Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 19th)

Tales of Vesperia REMASTERED – now in Shaikos Ruins. In total, ~8 hours in.
BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition – cleared Score Attack mode's Course B and Course C on normal difficulty as Yûki Terumi(my main).
Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash – F2P version. Finished Arcade Mode on easy difficulty as Darun Mister, Doctrine Dark, Shirase, and Kairi. What can I say... Well... It is really a bad game. For me, it is a second bad fighting game since BBTAG. This game is really disappointing and barebones. You can finish the game in under 5(!) hours! 25$ for a pretty barebones fighting game? No, thanks. Gameplay is kinda fun, at least. But for a modern fighting game, Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash is very barebones, short, and disappointing. 3/10. Surprisingly, game looks quite decent in handheld mode, imo. And, this game helped me to understand how disappointing and bad BBTAG is. So, my final score for BBTAG is 3/10 as well. They are ones of the worst fighting games of the recent years, imo.
Well, that's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming week, everyone.

OneShot: World Machine Edition on my Nintendo Switch OLED. A bit depressing but it's keeping me interested.

Finished Ghost Song, absolutely loved it.
Great atmosphere and one of my favourite Metroidvania's.

Started Phoenotopia Awakening, really enjoying it.

I also dusted off my Wii U so my daughter can play Wind Waker HD for the first time.

Have a great weekend everyone

I just beat the main campaign to Quake 2 last night (absolutely incredible game. One of my favourites this year). I'll have to play the expansions and Quake 64 soon, but first I want to give Vampire Survivors a try to see if it hooks me like so many others. I wish I could be playing Bomb Rush Cyberfunk too, but $50 is too expensive for me right now. I'm wishlisting it though, so hopefully someday I'll get around to trying it.

This weekend, I'll be playing Texas Chain Saw Massacre & Fallout New Vegas on Series X.

Red Dead Redemption & Quake 2 on Switch.

Mabey some Moving Out 2 on PS5 if I can find some people to play with...

PS5 - Quake 2
Switch - Vampire Survivors

Nothing crazy engaging since I'll be out most of it - l'll finish Choplifter 2 for GB, which looks awesome on the Analogue pocket. Other than that, maybe just some Castlevania or something

Deaths door and stardew, with a side of ftp games for flavor!

Continuing with FFX-2 and maybe some MK8 Deluxe. It'll be interesting to see what Nintendo's up to next week as they haven't announced their Gamescom lineup yet and the event starts on Wednesday.

@JohnnyMind Hi. Sorry if I bother you, but I want to know some details about the one game... About the last Made in Wario/WarioWare game, the one which released a few years ago. I know that the characters are voiced by seiyûs. Wario is voiced by Subaru Kimura, if I don't confuse. But, do game really features fully voiced dialogues, if they are present in the game at all? And do worldwide version supports dual audio option? Also... What do you think about Hiroshi Kamiya? Imo, he's really overrated. I almost haven't heard his voice... He rarely voices characters in fighting games and VNs, I think. And I mostly play fighting games and VNs... What's about anime, though... I watch only original anime, without any source/origin – manga, ranobe, video game... Only original anime. But, I rarely watch anime. And I haven't seen any original anime with Hiroshi Kamiya yet. I'm planning to watch Angel Beats!.

I’ve been getting stuck into Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl - it’s great! A real slow burn - step by step grid exploration, turn-based combat - but quite pretty for a 3DS game and a great soundtrack.

Still playing Remnant: From the Ashes (50 hours in and probably less than halfway through the game).

Right now I'm trying to obtain the "fabled" assault rifle, as I can see where it's going; I've leveled all the weapons and armor I use up to max (or very close) level, and I'm still struggling.

The game's really tough when played solo, but it's still a really fun little 3rd person action shooter (although grinding is grinding and can get a bit too much at times - but it's not a game I play for hours on no end, so that softens up the repetitiveness a bit).

Baldurs gate 3 , waited a lifetime for this game. Gonna play it any chance I get now

Well, after getting on for 300 hours of gameplay and more than three months of playing nothing but Tears of the Kingdom, I finally beat it yesterday evening. Now that I’ve finished what I feel is comfortably the greatest game ever made, I’m left feeling a little lost. So who knows what I’ll be playing this weekend?

Maybe I’ll go back and finish the Resident Evil 4 remake, which I haven’t touched since TOTK released. I wasn’t that far from the end, so it may only take a couple of sittings, and I might even manage to start Pikmin 4, which I’ve had downloaded since it released last month.

