Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)

Finished Aggelos.
Completed it and loved every minute of it.

Started and finished CryoGear.
An enjoyable Metroidvania, so much so I went back through on New Game+.

Started its sequel of sorts, Ginsha.
More of the same with some nice additions, enjoying it so far.

Also ordered Bō Path of the Teal Lotus, Sanabi and Rusted Moss off Playasia so I have those coming to me in the next couple of weeks and I can't wait to hook into all of them.

Have a great weekend everyone and game on.

This week I will be mostly crying

Tears of the Kingdom

Splatoon 3, toree, and persona 4 however I didn’t play it last week as I was focusing on splatoon 3 and dead by daylight which I will probably play as well!

And of course as always I can’t wait to see more of persona 4’s story and characters. Oh and see how toree plays.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

I picked up Satryn DX as well. Like Robotron but on the Spectrum or something, with its palette. It's wonderful. Besides that just a lot of Quake and Quake 2 until Marvel VS Capcom Fighting Collection is released.

Been playing Pikmin 1, and now Pikmin 4.

It's good, and dog makes anything better, but I just feel the original was perfect first time.

Sometimes less is more.

@Zuljaras Singularity is a gem. I miss when Raven made things.

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope. I’m on the 5th planet, so probably I’ll finish the story this weekend and start wrapping up things for 100%. I’m already thinking, what to play next. Continue Persona 4 Golden? Or start Persona 5 Tactica? Or Ni No Kuni?

I finished The Sinking City last week. As a fan of Lovecraft's fiction, I enjoyed the setting and basic plot. There's also a great moment towards the end where the character discovers something that makes you rethink every decision made up to that point. But then you get a choice of 3 endings, all of which felt a bit flat. Shame. I'll probably still get the sequel when it comes out, though.

This weekend I will be playing Nintendo World Championship: Nes edition, Forza Horizon 4, Old School Rally and, perhaps, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.

Finishing up Stellar Blade

Started a new Animal Crossing: New Horizons island and bought the DLC, so I'm upgrading my house for the first time again!

Luigi mansion 2 HD
Just recently connected my Switch to my new Sony x95l 65” tv.
After adjusting settings I have never seen the Switch look so good. Mainly focusing on panning around so clear and smooth movement, no rubbish bluring and looking messy when rotating the camera in TOTK, amazing TV.
I’ve had an LG C3 and Samsung S90D but they can’t touch that Sony motion processing when set up correctly.

Spider-Man Miles Morales: I was of course a big fan of the first and this is both similar and different. Miles controls with the fluidity and agility you'd expect, but his different powerset offers more crowd control. He's also clearly more brash and less thoughtful than Pete, but his heart is clearly in the right place.

There's a lot of love given to Harlem especially (and its associated winter festivities) but all of New York is just as fun as the first to explore while web-slinging by at top speeds. It'll be all too brief by many accounts, but it's a thrill while it lasts.

@OldGamer999 Agreed. I just completed the game after last playing it a decade ago and man, what a step up in visual fidelity. Nowhere near 3, but I could see someone mistaking this for a new Switch game.

After completing Shadow of the Erdtree I’m ready to play something difficult, so I’ll be playing Tchia.

Ace combat 7 for me it really is excellent way better than I expected also I’m trying to finish Neo Breakout from Atari 50 got to level 26 at the moment I’m just hopelessly addicted to it

Still through trials of mana! My time for playing lately has been... oh well. If I manage to finish it during the weekend I'll grab bo! Happy gaming everyone!

I’ve been on holiday this week and have made the most of my analogue pocket.

Just completed Mario tennis on the GBA a few days ago (extremely underrated tennis rpg!)

I also finished Metroid zero mission, which I absolutely loved a few days ago too.

And lastly completed Mario advance 1 this morning!

I’m now on to Fzero gp legend for the rest of the weekend.

Happy gaming all.

I’m still working my way through my backlog of games that I played at release, but never got around to actually finishing. The latest game I’ve started over from scratch is Luigi’s Mansion 3, but I’m nearly done as I’m currently on the 15th floor. I absolutely love this game and I’ll be sad when it’s over, which should be today. Next up? Probably Metroid Prime Remastered. After all, I wrapped up Metroid Dread right before restarting LM3, and I’m definitely still in the mood for more Samus-flavoured action.

Yooka-Laylee is a great choice! The game itself is really good, but what makes it particularly memorable are the humour and soundtrack.

Bought a Steam Deck for game development, as it's a target platform for the game that I'm working on. Naturally, I wanted to try out a few games. Not a PC user, so only have a handful of titles in my Steam and GOG libraries, namely Half-Life 1, Thief 2 and Skyrim. While it's impressive what they've achieved, the Deck is not a substitute for gaming on the Switch.

