Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 24th)

Splat fest, currently on a crushing losing streak! Sorry to all fellow team gears

Hopefully going through secondhand shops looking for some retro bargains, so I guess I'll be playing retro rummaging.

Splatoon 3's Splatfest is going to be the big one for me! Go Team Gear! I already put in a lot of time with it, and I absolutely plan to put in more tomorrow! I also picked up Shovel Knight Dig, and I'm about to.. well, dig into that one here. I love the other games in the series, so I can't wait to try this one!

Elsewhere, I started up Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on my Steam Deck, so I'd like to get through more of that. I also started Pokemon Moon as well as a new town in Animal Crossing: New Leaf on 3DS, so both of those will be getting some playtime in as well!

Already finished Beacon Pines (on PC though). Highly recommend it, it's a captivating game with great art.

I'll probably have a go at Slime Rancher 2 this weekend, and play some more Deathloop. Probably a few rounds of Splatoon 3 as well.

Making decent progress in Solas 128, and I took a stab at Steamworld Heist.

I played these games. 🙂
1. Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 PSP
2. Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles PS4

Just one more song to be unlocked for Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 PSP.

I have obtained all the sprites in Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles. My game progress was 97% to finish all the missions.

Splatoon 3 Splatfest and Waverace 64 on the N64 app...

Xenoblade 3 and Isaac, the two mainstays of my recent Switch activity, are a given, but I'm also planning a figurative housewarming party for my first Switch splurge in a while. What Lies in the Multiverse, Lost Words, Momodora, Wing of Darkness, Aspire: Ina's Tale and Rustler, Kill la Kill IF and Fledgling Heroes, Timothy vs the Aliens and Journey to the Savage Planet... and can you believe this whole list was a $40 purchase? Tell me more about extortionate eShop prices.😄 Some of the aforesaid should still be on sale for a couple days, too.

In what allocated VG time is left beyond, the odds are familiarly decent for stuff like Fuga, RF5, Danganronpa (first class trial over, and it was already insane), Bioshock 2 and Torchlight 2, Dragon Caffi, Nelke and any combination of the resident roguelites. Outside Switchland, bouts of stuff like RE2 and GTA4 on the laptop, Endless Frontier and Ever Oasis on the dual screens or Eternia and Odin's Sphere on Vita are easy to imagine as well.

Splatoon 3 for me!!!

Splatfest with my family and friends but when they are unavailable and I’m in the mood to play games I will go back to xenoblade 3 after the break I’ve taken from it the past couple of weeks. I’ve been grinding levels and weapons to unlock all the weapons licences and the catalog but I only need 10 more levels to finish the catalog and with the experience boosts in splatfest I’ll probably be done tomorrow

I’m trying on some Majora’s Mask 3D for the first time. Wow, I really hadn’t appreciated how dark and weird a Zelda game could be until this. Only played one time skip so far, but I love it already. Also, this remaster seems much prettier than OoT 3D, for some reason. Great stuff.

The Splatfest will be my main focus this weekend (Team Gear!). Already 20 hours into the game (and an additional 10 for the pre launch fest!).
Other than that my usual ring fit adventure. Weathers cooling down a lot recently so I have more energy which is nice.
Xeno 3 and Neon White are also coming along nicely, I think Neon especially is coming to an end (most under appreciated game of the year, more people need to talk about it!)

Age of Empires: Castle Siege (Android) - Nearly gone as far as I can with this.

World At War (Windows Phone) - Progressing well, built up a nice army.

Temple Run 2 (Windows Phone) - Making it further and further

Whats the game those characters in pic are from?

I am currently trying to manage my time playing

• Xenoblade Cronicles 3 on switch (80 hrs in… still on chapter 5)
• Spiderman Miles Morales on PS 5 (started this to try my new TV… looks amazing)
• Metal Hellsinger on xbox (amazing rhythm doom)
  But as it is usually the case since Fortnite has a new season it will end up taking all my time

Wasting my time in the splatfest because my team will inevitably lose (team fun) as well as some arcade paradise.

