Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 18th)

I'm 4 hours into Tokyo Mirage Sessions and loving it so far. Atlus RPGs are so dang good, I want more of them on Switch!

Tokyo mirage sessions FE encore. 6hrs in.

How Long to Beat says Astral Chain is done in 20 hours. I'm 30 hours in, and only on File 8 (of 12). Do people not explore? Look for secrets? Or do they have a FAQ next to them? Or am I just slow?

No need to answer that. Please.

New Dragon Ball, probably some Overwatch and finish off Luigis Mansion 2. Finally made a start to Blossom Tales

@Krull depends on your play style.

Well, I had never played a Shin Megami Tensei game (or it's spinoffs) before, and I decided due to that killer eshop sale to check out SMT 4....
Man, I am so glad I did. It is absolutely amazing. I am hooked, and will be playing when I can this weekend.

I’m towards the back end of wind Waker at the moment but still got to search for all the tri force pieces so that’ll keep me busy for a while longer.

Then I need to get back to Ashen and finish that last dungeon!

Finished Pokemon Sword off today though I suppose I'll try and catch em all in my own time. Some Super Smash Bros. to get the last Astral Chain spirit I need. And Person 4 Golden.

Warframe this weekend.

Doom on pc cos switch version is meh. Might go on luigis mansion also and maybe battlefield one.

This week I will be mostly playing

Snipperclips Plus
Pokémon Diamond

This weekend i played these games : 😀
1. Pop'n Music Portable (PSP)
2. Earthlock (Switch)

Handheld games in the morning until afternoon. I think i will continue Final Fantasy XIII PS3 after i eat my dinner tonight.

Edit: If you curious how much did i buy Pop'n Music Portable, i bought it from Tokopedia with just Rp 85,000 / US$ 6.22 in Very Good condition + Complete in Box.😄

My backlog has been building up a lot lately, so really I don't know where to start. But I'll inevitably, eventually, backside into Skyrim, as has been the case lately.

DQ11s mostly and maybe some FE3H

Most likely the Street Fighter collection again, and all the crying on the site has reminded me I have Smash! So I should fire it up and try and unlock some more characters...

Cadence of Hyrule (Dungeon Mode), Nuclear Throne for a bit, and probably pop that Fire Emblem Three Houses cart back in.

I’m at the point where I feel I need to clear these big games before moving forward. Someone gave me Octopath, but I need to complete FE first.

playing a lot of the Witcher 3
and some dauntless and Fortnite
...and maybe some luigis mansion 3

I've got a floor or two left in Luigi's Mansion 3, so I'll try to finish that up this weekend. I'm very happy with the game, as I thought I couldn't ever enjoy another entry after being super let down by dark moon. While I still think the first was a little more special, the third game really gets a solid recommendation from me!

EDIT: Just beat it! It was immensely satisfying!

Also picked up Fire Emblem Three Houses last night, since I really need a chill rpg to get me through this winter. I really want to play something while laying down (I can't play anything that involves reflexes while laying or I play terribly). This game will definitely take me awhile to finish. I may have to play very small games in between character campaigns as palette cleaners.

I really hope I will finally finish GOLF STORY today and try STEAMWORLD HEIST next.

I might tackle some of the Witcher 3, Wizardry, and/or try and finish AC: Black Flag.

I'm going to try finishing up Doom this weekend. I'm up to Episode 4 - Map 6,so I only have 3 more maps to go but I think I'll keep going and complete Sigil as well,since it's the unofficial 5th episode. Once I'm done with that, I'll be restarting Doom 2.

Tetris 99, I was on fire last night. I played 4 rounds and came 1st,2nd, 4th and 6th. That was my first Maximus in over 3 months.

Splatoon 2, I've got right back into it recently. The last few times I've put it on its been Splatzones that's up, my least favourite of the 4 ranked modes. Hopefully when I feel like playing it this weekend, another mode is active at the time.

Edit, just fired Splatoon 2 on, it's Splat Zones.

Wait - Puzzle and Dragons is out? That's tempting.
Nearing the end of Children of Morta and have hit the 100hr mark in Slay the Spire.

Lucky's Super Tale, not too hard, fun to 100%. Exploring Grid, that game has some content! And Rocket League.

Happy gaming everyone!

Continuing Stardew Valley to explore the new updates. Rush Rally which is an extremely good budget racer. City Skylines, figuring out traffic management.

