Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)

Final Fantasy XVI: Never played one but I've always known of them and been a big RPG fan and so far it's pretty great. Clive is an interesting character with a compelling motivation and it's fun seeing Cid (someone I recognize from Kingdom Hearts) albeit as a reincarnation.

The combat is fluid and dynamic, almost balletic, and the world is starting to open up. It has a very Game of Thrones feel to the politics of different nations that is compelling and engrossing to watch unfold.

The side quests are a bit rote but everything else is on point.

Finished The Messenger. What an amazing game, loved it.

Also finished The Company Man.
A great little action platformer that I really enjoyed..

Started The Knight Witch.
It is a great mix of bullet hell shooter and Metroidvania with some great music and art. Can't wait to spend more time with it.

My copy of Haak arrived from Super Rare after I thought I had missed out on it.
Thankfully they sent me a copy that someone cancelled on so I might have another playthrough of that.

My copy of Pronty from LRG is finally on its way as well thankfully.

Might go through my N64 collection and pick a game out from that, maybe one of the San Francisco Rush games.

Have a great weekend everyone

Finishing the story on Final Fantasy XVI, finally...
It really started great, but it failed to impress me down the road..

Splatoon 3 ecayse of BIG Big Run
SW:H because I am enjoying Imara Vex as well
ACNH because I finally bouhghr it yesterday

More ACNH, Stitch and Potions: A Curious Tale for me.

I'm also diving into Power Wash Simulator when I want to zone out.

I did start playing The Witcher 3, but I'm making very slow progress. I might put that on hold for a bit. Real life has thrown some curve balls at me recently, so I'm finding it hard to get absorbed by a game's story like I normally would. I definitely want to play through it in full this year, though.

Tears of the Kingdom. Partway through the gerudo region phenomenon but decided I want to upgrade my desert armour… so I need to upgrade my cold armour a bit first so I can explore the hebra region to get the ingredients I need.

So really just lost of exploring and I’ll probably come back to the gerudo storyline some time later!

Also picked up Celeste in the sale but I think it will sit on the backlog for a little while

Paper Mario: TTYD. I am deep in the last chapter, so end must be close. After finishing, I will play Mr. Driller: Drill Land, which I bought yesterday on sale. And chilling with some NSO GB(A) games before jumping into something big (candidates are Digimon Survive and Persona 4 Golden).

Continuing my persona journey with four and I’m loving the cast so much in this game! The dungeons suck but other than that it’s an amazing game!

Also I got darkest dungeon on a sim because I heard it had cosmic horror elements and I have been pulled in, it’s so so good! I have no idea why I haven’t checked this game out sooner.

Zelda Spirit Tracks
Kirby Mass Attack

I've been playing Tetris 99 this morning, kind of secretly hoping for a surprise 40th anniversary theme to be shadow dropped... I've switched to Tetris Effect, and unlocked a couple avatars instead, to mark the occasion.

I never would have imagined as a kid that I would still be playing games like Tetris and Mario Kart as an adult, and into my 40'ies ...

Aside from this addictive game, I'm continuing my playthrough of Batman Arkham City. I'm going to give another try to the Raul-whatshisname fight in the desert. I'm overall not a fan of this game, I do appreciate all the passion that went into making it, but there's way too much talking and the pace is so slow, every action is delayed, and making combos during combat is so tedious. I knew it wouldn't be quite my kind of game, but I noticed that more often than not I'd rather play something else XD Hope I'll get to see it through to the end.

Thanking again Nintendo for Tears of the Kingdom, moving Link around is such a pleasure and feels so natural in comparison. Just wandering around, doing anything and everything that can be done.

I've been playing a lot of WW Move It, unlocked some more modes, which was a good surprise, and I've got 3 Sacred Poses left to unlock. They should really have included a "warmup" mode for this game.

Finally, I've started the NSO Gameboy Mega Man games, absolutely loved the first one (the music!!) and now midway through the second. I don't remember ever playing a game of this franchise, this is getting me really interested already.