On the Switch side, more TTYD. Not making much progress, though, taking it slow.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Today I played Nintendo Switch games for maintenance. 😊
1. Go Vacation
2. Animal Crossing New Horizons

I've basically dropped all other games for Tears of the Kingdom. I've been dabbling with various mods and cheats (really like all the new designs for armor with the female Link mod, also love the infinite wings and balloons with long lasting zonai devices mod). But once I started The Second Quest a few days ago I knew I'd found the best mod I've ever played. It's basically the master mode that I didn't know I wanted for TOTK. I've been killed (1 shotted) by chu chus, keese, lowest level constructs, etc. I took the excellent recommendation of the Second Quest devs and started a new file with the mod. So the first construct I saw taught me that this is a different experience! It was somewhat difficult to dispatch! I've been getting as many shrines as possible and almost only getting hearts (I usually max out stamina while mostly ignoring hearts) cuz I need them for survival. Oh yeah, one awesome experience was being chased by horriblins out of a cave. I killed horriblins out in Hyrule field, which I think is impossible in vanilla TOTK. I've gotten armor that I've never gotten in 600 hours of vanilla TOTK (many armor locations are changed). I've discovered cool weapon and armor buffs that help my mediocre skills out. I've even been surprised at how much I get a kick out of reading loading screen info tips that educated me about new attack details about enemies. On top of all that this mod has schema stones for autobuild that are from many of my favorite TOTK Youtubers! I'm also excited about the new system with cursed armor that bargainer statues can uncurse and then allow a great fairie to upgrade (I think that's how it works, haven't done that yet). A major thing that is also enhancing this experience with this mod is that I'm playing on update 1.2 so I can't use the easy duplication glitch that I've used ever since my first 240 hour playthrough. So I'm running out of stuff, hunting animals to sell valuable meat dishes to Beedle, and happy for everything I get from chests. I'm so impressed, and having so much fun with this mod! I can't wait till they improve it further with extended features, enable more dying of hopefully all armor, adding new puzzle shrines in place of blessing shrines, etc etc.
Have fun gaming everyone, and take care!
Oh yeah, I also wanted to mention I'm playing with Ultracam, so I can have frame rates up to around 70 or 80fps, and can change the weather (I get tired of rain sometimes because it reduces the frame rate), and can simply detach the camera from Link and go flying around Hyrule (it's weird to see the low detail versions of places far away from Link).

Still suffering through ZenlessZoneZero.... Man.... I just want this game to end already.... HELP....!!!! MiHoYo can't write a game for SHlT!!! 😭

Still Celeste. Just played for the last hour and my hands are aching. Might break it up by start something else off the backlog that’s less intense. Maybe What Remains of Edith Finch.

Also kind of tempted to fire up Darkest Dungeon on my iPad after reading the review of the second game. But I did get a bit fed up of it first time round, despite enjoying the ambience of the game. We’ll see.

Edit - fired up Darkest Dungeon but didn’t get past the title screen, just couldn’t be bothered. So I had a run of Slay the Spire (almost beat level 9 with the Silent) and then started Metroid Zero Mission on switch online. Loving it!

Xbox: Im in act 3 of Baldurs Gate 3. Have started googling all the quests because Im kind of burned out and would like to finish the story.

Switch and PS5: Nothing at the moment.

Recently finished: Just wrapped up my 3rd playthrough of Witcher 3. Game still holds up after all these years. Had a wonderful time revisiting.

I finished Nintendo World Championships NES Edition yesterday so I'm now deciding on my next game. Leaning towards either Tomb Raider 3 + its DLC or TTYD with the other one being the game I play afterwards.

I actually started Rusted Moss this time instead of saying I'll do it and then never do, it takes some time getting used to the bungee-rope-like grapple but it's very fun so far
I also picked up Satryn DX, very fun endless twin-stick shooter
Got some Groove Coaster DLC on sale so I'll also be playing that
Have a good weekend everyone

Kid Icarus Uprising

@Elitepatriot How are you finding it?

Ravenous Devils , which I find okay so far. It’s basically Sweeney Todd: the game.

Monster Hunter Stories for the Switch, I’m enjoying it. Usually don’t care for Pokémon likes but I do enjoy this one.

Animal Crossing:New Horizons. Not really putting in hours but more checking up and doing things here and there.

Finished Afterimage on Friday, and wow... what a great metroidvania. The map was massive, and there was so much to explore and get lost in (which i did, frequently). The combat got surprisingly challenging, probably because I always deviated from the intended story path. Every chance I had I logged time in it. I wish the story was better, and the performance wasn't flawless, but it was totally worth the playthrough. It was so good, I may double dip on Xbox if the performance is solid.

As for this weekend? I'm trying a few things. I'll be starting Pepper Grinder and maybe Outer Wilds. On the Xbox front, Im interested in checking out Dungeons of Hinterburg and finishing the absurdly ridiculous McPixel 3.

I never imagined I'd see the day when I'd enjoy an Action Roguelite more than Hades. Hades was just that good, memorable, and fun, an easy 9/10. I just subconsciously thought I'd seen the peak.

