Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 22nd)

I'm still playing Ori and the Blind Forest. Last week @dugan said I should stick with it. I have, I'm enjoying it more, but it's harder than I thought it would be, but maybe not as frustrating as some games where you die often. The save mechanic is excellent.

@Zuljaras Remnant is on my list, you need to post an update on what you think next week!

Persona 2: Innocent Sin to prepare for Persona 3-5 on the Switch.
Right at the end and really enjoyed it.
Will definitely talk about it on my channel. ☘️🦉

MK8 with my son and for solo play probably some more Prodeus. I'm also building an arcade cab at present so maybe some more work on that. Just got some Sinden Lightguns!

Grapple Dog. Absolutely fantastic game, on sale on the eShop for £6- get on it! “Best Nintendo game Nintendo never made” kind of game.

Also started Dust Elysian Tail…I’ve never felt so conflicted on a game. Music is lovely, it feels great to play and I can never have enough Metroidvanias but the voice acting/writing and furry-esque art style are massive turn offs for me. I’ll keep going with it and see how it goes.

I just finished Breath of the Wild (my second play of it). I’m ready for Tears of the Kingdom!

I played Nexomon PS4 all day long. 🤠

I have reached Royalle City place, still leveling up my team at least level 50+.

@Walterd well timed. I was tempted on another play of BOTW but left it too late. I don't want anything else on the go when TOTK comes out. 3 weeks people !!!!!!!

Focusing on the Advance Wars remake this weekend and I'm really enjoying it so far. Between this, Future Redeemed, Return to Dream Land Deluxe and the Splatfest I really doubt I'll be playing TotK at launch.

Super Mario Bros 3 NES (Switch Online)

(Also playing MLB 23 and Madden 23, both Xbox.)

@ManaOwls I started playing Persona 1 this week! Atlus really needs to get it together and bring as well as both parts of 2 over already!

I'm playing Final Fantasy pixel remaster starting from the 1st game and honestly, I love it! I didn't think I'd be able to get them this month but my partner surprised me and stealth downloaded them when I was asleep, (he's a keeper)

It's my first time with these games and I thought the early ones would kinda suck but here is something really cosy about it's simplicity. I really was in the camp of the price was too expensive but I have to say, I have changed my mind. There is so much care on show here, it doesn't feel like an old game at all in it's presentation and 6 games for £65 it really is a good deal, but I still cant argue £50 would have been more palatable for some. I might even end up playing them back to back at this rate.

On the side I'll probably play Hello Kitty happiness parade and some young souls with my (bestest) other half.

More Zelda BOTW for me!

@Thief Nice! I really enjoyed Persona 1.
And 100% agreed, Persona 1 and both parts of Persona 2 should also come to the Switch. 👍

I’m really into Dredge right now. I’m just slowly upgrading my ship and finding new fish. I’m pretty close to beating it but I’ll need to go back because there are some some quests that time out which I don’t like in a game. It’s a great game tho and truly one of a kind. I can’t think of many times I’ve played a game and went from being all relaxed and enjoying my time to in the the edge of my seat and feeling something is stalking me. Very much the feeling I get playing pikmin.

@sd7232 What an epic game! Super Mario Bros 3 is the most memorable game from my childhood!

Try to finally finish FE Engage and perhaps finish Bayonetta Origins as well. Recently got Kirby RttD Deluxe as well, so continue that. Try and squeeze in Pokemon Stadium and a bit of Mario Kart 8D as well.

Want to start with Final Fantasy VI. Never played it.

Everything has stopped for FFVI (sorry Nier.) It's so good!

This Weekend i'll be playing
Starcraft 2 (Custom Campaigns) [PC]
Doom 64 [PC]
Super Mario Sunshine [NGC]
Star Wars: Shadow of The Empire [PC}

Still Octopath II for me. Taking it very slowly but enjoying it so much.

Burning Shores DLC as well as Trails to Azure, Advance Wars and Megaman BN 5 on the Switch. The latter two make me feel like being a child in early 2000s again.

I’m still playing through Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee on the Switch and Tchia on the Ps5.