I've just finally bought a 64GB Steam Deck this monday, and now I'm playing the "waiting game" until it arrives.

I've been playing a lot of old ZX Spectrum games on my PSP's Fuse emulator lately, and one of the first things I'll get around to when I get my Steam Deck, is to see if I can figure out how to install the Fuse Retroarch Spectrum emulator.

I'm really looking forward to play ZX Spectrum games on the Steam Deck's big 7 inches screen, as It can be a bit hard to figure out what's going on in some of the games on the PSP's much smaller 4.3 inches screen.

I hope the Steam Deck's bigger screen can give some of these admittedly ancient games a new lease of life.

My main focus for game(s) this weekend will be mostly on the Dragon Ball The Breakers open beta & Shovel Knight Dig.

I will try to help team Grub secure the eventual victory in the main event of Splatoon 3. I'm somehow being super lucky, as an absolute beginner I'm riding the winstreak to newer and newer heights.

On PS5 I've decided to give Soul Hackers 2 and Soulstice a break as they are becoming quite a bore fest to complete, both started off great but the axis dungeon is the blandest dungeon I've ever explored and it doesn't help its massive, and the same for Soulstice the game is just set in one big city and everything looks the same and bland and the combat just isn't fun. I want both to end but can tell I've got atleast 10 hours left in both 😩
If I do play the PS5 this weekend it will be on Atelier Sophie 2

On the Switch I will be continuing with the excellent Pikmin 3 deluxe and will be playing the hell out of splatoon 3, it's splat fest time.

On my series S I'm continuing with Far Cry 5, once I've finished with the second zone (faith) I will give it another break and either start Deathloop or Tinykin

Deleted the Harvestella demo: it was okay. Went back to farm on Stardew, got in the game loop and loving it. And I am back to being in the season in Rocket League.

Happy gaming everyone!

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition: Full disclosure, I've never played a Xenoblade game before, but I bloody love this game. It just checks all the boxes: big, immersive maps (I don't mind that it's not one open world, the maps are still huge), excellent story and acting, innovative progression systems and layered combat, and all backed by some truly gorgeous vistas (especially when one considers that this is a remaster of a ten year old game).

My only regret going forward is that unless I purchase a Wii U, I have no way of obtaining Xenoblade Chronicles X. Nevertheless, I am eight chapters in and can see no way that the rest of this game will disappoint, so 2 and 3 will not be far behind.

As Dusk Falls and Dearhloop on Series S. As Dusk Falls is an incredible story which everyone should experience.

On the Switch I've just started Disco Elysium. Only heard about it a week ago and really looking forward to sinking my teeth into this one. Cool so far.

All focus is on the Splatfest, could really do with some Super Sea Snails to improve my gear for ranked but the more you participate in the Splatfest the more you get even if your team loses.

PS5: My Bloodborne playthrough was unintentionally derailed last week, due to picking up 'Thymesia' at a decent price (indie Souls-clone game, similar to Sekiro). Thymesia is relatively short, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.... scooped the platinum in about 30hrs.
Then this week I've played, and managed to (finally!) beat the 'Wu Long' demo released by Team Ninja. Began really not enjoying this, but now I understand the mechanics better I've done several run throughs with different weapons - really really like it!

N.Switch: As always, playing some Sunbreak and just finishing off a couple of new builds for Greatsword. TU2 update is released in a week, and looking forward to taking the new builds for a spin...
Otherwise my main focus in the next week will be a nice change of pace - aiming to play (and hopefully beat) the new Monkey Island game. I grew up with Point-and-Click games, and am genuinely excited for this one!

Have you ever heard of this little game called Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

It's beautiful and chaotic, wondrous and infuriating, and the slow motion replays are mesmerising.

I like to play it sometimes, but normally just between the times that I'm sleeping.

Check it out if you get the chance.

