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

I'm replaying Super Metroid and Metroid Prime

At present I'm playing Metroid Fusion on my Gameboy micro.

MAN, WHAT A BUNCH'A JOKERS!

Hanging out with SHULK and friends in the quest to bring down the MECHONIS, a lot have been unfolded in my journey so far.
Will soon complete the story and start up with FUTURE CONNECTED immediately.
MAN, what a game!
N:B asking a little question here, who is your best party member is it Reyn, sharla, dunban, riki or melia, Who?
Finally, Mumkhar's sense of humor is funny though😁.

Nothing, because Nintendo haven't bothered releasing any games this year.

@Reprise paper mario & animal crossing NH begs to differ! Well your opinion and i fully respect that.

Final Fantasy 6 (just beat it for the 6th time about an hour ago) and Xenoblade: Future Connected. After that time for a NG+ of Chrono Trigger.

@Rpg-lover Heropon very cool!

@Ooyah Congrats of Ys VIII. It's a top 15 all time game for me, played through it twice (once each on PS4 and Switch) and I'll definitely give it a replay someday.

Pikmin 3 on Wii U, all this talk of it releasing on Switch has got me playing my Wii U version again as off last night... I will continue to put a few hours in over this weekend... Some Gears 5 also for me on Xbox..

@Rpg-lover I was being a but trolly and childish, but being completely honest, neither Paper Mario and Animal Crossing games are for me I'm afraid. I've been waiting on Doom Eternal and hopefully those Mario ports/remasters at some point.

Playing Mario and Luigi Paper Jam again to see if my positive opinion on it changes. Already finished Origami King and had a blast. As for new games I still have nothing, only new game i've played this year was Origami King tbh.

@mauhlin12 i have been using sharla, shulk and reyn. As for Heropon i haven't used him🙂 though, don't see him being in my party. I pick Sharla because of her healing abilities to the whole party and Reyn with big HP and heavy attacks. However, heropon has the biggest HP from my observation.

Going back to Lego City Undercover in recent days. Had it on Wii U, but double-dipped for the local co-op on the re-release. The kids love it. As it's basically a family-friendly GTA, it's made me want to boot up GTA for the first time in a while as well.

Avengers Beta on PS4. It's better than expected! Hopeful play some more Paper Mario aswell

Paper Mario: The Origami King - Switch
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide - GOG
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GOG
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Steam

@Rpg-lover That was my usual party comp as well. Shulk as damage, Reyn Time as tank, Sharla as healer. But for some reason I've never been able to get "Rolly polly keep on rolling!" out of my head.

Mostly Paper Mario: The Origami King, great game!

But also Fire Emblem Echoes on the 3DS. There are a lot of sales on physical 3DS games right now, so got this for 199 SEK*, which is a bargain.

*22.86 dollar

@Reprise i can understand that. I hope it runs well! as the first entry did. If not it will be another bad port as the outer worlds on switch, those texture's and FPS though🤮. Handheld looks terrible as well and i play mostly on handheld for my switch, have to pick it up for PlayStation due to the bad texture's.

@mauhlin12 😁"Rolly polly" cute as he looks but can't still take him in for my party. Hopefully will soon start future connected after work.

Been playing SMB3 GBA version on - shock and horror - my modded PSPgo. Don't worry - I only play games I actually own in some aspect.

I've never played SMB3 though before!

This week I will be mostly playing

Mario+Rabbids (should finish campaign later today, then on to DLC)

Paper Mario! I started it mid-week and I am surprisingly having a blast! 8/10 for me so far about 4 hours in.

Not many profound plans in the light of the earlier mentioned console "hiatus" ahead, but I wonder if I could actually finish my Bioshock playthrough over this weekend - I'm already in Point Prometheus, after all. Other than that, probably some more Burnout, Fire Emblem Echoes and DQB.

@Rpg-lover
The only one who's always in my team is Shulk. The other members I switch around constantly. XC is the only JRPG I've played so far in which I love every party member, both in personality and in combat.

As for the topic on hand: I'm trying to get better with Shulk in SSBU. I love the character, but so far I've had a difficult time getting good at him in Smash. Slowly but surely I'll get there.

Overwatch. Same as it ever was.

Animal Crossing New Horizons! 200+ hours.

Just last night I connected with a friend from work and finally got all the fruit. While I am a little sad it took this long, I am excited to design different orchards for the fruits. This game is utterly amazing.

And, I am liking Spyro, still in the first game of the trilogy. It is old, but a decent 3d platformer.

Happy gaming, everyone!

Playing Paper Mario, almost at the end. Also gonna try me some Rogue Company. It seems like a great game for playing online.

