Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 28th)

Nah nothing, reading Wind in the willows, and a few Sherlock Holmes short stories. Chuff the meta verse xxx

Nothing, going to the beach……put those games down and enjoy the sunshine, it’s not here everyday like today, especially here in the UK.

Skyrim, then BOTW for a refresh before next year's sequel release.

The House Of The Dead Remake, my physical copy arrived. I played it through last night to completion on easy so will play it today on normal, also going to play the indie racing game Slipstream.
It's a great racer in the style of Outrun, with an amazing synthwave soundtrack to boot..
Happy Gaming Everyone!!

Finished off the secret 4th route of Fire Emblem Three Houses yesterday so I'll return back to the Black Eagles route. Definitely more MK8 Deluxe but maybe also some MH Rise, I'm a fair amount away from where I need to be to unlock Sunbreak and the expansion launches in just over a month (June 30th).

Continuing Mad Max on PS5. This game needs a 60fps patch...badly. But still a really fun game. And when my daughters want to use the TV, I'll continue Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

This Weekend i'll be playing
Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic (Switch)
The Sims (PC)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PC)
and Maybe Mario Kart: Double Dash (NGC)

Mindball Play. Don't know how I have never heard of it, but it's well worth 3 quid. Marble racer with some weighty physics which you will feel like you are fighting until you nail your racing lines. Rough around the edges and the music doesn't really add anything but it's challenging. (7/10)

Playing some more Spyro Ripto's Rage, Ys Origin and Super Mega Baseball 3.

Exploring the Forbidden West on PS5, while defending the accused in court as a great ace attorney on Switch. Plus binging Stranger Things and Liverpool winning the champions league hopefully.
Have a good weekend folks!

@Dragonslacker1 Oh I love the Wind and the Willows. Hope you have a fine time with it.

Deaths Door!

P.S. the controllers for Mario Strikers is something else! No wonder they released a tutorial version.

As I never got around to actually finishing it the first time around, I’ve started a brand new playthrough of the fabulous SteamWorld Dig 2. And I’m having a blast with it, too! Have absolutely no idea what stopped me the first time around, but it’s so addictive, I can hardly put my Switch down.

I’m also playing God of War (2018) on PS5, which is so amazing, it’s mind blowing. I’m trying to knock a few games off my backlog while I’m waiting for Pocky & Rocky Reshrined to release on the UK eShop.

This weekend I've decided to take a break from Everhood, seeing as I found myself being extremely frustrated in the game. Not having large expectations for it, I decided to jump into The Messenger in anticipation for Sabotage Studio's game Sea of Stars. I was absolutely blown away. The game is so fun, and the story is a lot more engaging than the previous game I was playing, despite being a 2d platformer. That is until I reached the second half, which features a non-existent story, as well as repetitive gameplay. I'm hoping it returns to it's former levels of quality after a while.

Bravely Default II.

Walking Dead A New Frontier, Cursed Castilla Ex and Zombie Army Trilogy on Switch.
Just Cause 3 on PS4.

Three-day weekend for me but my wife is working two of the days, so I'll probably be gaming a lot. I just got Pocky and Rocky Reshrined yesterday so I'll be playing some of that, along with Cotton Fantasy and Blue Reflection: Second Light. And I can't stop playing Slay the Spire.

I'll most likely dip quickly into R-Type Dimensions EX, G-Darius HD and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

When not gaming, I'll be working on my crochet sweater or doing housework.

Probably binge watching Stranger Things tbh

Abundant aspirations this weekend as usual. Switch with the newly obtained Green Hell (for the short while I expect to survive therein), Dark Souls (ditto), Xenoblade games, Dying Light, RF5, SR4, Bioshock 2, Roundguard and quite possibly others; the laptop with ESO, NFS Undercover (which I'm relatively beelining after the HUD radar oddities regrettably barred me from enjoying the game's freeroam), Assassin's Creed, JC2, FFXIII and potentially some Dishonored or The Witcher; the Vitas with their God Eater, Gravity Rush, Papers Please, Eternia likely SotN; 3DS with its Etrian Odyssey, Spirit of Justice and Endless Frontier (plus, a causal spin of the RNG wheel in the collection led me to finally launch Pokemon Gold after all these years, so maybe I'll continue giving it some limelight as well... uh, am I just imagining a nasty look from Ever Oasis as we speak?)... stuff like that.