Also started working through the Mega Drive games on Nintendo Switch Online.
Beat Flicky, Golden Axe and Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine Yesterday and I’m currently playing Thunder Force II.

@Zuljaras Uncharted is so good! I hope you enjoy them!

I’m going to play more xenoblade 2 and torna this week! And I started up Nioh 2! I hope I can also get into Minecraft at some point.

As much Resident Evil 4 Remake as I can manage! The OG is tied for my favourite game of all-time and they've really knocked it out of the park with the Remake, I couldn't be happier.
Fire Emblem Engage is starting to really drag for me and I've still got 9 chapters to go so I'm going to put it down for a bit and start Dredge, which I'm super excited about!

I'm playing Game and Wario on Wii U, it's quite fun really. Also playing the Tetris 99 event and am thinking of starting either Ocarina of Time 3D on 3DS or Twilight Princess HD on Wii U, can't decide.

@Snatcher Gotta love the Uncharted games.

I want to get through some of the quests in Genshin Impact, plus the newest event that dropped. I also would like to play a bit of Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on the 3DS, if I can.

On PS5 i have just started God of War Ragnarok and oh man I don't think I've ever played a game with a better first hour. I will also be playing some more Atelier Ryza 3 and Ghost of Tsushima DLC

On switch I will be continuing with Harvestella and will be starting Bayonetta Origins, I'm hoping to get these two done before Zelda comes out.

On xbox ive decided to drop Atomic Heart so I can focus on getting Ghostwire Tokyo done, it's a pretty decent game and via streaming im not really seeing any performance issues, I may also give Minecraft Legends a try as its giving me Pikmin vibes.

Going to finish postgame content for Xenoblade 3 in preparation for it's dlc.

I just finished getting insulted in Overwatch 2, will probably play Final Fantasy V later

Retiring Dracula X speed runs
Maybe Doc Cosmos gameboy homebrew
Definitely tactics ogre n Re4 remake

Oh boy, there have been too many games on massive sales lately, that I've really built up a backlog again, and now I've got too many choices. But Metroid Dread has been in my library for a few months, so I'll be starting up that, I imagine. Also, more Splatoon 3 with my wife, as usual. I've been rocking the gold aerospray for weeks, but I think I'll try to branch out with more weapons. I'm currently trying the splattershot forge, which is a great weapon for dealing with snipers.

I’m visiting family this week, so when I’m back at the hotel I’ll be on my Switch finishing my last playthrough of Nier Automata!

@larryisaman Glad you like Grapple Dog! I absolutely loved it a few months ago.

Dead Island 2. Silly zombie fun. Ministry of Broadcast on Switch. A weird game with some great puzzles. The constant 'red haired' comments are relevant and funny to me.

Finishing off the epic Witcher 3 Blood and Wine quest. Got a warning to turn back if there were any side quests left to do as I was apparently at a point of no return in the story. So went back and cleared up every single “?” on the map, and now it’s the home stretch, because I won’t be going back to Toussaint once TOTK drops.

I’ve been enjoying Immortals Fenyx Rising for the last week, which has been scratching that BotW itch I picked up since the TotK trailer. Only a few more weeks until TotK is here!

The Zelda hype has motivated me to start my first play-through of Breath of the Wild. (Eternally late to the party, I’m afraid. But better late than never!) As a more casual gamer, I have been intimidated by the game, but I am really enjoying it so far.

Happy to report I recently collected every unique Power Moon in Super Mario Odyssey, and the sail on Mario’s vessel turned gold! That was a pleasant surprise.

Still playing DREDGE and Disney Dreamlight Valley, too, of course.

Happy gaming, all!

Today is my birthday, so this weekend my me and my wife are going out of town for celebration. We have all sorts of activities lined up — all thanks to her wonderful planning. It’s safe to say I won’t be playing any video games.

Shockingly, I haven’t played anything in over a week because my new hobby is keeping me occupied. That said, if I do play anything it will be Final Fantasy Pixel Remastered Collection (or, primarily FFVI) on the Nintendo Switch, or Dead Island 2 on the Series X. I’ve put two hours into the latter and it’s been fun so far.

