Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 9th)

Nintendo Switch:
Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD – finished Yôsuke's, Chie's, Yukiko's, Kanji's, and Kuma's stories (got to «to be continued» screen and got some Gag Endings) in P4U mode. 39% completed. Interestingly enough, Kanji's true title (in JP language) is «Horrifying Gachimuchi Emperor». The reason why localizers changed it is beyond my understanding... Sigh
Well, localizations almost always sucks, so, there's nothing unusual, lol.
I have some complaints about the game's (P4U) plot. False Shadows. Some characters guesses that their Shadows are returned, but... It's stupid. It makes no sense. Why? 'Cause Shadows and Personas are the same beings! If General Kuma was their Shadow, they wouldn't have been able to use their Personas FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF P-1 Grand-Prix! Sigh
Also, Yû, Yôsuke, Chie, and Yukiko had similar "prologues" in their stories. It was annoying to reading and listening to the same dialogues 4 times!
BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS – played Raid Mode on the easy difficulty as Rachel Foley, Raymond Vester, Quint Cetcham, and Keith Lamley. Finished some levels on S and B ranks. Got first rare(or legendary?) weapon. Unlocked Jill Valentine's second skin after that. Leveled up to 17th level.
Android:
Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast – completed Groan's career.
Well, for now, that's all what I've played on this week. I'm planning to play P4U2 later today, so, updates are coming. Have a nice gaming week, everyone.
Update #1:
BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS – finished a couple of levels on B rank in Raid Mode on the easy difficulty as Quint Cetcham.
I haven't had enough time to play anything, sadly.
@JohnnyMind Have you played P4U2?

This week I will be most playing

Mario RPG (virtual console)
Jam With The Band

Hogwarts Legacy: I've only just begun the dive but am quite impressed with the graphical fidelity and the faithfulness to the source material. It's great fun wrapping your head around the history of Hogwarts while still running into the occasional familiar face.

I've longed for a new Harry Potter game since the Lego versions and this is proving to be a great one so far.

New fortnight, new streak of responsible financial decisions and incidental external storage management. As a result, the first weekend of my Switch's eighth year is expected to roll out the red carpet for the likes of Shadowverse, Phoenotopia, Rez Plz, Anuchard, Deadcraft and Unsighted while the menu of older playthroughs should see some particular time dedicated to Guacamelee (its sequel also among the newest library recruits) and SteamWorld Dig (with SWD2 discounted long enough to be an almost guaranteed investment next payday alongside the Heist double-dip), but there will likely also be Xenoblade 2 [& Co] and Sinking City, Isaac and NMS, Saints Row 4 and Mudrunner, Pocket Card Jockey and Doom 3, a foray into more sim RPGs from RF3/5, Portia and Harvestella to Graveyard Keeper, Cozy Grove and Atelier Marie, possibly other whims from Sailing Era, BotW and Borderlands 2 to Weapon of Choice, AC2 and Carto... these few days promise some extra room for planning maneuver (if uncertain to reprise that until April afterwards), so I might as well try and strike the iron here.

Which, of course, brings my usual gluttonous gaming plans to the other consoles as well. Even PS4 may see some action shared among NFS Rivals, MotorStorm Apocalypse, Avengers and Star Ocean IaF while the Vitas could be in for more Eternia and Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni (the latter having just replaced Neptunia Re;Birth1 after the recent news), but Deck also goes without saying - XCX and Horizon, FFXIII and XV, Queen's Quest and Watch Dogs, Nights of Azure and Dishonored... 3DS, on the other hand, might get sidelined and/or mostly focused on the tactical journeys through Valentia and reluctantly binge-jumped Awakening, although I wouldn't completely rule out some Fantasy Life or Endless Frontier either. My weekend game session planning doesn't excel at ruling out stuff anyway.😅

@JohnnyMind Oh, understood! Just, I have seen P3P and P4G rated in your profile, so, I thought that you have completed/finished them.

@nhSnork Are you sleeping at all? Lol.

