Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (Christmas Special)

your kinda right, jerry mouse is often a jerk just to simply be a jerk.....

Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity and I’m loving it!

(Mrs Claus was good to me this Christmas.)

Super Mario 3D All-Stars arrived on Christmas Eve, so I've been playing Sunshine. I haven't played it in 18 years; my early thoughts are that I was a bit too harsh on it back in 2002...

Also been playing Super Mario Kart on NSO.

Still working on Monster Sanctuary, loving this game!

Also working on Age of Calamity still, and Immortals.

Got a bunch of games over the holiday, like I needed to add to my back log! But I couldn’t pass up the Annapurna and Thunder Lotus sales. Got Jotun, Sundered, Gone Home, Kentucky Route Zero, Ashen.... also Moon Hunters, Journey to the Savage Planet, and Beholder 2.

Finally took the plunge on TLOU2... man... this game is uhh... overtly violent. Like to the point of needlessly violent... I've had to walk away a few times and call it a day just to decompress.

Picked up a few multiplayer ganes last week so I will continue trying to help my Mrs get to grips with dual stick controls in splatoon (it's her first time playing a shooter) in between bursts of MarioKart 8 online - such a shame everything came unlocked though, there's no reason to grind through the single player now.

Mario maker for the first time started making a stage and stuff one of the best mario games out there.

The first game of Christmas my true love gave to me...

Super Mario Party

Binding of isaac, Crimzon clover and taiko no tatsujin!

Finally managed to complete the Earth Defense Force 5 co-op playthrough which I've been doing with my friend for the last part of the whole year, really amazing game for co-op.

I felt like playing Final Fantasy 6 but I kinda wanted to try something different also so I decided to give the fan-hack FF6 Brave New World a try, just made it to the point where the party is split in three, did the Banon route and Locke route and now am going through Sabin's route up till the point where Cyan joins. It's kinda fun how the enemies are actually utilizing the game mechanics like status effects a bit better and just in general it feels like there is a bit more to it than just mashing the A button with my face, so far it has been pretty chill though overall, which I don't mind, I wasn't really looking for some omega level challenge or anything. Have to say that I'm not a fan of the edited dialogue at all though.

I'm just happy reading this article to learn that somebody else finally appreciates the wonder of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney as the best game in the series.

Have a mega backlog to work through. Probably Doom 2016 & For the King will be my main focuses.

Also Lego Mario, a random not-Lego Yoshi and Mario Labyrinth. And I may pull out the Mario UNO and Mario Monopoly later too.

Mostly still tending to the smörgåsbord (yes, the word's copypasted) I managed to score this holiday - from the JRPG realms of Arc of Alchemist and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles to the sci-fi voids of The Long Journey Home and Out There, then back to fantasy with the darker yet every bit as enticing Dragon's Dogma and Hand of Fate 2... and then hopefully back into [relatively?] brighter fantasy with the Princess Maker board game (the latest on the list of games I've managed to get entirely with gold points - boo at My Nintendo all you like, but I'll always take such deals over some kind of cool memorabilia Nintendo will never be bothered to ship to Minsk). The aforesaid space exploration titles may even inspire me for more poking around in JCB Pioneer: Mars while I'm at it.

Too much for one weekend? As per usual with me, but it's always more fun to dream big. And yes, I'm also targeting Diabolical Box which I generally hope to finish right before New Year. Wish I could hope for the same with Luxor, but the last levels of this addictive arcade hell apparently beg to differ.😆

@ak239181 to be fair, that often describes Tom as well, but Jerry is FAR from a goody-two-shoes himself - and has often ended up not MUCH better off himself (and I don't even mean THAT one grim episode ending for both of them). Part of the franchise's characterization and balance beauty, really.

EDIT: aaaaaand Diabolical Box story beaten today. That ending...

Pokémon sword. Just got it for Christmas it’s great so far although I was hoping you didn’t have to follow your rival about again and again. They really need to go back to just letting the player explore

@Rika_Yoshitake but it’s game of the year 🤪

@Zuljaras same 🥰

@King-K-Rool it’s just the physics and final boss level for me. It feels very unpolished for a Mario game definitely rushed it. You go from that to galaxy and you’ll be blown away how much better galaxy is.

Lots of Everdrive across lots of consoles, lol

Also, Kirby Squeak Squad

I'll be working through Super Mario Galaxy, Donkey Kong Country 3 and Horace. No more platformers for me for a while after this!

Picked up half genie hero on sale and I've been enjoying it a lot more than Risky's Revenge. Debating whether I should start Bug Fables or Three Houses next.

Got into FAERIA and really really like it. I just hate the icon. 👹

Animal Crossing during the day, Cyberpunk 2077 when the kid go to sleep 😊

I just got Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, Ghosts of Tsushima on PS4 and Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity on Switch and I honestly don't know which one to start first! 🤔

Mainly Animal Crossing: New Horizons (the flowers have really been taking over the main part of my island, so I gotta get them back under control like I did on my Main Street).

But I will also be playing some Immortals: Fenyx Rising on my Nintendo Switch, and maybe some Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as well.

@sandman89 I got most of the way through it back in 2002, almost to the final boss if I remember correctly. I'm not sure why I didn't finish it - probably busy with school work at the time. It's more challenging than 64 and Galaxy, but some of that is down to the lack of polish, like you said.

Back in the day I was often judging it against Mario 64, having loved that game on the N64 and highly anticipating Sunshine. Of course it didn't live up to my expectations. But playing it again now after almost 20 years, I'm judging it on its own merits and enjoying it.