I got my copy of Ninty Media’s GameBook this morning. I also have John Szcepaniak’s untold history of game developers volume 5.
So lots of gaming reading to do.
Otherwise I’ll be playing Zelda and Pikmin 4.

This week I will be mostly playing

Beyond Good & Evil
Tears of the Kingdom

Splatoon 3 (as usual) with some Vampire Hunters, Mega Man Zero, and a run-through of Final Fight as I just picked up both Capcom Arcade Stadium collections on sale. Really need to get back to TotK at some point...

On the Switch, I really don't know, I'm still in a bit of a flump with it. On the PC I'll be playing Pokemon Unova Red I started it after beating and completing the Pokedex of Kalos Crystal, I loved that game.

BOMB RUSH CYBERFUNK...and probably some Marble it up Ultra

Red dead on the switch and baldurs gate 3 on the steam deck
Weekend bliss!

Getting easily led by my nose and happily lost in Immortals Fenyx Rising.

New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS). While the game isn't new anymore, it's still a great 2D platformer to play.

Carry on with Metroid Prime and remember to save before the boss.

Playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which my friend bought me (for christmas I think?). I've got some prior experience with the series, I've played through Yakuza 3 and 4 some years prior but this one's got a completely different playstyle, instead of a beat-em-up with some light RPG elements, it's just a plain ol' turn based RPG which I'm all in for, though the battle gameplay in itself isn't all that compelling, clearly the focus in moreso on the storytelling and the world around you, there's just vast amounts of stuff to do and collect, seriously, this game's even got a fully functional version of Virtua Fighter 5 that you can play at the ingame arcade, crazy.

I started playing Spirit Tracks on vacation but man did I find that game tedious - after playing TotK it’s hard not to find that era of Zelda a bit derivative, and I really struggle with the stylus controls. I’m a bit of a completist though so I’ll probably finish it eventually.

Now that I’m back home with my whole collection, time to complete Tunic - I’m completely gobsmacked by this game.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Ghost Trick, Rain Code and TOTK

This weekend I’ll be finishing up Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and then taking on Act 2 of Baldurs Gate 3. Somewhere in between I’ll be doing Picross puzzles or building Gundams.

Looking forward to making the most out of this weekend.

Just because Detective Pikachu is the next big Switch game from Nintendo. I've been replaying the 3DS game. It's still a very fun game.

Double-dipping between 2 great games on Switch -

1) Hollow Knight: really enjoying this, and the challenge level is solid, but wouldn't perhaps rate it as highly as others have. Just beat Soul Master after a few tries (Soul Sanctum area) and now exploring where to go next...
I understand exploration is a huge piece of Metroidvanias, but I seem to be getting ridiculously lost a lot of the time!
Also not a fan of some of the run backs to bosses after dying, reminiscent of Demons Souls (and not in a good way). Would much prefer to be right back at the boss door for another shot (ala Elden Ring)
A good game though, and the challenge is tough but not obnoxious.

2) Cuphead! Wow so great, brilliant bosh rush game but incredibly hard. Doing each boss on "simple" first before tackling regular. Hit a couple of walls, but it is a nice break from exploration in Hollow KNight.

After finishing those 2, I'll do a similar concurrent playthrough of Red Dead with Vampire Survivors on the side

The Messenger has really been a nice throwback to the NES Ninja Gaiden series. Was pleasantly surprised by the switch up about mid way thru!

Vampire Hunters on Switch is a problem! In these times of high inflation , it offers superb value for its asking price! Highly accessible, it can be played with 1 thumb 😝

The Switch is insane. The fact it has BOTW and TOTK alone puts it amongst the greatest software libraries of all time. We’ve never been able to play this level of amazing games with this level of unlimited access, anytime, anywhere.

My Xbox Series X deserves some much needed love..it’s been rarely used! With Red Dead Redemption releasing on Switch, it’s a good time to get back to RDR2 and some Gamepass.

Strains on deck this week Organic Comatose, Dutch Hawaiian with some Island Pink 😎 !!!

Wish everyone nothing but a fun filled and relaxing weekend. Happy Gaming!

@Thisdamian

Red Dead Redemption on a handheld Nintendo console and Baldurs Gate 3 on the handheld that is the Steam Deck! What a time to be gaming!