This weekend is all about UNICORN OVERLORD!!!

I’ve been playing Ghost Trick during the week, not much left, now I’m in the last chapter. After finishing, I will play the 2nd level of the Princess Peach demo. If the full game had like 40 of these levels, I would consider buying. After that I’ll continue Persona 4 Golden. I’m already missing the girls and guys . Also eyeing with Metal Gear Solid on sale, but that will be rather for later.

@JohnnyMind Ah, understood.

Art of glide is a simple, inexpensive flight sim that gives the feeling of flying a paper airplane. Though bare bones, it is worth the price.

Tents and trees is still on my every day playlist after more than a month. It is a great 10 minute chill puzzler.

WRC 10, Wonder, Rocket League.

Happy gaming everyone!

Now in chapter 3 of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. This game is awesome and the music has so much heart. I like how the thunder sounds, like it is from a Super Nintendo game.

Happy gaming everyone!

@Vyacheslav333 as a certified owl, you bet I do, often at the expense of the very gaming time I greedily allocate here.😆 But as I've elaborated in response to similar raised eyebrows, these are just general whim lists to pick from, and whatever doesn't make it for real still has good odds of being tended to over the following week.

Still playing Final Fantasy XVI.
Tomorrow I might play a bit of Timespinner on my Switch

I'm playing a ton of games: Party Crashers (same Tasmanian developer who made Party Golf), Pseudoregalia, 20 Minutes Till Dawn, Rocket League, Shashingo, Balatro, Pepper Grinder demo, Jelly Car Worlds, and New Star GP - all of which look stunning at 90fps on Steam Deck (many also put a huge smile on my face when I play them on PC at 144fps or higher). Also on Deck I've played a ton of Nintendo 64 games that either run better than on Switch, or will never arrive on Switch. Also playing a number of great GB and GBA games via emulation.
I've played some Tears of the Kingdom, but kinda feel sick to my stomach playing on anything owned by Nintendo ever since they stole computers, years of emulation development (presumably so they can try to force people to pay for their newly stolen emulators), and millions of dollars. What a sick puppy Nintendo is!

More Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition. Been a bit rough though because I got really sick this week.

I've just finished Luigi's Mansion 3, which I liked far less than I'd expected. It looked and sounded good with inventive areas and bosses, but I found the controls frustrating, and the game overly long and repetitive.

I'm now playing Nobody Saves the World, which has been really fun so far.

Gunbrella for the weekend 😊

And continue my playthrough on Sekiro: shadow die twice.

Also, playing one of the best games ever made, Detroit: become human

Majora’s Mask - NSO

It's a Big Run kinda weekend for me.

A mixture of Splatoon 3 for Big Run and Tomb Raider 1 in the 1-3 collection.

@nhSnork Oh, okay. 🙂

@Zuljaras someone beat you to the top today 😊

Finished disk one of final fantasy 7 last week. Can’t wait to see where it goes from there. Also trying out ff14 for the first time using the trail, never really played a mmo like this before so it’s gonna take some learning.

Probably will play splatoon as well.

Mario 64 on NSO!

Keeping on with Sleeping Dogs on the Playstation. I have Unicorn Overlord on the way, and am looking forward to it. Hope everyone has a great weekend. I still have a few days of work left until I get to mine.

@JohnnyMind Have you completed the Monster list + Thoughts.
That is fun to do to. (Mario RPG)

I'm about four hours into Final Fantasy 12 so very, very early days and will continue that this weekend. But I'm already feeling a little overwhelmed with the boards, jobs, gambits, licences etc. I know it will all click eventually after a few hours but right now this game feels more complex than even Xenoblade 2...

Shiren the wanderer serpentcoil island, most addicting game since the last decade.

I had to go back to a previous save file on Double Dragon, as I was unable to beat the end boss and I didn't have any extra lives left. So I finally redid mission 4 and this time I could beat him directly with endless kicks, how funny.
I moved to Double Dragon II which was a bit more varied but overall much easier. I had to redo it in the 3rd mode to get to the end boss which was fun, but oh my god unfair, I can only imagine playing this back in the days!...
Anyways, I thought I had played some DD game on the Amstrad computer when I was younger but that wasn't it. So I'll be trying some other games like this in the coming days. River City, Streets of Rage ... ?

