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

I’ve just finished BOTW. Fantastic experience but I need to chill out for a while before heading back to Witcher 3.

So having picked up “To the Moon” last week whilst on sale, I think I’ll sink my teeth into that this weekend.

This week I will be mostly playing

Mario Advance 4: Mario 3 (world-e on the Wii U)
Star Fox 64 3D

A few hours of oddworkd strangers wrath.

Starting file 10 on astral chain. I have enjoyed this more than Bayonetta so far. Hope the end does not disappoint.

I should finish this over the weekend and then I will have to pick from the backlog.

Plans for Xenoblades, Bioshock, Burnout and Ace Attorney, maybe a match of Ninjala, situational bites and rounds of other stuff (I've yet to sample Cat Quest, for one).

Fus Ro Dah'ing combatants from the tops of citadels and cliffs.

It was my birthday yesterday, so I obviously spent my money on switch games! Treated myself to 51 worldwide games, Luigis mansion, bioshock and Duke Nukem. I plan on trying all of these out today!

Final Fantasy X for me. Have played this game for more than a month now and I’m pretty close to the end.

Just finished Xenoblade's Future Connected epilogue and it made me cry it was so good.

Playing Ninjala now and having lots of fun with it. Hopefully they add more maps soon, but the soundtrack is top tier!

Star Wars Episode I Racer (not been able to stop playing this when I get a spare 5 minutes - the tracks and handling are amazing!) and The Last of Us 2. Seen a lot of people have finished this already, but due to family time and key worker demands I think I've clocked up about 2 hours on it since I got it last Saturday. It's amazing though, and I'm looking forward to chipping away at it over the coming weeks and months.

Bioshock and burnout paradise for me this weekend burnout runs great and is nowhere near as blurry handheld as suggested by some reviews it deserves more than the 7/10 it got on here pricey but a great game nonetheless

Xenoblade X and Doom Eternal for me (half price in the steam summer sale!). Hoping to blast through Doom relatively quickly as I’m eager to see all the lore they’ve added.

Will also be playing more Pokemon X.

I got a huge bundle of games from Itch.io about a week ago....so right now I'm playing a game called Underhero.

I'd definitely recommend it, it's a bit like Paper Mario (RPG with action commands) with platforming elements. Also it's really funny.

(Not sure if it's on the Nintendo Switch, but it seems like the sort of game that would be, or at least should be)

Xenoblade Chronicles DE for me. I’m struggling with the boss in chapter 7.
Probably continue with Super Mario Odyssey as I’m going for all power moons.
And I guess a few online rounds of Smash Ultimate eventhough I suck.

Switch:
Pokemon Cafe,
Animal Crossing,
Xenoblade Chronicles.

PS4:
Ni No Kuni 2,
Far Cry 3,
Death Stranding.

Stay safe all.

Guys....

I have bought Animal Crossing New Horizons just now ! 😄

Maan..
The first thing i did was quit and reset so many times until i get my favorite starter Jock villager according to my list, because i have learnt this trick from ACNL 3DS. 😁

Still going through the Bioshock collection.
Just arrived at Fort Frolic and having so much fun to walk around Rapture again 😁
Next on the list is Saint Row 3,got cheap on the eShop. Hope it's good.

I should finish my first play through of Fire Emblem: Three Houses tonight.

That might be it due to work and paperwork for my own business I've been putting off, but if I get the chance I'll either continue with SteamWorld Heist or start the Isle of Armour expansion for Pokémon Shield

Gonna be focusing on The Last of Us Part 2 and also gonna be dipping into Ninjala to see if that's any good. Animal Crossing is having a break at the moment after sinking in so many hours, but I'll probably return to it when the update releases

Smash because Min Min is coming out and thats gonna be my main, also playing Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for my first SMT game.

Saints row the third and Borderlands 2 for me this weekend👍🏻

This week I've finally managed to beat Team Sonic Racing and Murder by Numbers, so now I've started Shovel Knight: King of Cards. I imagine I will probably finish KoC by the end of the weekend as well since it's so short. While I think I enjoy Spectre Knight the most out of the expansions, King Knight still offers enough ideas to keep things really fresh for one more run through the Shovel Knight universe. My wife and I are still trying to finish up Good Job as well, and if I do have time for a game after KoC, its gonna be Super Crush K.O.