Red Dead Redemption has the bulk of my focus, just reached Mexico. I've also been kind of back-and-forth between Pokemon Black 2 and Wind Waker on the side and I've been wanting to just take a couple hours and finish replaying Corpse Party for a bit.

Vampire Survivor in small chunks, I am afraid. What a terribly addictive little game that is. Especially together with the kids.

Otherwise Mount and Blade, the Prophesy of Pendor mod.

I beat Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective on Switch a few days ago and it was amazing, cried a bit at the end. I’m currently playing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney which is great too, just started the 4th episode.

Pre installed Starfield on my Xbox Series X which I finally found my cautious hype for again. Don’t trust Microsoft anymore TBH but I still really hope Starfield and Forza Motorsport 8 will hit it out of the ballpark.

On Ps5 it’s just Fortnite this week, finishing up some quests before the next season releases on friday. Although I’m strongly debating on starting Horizon: Forbidden West.

I finished GT Pro Series last night, so will carry on with trying to get the last achievement for Forza Motorsport 3.

Aside from that, I'm playing the new Arcade Archives game. It's like Gauntlet, but with the power-up system from Gradius attached.

I will keep playing Totk until the release of sea of stars. 200 hours in and I guess that I am approximately at the half point of the game lol

Picked up Bayonetta Origins for 40 bucks at Walmart, so that. It must have sold pretty poorly if it's already 40 dollars, which is a shame because it's really good so far!

After finished Tear of Kingdom at completion rate 63%, I'm planning to play Neo The World End with You and Luminous Arc 3 on NDS

Mainly Okami HD. I only ever beat the game when it first released on Wii, never played it again until the Switch release and got to the point where you think you’re at the end of the game and then it reveals you’re pretty much only half way through and then put it down- felt like it was longwinded and outstayed its welcome honestly. That was some 5 years ago though and I had the urge to go back to it after finding it for cheap on Steam- really enjoying it, just hope I can see it through again.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury on Switch. I never finished Bowser's Fury, so I played a good bit yesterday and racked up 70 Cat Shines. It's a really good game concept and I think it would be cool if the next full-fledged 3D Mario went this direction. On the other hand, Giant Black Bowser appears way too frequently, especially postgame. It's as if I don't have time to deal with anything else!

Also, Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA) on Switch. I'm in World 4 now, so about halfway. I'll be honest, 4-1 seems like a pretty awful course. World 3 was already a nightmare to get through, and I don't know how many Game Overs I got. I still plan to beat the game, of course. I've never played beyond World 3, so this is totally new territory.

Red dead redemption on the switch. Great port.

Wanted to keep at Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (Steam) but launched Dicey Dungeons (Switch) while getting an oil change yesterday & I can't put the damn thing down!

Finishing up Pikmin 4–love it so much!

This weekend I’m chipping away at the Uncharted Golden Abyss platinum trophy. I did my first play through without a guide and managed to get all weapon related trophies, and half of the treasures. I’m now going to focus on mopping up the rest of what I’ve missed via a guide and complete the game on crushing mode.

The main game I’m playing, however, is Unit 13 on the Vita. It’s the perfect pick up and play type of game, especially when portable. Missions are only a few minutes long, so you always feel like you’re accomplishing something. There’s a ton of replay value too — getting better rankings, unlocking new weapons and attachments, and there is variety between missions. I’ve been playing the game when on my fifteen minute break or my lunch. It’s very addicting.

I’m now eagerly waiting for Blasphemous 2 and Sea of Stars. I don’t know about anyone else - but I’m going to be eating quite well for the next couple of months!

Finally gone back to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 after beating Tears of the Kingdom - and damn this game just gets better and better. Just bought the season pass and that adds even more amazing quests, and things to do.

This week I had a scare when I randomly put on my Sega Saturn but none of the discs I put in played. After a minor freak out, I realised that because we've had some house renovations recently some dust might have got into it. So, I carefully cleaned the laser and thank God that did the trick and games booted up normally again afterwards.

So, I'm ignoring the Switch this weekend and giving my beloved Saturn some attention - I've already been playing Panzer Dragoon, Sega Rally and Daytona, and this evening I plan to do a Guardian Heroes run. Maybe Earthworm Jim 2 tomorrow.

@Zuljaras looks great!

I’ve spent the majority of the week continuing to play through Immortals Fenyx Rising, so I’m hoping to wrap the game up this weekend. Once I finish up Immortals, I’ll start playing Death’s Door on my PS4. Oh yeah, Pokemon Trading Card Game, was recently added to Nintendo Switch Online, so there is that as well.

