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What are you playing and why should we play it? - PlayStation Discussion Thread (2024.04.26) (self.playstation)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by CosmicSploogeDrizzle to c/playstation
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As some of you may have noticed, I haven't been posting weekly discussion threads the last few weeks. They weren't getting too much traction and, more specifically, people weren't engaging with each other, which is what I was trying to encourage. I wanted to take a break and rethink how I wanted to do it to achieve those goals.

So here is a twist on the formula:

  • Tell us not only what you are playing, but also why someone else should pick it up and give it a go themselves.
  • And/or comment on someone else's reply and get a conversation going.

I'll go first:

  • I'm still playing a ton of Helldivers 2. I've put in over 100 hours so far. The last time I put over 100 hours in a game was probably Halo 3, and this is coming from someone who almost exclusively plays single player games. I think this game is unique in that its mechanics are very grounded and physical, the two different factions play very differently, the encouragement to play cooperatively versus competitively is a breath of fresh air, and the monetization in the game is very fair. I love the idea of playing on a giant galactic chess board with hundreds of thousands of other players, evolving the story as we go as a community. It really does feel like a community. At $40 for me, it is such a no-brainer to pick this game up for some awesome times.
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I finally picked up Cyberpunk 2077 after the free trial a few weeks ago and I'm having a great time!
I'm about 25hrs in and I love the openness of the world so far, it feels like a slightly jankier GTA, with interesting builds / RPG aspects, tons of distractions / side content and (so far) a compelling story.
It's your typical CDPR polish, so it's stable enough, but there are still issues and performance troubles (playing on Series X, PS5 is better from what I've seen).

If you can find it for $15 USD (disc), I'd say it's well worth it. The Ultimate Edition is $60 USD (what I got) and Phantom Liberty is even better story-wise from what I've gathered.

[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My brother says that Phantom Liberty makes it legit feel like a whole new game. I might have to drop back in for it. I mainlined the main story last year.

[–] nogooduser 2 points 6 months ago

Phantom Liberty didn’t land well with me. Actually, that’s not true…. the patch that completely changed how you spec your character didn’t land well with me.

I felt lost having to start again with all those choices at once. When you start a new character you’re introduced to the choices one by one and doing it all at once was too hard. I could have started a new character but I’ve played three full runs and didn’t want to do that.