The PS4 has become my favorite system of all time.

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SvennoJ said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

I also think the PS4 is the worst of the 4, and here is why.  I've been gaming a really, really long time.  The main reasons I play games (in this order) are 1) to have a totally original experience, 2) to have a good challenge and 3) to play local multiplayer with my family.  Playstation tends not to be good with #3, and games in general have gotten easier since the 8/16 bit era.  So, the main thing I look for in a Playstation console (and the most important to me) is to have a totally original experience.  Playstation 4 is the worst at that out of all of the Playstations.

Probably the best was the PS2.  Some new types of games I enjoyed on the PS2 were Kingdom Hearts, Katamari Damacy, Ico & Shadow of the Colossus, and Spider-Man 2.  When I played these games, they were nothing like anything that I had played before.  Also, my favorite franchise used to be Final Fantasy, and each new game in the series tends to be extremely different, so games like FF10, FF12, and Dragon Quest 8 also felt very new to me, even if they were technically just the next iteration in the franchise.  On the other hand the only games I've actually enjoyed on the PS4 were Uncharted 4, Spider-Man, and Dark Souls 3, and even then, these games felt very similar to previous entries in their series.

So, I understand that you are younger, and probably lots of games on the PS4 feel very new to you.  That is fine, because these are extremely fun games if you have never played them before.  And if you look at older consoles, then maybe the graphics look so dated that you wouldn't even consider playing them.  From my perspective, I don't even care about graphics anymore and I am more interested in gameplay and original experiences.  And currently game companies are very reluctant to make new experiences.  My favorite console (of all time) is actually the NES.  Most people probably couldn't appreciate the NES anymore, because the games seem so dated.  But Breath of the Wild uses the design principles of the original NES Zelda.  So when Breath of the Wild comes out a lot of people declare, "Wow, this is the greatest game ever made."  But I don't think that.  I think it's a great game, but only because they went back and made a game like they used to.

So, top studios today mostly do not try to innovate or take risks, and PS4 games are the epitome of that.  Instead they, at best, make modest improvements on what has come before.  But if you haven't played these games before, then I bet they are awesome.  I liked a lot of these games the first time I played them too.  But after a while the same types of games over and over seems stale.

Have you not tried PSVR? It's chock full of new ideas and originality.

Where can you still find good local multiplayer nowadays? Still stuck on Minecraft, Terraria and Mario Kart :/

Switch is great for local multiplayer.  My favorite local multiplayer is Puyo Puyo Tetris, but we also play a lot of Smash Ultimate, Mario Party and yes, Mario Kart.

I am not too big into VR overall.  I have seen plenty of attempts over the years, and the only game I ever liked was an Aladdin Magic Carpet game at Disney Quest.  It was cool mostly in that I could look over wife and what she was doing in RL ended up in the game.  We were both in the game at the same time.  I am not ready to shell out money for multiple headsets at this point, even assuming any of the PSVR games are as good as Disney Quest (doubtful).  Either the costs need to come down or the games need to get better.

For originality, I am more into indie games.  But 95% of the indie games I play have physical copies, and I prefer to get them on Switch. (carts + portability FTW!)