I like Action Roguelites because its very nature forces developers to not slack off on the main playable character's base stats from the get-go, but as a rule of thumb, I ultimately find the meta-progression aspects frustratingly sparse. Sometimes even the progression during the runs falls very short as well. In Have a Nice Death, the in-run frustration is high. In Dead Cells it's considerable at Nightmare difficulty and above. In Hades, it's mild. But lo and behold, there's this wonderful game called Astral Ascent.

Funnily enough, it was quite hard to place Astral Ascent when I started playing it, I was playing on and off, trying to figure the game out. But when it clicks, oh boy, what an amazing find it is. A Roguelite that is challenging, fun, interesting, and does not skimp out on meta-progression. Playing Have a Nice Death feels like gambling against the establishment, but playing Astral Ascent feels like the game is looking for an excuse to reward you while embracing you in a warm blanket. What an absolute blast!!

I gave Life is Stange True Colours a try as on sale, but it's not held my interest as the original did on PS3 back in 2015. Also picked up the First and second Samurai games pack for Switch. I remembered the C64 version of the original getting a good review in Zapp!64 and I never did play it. Odd, but interesting weird games. You can really sense that Amiga / C64 style era in the design, though I see the Mega Drive game is totally different to the Amiga version.

Still playing the excellent Parasol Stars (finally having played the game with the Switch release) and it sent me back to try Bubble Bobble 4 Friends again, which is pretty fun too.

I also feel like some simple arcade racing games this week, so maybe some Daytona or Ridge Racer 7 on PS3.

More Quake II on Switch, never played it before but I loved the first Quake on Sega Saturn back in the day, amazing having such… exquisite versions of both games on the Switch. Also my son was playing Downwell on my Switch so I had a few blasts of it as he left it running in sleep mode, still fun and addictive 😅

@AmplifyMJ Agreed on that, Saturn Quake was great at the time, especially as I played it after the super low framrate version of Doom (which I still completed as was the only version I had access to at the time).

@trymer89
Yes the game does look better at 1080p.
It’s more what the Sony TV is doing with its masterful process power to bring the best out in the Switch console.

Powerwash Simulator all the way! I just started it up for the first time yesterday and I'm hopelessly addicted. I think I've already clocked over 5 hours into it, and im sure there will be many more. It's the exact type of game I've been needing for awhile. Just something to relax and utterly chill out with. It's dumb, it's mindless, but I can't stop cleaning. I don't know what's wrong me with me, but I'm having a blast, so I'll just roll with it.

Omg is it really Saturday already? I’ve been at my parents home all week helping my dad around.
Which means that I’ve not had much time for games, but I have managed to carve out an hour or so in the evening to play Paper Mario: TTYD and it’s finally as good as everyone always said! I almost fell off in chapter 2, but the Glitz Pit pulled me in so hard and now that I’m in Twilight Town it’s just the coolest game ever!

Also Super Kiwi 64 cuz I realized I never did play that one

Little Kitty Big City! It’s great!

TTYD continues to do very well in these weekly polls.
Yep! More of that. Doing a bit of recipe creating at the moment, trying to fill out the recipe logs by fetching ingredients and mixing. No idea where I found the Cake mix though! Or horsetail. I know I need more to make a lot of them.

Still bimbling through DQXI, approaching 45 hours. Love for cheesey old-fashioned RPGs thoroughly reignited so wondering what to try next, should anyone have any thoughts 😁😁
Also revisiting a bit of Darkest Dungeon after seeing the second one pop up everywhere. Absolutely useless at it, beyond doomed from the start, but the bits i can survive are fun, and cheerfully hurling corrupt idiots toward their inevitable destruction is strangely edifying.

Crypt of the NecroDancer – bought Hatsune Miku DLC and completed the game as Miku!
Corpse Party: Blood Drive – playing Chapter 00.
BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS – farming BPs and EXP in Raid Mode. Bought some permanent upgrades. Leveled up to 40th level.
Well, for now, that's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone.

Still Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. I will be trying to complete the Pit of 100 Trials before I complete chapter 1 (so no Crystal Stars for me!) and it’s really difficult, but I think it’s possible!

I am gonna play Mario rabbids, sparks of hope. So love that gameplay.
After that i am gonna play Tears of the kingdom again and smashbros.

Switch - worked out what to do on The Messenger and on the home stretch now - 2 more power seals to go!

PS5 - Sifu - replayed the museum a couple of times to lower my age

I have been playing a little bit of Tetris 99 and Tears of the Kingdom in between as breaks, but otherwise exclusively Bayonetta. The goal of my second playthrough this time is to get all Platinum trophies in hard mode. I'm at 13 so far, missing 5. I don't known if I will manage but I'm having a great time playing this game. Feels like it was made for me. Also can't get enough of "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Riders of the Light". Despite being very "keyboard-y" I love those songs and versions.

