Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 27th)

I'll spend most my weekend with Starlink, Dragonball FighterZ, and Red Dead 2.

As much at a wave the Nintendo banner, I cannot deny the grand adventure that is Red Dead. Still chugging along in Dark Souls though!

For Switch- SNK Heroines and Capcom Beat em Up Bundle.
I know a lot of people will be at it with Red Dead 2 on the other consoles but I’ll have to get on that game later. I recently bought Soul Calbur 6.

Morrowind. And probably some Super Mario Party or MK8D.

Dark Souls on Switch is getting my full attention, but I will probably play some Starlink as well. Many good games out now! And soon we’ll get Diablo III!

Nothing for me

I wish I had a PS4...

If I get the time. Splatoon 2

Starlink!

Probably a weekend off this week, got other obligations to tend to. However, Super Mario World isn’t off the table.

Dark Souls, Torna and Megaman 11. I'm juggling all three at the moment.

I’m currently working my way through Dust: an Elysian tale which is fun so far (maybe 3 hours in)

Wishing I had a PS4 as red dead 2 looks flipping amazing!

Dark Souls! Have finally broken free of my hopeless Isaac addiction (685 hours). Am currently happily levelling like crazy in the Darkroot Gardens Royal Forest. 😊

Mega Man 11

I'm really disappointed with the choices this time considering the week it is. I'll be dusting off my Wii U for a bit of ZombiU and Project Zero to get me in the halloween mood.

Red Dead 2. Started it last night and its giving me the same buzz I got when playing Breath of the Wild for the first time last March. Rare that I buy a ps4 game day 1 as they inevitably come down in price quickly. This will too, but frankly it's worth every penny.

Marvel vs capcom 2 on my ps2 and persona 4 golden on my psvita.

@BladedKnight I would like to test it sometime, but to imply nothing else is worth playing right now is a little bit strange. I have a lot of fun with the games I play.

But RDR2 looks really cool! No doubt about it! But I won’t buy a new console for it. Hopefully I can play it at some friend’s.

DOOM for me.

911 Operator and Manticore. After completing Starlink I'm still on the Space-shooter-hype-train and 911 Operator is a perfect in between game for coming down.
Oh, and I bought Dragon Ball Fighterz cause it was on sale for 29€. I want to go back to fighting games and this one should help.

Octo Expansion for sure! Agent 3 secret fight is just too OP XD

GOTY RDR2. I never thought God of War would be bettered this year. Hoping that GTA6 will use this updated engine on the current consoles. Also trying to complete Cat Quest on Switch.

Palladins all weekend long

RDR2 if I was at home which is sadly not the case. Got some good indies with me after the Nicalis sale on the eShop:

The End is Nigh
VVVVVV
Cave Story+

and, of course, the good ol’ Dark Souls Remastered.

-Famicom Detective Club II
-Epic Mickey

I recently finished Majora so. Maybe I'll do some spooky Sonic stages, Pumpkin Hill, Mystic Mansion, etc.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is blowing my mind. Game of the Century hands down...

It would be Read Dead, but it's not on PC yet! As it is, I'm playing Dark Souls, Dragon Ball FighterZ and Megaman 11.

In between work and housework, I'm hoping to find a few minutes for Starlink tonight. And I've ordered SNK Heroines from Amazon, scheduled to arrive tomorrow.

Red Dead 2.

I hardly ever buy games day 1 anymore, last one was Xenoblade Chronicles X which I ended up being very disappointed by. I can already tell that's not the case with RDR2. I've avoided trailers and previews as there's a few companies out there you just know are going to deliver quality, and I'm astounded at how pretty it look, how huge and detailed the world is, and how it seems to function like a real, living environment.

Been giving my 3DS some much-deserved love recently. Playing some Majora's Mask 3D and various Art Academies currently.

1. Animal Crossing New Leaf Welcome Amiibo 3DS

Continue playing my 3rd town Xepher and see what is developing.

2. Para Para Paradise PS2

Long time no play the Arcade version since there is NO More Para Para Paradise machine at my local Game Arcade.
Last time i played Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix was the end of May 2018 before the machine taken out due to Nobody want to play that machine anymore except me.
I just need a Para Para censor (must buy from Ebay) to Re-Create my own Para Para Paradise at Home.