Yesterday, I even pulled the trigger on a cheap and not too wieldy but seemingly serviceable holder-equipped Android gamepad - mainly to try and improve the experience with some Gen 6 titles my Poco F1 can stomach (Atelier Salburg remasters, Ar Tonelico or, one day someday, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance), but for the [hopefully short] time being, I have even decided to stuff Genshin Impact on board. Yet those 14+ Gb, Carl!😵 Even after ditching Dragalia Lost (Cygames better schedule EoS for well after Genshin's Switch port finally lands) and sweeping out a truckload of other stuff, I still just barely fit the new 2.6 update and look to be stuck with the dub here so far because I don't have the storage to download the original voices here (which is why I will likely not uninstall the PC version for now either). But hey, with some assistance from a mapping app, I've still got the game at its most portable until you know what.

Trying to learn granblue fantasy versus, maybe smash as well, anything to get over my online fighting game anxiety, that’s what I’m working on!

With the kids Just Dance.

For myself Mario 3D World - should finish it this weekend or the next and some Immortals Fenyx Rising.

Well, I played Yokai Watch 3 Tempura 3DS in the morning. 🙂

Then, I played for the first time XBOX 360 games after I bought from my local games store this afternoon. 😁

My XBOX 360 machine is White color, Slim model, with Black Kinect sensor since finding White Kinect sensor was pretty hard, but my XBOX 360 machine has been installed with RGH on it.... just to bypass Region Lock since finding pure 100% Original XBOX 360 USA machine in my country was (nearly) impossible so I have no choice but pick the RGH version.
Sorry... 😣
But all my XBOX 360 games are original copies 😀
And I played DDR UNIVERSE 1, Kinect Sports 1, Kinect Sports 2, Deca Sports Freedom, Disneyland Adventures this afternoon.

Bad news, my two XBOX 360 games I have (DDR UNIVERSE 3 and Kinect Joy Ride) was dead / didn't detected on my XBOX 360. 😫
I have to rebuy again from my local online shopping website as I found there are seller who still have those games for my replacement. 😥

I am all about Ikenfell!!! The story is great, the characters are funny and relatable, and that combat is so refreshing!

The combat is most analogous to Divinity if I had to compare it to anything. It's just an all over great experience.

And it's sort of low key to lead into what we all hope will be a more exciting fall and holiday period

This week I will be mostly playing

Fire Emblem Awakening
Lego Skywalker Saga

I won't be playing much this weekend. Having a barbecue with my mate today and then watching the Champions League final. Then tomorrow it's the Championship play-off final.

If I do play something, it'll be Rocket League as always and probably some Splatoon 2 which I've recently been getting back into, in preparation for the new one. I'm looking forward to adding Mario Strikers and Splatoon 3 into the mix. Rocket League will remain a mainstay but Splatoon 2 will probably never be played again, so I'm going to enjoy it while I still can.

On PS5 I've just finished the voice of cards forsaken maiden which was a good game but towards the end it got tedious. Will now fully focus on Elden Ring and Trails of cold steel 1

On switch I will finally compete fire emblem three houses and will then concentrate on getting xenoblade chronicles 2 complete before number 3 comes out. I should also have Rune Factory 5 come today so will give that a play as well

The Fruit of Grisaia .. the entire Grisaia series will undoubtedly take me a good hundred weekends 😅

Continuing slowly but surely with Earthbound. Just got the second character. Also a bit of MK8 deluxe multiplayer with the kids. Sadly now reached the point where my son is just about better than me. Sigh.

Also he will be getting wii sports switch or whatever it’s called for his birthday on Monday so no doubt some of that (technically not the weekend I know, but it’s school holidays and I’ve got the day off so I’m counting it, ok?)