Wish you all a great weekend and gaming time 🧡

Some more Warioworld on Gamecube 😄

Kunitsugami and My time at sandrock on series x. Still working on Peach Showtime on switch. Final baking stage is destroying me.

@Vyacheslav333 Hey, can I ask how is the Miku music in the game? Worth checking out on its own? Many new songs/versions?

I haven't played the game, but was not of fan of the gameplay in Cadence of Hyrule already . .

Switch plans for the weekend range from Xenoblades, Rune Factories, GTAs and first person sequels (Bioshock 2, Borderlands 2, Doom 3) to Isaac, Symphonia and Potion Permit to Civ 6, Dredge and Dave the Diver - with a good few other possibilities like Fuga, Descenders, Truck Driver, Great Ace Attorney and First Departure inbetween. Deck is likely to bounce among FF, Tales and TES stuff plus possibly more Watch Dogs, GTA V and Kingdom Hearts while its console peers from the handheld domain may well see more Eternia, Gravity Rush, Endless Frontier, Luigi's Mansion, Unwound Future and/or Valentia.

Elsewhere, some NFS, RE3R and MotorStorm Apocalypse on PS4, some SMT Liberation and Nikke on mobile (on top of the former's MadoMagi event, there's apparently a Dave the Diver one of all things in the latter - even mimicking some gameplay!😆)... the phone may also see a visit to Genshin Impact and a bunch of Bingo Frenzy matches that I've been doing just to grind levels for a crossover currency offer with Disney Heroes (these occasional ventures got me a good few of the latter's VIP perks without a cent spent, and most of them have seemingly been bingo games🤔😆) and that once again makes me wistful for a full-fledged single player hybrid boasting inventive bingo board gameplay. I mean, it's not hard to dream of one after we've seen nonograms, pinball and even solitaire permeate fun genre mashups, but even if something like that exists, looking it up is easier said than done as Google's mind goes in the same.direction when you add the word "bingo" to any others. ¯(ツ)/¯ Sigh, maybe someday - surely I'm not the only one in the market for, say, a bingo roguelite?😄

Tried Streets of Rage for the 1st time (idk how I've put it off for this many decades). Super awesome, got to Round 6 before getting my butt wooped. Will play more SoR's from the Genesis collection, see if anything of interest on NSO, and pick away at Skyward Sword

My wife was playing a mobile game the other day called My Little Universe that looked like a relaxing collectathon. Who knew that the Switch had an upgraded version of the game? So much fun!

I’m playing Dungeons of Hinterberg on Steam Deck (which really needs to come over to Switch because it’s GotY material). Like a Zelda/Prince of Persia hybrid that appeals to anyone who loves those style games and also romping around European mountains, towns, and villages.

@nhSnork I’m still trying to figure out which Xenoblade I want to start back up with. I’ve gotten halfway through the original so many times and just stop playing for something else. I’ve been thinking about starting Xenoblade X because it’s more of a standalone from what I’ve read.

Wylde Flowers still. I can't game as much as I'd like this weekend, but I'll have some time for it. This game has more to it than I thought.

@Morsel I actually got both Tactica and Sparks of Hope as Amazon Prime Day deals. Got them for about $20 each!

These past few days have been pretty fun! I took huge advantage of some Amazon prime day deals this week. I got the following games:

Mario and Rabbids (BOTH original game and Sparks of Hope)
Under Night in Birth 2
The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match
Persona 5 Tactica
Dragon Quest 1-3 (PlayAsia version)

And along with those games, I also got an 8 Bit Do arcade stick for $10 less! I’ve been testing it out with Pac Man via Museum+, Skullgirls 2nd Encore , and Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. It’s working very nicely! I plan to try some more arcade-esque games with it this week.

On Sunday, we are actually going to visit my grandma after not going last week due to inclement weather. I plan to get back into Sea of Stars on the car ride.

Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) and Motorstorm (PS3)

Last week's post was that I might start a second playthrough of XC3. This week's post is that I have started a second playthrough of XC3.

Not sure what I’ll end up playing this weekend, but hopefully I’ll find some time to continue my playthrough of Persona 5 and maybe continue on with my Resident Evil playthrough as well. Other games i would end up playing would be R6 and The Finals. It’s been a long couple of weeks for me so happy gaming everyone!

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS) - I've made it about halfway through the Ruins.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - I've made it to chapter 5 in my Hard run so far.

NBA Jam (Windows Phone) - This actually plays pretty well on a touchscreen!

I'm hoping to finish Shadow of the Erd Tree this weekend. Assuming that doesn't take every gaming moment, I'll be playing more of Namco Legendary Edition Picross and maybe sneak in a game of Rise of Nations with friends.
That's probably it, but I might grab Kunitsu-gami, too.

This is my last weekend of summer breck before I start my senior year.
Asphalt legends unite(xbox)- The huge update that came out reignited by passion for the game.
Call of duty mordern warfare remastered(xbox)- borrowed my dad's copy to play the single player campaign.
fallout 4- As always.

