Absolute must haves: 

Resogun
Nex Nachina
Bloodborne
NieR: Automata
Last Guardian

wonderbanana wrote:

Soooo...

Whats the must haves on this?

I particularly like shmups, good story based games (like Tomb Raider), ravers, and old skool Sega type stuff.

The above suggestions (especially Last Guardian and Nier) are all good, but the love of “old school sega” means that the best suggestion may well be...

afgavinstan wrote:

Yakuza 0

Yep, Yakuza 0 is the PS4's top exclusive imo.  It's the best Sega thing since Outrun 2.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Yep, Yakuza 0 is the PS4's top exclusive imo.  It's the best Sega thing since Outrun c2c

Cheers chaps!

Anything in the sales atm? PS have a digital sale don't they?

wonderbanana wrote:

Cheers chaps!

Anything in the sales atm? PS have a digital sale don't they?

Yeah, there’s a fair amount in there. Late now, but I might have a look tomorrow and see if there’s anything I’d personally recommend.

Tbh the biggest reason I’ve been PS leaning this gen is their bigger collection of Indie stuff. Don’t know what you have on X1 ‘nana but there’s a much wider selection of stuff on PS - you just might have to dig around a little more now. There’ll be some ace indie bargains in the post Christmas sale though so might be best to hang fire here.

Some are PSPlus only and some have additional discount for Ps+ members. On sale page, the game will have a yellow + on picture to denote Plus discounts

That's Nier bought then.

Stupid credit card running out of money. Had Yakuza Zero in my basket and everything.

Have never tried one before.

wonderbanana wrote:

Soooo... Whats the must haves on this? I particularly like shmups, good story based games (like Tomb Raider), ravers, and old skool Sega type stuff.

If it helps, and if nobody minds, I’ll repost my response to someone’s (Nina’s?) query about non-retail, digital stuff...

JonB wrote:

Are they that consistent? Thought Alienation wasn't supposed to be great. And Matterfall looks a bit poor TBH.

I thought Matterfall looked good. Not as great as Stardust, Reso, and Nex, but even their sub-par is better than most. I’m enjoying Alienation, but I like that style of game. I’m also known to have different tastes to most others. Probably bear that in mind for the rest of this post.

Andy wrote:

I’ll have a look through my library...

I have no idea what is and isn’t on Xbox, sorry. I’ll break them up by the folders I have them in...


Racing
• Absolute Drift is less a racer, more an infuriating skid mark, but it has fans in these parts.
• Mantis Burn Racing is good once you a) get past the fact that it’s not an instant restart MotorStorm RC replacement; and b) get used to it’s unusual upgrade system.
• RaceTheSun is an into-the-screen infinity (maybe not, but it might as well be with my skills) flier with an I’ll-get-further-this-time, up-til-3am-trying hook.
• SpeedRunners I’ve only played the demo, but the Access guys have showcased it a few times. I’m probably going to bite this weekend, unless I find out it’s coming to Switch.
• Table Top Racing: World Tour is a daft miniature car racer, plays more like a franchise-kart than Micro Machines, someone here hates it.
Top pick: Hmmm. Possibly SpeedRunners.
Just don’t: Velocity2X.

Arcade Shooters
I already mentioned Housemarque. I’ve got Resogun, Nex Machina, Super Stardust Ultra, Dead Nation and Alienation. The last two are less revered, but I like them.
• BroForce wasn’t my cup of tea, but loads love it.
• Butcher is pretty tough (also I’m really bad, despite my love of the genre) but has a great aesthetic, and a good insta-restart rhythm.
• CounterSpy is a 60s TV style sneaky shooter.
• Futuridium EP Deluxe would make you think of a PS1-era gone HD, Starfighter 3000 versus Assault Rigs.
• Helldivers is like an isometric Starship Troopers. Big online element, not sure how many are still playing, but I enjoyed just doing single player.
• Lichtspeer is a disco-Norse projectile frenzy, like the Thor Ragnarok trailer with Steve Backley.
• Mercenary Kings is another retro-styled 2D shooter, probably more in the Metal Slug vein than the others. Kinda.
• Neon Chrome is a perfectly functional twin stick.
• Not a Hero is tremendous.
• Rebel Galaxy is a space western with a combat mechanic closer to the sailing sections in Black Flag than other shooters. I’ve only scratched the surface, I think there’s a lot of game in there.
• Rive is a frantic shooter with a familiar space-junk vibe. Ignore the haters. I would like to recommend Secret Ponchos, a PvP twin-stick in the Dead Nation / Alienation / Helldivers / Neon Chrome vein, with a western aesthetic, but the last I looked the servers had less people than I have friends.
• Song of the Deep possibly isn’t indie, in that it’s Insomniac, but it’s a neat underwater Metroidvania.
Top picks: Housemarque stuff, Not a Hero.
Just don’t: Laser Disco Defenders gave me an acute headache in under a minute.

Sports
• Active Soccer 2 DX is great. It’s got features that FIFA should have (like individually changing the colour of the shirt, shorts, and socks to avoid clashes) and gameplay that Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival should have (it has some... loads, actually). It’s how you think you remember those 16 bit football games played, not how they actually played.
• OlliOlli / OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Skateboarding, but frantic, button combo, mesmerising level memorising, rhythm challenges rather than TH.
• Pumped BMX + I bounced off this a couple of times, I simply could not find the rhythm, but once you find it, it’s a rewarding trickster.
• Sportsfriends is a weird collection of mini games, but great in two player, and there’s amazing hidden stuff. Again, the Access guys have showcased this more than once.
• Stikbold! Dodgeball. Borders on being a twin-stick shooter. Amazing.
• Super Mega Baseball The best pitching and batting mechanics I’ve seen in a baseball game. Great as the after dinner mint to any long gaming session.
Top picks:  AS2DX for sport, OlliOlli2 for button combo, but overall probably Stikbold!
Just don’t: Disc Jam.