Continuing through Pokemon Sword and starting 13 Sentinels (really looking forward to this one). I’ll also keep collecting stuff in LEGO Skywalker Saga

I'm still slowly playing through Titan Quest. I reached Memphis last night, and I hope to finish Act 2 this weekend.
I'm still playing a bit of Crossfire X. Probably the only FPS I've ever played where I consistently do well, even if our team lose.
Finally, I plan to play a bit of NFS Heat.

Just got done playing Bullfrog's classic PC game, Magic Carpet. Hopefully my copy of My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure should come in the mail today, so I'll play that if it comes. Maybe some Racing Karts on Switch, got it on sale recently and it's fun for some quick races.

Picked up Traingle Strategy and about 6 hours in. It's awesome as expected just like Octopath Traveler. Eastward, Pokemon Arceus and Fire Emblem Three Houses

This weekend I will be playing:

Mario kart deluxe some online races hope to get 25000 points this weekend.

Kirby and the forgotten world.
On the final world now, it’s really a good game!

One piece Pirate warriors 4
Bought it on sale for 15€ The deluxe edition going to start it this weekend I’m in for a new warriors game 😀

@Zuljaras I'm certainly enjoying it. My only real criticism is that sometimes the game won't target an enemy, so I can't attack anything. It's not frequent enough to be a problem, though.

This is getting tougher every week because I've been playing less. I played some Super Puzzle Fighter with my wife on my Big Blue A1up last night. She's the puzzle expert, but I've finally caught up to her in terms of skill, which was nice. I may play a little Slay the Spire as well if I have a batch of time. It's the next game that I really want to get into.

I’ll be looking to play Congo's Caper this weekend, it looks like it could be a decent enough game. I’ll also probably check out Rival Turf as well.

Beyond that, I might also play Rocket League and maybe even some Pac-Man 99.

On Nintendo Switch, I cleared Extra Chapters 8, 15, and 16 in Corpse Party. Also, I tried to get 1st Wrong End in ExChap 12, but it was unsuccessful. I even taken a peek at the guide, to find out what I'm doing wrong... But I was doing all right! I don't know why I cannot get this ending. Maybe it's a glitch. Also, now I clearly know how to watch opening in the game. You need to press X button on "Press Any Button" screen. Well, let's move forward... In Guilty Gear XX ΛCore Plus R, I cleared Arcade Mode playing as Chipp Zanuff, Potemkin, Dizzy, and Millia Rage. In UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r], I cleared "Just A Messenger" chronicle(4 chapters in total) and cleared 1st chapter of "Meeting With A Friend" chronicle(3 chapters in total). Also, I cleared Score Attack mode playing as Akatsuki and Time Score mode playing as Mika. And in BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition, I cleared Arcade Mode playing as Ragna the Bloodedge and Amane Nishiki. On Android, I finished building my house in Minecraft on my second phone. On my first phone, I'm on my way through the second playthrough of The Westport Independent. I'm on 6th or 7th week now. Well, that's all what I've played on this week. Have a nice gaming weekend, everyone!

@MischiefMaker I hear you on Mario Kart 8, my oldest (he's six), finally came in first place in a race, the other day. Needless to say, I was proud of him, plus to see him that excited over it, it was totally worth it.

I'm continuing to resist the urge to finally play Fire Emblem Awakening until after I finish Astria Ascending, but progress is slow (mostly because I'm busy). I also played through The Starship Damrey as an interesting little filler and tried out Liberation Maiden as well

Triangle Strategy
I believe I'm on chapter 15. The game has been fun though I have some minor gripes with it.

I like how different all the playable units feel and I've been using all the ones I have. The only unit I don't really like is Medina. I just don't think spending money on healing items and dedicating one character to using them is worth it. There are so many other items I'd rather buy.

I'm honestly impessed by how important money is in the game. There are so many great ways to spend it.