But right now, i have to play the PS2 version (That based on 1st Mix Plus version) with Analog buttons to hit the arrows. Not as amusing as using the hands.

I've just started Poi. Seems like a charming, simple but competent 3D platformer so far.

It's still like a desert out there for my favourite genre, so I appreciate developers that try to bring us more - instead of treading the easier 2D route over and over. Respect to the devs.

Just beaten Yoku's Island Express on the Switch. I'm trying to get 100%. Great game albeit a little short

After buying it months ago I've just got around to playing "west of loathing" and loving it so far

Why isn't red dead red 2 an option?

Got about 6 hours into RedDead but i can't do it anymore... Such a good game but it feels like I'm trying to instruct an actor rather than a game... That whole ultra realism stuff was what turned me off GTA 4... I'll come back to this if it gets a gameplay patch.

@BladedKnight No... No it really doesn't... There is a reason why the user rating on Metacritic is one of the lowest I've seen for a big AAA game... Ever.

The story might make BoTW look like shovelware... That might be true... But the gameplay in BoTW makes RDR2 feel like shovelware.

Currently playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, and hope to finish off the Shadow Temple tonight. The dungeon boss proved to be tougher than expected.

SNES:
MM 7

Wii:
Super Paper Mario

DS:
Plants vs Zombies

Switch:
L.A. Noir

Dark Souls, still waiting to do a deep dive into character customization to get a real start on the adventure, even though I know it has little bearing on the gameplay.

Bought Okami HD on sale... how absolutely delightful and immersive!

Sonic Mania for some retro satisfaction.

Played through the demo of Planet Alpha and seriously considering the purchase...

Happy weekend to all, and happy gaming!

This weekend I will be mostly playing:
Spla2n Octo Expansion
Captain Toad (Wii U)
Luigi’s Balloon World

Octopath and Dark Souls Remastered.

I got only 2 Chapters 4 remaining, so I might finish it at 105 hours.

Dark Souls Remastered is my first real Dark Souls experience. The game is brutal, but I think I`m getting the hang of it. It`s just an awesome game.

I’m continuing to chip away at Spider-Man and a little game called red dead. Maybe at night I’ll fire up jack box party pack with friends.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

@BladedKnight No i clearly have. You can delude yourself all you want but 7.7 user rating doesn't lie, no matter how much you close your eyes and wish for home Dorothy.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/red-dead-redemption-2

Edit: Also critical ratings hardly mean anything when you can't actually hide from the user reviews... My experience with it has been exactly the same as GTA 4... Slow ass and clunky af gameplay to try and pass off as realism...

You might be into all that but clearly not everyone is.

I’m playing Child of Light, and I’m loving it!
I recommend it to people who like turn-based RPG’s!

Dark souls. I think this game will be taking up a lot of my time for many weeks to come.

I seem to be the only person on the planet who found RDR1 an absolute chore so I'm skipping the sequel. Not sure what it is but I'm not feeling the Rockstar love anymore. Ill be playing Alien Isolation this weekend, which is turning out to be one of my favourite current gen games.

@Razer I posted my reply before my screen refreshed so didnt see your comment but you've got a good point there. The gameplay in Rockstar games is very clunky indeed, and most characters are cardboard tough guy cliché's who don't succed in making an engaging story.

What a question !

Bayonetta! Had it since release, but hadn't made much progress since, mainly cuz I suck at it. I swallowed my pride, started on Very Easy Mode, and I'm enjoying the game this time around.

