Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th December)

Hey everyone.
I am currently playing Oddworld Strangers Wrath Remastered.
Love the Oddworld series, if you can't tell by my avatar.

Also started and finished Foregone after I tried the free demo on the eShop.
I love this game, the artwork is beautiful and the sound is amazing. Think of a prettier Dead Cells but with some RPG elements thrown in as you upgrade your character and weapons.
It controls perfectly too.
Started NG+ and loving it.
Absolutely highly recommended.

My Collectors Edition of Rogue Legacy 2 has arrived as well as my copy of Animal Well so I can't wait to get into those too.

Have a great weekend everyone.

BLASPHEMOUS!!!!

& gonna buy Nine sols

Yet more Ace Combat 7. Still 8 missions left. At this rate, I'll be playing this game next week as well.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Greetings fellow gaming enthusiasts. I finally finished Visions of Mana and had a great time with it. Now I can start Metaphor while also playing Brothership. Have a great end of week.

Just finished Stellar Blade on my ps5. Good action game, glad I gave it a go.
My next plan was cyberpunk which I bought on black Friday but my brother's got a month of game pass on Xbox so I'll be taking advantage of that.
I've been playing Indiana Jones this morning, I was enjoying it until I hit a glitch with the camera and whip and can't proceed. Really annoying.
Guess I'll play hellblade 2 until a patch comes out.

Picross S6: finished during the week. Next will be the Sega one.
AW1+2 Reboot Camp: wrapped up AW campaign, now taking a break.
Metroid Prime Remastered: my main game till Xmas. In the snowy area. Progressing slowly, not an easy game going in blind.
BR Cyberfunk: playing when MP gets too much. In the 2nd big area. Very different from Tony Hawk, but still enjoying.

Fate/stay night REMASTERED – finished Heaven's Feel route! Got both Normal and True Ends. It was really awesome. Got some Tiger Stamps as well. 40th, the last one, for example.
What's about gaming related things...
Started watching Carnival Phantasm! Watched 8 episodes in one day. It's really funny.
Well, for now, it's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone.

Antonblast. Seeing as it just came out, I might as well play it.

Horizon zero dawn! Got a Steamdeck past week and oh man the family thing is a bless. This week I can finally sit down and play for a while tho. Happy gaming everyone!

Getting stuck in to Nier Automata. It’s a good game, pretty and with Platinum combat - but it’s the music that stands out the most so far. It’s absolutely top-tier.

I’m playing Returnal on PS5 and it's amazing. It took 9 hours and who knows how many deaths to finally beat Phrike, so I'm not exactly great, but it feels so good to play and I'm having to resist having just one more run. The need to take a break to stop my heart hammering quite so wildly after a particularly intense attempt is also keeping me from playing it too much. We'll have to wait and see if my countless failures during the remaining biomes wear me down, but for now I'm loving it and I've found myself thinking about it when I'm not playing, which hasn't happened with a game for a while.

I'll be continuing to progress through Hi-Fi Rush and Resident Evil 4 on the PS5. I also want to spend a bit more time with Toaplan Collections 3&4 on Evercade, with Batsugun and Knuckle Bash being the foci.
I might also dip into Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course and Guardian Heroes on the Xbox One X if time permits.
Have a great weekend all!

I will try to finish Kingdom Hearts.

Happy gaming everyone!

Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Genshin Impact
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Mario and Luigi: Brothership.

51 hours. Nearly there?

Lol.

On PS5 i will be playing Trails Through Daybreak and Zero Escape 999, I will also be trying Marvel Rivals to see if it can get hooked like the first Overwatch did.

On Switch its Mario and Luigi Brothership, I think I'm past half way now and it's been enjoyable so far albeit a bit tedious with the combat.

And on the Portal its more Tomb Raider Legend and Monster Hunter Rise via streaming which I'm currently using whilst playing it co op with the misses who's using the PS5. It's a great way to play those online co op games in the same room without having to own two PS5 consoles.