Happy gaming and a beautiful weekend to all of you sweet gamers 😍

I've some for reason become obsessed with Final Fantasy lately, playing through FFVII Rebirth and (gasp) FF8 on Switch, after finishing FF7 on Switch. I had never played FF8 back in the 90's because everybody said it was bad. I'm only an hour or two in it but I'm enjoying it so far. And Rebirth is, well, awesome.e=

Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. Got it at a good price randomly and now I can put the 'should i get TTYD, SMRPG or Luigis Mansion 2?' debate on hold for a while. Have a great weekend folks

I'm playing Splatoon 3 for BIG Big Run! I've already gotten gold on the first night, but I'll still keep playing to rack up king salmonid scales and points for Wandercrust on the Splatnet 3 app. Playing all of these previous Big Run stages again brings back memories. It hasn't felt like it, but we've come a long way.

The Triumvirate, though... I don't know if I'll ever beat them. I've been told that the King Salmonids can damage each other, but even then it's hard to concentrate in the midst of pure chaos. Having Grizzco weapons and two specials still isn't enough. The time limit should've been extended.

This week I will be mostly playing

Fire Emblem Echoes

Another month, another community day event in Pokemon Go, with Goomy getting the spotlight. I’ll also check out Mega Man V via Nintendo Switch Online. On the PlayStation side of things, there is Streets of Rage 4, which is a game I’ve wanted to play for a while now.

I've started the original Paper Mario on Switch Online's N64 app. Enjoying it a couple of hours in.

Just finished Bad Dudes Vs DragonNinja on the Evercade's Data East Arcade 1 collection.

I've recently returned to fresh play through of Animal Crossing and Super Mario Odyssey alongside starting Super Mario RPG, I never played the original version of this so it's an entirely new experience for me

Another fortnight, another new Switch batch to usher in. Similarly to pulling the trigger on and starting Nocturne ahead of the predecessor queue completion prior, now I gave in to the siren call of bundled Persona 3 and 4, the former due to join my unapologetic multitude of concurrent JRPG playthroughs today - but joining it in the weekend plans are Potion Permit and Epic Chef, Rogue Lords and Blair Witch, Broken Age and Bustafellows... and yes, this lineup is still supposed to lead the army of other potential sessions from Xenoblade and RF fare to Isaac and Tallowmere 2, Arietta of Spirits and Fire Emblem Warriors, MHRise and Borderlands 2, Fuga and Danganronpa, Carto and Minstrel Song etc. Meanwhile, Deck has had its own backlog shuffle as the generally well-behaved ESO hit its second nuisance of a repair-requesting update over the year of handheld 2E Tamriel exploration. Like last time, ESO launcher repairs being what they are (if you know, you know), I spent a couple days redownloading the whole 130 Gb from scratch instead... only for the launcher to greet me with the same invariable "repair" button after?😳 Better luck in a few more updates, I suppose. So in the meantime, I went with the ironically somewhat smaller GTA 5 (even though getting it to run proved to be a separate sidequest, fittingly for a game you're using through a technical total of FOUR launchers at once😅) and tossed Fallout 3 into the remaining storage space as yet another franchise binge entry to skip over to - as I mentioned elsewhere, the first Fallout refuses to launch on Valve's handheld anyway. On par with the hybrid backlog gluttony, neither of these rule out other possible Deck sessions from the FFs and XCX/Xenosaga/Xenogears to Watch Dogs, Mass Effect and Dishonored.

Other platform maybes? Some NFS2015, RE3R and Motorstorm Apocalypse on PS4, some Fantasy Life, Endless Frontier and Fire Emblem Echoes on 3DS, some Eternia, Gran Turismo and God Eater on Vita. Here's to whatever resulting combination of all the above over the next few days!

Axiom verge, already has it and finished it on ps4 back then but I want to replay it on my switch, it's a really great metroidvania, it has sequel but the original is waay better.