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Dark Souls Remastered
My Hero One's Justice
Red Dead Redemption 2

As for Red Dead...
I think I don't like Red Dead. It's such a massive budget game and it looks so nice and the voice acting is extremely good, but the tank controls absolutely kill it. People say Monster Hunter has tanky controls? MH feels like speed racer in comparison. It's more clunky then the most clunkiest AAA game I've ever played. And they've got a different button for everything. Pick up your gun with RB. Pick up your hat with X. Speed up the horse by tapping A. Hold same speed with your partner by tapping A then holding. Move up in the line by holding forward then tapping A then holding, slow down with RB, hitch with Y, hold Y to search cabinet but hold X to take item but hold Y to inspect item but press LT to flip item... it's convoluted as heck. I spend more time looking down at my controller trying to figure out what button to push then I do actually playing the game. And moving the camera or moving your character has like a half second delay behind it. And then you get into a small area and the camera zooms in right behind your character's back and you can't see anything. Can't run in doors and he moves at a snail's pace, with the laggy delay on top of it... it's just insufferable. I could deal with all the different ridiculous button combinations for slightly different actions, but the delay in movement is the type of thing that just kills the entire exprience before it even gets started.

If this game had super responsive controls like Zelda, and a more refined control scheme where you don't have 7000 button combinations for things that could be done with the same button, I might actually start enjoying it. But as it stands I just don't think it's for me... Then again, maybe that's just frustration talking. I do like everything else about it, and it is still playable even if it's clunky. But is just hard to enjoy something when you're constantly fighting the controls, no matter how good it is. I'll keep at it for a little while and see if I don't adjust.

As for My Hero One's Justice...
I'm really impressed with this game. I've never watched an anime before or read a manga before, and this game seems to kind of follow both of those things very closely, but I really like it's presentation and I really like the gameplay, and holy crap does it look great on the Switch in handheld mode. My hat is off to Bandai Namco for how well this game looks and runs on Switch. No jaggies or frame rate issues or blurry res or any of that stuff. It's just straight up gorgeous.

So far I've played a bit of fortnitemares. Yesterday I played a ton of the hello neighbor online game, Secret Neighbor with my friends which was really fun. Today I plan on playing some splatoon and arms with my brother.

Bought golf story because its in sale.
So wil be jumping between golf story and kirby, and maybe a lil Mario party

I have company over so no time for Read Dead 2, although I am putting in some time with Night in the Woods. This is the perfect time of year to play it once the leaves start falling from the trees.

@BladedKnight @Razer The 0-3 scored reviews can’t really be taken seriously though. Now I haven’t played the game, but I have a hard time believing it would be that bad, at least if we’re just looking at the numbers (which we shouldn’t). The scores ranging from 6-8 on the other hand, IF well written reviews accompany them: they are more believable, at least to me. The same goes with the 10’s.

But here is the problem with review scores overall, both professional and user based: people only see the numbers. Of course there will always be divided opinions about games, as with movies or music. But to bring these opinions down to just a score doesn’t help, the score is useless without the context, which is the written/recorded review. So it’s better to read people’s opinions and reasoning behind their scores instead of just looking at the scores themselves.

I believe this is a good game, certainly flawed in some ways (a lot of people seem to be complaining about the controls), but all games have flaws, minor or big ones. Is it a 10? To some it might be. Is it a 6 or 7? Yeah, to some. Is it a 0? Well, then you must be really disappointed and/or haven’t played a lot of crappy games in your life.

I believe review scores can be a good thing, but not without context.

Played some Bomb Chicken (getting close to the last level) and will play Red Dead 2 obviously

@BladedKnight

Not that far, I could play only 4 hours for the moment... I have too much work to do... but trust me this evening and tomorrow IT'S GONNA ROCK(star) !

I finally found all the verses in Bayonetta 2 (Chapter 10 verse 12 was really hard to find) and no chapter is worse than gold rank on normal so undecided. Maybe hard mode run to try and unlock the final Angelic Hymn, maybe more Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition or maybe New Game + for Xenoblade 2.

Disgaea 5

As if these guys aren't playing Red Dead🤔

I'd like to take the time to play many different games this weekend.......but kids and their activities will get in my way. Maybe late night I will find some time to start Dark Souls

@BladedKnight it's strange, but I find it quite the opposite. Where as ABOTW is sandbox as originally envisioned, RDR2 plays like Rockstar is stuck in the past, unable to evolve - albeit with MASSIVE production values which blindside many.

Red Dead this weekend. Switch gets to rest...

