Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 8th)

Hopefully some Smash and maybe Yoshi and Tetris for me!

Persona Q2 and BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle for me.

It’s all about the Persona spin offs on Nintendo systems!

A bit of Street Fighter 3rd Strike too.

I’ve been back in Skyrim this week, and will probably be for a couple of weeks to come. So that, and some Team Sonic Racing. And of course Pokémon Go, the yearly Adventure Week event is going on, and today is also Community Day featuring Slakoth

Dragons Lair Trilogy
Alpine Ski
Night Trap
Aero Fighters 2
Gravel on the Xbox
Sturmwind On the Dreamcast!
Wonder Boy Returns
Image Fight
Iron Crypticle
Gunlord X
Castlevania Collection
Outrun
Horizon Chase Turbo
I’d also be playing Virtua Racing if we didn’t have to wait till the end of June! 😌

I'll be playing Dead cells, and maybe a bit of Saints Row the third.

About to get Dirt Rally 2 in the postbox so I reckon I'll be eating mud this weekend! Also finally started playing GTA 5 recently (I'm probably the last person on earth to do so), and I'm not sure why I waited so long with that, it's thoroughly enjoyable so far.

@ShaiHulud GTA5 only one of the greatest games ever created! Enjoy! Love the Dirt series and been playing Dirt 4. But Check out Gravel if you can! Pretty good!

Actually, I won’t be playing anything for about a week. I’m on my way to a mission trip in Mexico! 😃

Everyone have a fun, safe, and relaxing weekend!!

This weekend i played Nintendo Switch games a lot. 🤓

1. Final Fantasy X HD Remaster (Switch)

Finally, i have finished the storyline of FF X on Nintendo Switch just now, contrary with PS4 version that used to be i owned but never finished due to lack of enthusiast to play in PS4 machine. I have finished the game quickly without Anima and Magus Sisters since i realized i forgot to get Destruction Sphere from Besaid temple (I don't want to fight with stupid Dark Aeons) and i kept going through without two additional Aeons, but yesterday i had prepared another Save file from beginning just in case i want to replay again and try to get All Destruction spheres.

2. LEGO CITY Undercover (Switch)

Wandering around the city with six pack abs and destroying objects nearby to collect more blocks.

Maybe i will continue FF X-2 Switch after this or i will revisit one of my Animal Crossing New Leaf 3DS copy to check my town situation.

Slay the spire! Such an addicting game. Almost finished a run with the second character, but got hopelessly crushed by the final boss. Got some new unlocks though that will make a new run even more interesting! And so it goes on and on...

I'll also give the Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC chapters a start. I've already put 70(!) hours in the base game and that burned me out a bit on it eventually. But I believe I recovered from that now, so time to dive in to ancient Greece once again.

Gunlord X for the seventh time. I just want to finish it with one run and all diamonds and lifes. But level 4 is always my doom and I'm losing one continue.
It's a perfect game to me and I'm so happy for the Switch release.

I have got the weekend off so hopefully I'll be getting a few extra hours of gaming time.
I finished Steamworld Dig 2 last night,what a fantastic little game that one is.I love open world big games but they sure do make you appreciate the smaller games more.
So today and tomorrow it will be all about Assassins Creed Odyssey and Octopath Traveller.
Looking forward to E3!
Have a good weekend everyone.

Playing Fire Emblem Echoes on 2DS for the first time. Getting ready for Three Houses next month. It's been really hard to go back to 2DS after being spoilt on Switch for last 18months.

Some races in sonic,
Downwell and finaly some Messenger.
Ohh and timespinner If I have the time.

I have been playing through donkey Kong returns and it is as awesome as tropical freeze. The control scheme is strange at start but after a while it did not bother me anymore.
I also have child of light on switch open but did not resonate with me yet

i finished Steamworld Quest this week, great game! Just enough RPG, not too much, not too little. Rocket League with Rocket pass is so much fun. Playing Unraveled 2 with my daughter. On sale I picked up Rime, an old game with so/so reviews. Yes, there are framerate issues, but I am enjoying it so far.

Happy gaming everyone!

Inbetween women’s World Cup matches I’ll be getting down to business with Enter the Gungeon and Gato Roboto. The latter especially - I just love the whole aesthetic. Really well thought-out, great level design and superb sound effects and music. A total blast and a steal at that price.