@Shulkalot i can see you're a big shulk fan, well shulk can't be changed in the game due to being the protagonist/ main character. However, for SSBU i usually use link and hero occasionally as they're my main characters and IKE as well. As for shulk i find it difficult as well in using him in SSBU. Well one thing about SSB character's are the varieties to pick from every gaming heroes and villains. Anyways i have updated mine to the latest version and enjoying the added contents with family and friends 🙂.

Fallguys on ps4. Servers are finally up and running again. Really enjoying the game so far.

I'm back to YS VIII after a break and now I'm hooked again and almost forgot to play Animal Crossing yesterday! Didn't think it would be that easy to get back to it.

@Rpg-lover
Actually, you can switch out Shulk for someone else in your party.

Animal Crossing New Horizons with more than 300 hours within 6 weeks in a row ! 😀

I cannot stop playing this game. 😁
I will continue ACNH again at 6 pm after dinnertime.

@Shulkalot ohh!! I never tried it though, because of shulk's monado usefulness.

I'm making progress in SOS:FOTM, and just starting to figure things out in Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Paper mario. Such a beautiful game.

If I can set my Wii u up I will play some Mario 3D world and Pikmin 3. Never got past that first hour in Pikmin 3 after loving 1 and 2 so time to press on xxx

Finishing Flashback and moving onto FFVII
Nostalgia weekend.

Finished Crysis recently and just started Call for Juarez.
What a great surprise that game is. I've bought it when it was discounted and just now had a chance to play it.
Great gameplay and story, highly recommended.

I’m playing halo since there’s not much going on on switch. Just finished banjo kazooie last night on rare replay. It’s still better than a lot of new games

@Rpg-lover
His Monado arts only come into play against Mechon. Even if he's not in the party, you still get his visions and can act accordingly. Also, later in the game you don't even need the Monado to damage Mechon.

But even with all that said, I love him so much that he's always in my party. He's my boy! 🥰😋

@Reprise I'm with you there even though I got AC for my daughter to play.
What Ive been doing these past months is to try to catch up with some backlog but also got a few games that never played before like Crysis and Call for Juarez.
Both great games. Also, just bought Burnout Paradise that dropped the price to 25€ on Amazon and it should arrive soon.
Again, never had the chance to play that and it's a genre lacking on the Switch.
It's a shame that Nintendo didn't present any games for August and September (yet) .
I also find appalling that instead of releasing the 4th entry of Pikimin they had the audacity to announce the port of the 3rd one.
The 4th game was announced ages ago so it's hard to accept this move from them.

@Shulkalot same here 😁 i like him as well not to even consider swapping him out for any other party members. He's always at the center of everything good about the game👌.

Persona 5 and Soul Hackers for me.

Like last weekend and I suspect next weekend too!

Paper Mario, Animal Crossing and Horizon Zero Dawn (PC)

Finishing thé touryst today.
Picking up Xenoblade again.
With hand of fate 2 and some 51 clubhouse games

@tourjeff Yeah, I'm doing the same re backlog. I'm actually currently playing through some of my Vita backlog (currently trying to finally finish the Nonary Games series). I did pick up Burnout Paradise and Crysis, but unfortunately got bored of them pretty quickly. Burnout Paradise is good, but in the end it just wasn't the Burnout I wanted (2 and 3 are my personal favourites). Crysis is also good, but I really dislike the way it handles saving the game. The auto save function put me off after a while. I wish I had the freedom to go back to manual saves.

I'm glad the Switch has got some great ports this year, but it's just unfortunate that I have already played a lot of them.

Nothing....I’m going to beach, swimming & paddleboarding and walking my pooches!

Besides trying to keep cool, I will no doubt dig in to more Persona 5 Royal and quite possibly Atelier Ryza. Will also be continuing FE Awakening on 3DS. I've been looking at Shadow Dragon carts on ebay. Boxed copies are too expensive for me, and I don't mind just having the cart. Just trying to keep an eye out for fakes.

Played some Pokemon on local wifi last night with a friend. Was a lot of fun but getting a connection set up was a real faff. The main issue was it wasn't at all clear that you have to do it through the Y-Conn, and even then we couldn't get a connection going until the third attempt. Was great though. First time I've ever done that with a Pokemon game. I closed out one of the matches with a Dynamaxed Goomy which was a lot of fun.

Runner3 and Smash Ultimate (going for all spirits). Will probably play Panel De Pon with my partner too as it’s our go-to multiplayer game now.