@Quarth Listen man, everyone has a different opinion on what makes a game good... I found RDR2 to be even worse than GTA 4 for gameplay, but GTA 4 is many people's favorite GTA game and thats okay by me. If you enjoy it, no problem.

Now just because i liked BoTW doesn't make GTA 5 look like shovelware... If i go to a forum where i know GTA fans will be and try to claim that "BoTW makes GTA 5 look like shovelware" well that would be low ball baiting.

Either way games are subjective and thats all there is to it... If you enjoyed GTA 4 then you'll likely enjoy this too.

I bought Earthbound on 3DS so I don’t have to plug in my SNES Classic every time I want to play it, haha. I’ll play that this weekend.

Maybe some Fortnite with friends (I got my first kill yesterday playing with a buddy!), some ARMS, and some of the anniversary event in Mario Odyssey.

Everyone have an amazing, safe, God-blessed weekend! 😃

While I wait for the copy of D3 and as starfield is stupidly expensive in Europe I am going through some small experiences that I got on sale.
Finished iconoclast last week - ok gameplay terrible story (to the point of skip it all after a couple of hours)
Just finished syberia 2 - not sure if I will get the third one as the reviews are quite poor and the story kind of ends with this one
Cave story + - not liking it much so far as does not save automatically and is quite obtuse on the way to go
Just downloaded oxenfree and poi

@Razer Why do you always go negative so fast? Bladed didn’t call you anything.

@Razer Sorry man, my response was not an attack on you. I just felt the user review scores on Metacritic needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.

I agree that the shovelware comment was unnecessary, he could have expressed it better and refrained from saying you haven’t played the game.
I haven’t played RDR2 yet, but I’ve played BotW and knowing myself I would probably pick Zelda over this Rockstar game. But I would like to give RDR2 a go.

I’m not the biggest fan of GTA even though I have fond memories of playing Vice City on PC way back. But RDR2 looks more fun in my eyes than any GTA game. Not worth buying a new console for though.

I’m buttoning up the truck work then repairing a neighbors tractor. Gonna try to squeeze in Starlink if my hands aren’t too wrecked. Glad to see it getting some love, it is fun game

@JaxonH I was just saying over on Push Square that I don't particularly like the controls. The first game's were somewhat awkward, but this one feels even more so. Rockstar really should be on top of this by now. Even Metal Gear Solid, a series that traditionally has had awkward controls, controlled like a dream in MGSV, and that was three years ago.

One thing I intensely hate is having to hold a button down every time I do a contextual action. It's not much slower than just pressing a button, but when you consider all the times you have to do it, it really does start to slow things down.

@HobbitGamer he called me a troll, Or did you miss that? He's edited that post but he and i both know who started what first.

Fire Emblem Fates Conquest for me, really enjoying it so far! I just know I'm gonna end up buying Birthright and downloading Revelations.

Playing Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and really enjoying the classic Castlevania vibe. Such a great game so far!

Speaking of Castlevania: since it's that time of year, I am playing through Portrait of Ruin (for the 20th time I think), as well as Castlevania 3. I have still never beaten this game...

Is it just me, or would someone else love to see a Lords Of Shadow collection on a Nintendo console? The 1st one and Mirror of Fate were really awesome, IMO.

Have a great weekend!

I'll have a busy weekend with preparing for a piano performance tomorrow morning, so not sure if I'll have much time for gaming. However, tomorrow night I'll likely be beat tired so I'll boot up the trusty old SNES Classic and play the ultimate comfort food game: A Link to the Past, objectively the best game ever made . It's my yearly tradition to play through ALttP every holiday season, and I have no intention of stopping that tradition now.
Even if that doesn't happen tomorrow, I'll meet up with some friends on Monday for an evening of Smash 4, so there'll be gaming regardless of what happens!

@BladedKnight yeah i can edit posts too.. Im not a idiot. Your first reply to me, you called me a troll. Don't even act like you didn't.

Edit: Unfortunately on these forums its hard to tell when a coward hides behind the non existent edit tags.

If you say something... Be man enough to own it.