Unfortunately, I don't really like how the branching paths are handled. The choices haven't felt that significant. Most of the paths join again soon after the decision. I'd also like more variation in who's voting what. So far you basically just have to get the one person who can't decide on your side and your path is chosen. But you can also easily get everyone on your side. I'd like a grim looking situation where everyone wants to go one way and you need to change everyone's mind to take the other path. Maybe they do this later on.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Halfway through desert world. Really good game but has pacing issues. There are too many time challenges too often and you need to do them if you want to upgrade abilities. I'm glad I started playing alone instead of waiting for summer when I could've played it with my sister. There would've been too much downtime for the other player.

Days of Memories ~ 僕の一番大切な君へ
Got my second ending earlier today. Another bad ending, I guess. Last time I spent most time with Fio. This time I ended up spending time with Mature and Blue Mary which lead to a weird situation where I'm basically working with Mature and Vice on their and Goenitz's plan which Blue Mary is looking into.

The first game was very basic dating simulation and while the second game is basically the same game mechanically, it feels like there's much more going in the background storywise. There are more non-dateable characters and they have bunch of screen time.

Resident Evil Revelations on 3DS. It's the original and (still) the best version IMO.

This week I'm continuing on enter the gungeon and awaiting june 1st where knockout city is going free to play.

Earthbound mostly. And trials of mana.

Slay the Spire still has me in its thrall, though now I have finally beaten Heart-sama with The Ironclad and shortly after with The Silent. 2 more characters to go, then I’m FREE!

It’s a 3-day weekend here, so I’ll find time to try out Pac-Man Museum +, Cotton Rock & Roll, Hisshou Same! Same! Same! (Sky Shark collection by M2) and some other titles that came in this week.

Wishing everyone a warm, fun weekend!

Thanks to the onnamusha update I finally started furi. Game Bakers are becoming a dev for me to watch. Still working on haven. And rune factory 5.

The Witcher 3 Blood and Wine

@Abeedo I was absolutely in love with The Messenger until it decided to become a Metroidvania. Metroidvanias are my favourite genres but that game worked so much better when it was linear and I had no desire to explore that world with those mechanics. Put the game down at that point which was a massive shame.

Into Act 3 in Cyberpunk 2077 & we also picked up Nintendo Switch Sports ! I’ve put an hour into it everyday since purchase. Some Tetris 99 always ends my night

I’m feeling really good about my backlog this weekend, as I have completed BOTH the Capcom Beat ‘em Up Bundle and Mega Man 10! I think I’ll target the Mega Man X Legacy Collection next with Mega Man X2, and maybe Moon Raider.

Also, last weekend I found a physical copy of Super Mario 3D All Stars at a local retailer! I finished 64 last night, but I don’t know how long it’ll be till I play the other two games. I also picked up Breath of the Wild, but I want to knock off more backlog games before I dive into that. Besides everything else mentioned previously, I might duke it out with some Rivals of Aether. I got all of the milestone rewards for the new characters, and maxed out their Abyss mode levels. Happy gaming!

I'm still working through Horizon Forbidden West. I've put in 60 hours since launch day and feel like I'm nowhere near completion.

iStunt 2 (Windows Phone) - I'm just starting this.

Dragon Mania Legends (Windows Phone) - Aiming to finish this finally.

The Great Wobo Escape (Windows Phone) - Also just starting this as well.

I played Kinect XBOX 360 games this night. 😃
1. Dance Masters
2. Kinect Adventures

Playing through Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in advance of 3 coming out. It took me a while to get into it, but now, I'm really feeling it!

I’m in a shoot ‘em up mood. Cotton games, especially Cotton Fantasy.

Guacamelee 2 and Kao the kangaroo when I’m not busy studying for my nearing exams.

Lego Star Wars on the go, all weekend 🚀 ✈️

Dungeon of the Endless, love these type of tower defense style games.

Pc: Elden ring
PS4 backlog: Nathan Drake collection. I'm in the second game.
Switch: Lonely mountain. I'm terrible at it for some reason but still trying.

I honestly don’t know. I’m trying to just wait it out until Mario Strikers Battle League, but I just don’t really know what I want to play lately, so I’ve been playing totally random games!