Also now I'm thinking buying a new nintendo wii, I don't like the console back then but now after buying a brand new new 2ds xl half a year ago, I'm craving for nintendo wii now 😂

With the exception of nintendo, this gen AAA games is kind of suck, I can count with a finger a brand new games that make me excited to play it. There's elden ring, unicorn overlord, and indie games and that's it I think.

Breath of the Wild mostly.

Splatoon 3. This is presumably the last Big Run and an opportunity to save your time achieving scales with 3x the rewards. However, doing so means facing the Triumvrate, all 3 King Salmonid mega bosses. All 3 of them together is a lot. It’s chaotic and an incredible challenge, even with the buffed weapons and increased specials, but I love when Splatoon shows bite and has to show some challenge.

Splatoon 3 for Big Big Run and Endless Ocean Luminous for the event dive. I noticed that event dives make the mystery board a lot easier to fill in.

TTYD! It is so much fun, there’s a lot to do!

This weekend I’m still recovering a bit from being sick the past couple of days, but hopefully I’ll be able to continue my playthrough of P5R and after the SGF showcase, I kind of want to dive back into Control. As for some other games, I’m just waiting for the next seasons for The Finals and R6 so I may boot up Multiversus and play it here and there as well. Been a bit of a long week so happy gaming everyone!

It's a gun? It's an umbrella? It's Gunbrella!

Entering Chapter 4 of Trails of Cold Steel 3. They really bring the drama at those chapter wrapups (I know, in a trrTrails game?). Looking forward trading for all the sweet swag now that my item collecting habit pays off. Going to get in the time I can, as I'll be spending a chunk of time cooking for my daughter's birthday. A few fancy dishes have been requested

Also playing with some Raspberry Pi electronics - I started a project a while ago processing messages from Alexa skills to try to integrate voice activation for local devices that I'd like to prove out.

Happy gaming everyone!

After playing Wizardy some more I've gome back to the great Switch port of Legend of Grimrock.

Also dusted of my PS4 as bought WRC 8 and Generations in the PSN sale. I'd not played the series in a while but they are both really enjoyable rally games for me, at least on PS4, the Switch ports less so.

After a bit of a hiatus from gaming I’ve finally dug into my Schmups backlog. I’ve been playing some Escatos and Rolling Gunner…both are intense and great games overall…Schmups just feel like one of the purest genres of gaming. Shout out to @Oorwullie for the recommendations

I did finish Dave the Diver but have yet to play any of the DLC. It’s a really good game with an addictive gameplay loop. Also just finished Obra Dinn, what an amazing game! I loved solving its mysteries and crew, very unique game. Might check out The Case of The Golden Idol as it’s on sale now

On the Xbox Series X I do plan on getting back into RDR2, Dead Space 2 and finally giving Eldin Ring a proper go!

Strains on deck…Miracle Alien Cookies (MAC), Gary Payton, Mocha OG and some Organic Comatose 💨 🥴

Happy gaming and happy weekend to all!

I just discovered Lossless Scaling, a program one can buy on Steam that can triple your frame rate in any game or movie (video, even Youtube). I'm like, where have you been all my life?! I applied it to BOTW and couldn't believe how much it helped smoothen the frame pacing while keeping it at 130 to 144fps. I played Gran Turismo 2 at 120fps, amazing. I watched Curb Your Enthusiasm at 90fps. I love Lossless Scaling! Now I want to try about 300 games with it.
I've also been playing GT5. I love the 189 song soundtrack in that game. I'm playing through it vanilla, and also separately using the master mod which has over 40 tracks added from GT3 and 4, along with about 1,000 other extra things and features. Super fun.
I'm also playing Selaco after watching John's DF video praising it. It really is an awesome experience. I was happy to see my old laptop can run it at 130fps to 550fps depending on which graphics settings I use. I've tried to play GZ Doom and Doom Infinite, but failed to get it working correctly. Maybe someday I'll figure it out. Anyways, Selaco has awesome music, gameplay, graphics, and interactivity.
Oh yeah, I've been watching a ton of YouTube videos by Nerrel, teakanji (amazing GT vids), and Retro Game Corp. It was hard to watch Nerrel's blistering TOTK video, but I generally agree with stuff he says about Nintendo, emulation, and motion controls.
Also playing Kingdom Eighties, Majora's Mask, TxK, Wipeout phantom edition, Mario 64 coop dx, and Rocket League.
Song of the week is Banshee Beat by Animal Collective (even if Summertime Clothes is more approachable). Tea of the week is Wuyi Green, a lovely Chinese Green tea.
Have a blast gaming everyone!