Dark souls all weekend. Alot of dying and alot of retrying. I think im finally getting better at the gameplay and learning attacks much quicker. I'm about 10 or so hours in and I'm at bell gargoyles.(starlink , undead burg,undead parish, and then the gargoyles route) For a beginner, wondering if that's good or extremely bad and I should be much farther along by now lol. If it's actually pretty good, tell me I'm doing a great job! Otherwise don't rain on my parade and tell me I suck so bad at the game that I might as well quit haha.

@Giygas_95
Yes, hate holding buttons for everything too. You can't just press X to pick up an item, you have to hold X until the meter fills up. So hold Y to open a cabinet, then hold X to pick up an item, then hold X again to pick up 2nd item, then again for 3rd item...

Ends up taking like 10 seconds to grab 3 items in a pantry that should only take 1.

I don't understand how the game can miss the mark so badly with regards to a lot of these control issues, while getting everything else so right. And what I really don't understand is how these issues are being ignored in reviews. I didn't see anything about control issues before buying the game. Now I'm playing it, and now I am hearing from other people who kind of feel the same way, and it's like... well why is the score sitting at a 97 if the most basic actions in the game, the fundamental glue that holds everything together, is a slog???

Don't give me wrong- I'm still enjoying the game. But I feel like the focus on cinematic appeal has come at the expense of gameplay. They make the character sluggish with everything he does because it makes the animations look more natural like a movie. This game would be near perfect if it was responsive with straightforward button commands (and not holding buttons for everything you do).

It's a very small complaint weighted against everything else the game does right, it's one of those things where I have a hard time enjoying the game if the fundamental gameplay isn't on point. It doesn't really matter how good everything else is if it's a slog the entire time I'm experiencing it. Know what I mean?

Idk. I think I'll play it for another hour or two and then hop back in to Monster Hunter and Dark Souls. What makes those two games so great (among many other things) is the controls. Get the controls right first.

Red dead redemption 2 is my life now.

The World Ends With You Final Remix

Got quite a few to choose from on Switch: Starlink, Splatoon 2, Mario + Rabbids, Zelda BotW, Bayonetta 2, Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart, Mega Man X LC1, Skyrim, Hyrule Warriors, DKC TF, XC2, Ys VIII, Nefarious, Regalia, Earthlock...

On 3DS, I'll choose between Samus Returns, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Warioware Gold and Zelda ALBW, and some Animal Crossing.

On PS4 I can choose between Overwatch, Friday the 13th and DCUO.

Death Souls.....sorry I mean Dark Souls.

Red Dead Redemption 2

Resident evil 5 on Xbox one, layers of fear on switch

Donky Kong Country 2 for GameBoy.

AstroBot on PSVR along with Dragon Quest XI (70 hours in and no end in sight)absolutely amazing game.
And Torna The Golden Country for Switch too which I'm enjoying alot!

@Anti-Matter I don't even know what I'm looking at in that pic!lol

Read Dead 2 and Shadow of the TR (just did the oil refinery mud slide... hahaha, fun times)

47 and raining in NYC, Not leaving my house. Switch takes a break.

Dont be uncomfortable to admit you playin' RdR2 folks...what do you think nintendolife staff is playing right now

Obviously RDR2.

When I'm not doing some cleaning, haunting, and adulting this weekend, I'll finally be finishing my 100% run of Ocarina of Time 3D (Master Quest). All I have left to do now is scale a barrier-less tower and slaughter a certain pig man.... 😉

After that, I'll finally boot up Luigi's Mansion on the 3DS just in time for Halloween! I missed the GCN original and am really looking forward to this one. I really enjoyed Dark Moon and am eager to get my hands on the announced third installment.

This weekend is all about Dark Souls for me. I’m at Anor Londo now and the difficulty has seriously spiked.

I also picked up My Hero One’s Justice which is turning out to be one of my favorite anime brawlers. Much like the show, it’s a lot of goofy inventive fun mixed with a lot of heart. I’ll probably be playing a few rounds of that as well.

