What We Played #149: Trials Fusion, Final Fantasy X HD & inFamous Second Son

Ever fallen in love with an NPC? There was a time a while back when I felt quite attached to Liara, but why mention this now, three years later? Well, rather than playing games this week, Blair has been working on his dissertation and has a little survey running along those lines. He’d appreciate a moment of your time to fill it in. He needs a good result to get a job that’ll pay enough to cover his tab at the student bar.

Peter has spent most of his gaming time on inFamous Second Son, as you’ll have gathered if you’ve been paying attention to TSA’s front page. “It’s the most visually impressive game I’ve seen on consoles so far, so it’s a lovely game to get on PS4 and show off to people. Still a long way to go but I’m enjoying it so far and I’ve been well and truly caught up in trying to get all the side missions and collectibles in each area.”

As a counterpoint to beating up people for dealing little blue pills to desperate old folk and burning alive law enforcement officials, he’s also dabbled with the beta for Trials Fusion, “which is like more Trials so that’ll do for me. It’s a bit of a change of design in that it’s more futuristic and there’s a lot more going on in the background with explosions and level elements moving around.”

Someone else who is “really enjoying” inFamous Second Son is Dom, who’s squeezing it in between running his pub (I’m reliably informed taht Blair is barred) and playing through Final Fantasy X HD on his PS Vita. He said, “It just works so well. The beauty of not always having to find a save point is great, and the graphics hold up extremely well on the OLED screen.”

I fear this is turning into an iFSS advert, but I guess that it is the most recent big release. Stefan has begun his second run through and is trying to play as a hero on expert difficulty.  “It’s hard to be such a goodie two shoes,” he said. That was after completing “Irrational’s excellent swan song, in Burial at Sea, Episode 2.”

We’re still not done with iFSS as Aran is yet another one playing it:

It’s fun and I love using the DS4 as a spray can. Definitely one of the most inventive uses of the controller so far. Gameplay wise, it’s thoroughly enjoyable and I’m doing a good playthrough at the minute, meaning I have to hold a lot of restraint when I run into protesters who would rather see me dead. I can’t wait for my evil playthrough, so I can wreck everything without remorse.

For review this week he’s been playing The Witch and the Hundred Knight, which “could be better and is let down by some pretty bad design faults”. His review should be around later today, so check it out.

Last up this week is Dan! “After becoming slightly obsessed with the Lego movie, I decided to get the game on PS4. So far so good and everything is awesome! I also played Mario Golf: World Tour on the 3DS, which has the makings of a very addictive game!”

And that’s it from us. Have you all been playing iFSS too?