Still playing Dragon Quest XI after foolishly thinking I'd completed the game. I wasn't even remotely close to finishing it. I've been zooming all over the map doing side quests and getting my ass handed to me by hard level enemies. Some of the bosses create such funny moments, that I don't mind getting slaughtered by them. Such as the Scottish monster on the Other Side that brings out the disco lights and gets all your characters dancing. I don't think I'm too far off being able to take them down though. A few more levels (currently level 66) and they should start to fall. I've already got a load of 5 star equipment. Just need to get stronger.

Currently playing through New Super Mario Bros. U on my channel. The first episode won't be up until next week, but here's the link to my most recent YouTube series, Jak and Daxter:

https://youtu.be/bEYyB98t2OQ?si=r8G0uiIE6CsXevs5

There's a lot of games that recently got DLC I want to dip back into, so hopefully I'll get the chance to do that as well. Astrobot, Disney Speedstorm, Sonic x Shadow Generations.

Otherwise, I started a new file on Yoshi's Island DS as I haven't played that game in probably well over a decade and wanted to see what I would think of it after all these years. I'm starting on World 3. Some of the bosses are pretty neat, but otherwise, the game is kind of forgettable so far.

Having the gameplay spread across both screens is kind of annoying, as sometimes you can't see collectibles or enemies because they're hiding in the midsection between the two screens. The baby-swapping mechanic (that's a weird thing to say) doesn't add much depth either, as switching between them is always mandatory and it's super obvious which one you need, so it's not like there's a lot of experimentation or customization going on.

Xbox: Jumping between Indiana Jones and STALKER 2.
Switch: DQ11
PS5: Playing the Christmas level in Astro Bot.

Soul Reaver, Victory Heat Rally, and Cyberpunk 2077.

@BIG3
Thank you for reminding me about the christmas update.

I will not de-install Astro Bot again.

Picked up Batman: Arkham City on sale this week – ten bucks ain't bad – and its playing great so far. That should be my main focus for the weekend. Maybe some quick sessions of The Messenger or Cyber Shadow in between.

No Man's Sky (Switch): Been having a blast exploring, thinking of where to set up a new small base in a new Galaxy.
Super Mario 3D All Stars : Specifically Super Mario Sunshine.
Perfect Dark.

Good evening.
I played The Sims 4 PS4 on my PS5 machine. 😊

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, as I mainly have time for gaming the weekend. I also bough Victory Heat Rally in the new releases which seems a fun arcade racer.

Additionally I picked up a copy of Gremlins 2: The New Batch for NES in CeX yesterday, so will be playing that some more. It's a fun little game and I'd never played it before. Great music, but then it is Sunsoft.

Might just finish up DQIII, I'm pretty much near the end of it. Played Crow Country three times in a row this week, high recommendations for that one if you haven't played it, very charming survival horror game. I plan on getting through some shorter 2024 games over the remaining weekends of the year. This weekend will either be Mouthwashing or Victory Heat Rally.
But... I see it... Metaphor looms over the horizon... It's an ATLUS game, so I know I'm gonna be here for six thousand hours.

I'm waiting to open my Xmas present (Luigi's Mansion 2 HD) so this week just dabbing in some puzzle games - Railbound and Suika Game.

Various events suggest tangible motivation to spend some time in NMS and ESO while giveaways put Switch library newbies like Fueled Up, Alder's Blood or today's Ring Sculptors on the table. But the more staple pastimes also remain a crowd to elbow through - on Switch, it's the familiar odds of Xenoblade series, Isaac, EoW, Rune Factories, Personas, SR4 and Minstrel Song with the entourage of other itches like Bastion, Ori, Agarest, YesterMorrow, Scrapnaut, some driving across Burnout Paradise, Lego 2K Drive and Wreckfest, some investigating across Great Ace Attorney, Queen's Quest 2 and Danganronpa... and then on the other portables it's another range of possible sessions from EOU, Eternia, Unwound Future and Odin Sphere to Watch Dogs, Nights of Azure, Dishonored and FFXV.