Going back to Team Sonic Racing, I think I happened to enjoy it as much as Transformed, but in a different way. The mechanics around teamwork were really fresh, and while they did take some getting used to, races never failed to have me on the edge of my seat.

As for Murder by Numbers, it had a really strong narrative, fun characters (especially Scout), and got me to learn how to play Picross. It's only flaw was that there were too many puzzles by the end, and I noticed too many of them relied on guesswork over logic. Still, it was very much a worthwhile experience, and scratched that itch I had for a good visual novel.

I've actually started my third playthrough of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, taking on the Golden Deer this time and with the inclusion of the additional characters from the Abyss for the first time. There are still some supports I haven't unlocked between the original characters (and I've heard Claude's are interesting), but the 4 Abyss characters mean a whole bunch more for me to work on unlocking.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is also nearing its end for me, and I've just been grinding to complete some of the high-level quests before I finish the main story line. I did have the game on my 3DS but never got past Colony 9 - I can't explain why it's just grabbed me a lot better on the Switch but I think the quality of life improvements probably have a lot do to with it.

I have a hankering for BotW, but unfortunately I lent it to a family friend at the start of the year and haven't been able to get it back since Covid forced us into lockdown! Now that it's beginning to ease, I hope to get my hands on it again soon.

More XB1 stuff though on Monday, I will be returning to Smash to do the single player content associated with Min Min's release and clearing up any spirit board battles I haven't done yet (I have the full collection but plenty of those weren't obtained via doing the actual battles).

Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last of Us part 2

@HollowSpectre - This is the same for me, forgot how good that game was compared to other Oddworld games. Definitely worth that port price.

Outside that, revisited Ninjala now that I heard the servers mellowed the hell down. It's actually pretty good, like a weird blend of Dissidia and bits of Power Stone.

Super paper mario and Ninjala.

@1UP_MARIO
How was the Ninjala performance and gameplay so far in your opinion ?

Ion Fury and later Duke Nukem with friends.

Skies of Arcadia on my Dreamcast.
Not playing many modern games at the moment, but looking forward to Crash 4 and BotW 2.

My mClassic from Games Connection arrived this week so I'll continue to play around with mClassic + Super64, Carby and Wii. First impressions are it works wonders with true 480p rendered resolutions - GC and Wii games basically look like HD re-releases in 1080p, it's unbelievable. I'm forcing 480p on my pal GC using SWISS which is super easy although the Carby can convert 480i to 480p so forcing 480p isn't essential. For my NTSC N64 the Super64 with slick mode on plus mClassic is also the stuff of dreams. I've read reports that the mClassic doesn't work with the HyperKin N64 HDMI adapter which is $%^% for pal N64 gamers.

The benefits on WiiU and Switch particularly Rocket League and Switcher 3 are noticeable and very welcome but not as impressive as 480p upscaling and processing. IMO the mClassic is pricey but is an essential bit of kit for retro gaming on modern TVs. Happy gaming everyone!

I’m still inching my way through Trails Of Cold Steel (Vita). It really is a slow burn.

I understand it will be setting up for the second game but hopefully a few payoffs from all the narrative threads before it ends.

Duke Nukem 3D - started it last night and it's as good as I remember. It's pretty difficult though, even the first stage was giving me problems. The gyro controls work brilliantly.

Rocket League - I'm scoring peaches on a regular occurrence now. Only took me 2 and a half years.

Divinity Original Sin 2 - What a Game!

Star Wars Episode One Racer, really glad to play this again after all those years... I also purchased Duke 3D 20th Anniversary as it was 50% off up to release, I will try that out shortly..

At the moment my switch is unavailable to me since the kids are taking it in turns on pokemon sword dlc. I've bought Slay The Spire for my ipad instead and loving it.

If i get chance i might play starlink.

@Anti-Matter it’s really good. Free to play but there are dlc seasons passes if you want offline play (story mode) but otherwise a fun game.

Grid PS4, Motorsport Manager & some Borderlands.👍

Wanted more last of us 2 style game. So now playin last of us remastered, genius stuff play through it every year. Coming in off the second one it is a much tighter experience with very little downtime. It’s all game and excellent stuff. Xx happy gaming everyone x

Still playing Fire Emblem Thracia 776, having beaten Chapter 21 yesterday I believe I'm starting to get close to the finish line, the game does kinda drive me crazy sometimes but overall I've found it an amazing experience, one of the better ones in the series for sure. I've only got a few days of my summer vacation left so I'm really hoping I can finish it before that.