Trying hollow knight for the second time. Gave up the last time after 20 hours. I love the game, but I think I just have to face the fact that I will probably never finish this game, and instead appreciate the time I invest in it. Its absolutley not wasted.

Just bought Three Houses but I'm juggling Hollow Knight and Dragonball Fighterz. I know, I know. I'm late to the party on everything. Lol.

It was my week off this week but instead of catching up on backlog I ended up being too sick to play anything.figures.
Now I have 2 weeks sick leave so if I'm feeling up to it I want to finish Luigi Mansion 3 as I only have 3 more floors to go..I think.Loved every minute of it.
Also will hopefully put a lot more effort into Fire Emblem Three Houses.

• Witcher 3, 175 hours played so far.
• Battlezone Gold Edition

I've nearly completed my Pokemon game collection now (complete as in a game per generation), so working through that. Currently on Omega Ruby.

On Switch I've kind of decided that Dragon Quest XI isn't for me, or at least not right now, so I've parked that for the time being. Very tempted by Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Combat and visual style look great but I'm not really sure I'll enjoy the story. If I don't pick it up then I'll start one of my backlog RPGs (FF VIII, XII, WoFF or Tales of Vesperia).

@NotTelevision TBF, Octopath Traveler is so episodic, you could easily clear an opening chapter or two, then go back to play a Fire Emblem chapter. I really, really enjoyed Octopath, but it's probably better to dip in and out with shorter play sessions, rather than try to mainline it.

Catquest 2 as I downloaded the demo and it reminded me how much I loved the first one. So I am having a purrfect time with that.

Also started FFXII this week as got it for Xmas. I’m glad I don’t remember much from my ps2 playthrough in original release so it’s like a fresh new experience.

I saw the mediocre reviews for DBZ:Kakarot so I snagged Xenoverse 2 for $5 on my switch instead. Maybe once Kakarot goes down to $20 (and it will, if not lower) I'll get that.

Playing through witcher on switch this weekend and almost through heart of stone expansion. Then im going back and playing witcher 1 lol. 😆

Continuing to collect Asphal 9 stuff and train up my Pokemon.

AO Tennis 2 for me with some Football Manager. Rush Rally as well what a great budget racer this is highly recommended.

I finished up SMT IV this week (chaos route) which I really enjoyed, and I'm still processing the experience now.

I also tried the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon demo, which led me to purchasing Etrian Mystery Dungeon for my backlog for a tenner, which in turn led to me picking up where I left off on Etrian Odyssey Nexus last year. I'm just over half way through and it's really good. Hopefully I can make more progress before Tokyo Mirage Sessions arrives in the post later this week.

An Atlus game finally on Switch will tear me away from exploring their 3DS library. It shouldn't matter but the Etrian Odyssey and SMT demonica costumes helped increase my hype and seal the deal.

@Guitar_bard I've just finished it myself. Enjoy, it's so good.

Windjammers and Wargroove on Switch
Virtua Fighter 5: FS and Fight Night Champions on Xbox 360

I'm one week into Ring Fit Adventure and feel great, took a rest day yesterday so I can do an extra long session today. I'm on the last stage of World 4.

After that I've got a Civ VI game I can hopefully wrap up quickly. It's 1500-ish, I'm playing the French and am winning in culture and religion.

Probably going to restart FE3H once I've done that.

@dugan I have to get Tails soon, that’s the kind of description I was looking for!

O/w I’m into propping my tv on its side for giant Tate mode of Moon Cresta and 1945

Back to DQXI S as stock issues meant my preorder for Tokyo Mirage Sessions got delayed by a few days. I'm not optimistic about a general Direct soon given all these single game Directs so I imagine the first half of 2020 will mostly be clearing backlog caused by second half of 2019 being so insane.

This weekend I'll be playing Doom 2 and Luigi's Mansion 3. I still have to beat Luigi's Mansion 3's story mode but I am nearly finished. I am having a blast with Doom 2 so far too.

I did pick up Tokyo Mirage Sessions yesterday, and I hope to get to that at some point.

The big fish of the weekend is finishing Oninaki. I believe I am at the very end, and I am just so happy with this game. The upgrade system has had me grinding for weeks - something I don’t believe that I have done since Kingdom Hearts 2 so long ago. The story too is unique, and more competently told than any JRPG I can think of in quite some time.