More SMT IV + Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. Both games are great.

@deecas I should hook-up my JP Saturn later today. Getting the itch to play Clockwork Knight, Gokujou Parodius, & Tetris Plus, just to name a few.

I was hoping Baldur’s Gate 3, but in mid-Act 3 the Steam Deck could barely keep up to it, even at low settings with deck’s fsr upscaling… Which turned my attention to TOTK and the dozens of missions I’m yet to complete on the switch. Never really finished GoW Ragnarok either so despite BG3 turning into a disappointment performance-wise, I have enough great games to help me over through this horribly torrid weekend.

So Arcade Archives released Dark Adventure this week, a game I’ve waited about 35 years to play a home port of. Nostalgia really played mind tricks on me this time, though - it’s still playable, but doesn’t look as good as I remember, and the auto-draining life bar is much too punishing.

I’d go back to chugging along in Tunic, but Vampire Survivors has me too hooked! The insane excess of enemies to plow through in this game is a ridiculous power-trip I never knew I wanted. 😁

Wishing everyone a fun weekend! 👾🕹

I'll probably be achievement farming Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate.

Seems like every week more and more people are done with TotK

I'm still playing on the wii and will be playing a bunch of different wiiware games.

Pikmin 3 co-op for the win.

Red Dead Redemption and oracle of seasons on switch. Nearly done with seasons.

On xbox, vampire survivors and Texas chainsaw.

Finishing Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe EU Championship

Killzone: Mercenary (Vita) - Playing Botzone and campaign again.

Forza Street (Android) - Managed a few races.

Imperia Online (Windows Phone) - Finally in the final mission now.

I've got some work to finish unfortunately but if I get the time I'll continue Final Fantasy XIII-2. I'm currently over 8 hours into the game. The story is a little confusing but I'm liking it overall.

I got back into Fire Emblem Engage. I beat it months ago but I’m currently playing the DLC. I also bought the Gameboy game Extreme Sports by WayForward. Fun game so far.

I'm currently playing

Switch - The Strange Brigade

Xbox - Waiting for Starfield

PS5 - Cyber Punk 2077 finishing up clearing the map.

No surprise again, it's Zelda TOTK

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
I believe I'm in chapter 21. Nearing the end. I liked the change of scenery with the snow maps. Lost Clarine to a critical hit today. She died protecting her brother.

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
Started this one earlier this week. I've had it for a good while now and first booted it up back when I had Joy-Con drift. It was impossible to play with drift so now I finally got back to it and it seems to be very similar to the original which isn't a bad thing as I really enjoyed the first one on 3DS.

Finally off from work this weekend. Just checking in for the gaming news. Playing nothing! Sleeping, BBQ-ing, joking and roughhousing with my daughters, sleeping more, eating more, sleeping even more. I'll get back to my gaming backlog next week. Have a good one everybody.

BTW: Having children isn't easy, but they are so awesome, enriching and rewarding!

Pikmin 4! Still plenty left to do for me. Also playing through Hogwarts Legacy on the Xbox, and occasionally Chocobo Mystery Dungeon for ten minutes here and there.

Going to continue my playthrough of Chaos;Head Noah. I am working on getting my fifth ending so that will be good. Hopefully I can get the fifth and sixth endings this weekend.Also for the way forward rerelease of Xtreme Sports and that’s fun. I will possibly play more of that along with Double Dragon Gaiden which I think is better than the reviews it got. It’s got some unique ideas in it. Anyhoo, Happy Gaming everyone!

My sister came here from the USA. Will be here for 2 weeks. So we'll play her favorites.... there's going to be a lot of people around this weekend, so it's just going to be multiplayer games like:

• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Taiko no Tatsujin (with 2 drums)
• Mario Party Superstars
• Just Dance
• Warioware Get it Together

I completed Metroid Prime this morning.
The begining of the game was a bit slow, I enjoyed everything afterwards, but the ending and the last two bosses (Meta Ridley and Metroid Prime Prime) were just so annoying. A 3 sec window to make damage every 10 minutes, that was just so annoying. And after beating the game you can only start over from the begining? What's the point of looking for all missiles and log entries then ... a bit disappointed at the end.
I've participated in the MK8 European competition and that was fun. I won't be going to Germany though.
I am playing Hatsune Miku the rythm game in between and will probably get to start Tunic somewhere today or tomorrow.

