what are the best non Shooter games for the PS4?

[CaitSeith]

These two games are getting a lot of love. what's so special about them?

Bloodborne:

- The setting. Starting in a Victorian Gothic city with monsters inspired in Dracula books and classic horror, its style "evolves" into Lovecraftian nightmare. The design of the layouts, the monsters and the environment are really good.

- Mechanics. Based in Dark Souls, in other words, tight action-RPG with different melee weapons that have a variety of attacks, reach and periods of vulnerability (and you are pretty vulnerable). Firearms are secondary in this case, and used mainly to stun the enemies. Shields are no good in this game; instead whenever one gets hit, hitting the enemy back immediately recovers some health.

- Intriguing hidden lore. Item descriptions, notes, dialogues and the environment piece together the backstory on how humanity made contact with beings beyond their comprehension.

- Rogue-lite side-game. Dungeon crawling through multiple dark labyrinths (some randomly generated). Even in this optional filler content there is a lot of attention to details on the environment.

I'm currently replaying it, because I got recently a PS+ subscription (which is needed to have the online in-game features like messages, seeing how other players died, co-op and PvP); but it's perfectly playable offline.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

And that's totally a valid thing to have liked about the game, but the primary gameplay element is still shooting dudes in the face so I don't think it would quite be what OP is looking for. /shrug

It's fiiiiiiine, I kinda already assumed OP would know by now whether the Uncharted series was acceptable or not due to their detail on past gen experience. Was just being weird and curious as to playing with perception, or something. Probably time wasting. Sorry!!

 

[shrekfan246]

And that's totally a valid thing to have liked about the game, but the primary gameplay element is still shooting dudes in the face so I don't think it would quite be what OP is looking for. /shrug

It's fiiiiiiine, I kinda already assumed OP would know by now whether the Uncharted series was acceptable or not due to their detail on past gen experience. Was just being weird and curious as to playing with perception, or something. Probably time wasting. Sorry!!

Well, admittedly, once you're super good at the game you can probably play it mostly by stealthing/meleeing everything, but I don't think I'd recommend that on a first playthrough or anything. XD

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

These two games are getting a lot of love. what's so special about them?

Bloodborne is basically a really lean and mean version of a Souls game in a Victorian setting; there's basically one playstyle with less reliance on stats and a much simpler weapon upgrade system. If you like Souls games and dig the new setting, it's a must play. I find the Souls games to just be OK and Bloodborne a bit better due to leaner gameplay and mechanics and the change in setting.

The Last Guardian is a Team ICO game through and through and I loved just about everything about it. It's basically ICO with a colossus companion by your side. It's a triple-A puzzle platformer that we really don't get like ever. If games like Journey or Rime interest you (with regards to art style and gameplay), then you may find The Last Guardian to be something special.

 

[ghostrider9876]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. You can get the complete edition with all the DLC for like $30 and it'll entertain you for dozens of hours if you like Western RPGs.

Horizon Zero Dawn is *phenomenal* if you don't count a bow and arrow as shooting.

Life is Strange has a compelling, dark, and fascinating story, and really clever use of time travel as a primary game mechanic. Lots of feels, though, and it's basically a dialogue-and-inventory-puzzles adventure game, so you have to like those.

I've heard good things about Tales from the Borderlands, though I haven't gotten to it yet.

I'll add my recommendation for Until Dawn. I found it highly entertaining.

I'd also advise *AGAINST* The Witness, previously recommended in this thread, unless you really want to do basically the same puzzle about 300 times, only to find out you can get the true ending incredibly early with very little effort.

 

[Guffe]

As far as I've had to do with the game series.
Anything in the "Tales of ---" is worth a try if you like JRPGs.

 

[dscross]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. You can get the complete edition with all the DLC for like $30 and it'll entertain you for dozens of hours if you like Western RPGs.

Horizon Zero Dawn is *phenomenal* if you don't count a bow and arrow as shooting.

Life is Strange has a compelling, dark, and fascinating story, and really clever use of time travel as a primary game mechanic. Lots of feels, though, and it's basically a dialogue-and-inventory-puzzles adventure game, so you have to like those.

I've heard good things about Tales from the Borderlands, though I haven't gotten to it yet.

I'll add my recommendation for Until Dawn. I found it highly entertaining.

I'd also advise *AGAINST* The Witness, previously recommended in this thread, unless you really want to do basically the same puzzle about 300 times, only to find out you can get the true ending incredibly early with very little effort.

Thanks for advising against the witness and for until dawn. It was a good pick in the end!