Got all the Teensies in Rayman Legends last night, so next to finish in my backlog is Pokken Tournament DX. Currently on the Iron League.

Link's Awakening is a great choice. The frame rate issues are overrated, tbh, they occur mostly when loading in new areas. I enjoyed it so much that I traded my physical for the collector's edition, after I had already finished it. Actually, I might give the bonus colour dungeon a go this weekend, because I skipped that part back then.

Anyway, definitely more TTYD. It's my first Paper Mario and I'm becoming a fan.

‘Tis the season for weekend activities like go to the beach and mow the lawn, so game time is reduced, but I’ll probably find time for more Paper Mario TTYD, as it’s such a cute, funny story, the kiddos don’t mind looking on while I play.

Also I’ll continue my thousand year war in Unicorn Overlord.. I’m on the final battle in Bastorias and hate beating up on all the poor beasties, but I’ll persevere. It’s been a fantastic time playing, but I really just have to pick my “waifu” to marry and get on with beating it (the game! beating the game) already!

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend! 🕹👾

Started a new Witcher 3 save, in addition to juggling Baldur’s Gate 3, Paper Mario TTYD and fighting for the championship in my F1 23 save… I have severe commitment issues 😅

Finishing up 'Marvel's Midnight Suns' for the platinum. Such a shame that the game won't get a sequel. It's been a weirdly fun ride.

On the nintendo side of things: playing through 'Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue' on the advance. It's very simple and easy but after having a generally ***** couple of months the pleasant nostalgia vibes were just what I needed.

Also maybe planning to do a mono-run in a Pokemon-game. If anyone in this thread have some history with fun teams, you're input will always be welcome

I’m sick this weekend and may finish Skyward Sword for the first time. I’ve enjoyed revisiting the more classic Zelda experience, but boy does this game pad itself out in the final hours, I keep getting sent back to the same 3 main areas to do slightly different things. The world here is surprisingly small by Zelda standards

Despite my complaints I like the game, especially the temples.

Tears of the Kingdom - One more shrine left! Then off to start working on all the unfinished side quests/adventures.

Cat Quest - One trophy away for the platinum.

Baldur’s Gate 3 - Finally making my way to this one.

@Manguy888A Oh, you're so right. Dungeons were the main argument of the game. Everything else was a bit disappointing for a Zelda game, feels like it had been rushed. I've played the HD version last year and found both the old and new controls were just not great either.

Anyways, feel better, and good luck finishing the game!

Harvest Knight via the Free Trial. Bought it on Steam a few years back but never got very far.

Not much gaming for me this weekend! I’ll be working all afternoon / evening today, and our house has been getting ready for a graduation party we’ll be hosting tomorrow. If I do get a chance to play games, it would probably be a few rounds of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Just Shapes and Beats online.

I did take advantage of the mega rad sale yesterday, though! I got Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable, Infernax, Under Night in Birth exe, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, and Vampire Survivors. I’ll maybe get a few more games from the sale when I get paid later this week.

nightmare kart and maybe some mario galaxy

@Rainz Nice one. I think I might play some Rolling Gunner myself later. It's been a while. Tough game... I played some Eschatos the other day and got way further than I've ever managed before. You should see my score on the leaderboard. I'm not good at the chains though. I can keep it going up to the first big UFO takedown then it all falls apart. After that it's all about survival for me.