I'm several hours into Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition, and I'll most likely just be playing that for most of the weekend. It's a really unique take on the metroidvania genre, since you can only move by jumping between the floors, walls and ceilings. It's also got a huge and interconnected map to explore. Kind of reminds me of Hollow Knight's map in a way. I am playing with the in-menu cheat on to respawn in the room I die in, because i find that this game would be super frustrating without it. Otherwise, it's been crazy fun and addictive so far, and i got it on sale for $7.

I also bought a game this week called The Adventure Pals for $4 on sale. I never knew this existed until I saw it on a sales roundup video on YouTube. It looks like a super fun and charming platformer that you can play in co-op. I may play it with my wife this evening.

On another note, I beat Ninjin: Clash of Carrots last weekend, and man, does that game ever get difficult. It was really fun for a $2 purchase though. Probably the best bargain-price eshop title that I've purchased. While it can get a little repetitive, it does maintain it's fun and focus to the end. Which makes sense as an autoscrolling beat em up.

After beating Paper Mario much quicker than anticipated. A serious surprise. The only other Paper Mario I'd played was Super Paper Mario but I stopped playing games around the time of the Wii so never really invested in it. Origami King has proved to be a really absorbing adventure and the boss battles are brilliant. The whole thing was much less childish than I'd thought it would be. Just picked up Catherine: Full Body which is quite a juxtaposition to Origami King.

Still working on some weird Skyrim builds, so yay, there’s that.

Just got a Sega Genesis mini, so that’s going to get hacked and updated with my favorite games this weekend. Gleylancer, here I come!

Ghost of T on PS4 PRO.
Seems to be a AAA in house games drought at Nintendo.
Actually if you think since the Switch released how many true Switch only games have come out of Nintendo only in house studios.
It is not many at all. Games like yoshi, Luigi mansion, paper Mario are not in house studio. Other games were on older Nintendo consoles, Mario kart 8, super Mario brothers and Pikmin 3, now.
It’s not like they have to deal 4K, high res textures and massive levels of detail etc etc.
God knows what they do up their with their in house studios, but my Switch is getting more dusty by the month.

Finished off Origami King earlier today, really enjoyed it though not going for 100% because I'm not good enough at the battle system puzzles to get some of the trophies.

So I'm moving back to DQXIS, got it back in November but kept thinking not to make much progress just in case there was an outcome where there was a gigantic upcoming Switch game drought (the September 2019 Direct made me suspicious of the Switch 2020 lineup). Given the next release is on October 30th, turns out that time is now.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

I'm giving it a rest this weekend. Might have a wee blast Goblin Sword or Fifa, but Gonna be mostly watching the snooker. Come on Ding Junhui!

Slowly making my way through Indivisible. Not as good as I expected, but at least it's fine enough to keep me entertained. I'll playe some Deadly Premonition 2 and Travis Strikes Again later.

Persona 5 Royal

ACNH, S rating on my house and 4 stars for the island. Not impressed with turnip trading, I'm bringing in 100-130k Bells from fishing on a daily basis. Also getting annoyed with that deadbeat bird that washes up drunk and serves no purpose.

I just got mario kart today and i'm having a blast but does anyone know the replay value of this game?

After beating FE Awakening last weekend on 3DS, I’m continuing my holiday from Switch with a little Ys: Oath in Felghana on PSP and maybe a bit more Carrion on PC.

At some point I’m going to start DQXI S and Divinity OS2, which means about 200 solid hours of Switch gaming, so I’m in no rush to start that marathon just yet. But soon.

I'll be completing my custom roster of NBA 2k20 on Switch, and then play Assassins Creed 3. If I have time, I might finish the Last of Us.

Borderlands 1 and donkey kong land. Hoping to finish borderlands so I can fire up TW101R

Pokemon Sword DLC & BotW are on the agenda. Might do a little co-op with the kids in DQB2 & Rogue Company as well.

Starlink again. Starting to get a bit repetitive so i might just mainly go for the story and starfox quests now and cut down on the busywork. But I have enjoyed it, and definitely got my money's worth.

I’m still immensely enjoying Origami King- I’m not sure why this game’s reception was/is so lukewarm. It’s genuinely a great game. I’m also playing Yoku’s Island Express before it leaves Gamepass. It’s an interesting little game I’d recommend if you like pinball or Metroidvania- it’s also available on Switch!

The bosses in Hollow Knight are brutal, but I’m in what I believe is the final area of the map. I’m hoping I can put another dent in the game this weekend. Picked up a massively overpriced copy of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (I cannot believe I actually paid $140) from a used game shop the other day, so I may start that if I can finish Hollow Knight.

I’m still playing Trials of Mana. I’m 17 hours in, so probably 2/3’s the way through it.

