Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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Coelacanth coming through with the good info, as usual! dude you are becoming one of my fav users in lemmy.
Humm...interesting, so, the answer is more complex than I expected haha. I'm not against going through the previous games at all, I asked bacause I thought AW2 was going to be in Ps+ but, I'm seeing I was mislead >:/ however, Control is, and I also heard is very good, so hum, maybe I'll pivot and try that first.
What need is to play and actually finish something that's not a soulslike or adjacent this year, I'm thinking maybe the time constraint of it being on a subscription will certainly help me not abandon the playthrough? ( But there's also Demons Souls and Tymesia on Ps+ Damn it!!! ) we'll see how this goes. Thanks a lot!
I don't think you were mislead, Alan Wake 2 is slated to be on PS+ starting Oct. 7th. It was announced during the recent State of Play.
Anyway, I still recommend going through all the games as they are amazing in their own right, and playing one will only heighten the appreciation of the next. Particularly if played in release order. Alan Wake 2 is definitely the crown jewel, so I understand wanting to get to it ASAP, but at the same time it will have a much more profound impact if saved for last.
EDIT: also I forgot but, thank you for the nice words. It's still kind of weird that I'm being recognised by name around here from time to time but I guess I do comment a lot, and verbosely at that.
Oh I see, oct 7th. it appeared as only a trial when I looked. But I think you are correct, better to not rush and experience the story right. Me wanting to jump in right away was mostly a budget thing. But I'll wait and give control a shot instead.
Control is awesome, amazing world building and lore packed inside a really tight third person shooter. There are some Alan Wake references in the lore, but for the most part you can play Control first I think. However, I definitely advise to hold off on playing the AWE DLC until after Alan Wake 1.