I finally beat the true final boss of Hollow Knight! It's been a fun last month exploring and conquering this game. There's soooooo much content and I didn't even touch any of the Godmaster DLC. I feel fulfilled that I beat this game before Silksong released. I'm feeling an turn-based RPG next, probably going to either play Sea of Stars or Paper Mario.

I was kinda hoping to finish Paper Mario TTYD before my trip next weekend, but between a baby shower and a birthday party, I just don't see it happening. Still, that's where I'll be spending the bulk of my free time.
Though I am also trying to finish reading The Justice of Kings before the trip, too...

Since some of the old local MP cousin group is getting together for the aforementioned birthday, I expect there will be some Super Smash Bros Ultimate throwdowns. The members who won't be down for that (by virtue of living well north) did join us for some Helldivers 2 last night, so nobody will feel left out.

In other news, we finally beat Lucilius in Granblue Fantasy Relink this week. Who knows, maybe I'll find the time to grind a few more fortitude crystals.

I’ll be continuing in Mother 3 this week. Currently in Chapter 7. Three out of seven Needles have been pulled. Did some level grinding so I could get Healing γ (at long last!), so now Lucas is level 39. The first time I played this game, I had no idea PK Ground even existed, so I’m hoping to learn that by the end of the game, too.

I’ll also be playing more Tomodachi Life. I’ve already “beaten” the game in that I’ve gotten a couple married with a baby who grew up and became a traveler, but it’s still entertaining to watch the dynamics between everyone else play out. Paula from EarthBound is dating Peter Pan…a very unexpected twist!

Exploring the world of Hogwarts Legacy, I got the spell alomora so time to explore hogwarts more.

Some matches in star wars hunters, loving that game

Take care of yourself Kate! I enjoyed the exploration part of Dave the Diver but found the restaurant part very tedious and boring. I'll be looking for something different on eshop this weekend as well.

I'm finishing up Paper Mario. After clearing the Pit, I decided to mess around with these danger strats I've read about and it's super funny. I just have a couple troubles left to solve and to fill a the last few tattle logs and then I think that's everything. Haven't 100%'d a game in forever but I knew from day one I'd do it here.

For me it will be tanks and fallout 4. I might charge up my switch as i got the urge to play smash ultimate.

Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks

I hope Kate feels better! Get well, Kate!

I had eye surgery this week but that didn’t stop me from gaming voraciously afterwards. I played a lot of Star Wars Hunters but i think i’m gonna move on because i’ve got other crops to tend. Why i am using an agricultural analogy? I had eye surgery… i have other eyeballs to squelch?
So the doctor who cut into my eyeball for health(for me) and wealth(for he), offered me a litany of extra bells and whistles, and the manner in which he detailed them was not unlike a car salesman shilling window etching, key protection, chrome rims, etc.
He asked me stuff like, “do you feel your eyes get wet enough when they water?” So he was selling me a heavier flow when i succumb and break down weeping? Would i give a fuzz at that moment?
He also asked if i rubbed my eyes a lot, and then said he could help with that. Would i leave the surgical center without hands!?
Anyways, i gotta wait a month until my vision is settled and then i can get some glasses. Right now, reading and typing sucks.
But i can still dodge incoming fire in the incredible shmup, Devil Blade Reboot. I hope somehow it gets ported, as it’s only on PC now.
I got a full evening with SaGa Scarlet Grace:Ambitions and went through another area and i don’t know, it’s just an incredibly fun rpg with challenging combat, but it’s so easy to slip in and out of and it has a fun, breezy vibe.
I didn’t really gel with Please, Touch the Artwork. I played it for a while, had fun, but never went back to it. Gavin still has plenty of cred from his Just Shapes and Beats recommendation, and i am not big on abstract art anyways, so i wasn’t expecting a slam dunk. I would urge others to give it a go.
Take care of each other!
Edit-i forgot to mention that i might hit those gb Mega Mans.

Ice Age Village (Windows Phone) - Felt like a resource management game and this will fit the bill.

Microsoft Bingo (Windows Phone) - Time to start on the next game I'm deleting when I beat

@trymer89 Finished FFXVI earlier this week and had a blast with it. Would recommend getting the DLC too. Both were very fun additions to the main game.