I'm 130 hours into Remnant 2, and I have further still to go.

A friend and I are halfway through a hardcore (1 life) veteran difficulty run.

Plenty of Tears of the Kingdom and Splatoon 3. I played some Borderlands 2 (360 version) on Xbox Series X. Great gaming weekend for me, thus far.

@Rainbowfire Bayonetta Origins is such an amazing experience! I went back and finished it about a week or so ago. I'm sure it didn't sell well, and I don't hear many people talk about it, which is a shame. It's in my top 5 best games I've played this year so far, and this year has been great for gaming. I hope you enjoy it 😁.

I am flipping between Red dead redemption and Metroid Prime remastered on hard-core and Hard mode respectively. Two completely different games that break up each other quite nicely.

Im playing some old Playstation 3 games this weekend

Quake II on my own, it's a really nice game, it should keep me occupied until MK1 releases. Then, playing Smash Bros 4 Wii U with my kid, we want to reach the final stage of the Hands. And Tears of the Kingdom with my daughter, she only has to get Mineru now, so I'm assisting her with the final temple.

@GregamanX Well the good news is Bomb Rush is $40, but the bad news is that that’s still too expensive.

Surprised to see TOTK finally toppled as the most played game this week. I played Vampire Survivors on PC and got my fill of it there. I’ll actually be playing the original Fallout on PC this weekend, but that wasn’t an option so…

Probably put in at least a couple hours of Vampire Survivors (Steam) earlier today, progressing the Tides of the Foscari DLC. Might consider double-dipping it on Switch next week, why not

Also, Garden Galaxy (Steam) has me mysteriously hooked since the past couple of days. A relaxing garden builder, and I won't be stopping until I've unlocked that final achievement (collect all rainbow-themed items)...

Wishing you all a great weekend!

@JohnnyMind Partially voiced dialogues and no dual audio option support... That sucks!
Oh. Understood.
Thanks for the reply!

Tears Of The Kingdom. The depths are almost done. I think I will collect the tears now.

Happy gaming everyone!

Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

I've just beaten the final boss (not the one I presume I'll find in the post game), which was a serious jump in difficulty compared to the rest of the game. After beating it I looked at a guide, which mentioned a second life bar and Life Ups. Maybe players are expected to use them? Or maybe they just messed up the difficulty curve? It was a fun fight and the bit afterwards was bananas.

I've now got the post game and a few missed Waddle Dees (mostly no damage boss ones).

It became really fun after about the halfway point when the difficulty became slight-to-occasionally-moderate rather than non-existent. Recommended.

@TotalHenshin it's over $50 Canadian, unfortunately.

@Rainz
I know it’s mind blowing these games running on such small devices! And it’s the only way I will ever have time to play having 3 kids
To be honest I never thought red dead would ever make its way to switch at this point 😂 price point is high but worth it

I am continuing my playthrough of Paper Mario: the Thousand-Year Door, and after making it to chapter 7, I realize I did just suck at RPGs when I was younger, and that the game is actually pretty good!

@GregamanX My mistake and apologies.

Shinobi non Grata, Quake 2, Red Dead (I thinknIm not supposed to admit that though...), and hoping Black Skylands gets a patch. It's such an incredible game, but the performance is terrible. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Had fun playing Vampire Survivors co-op with friends last night. Today I’ve been playing Street Fighter 6 and plan on picking Pikmin 2 back up. Hopefully I’ll beat it in the next few days!

So many games to play. This weekend I will focus on Subnautica, Deaths Door, and Resident Evil 6 online co-op with a friend.

Bayonetta 3 still. This game has so much variety, damn-- Oddly there's so much going on I feel like I'm still trying to find myself in it... But it's slowly coming together and still a fun ride.

Heading off to Florida for a vacation, plan on finishing my attempt at 100%ing Pikmin 4 and running some Smash Ultimate with my bros. Happy gaming everyone!

Playing some Splatoon 3 to prepare a bit more before Drizzle Season.

A couple days ago I finished Tears of the Kingdom. Best video game ever. 220 hours and I didn’t play another game for three months.

Now I have jumped back to multiple games. Going to try new Marble it Up, after loving the first game. Rocket League, Travel Mosiacs, Road Rally 3 and Wreckfest.

Happy gaming everyone !

@larryisaman I agree with your assessment of Okami. While I still love the game, I would have been more happy for the game to end earlier. I hope it goes well for you!