I've been playing Tears of the Kingdom, well, mostly scanning Amiibos and hanging around the house. I'm working on a plan to go on a photo-excursion but still working on the details. I'm happy to have cleared the game, but a bit sad I don't have any challenges left. Feeling like I didn't get enough of it, despite the 350h spent in it. Hunting all of the Lynels like 4 times and farming the Gleeok guts, if you've done it then you know how many Gleeoks you've defeated already XD

I completed 100% on Vectronom, super fun little game.

I've also been playing Tetris 99, which I hadn't in a long time, and for the first time ever I saw two times teams with 10 and 9 people only. Gives me hope to be one day able to reach that goal of winning within a team of 10 or less ... now, both times those teams lost!

Finally, I've started Batman Arkham Asylum, where I've reached the Batcave. It's fun, I'm not a Batman fan, but they've done a nice job, I would have loved this game as a kid.

Happy gaming, and happy card games to everyone

Dave the Diver and Pocket Card Jockey.

Bioshock 2. Taking my time to explore and drink in the unique atmosphere of Rapture and enjoying it.

Also a bit of Terra nil. Maybe some board games too.

Well my original plan was to start the Unicorn Overlord game but it turns out that apparently there's a logistics strike going on at germany where a lot the EU area games are manufactured so that's delayed now, and there's almost certainly going to be some major strikes going on over where I live too for the next few weeks so quite likely not gonna be until end of the month when I get the game. I guess I could go digital but it's fine I can deal with it.

I've been playing some random games from my backlog recently, I tried Tropico 6, a town builder/management sim which I believe a friend of mine got me for christmas or something a couple years ago, I did two missions of it spanning about 15 hours total, it's a fine game but it's also the type that also feels like a bit of a productivity killer for how addictive it can be and if you're gonna dive deep into something like it I think stuff like Civilization, Rimworld and Crusader Kings were more my type when it comes to such games.

After that I played through Remnants of Isolation, a RPG Maker game that I've had on my steam library since as long as I remember, when I originally made the account I do remember buying several humblebundles and I'm pretty sure that's when I got the game. The game itself was a fairly forgettable dungeon crawler that was over in an evening, the battle gameplay was fine for what it was but the dungeons felt very haphazardly designed and the game in general felt like it didn't have much of an identtity, the dual protagonists had some minor chemistry but it was very surface level stuff, the background lore of the game mostly told through notes you find on the ground was completely uninteresting. The game also did use a lot of the basic resources that came with RPG Maker VX.

Finally I started playing through Terranigma a few hours ago, I've only ever completed the game once before years ago and while it's only a "solid" action RPG gameplay wise, it's the world and the story that I remember liking a lot, and the soundtrack too excellent stuff. I made it through Chapter 1 of the game.

@Rpg-lover Sekiro is just incredible. It's so perfect that it's one of those games that makes others just look inept. I still have some of the usual Dark Souls issues with it (some enemies that don't react at all when they are hit, attacks that home in on the player and completely reverse velocity mid-air, etc etc), but it's legit incredible. Good choice.

I imagine I'll make some decent progress in Star Ocean: The Second Story R those weekend. I started it last weekend (I feel that ive become pretty much a weekend-only gamer lately), and I chose Rena's Story, since I've done Claude's twice on the PS1. I'm loving the new visuals, but I don't remember the game being this easy in the beginning. I've even tried it on the hardest mode. Hopefully I'm just misreembering things and the battles last more than 2 seconds in the future.

If I have time, I really need to play some more Balatro (didn't feel a compulsion to play it over the week. I thought it was implied that I wouldn't be able to put it down). Still, I am very interested in putting some more time into it. I really liked what I've played so far.