I have also been continuing my journey of collecting and reading graphic novels and comics. So far, I have read:

Batman: Year One // The Dark Knight Returns // Batman: The Long Halloween (one of the greatest pieces of fiction I’ve ever read) // Batman: Dark Victory // TMNT: The Last Ronin

Comics I’ve read this week include:

Wasp #1 // Bloodlines Daughter of Blade #1-3 // Clear #1-2 // Marvel’s Guardian of the Galaxy #1 (2023) // Superman Dawn of DC #1-3 // The Seasons Have Teeth #1 // TerrorWar #1 - and the reason I have that in bold is because it’s quite possibly my new favorite comic, and I’m patiently waiting for the second issue. It features an fun and fantastic premise, and I’m intrigued to see how it turns out because I think it has the potential to be real special.

my copy of Pixel Remaster just arrived but I'm in the middle of a playthrough of Ys Memories of Celceta, so I'm not going to start them yet. Also the new Zelda is too imminent, I don't know if I want to start too many long RPGs right now...

@Deenroy It’s a real gem! Annoyed at myself for taking this long to get around to it!

I’ll hopefully be finishing off Assassin’s Creed 2 from the Ezio Collection.

@Picola-Wicola Sometimes I think Blood and Wine is better than the main quest. It was a great experience!

@Limberlost
I think we have quite similar tastes! Some really good choices there! :3

Astalon: Tears of the Earth, just saw the game on discount on eshop and there's demo, I tried it and really like it so I bought the full game. This game is really good, I like the gameplay and the story, plus the difficulty is perfect I think, not too easy like lodoss deedlit or too hard like infernax.

You start from the beginning everytime you died, but the level didn't change (say no to rogue-like lol) and you can buy upgrade after you died, so dying is not like punishment, but rather a way to upgrade yourself. Also there's abudant of shorcut, so no long back tracking in the game.

Returnal (PS5) and Metroid Prime (Switch) will dominate my gaming time this weekend! I'll also squeeze in a little retro gaming with the Toaplan 1 Collection (Evercade) the go-to compilation for now.
Have a super weekend everyone!

Just beat the final boss of Persona 4! But the game won’t end… a ski trip? Lol

Other than that I’m trying to wrap up Hyrule Warriors before Tears of the Kingdom drops

@Zuljaras I've been playing Remnant for quite a while now, I'm thinking about going for 100% because of how long I've enjoyed it for so long. It has tons of secrets and some very cool character build possibilities.

I got my copy of Megaman Battle Network Collection in the mail on Wednesday, and I am finally ready to crack it open and dive back into some of my favorite games of all time.

This weekend I’ll be trying to close out at least one Paper Mario game. I’m about halfway through Color Splash, having a great time even though the game has some serious flaws. Separately I’ve been working through Thousand Year Door for about the last year and I just got to the moon - what an amazing game that one is. My retro systems are in my garage room and I can’t get in there as often, and my game seems to crash with a disc read error after about an hour of play, making this slow going (can we please remake this one Nintendo??)

I am playing Live a Live and 13 Sentinels. Awesome games.

My primary objective this weekend is Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, but I will take a little time to dabble in the latest Genesis NSO games of Pulseman, Flicky, and Kid Chameleon.

My weekend plans aren't governed by reason in general, but this weekend is going to be almost twice the usual size courtesy of local bank holidays (more or less the case with the next couple week[end]s, too), so say goodbye to all who knew me. Xenoblades and Final Fantasies galore, Rune Factory 5 and Portia, GTAs and Saints Row 4, Borderlands 2 and Bioshock 2, classic Doom and Neighborville, Resident Evil 4 and 0 (with likely Coma, Distraint 2 and Layers of Fear 2 on top), BotW and Immortals, Dying Light and AC2, DerQ and Mary Skelter 2, Fuga and Nocturne, Idol Manager and As Far As the Eye, Waku Waku Sweets and Cristales, Disgaea and Nelke, Lost Ruins and Rabi-Ribi, Lego Marvel and Terraria, the continuous futile attempts to procure a gnawed leaf (AND something that would make it worthwhile) in Isaac and a variety of other roguelites from Little Noah and Ditto to Tumbleseed and Crypt of Necrodancer... inhale... on Switch.