Kingdom New Lands, Red Dead 2, Warioware Gold, Advance Wars DS, Wipeout Omega Collection, Burnout Paradise, Captain Toad treasure tracker, SSX, Yoku's Island Express, and Taiko no Tatsujin Nintendo switch version! (What a ridiculous game title)

RDR 2

@Wazeddie22
Oh, have you ever seen / heard about Para Para Paradise ?
That was a Dancing machine made by Konami long time ago (Year 2001).

Fortnite, and Resident Evil Revelations 2 for Switch, fancied a game for Halloween and the first one was fantastic on 3DS. Have a good weekend everyone.

Mainly Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice DLC.

@Deckard_2 @ThomasS Have you missed Dom’s comment?

”Like most of the planet, I'll be spending a majority of my weekend/rest of my adult life playing a certain open-world Wild West simulator.”

And Gonçalo is acknowledging it:

”I'm truly spoiled for choice this weekend, and while most of my friends have their sights set firmly in the old American West, I keep mine...”

Keep in mind this is a Nintendo focused site.

@Oscarzxn Here’s hoping for a new Ace Attorney game on Switch!

@Quarth I may have jumped the gun a little bit.

This gunslinger quietly retreats.

My weekend started with Super Mario Galaxy 2 as I continue to play through my backlog. Played a few battles in the Ultra Spooky Cup competition on Pokémon Ultra Sun. That was fun because I haven't played much Pokémon this year. Also making my daily rounds in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and played some ranked battles in Splatoon 2. I've really been finding ways to get some good gaming time in recently!

@Alucard83 Great game on Switch. If not had played it when it first came out would been a Day 1 for me. Enjoy, you got tons of game in the "complete" version 👍

I’ve picked up Ikaruga, Windjammers and 20XX recently, but it’s still mostly Dead Cells.

I’m looking forward to Diablo III next weekend.

Donkey kong tropical freeze (switch). At 81% completion. Trying to find the secret passages. Seriously love this game. Looking forward to hard mode but at same time dreading it!
Have a nice weekend all.

@Medic_alert thanks my man. I think you we're the one who told me to look(or listen) for Andre as well. I found him last night and did a small upgrade. Wasn't able to do much but it definitely helps. And you're right it's getting easier not because the enemies are but because I'm understanding how to approach things. Starting to really love it.

Going back and forth between Starlink and RDR2.

@Giygas_95 I am loving RDR2 but anyone who says the controls don't suck are not being honest with themselves. They are not very intuitive and sometimes it makes it hard to make a split second decision. They are a step back from even the first game.

@Anti-Matter I only ever heard of DDR so most probably the other never came out over here in UK.
I only ever once in my life had a go on one of those machines and never again.I had no rhythm at all and ended up just looking a like a total fool instead lol

@LordVal how is 911 ? worth buying ?

I'm just trying to knock out a bunch of smaller games on my backlog. Namely Tails Adventure, Dragon Crystal, Ristar, and Castle of Illusion. The fact that they are all Sega games is coincidental.

@BladedKnight Yeah man. And glad because FallOut is not looking like my cup of tea.

I know RedDead is all the rage now. And opening so far looks like something I can loose myself in. But TR has been amazing - You could see that one scene of her coming out of the water at the Oil refinery coming... and tons of fun to play it.

@Medic_alert yea exactly sometimes I need a little help and it's nice people can guide you in the right direction. Sometimes trying to look up stuff online doesn't even help and you need to hear it from other people to cut to the chase

Trying to collect all the gems and maybe start challenge road on Super Mario Party. Glad my wife enjoys playing it with me!

Red Dead 2. And this game is HUGE. It's somewhat intimidating...

@Destron @JaxonH Yeah, it's frustrating when a game gets everything so right except for the one most crucial thing: the controls. From the little I've played of it, it's already one of my favorite games this year, and would be one of my favorite games in general if it weren't for the controls. I really like Arthur Morgan so far though.

I've been slashing away at Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition.
I'm currently done with Nero's part of the game on DMD difficulty. I don't think I've got what it takes to conquer HAH mode though.

6 missions left on hyrule warriors... then that's all the medals and I can put it away forever lol

Android:
Microsoft Solitaire Collection - Been playing the daily challenges and playing random Klondike hands.