I never thouught I would enjoy the Trials of Mana so much! I was a huge fan of Secret of Mana as a kid and this game hits so many nostalgia buttons!

Also, Trials of Mana has a refreshingly simple plot. I do love the complex stories of modern day games but it is nice to play a game from a simpler time. No unexpected twists and turns just a straight good vs evil plot line.

Gotta finish Carrion.
I wanted Iconoclast since it’s on sale, but I may play Noitu Love 2 since it was recommended and made by the same developer as Iconoclast. I also still want to buy CrossCode, but that’s a lot of game time.

Banjo-Kazooie (N64) - Starting out in Gobi's Valley, glad to be done with Clanker's Cavern...

Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - Nearly 3/4 through the game now.

Angry Birds (Windows Phone) - Starting the third area now.

Going to finish Caslevania Circle of the Moon on GBA and then finish Rayman Legends on Wii U. Rayman Legends is now one of my favourite 2D platformers.

Might squeeze in Pikmin 3 after if I get the time.

Tetris & Dr. Mario, SMB3 romhacks, Link's Awakening on GBC, and DKC!

I'm working a lot this weekend but I'm sure I'll play Ghost of Tsushima, Rocket League, Breath of the Wild, Burnout Paradise, Grid Autosport, Kingdom New Lands, wipEout omega collection, and maybe FF 10. Hopefully I'll go kayaking or hiking or longboarding too...

Sent to Boston for a week, so no GOT this weekend.

1. Paper Mario (Switch)
2. Othercide (GeForce NOW)
3. F12020 (Shadow)

My hope is to finally finish up the main plot in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition this weekend, but that's up in the air due to a desire to complete more in-game quests and some remixed plans IRL. I'm sure I'm way overleveled for the final boss sequence at this point, but I can't help it lol. So many neat stories are tied to the side quests, even though some of their objectives are a grind.

I did reach the end credits of Yo-kai Watch 2 this past week and have done all the post-game content I want. However, I realized I've never tried out the Blasters mode. I'll probably mess around with that a little before moving on.

Finally, Community Day is today in Pokemon Go, so I'll be out getting some fresh air for a couple of hours and catching way too many Magikarp. XD

Happy gaming! Have a great weekend!

@brunojenso awesome! I've always wanted to mod a psp or vita, but I cant find one where I live!

Finishing Kingdom Hearts for the first time and oh my gosh, I want a switch port. I feel like it's a masterpiece aside from the camera but mario 64 has a terrible camera too so

@wazlon funny I've been playing circle of the moon too! Question: did you grind the game? I have 2 hours and I am level 20

Probably gonna be continuing my modded skyrim save on pc

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition on Switch and Odin Sphere Leifthrasir on PS4

I'm tired of playing new horizons so I'm not playing that, I still havent opened origami king but I'm not interested in playing even though I have it, but I just got megaman x3, chrono trigger and earthbound snes games in the mail so I'll play those !

I've played almost no video games in the last two months, but will be playing Shin Megami Tensei 4 this weekend. I need to finish it before SMT 5 comes out next year. I'm 30 hours in and probably have another 40 before I finish it.

I decided to pick up a New 2DS XL for $99 a couple days ago. I sold my original 3DS in 2014, so I missed out on a lot of good games. First priority: All the Zelda games, whether exclusive, virtual console, or spinoff. Starting with Majora’s Mask 3D.

DOOM 64! Loving it, really good.

Another weekend continuing to get the girlfriend and her kids into gaming, well mostly the four-year-old, the two-year-old not so much (though give him a wireless controller and the kid thinks he's doing a great job playing the game). This weekend will be all about Kirby Star Allies and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, as I figure they will be easy(ish) games to play with them.

Outside of family game time, I'll probably also dedicate some time to both Asphalt 9 and Raiden V: Directors Cut, at some point as well this weekend.

Hollow knight, started again as bored waiting for silksong to release.

HK is amazing

Playing on my Dreamcast as the switch has lost its appeal in 2020

I'm currently playing FF12 TZA for the first time and enjoying the game quite a bit. The job and gambit system is a lot of fun to play around with. I've played a lot of FF14 and it's interesting too see many elements that appear in FF14 to have carried over from FF12.

I have played a ton of Dragon Quest XI S. The only JRPG I played before this is Mario & Luigi, and so far I'm having a great time.

finally got xcom 2 collection on physical after the 24gb dl now eyes filling up when my squad mates get killed. also got starlink for 9 euros and me kids been playing that.

I have completely flattened my island. So probably AC with some Divinity 2 mixed in

@PickledKong64 Cool, I'm level 43 at just under 7 hours. Am near the final area but trying to get as many pickups as I can.