And to borrow this public space for something more informative than my traditional displays of gaming moderation, a small update on the recent Switch delisting news for those interested - both affected NASCAR titles (Rivals and Heat) have scored 90% discounts for the remainder of their eShop tenure (December 31) while G.I. Joe Operation Blackout and Nerf Legends, both sharing the aforesaid deadline, are just off their own deep cuts but the respective deluxe editions were last discounted last month, so time will tell if there are more opportunities for those who don't have an extra $50 to allocate on a short notice. And since I'm even less reliable at such PSAs than NL, this link may come in handy overall.

Well the Christmas crunch is upon us, which is not a time conducive to gaming for a notorious procrastinator like me. How often I’ve wished lately that I could just park my merry butt on the couch and play a few runs of Astral Ascent or crack open some of my newest deliveries like Clock Tower Rewind, Star Wars Dark Forces, Wildermyth, or Wingspan, but there’s too many cards to write, gifts to wrap, or events to attend. 😵‍💫

Well, soon enough the rush will be through and there’ll be time to relax during some Holiday time off with the kids.

Wishing everyone a fun, non-hectic weekend! 🕹🎄

Este fin de semana voy a jugar Ys X
It’s really good so far, I just splurged a little and have decision paralysis, so I will start this game and then get distracted by Epic Mickey or Metal Gear Solid

The latter of which I played a lot in high school but am having a rough time returning to… I like to think that I am a more patient game player in my thirties… nope!! I have only gotten worse at stealth!

This week I will be mostly playing

Lego Skywalker Saga

Not fully decided but probably continuing with the MGS Master Collection (either start MGS3 or play more of the bonus content of MGS2). Nintendo usually does something in mid-December like an Indie World presentation (my guess would be December 17th this time) so don't want to start Brothership just yet.

I finished my first ever play through of Fire Emblem Three Houses which I have been playing on and off this year. I did the Golden Deer route and did all the main battles and paralogues on hard/classic. However, after I finished off every other enemy except for the boss on the last map, I found that I just had no way to take out the boss. This was a disappointing difficulty spike that didn’t really feel fair. I could maybe go back to the beginning of the month and grind a little or maybe buy and use just the right upgrades, but I was not confident in that so what I did was to just change the difficulty to normal and redo the battle to finish it.

Not sure what I am playing next. At one point recently I started Oracle Of Ages on NSO so maybe I’ll continue that. I should really get back to Tears of the Kingdom at some point too.

Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love for me!

Honestly, you'd think I'd be tired of otomes about the Shinsengumi, but it's a nice change of pace from both Hakuoki and Bakumatsu Renka. Where those two keep the historical action at the forefront (even in the more fantastical routes), in Amazing Shinsengumi it takes a backseat to the romance. So possibly not the best intro to the micro-genre that is Shinsengumi otomes, but kind of cool if you are a bit more seasoned to them.

Seiken Densetsu 2 in the mana collection still. Think I’m about half way.

Although spending more time playing solo on a new card game I got called Imperium Classics. It’s basically Civ in deckbuilder form, including the steep learning curve. Hopefully will get easier, spent the first couple of games looking at the manual and bgg forums than my cards! Seems fun though.

I'm playing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind with the wife and kids and working on finishing the Super Famicom version of Dragon Quest V. After Dragon Quest V, it's on to Fantasian.

These are always on the menu for family game time
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Sunset Riders
Super Bomberman R
Mario Party Superstars

dkc2 on my fav crtv. just got 102% for the first time ever. fun final boss fight, amazing alternate ending. working on all 3 save files.