Windows Phone:
Angry Birds Seasons - Playing Halloween levels
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit - Decent enough racer

Windows 10 PC:
Tinker - Still can't seem to be able to get this up and running

Been going back and revisiting my Wii games, so I have been trying to actually finish Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Epic Mickey. Still enjoying Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. At some point, I need to pull out City Folk and give it another go.

Still addicted to Starlink. 😁

Because of the sale, playing Golf Story, I forgot I loved old style golf games

Epic Mickey (wii)
Octo Expansion (Switch)

Oh and some Mario Kart 8 Online races if I get the chance.....

I got dragged back into Skyrim, so I will be spending quite a bit of time on that. I’m also hoping to wrap up Axiom Verge so I can start something else in my backlog during this lull before Pokémon and Smash.

I'm working my way though Captain Commando as part of the Capcom Beat em Up Bundle (it's still very hard for me to believe that people genuinely find that game to be overpriced when it's 7 stellar arcade classics but what ever). I'm also going to be going through limbo and inside as I recently picked them up on sale on the switch. ( i want to see what all the fuss is about)

@Giygas_95 those MGSV controls were perfect.

As for me it's Donkey Kong 64 and some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with the kids.

@bluemage1989 Yep, they were super smooth. Though I'm sure RDR2 will end up having the better story for sure.

DARK SOULS DARK SOULS DARK SOULS DARK SOULS - cannot BELIEVE how much I love this game. It looks gorgeous docked and undocked. This is how you do a Switch port. if this had come out in May when it was supposed I would have never bought a Ps4. After the complete heartbreaking disappoint of Starlink, this more than makes up for it.

*maybe Aegis Defenders too

@thesilverbrick I love Breath of the Wild and am in love with Dark Souls rn, should I give Skyrim another shot? I'm suprised by how much I love Dark Souls, I think my brain is starting to change what it likes in games.

Red Dead

Fortnite and The Long Reach on Swittch, Lego Dimensions on WiiU and Animal Crossing New Leaf on 3DS.

Finished victor vran, which I liked a lot. Started journey- it was on the backlog - on ps4 next to mh world, and switch id's getting some love with the flame in the flood.

Xenoblade Chronicles X, for me. It's ensuring that my Wii U will keep its spot next to the TV. At least until the inevitable Switch port....

#DOIT

I'm watching some My Hero Academia stuff on YT while I wait for my game to come in the mail, and played a bit of SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy and a bit of StarLink

I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles X just now. I'm slowly but surely getting into the Xenoblade series! I spent a good amount of time in XC1 and 2, though I'm stuck in both games at the moment. I haven't spent too much time in XCX, so now's the perfect time to play it.

Red Dead Redemption 2 this weekend along side BO4 and some AC:NL in between.

Just picked up Etrian Mystery Dungeon. So far, having some fun adventuring in a different (yet also very familiar) universe. ^_^

@Giygas_95
I found that by going in to settings, and changing speed of camera, aiming, and acceleration, the controls feel a lot better. Still not perfect by any means, but at least on the side of tolerable rather than the side of intolerable.

Also made it so toggling A runs rather than holding, and a few other minor adjustments. I'm kind of starting to get used to all the different commands as well, which combined with the new sensitivities have made it a lot more enjoyable.

Only thing that still bothers me is how they take away control intermittently as they interweave cinematic aspects into the gameplay. Like you're walking, then suddenly you lose control and he's walking automatically and then suddenly you gain control back. I really prefer games separate the experience into two categories that never cross paths- gameplay and cutscenes. The two should never be married together imo.

But ya, I'm really liking it. Just robbed the train, which is still really early in the game. But I like the mission style structure.

Octopath Traveler for me, Planet Alpha demo too.

@JaxonH Yeah, I did find it felt better after fiddling with some settings so more of that will probably make it even better. I agree about taking control away too, and for one big reason: there's already a cinematic camera option you can activate while riding, so if you have that, why also put in mandatory cutscenes while riding on horseback? It seems superfluous.