I did grind a bit but it came as part of exploring for HP/MP/Hearts increase items. Also used the DSS to get 25% luck increase and collect as many of the cards as I could. The bosses get quite hard towards then end so a bit of grinding helps.

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm still trying to escape Fort Joy.

Got one streamer left in Paper Mario, so I'll probably finish that up I've mostly enjoyed it maybe I'll try for 100 percent. Watch some playoff hockey, and it is board game night!! Isnt quarantine grand?

Pokémon Sword and it’s really easy. Wild area stinks. Would rather have more routes and caves to explore.

PS4 - Ghost of Tsushima

Switch - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

Pretty much this entire month for me will be:

Switch: Animal Crossing and Paper Mario

PC: GRID (2019)

Switch:
Doom 64, hopefully finishing up Paper Mario

Xbox:
Sea of Thieves, Man of Medan (if the game doesn’t keep freezing haha..)

Catherine :3 just got it

Completed The Mummy Demastered this week and loved it (though I felt it was way too short at only around 5 hours).

I finally caved and bought Burnout Remastered this week (got it on sale for around $25) and have been glued to it since. I 100% completed it back on PS4 and am loving reliving it on the go. Will be spending the weekend playing that mostly I imagine.

I'm gonna fire up Dragon's Dogma this weekend because my friend has been on my case to play it for a long time, and I'm gonna try and finish Tokyo Mirage Sessions #Fe Encore to start a NG+. I know a lot of Atlus fans don't love it or even particularly like it but I really enjoy it despite how flawed it is. Gonna try and finish Ori and the Blind Forest as well, thats been rather fun lately.

PS4 - get your act together Nintendo...

I’ve struggled to pick a game this weekend, Bouncing between Vampyr, Dark Souls, Bards Tale, and Crosscode but none were keeping my attention. I’ve hit the “Gamer Apathy” period after finishing a title, similar to when you binge and finish a series on Netflix/Hulu/etc and don’t know what to watch next.

Last night I got 3000th Duel on sale, and ended up getting sucked in for a few hours, so it looks like I’ll actually be landing on that! 🤣

Notice how story of seasons has 1 percent, well I went to two walmarts and bestbuy and they didnt have it, so I would be playing it but none of the stores had it

Touhou Luna Nights on pc, a pretty awesome and underrated Metroidvania that i´d easily recommend to anyone that likes the genre

Also, wasnt this supposed to come to Switch? odd

WOLFENSTEIN: NEW ORDER, ROGUE COMPANY, and the AVENGERS beta (which is quite fun, don't believe the hate ).

Conker's Bad Fur Day
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Halo 1 and 2
Papers, Please.

GRID autosport online rocks!

Probably gonna bring out the old Wii to play Pikmin 1 and 2 as I wait for 3 deluxe to hit. Might also dust off the Wii U and play some classic bingo Battle in Pikmin 3

Astral Chain, Burgertime from Arcade Archives, Rygar from NES NS Online.

Revisiting some old favourites. Looking to stream some Mario 64, as well as get some time in with my Switch - Rune Factory 4, Ripto's Rage...

I finished yooka laylee and the impossible lair and started huntdown. I really enjoyed YL up until the massive jump in difficulty for the impossible lair. I collected all the coins and only missed a few secret exits. I have only played six levels of huntdown but have enjoyed what I have played so far. Trying to get all the kills, brief cases and no deaths.

Arcade machines....Atari Asteroids Deluxe, Missile Command and Centipede.

A gaming dude on a YouTube channel I follow may be playing this:

https://youtu.be/3HKCBjiCvnU

Starts with an awesome time lapse of putting the Lego NES set together, solid review

@Rpg-lover some of us need more than animal crossing (I've played it since launch). And TOK sucks, as many people agrees now.

@Fulgor_Astral personally, i am not a fan of animal crossing SIM, however, a lot of Nintendo fanbase are going "gaga" for the game. The reason i mentioned it was that he said Nintendo haven't released anything. Maybe those games doesn't appeal to him! Doesn't mean Nintendo haven't released anything worth playing for 2020.

Wonderful 101 & Astral Chain. I'm hoping to finish Wonderful 101 so that I can finally try Astral Chain!

Doom 64, onimusha and blasphemous.

More Octopath Traveler Finally have 7 of the 8 jobs. I will get the dancer job once I have 4 characters in level 34-35 (that area has a higher level than the other 7 shrines).

Already cleared one chapter 2 (Tressa), now I'm in the beginning of Primrose's chapter 2. I think I'll tackle the stories from lowest level to highest so that I don't have one or two characters underleveled.