Tokyo RPG Factory is such a weird studio. I Am Setsuna wasn’t terrific, though I had such a weird spark to it. The snow aesthetic and piano soundtrack gave it a real flavor despite its mediocrity. Lost Sphear felt even more generic from the demo (though I could be convinced to take a second look.) But with Oninaki I think they have a genuine hit on their hands! I want to see what they will do next! The art is great, the music is beautiful! I don’t hate any of the characters. I can’t wait to get home and finish it

Will finish off zelda link to the past - just got the final boss now - and a bit of enter the gungeon. Might start a new smallish game if i get chance, maybe Hard West or something like that. Desperately trying to not buy any more games until I clear the backlog a bit, and my time for gaming is limited with kids, job etc. Also trying to spend less time playing games as my other hobbies and stuff have suffered a bit the last few months (especially when i was playing xc2!). It's hard with so many great games!

The usual Ring Fit Adventure and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair combo.

@Guitar_bard Atlus JRPG have the best ergonomy of the genre. Super easy to play and super deep system will all the buff and debuff options.

I went ahead, and downloaded the demo for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, so I'll be playing that this weekend. Speaking of Pokemon, I'll also be doing the Piplup Community Day event in Pokemon Go, so another weekend with pocket sized monsters.

I'm nearing the end of Witcher 3 so now comes the tough decision of choosing which game in my backlog to play next: Ni No Kuni, Dragon Quest XI, or Fire Emblem: The Houses... decisions, decisions, decisions.

Probably just Pokémon Sword but I may do the next fight on 3 House too.

Luigi’s Mansion if I get time to sit down in front of the TV with an AAA game
Monster Boy: Cursed Kingdom during the odd 20-30 mins
Ben Wander: Case of Distrust to relax with in bed

Just picked up wargroove (it came with stickers!!) and Trine 4 together for $50. Hooray for me.

@FineLerv Did you get a dock for each house?

Once I get off work at 3:30 today I will be starting up Tokyo Mirage Sessions for the first time. I’m very excited. I might also continue to progress in Judgment for the PS4. It’s such a great game.

I'll be playing some more Astral Chain, and I just got Tokyo Mirage Sessions so I'll be playing that too. I'll be playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for that online tournament going on (though I probably won't win the gold coins, lol). I've recently been getting in a Smash Bros. mood so maybe I'll fit in some Smash Ultimate matches too!

More Dragon Quest VIII on 3DS for me this weekend. I didn't devote as much time to it this past week as I would have liked; I've only just added Jessica to the party and calmed down a very grumpy sea monster who thinks he's a ventriloquist.

Switch-wise, I've reached the credits in SteamWorld Dig 2 but want to see how many more secrets I can find. I also hope to take the short & sweet Donut County for a spin. Not sure if I'll get to much else.

Last but not least, I'll attempt to participate in the Piplup Community Day in Pokemon Go tomorrow. Between some very cold temps rolling into the area + my health not being the best (yay sniffles), I'm not sure how successful I'll be....

Have a great weekend!

I’m 25 hours into Dragon Quest XI. This train don’t stop. Perhaps an occasional palette cleanser with Demon’s Tilt or old reliable Minecraft.

Next up after? Maybe Tokyo Mirage? Maybe too much JRPG in a row?

Right now, I'm playing Minecraft. If it comes today as its delivery is running late, Tokyo Mirage Sessions. I may play another game or two, but not sure which game yet, leaning a bit for Sonic Battle on GBA.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions for me. I've played it for a while now and it's really fun. Very Japanese in the weird way, but I like it!

Still bashing my head against The Radiance in Hollow Knight, plus I’mSupriselocking through Shield and I just picked up TMS!

Playing RE5, the witcher 3, Pokemon sword and maybe just maybe paper mario with the recent rumor. I never played it so I'd like to see what all the fuss is about

Slay the spire. Games really addictive.

@matdub Hahaha. At least I don't need to stock up on sensor bars anymore

@Krull it took me about 20 hours, maybe 22 to finish astral chain but I didn't do many side missions or stuff like that. I honestly never do in games. But even if you're 30 hours in, hopefully youre enjoying it.

I recently bought Sword Art Online for Switch, so I'll be having a bash on that this weekend.

@Krull Don’t worry man, I like to take my sweet time to get the most out of games that I’m having fun with, too. It took me over 30 hours to beat Link’s Awakening and a good 25 to finish Luigi’s Mansion 3.

Despite buying Astral Chain a couple months ago, I’m planning to finally start it tomorrow. Can’t wait!