Unicorn Overlord! about a dozen hours put in this week with many to go in hopes of completion by the new year. I’m finding it rather cozy after the frantic action of Prince of Persia: the Lost Crown which I FINISHED Sunday night. I enjoyed it for the Metroidvania it was, as well as the combat and the art direction but the story didn’t capture my attention. There was even some souls like difficulty with the bosses that had me bring down the difficulty. With Unicorn, I feel these Fire Emblem-ish vibes that are simple yet cool in their own way. And the tactics system is refreshing as well! It’s all about the preparation babyyy! Dare I say this may sneak into my top 3 games for 2024 which I thought I had set

I'll be finishing up Shadow Generations. I've absolutely loved it so until the final world, which is garbage. I'm not looking forward to the final boss. Still, the rest of the game has been one of the best 3D Sonic games I've ever played.

Beyond that, I'll be playing some Big Run in Splatoon 3. I do want to start Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom soon, but I think I'll wait until next weekend, when I start my Christmas holiday.

This weekend:

• Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
• Smash Bros Ultimate
• Mario Golf Super Rush

I'm playing the Big Run in Splatoon 3, and it's been rough. I admit that it's been a while since it was last available in BIG Big Run in June, but it's like people have gotten rusty with how to play Big Run at Wahoo World. You'd think people with impressive badges on their splashtag would know better!

@OorWullie the Scottish guy! Loved that battle! Spent most of it laughing at how much of a stubborn troll he was…what a game, what a game…definitely up in my top 10 all time. By the time I was done I had all my team on level 99.

I’ve been slacking on it long enough, so I’m making it an effort to finally wrap up Echoes of Wisdom this weekend. I also might try and finish up Mario RPG if I finish EOW quick enough, as I think I’m near the final dungeon. Also might do some Girafarig mass outbreaks in Pokemon Violet. I still haven’t finished the DLC either so I might maybe get that done before the end of the year.

destiny 2- christmas event started.
rune factory 4- I got this on xbox yesterday. I had no idea it was on xbox. It was on sale for $4 so I redeemed a $5 gift card with award points.
fortnite- I used to be aganst this game but as the game gets bigger the more I start to realize this game is not half bad.

I picked up Okami (it's currently only 4.99, people!), as I never completed it on Wii, and well, with this week's announcement how could I not dive back in?

Had a little bit of trouble getting my brother's Windblown to launch properly last night, but we think we know the problem, so hopefully we can get that sorted out and try out the update.
We might do a night of Dragons Age: The Veilguard (been progressing at the same rate), but tbh I don't foresee a whole lot of gaming this weekend. Lots of holiday prep to get through.
We are going to do some hotpot tonight! Not a game, but good for warming up all the same.

@Jack_Goetz it’s a beauty!

For now, I'm chipping away at Completionist++ in Balatro. I've gold-tagged more than 20 more jokers in the past week, so for the moment it still feels like there's regular progress being made. I'll probably start something new during the holiday period.

Going old school with Resident Evil. The GameCube remake that’s on Switch. And New Pokémon Snap. I got into that all of a sudden.

Been getting back into 3DS. I have the A Link Between Worlds Special Edition model, so I never considered getting a "new" model back in the day but last week I learned that the 3D effect is better! I didn't know it had head tracking.

I'm a total sucker for the 3D so I'm hoping to get one for graduating college next week. The extra buttons and c stick help in some games sure, but I'm most interested in not losing the immersion when the game gets intense haha.

Okay, so this week I was on a Monster Hunter kick, so I booted up my old Monster Hunter Rise save data. And after 6-7 hours of playing, I actually beat the game! It's amazing, actually, despite being filled with lots of deep and complex mechanics, the game is completely accessible to people who want to play the game with the basic armors, weapons, etc, without fancy effects. Great game.

Now with that said, I'll either be playing more Rise and hunt more monsters, or go back to my playthrough of Zelda Phantom Hourglass (need to go back to the Temple of the Ocean King to find the other 2 sea charts). Maybe a bit of both? Anyway, happy weekend everyone!