XSX - just finished Weird West and now waiting for Starfield.

Switch - pushing through to complete Metroid Prime Remastered. Reckon I'm about 75% done.

PS5 - need to get back to HFW which has been on hold for a few weeks.

@Aispen Gawwwwwd Shadow Gambit looks incredible.

@Rainz The Messenger is insane. I didn't know the change up was coming, but noticed that every screen could be traversed forward and back. Sooooo MY guess was that you'd have to run all the way back through the game at the end. Like a Metroid escape or something. Love that game.
I dig ninjas. Shinobi non Grata and Cyber Shadow are great too.

@LikelySatan
I’m really enjoying my time with The Messenger. I’m a bit surprised Nintendo hasn’t incorporated the switch in aesthetics idea in more if it’s games. Mario Odyssey comes to mind with the retro levels sprinkled in. Would be a cool concept for a Zelda title like Ocarina of time, when Link would time travel the graphics would adjust. Nintendo could do jumps going back to 8 bit for many of its series. Lots of cool gameplay/puzzle possibilities. My backlog could always use more Ninja games, I’ll have to check those titles out!!

@Rainz Oh man, I was actually worried I was suggesting things that were too much known quantities. Yes. Get Cyber Shadow immediately. I am loving Shinobi non Grata too, but am only a little into it so I can't vouche that it stays amazing throughout.

I'm loving Tears of the Kingdom. Recently I mostly build strange flying devices using 1 fan, 1 steering stick, 2 to 6 elevator railings, and whatever assortment of bright blooms and dragon parts I feel like adding for lights. These things are so fun to build and fly around! I also like building railjets along the lines of chezpuff and kingsX or whatever the Youtubers are who show many builds of elevator rail jets. But I love slow planes too. I've also been enjoying Black Widow, Caverns of Mars, Gravitar, and Yars (all Recharged). Marble It Up! Ultra is also awesome. Also been playing Koa & the 5 Pirates, Pikmin 4, VoidScrappers, Brotato, Vampire Survivors, and the great Samba de Amigo demo.
Also been playing Tinykin on Steamdeck. Today I tried it at 40fps, 50fps, and 60. It looks better than the 30fps Switch version at all frame rates/screen refresh rates. The Switch version is great, but boy do those higher frame rates look sweet. I've also been playing Kingdom Eighties on deck and 144fps laptop. It is superb! Also on deck I've played Grand Cross ReNovation (great shmup), BallisticNG (hope it comes to Switch soon!), Cassette Beasts, and Valkie 64. I also dip into my incredible collection of emulated games on deck: 1080 Avalanche, Gun Nac, Volfied (PC Engine), Parodius,
Wipeout Pulse, Advance Wars (which I also play in remake form on Switch), Battle Garegga, and Pikmin at 60fps (looks so beautiful). Oh, and I've also been playing Pikmin 1 and 2 on Switch, but obviously only at 30fps. I'm so glad a got a steam deck, if only so I could see and understand how nice frame rates from 40 up to 59 can be when the screen can be set to whatever refresh rate you choose. I never knew that Kingdom New Lands could look so amazing at 51fps until I tried it on deck! Very interesting to play around with.
Lots of stuff!
Also, I really hope the next Nintendo console can do 40fps, 50fps, as well as frame rates above 60. Having VRR on a handheld (like the ROG ally does) made by Nintendo would also be a dream come true!

@dugan TOTK, Marble it up, and Rocket League. I think I'd be just fine if those were the only games I could play for the rest of my life. Actually, just TOTK and RL would be plenty! Amazing games

From what I can see, more people are playing Drifting With Maxwell Cat than would like to admit! Including me!

My "errand vacation" is over, now I'm back home and right now I'm playing

Pokémon Stadium 2 on the N64 NSO app. With save states I managed to get to the Challenge Cup Ultra Ball division and beat the Prime Cup. Gym Leader Castle is up to the Elite Four, they're pending to be defeated.

Mega Man 7 via Mega Man Legacy Collection 2: Just got the items and stocked for the Wily Castle stages.

Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition: About to start Olympus Maximus.

4 games for me - Vampire Survivors, Brotato, Raincode, and Baldurs Gate 1. Maybe some Stardew or Project Highrise as I’m feeling buildy

I wanted to play Everspace 2 on Xbox, but not time to dig in this weekend, maybe sometime next week.