And Autumn is almost over at Marker Dell Farm in Stardew Valley. I’ll be chilling out in town after I harvest my pumpkins, cranberries, eggplants and yams.

Happy gaming everyone!

The Piczle Lines games. I've just this week finally finished Piczle Colors.

Bastion. Enjoying it more the further I progress.

@Judgedean I enjoyed this more than I expected to. It’s immersive, got a decent story, but most of all the gameplay is fun. Enjoy!

Heading into the crystal caverns to take on Seath the Scaleless with the aid of my trusty lightning spear in Dark Souls Remastered. And maybe a little Captain Toad Treasure Tracker on 3DS for a complete tonal shift.

Well done Ryan Craddock for representing the 64 like a champion.
But for a change of pace, this weekend I'm playing Submerged, which popped up on the Switch store out of nowhere on Friday, after spending years on my Steam wishlist. It's relaxing and sweet, I recommend it!

@joey302 Thanks for the tip! Haven't heard of it but will check it out now.

I've become a little addicted to Tetris99. Just bought Vertical Strike, which is OK for what it is. Thinking about getting Abzu at some point.

Playing some Zelda, Hollow Knight, and Box Boy.

More Team Sonic Racing and Halo games on XB1. SEGA released an update for Team Sonic Racing sometime in the past few days which seems to make the online more stable (fewer disconnects and fewer crashes with loud buzzing sound).

Refunct has kinda blown me away. I spent about 25 minutes beating the game, then another 10 to 100% it. Then I look online and find someone's beaten it in 2 min 24 seconds. Anyways, it has perfect 60 fps graphics (a few tiny stutters, but nothing that bothered me), perfect jumping, great wall jumping, nice music, neat colors, and just a nice simple gameplay experience. I love games like this one.
I've also been LOVING Wand Wars on my friend's PS4! Wand Wars must come to Switch! It's an incredibly fun and exciting 1 to 4 player game that makes me think of Towerfall, but it has a changed up gameplay dynamic that sort of incorporates pong or arkanoid. It's freaking brilliant.
I'm also enjoying Party Golf, Marble It Up, The World Next Door, Warlock's Tower, and Pikuniku.

Slay the spire!! Amazing game, got my first victory last night on a daily run but was massively OP to be fair, so many relics!
Planned to try and finish baba is you but can't see that getting a look in now...

Steamworld Quest, Assassins Creed 3 and a little Mario Party with the kids.

Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland

New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire for singleplayer and as for multiplayer my weekly Mario Tennis Aces online tournament bouts, and probably either Portal Knights or Overcooked 2. Also my Animal Crossing New Leaf dailies + stalk market.

@N64-ROX Just purchased Submerged for a mere fiver on the eshop and first impressions are very positive. It’s a chill game of exploration with a wonderful atmosphere, despite the whole your brother is dying thing. Nice visuals too. Wish the controls were tighter.

Orbital (Droid) - Just installed looking forward to having a go.

Microsoft FLight (Games For Windows) Still plugging away at my Let's Play.

Killzone: Mercenary (Vita) - Been playing the multiplayer at night again.

Revived my 3DS to play Persona Q2, which is definitely fun and interesting from a gameplay perspective, but the writers clearly expected the audience to already be familiar with the cast and plot of the mainline games, which I am not. Meanwhile I’m trying to finish Luigi U before Mario Maker 2 comes out and eclipses it entirely.

Yoshi's Crafted World, enjoying the game but sometimes revisiting levels multiple times can feel a bit irritating at times. Maybe some Mario Kart 8 or might finally play Smash Bros. this weekend, don't know why I've put it off for so long.

Not too much time for games this weekend but I'll try to fit in some Pokemon Platinum, some Bloodborne, and maybe some Team Sonic Racing as I want to finish that before CTR comes out.

I finally achieved the best ending (on normal mode anyway) in Metroid: Samus Returns. It was surprisingly tough since you have to chart out a route that allows you to get as many Metroids in one continuous run as possible instead of simply memorizing their individual locations in general (you don't want to find yourself backtracking just to get one metroid you left behind because it was the only one on that route that required a specific power-up to access after all). As someone who simply goes for speed and nothing else, this level of planning kind of makes me realize how difficult 100% runs are when you're also going for the speedrun endings in these games. It was a lot of fun, though!