P.S. figured there was going to be a proper (console) Sonic spin-off for the next major 2025 Sonic release (Sonic Racing CrossWorlds). Hope it's good! TSR was really fun, but it was considered a little underwhelming.

@Mana_Knight Same. Brothership is the game that never ends!

I see why IGN gave it a 5. My first impressions had it at a 7, but I think I am dropping down to a 6. I am also nearly finished with the game, but I am pushing myself to finish..

YIIk: A Postmodern RPG, I'm eager to witness a studio pulling a no man's sky.

Picked up Animal Well and will be playing that. Got my physical copy of Marvel vs Capcom Collection. I finished Portrait of Ruin, the best of the d’vainias after taking a break upon completing Dawn of Sorrow. I am excited to start Order of Ecclesia.
In November, i took a month long hiatus from video games, part of which was afforded to me by an epic puppysitting stint.
That poppeh lives for walks. She’s like a fuzzy postal worker; nor rain nor sleet nor snow…
I only denied her a jaunt when it was well below freezing. But we still trekked in the face of unscrupulous conditions. There was this lady, who, whenever the weather was less than sublime, would appear on a second story apartment balcony and tell me it was too cold/rainy/snowy to walk a dog. My kingdom for a molotov!
Been playing DnD and, oh yeah, i bought Sonic X Shadow Generations at a reasonable price, but won’t start it for awhile.
Moonstone Island got a couple of updates recently. It’s been some time since i’ve played it(can you believe it?) so i should check in.
Note- Forgot to mention Vampire Survivors -Ode to Castlevania

Indiana Jones and Mario and Luigi Brothership

Void Scrappers. Really fun Vampire Survivors-like that should keep me occupied this weekend.

Probably close to the end of Nine Sols so I'll most likely beat it this weekend.

I finished playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed. The journey itself is arguably the smoothest out of all the Xenoblade games. The battle mechanics opens up quickly allowing players to experience the full extent of combat early, and the game encourages exploration with a variety of field crafted devices for easy traversal and other benefits. Matthew is a cool protagonist, his straightforward fighting style is my favorite to control. He's an energetic hothead who contrasts with Noah's more introspective and philosophical nature. The fanservice this game offers is great with returning characters such as Shulk and Rex, and locations largely based from Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition being the key highlights. It's a fantastic send off to the Klaus saga culminating all sorts of aspects from past entries into a singular celebratory experience. I attempted to do a 100% completion, but I fell short of beating two superbosses. They were so painfully difficult that I ended up doubling my playtime from 25hrs to 50hrs trying to beat them. Eventually, I was feeling burnt out, and decided to just quit the game before I started to despise it.

Following the playthrough of Future Redeemed, I also decided to replay the base game Xenoblade Chronicles 3. This time around I was much more appreciative of the story themes and the characters. The dynamics and chemistry between the main cast is exceptional. The events of Chapter 5 and 6 remain top tier and still manages to leave me emotionally exhausted by the end of it. I also had lots of fun customizing my team's classes and loadouts for optimal battle performances, which was understandably limited in the expansion DLC. Future Redeemed doesn't quite add the same level of emotional depth that Torna adds to its base game but rather parallels and lore to the world of Aionios. The events with Guernica for example only made me miss Matthew even more. The side quests are pretty good, some of my favorite hero's side quests are Miyabi, Sena, Zeon, Teach, and Ashera. There's a lot of 10/10 moments that I love from this game but some of the issues I had with this game were the overbearing tutorials, a couple of weak hero's side quest with underwhelming writing, the deserts of the Fornis region being my least favorite area to explore, and the distracting performance issues in the the vast Cadensia region. Same as with Future Redeemed I finished it feeling greatly satisfied, but I don't have the heart to continue playing much of the post-game content.