Also, maybe some Splatoon 3 turf war with my family. After beating Side Order with the octobrush, I made a switch to the Painbrush in online battles, and im finally finding a useful weapon for nearly any kind of scenario.

Playing Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe. Despite being my favorite Kirby game and my NL avatar icon, I held off on buying the game until it came on sale for the holidays. I'm not much of a person who double dips. Sadly I've also been extremely busy, this is the first proper game I've had a chance to play since the start of the year. However, the remaster really reminded me how much I truly love this game, it's the quintessential classic Kirby adventure with modern graphics and the mini-games are super addictive.

Still stuck in 1996 with Super Mario 64.

May get around to Unicorn Overlord by 2096 (backlog and expected pace)

Started DQ11 again last night. Yep, I'm hooked again.

Trying to finish up SM Wonder so I can begin Unicorn Overlord.

The backlog drag has come for me hard - so I’m taking a stand and replaying a few games I have wanted to go back to instead. (Idk if I’m the only one, but games come so quickly. I feel like directive is to play new experiences back to back to back to back. It can turn keeping up with new games into a chore if I’m not careful)

Resident Evil Revelations is not as good as Resident Evil 4 - but I also don’t have every inch of it memorized and it has similar gameplay. I love it! The environment is so creepy and I love customizing my guns

Super Mario Odyssey is as delightful as when I left it, I’d been meaning to revisit it as well because there has been some discourse about it in the last year or so. It seems a number of people think it is overrated and I am interested to see things from their angle. The Lake Kingdom is my favorite, because I love the music and color-scheme/excessive bloom lighting makes me nostalgic for the Wii lol

A bit of Mario Kart, because of Mario day. Some Lara Croft collection and GI Joe operation Blackout because of local multiplayer. Some racing with WRC 10 with the Hori wheel and finally some fitness games like Ring Fit and Knockout Fitness to stay in shape.

This weekend I’m playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. I’m seven chapters deep, and I’ve 100%’ed each region. I’m taking my time and really absorbing this sprawling world. It can feel a little too bloated at times, but the story (which I won’t discuss due to spoilers) and moment to moment gameplay is a genuine blast.

So far, the game is living up to my lofty expectations. The combat is a lot more balanced than its predecessor, and more dynamic too. It might be my favorite battle system in an RPG ever. It’s a wonderful mix between exhilarating action and classic turn-based decisions. It’s an impressive feat that keeps you constantly engaged.

One thing I really appreciate is how everything has a purpose. Mini-games such as Queen’s Blood and Fort Condor (and more) have their own mysterious yet compelling storylines, and are worth experience. Side stories are somewhat bland from a design perspective, but feature brilliant character development.

I’ll try and be as spoiler free as possible — there are two quests I’ve been involved in that expound on the characters. The first one revolves around Barret’s relationship with Marlene, and how he expresses his love for her and is worried about her future. The second relates to Cloud’s incentive on his asking price of 2,000 gil for his mercenary work. It becomes an inside joke within the party which is heartwarming in and of itself, but there is also a backstory to that particular price that has emotional weight behind it.

While there may be a Far Cry-esque nature to its open world, nothing feels like wasted space. The game simply respects your time. I can’t wait to explore further into some iconic locations from the PS1 original, and even though I know what is to come, I still find myself curious as to how things will unfold. To me, that is a sign of a masterful game that respects its legacy and modern audience.

I also purchased Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord. I’ve only put two hours in. Initially, it was a little jarring, not being able to strategically choose your actions like your typical turn based (S)RPGs, but once I came to terms with it and found enjoyment in unit management, the game really started to become special. This is shaping up to be a brilliant ride.

Audica always

@JohnnyMind I didn't spend a single Frog coin during the whole quest, so I had a big bundle that helped. Like you, still required a lot of grinding to find more and complete the harder to find monsters!

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5): have just finished the Jotunheim story arc and am back in England.

Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX): finished the first chapter.

Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection (Switch): the games are showing their age but the presentation and overall package is excellent.