Live A Live, Mario Kart, and Picross S Genesis

Didn't play much this week because of work, but I've finally beaten Challenge Road in Super Mario 3D world. I swear it's the hardest final level in any Marios; took me over 150lives in a 2 day period. Now onto Bowser’s Fury.

Splatoon 3 - this is my first splatfest so let's see.

Celeste - I've collected all the strawberries and most if not all crystal hearts, over 30hours and I think it's time to throw in the toweI at the post-post game level.....it's just hellishly difficult at this point. Oh well

Back into Dragon's Dogma after a couple months hiatus. I've played it for about 20hrs when I took a break.

Happy gaming weekend folks!!!

Well my pro controller of 2017 has started to drift so will be sorting that out first. It's done well to be fair.

Still have the final battle of X3 to finish. Have live a live sat waiting and want to get Monkey Island. Hmmn, choices, choices???

Need to clear the decks before Persona 5. What's with the physical pre orders still not up?

Continuing with XENOSAGA EPISODE 1.. a bit linier for my own liking but story carries the game I guess.. On switch side, finally snatch MK 11 ULTIMATE on the last sale and not regret at all...so much value on this game

I’m mostly playing the Splatfest in Splatoon 3 (team gear baby), but I’ll also be playing some PAC-MAN Museum +.

I have just started assassin’s creed origins this week so I will play this for the weeks to come before the crazy October month. Mario Rabbids, Bayonetta 3, A plague take requiem, Scorn etc

I am still spending time in Dreamlight Valley, but have also downloaded Mutant: Year Zero for a change of pace.
On the Xbox, I've taken my Forza Horizon 2 playthrough to Storm Island.
Finally, I've gone back to Dark Chambers on the Evercade. On the hardest setting, this game is incredibly tough.

Searching for Secret Areas in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The route to 100% has been long but rewarding

Finished Xenoblade 3 last week and adored it so now I’m giving the first game another chance on Switch. I’m missing the quality of life stuff from 3 like shortcuts and even things like the save menu being in the same menu as the rest of the options but I’m having a good time with it so far.

Handheld mode is not pretty though. It’s not unplayable but it does take a beating compared to docked and given how much I play portable it’s a huge shame

Surprise! More Xenoblade. I wasn’t getting bored, but a bit bogged down by the fact I’m a bit over-leveled, and I’ve just reached a point in Chapter 3 that I was just waiting for (didn’t know about, was just hoping would happen)and was so epic. I’m pretty sure I’m almost done with Chapter 3, and the area I entered is just so beautiful.

The good: I've finally reached chapter 7 in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. LOVED the twist at the end of the last chapter.

The goodish bad: ~115 hours in and I'm STILL finding interesting side content....I probably need to cut myself off from all but the Hero/Ascension quests. At least I made significant progress on the plot before going off track again....

Happy gaming!

playing these games this weekend

Nintendo Switch Lite
-Ni No Kuni II
-Mega Man X 7

Playstation 4
-Ninja Turtles Cowabunga
-Mortal Kombat 11 hopefully since im going shopping at Walmart later today

@Fonsettboy I’m hopefully going to be able to start Xenoblade 2 after 3! I’ve just recently gotten into Xenoblade because Shulk was my Smash fighter, and I am so obsessed.😆

Messed around & now I’m 25+ hours into Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition

Something from my backlog. Mario kart is always played. 😊

New Switch games here..so...

This weekend, me and my wife:

• Windjammers 2 (Switch)
  #Challenge each other and playing arcade mode
• Vasara Collection (Switch)
  #Timeless mode (survival), trying to make all achievements. Trying to beat all the samurai. There are one secret samurai and others that only appear under certain conditions. So maybe we need a lot of days to get it! We have 80% the achievements on Steam version.
• Rayman Legends (Switch)
  #We are competing against each other, against my sister who lives in another country, and against everyone else in the online Challenges that the game offers. The soccer multiplayer is great fun!
• Smash Bros Ultimate
  #From playing against each other, the game is getting super competitive.
• Crash Team Racing (Switch)
  #I´m playing single player content. My wife prefer Mario Kart 8 deluxe, but this game is more intense in racing mode. I prefer playing battle mode in Mario Kart 8 deluxe.

