones that came before them.
- Funes- 6y ago>right around when yours peaked What? That's a wrong assumption on your part. No, you are characterizing my experiences with video games as a kid arbitrarily to support your own argument, which is--I think--just a fallacy: "the world's always been the same, it's you what's changed and you are just referencing fond but ultimately biased memories". I expected more from video games when I was a little kid, that's the whole point of my comment, so I didn't glorify them, even as a kid, to the point of having my judgement significantly clouded. Same thing when people criticise heavy smartphone usage, for instance: "well, people watched more TV then; it's always been the same. You miss being young". You couldn't take your TV virtually everywhere, so the extent to which people distracted themselves and neglected their lives was less. >by pretty much any standard, these newer games were better than the ones that came before them. Watch this (or almost any other video from crowbcat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVtZJo-HqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVtZJo-HqI. This is the tendency in video games: less resources, less elaboration; higher prices for the whole game (DLCs, Season Pass, etc.). As with anything, it's "reduce the costs, increase the benefits", as well as "make it more addictive", even at the expense of the product's quality.
- IceDane 6y agoWow - I'm really sorry you've only been exposed to bad video games until now. It's a decent game but it doesn't even come close to the best game I've ever played. I agree with the sentiment that video games back in the day were more elaborate in other ways that matter more than what is done today. Several good or promising franchises have also been totally ruined by becoming big. As soon as it's making large amounts of money, it garners attention from the kind of people who don't really care about anything but making money. DLCs and all the other bad shit is because the people in power aren't the ones that are passionate about making great things.
- simonklitj 6y agoWhat’s the best game you’ve ever played?
- evo_9 6y agoBest looking game perhaps. Gameplay, creative backstory, unique multiplayer + PVP, and countless other aspects place Dark Souls at the top of the list for me, and that’s not limited to Ps4 but all platforms.