RPG / Brawler
• Furi Afro Neon samurai faces a progression of (insanely hard) boss battles.
• Gauntlet It’s Gauntlet. Well, it’s a little bit Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, but mostly it’s Gauntlet.
• Salt & Sanctuary 2D souls-like.
• Stories: The Path Of Destinies Branching narrative with Arkham-light combat, requiring repeated plays through to find all the story arcs.
• Super Dungeon Bros I assume this was free with PS+. I’ve only briefly played, seemed serviceable.
• Titan Souls I have no idea how people beat this with a guide to how to kill the bosses, let alone how they work that out in the first place.
Top pick: S&S
Just don’t: Curses ‘N Chaos.

First/Third Person Shooters
• The Deadly Tower Of Monsters Possibly belongs more in the Arcade shooters folder, I dunno. It’s a fun shooter with a sci-fi B-movie theme, presented as the DVD commentary of said movie.
• Strike Vector Ex The closest I’ll get to Colony Wars on PS4, it’s a spaceship dogfighter, in near-earth orbit, with ships akin to modern war fps classes.
Top Pick: SVE.
Just don’t: Drawn to Death.

Experiences / Stories
• ABZÛ Relaxing subaquatic adventure. It frustrates by not allowing you to explore its most interesting environments, which whizz by in on rails sections leaving you the less interesting basins to explore, but it’s soothing and pretty.
• ADR1FT One day, I will load this up and actually play it.
• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons A favourite of mine, an environmental puzzler, controlling one brother with each stick, and better than average storytelling.
• Firewatch Not faultless, but not far off. Play it for the unique opening, and masterful handling of the relationship between the two leads, and not for the mismanaged story.
• flOw / Flower / Journey Because everyone should have an opinion on these.
• Outlast Scares the living shit out of me. One day I’d like to play for any length of time without having to switch on all the lights and ‘nope’ around the living room.
Top pick: Tough one. Firewatch, I reckon.
Just don’t: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Virginia, The Walking Dead, unless you’re some kind of cunt. (winky smiley)

Platformers / Rhythm
• 10 Second Ninja X Complete Super Meat Boy style levels in under ten seconds. I’m amazed this isn’t a bigger hit around here.
• Child of Light Another one I’ve hardly touched but really want to get back to.
• Contrast I hope this has been patched since I played it, because it’s a neat idea. Shadow/perspective puzzler with a decent-enough story.
• Grow Home I bounced off this hard when I first played it. I was wrong.
• Hohokum If there’s a point to this, I’m not sure what it is. Snake / bounce around multicoloured environments to change the nature of their multicolouredness.
• Never Alone Inuit platform adventure. Mediocre gameplay, but great tone and atmosphere, and you can probably see it through in one sitting.
• Ninja Senki DX Platformer with early 16-bit look and early 16-bit sympathy for your repeated failures.
• Snake Pass I’m not as keen on this as others, but it’s a neat idea. I probably just need to practice.
• Sound Shapes Audio platformer. Worth a playthrough just to play something a bit different.
• Stick it to the Man Coherent paper-world aesthetic, I’m trying to remember the hook. I’m sure Reg knows, wherever he is.
• Styx Mordor Gear Solid.
• The Swindle Again, I’ve barely touched it, but what I saw was great.
• Tearaway Unfolded I’ve only actually played the original Vita version, but this is a charming, magical, joyous game.
• Unravel Nostalgic puzzle platformer.
Top picks: 10 Second Ninja X, Sound Shapes, Tearaway Unfolded.
Just don’t: Submerged. I wish it was.

Puzzles / Strategy
• The Bridge is an MC Escher puzzler.
• Ronin is a sort of turn-based combat, sword assassin puzzler.
• Skulls of the Shogun A samurai afterlife turn-based strategy fighter, because obviously.
• Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones I’ve only played the original, A Clone in the Dark, on Vita, but it’s great. A light/shadow stealth platformer.
• The Swapper Another clone puzzler, but using projected clones to solve the puzzles.
• TorqueL Manoeuvre a square by projecting light beams out of its faces by pressing the corresponding buttons. Ties your fingers in knots.
• Tricky Towers Inspired by Tetris. Not as good as Tetris.
• Unmechanical: Extended Somebody here loves this.
• Volume Totally not just MGS VR Missions by the Thomas Was Alone guy, no sir-ee.
• The Witness If you don’t like line puzzles, you won’t like this.
Top pick: The Bridge or Ronin.
Just don’t: Entwined, Flame Over, or Hue. Or Oxenfree, but that probably belongs in a different folder.

Party
• Push Me Pull You Control expanding and retracting sausage people in various sumo-style battles.
• STARWHAL Barely control frenetic, neon space narwhals in a battle to stab each other in the weak spot.
Top picks: Both of them, obviously.
Just don’t: Think you can live without either of them.

In case anyone’s thinking I’ve got too many games, a) you’re right, and b) this isn’t even half of what I’ve got on my PS4, let alone other platforms.

Basement comment: Despite having shit like Virginia installed, the only full games in my library that I don’t have installed are Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival, Let It Die and Madden 16, and the last one is because I’ve got Madden 17 installed.

What's good on this for Devil May Cry/Bayonetta lovers?

It was my original query and (still) an excellent response.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Infinifactory.

retroking1981 wrote:

What's good on this for Devil May Cry/Bayonetta lovers?

Good question. Not sure there's been anything like that in the last few years.

Nioh has some good fast combat, but it's also got exploration and RPG elements.