...no, that's not all but give me a moment. I'm not even listing all the possible new recruits yet (since I'm still figuring out this fortnight's splurge based on the available hobby funds and current discounts, although a few items like Jettomero, Choju Giga Wars, Forager, CrossCode, Overpass and Catmaze appear to be borderline shoe-ins), and then there are the other platform itches. PSP? Eternia and Xenogears, Type-0 and Dissidia, FlatOut Head On and Gran Turismo... Vita? Gravity Rush and God Eater, Odin Sphere and Exist Archive, Blue Reflection and VLR... PS4? FFXV and Horizon, NFS Rivals and Code Vein, Omega Quintet and Agents of Mayhem... Laptop? FFXIII and RE2, Witcher and Just Cause 2, Torchlight and GTA 4... only the 3DS domain looks to reign my gamer greed in a bit since my NewXL's battery is showing some signs of spiciness which dictates shelving many playthroughs like Valentia, Etrian Odyssey and LCU Chase Begins until a replacement order arrives (AliExpress at least has you covered on this front😆) or risking the loss of all these playthroughs and maybe a couple fingers.👀 Then again, my 2DS is still here to offer other gems like Luigi's Mansion, Fantasy Life or MapleStory instead, and the usual NDS suspects like Endless Frontier or Unwound Future are a matter of simply putting the card in the other console's slot.

I finished DREDGE a couple weeks ago, but fared so poorly that I had to choose between the bad ending or ultra bad ending. 😖
I’m replaying now to see if a quicker completion helps things, or if it was neglected sidequests that sank my ship. I hope the latter, as I like to take my time with adventure games.

I might balance out the dredgery with some fun arcadey game like Ninja Jaja-maru, Islets, Dawn of the Monsters, or something else from the bottomless backlog. Or I think it’d be fun to play around in Mario Maker 2 or Super Mario 3D World with the kiddos, since the movie was so fun for us. 😁

As always, wishing everyone a fun weekend!

I'm actually in Kansas right now for a friend's wedding so I might not play much but on the way home maybe I'll play a little bit of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim I'm about 7 hours in now.

I also finally started Tales of Arise earlier this week. So far I'm really liking the combat and characters!

@Teksetter I didn't even know Dredge had multiple endings... Yikes! That's me joining you with the baddest of the bad ends then xD Nothing about me is ever optimal

I think I am gonna crank a bit on FE: Engage and knock it out. Still finishing up the last shrines and side quests I missed in BOTW. After that I will probably pick Olive Town back up. I miss my farm.

I sorta wanna restart horizon zero dawn on ps5 since I never beat it and need to play the sequel but I don’t like to play two large scale games at the same time on separate systems. And TotK is about to hit. Will probably put in some time on Virtua Fighter 5 instead.

This weekend is all about Pulseman, as it looks like a fun game. Beyond that, there is Star Wars: Republic Commando, which is the current free game trial. I might play Kid Chameleon as well.

I've neglected most of the NSO's Genesis catalog so I'm looking for a good game to sink in on that. They are many bangers so it's a tough choice. I played Phatasy Star as a wee one so something else...

Street Fighter was pretty cool. Bison is kinda tough.

Probably Cuphead, but also prepping for the Xeno 3 DLC

Pulseman on the Sega Genesis Online. I love that game so much. Think I’ll go back to the TMNT Cowabunga Collection too.

Just wrapped up the Resident Evil 4 remake which was fantastic. Didn’t really enjoy the opening hours but I’m glad I kept at it. Definitely a GOTY contender.

Taking a break from the Switch until Tears of the Kingdom lands. So it’s going to be a mixture of Dead Island 2 and DJ Max Respect/V on the Series X and I might start up Mageseeker on the PS5.

While working towards #3, I've been playing No More Heroes on the Wii (actually on my Wii U). Getting to the 5th ranked battle. On the Switch, I've got a 10+ games backlog before I'm allowed near Tears of the Kingdom ... but let's see if I manage to stick to that. Just passed 50% on Death's Door. It's my first post on this site, I've been reading what everybody has been playing the last weeks, think it's really cool. Happy gaming!