I won’t be doing that much gaming today since I’m going to my nephew’s birthday party and a cookout after that. So maybe some Smash Ultimate when I get back home but that’s really it.

But tomorrow I will definitely be continuing TTYD for sure.

Just wrapped on my annual re-visit of Super Mario 64, one of those rare games I love just as much as my first playthrough every single time. Camera aside, that game stands the test of time! As for what I'm playing next, I'm not so sure. A part of me wants to wait just in case we get some surprise shadow drop at the Direct like Prime 2 and 3 HD upscales (ala Pikmin), though for all we know they could save the Direct for the very last Thursday of the month. Not gonna lie, a sick part of me is very tempted to play through Three Houses again even though I know dang well I have games on the backlog to be played. RIP. I guess I'm just kinda flying by the seat of my pants for what I play next.

I'm getting very close to the depths of Mementos and the third semester in Persona 5 Royal, I'm almost at the end of the Temple of Pandora in God of War (the first one). I'm in the second day of investigation of the third case of Spirit of Justice. I've been stuck trying to fight blast robots in Jak II. Finished replaying Super Mario Odyssey's main campaign yesterday and I'm now getting the rest of the moons. I'm revisiting Super Mario 64. I'm also trying to finish High on Life on Game Pass before it leaves the service. And finally I'm slowly going through Knack (now on chapter 5) and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - Going after data cards, & kyber bricks, planet by planet.

Mega Man, X, Zero/ZX Legacy Collections - MegaMan (1), X7, and Z4.

Mega Man World games - Playing around in these. MMV is my favorite.

Star Wars: Hunters - Going to give it a try.

Have a great weekend, everyone, God bless, and happy gaming!

Still the two games I’ve been playing. Apollo Justice Trilogy and Princess Peach Showtime.

Diablo IV. The newest season is pretty good. Gonna hit lvl100 for the first time.
Im also playing the new Alan Wake 2 DLC. And if I have time I'll hunt down some more outfits in Stellar Blade.

@120frames-please
So do you still enjoy games that are sub 60 fps or is the difference too noticeable? Totally just curious! I’m assuming as a Nintendo gamer u make exceptions regarding frames 😝

Also nice call on Animal Collective was literally just listening to Gem & I yesterday 😆

@OorWullie
Eschatos is great! I’ll have to upload my scores but I’m about the same as you where I can chain up to that 1st UFO… did make pretty far in the other day but realized it was only on Easy 😝. Rolling Gunner is a different beast altogether…plays close to a twin stick shooter, neat aspect of the game , u need miracles to dodge its bullet hell! There are a couple quality Shmups on sale right now might check em out.

@Axecon
Completing Hollow Knight is an accomplishment for any gamer. My friend if you managed to survive the Path of Pain and defeat the true boss, Pat yourself on your thumbs 😝 for a job well done. I recently completed the game as well, I can’t wait for Silksong to release…during tomorrows Xbox showcase! Haha…or if they shadow drop it during the Nintendo Direct would be epic. Likely won’t release until 2036 tho

@Link41x
Stampeders all day! Even though your Argos stole a Grey Cup from us a couple years back! 😠

@Vriess
You cracked me up awhile back commenting on how some gamers can manage playing handfuls of games at a time…let alone find the time. It is boggling, I wish I had the time to game like that. I guess that’s one major boon about the Switch is it’s allowed gamers to enjoy their hobby more than ever before

Cheers to you all!

BIG! RUNN!! (splatoon 3, salmon run)
Rocket League

Diablo 2 resurrected trying to grind for yellow,gold or green rare gear which is a pain.

Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! I got it from Game for just £15 today. Looking forward to trying it out. 😀

@somnambulance any tips? I'm finding all the systems hard to keep track of! There's so much to remember! I just unlocked the fish farm and the Sea People Village and I already struggled with diving + sushi hahahaha

@Rainz I've really disliked 30fps for decades. I always thought I just wanted 60fps, but since I've gotten a Deck I learned that I like 45fps and up. But, the higher the better!
I've also turned into a Nintendo fan/anti-fan. Love the games, the employees, but dislike the corporation (and don't give them any money anymore). Like, I'm regretful that I bought TOTK and helped fund their attacks on gaming and gamers.
Animal Collective is incredible. Saw them years ago and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.
I also love Eschatos and Rolling Gunner. These days my favs are Nexzr, Gokuju Parodius (any Parodius really), Star Parodier, and Final Soldier (PC Engine classic). And Devil Blade Reboot!

@KateGray
Take advantage of those Party Events that require you to serve specific types of fish species. Hunt for that fish type for the 3-4 days leading up to the event. Don’t serve those dishes until the night of that Party Event, u can usually more than double your revenue during these events.

Hire staff asap and level them up as quickly as u can to unlock their additional skill, look for staff that serve drinks as this greatly alleviates stress during servings. Hire someone with a high Dispatch ability, this way u can send them on deliveries and they’ll return with the most amount of stock.

Hunt Sailfish and Tuna whenever u can , there’s a device u can unlock that allows you to retrieve fish intact from the water, use it on bigger fish with higher value to max your cut of meat per dive.

Oh and pick up everthing at 1st, you’ll need the resources for upgrades to weapons.

Great game!

An orange Vita? That sounds neat!

I’ll be at the in-laws so not much happening there. If I were to be playing something it would be Grounded back on the PS5 at home or TTYD.

I just beat Dark Forces for the first time ever last night, I will probably replay Jedi Knight and MotS next.
Or maybe I should get back to work on Dragon Quest V.

Finally playing Ocarina

Phantom Ganon sucks

@120frames-please those "attacks" are from greedy lawyers that know they can get away with it, not Nintendo itself.

@somnambulance @Rainz Thank you both! I have been doing a lot of this stuff, and you've reassured me that I'm on the right path, at least. And I just unlocked the rice farm! Woo!

I switched from killing fish with guns to using tranqs and nets, and that made a biiiiig difference alone in terms of fishy quality. I'll keep at it

Endless Ocean Luminous for me. This will be my first time doing event dives, so I'm looking forward to that.

Chapter 7 of the TTYD remake. Hopefully I’ll finish the game by the end of next week.

@batmanbud2 That's a good way to think about it. Preserves the enjoyment of games!

Won't have much gaming time but the little I will have will be PM TTYD. Maybe some evil west. And a little bit of stranger things 1984

I played PS5 and PS4 games on my PS5 machine. 😊
1. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PS5
2. Youtubers Life 2 PS4

I was in mission to get back the stolen map at planet Savali from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart .
I started again from beginning for Youtubers Life 2 on PS5 as it got faster loading time and so far I haven't experienced with bugs I have experienced from my PS4 machine.

I've been playing a lot of Vampire Savior, recently downloaded it and I've been having a lot of fun with it.

@JohnnyMind been meaning to ask you how you manage to play that many games? Just asking for a friend and I guess myself. Lol. Also are all those games physical? Just asking for the same friend.

My weekend is the same as before. Playing 13 sentinels, paper Mario and the thousand year door and golden sun the lost age. Haven’t made much progress on golden sun because I just got to a big annoying area of the game 😂 but I got to the 4th chapter of paper Mario now. As for 13 sentinels, my friend is a little ahead of me in it. We are doing some battling in it before going back into the story. I am like 1/3 done with the story part and like 1/4 done with the battling part.

@Diogmites I keep eyeballing Scarlet Grace when it comes on sale, but I bounced hard off the last Romancing SaGa (2) I played. How is it? I can tolerate a little jank and melodrama, but I didn't care for the characters and a lot of it felt a little same-y by a third of the way in.