Balatro and Splatoon!!!

@KillerTan98 Nice! I may be the only other person who has both of those games.

I’ll be wrapping up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice first. I’ve already beaten the main story and am currently playing the special episode, Turnabout Time Traveler. It’s certainly one of the most unique entries in the series, particularly because of the Khura’in trials and, well, the “legal revolution” plotline. Honestly, that last case in particular is super exhausting, even on a second playthrough. But the special episode is a pretty fun one this time, being the first case with Phoenix and Maya investigating together since Trials and Tribulations.

I’ll probably take a little break from Ace Attorney after the current case. I was going to replay the Great Ace Attorney games, but instead I’ll probably play something new with Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. Not really sure what to expect from that one, though from what I know it has a similar gameplay loop to Ace Attorney’s investigation phases.

Once again this weekend, still playing the gem of SWITCH

And that is GRID!!! Freaking great racing on Switch.

Quake! (anyone can tell which DOOM -or DOOM/Quake style game I should grab next! What is best of the best on Switch?)

Mario Galaxy (Switch with pro Controller)

Virtua Fighter 5 with fightstick

Street Fighter (various;30th collection, SF4, SF6 across Switch and Series X and 360 also with fightstick)

Steam:

• Forza Horizon 4 (trying the seasons achievements before the servers shut down)

Switch:

• Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope going to the second world
• Easy Come Easy Golf Rank 5 (going to the 5th boss.....this game is stellar)

I need opinions about Mario Golf Super Rush....

Mostly ALBW but also Live a Live and some Still Wakes the Deep.

Edit: also splintered fate as I just bought it for co op with my little guy.

I'm on vacation right now, took my first flight and everything. But that doesn't stop me from playing a game or too! I just started Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, and it's actually a really neat metroidvania. A little messy, but still pretty good. I also started Kirby and the Forgotten Land, but honestly, I think I still want to play Wonder Boy and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (which I'd already started). Oh, and I brought my 2ds, but that's really just for streetpass (hi Zion). Have a good weekend! I know I will.

@Yalloo I'm not Miku's nor vocaloids fan, but OST is awesome, imo. It's definitely worth checking out.
@OwenGamer22 UNI2! 👍

I had been playing Pokemon Sword and GTA4 but I just wrapped both of those up in the past day or two, so probably going to switch to the Famicom Detective Club games or Great Ace Attorney.

Of course i’m still playing Moonstone Island, but this weekend is EVO 2024 and fighting games are to be played and watched. KoF XV top 8 is in a couple of hours and i’m excited for that. I will be jumping into Capcom Fighting Collection to play some Darkstalkers games and hopefully can pin down a friend for some Last Blade 2 and KoF 98, XIII,XV and Soul Calibur 6.
I remember back when SF2 was all the rage, a fellow who claimed to be from California unleashed himself upon our small community and he tore through us like a croc through wildebeests. He was short, thin, pale with long black hair and a longer black coat. His countenance reminded the lot of us of a certain thirsty count, and as he gave not his name, we referred to him as Vlad.
Vlad was a talented and knowledgeable player, and any member of our cadre of bumpkins who dared challenge him at Street Fighter 2, was left weeping and drained, bereft of any semblance of pride or dignity.
Most cowered from further challenging him, but my thirst for his knowledge equaled his thirst for victory over scrubs.
Vlad wouldn’t share it. He wouldn’t divulge any of his secrets and all that i learned from him, i learned by watching and playing.
When i finally took a game off him, he cast off his raiment of cool, calm humanity and flew into a howling rage of curses and spittle. Vlad stormed from the arcade with preternatural speed, and i was never to see him again. But that was cool, as i had tasted of him and thus become a monster in my own right. Few were they who dared challenge me after Vlad’s visit, and fewer still were those who put up a fight.
Thanks for the anecdote, Vlad!
I picked up Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! and it is an excellent video game adaptation of the Sorcery! Books. I reread Kate’s lovely review before purchasing to get myself primed.
Anyways, i’ve typed more than enough…
have a swell week of gaming and take care all!
P.S. SvC Chaos is coming to Switch!
P.P.S. Grabbed Epyx Rogue off the eshop and am trying it out.

When my weekend starts I'll most likely continue playing through Sifu (Switch). I already beat it with both endings but I'm so addicted to the gameplay I just love playing through the levels over and over again. For whatever reason the 'Arenas' just don't do it for me.

I'll also continue Zelda Skyward Sword (Switch). I'm not a Zelda guy by a long shot but always respected everything about it. So far it's pretty good but I just haven't had the time to really dig into it. The controls are taking time to get used to but I'm sure I'll adjust in time.

@FishyS Sorry to hear about you falling ill. Covid can be nasty, i’ve had it before. I hope you mend well, my friend!

@JohnnyMind Have a safe and fun time at the Con!

