ninjamonkey
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Aphex said:
Bought it digitally last month and was very impressed with it on the whole. There again though, I'm somebody who actually enjoyed playing the dead island games despite their many flaws. The gameplay was very solid and you could see a potentially great game in there somewhere it was just lacking polish. This time, they've stolen virtually all of the gameplay mechanics, changed it to a slightly more serious tone added a few new things like the day/night cycle and generally just spent more money on a better game.
Should add i played it entirely in co-op mode with my friend which makes these kind of games infinitely more enjoyable. Only gripe i have with it is after about 60% through the game once you've levelled up a fair amount and gain some of the later abilities, most notably the grappling hook the game becomes very easy. We found a lot of the enjoyment early on was the sense of vulnerability everytime you ventured out of a safe zone. Fighting a standard zombie wasn't particularly difficult but it would take a long time to kill it and by then you'd be swarmed by zombies from all angles and you had no choice but to run and then at night you really felt like prey for the stronger enemies that only appear at that time. if you were seen by one of these enemies, there's a great sense of panic followed by a mad scramble to get back to a safe zone in one piece whilst these things chase you down in packs. Unfortunately, all of this is lost when you reach the second area and you become a one-man machine. you can still die fairly easily if you're not careful but you can kill most things in 1-2 hits with a good weapon and there's plenty of traps to utilise or tools to escape if necessary.
quiet_riot said:
There's been some excellent ps4 games given to you for free. at launch time we had the excellent Resogun, don't starve and outlast. we had a bit of a drop in quality after that admittedly and it seemed sony was finding it difficult to live upto the standard of games we were used to getting for free on the ps3 however there was still value there with the likes of velocity 2x which was brilliant and we had the first big triple A title injustice just before christmas.
This year though Sony have really stepped it up now they've got a steady stream of good games on the system. infamous was very enjoyable, the swapper is a very clever game and this month has been the best so far imo. Transistor is a phenomenal game that every ps4 owner needs to play and i found myself completely hooked on Apotheon (a game that i had never heard of beforehand) The art style is gorgeous with solid game mechanics and is well worth anybodys time. Just give a few of the game's a try, i think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Just because they're not big name AAA titles on offer it doesn't mean they're not worth playing.