Balatro (Steam): have won my first run after a half a dozen attempts with a "two pair" strategy built around the Spare Trousers joker which I levelled up to a 100x multiplier. This game is insane.

switch: unicorn overlord demo, super mario bros wonder

xbox: star trek online, world of tanks and borderlands 1

Splatoon 3, might finish portal 2, and might dive in to some animal crossing ❤️

Switch: Most of my gaming this week will be on Switch, as i won’t be home for a few days. Playing a lil rpg, For a Vast Future. Its got gb style graphics and prioritizes player choice over everything else, including story. It’s alright. Next, i think i’ll try Melon Journey.
Picked up Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag on a whim. I only ever played the first one. I like stabbing people and then avoiding the authorities. In the game.
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is everything i need it to be and a welcome boon after learning of Akira Toriyama’s passing. Which is something that has been bothering me more than i’d like. I was a fan. Raw Fury really knows Moomins. If you are a a devotee of Tove’s works, it’s essential.
My partner saw The Survivalists on sale , and since we’ll be gaming online this week, it’s a good fit. We played it last night for a bit. Good times. I almost starved to death, but i did craft a sweet wall hanging to adorn the hay bale we’re calling a wall. Again, in the game.

PC: Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles . Excellent shmups i picked up dirt cheap thanks to a heads up from Time Extension. I’m bummed i have to wait to get home to play. No Steam deck!

The table- I might bring Marvel United with me. It’s a fun co-op game that is short and sweet and has chibi Marvel minis. It can be played solo. No DnD this week.
Take care, all!

@LikelySatan I can't say it any more better than you've already done.

I’ve gotten back into the 3DS, so I’ve been playing a lot of that, especially before the online services shut down. I’ll be playing Tomodachi Life, ACNL, Mario Kart 7, maybe some Mario 3D Land too…

@Jhena is it best to play the Xenoblade games in order? I’ve replayed the original so many times but never finished it. It’s an amazing game but feels a little long winded.

@ScalenePowers Odyssey is the best Mario game of all time, I always enjoy seeing how much others enjoy it!

TOTK still. Hunting for those last few wells, and my adventure log is complete.

I started a playthrough of Rayman Legends on the Switch last night, so that'll at least last this weekend. On xbox, I beat A Little to the Left, and now I'm seeing if I can 100% the achievements. Probably won't though, as there are daily challenges and they want you do go quite a bit for some of them.

On xbox I started Dead Rising the other day.
On Wii U I started Paper Mario Color Splash the other day.
On switch I've been playing FF VI

@Keegsy it's up there for me too. I teared up at the end of it, thinking of playing Mario 64 with my mom back in the day. We played through all of them up to Sunshine together, before I ended up out west. Not many games can have that kind of effect on me.

@Keegsy
I would recommend playing them in the chronological order, because I feel the series feels more fun and smoother as the series progresses. Thankfully you do not have to know the story of past games, to enjoy the new ones, so it is really up to you, which one you choose.

I had a a similar experience to yours. Tried Xenoblade 1 a few times and could not really get into it. But then it just clicked and I finished it 100%.

I think it is a series that really needs all of your attention and a lot of time to really get into it and to enjoy it. No need to force it though, it is okay if you do not like it. So many other games to like and play. If you try it again sometime, I hope it will click for you too.

I finished Mega Man X3 last night, so I’ll likely start up Mega Man X4 this weekend via the legacy collection. I’m also getting a physical copy of TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge today, so I’ll maybe do an arcade run of that.

@JohnnyMind Have fun with Persona 5 Strikers, dude! As someone who played it before Persona 5 (I knew what already happened in vanilla P5 lore wise), it is easily the best Persona spinoff. I actually like to call it a full blown sequel!

Playing Octopath Traveler 2 and appreciating it being somewhat episodic so I can play in chunks while going to touch grass from time to time. The exploration is way more interesting than in the first.

Also finished AI: The Somnium Files, which was really good but by the end I was really over the Psych sequences. Worth the $8 or so on an eShop sale.