@KateGray The Planet Crafter looks fun. I saw your post on BlueSky with Fluker’s gut load for crickets. I once had a roomie who kept a Veiled Chameleon as a pet. He used Fluker’s products to load his cricket’s guts with nutrition before offering them as fare to his reptilian pal. He also used Fluker’s calcium dust, to season them. A rather horrific ordeal from the cricket’s perspective, i imagine. Apologies, but i have had the itch to share this info after seeing the post. I look forward to your upcoming reviews!

@Diogmites do yu wanna play Capcom Fighting Collection online?

Planning on going through some more Nier: Automata today. I just went through the amusement park area for the first time, and the game keeps on getting better and better.

@Rykdrew No thank you, i am busy working and watching EVO right now, and later will be gaming with an old high school buddy. But thanks for the offer!

@Diogmites KOF XIII is my favorite of the franchise, but I would like to try 98 and 2003.

@Vyacheslav333 I do own the first game digitally, so I would like to play that first so I know what I’m getting into lore wise. I think there are physical versions of that game for Switch as well, so I’ll maybe get one in the distant future…

I don’t know, man, there’s just something so nice about owning a tangible cartridge!

Picked up Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus…it’s gorgeous and the music is great, and it was playing great…for a while. Hit upon a boss which took forever to clear two stages of it only for it to kill me at the third. I don’t mind a challenge but those first two stages weren’t even difficult, they were just repetitive as hell. Could not be bothered to go through it all again after such a waste of time.

I’ll go back to it later but man. I hope it gets some fine tuning because there’s a lot going for it but there’s a fine line between challenging and frustrating and it’s crossed it in the first few hours.

@OwenGamer22 XIII is imho the best of the series and it’s a favorite of mine too along with ‘97, ‘98, ‘02 and XV. Hope you enjoy ‘98 and ‘03 if you get to them!

@OwenGamer22 Understood.
@Diogmites @OwenGamer22 XIII's roster is boring. There was a lot of returning/default/staple playable characters. XI had awesome roster. Sucks that it still stuck on PS2 and PS3.

@Vyacheslav333 I disagree with your assessment of XIII’s roster in that it is boring, but i agree that there are a lot of returning characters.
XI and XII are the only two main series’ games i’ve never played.

Finishing up the Apollo Justice Trilogy. Kinda in the mood for Some Mario Golf too.

@Diogmites XII is trash, anyway. It took the place of Dream Match title of the Tales of Ash Saga arc. I hate that SNK did it to KOF after amazing XI.
@FishyS Oh... Get well.

@Vyacheslav333 I picked up the strategy guide for XII , despite not having ever played it, and i was surprised at how small the roster was for a Dream Match game.
The game seems… different. I need to play XI!

@Diogmites «I need to play XI!»
We all need it... We're all waiting for this...

@Keegsy yeah, if you want to approach the series from a different angle, you have two routes. XCX has a different world and lore, focusing on exploration and sidequesting above the main story, but its battle system is somewhat more reminiscent of XC1. XC2 has comparatively more story and cast focus, the most mandatory fast travel in the series and spoilers for XC1 finale circa its own (as a chronologically concurrent entry, with the subsequent XC3 a followup to both games), but as a native Switch game, it was the first to map most of the battle UI to face buttons and made other notable gameplay changes. But you can hardly go wrong with any order, so pick whatever you think may hook you stronger - even aforementioned XC3 itself. Every Xenoblade is largely self-sufficient among the others, prior franchise knowledge just grants proportional recognition and overarching lore perks.

Wound up with more free time than expected this weekend, so I'm going to try to finish The Messenger. Making up my mind whether to stick with Persona 5 Royal or shift to a different game, namely Ys VIII: Lacrymosa of Dana, which I've false started on at least 4 times.

Also working an electronics-based experiment and some minor hiking and cooking a fancy dinner.

Happy gaming everyone!

I’ve finally started playing Disney Illusion Island today now that Splatoon 3 is winding down and I’ve finally started to play that game less. It’s great, though I’m a little bittersweet that I’ve put it off for so long just like several other games on my backlog. I know my games are good or else I wouldn’t have bought them, but I’m terrible about playing evergreen games like Splatoon, Smash, and Animal Crossing in the Switch era. It’s a sickness I want to avoid on Nintendo’s next system!

I, surprisingly, won't have as much time as I thought I'd have. 🙁
so I decided to actually dabble in my backlog. On the menu is...

Cyber Shadow
I've been in the mood for some neo retro action, and this one is long overdue. This game scratches that itch very well, with just enough "get gud" and the right amount of QoL to keep me invested and respect my time. I'm in to the 5th stage now, the research lab.

Act Raiser Renaissance
Time to kickoff the 3rd area, Kasandora. It's funny... if this were the original Act Raiser, I'd probably have been done with this game by now. But with these mini action stages and tower defense segments thrown in, it takes me a couple hours to get an area done now. Even though this is a remake, this will suffice as my weekend retro play.

