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Ghost of Tsushima (PS5) – Completed

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There is no need to buy new games for a new console when you can still enjoy all the games you own thanks to Backwards Compatibility!

So I started the life of the PS5 enjoying Ghost of Tsushima, an open world samurai adventure game released on the PS4 by Sucker Punch (Infamous/Sly Cooper). You play as Jin Sakai who fights againsts his samurai code to defend the island of Tsushima against a Mongol invasion.

I've been hoping Ubisoft at some point would visit Japan for their Assassin Creed series but thankfully they never delivered and Sucker Punch instead produced a great world to explore and enjoy. I love that there is very minimal UI in the game and no on-screen world map.


 

The main quest focusus on Jin's relationship with his Uncle Lord Shimura but there are also lots of other characters that are given substantial time to shine, I especially enjoyed the adventures with con-artist Kenji & Monk Norio.

There are other activities in the game from collectables like artifacts, vanity items to paying your respects to Fox Den shrines. Scaling the damaged shrines brought back Tomb Raider memories.

Overall a great single player campaign, brilliantly voice-acted with an epic culmination.

Certainly up there with the great open world games this generation like The Witcher 3 & Horizon Zero Dawn. I have just completed my Game of the Year.

Next The Last Campfire by Hello Games.


42: Animal Crossing is Basically Destiny

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Don’t let the title of this episode fool you – we’re all about the New Exciting Gaming Devices. All three of them! Yes, three. Count them if you don’t believe us.

In Episode 42, deKay, Zo, Kendrick and Niaz completely fail to discuss Life, the Universe and Everything despite all being massive nerds, but instead talk all about the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 – the hardware, the news, the difficulty in finding one, and oh yeah, the games and why playing Geometry Wars and Sonic Adventure is The Thing To Do on the world’s most powerful games console. There’s some other bits of news too but honestly, it’s mostly that. They did talk games though! These ones:

  • Yakuza Like a Dragon
  • Panzer Dragoon
  • Animal Crossing
  • HYRULE WARRIORS: Age of Calamity
  • Astro’s Playroom
  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
  • FIFA 21
  • The Walking Dead (S1-3)
  • Tetris Effect
  • Geometry Wars
  • Marvel Spider-Man Miles Morales
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Need for Speed Payback
  • Bugsnax

All bolstered with devations and asides and questions. So much, in fact, there’s a change from the 90 minute run time advertised in some listings.

(Direct link here)

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New Console – Playstation 5

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Some initial thoughts after playing for a few hours.

The controller really is special and the bundled Astro Playroom really shows off the new features from adaptive triggers to the haptic feedback. The game itself is a trip down Playstaion memory lane with lots of nice touches and nods to classic games.
 
The console itself is heavy & tall but most importantly very silent. Hopefully it will forever stay quiet and the days of PS4 turbine gaming are gone. The dashboard feels very slick, fast & responsive.
 
I've not purchased any other games on launch because I have an extensive PS4 collection to still enjoy starting with Ghost of Tsushima.

Need for Speed Payback (PS4) – Completed

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I've had an itch to enjoy a racing game for a long time and nothing could scratch it until Need for Speed Payback was added to PS+ in October. 



Yes it has a really bad story but where it matters most in the driving it is great fun with four different classes in Drag, Race, Off-Road & Drift. Lots of events for you to complete which follow the main story arc in taking down various car leagues. There are also chips to collect, billboards to smash and tons of challenges from top speed, drift zones, jumps etc. In fact there are too many of these challenges that just litter the map!

To upgrade the cars you can complete events which you can replay if required to earn a card that will upgrade one of six components of your car. You can also visit a tuning shop to purchase these cards using the credits earned during the game. It is not too difficult to get cars up to the max level 18 and 399 rating.

When driving around you may get lucky and find a bait crate. These are great fun, you collect the crate & have to race to the destination with cops chasing you down.

Overall a great fun racing game that I enjoyed playing & it has definetly scratch my racing itch!