I'll be playing Advance Wars before Future Redeemed drops and monopolizes my time.

Sunrise GP. It's a fun arcade racer that is only really let down by poor opponent AI and awful menu music.

Advance Wars!! Didn’t get super far into the campaign so far but it’s just as fun as it was on the GBA, it feels so much smoother and I love it. This remake is absolutely amazing! If I manage to put it down for a moment I may play some Splatoon 3 as usual, I know I’m going to be busy with Xenoblade 3’s dlc next week so I’m going to try to make some progress in both games

FFVI primarily. Just got into Splatoon 3 last month and having a blast so far. Kinda itching to start Shovel Knight again.

I’m also praying Square Enix gives Chrono Trigger the same pixel remaster treatment soon.

Picked up Dying Light on sale and really impressed with how well it runs and how good it feels to play in handheld on the Switch, a phenomenal port. Highly recommended for anyone who has been considering picking this up. It's < $10 and you get a ton of content to play.

• Dragon Quest VII (3DS) - Almost at 90 hours. I'm fairly certain I'm now in the home stretch. I just need to awaken the other three elemental spirits after waking the Fire Spirit on Burnmont. I'm pretty certain "The Almighty" isn't who he's supposed to be.... Still pushing this one when I have the brain capacity for text.
• Super Mario Galaxy (Switch/SM3DAS) - 51 Power Stars and counting. Unlike Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, I'm trying to collect most of the stars. Outside of a couple of ho-hum galaxies, this has been a fun revisit so far.

Happy gaming!

@Nanami_Ataraxia
Heheh I hear you -I’m settling for bad endings often these days, but it’s nice to hear I’m in good company! 😁

Actually, I’m not even sure there are good endings for Dredge, but wanted to experiment a bit and find out. Maybe getting through the game without sinking would help? I wouldn’t know…😅
I’ve found some things I didn’t in my first play through, though, so it’s been decent fun.

Continuing my Ace Attorney adventures with Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies on 3DS. The man, the myth, the legend Phoenix Wright returns to the courtroom...now with 3D art, fully voiced anime cutscenes and a brand-new Ace Attorney.

Currently playing Episode 2: The Monstrous Turnabout.

My physical edition of Cult of the Lamb arrived this week, and I’ve currently put in about 4-5 hours. What zany fun! Hoping to tackle more of it this weekend (and hopefully finish the game before May 12th). Happy gaming, ya’ll!

On holiday with only 3ds here so Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, New Super Mario Bros 2, Mario Kart DS and GTA Chinatown Wars

@BlackMayge
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great one.
With you, @Nanami_Ataraxia , and many others here talking about FF I-VI Pixel Remasters this weekend, it’s making me wish my copy from Play Asia would hurry up and deliver!

I have to say, I’ve enjoyed hearing about your graphic novel readings lately! I’ve read so many of your choices over the years. If you don’t mind me recommending a few other titles graphic novels/collections:
Watchmen
Sandman
Marvels
Kingdom Come
Astro City
Fables
Saga

There’s so much to read and enjoy out there. Have fun!

Advance wars 1 + 2( only the first game though). And High on Life which is surprisingly really funny

With the little ones MP Superstars, MK8D, and walking my son through botw.

trying to finish trails to azure before xenoblade dlc

It's rainy and miserable this weekend, so I'm playing through the Resident Evil games in order. Presently on RE1 remake.

Replaying Ori and the Blind Forest on Xbox One. I bought the collection edition on the Microsoft store for only 10 bucks!

On Switch, I might chill with some Smash Ultimate or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I’ll maybe see if I can score a good deal on an indie game thanks to the indie world sale.

Aside from gaming, I might go see the Mario movie with my sister.

@Ralizah you mean before TotK monopolizes your time 😜. Jkjk. I was on the fence about even getting AW before TotK. I'm scrambling to at least finish AW 1, high on life, last case of benedict fox, and even a few days of Redfall prior to totk. April and May are completely insane!

I had some plans cancelled on Sunday so it looks like I'm playing FFVI all weekend.