Due to Ys IX announcement, I started yesterday Ys VIII at last (I wanted to get it for many months lol, looking great so far!). Beside, I'm finally getting into Mario & Rabbids DLC, and also replaying Mario Odyssey, now in portable. Good times!

Nearly finished LoU2, love it! Have kept away from all spoilers and opinions up to now.

Really enjoying it.
Only thing, the OST isn't as impactful at the first one.

Playing through Duke Nukem 3D! Only meant to give it a quick test, but gah, such a good game, and a cracking port!

For multiplayer we're jumping between Mario Kart 8, Arms and Smash. Been enjoying some Ninjala, though the combat feels a little hit and miss at the moment.

Just started Fire Emblem 3 Houses

Mr. Driller! What an awesome game. Highly recommended.

Borderlands 2.

Thought id play some Turok 2 but to be honest its alot more frustrating than i remember. Why does there have to be portals all over the place? I remember enjoying it alot more as a kid.
Was going to pick up something new as im about ready to sell my collectors edition of Links awakening but i think i have everything i want now. Im just in one of those nored "i want to play something but cant be arsed" moods today

Replaying all of the paper mario games. Finished paper mario, ttyd and I am about two thirds finished super paper mario.

I secured every last Piece of Heart, Gold Skulltula and item upgrade in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the umpteenth time, leaving just the final battle with Ganon and the horse time trials (to unlock the cow in my house) between me and yet another 100% completion of that game. That last battle should be a quick one, so other than that I’ll be making my way through Golden Sun, participating in the bug-off in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and hopefully unlocking the remaining racers in Star Wars: Episode I Racer, which is surprisingly easier than I remember on the N64, likely due to the Switch Pro Controller having analog sticks that don’t flop around all over the place.

Currently playing Crash Bandicoot N'sane Trilogy..

I haven't played much at all this week, so still just plodding through Golf Story. I might finally get Cuphead today and order a decent micro sd card and travel case, get prepared for being able to travel again soon.

Have a splendid weekend folks 👍

I'm replaying Mario Galaxy. Currently in the fourth world doing the dusty dune Galaxy. I really hope Nintendo remasters both games on Switch.

Oh yeah, funny thing one of my work pals told me this week. He's been getting bang into Warframe on the xbox live, and his daughter liked it too so she's got into it as well via the switch. So the daughter was playing for about a week and my mate seen her on it and she seemed to have progressed quite a bit further than him, despite him playing it a couple of months longer than her. And she was like oh yeah I'm in this big crew, made all these friends, we take turns helping each other with different side quests, and all battle together through the main story, and he was pure baffled, said it's nothing like that on the xbox, where everyone is totally selfish and abusive and it's everyone for themselves. He said I think the Nintendo crowd are just generally far nicer people.

So there you go people, nice little compliment from an outsider there.

@fozzyrock1986 happy belated birthday, enjoy your new games!

Picked up Spongebob yesterday! I’ll be collecting golden spatulas and playing Minecraft too.

@Anti-Matter enjoy!

A little Tokyo Mirage. I’m 30 hrs in... and I just got my Evercade so I’ll be firing that up.

i doing the finals Wedding Seasons photo shoot in my Animal Crossing New Horizons, i now have 235h and cloking, i will be playing this game until Bayonetta 3, the sequel of Legend of Zelda Breath of Wild and the rumored Super Mario All- Star 3D release for me or my parents to buy and give in my birthday in april or me to buy, all my other Switch games( Super Mario Odyssey and Luigi Mansion 3) i have completed in a 100% run and some of my counsin Switch games too, i only have Animal Crossing New Horizons to play now.

Been playing lots of SpongeBob Rehydrated. Despite the overwhelmingly negative critic reviews, I thoroughly enjoy this game. It's a solid collectathon 3D platformer that in my eyes is at least on par with Spyro. Probably my favorite platformer of its generation, even ahead of Sunshine. The soundtrack is solid (listen to this and tell me it isn't incredible: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jgQQDv_54), the writing is as humorous as an actual episode of the show, and there's so much variety to the gameplay.