Just about finished my Bloodborne playthrough. Played a good chunk back in 2018 when it came to PS Plus and was my first Fromsoftware game, but my subscription expired before I could finish it. It was HARD. Never got back to it, partly because of the difficulty. Since then, I'd played a little Sekiro, Dark Souls Remastered, and Demon's Souls remake, but Elden Ring really opened the flood gates for me. I Platinumed Elden Ring, then I immediately did the same for Sekiro, then back to Bloodborne. It's like it's on easy mode this time around after all the time I've spent in those games since 2018, and I can't get enough of them.

Just finished <b> Elden Ring </b> and wow, what a game…

I started Final Fantasy Stranger in Paradise right after… but boy… it seemed Janky.

Other than that Nintendo Switch Sports has really grown on me, trying to work my way up the Pro Leagues.

…anyone else notice considerable lag when playing online?

As part of my MAYga Man appreciation month, I am going through the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 (the 4 worst games in the franchise).

Me:

Street Fighter V (Steam)
Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus +R (Steam)
Slay the Spire (Steam)
Mario Strikers, demo (Switch)
Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville (Switch)

Me and Wife:

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
Bumerang Fu (Switch)

I've been on an eshop kick, with undertale, enter the gungeon, and a little game called GOBLIN SWORD. It's like 4 bucks on the eshop and it's amazing, I highly reccomend it. Also, should I try Xenoblade definitive edition? I've been on the fence about it and with the third game coming, I'm tempted.

I’ll probably continue playing Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition and if I have some spare time try out the Mario strikers demo.

@Aispen X7 is just…terrible. They should play the Flame Hyenard boss fight sounds as methods of torture lol

Me and my family plan on going to the beach this weekend so not much for me, I might try and finish Xenoblade Chronicles so I can start playing xc2 before the third one comes out.

Going to continue on Dragon Quest XI and I am at a boss giving me trouble. Probably going to grind a bit. Also still working on World end syndrome hopefully finish it today or tomorrow. Also may try to get back into Olympia Soirée which is a great but long VN.

@Late I love.your take on Triangle Strategy, those were some of my gripes as well

Witcher 3 for the first time, 70+ hours in and only at level 18, looked online and I'm not even halfway through the main story. I'm loving the game thoroughly but it's kinda stressing me out how big it is, it's drastically different from all the Nintendo titles and small indie games I usually play

West of Loathing. I went on a digital and physical buying binge as well, as if I needed more games to not play. All the Slay the Spire love here is pushing me in that direction, as that was one of the physical purchases.

I just got a $25.00 Amazon gift card. Scarlet Nexus? Kena: BoS? What to buy and let sit for years...

I decided to finally get Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity; so excited to try that out this weekend!

Beat Spider-Man PS4 a few days ago, and now I have no idea what to play. Probably nothing for a few days.

Pac-Man Museum + just for the great customization coziness and the good selection of games. Also... PAC-MOTOS!!!

I'm continuing through Panzer Paladin. I'll look into the Mario Strikers demo and seek out Pac-Man Museum+-- haven't decided if I'll buy it yet or just waitlist it.

Mostly the same as last week: Horizon Zero Dawn on Steam Deck, Evil Dead: The Game on PS5, and Live A Live on 3DS. I also decided to start up Shantae: Risky's Revenge on my PS5 a couple days ago since I wanted to work through some more of my PS library, so there's that to consider as well. I'm also kind of itching to get something going on Switch again... just need to decide what to go with. Maybe Pikmin 3? Or Eastward... I have a lot of Switch games to choose from.

I finished DQ11 this past week, which was one of the best games I’ve ever played. Had to follow it up with another DQ, so I picked up 8 for 3DS. Off to a good start.

I was playing Final Fantasy Origins: FF1 on the PS1. I had data on the PS3 that had me at Crescent Lake, so I transferred the data to the PS1 Memory Card via the Memory Card adapter for PS3. Note: It doesn't work with Aftermarket Memory Cards. I had just made it to Floor 1 of the Floating City!

And in case you're wondering, it's a Reprint for the PS1, printed on Silver Discs, sold by the Square Enix Store. Pretty cheap, too!