Shovel Knight Dig
The jury is still out if I particularly "like" rogue-likes, since I enjoyed playing Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Double Dragons, and I'm biased to Double Dragon. But I like Shovel Knight and it's world, so I admit this gameplay loop is rather fun. I'll try to uh... dig more into this game to see how far I can get this time.

F-Zero 99
I'll get this in wherever I can.

Well so far it's been Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (being bested by Launchers inside the whale) and, at the request of my kid, Dragon Quest Builders, which I started years ago but haven't played for 18 months and still need to finish - love the game, dislike the boss fights.

I’m pretty far in thousand year door but golden sun is kind of getting its hooks on me. When I get back home from this trip it’ll be back to Elden ring

@RubyCarbuncle Apologies!!
I just typed that you had zombie fever and that last year i played Dead Island and Dying Light as part of a quest i undertook to find the best zombie game i hadn’t already played. Dying Light was a standout title.
And i mentioned that i was interested in reading your thoughts on Dead Island 2 if you get to it.
I think that was everything in the message.

Whoa just got back from the beach and realized I almost missed the weekend update!

Believe it or not, my physical copy came in so I’ve hit the Oregon Trail!
My first party hasn’t yet died of dysentery or snakebite. It’s been a fun little distraction of a game.
Have a great weekend everyone! 🕹🦬🏜

I've officially dived into The Legend of Heroes series on Switch with Cold Steel III! I originally wanted to play Cold Steel I & II first but I got tired of waiting for Switch ports and just read the backstory section in the game instead. I finished the prologue and am a good way into chapter 1 and I'm having a blast. Can't wait to play the rest of this series over the next few years!

So, I recently started a YouTube channel and have been recording a bunch of videos in bulk over the weekends doing let's plays. Hopefully this won't get deleted for advertisement, as it's still related to the article, but my channel is called "Nintentrovert," and I'm about to finish my third series if episodes, which is Spyro the Dragon. I recorded a couple episodes today and yesterday and would like to maybe finish by tomorrow. I've also started recording some footage for Super Mario Bros. 3 but haven't uploaded it yet.

Otherwise, I've been playing through Pokémon Shining Pearl. I've never been a big Pokémon guy and never played D/P back in the day or anything. I started Shining Pearl like a gear ago but only played the first five hours and put it down because I got bored. I started a new file and am now 12 hours in, I've gotten to the beachside town with the resort. I'm still not blown away or anything--I really don't know if traditional Pokémon is for me. The NPC's are so painfully generic, they have nothing of interest to say, the most basic names, and often reuse the exact same character models. It's like the newer Paper Mario games with all Toad's, but even worse! And the battles are often pretty mind-numbing. I constantly get stopped when en route to the next area, and I usually just keep mashing A to have my starter Pokémon do his strongest attack until the other Pokémon faint, rinse and repeat.

I wonder if it's because I don't engage in the social aspect that Pokémon doesn't click with me, since I'm not trading with anybody or doing multiplayer battles or anything. As a solo experience... traditional Pokémon just feels kind of "meh" to me. I keep waiting for this multi-billion-dollar juggernaut of a franchise to click with me, and I did quite enjoy Legends Arceus and even aspects of Violet. But what little I've played of this game, Let's Go Pikachu, and Sword (which I did actually finished but haven't bought the DLC, although I plan to give it a go) I just find them stale and repetitive. I genuinely want to like Pokémon though.

@Not_Soos Good for you and your YT channel, I went for a quick look last time you mentioned it, I was a bit curious. It was funny to actually see and hear you, you know, compared to reading your comments here and seeing an avatar 😅 Hope you're enjoying yourself with it.

Aside from trailers and tips, I'm almost never in the mood to watch YT videos, I guess that's why I like to hang out here on NL, plain old text is so much more to the point imo. And the community here never disappoint, YT comments are usually quite boring.

Anyways, hope you'll click with the Pokemons soon, and otherwise I'm sure you'll find some other great games to play!

@TheWanderingBard Don't you just love that amusement park music! One of the tracks that left the biggest impression on me from the whole game.

The new Shiren arrived. Yeah!

