I ACTUALLY GOT A PS4 (#215)

The title really says it all, doesn't it?

That's right, the first thing that comes to my mind when thinking of major things that have happened to me since my badly-timed departure was that I got a Playstation 4 Pro, and quite recently, too - it was just a few days ago, on December 25th - Christmas, of course. It's the second Playstation I've gotten this year too; as I've talked about here before, I got a PS3 for my birthday in April to play several Sonic games and Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and 2.5, and since the next game in the series is out this very month (Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue - yes, that is the actual official name, I swear), I decided that it would be worth it to get a PS4 in order to be able to play the newest, most HD-est game in the series when it releases in just under three weeks - I think it comes out here in the UK on January 24th (just checked, it does). Also, I'll of course be able to play Kingdom Hearts 3 when it releases possibly this year or more likely next year. It's now been over 10 years since the release of KH2 but it's okay because fans have had plenty of games to tide them over since then and bridge the gap to the next major instalment in the lovable Disney/Square Enix adventure. I wanted to talk about how cool this is because in 2015 I made a post about how I really wanted a PS4 to play KH3 when it released even though I doubted that this would ever happen, and it appears my dream has come true. It can be found right here.

The Pro isn't massively different to a regular PS4 but is worth buying
for people who don't already have a PS4 as it offers enhanced frame rates,
processing power and graphical capabilities - it can display 4K resolution
(only on a 4K TV).

Axel can be seen with the red hair to the right. He's
one of my favourite characters :)

Following up on my growing interest in the Final Fantasy series that began several months ago... I got Final Fantasy XV (that's Final Fantasy 15) as the first game to go with my PS4! I also got a game called Infamous: Second Son that came with the actual PS4 as a bundle but I haven't played that yet as I'm waiting to finish FFXV first - today I got to chapter 6 out of 15, and since I would like to possibly do all of the side quests and collectables if I can put the effort in, by the time I complete it it will likely be right when KH2.8 comes out at the earliest, so it'll still be a while until I play Second Son. I've heard of the game though, I believe it's pretty good and will write about it on here when I do play it. Anyway, I've been enjoying FFXV a lot, and some of my favourite things include travelling around the world of Eos in the main characters' car, the Regalia, riding the cute yellow Chocobo birds (that have been a staple in the series since FF2) over fields and plains while listening to the addictive music that plays, and listening to the fun conversations between the main characters. In fact, following on with the style of my old blog, Hedgehog Reviews, I might even consider doing a review of it in the future, like another 'My Thoughts On'. Please don't take that as an exact promise since we know how bad I am with those, but who knows.

The bromance is so real, believe me.
From left to right: Gladiolus, Ignis, Noctis, Prompto.

I also began playing Final Fantasy XIII (13) on PS3 around two months ago but am only around halfway through and won't be continuing for a while since I'm mainly playing PS4 games and stuff. I will go back to in several months though, and I also have XIII-2 to play afterwards. I'll get Lightning Returns (XIII-3) in the future as well, but like they say in Wreck-It-Ralph, for now I need to take life one game at a time. Anyway, thanks for reading, it's good to be back, and below I've put a list of PS4 games that I'm hoping to get, most of which aren't out yet. Even though I'm getting a lot more into Playstation than I used to (I recently picked up an issue of Official Playstation Magazine), I like to truly believe that I'm still a Nintendo gamer at heart, and I am excited for Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the Nintendo Switch; it's just cool to be able to explore series that I never had the consoles for before. Anyway, here's the list. Some of these available not only on PS4 but on, for example, the Switch as well, so even if I don't get them on PS4 I'll still get them on the Switch probably.

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 HD Extremely Long Title Prelude Epilogue Prequel HD
Kingdom Hearts 3 (of course)
Yooka-Laylee (I like Banjo-Kazooie)
Sonic Mania
Project Sonic 2017
Untitled Spider-Man Game
Batman: Return to Arkham (I have Arkham Asylum on PS3 but this has both Asylum and City remade in updated graphics so it's more worth it than just buying City on PS3)
Batman: Arkham Knight
Batman: The Telltale Series (maybe idk)

I think that's it.

Thomas

Edit 09/01/2017: Another post will come soon. I just finished FFXV (the story at least; I might go back and try and complete all the sidequests). The ending was beautiful and made me cry so hard. Also one last thing I should mention is that in post #211 I showed a picture of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD for PS3 which I got at CeX. However, I haven't played it yet and I'm actually going to return it and get the PS4 version instead as I hear it's actually quite different to the PS3 version and improves a lot. So yes, I will get that for PS4 eventually.