Trying to complete Trials Rising (PS4) is my sole focus right now. The game is crazy massive and I love it.

I'm determined to finally finish Bayonetta 2 so I never have to look at that stupid game again.

Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Capcom Beat em Up Bundle, King of Fighters 98 and some other Neo Geo games for Switch.

Earthbound and ocarina of time on Wii u. Smash and castlevania II on switch

Nothing this week as I’m fitting a new bathroom and toilet 😢
Happy gaming everyone

@ShaiHulud I’m waiting for the switch version 🤞

Monster hunter GU, nearly played it for a whole year!

Castlevania Collection, Borderlands: THC, probably a little Fortnite and Splatoon 2

@PapaPedro say what?!?! You dont like it?

Was hoping to pick up Wonder Boy Returns Remix as a guilty pleasure for this weekend... But it's been temporarily pulled from the EU eshop.

I just beat Shakedown Hawaii so now I’m going back to Diablo 3,Dead Cells and Dragon Quest Builders.

Still working on Final Fantasy VI Advance.

@NintendoByNature Thought I would. Everyone raves about it, and I remember liking the original Devil May Cry back in the day, but I don't find the combat fun, and I really, really don't like the over-the-top-ridiculous characters and plot. I know that's the whole point, and plenty of people love it for that, but it's just not for me. But I bought it, and by God I'm going to beat it.

Capcom Beatemupbundle, Ultra Street Fighter II, Bloodstained Curse of the Moon, Shock Troopers, Metal Slug trilogy, Baseball Simulator 1,000, NES Online, and Sonic Mania. Just in a retro mood.

Still playing mostly indies. Probaby some TETRIS 99 in between DEAD CELLS and perhaps some STARLINK. Will be watching all of the press conferences as well.

Slay the Spire and some Project Nimbus for me. Maybe some World War Z tonight too.

@PapaPedro i hear You. And i can admire that. When i buy a game, I really try to finish it even if i don't like it( or if im not crazy about it). Now if i HATE a game, sometimes it's just not worth my time at all and I'll stop playing. It's a Shame you don't like it though as it's one of my favorite games. But, not every game is for everyone. Think you'll give astral chain a shot?

Always playing my evergreen games, Hearthstone and Tetris 99. Also some Star Wars Empire at War, Cities Skylines and Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization.

Considered playing Pokemon Go, but Slakoff has got to be the most boring community day yet! Especially since Slaking is utterly worthless!

This weekend I'll be playing Broforce on the Switch, Robo Recall and Moss on the Quest.

@NintendoByNature Yep, different strokes for different folks And yes, like all media, if you find something to be truly unpleasant, then your time is worth more than its completion!

I really like the aesthetic of Astral Chain, but my utter indifference to Bayonetta has made me cautious. I'll be keeping an eye on reviews, but I'm in no great rush to play it. I'm trying to focus on clearing out the games I haven't finished before I make any big new purchases.

I have a fairly busy weekend, but I'll be shoving in more Pokemon Ultra Sun (currently at Po Town) on the 3DS. I'll also continue playing Kirby Super Star and possibly more Mega Man X on the SNES Classic. I've been pleasantly surprised by how much I'm enjoying my first proper Kirby game.

I'll also fit in more Pokemon Go this weekend. I won't be able to participate in the community day much since I'll be at an indoor performance for most of it, but I do plan to continue taking advantage of Adventure Week.

Have a fun and safe weekend! This is it folks - E3 is nearly here!

Persona 5 and maybe some Overwatch and Smash.

@PapaPedro I feel ya. I feel the same way about marvel ultimate alliance. I'm on the fence about it. But I'll have to wait and hear more about it before i commit to it.

Splatoon 2 for me practise on for 2nd to last splatfest. apart from that maybe some smash. i still need to get 999 moons in SMO and LoZBotW is no where near done for me so they are definitely on a to do list. I'm thinking about picking up ultimate alliance a week or 2 after it drops and of course E3 is just around the corner with lots of lovely goodies for me to enjoy. Enjoy your we3ks guys.

yes i know that we3k was corny but do i care no off cores not.