Just started and have a very good first impression of Mutant Football League. My Nfl team has been eliminated from the playoffs so this is a great alternative.

@guamyankee I loved that game! MFL is probably the most fun I have had playing a sports game in a long time, I played through seasons with multiple teams because I was just having such a good time playing it.

I would love to be getting back into Tokyo Mirage Sessions (Loved that game on Wii U. Amazing end game and fantastic party line-up), but I'm still all in with Dragon Quest XI — I'm so grateful to have so many amazing JRPGs on Switch!

@mauhlin12
That game keeps getting better!

@Paranoid_Android How did you find the performance/resolution in The Witcher? Some say it’s terrible, others say it’s perfectly fine. I really want to pick it up on Switch, but I’m not sure whether to pull the trigger. I play mostly in handheld, what do you make of it, buddy?

@Krull Good advice. I’ll likely do that.

Pokémon Shield postgame.

Is there anyone that plans on selling or trading in their game that would give me their Sword legendary? Doesn’t hurt to ask.

I’m planning on picking up a new AAA game in the next week or so. Should I buy DQXI, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Tokyo Mirage Sessions or The Witcher 3? I’m looking for a good time-sink to get lost in, but I just can’t make up my damn mind. I need help, guys!

I’ve been steadily playing Ni No Kuni since I got my Switch last month. I’m on the part of the game where everything really gets into gear - I love the story.

My 3DS will also be getting some love. I picked up Hey Pikmin last year and every week I’ve been doing a level or two. It’s not a classic but it has steadily grown on me and I’ve had a lot of fun with it.

I started Night in the Woods last night. Loving it so far. I’ll be surprised if I don’t play a good couple runs of Dead Cells, too. Switch has the best selection of exclusives, third-party AAA’s and top drawer indies. *Has there been a better system ever?!!

*Rhetorical question alert

@The_Pixel_King In my honest opinion it's really good in handheld! Big screen takes a slight hit but at the end of the day, does it detract from how great a game it is? Not at all. And if you're like me with limited time and rely on handheld to get your gaming time in (got it on PS4 but just never had the time) it's a must buy. Sounds like from your list you can't go wrong though!

@Ooyah Cheers my friend,nice of you to say.

Finishing Kingdom Hearts III for me this weekend. 😁😅

@Paranoid_Android Thanks, man. That’s all I needed to hear! Have a great weekend of gaming on the go!

1. Disco Elysium
2. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

RpG heaven going into a MLK long weekend - it is also freezing here so I know the wife will not want to do outside activities😀

I'll be playing, the Rocket League.
I keep meaning to play Splatoon or A Hat in Time, but Rocket League has been been fun for me lately.

I’m into the Warframe update this weekend. Empyrean looks like a lot of fun, plus I gotta take advantage of the Credit and Affinity boosters!

Three Houses (not at the time jump, yet), SSBU, and Splatoon 2. Having a great time with all of them, so glad to experience Fire Emblem on my TV for the first time.

@Lord same. I do need to concentrate on one though lol.

1, Luigi’s Mansion 1 (3DS)
2. Ring Fit Adventure
3. Picross S3
4. Puzzle Quest (Switch)

I'm collecting the Astral Chain spirits in Smash Ultimate and doing some arcade battles in Dragon Ball FighterZ since Kakarot made me want to play a DBZ game again but the game sadly isn't (yet) on Switch. On PC I'm currently finishing a Skaven campaign in Total War Warhammer 2.

I recently started playing Super Mario Galaxy through my WiiU. Never beaten it before.

Wargroove anda smash Bros!

@readalie I could not beat The Radiance....

@Neoguardian86 hope you’re enjoying it!

@JoeDiddley I am about 8 hours in, and I am just loving it. I love JRPGs in general, but there is something really special about this one.

Ori, GRID, Witcher 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, Link's Awakening, Astral Chain. I'm glad January has been quiet, as I've got a lot of games to catch up on.

Switch - beat Ori and the blind Forrest. Couldn't put this one down once I started it.

Played through castle Crashers as the red knight.

Continued gear club unlimited. Got it on sale and play it on and off.

If I don't start dauntless tonight then I will start God eater 3.

3ds - about to start bravely default.

Ori & The Blind Forest, absolutely loving it, & DOOM. My son has been playing Pokémon Sword & is playing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, the DK DLC, right now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend all.

Timesplitters: Future Perfect, Animal Crossing on Gamecube, Shin Megami Tensei IV, and maybe a replay of Persona 4 and Smash Bros Ultimate (although, i'll just wait until the DLC is released, to get new stickers.)