@DwaynesGames For sure. Mine has teetered between 6-8 throughout. Likely will peter out at 7. It has kept me playing for a huge amount of time in a short period but, like you, mostly because that is the length of the game and I just want it done and never revisited again. Good enough for that! But I cannot see myself playing in 20 years like I did with Mario RPG, Paper Mario 64 and TTYD after the same period.

It’s been a while since I posted anything. But I am not doing much gaming besides playing a little Mario party jamboree maybe. Some chaos head Noah probably. And on the 3ds side, bravely default 1 which I want to finish so I can be done with finally ughh. I am not liking that game much at all.

More Fire Emblem: Three Houses for me. My Golden Deer squad is rollin'. I've got my team where I need them now and just going up from here. On to the next battle!

Gonna sample Cash Cow I just picked up. It's on sale and cheap as chips right now. Love the Flynn's Arcade games.

Almost done 2nd palace in Persona 5 Royal. Great game, but intense. After about 20 hours I am going to take a break. Rocket League, Mantis Burn racing, Travel mosaics.

Happy gaming everyone!

Finished TES IV Oblivion this morning so I was ready to move on to something new.

After the recent Okami 2 announcement I was inspired to pick up the first game on Steam Deck in order to revisit it again. Still absolutely holds up.

King of Fighters XV (PS4): Purchased Vice & Mature, finished the Story mode with 2 teams.
Metaphor ReFantazio: Unlocked the Gunner Archetype.
Also, I purchased Dino Crisis (PS+), the game is so good (played it on PC years ago).
Have a great weekend everyone.

Splatoon 3 and Aggelos for me, happy gaming everyone

Nine Sols with a side of Factorio.

@mickholohan I totally get it! I couldn’t put Blasphemous down once it got going. Few games have the kind of compelling narrative, visuals, and overall world immersion that it does.

Maybe finish up Mario RPG on Switch? We’ll see.

@Li_Bae I love those games as you mentioned the music, atmosphere, gameplay, I absolutely adore it. Glued to it and replayed it multiple times.

In Minecraft, I'm trying to build BlueNerd's Minecraft castle, it's looking good so far! In A Hat in Time (Steam), I'm just doing achievements, now that I have 100%ed Subcon Forest. Last of all, in Fire Emblem Heroes, I am now up to the last chapter of Book III. I'll do it soon.

My usual Genshin Impact, but I also want to get further in Astro Bot for the PS5. I only got through the first level so far. Been too busy with work these last couple of weeks to really sit down and play.

I've been doing really good sticking with Epic Mickey (Switch) with my limited game time and avoiding Snowrunner (Switch). If I boot up Snowrunner first, then nothing else will get touched that session. Some plans fell through this weekend so in theory I should be able to get some extra gaming in. My honey-do list though is growing even as I type this so we'll see where that leaves me. I'm really hoping to get far (if not done) with Epic Mickey so I can lose myself in Snowrunner again.

I'm just playing TOTK almost all the time. The mod I'm playing is way too difficult for me, but I love it anyways. I'm duping fairies, horns, turnips, etc. So I'm having another awesome playthrough, basically. It wasn't until 2024 that I played using mods, but now I'm completely sold on how awesome they are!
I'm also trying out Ballionaire, but not sure if I think it's great. I'll have to keep playing.
I mostly play Wipeout Phantom Edition on Deck, but whenever I play it on my laptop it just amazes me. It looks incredible at 240fps. I hope Valve releases a steam deck that can display 240fps, or some other company releases a handheld that cam run steam OS and has a 240hz OLED screen that can also have selectable refresh rate like regular Steam Decks can. That would such a dreamy game machine!!

I am 30 hours in to M&L Brothership. I think this is the first time in my 50+ years of playing games that I really have to comment on a game. I am having so much fun! This game is enjoyable the art style and graphics are fantastic. I have such little time each week to play games, but doing everything I can to find time to play.

Early this year I finally finished Paper Mario: The Origami King - Nintendo Switch. I played that on and off for the past couple of years and finally decided to just get it over with. I found that kind of okay. To me a solid 7.