You know those slide levels from Mario 64? Yeah, there's an entire world of in Rehydrated that's just those. The remake also looks gorgeous, though there are significant pop-in issues on Switch and an occasional bad frame rate. That wasn't enough to deter my love for this game, though. If you were interested in this game but the bad reviews have turned you off, I strongly implore you to give it another look.

Otherwise, I will probably play some more Scribblenauts that I bought during an eShop sale, which I had on Wii U and thoroughly enjoyed. It still holds up very well. I might also play some Clubhouse Games with the fam, and I need to pick Xenoblade back up. Only 15 hours in and I'm not completely hooked, but I loved Dragon Quest 11 so much that I really wanted to branch out and give other JRPG's a chance.

Bioshock and bloodstained. Prob not a great deal of either

Tons of xenoblade chronicles. A decent amount of crash bandicoot 2( the reveal of 4 had me wanting to go back and finally finish the trilogy), and a little of both duke nukem 3d and ninjala, which is hard to get used to.

With my kids I'll tap into clubhouse games as well.

Top Priority: The Last of Us 2 — it’s pretty gory and so my time to play it is extremely limited.
Switch: Dark Souls (3rd playthrough) Xenoblade DE, & Divinity 2

@Anti-Matter cool what was the Jock Villager you got, i got Tybalt.

@Giancarlothomaz
I got Sterling according to my list after 3 hours keep resetting the beginning part until i have to get either Jay or Sterling or Tybalt.
I don't want random Jock villagers.
I want specific villagers exactly based on my list.
I have learned resetting trick from ACNL 3DS. 😁
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Burnout, 51 Clubhouse Games, SuperSmash.... Something random.... Velocity was really cool. Loved it on Vita.

@Anti-Matter i see.

Outer Worlds. Almost wrapping this thing up. So much fun. Definitely playable and not nearly as bad graphically as the critics hollowed about. NL and RGT 85 were right about this one in their positive reviews. In fact, I'd put it up there with Witcher 3, Skyrim and DOOM. It's that good.

After that, looking to either Xenoblade DE, Astral Chain or Bioshock.

@PapaMurphy That's a cool story. Gaming is a great way to meet friends or reconnect with friends during this time of quarantine. And I'd agree, Nintendo has less of the toxic gamer stereotype than some of the other platforms.

@readyletsgo I've never seen a more polarizing game than TLOU2. For every person like you that loves it, there's another that absolutely hates it.

Mr Driller for me. Aaah, memories of Dreamcast.

As well as that, more SmileBASIC, of course.
I've made 58 games in that, so far!
https://agameaweek.com/?Blog=9140

I’m way too invested and addicted to this new Minecraft update. Been having a lot of fun with my homies on the realm

@kingbk I've gathered that! Everytime I'm on YouTube since last Friday, there are vids on 'outrage' or whatever with a picture of Abby's face.... Eh, I just got to that part, nothing amazing or shocking. Don't get the problem.
Only thing, besides the OST not being too catching is, and it's not a bad thing, but, it's a bit too long. But I'm getting my moneys worth.

I'll keep ignoring opinions on the game until I'm finished and make my own opinion about it. Been waiting for the game for 4 years to play, so I'm not gonna let anything ruin it for me now. Lasted this long lol.

restarted my island in ACNH, playing some Pokémon Sword and playing Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. Debating downloading Fairy Fencer on my Switch since it’s only $11 so I might play that too. Also start Tales of Vesperia.

@PapaMurphy Hahah that's so cool. I'm happy your daughter is having a blast, it's a great game and a great community.

Duke Nukem of course.

This weekend it is Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 1 (DS), and Captain Toad l: Treasure Tracker (3DS).

@the_beaver it's my mate Mark and his daughter. I joked that perhaps his daughter was just more likable than him, and comes across better online, but he agreed and said oh yeah that's definitely part of it 😆

I restarted Pokémon shield and I'm a bit milder for it this time. I did parts of the isle of Armor between the first and the second gym, and that was a nice bit of padding. Also, the wild area on the Isle is vastly improved, but it makes the mainland galar wild area stick out like a sore thumb though. Overall, I'm enjoying my second playtrough, more than the first which I quit half way.

Splatoon (Wii U) - Mostly playing Turf Wars.

Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - Working on more DLC.

Monster Burner (Windows Phone) - At the end finally.