Tomorrow is my birthday and it seems that everyone has decided to give me gift cards and games. There are more new games, of course, but I won't have time to play them because we're focused on these.

I'm playing through Breath of the Wild again and loving it. Beat the elephant and now I'm on the bird. I've done around 36 shrines.

I want to play Splatoon 3, but also EarthBound, Stardew Valley, and Slime Rancher 2. No idea what I'll pick.

I recently finished a playthrough of TMNT: Shredder's Revenge with the kids, it's a nice little throwback to the turtle games of my youth and they enjoyed it as well. With that wrapped up, it's time to kickflip my way through Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 next. I’ll also play Earthworm Jim via the Sega portion of NSO.

I’m always surprised at how much my gaming tastes overlap with Mr. Gonçalo Lopes here. I’m plugging away at SD Gundam Battle Alliance, too, and my Taito Egret II Mini set just arrived from Strictly Limited Games so I will try that out this weekend. Arkanoid, here I come!

Meanwhile I’m a Gear Geek in the inaugural Splatfest, mainly because my girls like Shiver best.

Wishing everyone a fun fall weekend! (or spring for our Southern friends!)

Mostly splatoon 3 for the splatfest. But I also just fired up Luigis Mansion.

I've managed to finish all the sidequests in Xenoblade Chronicles 3! Last night I also managed to fill out every map completely. Now I need to max out every class for each character, kill every unique monster (I'm nearly done with this!), And master all arts for the soulhacker class. Once I'm done with those I think my 100% playthrough will be complete!

Alongside of this I might play a bit of Splatoon 3 as well. I'm still getting a good amount of connection errors so I only ever play a few matches at a time before giving up because of getting disconnected 😅. It's strange because I never had this problem with Splatoon 2.

TMNT Cowabunga Collection, Xenoblade 2, Easy Come Easy Golf, and Atelier Riza 2.

A few days ago I decided to reorganize my SD cards and sort out all the games I needed to redownload. I decided to redownload Skyrim and I realized it had been about a year since I played it. I deleted my old save and started fresh since I would have been TOTALLY lost, and I’ve literally done NOTHING else in over a week lol.

If anything, itll probably be some Klonoa, but I also need to finish Chicory, so I may squeeze another chapter in if I have the time.

Never played Xenoblade Chronicales before but finished off 3 a couple of weeks ago and now I've gone back and started playing 1, about 40 hours in now. It's kind of jarring at first, graphics-wise compared to 3, but grows on you quickly. And most of 3s upgraded graphics seemed to be around character models and cutscenes. Either way, great game. Going to finish it and head into 2.

@Aispen thanks dude

This weekend will be mostly Paper Mario: Color Splash on the Wii U. I just got it yesterday and I got some enjoyment out of Sticker Star (yes, really) and Origami King. I've heard the writing here is as good as in Origami King.

Aside from that, on the Switch I'll be playing
Mario Strikers: Battle League: Figuring out the best Gear for my team.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: SM3DW World 4, the Fury World can wait for me until I at least beat Meowser.

On Nintendo switch i'm playing Splatoon 3 and mario kart
On 3DS Zelda Majora's Mask and Luigi's mansion
On ps5 i'll be playing gta san andreas, horizon forbidden west and maybe give cyberpunk another try

I started Octopath Traveler the other day. I can't believe how good it is! I bought it like a year ago and slept on it for a while... But so far it has really impressed me. I had seen gameplay footage but the visuals are so much prettier when you're the one playing it. Maybe because the lighting effects amd depth of field are better experienced fpr yourself. Anyway, the music and story are also excellent so far. There are some pacing issues now that I've gotten the 8th character, but overall just wow. This game is incredible.

Today I maxed the lure rod in Dark Chronicle. The last days I was fishing a lot to accomplish this. Now it is time to finish chapter 6.