I've just bought undertale, ding ding xl, Rayman legends and mario + rabbids with £40 of my bonus ball winnings from my secret stash

Pokémon Fire Red. That game is now 15 years old.

I'm going to be playing my new copy of Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and maybe some Splatoon 2 on my switch. I might also hop on and check out my town on Animal Crossing New Leaf.

I just finished the first Luigi’s Mansion yesterday on my new GameCube. It was my first dip in the series.

So long as it’s hooked up, my plan is to play Twilight Princess again.

Gonna finish up Super Mario Odyssey! I'm very close to 100%ing it.

Home.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Fate of Atlantis episode 2.
F1 2018

On the Go.
CIV6

But i had a long week. Time to be a home body this weekend. So mostly AC: Odyssey.

This week,. I will be mostly playing.....

... Slay the Spire

For me it'll probably be:

> Diablo 3 on Switch
> Borderlands 2 on PS4
> Lapis x Labyrinth on PS4

I need to finish up Resident Evil 0 and then start on REmake. Conveniently, I just grabbed RE2 Remake, RE5, and RE7 on PS4 on sale!

Valkyria Chronicles 4, Piczle Colors, and Gems of War for me, and some FNAF Minecraft with the kiddo. Just tried the Hob demo this morning too, and I really enjoyed it.

Mostly Okami HD and Animal Crossing: New Leaf for me. I've been feeling the itch to get back to EarthBound Beginnings of all things, so I booted up the Wii U for that. The emulation is awful, but I'm not sitting around and waiting to see whether or not Nintendo will bring it to NES Switch Online.

Waiting on crash team racing. And what E3 has in store

Churning through my 3ds backlog still. I will hopefully finish Codename STEAM this weekend as I’m on the penultimate level and I have surprisingly enjoyed this game - it didn’t get enough love but unless being played on a ‘New’ system it really does suffer from performance issues.

Sprinkle that with a healthy dose of Xenoblade 3D and I call that a good weekend.

So I have been saving my money to get a PS4 for a while. I finally was able to order one with a couple of exclusives that I really wanted to play. Hooked it up when it got here. Haven't played it once.
I keep going back to the Switch for my gaming sessions.
These are the games I have been playing.
1. Dark Souls Remaster (Having a hard time saving Solaire)
2. Diablo 3
3. Fitness Boxing (i have actually been losing weight because of this)
4. Dead Cells (i can't get past the second boss)
5. SSBU
6. New Super Mario Wii U
7. Timber man VS with the kids
8. FFVII (it holds up pretty good)

I hope to play Bloodborne soon but it seems easier just to pick up the switch and play. It is a pain in the butt to install games on the PS4 and by the time I install them I am already playing something else on the Switch

It will be all Ys VIII for me this weekend.

I've just finished Gato Roboto which is a great game. Graphics and music are excellent along with the responsive controls. Only got 67% completion so will have another run at some stage. For now though, back to FF9!

@dugan I also took the chance on Rime and was really glad I did. I enjoyed it immensely. I hope you do too!

@InAnotherCastle How do u find it cos I was interested, have been playing Picross but it became frustrating and difficult so I just fast track it....no patience....

@InAnotherCastle I have yet to finish Piczle Lines DX and I’ve got over 100 hours into it so far. I still have a few larger puzzles to do and they’ve proven tricky. How was Piczle Colors? I just picked it up since it was on sale.

@wazlon That was my big complaint about Yoshi as well. Playing each level around 5 times for all the collectibles got to be a bit much.

I just started Katana Zero since I couldn’t help but pick it up on sale. Pretty good game so far. Some of the scenes are a little challenging but it’s interesting.

@Link41 Nobody's interested hearing about your Microsoft Flight 2b honest.

@kirbygirl U like Gems of war ?, it sounds interesting.

@Mamabear Oh, it's great, I like it for the same reasons I like the Piczle Lines games. But I was tiring trying to 100% them, and found Colors more manageable. Now, having finished it, I'm back to it. Colors is a bit different but it's great. Play it if you want a break from Lines yet want to play the same kind of game 😉

@Sim1 Yeah, I love Gems of War. Super addictive, especially if you're a fan of match-3s in general (or Puzzle Quest in particular). It's F2P, so you should give it a go. I've sunk many hours into it and spent zero dollars so far, but then I'm more into the single-player quests/challenges and less into the online competitive aspect (though I have played a bit of PvP). It's been one of my go-to games for short pick-up-and-play sessions for months now.