I guess I’ll try out the Bug Off contest in Animal Crossing.

Super Blood Hockey (Switch)
Journey (PS4)

I have some things I want to do this weekend, so I'll either focus on some single player fun I've already started (Smash or Pokemon) or get into some multiplayer shenanigans with Ninjala. I picked up the single player pass too. I just need some short, low commitment fun that won't drag me in too deep.

Lots of Animal Crossing and some Gradius Advance so far. Duke Nukem 3D and Star Wars Racer to come.

So... A brand new IP (Ninjala) exclusive for Switch and no review?

Mostly Persona 5 Royal. Taking my time with that one.

Dragon quest xi, finally got round to it am loving it sooooo much.

Mainly Ninjala for me. I might also do some Episode 1: Racer, and some New Horizons.

Super Mario World and Duke Nukem

Finally completed Underhero this week (it is fantastic BTW and I loved all 12 hours to beat it) so I fired up Agent A Puzzle in Disguise as I heard it was short and sweet. I am about half way through it I think and I must say... it's amazing. I am having as much fun with it as anything I can think of in recent memory. It's on sale for $2 right now and I full recommend it to all.

After I beat Agent A tonight I am thinking I might finally start Darksiders. Had it physical for a year now and never started it

I am still playing Borderlands on Switch coupled with Outer Worlds on Xbox.

I've been playing Rocket League and Splatoon 2 daily. I'm also into Burnout Paradise (I don't notice blurriness, but do notice the sparse examples of framerate dips — it looks and plays great in my opinion), Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, Jump Rope Challenge, Urban Trial Tricky (fun game! It drops from it's 60fps target but still looks, moves, and plays great), Rise race the future, Lonely Mountains Downhill (can't believe how good this game is. also can't explain why I play it on my Switch after trying it on my Xbox one X and seeing it basically stick to 60fps at a great resolution — guess I'm just a Ninty fanboy), Duke Nukem, Zelda BOTW, Clubhouse games (love playing mancala against both the CPU and randos online), and Ninjala.

I will be playing RAD this weekend if I get the time! Had a long work week!

I'm playing creature in the well, that I picked up in a recent sale, I'm on the final boss. After that, I think I'll play ps4 or read a book because Switch is in desperate need of some new releases. I am probably going to get deadly premonition 2 in a week or so because I have cash burning a hole in my pocket. But seriously, a summer release lineup which is not much more than animal crossing? This is a serious drought of games.

On Switch it was Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive and The Takeover. Also fired up the PS4 to play some The Last of Us Part II.

Just when I was ready to add Steredenn: Binary Stars to my "too hard! I give up!" list, I destroyed that game. Now I'll probably spend a week or so going for high scores before I move on to the next game in my backlog.

Playing through Xenoblade Chronicles again. Played it on the 3DS before and playing it on the tv and even handheld on the Switch feels like a massive upgrade in graphics. Love all the other improvements they have made and the game is even more awsome now. Looking forward to start Future Connected when I'm done with the main story during the summer!

I meant to play Animal Crossing for the bug off, but totally forgot it was happening until it was over. I started a new ironman run in Fire Emblem 7 on GBA, and I'll be playing some Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes at some point today.

I've played some Ninjala and it's pretty fun! It's nothing like Splatoon in terms of gameplay but in terms of style it does feel influenced. Still a strategic brawler is not a shooter and it's gameplay is it's own. It's also free and I haven't had any problems so far with online matches. I think this could be interesting for folks to check out.

@Dayton311 I love hearing about games that I’ve never heard of before, just checked out Agent A on your recommendation it looks brilliant! Gonna download now especially at that price, got my gaming sorted for 2moro, thanks again x

I have been cheating on my switch with my Evercade. I have already beat River City Ransom, Earthworm Jim, and Tanzer. I think I will go back to Animal Crossing for a couple of days. That was a lot of gaming in a short period of time. I need something to chill out to.

Still playing Animal Crossing. Surpassed 310 hours now, I can't believe where the time has gone.

@Dragonslacker1 Gotta know.... did you enjoy it??

@Dayton311 Finished yesterday was brilliant! Took me about 8 hours am not usually a point n click person but very stylish and I didn’t use a guide even for the two or three occasions I got stuck. That third chapter where u have to escape that room will stay with me for a while it was amazing! Thanks again for something I never would have been aware of xx