I'm either playing Sonic Forces or Sonic Mania, don't get me wrong I really enjoy both these Sonic games, even though I have to admit that Sonic Mania is a little difficult. Honestly I'm a lot further in Sonic Forces than I am in Sonic Mania, I really can't wait for the next major Sonic game that'll be released from Sega, I just hope it isn't a commercial failure. I'm not saying that there were previous Sonic games that were commercial failures, okay look I'm a heavy mega hardcore duty Sonic fan and its been that way since the early 2000's, before anyone asks why in the world my name is ZeldaGeekboy94 if I'm such a huge fan of the Sonic franchise. Let me explain my 2 most favorite video game franchises are the Legend of Zelda and Sonic the Hedgehog and why the number 94, it symbolizes the year I was born which was 1994.

Super Smash Bros Ultimate and maybe some Astral Chain

Mega Man X on SNES Classic Mini and Ninja Saviors on Swicth.

Allow me to explain even further, I just recently bought the soundtrack to Sonic Forces, which again is a very well done game that Sega developed. Here's what happened I decided to borrow the game from a friend of mine and so once I started playing the actual game and heard its amazing soundtrack, I knew exactly that I had to buy the soundtrack to the game, so about a week ago I decided to search on amazon for the soundtrack and bought myself a copy of the game's soundtrack and I don't regret it.

Hexic (Windows Phone) - Nearing the end.

Briquid Mini (Windows Phone) - Not sure what to make of this yet.

Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (Vita) - Starting a new online tournament.

Finally broke down and bought Link's Awakening. I love the game too much to not buy it when I saw it on sale. So I will be playing that along with Ys VIII and Doom.

Just finished Assassins Creed IV, and that last bit was a little exhausting. Very glad I finally got to play it and it’s definitely one of my favorite AC games, but I might do some Cube Creator X or Legend of Legacy before I start Rogue.

Some Stardew Valley to explore the new update. Sunday will be all TMS! After thst, I only have DQXI, FE3H, Diablo III and Battle Chasers in my backlog... But have Tales of Vesperia ordered and still planning to get Witcher 3. Oh my...

nearing the end of Dragon Quest XI, I've spent a ton of time with it
we're also near the end of Pokemon Sword, but we also play the NES games (Yoshi and Wario's Woods) and we've been playing some Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii lately

No-one's training their brain?

I had 10 hours clocked in after 10 days!

Oh well, less Alzheimers for me, then.

PS4: CTR Nitro-Fueled
Wii U: Yoshi's Woolly World
Switch: Diablo 3

I am going full time on Shovel Knight: King of Cards right now. Dabbles of Hotline Miami and Forgotton Anne as well.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS4) and Mario Maker 2.

This weekend I'm playing Lego Avengers, Robinson the Journey, Until you Fall and Asgards Wrath.

My bro is in town, so it’ll be Mario Kart and Overcooked

Just recently bought a Sega Genesis mini, so a few games on that, mainly Streets of Rage 2.

Super Robot Wars V
Slay the Spire

@gamer83 a very wise choice of game to play! Love my md mini. I was thinking earlier why can’t I download chase hq 1 or 2 anywhere . I don’t have a pc just consoles. Mite play Capcom beat em up collection, happy weekend everyone x x

TMS got postponed to February (perhaps even late February if I try to save up and invest in a voucher from the month's two paydays instead of juggling a fully taxed $75 shot into either) after ordering a 512 Gb card I miraculously found in Minsk the other week. Below mere seventy bucks for its capacity and class, (SmartBuy, of course, but FWIW their brand's 128-er has served me for almost three years now), it's a rare find in Minsk, and the post-holiday stock was predictably down to one retailer, so might as well pull the trigger while the target's in sight. For the same reason Warframe has been benched for most of the week after the new patch routinely ended up wiping the whole 18 Gb - redownloading that is somewhat less of a hassle now, but I'd still rather not do it twice in such a short while.😏

So, er, what was the weekend about, instead? Pokemon Sword, Isaac, SSBU (couldn't miss Astral Chain spirits, after all), Dual Destinies and bits of other titles like Skyrim, TWEWY and Grid Autosport. Hoping to resume more of the meaty backlog items soon, now that this crazy month is winding down, but time will tell.

I have just been playing Bioshock been tempted to get on my PS2 and play some more RE4/Dino Crisis again though