Have you come across any weapon shops yet though? I got the special edition so I want to know when I can finally pick up that sweet, sweet pump shotgun...Love the Winchester 1897 to death. One of my favorite guns.

Just finished Final Fantasy 6 on the SNES classic. It's been awhile. Still holds up. Also playing some Monster Hunter and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.

Paladin's and Skyrim...!

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 mostly with a little bit of whatever else.

I don't honestly care about RDR 2. I'm burnt out on Rockstar games.

Super Mario Party, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Harvest Moon: A New Beginning

Spooky stuff for Halloween of course! This weeked I'm playing Ghost Manor on the Atari 2600, Splatterhouse 3 on the Sega Genesis, and Escape From Bug Island! on the Wii.

RDR2 on the One X. That is all.

@Dang69 Skyrim can be tons of fun if you know what you’re doing. The game doesn’t have a massive sense of direction and you could wander aimlessly for long periods of time. I have a good friend who likes to walk me through it and help me find good quests. Once you get the ball rolling that way, it pretty much plays itself. It just depends on how much you like open world games with limited direction.

Board games for a change.

@Giygas_95
I haven't. But then again the game hasn't really let me go off on my own yet.

Red Dead 2 on Xbox One X, but also Starlink and Shantae and the Pirates Curse on Switch. If I only had the Switch I would mostly be playing Starlink, it really is a great game. I'll put my plug in here again that it needs Samus and her ship (in physical and digital form) to be a perfect game. Ubisoft make it happen!

@JaxonH That's another thing that's bothering me. I just want my freedom in the game already. This intro part is going to make repeat play throughs a serious slog.

@Giygas_95
Ya, I kinda view it as a story driven game that just happens to have an open world in it. I just got to an area more in the east that kind of looks like Yellowstone national park a bit, and I'm thinking it's about to let me go off on my own pretty soon. Or at least meander a bit.

@617Sqn imo yes. Sometimes it's way to easy and you think you can't loose, sometimes it's really hard. The best thing about it is that you can slow it down and play it as a relaxing game at the evening or you can fast forward and having a big challenge.
But honestly 10€ would be fair. 20€ just when you don't give a f...

Currently playing Doom on the PS4, purchased before the game was released on the Switch. That being said, the PS4 version has a lower price point and that would make my decision if I bought it now.

Nothing this weekend...had to work. I wanted to fire up Splatoon 2 but I’m spent.

Played some more Doom. Not sure if I'm just rubbish, but some of the rune trials have taken me like 50 tries to do them! Still, really enjoying the game. Also a bit of enter the gungeon, mario bros and also some elder scrolls legends on ipad.

Finished off Okami HD.
Finished off Planet Alpha.
Started and completed Subsurface Circular.
Finally got started on Darkest Dungeon. Pretty good so far.
Still working with Kemono Friends Picross.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land! It turned seven years old on Wednesday, so you bet I'm replaying it!

@Dang69

In what delusional, alternate reality is Starlink a disappointment? It’s a freaking amazing game. I’ve got 50+ hours in, and still loving every minute of it. Same goes for every one of my friends who picked it up. It ranks in the top 5 Switch games I’ve ever played.

Have you actually played the game?

Finally got round to buying stardue valley. Nice game! Does anyone know if Lets Go Eevee and Pikachu will have downloadable versions?

@Dang69 I am not a huge fun of open world games (I found botw open world to be very boring)and I did not buy Skyrim day one even I have never played it before but when I finally did I was hands down into it for dozens of hours. The story is beyond bad but the the world is fun and you can be wherever you want to be (but you'll end as a heavy knight either way lol)

@Ryzaerian Yeah but I have the physical version with less content, not sure if that changes thing. It has a really strong "base to it", but the generic story, redundant missions, redundant gameplay and the fact they locked the most interesting feature (the modular customization) behind a paywall really holds it back. Whenever Fox or the BOYS interact with something it's charming tho. I'm just surprised you didn't find the game...really basic and repetitive. The Arwing feels great, but even the BIG OPEN planets felt pretty barren and got boring after a few hours. Not being a hater for haters sake, was genuinely disappointed in it.

Luigi's Mansion 3DS later. RDR2 first.