Unbelievably, I'm going through the digital version of Metroid: Other M on my Wii U.

I only played it casually back 2010 and never got around playing it again, never made it to the game breaking glitch in Pyrosphere back then. While I think it could use some work, it's not as bad as the internet wanted me to believe it is.
Despite the divisive opinions, I appreciate the effort of showing Samus' human side, which we hardly ever see in the games.

I’ll find time to try out Pac-Man Museum +, Cotton Rock & Roll, Hisshou Same! Same! Same! (Sky Shark collection by M2) and some other titles

@Teksetter Have you much experience with Sky Shark? As my slow shoot-'em-up odyssey continues (something I've only come to later in life), I find that those old '80s games mean a lot as I come across them, though so far I spend most of my time playing stuff like Danmaku. Your opinion is welcome as always 😃

My poor lovely bike has been in the basement since last October (thanks, Canadian Winter)

We come here for games, but the people behind are so interesting sometimes... Kate has caught me taking something for granted again. This is exactly why parents here teach their kids to roll around in the deep snow ("snow angels" and all that)... it's a comfort thing! I'm afraid to reply now with my November drysuit stories... may you and yours have a good long weekend!

I'm breaking in the 2DS XL I just acquired, while pushing onward in Danmaku Unlimited 3 and Fast RMX. The variety on tap for xDS games seems immense, easily the match of the Switch, and this stylus thing is illuminating! So far, I've been pleasantly surprised by VC purchases (e.g. Mega Man V), and Etrian Odyssey Nexus is pretty fun so far. I am still angry about the eShop partial closure, but otherwise I'm feeling grateful!

@Nancyboy
Slay the Spire had a physical release?? I had no idea.

I imagine once you pop that cartridge in, it may stay there for a while - the game is seriously habit-forming!

@CANOEberry
I played Sky Shark a couple times in arcades long ago, and remembered liking it, so I splurged on the Switch port. I think I played NES Sky Shark, too, which was ok at the time but nowhere near as good as the arcade (remember those days?).

Sky Shark just has a nice crunchy organic feel to it - you and your biplane vs the enemy tanks, planes, and turrets. Your plane is slower than granny with her walker but somehow you have to weave through the bullets zipping by. It’s kicking my butt though, enemies pop out of buildings or laterally and snipe me tout de suite! Even so I like it, and keep wanting to try again and push a little further. I haven’t even tried the sequel Fire Shark yet, also on the collection. The port is arcade-perfect if not superior because of M2’s typically great gadgets and extras. I’d highly recommend giving it a try.

I was sick with the corona for the entirety of last week, though thankfully not so much so that it stopped me from gaming, in fact in a way it was a stroke of luck since it finally cut off my workdays that had been going for almost 2 months in a row and let me get a few days to relax, I really really needed that.

I was in kind of a random mood so I decided to pick up a Pokemon fan hack of Firered called Pokemon Gaia, it was a decent fangame that tried to copy the general layout and feel of a GBA/DS era Pokemon game and in my opinion mostly succeeded, it didn't really suffer from that awkward fanfic feeling that most of these things succumb to. It wasn't anything exceptional but I enjoyed playing through it nonetheless.

Then I decided to start up Legend of Legaia, a PS1 JRPG which I've had ever since I was a kid but never bothered to finish it. My playthrough is still ongoing, I just made it to the Sol Tower area, definitely has been a nostalgic trip back, out of many of the childhood games I had this one never really appealed to me all that much so I didn't play it nearly as much as some of the other stuff, but in a way it makes it kind of exciting to replay this one now when I can sort of remember some things about it but many of the details feel completely new, not to mention I'm much improved in resource management and general game sense so I don't need to spend hours on grinding either anymore. Soundtrack has been a pleasant surprise in this one, the mist fortress theme is so cool.

Kirby Super Star again and Elden Ring

Link to the Past on Switch Online.

Zelda Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker on Gamecube (well Wii technically).

Thinking about which Gamecube or Wii game to purchase and play through next ??? Maybe Super Paper Mario?