Advance wars, finishing Chained Echoes and splatoon 3

I really doubt I’ll have much time to play video games this weekend, but if I do, I’ll probably start a new playthrough of Super Mario Galaxy.

This week I will be mostly playing

Fire Emblem Fates
Wario World
Mario & Wario

My son is playing Bowsers Fury and Have a Nice Death. He's four, so he also accidentally erased my save in Have a Nice Death, which hurt. Iiiiii am playing Kaze and the Wild Masks, Cult of the Lamb, and Blasphemous when I get my Switch back.

@MarioBrickLayer I had SM3 on original NES as well (think was included with system), but was so caught up in sports titles, never gave it deserved attention.

@LikelySatan We still live in a time where save data be accidently erased.

Pokémon White and Fantasy Life (DS and 3DS games). Because classics never go out of style! 😁

Continuing Trails to Azure and Mario Kart 8 with the kids!

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - Still hate sliding down the water using tilt controls lol

Jetpack Joyride (Windows Phone) - Coming back to unlock all costumes and jetpacks.

Just finished Yakuza 0 after 8 or so weeks (super fun, great story and characters, lots of interesting substories and minigames, but also overstuffed resulting in some serious tedium)

I was planning to start Life is Strange, but I noticed Yakuza Kiwami was on sale and immediately broke my decision not to buy anything until I'd cleared my backlog. I'm not sure whether I'll play that or LiS first.

I'll get back to my Switch after those (or maybe after some more Yakuza games...)

Triangle Strategy, Street Fighter 6 demo.

This Sunday I'll start Whispers of a Machine. Unfortunately, it's not available on Switch, so I'm playing on iPad instead.

I landed on this game after playing the brilliant Kathy Rain, another point-and-click adventure from the same dev. And, yes, that I did play on Switch. Actually, Kathy Rain is on sale in the e-shop right now. Highly recommended.

I was going to jump right into Final Fantasy V since my physical Pixel Remaster collection came in... but Nintendo had to go and announce that Future Redeemed is out next week, so I fired up Xenoblade 3 again so I could refamiliarize myself with it and work on the side quests since I still have a lot to go. It's been fun returning to this one! That being said, I can't help but feel like what I'm doing in it is just a way to pass the time for the story DLC.

On other platforms, I started up Bioshock 2 on my Steam Deck. I've only played a bit so far, but I'm not particularly impressed yet. It kind of just feels like a less imaginative version of the first game. Of course, I'm hoping it'll open up a bit more as I keep playing. I might get in some more Monster Hunter Stories on 3DS as well, but I'm not sure if I want to have any other RPGs going while I'm preparing for Xenoblade's DLC.

I,m not home this weekend.

Switch

• Smash Bros Ultimate
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Wargroove (much better than Advance Wars)
• Rocket League

IPAD PRO 12'9 GENERATION 6

• 3 months free Apple Arcade. Playing Jetpack Joyride 2 and Horizon Chase 2
• Magic the Gathering Arena

@Zuljaras Oh noooo! Yeah I love uncharted but one is the most unpolished out of all of them, however my least favorite is still three, wasn’t a big fan of the segments. Push through, it’s worth it in my opinion, and when you get to 4, oh boy it feels so good! Two and 4 are the best in my opinion!

Chaos;Child on Switch and Onigokko on my laptop

I think I’m done with Hades now. It was quite good, and I’m glad I checked it out. Now I’m into Chained Echoes. After a somewhat underwhelming and generic start, it’s begun to grow on me.

Finishing up FF10 with some Mega Man X Collection on the side as a snack. Hoping to beat FF10 this weekend and move on to Fire Emblem Echoes.

Anyone notice the totk at the top? The game isn't out yet. But I am playing minecraft but still can't wait to play totk.

1st time playing zelda botw and last week I did finish Hollow Night for the 1st time as well. Don't have a lot of free time now, so I'll be playing botw for the next few weeks, at least 2 months or so.

@Zuljaras ugh. I want to like Remnant so much. The shooting feels great, it runs well on Switch, the story is unobtrusive...but after about 20 deaths, the first boss killed me through a giant wall and I uninstalled it. Shame.