I'm still recovering from having my appendix removed, so this weekend will be pretty casual. With that said, I’m looking forward to playing some Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, as well as Blast Corps, both of which were recently added to Nintendo Switch Online.

Finally done with TotK (until I’m ready to revisit it for those last 65 koroks and 20 sidequests, some day) and have immersed fully into Metroid Prime, which I’ve never tried before, having long been a fan of the 2D games. It’s fun, but to be honest I’m more interested in wrapping up my first playthrough of Tactics Ogre: Reborn, and I happened to try out the Unicorn Overlord demo and was completely blown away. Looking to get that one soon! We Switch owners really have an embarrassment of riches, don’t we?

What am I playing this weekend? Oh, you mean besides Home A'Coughing (yay sinus stuff) or Mourn Beloved Artist.

• Pokemon Legends: Arceus - I'm at 200 complete Pokedex entries. Still working on the post-game story while also picking up some Pokemon stragglers here and there. I finally found Porygon yesterday! Just need to find wood for Cogita, which I'm VERY bad at collecting....
• Princess Peach: Showtime demo - I intended to boot this up the evening it dropped, but never got to it. Time to see if this hits my wishlist or not since I'm on the fence.
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey - Bowser just consumed a giant carrot, and I suspect a boss fight is coming up. I am happy to report I love the cat collectibles in this game (Blitties!). I've completed up to the beginning of Cavi Cape on the BJJ side.

Happy gaming!

Still playing Persona 5 Royal. Doing the 8th palace now, but I did the things to unlock the extra content so still a ways to go. I am ready to be done with it but at something like 108 hours into it I may as well see it through to the end. I’ve enjoyed it but probably would have enjoyed it more if it was like half as long and just more dense.

playing legend of Zelda the minish cap this weekend.

@OwenGamer22 X4 is my favorite in the MM franchise. Enjoy!

Working today but should have some time for the Top Racer Collection and the Tomb Raider Collection. I'd not really played Top Gear / Racer previously, but I do like them. The first one reminds me of Pitstop 2 on the C64, though I realise it's most closely related to Lotus Turbo Challenge. Fun retro racing.

I'm still working through Tomb Raider 2 which I'd never completed in it's original form, though I did finish the first game on the Saturn and initially played through the game again on this new collection. The tank controls seem old fashioned, but they are so precise it's been fun getting back into playing these games.

PS5- Unicorn Overlord and FF7 Rebirth
Series X- Tekken 8
Switch- Apollo Justice Ace Attorney Trilogy

On Switch

• World of Solitaire (55 hours and going on)
• Blazing Chrome (great "Super Contra" kind of game!)

On Steam

• Dead or Alive 5 Final Edition (going to 100% achievements)

Splatoon for Wii U!

I'm taking a bit of a breather from gaming after my Switch Lite has seen a major revival the last month or so (Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, old Street Fighter games, Guilty Gear games, Castlevania etc.).

I think I might give the original Castlevania another go a bit later today though (never got even close to finishing it - it's quite difficult imo).

Granblue Fantasy Relink (just having fun playing for a bit every day; I'm not insane enough to really grind out War Elemental sigils and every Terminus weapon); Helldivers 2 (I really enjoy it, but the sluggish movement when you're getting hit by bugs just feels bad; and Unicorn Overlord (demo, because my fancy edition shipment will be late).

Mother 3 for me! I’m currently on Chapter 7, and four of the seven Needles have been pulled. This story has been pretty wild so far, being a significant departure from the more lighthearted stories of its two predecessors, but it’s been a blast. There are a lot of bosses at this point in the game, too, and it seems I might need to level up a bit, but the challenge is great! There are even a couple returning characters from EarthBound, which was a nice surprise. It’ll probably be a little sad once I’m done with the trilogy, but I’m pretty eager to see how it ends!

@Dark_Isatari Thanks! I’m very excited to play as Zero. I knew you could technically play as him in X3, but I wanted to ensure he was with me at the end.