Happy gaming everyone. And happy splatfest.

I just quit playing the Splatfest. My son and I were playing for team Gear and it seems as if every time we are doing really well it drops someone from our team. The disconnects are so frequent that it’s almost impossible to enjoy the game so we we both stopped altogether. About to fire up some Ni No Kuni or Splatoon 2 instead. It’s not our fiber internet either. Nintendo just does online so so horribly.

This week I will be mostly playing

Splatfest
Pokémon Shuffle
Phantasy Star
Shantae

Splatoon 3 all day for sure. Picked it up just in time for the splat fest and it’s a ton of fun. I put tons of hours into 1 and 2 and am ready to repeat this with 3.

I'm still soft resetting for a shiny Oshawott in Pokemon White. At 650 so far, which I isn't a lot considering the odds, but I hope the little otter shines soon for me. Going to be putting encounters in on other shiny hunts like Shaymin so I can make some kind of progress.

Will definitely be playing Kingdom Hearts 2 tonight, and maybe some FF7R tomorrow, or even Digimon Survive since I just got that recently too!

Been playing Breath of the Wild on master mode for about a week, although I haven’t been able to play much. Why am I going for 100% for the fourth time?

Hopefully a little bit of Stardew and Animal Crossing to wind down after a crazy week.

I'm in the fourth week of the final year of my degree and about to go on practicum. Trying to actively take more time for my hobbies to balance out some of the pressure put on by my department. I recently got a few new games to try on Switch, but I think I'm going to stick with what's familiar and easy for now.

I'm not really.. some PC gaming and Sunday football!!

BOTW. Just killed my first guardian the other night! Happy gaming!

Making excellent headway through Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Currently on Chapter 9. I think I’ll be able to make it to Chapter 10 this weekend, and hoping to finish before the end of the month. I can’t pull myself away!

Played through Inside again which was great fun. Maybe will playthrough LImbo again.

Still trying to keep the guys sane in The Darkest Dungeon.

For the bar, a little Downwell! Great in portrait mode.

Waiting for SMTV and 13 Sentinels to arrive!

Been plugging away at Soul Hackers 2! It’s not perfect… but still enjoyable.

Looking forward to finishing it so I can dive into Disco Elysium and Fuga

Just finished Super Metroid. First time I’d played through it in many years. Wow, what a great experience. The music, the atmosphere, the sense of exploration and unease; beautiful.

Just Beat: Skyrim: Special Edition (Series X)
Now Playing: Star Wars: Knights of the old republic (Series X)
Up Next: Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Series X)

My Switch will be taking a well deserved nap for a few weeks (months?)

The Labyrinth of Grisaia, 18+ version, on my laptop

Replaying BotW and I'm still in love after five years. I am so hyped for TotK, just needed to revisit Hyrule. It's a vacation. Besides that, mostly Prodeus on my PS5, since it slipped on Switch. I've been waiting for it for ages. I guess the devs are saying it won't support gyro at launch, so I will be waiting even longerer... I also picked up Hellsinger. Damned good game. Feels amazing.

Well, I finally finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3 at around 122 hours so I will be diving into my backlog now. I'll probably start with Fire Emblem Three Hopes of which I only got a couple of hours into.

I'm on holidays at the moment so can't get good enough WiFi to jump into the Splatfest. So I'm jumping between a pirate life on Monkey Island and a classic I never got around to playing in Portal 2. Loving both.

Return to Monkey Island mostly. I cleaned a NES Advantage controller recently, so probably will test it with Contra or some shoot em ups today.

Taiko No Tatsujin Drum & Fun, Disney Magical World 2 Enchanted Edition, and Animal Crossing New Horizons. These are to tide me over until Tuesday when Hokko Life comes out! 😁

Psychonauts 2.

I’d like to try the Modern Warfare II Open Beta but I can’t get past the menu without it crashing on my Series X.

@Kiyata
No one is taking about Hokko life, nice to see someone else grabbing it :3