Well here we go with another interesting WAYP. Been a weird week around here. Wanna start with a little sadness but yet some inner peace. Whats gotten me down these past couple weeks has kinda led to a conclusive end. They’ll probably never see this and who knows maybe one day down the line we’ll be back again but for now farewell Agent Gap and Akibread. Perhaps one day we’ll meet again. Agent Gap you’ll always be my sweet Miorine. To lighter topics uh I played that new Nintendo World Championships and honestly that game is way way nicer neater and better then I ever expected. I’m really getting to enjoy these old games I didn’t think I ever would. Definitely loving it a lot. Not really gonna get another shot at Concord but again I reiterate how fun it is I cant wait for full release. Also saw that new Nick Cage movie LONGLEGS. Incredible movie I loved it a lot. Real big Alan Wake vibes from it I loved it. Thinking the rest of the weekend will just be a Persona 3 Reload or FFXIV Dawntrail weekend. Gotta keep working at that game if I want to beat it by my deadline of August 19th a fitting full moon. The weekend is also EVO Weekend so I’m looking forward to the other announcements of the weekend like Guilty Gear and Tekken and so on. Already getting Mature and Vice for KOFXV was pretty sweet. Probably after all the announcements are all said and done I’m thinking of either getting a presumed Season 4 Pass for Guilty Gesr Strive and the Tekken 8 pass since those are the only ones I think will be purchasable since vice and mature are December 😔 and a standard edition of Star Waes Outlaws or just the presumed GGST pass and a gold edition of Star Wars Outlaws. Snagged preorders on Emio and the new Splatoon amiibos so that’s also pretty sweet too. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Paper Mario, more P3R and some Stellar Blade, Monster Hunter Stories, Trails Through Daybreak, FFVII Rebirth Kunitsu Gami and countless more I’m probably missing ahahaha. Goal is same as before just clear out most or all of the first half of years of games before the second half really kicks off. Speaking of Monster Hunter I now own all the Monster Hunter Stories Amiibos and they are so freaking cool. Getting super hype for WWE Summerslam too that’s gonna be so hype I seriously can’t wait for Solo Vs Cody, Rhea Vs Liv and so many more. Anime of the week gotta go to Kaiju No.8, Oshi No Ko, Delicious in Dungeon and Urusei Yatsura of course. 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 and Remap Radio. As always yall stay safe, be incredible to each other. Love those who love you. Have an beautiful weekend and of course Happy Gaming.

Wanna finish up the story mode of Bright Paw: Definitive Edition. It's a really fun puzzle game, not too hard, that draws you in with an excellently told story.

Maybe go back to Ministry ofBroadcast. and then for normal platforming: Flynn: Son of Crimson.

@trymer89 Its good, some of the dodging and blocking can be a little strange at first, you need to hold block and press it really quick again to do multiple blocks in a row for example. I think if you ever played Neir: Automata, this game is very similar in themes. Story is very close as well.

@Yalloo Oh, indeed! Those tracks were hauntingly beautiful, the music in this game’s been incredible so far.

@Yalloo

Hey, thanks for checking out the channel! It's very much appreciated! I honestly couldn't remember whether I had already posted once before about it on here, lol. I'm enjoying it, although I definitely feel very self-conscious at the same time. There's lots of moments I'll think back on like, "That was incredibly cringe, I should have cut that part out."

I've wanted to do YouTube for years but have always just been too fearful of the online scrutiny that comes with it. Unpleasant comments, getting doxxed and harassed, all that fun stuff. But I've been really dissatisfied with my job lately as a telephone worker and feel like I'm always having to put up with verbal abuse from clients. I figure if I'm going to be stuck having people berate me, I might as well have them berate me while I'm doing something I love, lol.

That said, I think it's definitely starting to get a bit easier for me. I'm starting to loosen up and be a bit more natural on camera and less fixated on what people are going to say. I'm also learning new things about video capture and editing as I go. I've always been a perfectionist, which is something that has always been a hindrance to me since I don't like to start a project unless I know I'm going to give it 110% of my effort. But I'm trying to break away from that mentality and just put out videos, regardless of how "quality" they are.

I could be making individual thumbnails for each video, for example, but right now this is just a fun hobby and not a primary source of income or anything. So, if making thumbnails in Photoshop feels like too daunting of a task for me right now, I think it's best for me to just not worry about it and just be okay with my imperfect content going out into the world. Flawed videos are at least better than videos that never get made. I suppose. In time, as I get more inspired and if my channel starts to gain traction, then at that point I might start investing more into editing and coming up with appealing thumbnails for my video. I don't even have an original PFP or banner art. But I'm trying not to sweat all that right now and just focus on doing what's fun.

While I initially had to force myself to make content, I'm honestly starting to look forward to another day of recording! I hope to keep it going for as long as it's enjoyable--whether it gains viewership or not! It gives me something enjoyable to do that also feels productive, and it gives me a sense of accomplishment to work toward other goals. So, here's hoping I don't lose steam!

@Not_Soos Thanks, I always find it interesting to read about people's motivations.
And it sounds that it's not only a hobby but maybe a kind of therapy of sorts.
I always thought that videogames (like many other activities) help to learn about yourself. And maybe making content and putting yourself out there is similar and maybe even next level. So, kudos for that, really good of you/for you.

Now, when I read your comments, you come off as a clever person, and I was a bit sad to read you're a telephone worker. Of course I don't know exactly what you do, but I worked in a call center in the past and that wasn't rewarding. So I cross my fingers that this will be a stepping stone for you, that you'll find something rewarding where you don't have to put up with so much hate and frustration. And that in the meantime YT can be an outlet to escape this negative place.

Luckily you've also got all those great games to play, and I know how positive and helpful that can be.

✌🏻 & 🧡