With Super Mario RPG done, it's Atelier Escha and Logy and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for me. It's a bit hard adjusting to the DS-era graphics and music for Phoenix Wright, but the characters are as fun as ever 🙂

I sort of feel dissatisfied with my gaming though....I kind of also want to play something where I can switch off and bash monsters when I'm not concentrating super hard on alchemy or solving murders 🤔

Finally playing Persona 4G.

Just like P5R, I really like the combat, dungeons, monsters, and story. Also like P5R, I find myself bored of the forced downtime. I expected this going into these games though, so that's why I get myself mentally prepared for it, cos otherwise these games are absolutely stunning.

Just finished the demo for Princess Peach: Showtime, but didn't like it, to be honest. Kinda clunky and soulless gameplay. Peach looks and feels like a robot, a far cry from what Nintendo attained with, say, Mario Odyssey

Skyrim, regardless of the backlog of games I swore I would play this weekend. I've been enjoying some of the new content from anniversary edition that I hadn't discovered yet. Boy the housing options are a lot cooler.

I might restart Hyrule Warriors too...I enjoy the game but not the difficulty spike later on. I have a boss on Ys Origin to tackle, which I think I finally figured out. I'm still picking at some games on SNES online, but there's been a lot going on!

@Ooyah completely agree with you there on Balatro. I've been playing for a couple of hours for the last few days and it's fun and looks good, which is more than I can say for 90% of the games I've played, but I really think it lacks something more. A story, something about the joker that keeps teasing you and explores that kinda eerie aura the game has, I dunno, but something is missing for it to be a true great game IMO

@Keegsy I don’t think I like it as much as I like Galaxy… but I also basically think Galaxy is the best game every made (kinda like how Resident Evil Revelations isn’t as god as RE:4 lol how could it be?)

But despite not being literally perfect, Mario Odyssey has managed to be nearly perfect, as well as super duper!

There are too many good games to balance! I don't have a PS5 yet, so all this hubbub about FFVII Rebirth made me nostalgic for the original, which I purchased on the eshop. I think it holds up pretty well. The pacing is great and the plot always moves forward at a good clip, and it's rare that 30 minutes go by without some story beat. This is helped GREATLY by the ability to speed up time 3x and even to disable random battles on a whim. I don't think I could go back and play the original without this feature. There are a lot of aspects of the plot that don't make a hell of a lot of sense, but it's still fun and the music still kicks ass.

I'm also playing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which is great, although I got completely sidetracked with FFVII for the past two weeks or so. I'm slightly stuck on a boss. But I will come back as soon as I finish FFVII.

I also picked up the demo for Unicorn Overlord which sounds pretty good! Haven't tried it yet though.

Once I'm through with my current glut I'm very tempted to finally pick up a PS5 so I can play Alan Wake 2 and FFVII Remake/Rebirth. And Astro which everyone raved about when it came out. Geez, I have my hands full.

Continuing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but also a couple more things:

• Princess Peach: Showtime! demo — Might as well sample it. I know I'll rent it from GameFly eventually.
• Arcade Archives: Rush N Attack — Historically, I've seemed to missed my opportunity to play this game time and again, NES or Arcade, so I've decided to correct that. On top of this, I've decided I'm going to make a dent in my wishlist of Arcade Archives games by purchasing one every two weeks until I've knocked down the list.
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tourney — It's going to be tight, but I'm going to try to participate during the time frame it's occurring.
• Hindsight — this has been on sale a million times and for 50% off at that. Since losing my dad a couple of years ago, for some reason this game has been on my mind, I just haven't had the time to get into it. But I will give it some time this weekend. I haven't played a poignant Annapurna Interactive game in a while.

Going to see Dune with friends, and I'd wager there may be some Smash Ultimate after that. If not, more Sonic 06 and maybe team adjustments in Pokémon Scarlet.

Continuing on with Zelda TotK. Going to head to the last temple and continue on from there!