@Sim1 I find all of the Piczle games similar to and a lot more interesting than Picross. Silly as it sounds, the story, the themes, the music especially all helps keep me coming back. And the general feel and esthetic is just more interesting than other puzzles in general, I find👌

@charlieonholiday I loved Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.!

Picked up Mario Galaxy on Wii again. Forgot just how crazy creative and fun that game is. We really need an HD remaster. In the meantime I’ll be playing through the original again.

It's about time for my annual Ogre Battle 64 play trough.

The Binding of Isaac on Switch

I'm playing Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle. I beat the midboss of World 2-5 and just beat 2-6 with a fair score. I also started playing Realm Royale and it's fun but my last game in a solo match I got eliminated early in the game but it was creepy because someone was stalking me and was looking around for the player and then out of nowhere the player popped out and took me out. I also went back to play GetAmped on my Switch, which is now my personal D3 P-E-T, and I suited up my character with a dragon armor. It's fun games. Very pleased how my weekend went.

@linq agreed - the 3ds has a phenomenal library. Enjoy Majora’s Mask.

Just some hours ago, a familiar visit me and we played Smash Ultimate. As for the rest of the weekend, I think I'll continue alternating between Bravely Default, Yooka-Laylee and whatever else pick my interest 😅

I had my nephew over for the better part of the day, so we just played some Rocket League and Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate. We also ended up doing the Pokemon Go community day event as well.

Finished Wolfenstein II yesterday so I'll be busy with Smash for the rest of the weekend when I'm not watching Microsoft and Bethesda's E3 conferences!

Timespinner, it's a gorgeously animated title. Recommended

@InAnotherCastle Sweet, thanks...yes I agree Picross is slightly boring after a while, appreciate your input.

@kirbygirl Thanks you have managed 2 sum that up very nicely, I'll definitely give it a shot, these days you often just need that quick addictive pick up and play game that's not 2 taxing on your nervous system.

@gaby_gabito This game has always intrigued me, is it extremely difficult or can an average gamer enjoy it ?.

@1UP_MARIO Hi Mario, what do you think of the abs ?, I'm just having a laugh...have a good 1.

@kirbygirl Just finished Codename STEAM. Considering I got this game on sale - well worth it.

STEAM does have flaws - mostly technical - but a lot of charm at the same time. If Intelligent Systems has ironed them out, this could have been the start of a great franchise.

Currently playing Super Mario Galaxy 2. Should finish it today in fact.

@NintendoByNature bayonetta 2 is amazing I am at the end so need to finish it.

@ryobi85 it's definitely one of my favorite action games for sure. Can't wait for bayo 3 and astral chain

@NintendoByNature Same!

Not a lot of gaming time for me this weekend. I played a little bit of thumper - my god that game gets tough - and some mario tennis which i recently got. Languishing at D- in the online tournament rating, really need to get better!

@Mamabear Yeah, the collecting in Yoshi's Crafted World just feels like they were padding out the game instead of creating new levels, a bit disappointing.

Funny how Bloodstained flagship gets merely mentioned in context... and promptly added to the poll as a possible game to have played this weekend. Or did someone get the game at their doorstep this early?

Me, it's been mostly FFXII and Xenoblade plus a taste of a couple new library additions where Typoman definitely lived up to the intrigue it had evoked in me for quite a while. And right then I run into Lost Words announcement trailer. Coincidence?

Alternating between Horizon Chase Turbo and Pokemon Lets Go Evee after finishing up Onimusha Warlords, which was a great game but far too short.

@Sim1 it is not extremely difficult and is very fun! I say give it a go!

@Mamabear Just finished Rime, thanks for the encouragement. Wow, what a fantastic game, what an ending! I am still trying to figure out the ending, although I am pretty sure I know what happened. Either way, wow! Yes, there were visual hiccups, but many times i sat amazed at the visual beauty, the puzzles, the interaction between boy and fox, boy and robot.

Reading your other post on this thread, I may try that Piczle game, I am a big Picross fan, so I think I may like it.

Again, thanks for your encouragement, happy gaming, friend!