@Captain_Toad I was surprised I had no way to grab previous saves from the cloud. Since...you know...I pay for that.

Android:
Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition – played for 20 minutes more, got tired, and then deleted it.
Terraria – playing alone in my world on Classic difficulty, and mostly playing in co-op with my best friend in our world on Expert difficulty.
Today, I'm planning to play Phantom Breaker: Omnia. That's all... Have a nice gaming week, everyone.

Going to wait for a sale to get at least a couple of the ff pixel remasters. This weekend it’s Civilisation 6 - I probably play 1 game of this a year, but when I do I’m hopelessly addicted. Playing as Spain, going for my first religious victory. I’ve converted Germany and Russia to Buddhism so well on the way!

@Farts_Ahoy If you're on that ski trip, that means you're probably on path for perhaps the sorriest dungeon ever made.... And then after that one last attempt to fight the actual final final final boss of the game.

I'm not really playing much of anything, I did start ghostwire Tokyo and was enjoying it for a while, but now I just really wanna wrap it up but don't feel like actually playing it.

After a few recommendations around here about 13 sentinel aegis I had a great time with that and just really haven't been able to commit to anything Ive tried to play since, I was also playing persona 3 along with that so I'm probably just really in need of a game I can turn off my brain for.

@Teksetter
Thing is you never want to find out what to do and ruin the game for yourself and some requirements are so specific, but not only that our never-ending backlogs don't exactly encourage repeat playthroughs xD

Glad you enjoying it a second time around though it must be fun :3
Its another one of those I really need to get around to quick-time, but you know how it is I'm sure.

Your other tag... I shouldn't rub it in that I'm having a ton of fun with the Pixel Remasters then
It will be worth the wait to have that physical though, they did us dirty there

Switch - Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp

PS5 - Resident Evil 4 remake

Breath of the Wild and MegaMan Battle Network!
Both are great and incredibly addicting!!
Really happy for the battle network collection, I have wanted to replay these games for AGES, but didn't have my old copies anymore. (and i didn't have all the versions either!)
As for BotW, I am a bit late to the party and currently I see no chance of me finishing it before TotK, so I will probably be late to that party as well...

With all of these awesome releases recently, I have to essentially schedule what games I am going to play each week! Octopath Traveler II this week, XC3 DLC next week, and then TOTK the week after.

@DrGonzo just the very occasional frame rate hitch. Otherwise, quite smooth!

Gaming and anime this weekend gonna be real simple. Pretty close to the end of Megaman Battle Network 1 so I’m hoping to beat that today. On the PS front I’m thinking of just doing some more RE4. My two big focuses on there are definitely RE4 and The Mass Effect games. I didn’t like 1 but I’m really liking 2 a whole lot. As for the anime of the weekend I think all of my picks for Spring have at least 3 episodes out so now I gotta just organize what to watch when. Well besides Yuri is My Job Wednesday’s and Hells Paradise Saturdays. Maybe some Mashle Mondays????? Hahaha. My only day off this week is Monday so I’m thinking maybe some FFVI since I grabbed that this week. Or maybe some Advance Wars or Bayonetta Origins. So many choices hahaha.

@GrowingWings it's never too late! TotK trailers were the kick in the rump I needed to actually go finish BotW, and I had a blast once I stopped trying to rush through

Call of Duty MW II, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Super Smash Bros Ultimate are the games in rotation this weekend. Family gaming for the middle game.

Still playing the castlevania dlc of dead cells and teslagrad 2

@DemonKow
Ahh, I am never rushing to finish games, quite the opposite actually - it is not rare for me to play for double the average game time because I stop to smell the roses so much. Not planning on getting all the Koroks though, that really seems like more pain than worth. Another side mission I will skip is the super long gauntlet for the upgraded Master Sword for much the same reason as the Korok collecting.

I know I'm late, but I spent my weekend playing Fire Emblem Engage mostly. That game took until about Chapter 8 before it finally hooked me. Once you unlock more units and activities in The Somniel, it really shines. There are so many great ideas here that I can see myself spending a couple hundred hours invested in all the mechanics and a few runs on higher difficulties.