I have new games:

• Splatoon 3
• Donkey Kong Tropicl Freeze
• Easy Come Easy Golf
• Rogue Legacy 2
• Enter the Gungeon

I’ll be playing them this weekend

@DemonKow This is my first SaGa game and i dig it, but not for the story or even the characters, which are all serviceable, but the game’s combat really shines, and the rest of the game’s elements are expedited to serve that strength. For instance, the towns, once entered, are just menu tabs, reminiscent of old school rpgs. The art and the music hit for me as well.
The combat itself is quite strategic, easy to get into, and is becoming gradually deeper. There’s a lot of playing around with turn order and strength and weaknesses as well as forming an effective party.
I am not very far in, maybe 9 hours or so, and can’t offer more than a cursory evaluation, but i love it so far.
I’m not sure if it would appeal to everyone, but i would recommend anyone try it at a reasonable price.

Well here we go again with a special birthday WAYP. Yep that’s right it just so happens June 8 is my birthday 🥳. It was a pretty great one won’t lie. Got to play some AI The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative and the Alan Wake 2 DLC Night Springs. Night Springs is particularly excellent and makes me wanna platinum that game. Also saw Furiosa. Excellent movie and great times with friends. My best friend also got me the rest of Spy X Family so now I proudly own it all. Enjoyed Summer Game Fest and am super looking forward to the Xbox Games Showcase. Thanks to SGF that rounds out the rest of my birthday purchases as I got the SF6 Year 2 Character Pass because I need that Terry and Mai, Destiny 2 The Witch Queen and preorders on SMTV Vengeance and Concord. And in total from other family I also have copies of Monster Hunter Stories, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble and Trails Through Daybreak. All for all an excellent time. As for the rest of the weekend I’m thinking a nice meaty session of Persona 3 Reload after work. No switch sadly. As for the rest of the week I’m thinking a rotation of games like Paper Mario and Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth. More progress on Nayuta and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. I actually just resubbed to FFXIV for Dawntrail so I think I wanna knock out the Endwalker Pandemonium raids before that too. And I also kinda definitely have decided I wanna really focus on and learn Unicorn Overlord and beat it this year. It’s a really neat game. Otherwise it’s probably just more of the other games I listed. Anime of the week gotta go to Kaiju No.8, Delicious in Dungeon, Urusei Yatsura and Go Go Loser Ranger. That last one is exceedingly awesome. Oh and special shoutout to Shameless again. Here in Season 10 they really managed to make me feel super sad with the leaving of Fiona from the show. 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 and Nextlander. And of course we wouldn’t be quite done without a big fantastic awesome shoutout to my dear friend over at twitch.tv/akibread and their amazing streams please give them a look. Again it’s been a great birthday weekend and I’m excited for all the game reveals at Xbox and this months Nintendo Direct. As always yall stay safe and be good to each other. Have a awesome rest of your weekend and week and Happy Gaming.

Making my way through Lanayru in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. About to complete World 2 in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Also playing the Trails into Daybreak demo; I'm real appreciative of the complete back story of the Trails series and its lore. Now that I understand all of it, I'm a little more comfortable jumping into this series with Daybreak possibly. My retro flavor this weekend is just to dip a toe in the Mega Man games for GB NSO as I've been there and done that years ago. I may just play some Mario Picross when I get a moment too.

@Zuljaras Hadn’t checked the artist’s thread in awhile, and just saw your v2 Kraken grabbin the tower and it is awesome! Also, love the textured box for your Castlevania games!
Great work, man!

@Ryne-Gaia Happy Belated Birthday! Have fun playing all those games!

@JohnnyMind ok I understand. I figured it’s during the whole week and not a weekend. It’s the same for me too when I list games I am playing on here sometimes. Thanks for clarifying. I usually only buy physical unless there is no physical version of a game I want in which case I go digital. So I have a mix of digital and physical even though I prefer physical. You have a good schedule for your games. I wanted to hear people’s thoughts and methods on how they tackle their backlogs.

@Diogmites thank you so much they’ve all been absolutely amazing

@Ryne-Gaia You’re welcome! Glad to hear it!

I am actually just getting to Link’s Awakening now! What a coincidence!