What PlayStation games are you playing ?

Playing Horizon Forbidden West at the moment before it leaves Plus next month. Enjoying it mostly, the combat, platforming all pretty good. Story is kinda meh but does enough to keep it ticking along. But bloody hell how annoying is Aloy? Telling you what to do every 5 seconds. Just walked into a cave like room and before I get chance to look around she's "I need to get higher, that ladder should work" chill girl, let me have a minute to look around first! It's painted yellow so of course that's the way forward!

Games really need to program in that the most common lines happen less and less as time goes on. "Better pick these up, might need them later".... "Better pick these up, might need them later"…yeah Aloy, I know.... "Better pick these up, might need them later".... yes Aloy, that's why I'm picking them up. That's why I always pick them up.… "Better pi"SHUT THE F*CK UP ALOY!!

It's like in MGS Phantom Pain, every time you fulton a soldier Miller would go "He's coming too?" Yes Kaz, every soldier. I am taking absolutely everything that is not nailed down in this game and we're over 50 hours in, how have you not gotten this by now?

Can't help with the open world burnout, but it took me 2 attempts to get into HFW. The first, I gave up after 6 or so hours, went back when it landed on PS+ and continued from where I was, which was great because that was basically the tutorial hours so I was straight into the action more or less. Ended up plat'ing it. The character interactions are some of the best out there imo, no wooden performances and static characters, everyone moved naturally and reacted naturally, for the most part. The world was shiny, but at the same time with little human damage due to the story, I assume that's how colourful the world would be. Action was fun, if not a bit too much on the abilities/tactics available, there's a lot. Story… not bad. But if you can't warm to Aloy, then there's not much you can do, she's a chatty little thing.

I would recommend to turn on auto-collect though.

If you're any way technically minded, you could chance opening it and see if it needs a cleaning. There are hapes of videos on YT about cleaning it with toothpicks/earbuds and alcohol, or tear down ones where you open it up and clean whatever you can. I'd imagine it's either gunk and a clean will work, or the contact is worn/broke and a replacement would be the best option then.