PS4 Exclusives
PS5 is likely coming in holidays 2020, and John Linneman from Digital Foundry (a rock solid source) claims it will absolutely have PS4 backwards compatibility. A few comments on games you have mentioned:
- Bloodborne is unbelievable, to me it's the game of the decade. It improves so much over the Souls games since you can't hide behind a shield. Instead you have to play really aggressively since you can gain health back in a quick window after losing it by performing counter attacks. The setting is really immersive too. Bloodborne alone makes PS4 worth buying IMO.
- Final Fantasy VII Remake will be a PS5 game if it's ever made. The game was completely scrapped and started over from scratch a year or two ago, so no way we see it this gen.
- It sounds like The Last of Us Part II will come out this year on PS4, but no guarantees (same for Death Stranding, since Kojima himself was teasing it for 2019).
- Shadow of the Colossus is one of the few games where the Pro version is significantly improved over the regular. On the Pro you can run 1080 60 fps while on the Slim you're talking 1080p 30 fps. It's a beautiful and fun game, but Bluepoint stayed pretty true to the PS2 original with the controls, which some might not like.
PS4 has some pretty amazing games this gen worth checking out though, especially with PC being in a major drought for single player games other than the last two Assassins Creeds. Other stuff worth checking out on PS4:
- Horizon Zero Dawn - Kind of like a third person Far Cry game, but better than Far Cry 3 or 4 IMO (I haven't played 1, 2, or 5 yet). Highly recommended and it's $16 for the complete edition right now on PSN
- Persona 5 - Arguably the best turn based RPG since Fallout 2. Incredible soundtrack and art style and combat is awesome.
- The Last of Us Remastered - If you didn't play this on PS3 it's a great stealth game and one of the best stories ever told in gaming.
- Uncharted 1-3 Remastered, Uncharted 4 - Corny as hell but really cool action games if you like the modern Tomb Raider series. Very similar to those.
- Odin Sphere Leifthrasir - One of the most stunning 2D beat em ups ever made. God the art is beautiful in this game and the combat is pretty fast paced. Though this one can actually run really well on the RPCS3 emulator also (trying the PS3 version for an hour on the emulator convinced me to buy it for PS4)
- Dragon's Crown - Another Vanillaware 2D beat 'em up game like Odin Sphere. Cool art but not as impressive as Leifthrasir. Though the character design is great. Especially the thick girl who can attack with her big ass.
- Ratchet & Clank - One of the best 3D platformers made this gen. It's no Super Mario Odyssey but looks like a Pixar movie and the sheer variety of weapons makes it pretty funny.
I haven't played God of War or Spiderman yet though they both look incredible. I hate to not include the Yakuza series because they're like modern day Streets of Rage games but with great storylines and lots of weird Japanese humor, but Yakuza 0 came out on PC last year and its sequel Yakuza Kiwami will come out on PC this year. Yakuza Kiwami 2 is great though and as of now there has been no PC version announced. The PS3 games Yakuza 3-5 will also be getting 60 fps remasters on PS4 at some point in the US (the remaster of 3 is already out in Japan and 4 is either just released or just about to release in Japan). Nioh was another really solid PS4 exclusive now out on PC.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will almost certainly come to PC in a year or two so I wouldn't factor that in unless you're in a rush to play it. I anticipate the same for Kingdom Hearts 3 since Square Enix seems to like porting their IP to PC a couple of years later.
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