Red Dead Redemption as i have never played the campaign before. Definitely Quake 2 fantastic game and conversion. Try and fit in some Motogp 23 and some WRC Generations. Happy gaming everyone!

@Duck_Farmer How’s Weird West? I’ve got it via Game Pass and was going to buy it, but they announced a Switch version so waiting on that one.

@dugan Thank you! I have a bit more free time than I did back in 2018 so I’m hoping I’ll be happier to carry it on after the Orochi fight, I think back then I was ready to wrap it up and move on because I had other things I wanted to play and not a lot of spare time so when it just kept going I gave up haha

I just bought FNAF Security breach.Looks really good on switch and even if the loading insn't seamless like on PC,the loadings are few and don't last long.

@Dm9982 Not bad. Was a 7 out of 10 for me. Reminiscent of Fallout / Fallout 2 if they were twin stick shooters.

@The_Pixel_King My story with TotK is pretty much the same. I'm playing GoW on my PS5 now. With Elden Ring still to play, and Baldurs gate around the corner it feels like a golden age for gaming at the moment.

@CammyUnofficial I remember Choplifter 2! It was actually really good

@Dm9982 Tempted for Brotato! Only 5 bones too.

Well another week of excellent gaming gone by. Found my love for Octopath 2 again and absolutely excellent sessions of Pikmin 4 and Trails To Azure and FFXVI. This weekend tho the plans are pretty simple. Work has moved my early shifts back just a little which now makes it so night gaming is back on the menu baby. So I’m thinking it’s finally time to beat Ghost Trick and also get back to SpongeBob The Cosmic Shake. Definitely wanna start knocking out more of my backlog and streamline a lot of my GOTY Games like ditching Trails To Azure to focus on trying to beat Octopath 2 by the end of the year. Besides the fact that as long as a SpongeBob is still in the backlog it makes it harder to keep up with new games like a Armored Core or Alan Wake. Speaking of that’s the big hype of this week. Picking up Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon on 08/25 or Friday. Also working my way through RE6 which is absolutely mid but honestly extraordinarily enlightening having worked my way through the whole series before it. As for anime of the week same as usual, Atelier Ryza, My Tiny Senpai, Ayaka, Zom 100, Liar Liar and Bungo Stray Dogs. That last one I’m almost caught up on and y’all please watch it it’s absolutely the best show I’ve seen in years. Also check out The Diplomat on Netflix it’s pretty good. Podcasts of the week are Remap Radio, Castle Superbeast, RPGcast from RPGsite, Into the Aether and Fire Escape. Hope everyone has a excellent weekend and Happy Gaming.

TLoZ
Bubble Bobble
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Castlevania

Not much time for gaming this weekend so far, but it's looking like mostly Mega Man 11 still. One of these days I just need to git gud and beat a level...

@Freek Were you playing the Switch version of Ghost Song? If so, how was the performance and loading times? Interested to know if it got any patches since launch. Thanks.

@Duck_Farmer Awesome, I love games like Atom RPG and Wasteland (which are just like FO1&2, I wish that series would come to Switch dang it!) I’ll def get it on Switch as that sounds up my alley.

@a_brave_new_geek Brotato is a fun romp! Just like Vampire Survivors, and just as addictive!

@gcunit
Yeah I was playing the Switch version.
It performed ok.
It did have some stuttering and the load times were about 2 seconds between screens, sometimes a little bit longer but I still absolutely loved my time with it.
It wasn't game breaking and didn't cause any deaths so that's the main thing.
I played it in original mode, it also has adventure mode which makes it a bit easier.
The atmosphere alone is worth it and if you have a decent sound system or play it with headphones you're in for a treat.
I played both docked and handheld and found it to play fine, I'm not fussy though.
I'd still recommend it to anyone interested.

@Freek Thank you, I'll be sure to pick it up by your recommendation. I had it on my wishlist already but must admit to having forgotten about it.

Been prying myself away from TABS and Advance Wars to give the Vita some love.

SH: Book of Memories
Syphon Filter DM and LS
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge
Dragons Crown

Oldies but goodies.

@KnightofNi_ I sometimes feel like the only one who plays Vita nowadays

Though I should ideally tackle my backlog more, decided to replay Pokemon Black (after a long time) on a Japanese neon yellow DSi I had lying around - really should use my devices more often!
Otherwise, a bit of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe again, hopefully be able to play a bit more of FF1 on Dawn of Souls and Persona 5 this week too.