Have the Battlefront Collection preloaded and ready to go for launch later this week

I’ll be busy with the kiddos mostly this weekend, but hope to have another go with the Unicorn Overlord demo since my preorder hasn’t delivered yet.

Wishing everyone a fun weekend! 🕹 🦄

@MeloMan
Great post! You know I was just thinking the same thing about Arcade Archives - maybe buy a game per month or so to whittle down my long list of wishlisted titles.

I lost my dad recently, too, and it’s a long process to get through. I hope the Hindsight game eases your mind a bit.
My dad, I don’t associate him with any video game except maybe NES Blaster Master, when he yelled at me for playing it too much one summer. 😅

Too little time to play. Working mostly. I'm listening a lot to game soundtracks though. Right now Valheim and Horizon Zero Dawn.

I'm just finishing Banishers Ghosts of New Eden on PS5, then I will start Assassin's Creed Mirage and next week is time to move on with FF7 Rebirth.
Unfortunately, no Switch game interest me atm.
I've to finish P5R and DQXI some time.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - Time for Dante to get his just due.

Jet Car Stunts (Windows Phone) - Mostly dailies still.

Lode Runner Classic (Windows Phone) - Finally picked this back up after taking a week off from it.

Unicorn overlord. That is all.

@Teksetter Ha! Yelling at me for gaming too much? That was my whole NES gaming life from my dad 😆

I discovered the games from Rebellion, so I will be playing Sniper Elite 4 and Zombie Wars.
The sniper elite and zombie wars series are 75% off and they are amazing!
I always thought these were budget games, but they have such a high quality. I love the way the scope works on the sniper rifels and how you sometimes see the bullet flying in slow motion.

I liked them so much that I bought both series (now they are still on sale).

I played Animal Crossing New Horizons this weekend. 😊

Finally, I have accumulated more than 1000 hours gameplay of ACNH. 😁
I still busy in making vacation houses for the clients at Happy Home Paradise Island.

Passed by my local game store after work to pick up my pre-order of Unicorn Overlord. This is one truly amazing game, and I expect this to pre-occupy me for the current weekend and many more after that.

Well another week another WAYP. Kinda busy week? Kinda neglected my switch this weekend due to work on Friday amd having plans on Saturday. So we’re gonna remedy that with some Unicorn Overlord today. Very extremely excited to play that as I always love a good Vanillaware game. Also gonna probably take a couple minutes before bed tonight and do the Dragons Dogma 2 Character Creator Demo thing so I can skip that part when the game comes out because yes I did get to pick up a digital copy of that this weekend too. Usually I skip demos because I like starting the game as is when it comes out but I don’t exactly enjoy character creators as much as other people so I don’t mind skipping that. As for games I plan to tackle the rest of the week well all that’s left on the Nintendo DLC train is the Splatoon DLC after I beat Pokémon this week so on switch I’m thinking some Splatoon 3, Cold Steel IV, Another Code, Mario Vs DK, Unicorn Overlord and Rain Code. And over on the PS5 a rotation of FFVII Rebirth, Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Granblue Fantasy Relink, and hopefully finishing off the last of FFXIV: Endwalker content. Maybe crack into some Foamstars too if I get some free time. Anime of the week is short and simple. Gotta give it to Frieren, Delusional Monthly Magazine, High Card, Delicious in Dungeon and Urusei Yatsura as always. Also of course continued special shout-out to a show I’m loving Shameless. Podcasts of the week gotta go to Castle Super Beast, Big Think Dimension, Remap Radio, RPGsites Tetracast, Into the Aether, Windbreaker, Firelink, Press Start Turbo, Summon Sign, and Nextlander. As always a big huge lovely shoutout to my friend at twitch.tv/akibread and their lovely streams. And this week a personal and special thank you to Akira Toriyama and all he’s done may he Rest In Peace. As always stay lovely to each other, stay safe and have a excellent weekend. Happy MAR10 Day. And Happy Gaming.

@ScalenePowers I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t beaten Galaxy 1 or 2, but what I’ve played of the first one was incredible!