Later this year I bought The Thousand Year Door. Really struggled to get into this and have not found it super enjoyable.

For some reason Brothership hit in a way that the two Paper Mario games just never did. Maybe its because I played this series on the GBA and DS. It is weird as I usually somewhat agree with IGN ratings but man, I couldn't disagree more on this one. I am not a huge fan of long games so and not a big RPG fan, so while I would have been fine if this game was over by now I haven't lost interest yet. I have not ran into any bugs or game slow downs. Been playing on the TV about 90% of the time. Ran fine on my OLED too.

Oh and also trying to play Epic Mickey Rebrushed on my Series X. But that game is not quite as much fun as I remembered.

Well here we go with another awesome WAYP. The week was again the GOTY hunt. Trails Through Daybreak, Emio and Metaphor with some Mario and Luigi and Sonic X Shadow Generations and Black Ops 6. Yeah Sonic is back on the lineup as the new movie is coming out and I’m pretty excited. Most of the weekend was spent with Emio and Black Ops 6. Almost done with Emio and yeah it is starting to get really intriguing and I’m super excited for them to be like yeah THATS Emio. Black Ops 6 meanwhile it really is a fun game and a great story with excellent characters like Sev and Adler. Rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be some YS X Nordics again tho I think we’re getting close to beating it they’re usually like 10 chapter games. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Dawntrail, Metaphor, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Mario and Luigi Brothership, Super Mario Party Jamboree and Visions of Mana, Zenless Zone Zero too. Did dabble in Infinity Nikki and Marvel Rivals and both were pretty excellent tho I’m definitely more a fan of Nikki. Dragon Quest 3 HD 2D Remake and Fantasian Neo Dimension still ain’t been started and honestly post Game Awards I wanna pick up Balatro and Power Rangers so hahaha good luck to me I guess with those. Speaking of The Game Awards ruled I’m very happy with Clive in Tekken and Okami 2 and the new Naughty Dog game, Split Fiction RGGs Project Century, and Onimusha from Capcom. Think it was probably Geoff’s best show yet honestly like dude seriously killed it this show. Pretty happy Astro Bot won GOTY too it seriously is a excellent game that absolutely deserves a W like that. The wrestling things this week being WWE Saturday Nights Main Event was actually kinda just meh. The matches were fine I’m happy about the first United States Women’s Champion and the Liv and Iyo match was nice but overall kinda disappointing. Maybe RAW on NETFLIX will be a Banger. Anime of the week gotta go to Dandadan and Ranma 1/2. Yeah only did two shows this week but actually both were seriously solid and quite good. Podcasts of this week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Kit and Krysta, Last Stand Media, Easy Allies, Second Wind, Nextlander, Cultaholic Wrestling, Weapon Wheel Podcast and Remap Radio. As always yall stay safe, be awesome to each other. Have a totally amazing weekend and of course Happy Gaming.

@WiltonRoots I think I'm nearing the end of DQXI. I've done all the side quests and toppled all the bosses except for Calasmos. And I'm close to beating Durstan's third trial in 50 turns, just need to shave off a few moves 56 turns is my best so far... Other than the final Wheel of Harma trial, which I'm struggling with, gaining some gear and forging the Supreme Sword of Light, I think that's pretty much all there is to do. I'm at level 80 now. What level were you when you took Calasmos on?

@OorWullie my whole team were on level 99, I didn't finish all the trials and didn't do too much of the 2D side quests as it was entering random battle territory. I found a few spots with big silver enemies which were great to grind away and level everyone up before the final push...

@WiltonRoots I thought you might say that. I'm aiming for 99 but 19 more levels from just grinding is a lot of work. I might make my move soon and see how I get on.

@OorWullie best of luck! My first attempt at the end resulted in me getting a total hiding and having to change my tactics! Mind you for me the last grind was only about 10 levels and this spot accumulated points pretty quickly.