Got Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Super Mario 3D All Stars yesterday, so I'll be making my way through Super Mario Sunshine and Galaxy for the first time. Also got an eShop gift card, so I might buy Joker in Smash. I'm also spending some time with the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Edition!

Juiced! A very underrated and fun platform game

I'm sharing the house copy of Immortals: Fenyx Rising with my husband, and playing Disgaea 1 Complete in the meantime, because it'll be so difficult to revisit the game (the original I haven't played in over 10 years) once Disgaea 6 hits this summer.

Ghost of Tsushima

I'm trying to finish Atelier Ryza, while other games keep trying to distract me. Almost done, I think.

Giving it another go with Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon. Man, beneath the cute and cartoony style, that game's kinda tough. But fun, I shall add!

there is only one comment i want to give the end part of the xmas video and its ummmmmmmmmmm lol. apart from that i have finally got around to playing astral chain on the switch and it really has me hooked.

So many games on my watchlist have been discounted heavily! Assuming from New Year’s Day I won’t be working, again, for £30 I’m going to buy and play:

Quiplash
Golf Story
Urban Trials
Horace
Back to Bed
Piczle Lines Bundle
Shantae Risky’s Revenge
Framed Collection
Hue
Daggerhood

Happy days..

Sniper Elite 4.

I played 3 which I thought was good so I've given 4 a go. But without the bullet entering graphics, which can be turned off. Not for any reason other than it got repetitive. In 3.

Hopefully gonna finish super Mario sunshine never did finish it on the GameCube my girlfriend got me the capcom home arcade and I have just done the latest update so gonna be giving that a go too

Dragon Quest XI S postgame on the Switch front and Vanquish on the XB1 front. I really wish Vanquish got a Switch port given how most FPS and TPS games benefit from gyro controls but given the XB1/PS4 version launched in February I doubt it'll happen (next PlatinumGames game on the Switch is probably Bayonetta 3).

@Rika_Yoshitake I hate to say it but you kinda get used to it. I enjoyed the game by the end, and certainly don't have the same issues many did with a certain character.
Still, Dicey Dungeons was the perfect game to jump into afterwards and the bright colourful nature of Immortals has me very tempted to pick that up.

Need for speed hot pursuit remastered and immortals fenyx rising just got these two games on christmas, taking a break from hades but not greek mythology!

Mainly Final Fantasy XV on PS4, one of the games I had for Xmas. Maybe a bit of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity co-op with the wife.

@Zuljaras I was lucky enough to get the expansion pass version. 🥳

@King-K-Rool it’s definitely enjoyable I had fun playing through it again after so long.

Got HW: Age of Calamity as a Christmas gift so I'm spending next few weeks with the game. Love is so far

I got Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition for Christmas, so I may start that up this weekend. I'm also still well into Mario Galaxy, so I may try and wrap it up before the end of the year. Plus, I'll play my Arcade 1ups whenever I get the chance. Finally, I also got my wife Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. I expect she'll crack into that, and I'll be playing it as well a bit later into next year. I hope everyone is having an awesome holiday season. Now is the perfect time to wrap up in a warm blanket of games.

This weekend i'll be playing a new mix of games along my daily sports games of NBA 2k21, NHL 21, Madden NFL 21 and MLB The Show 19, i'll be playing these games

• Ps4 Bugsnaxs and Assassins Creed Valhalla
• Xbox 1 Resident Evil 3 (thanks to the Xbox holiday sale) and continuing on with Watch Dogs Legion
• Switch Super Mario All-Stars 3D and Animal Crossing New Horizons

The kids got Kirby Star Allies, Paper Mario Origami King and Animal Crossing New Horizons. I'm going through try at least one of those, but I got Star Wars Squadrons which takes me right back to the 90s space sims. Happy Holidays here!!!

Super Mario Bros. 35! Hammering noobs last night lol. I wasn’t paying attention and thought the game had froze or timed out, turned out I’d actually came first. Didn’t get any games or eShop cards, thanks digital only DOOM Eternal! I’ll still get it myself sooner or later lol. My son has been going between Animal Crossing, Hyrule Warriors and Pikmin3 Deluxe, he got brand new Joy-Cons too he’s a very happy boy.

Smash, paper mario and among us

I'm playing "Donkey Kong Country 2" and "Tropical Freeze" back to back, because for me the "DKC"-series is just inextricably connected to Christmas, ever since I got "Donkey Kong Land 2" as a twelve-year-old on Christmas eve. And "Tropical Freeze" is still the best platformer ever made, while "2" being my favorite in terms of atmosphere and soundtrack.

Also, I bought a bunch of games at the latest eShop-Sale, including "Hades", "River City Girls", "Phoenotopia: Awakening", "Battle Chasers - Nightwar" and "Blazing Chrome" and got "The Ninja Saviors" as a present. So, plenty of awesome stuff that will rotate in my Switch Lite, once I get out of the kitchen. ^^

Sadly, nothing. I sprained my wrist at work the other day, and I have it in a wrist brace right now, so I am unable to play any video games. Also, the orthopedic I went to said not to play any for a while.

@chewytapeworm Golf Story was one of my most favourite things I played through this year. Such a good laugh, and very satisfying when you win the final competition. Enjoy!

Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity on Switch and Wolfenstein Youngblood on Stadia are my Christmas games of choice.

Splitting my time between the highly-festive Outlast 2, and Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney to decompress. I can only manage short sessions of Outlast, it's quite fun but also horrendous. Will likely get some FIFA 19 in during the holidays too

Immortals: Fenix Rising and Let's Sing Queen (both christmas gifts)!

Skate 3 (XSS), GTA Online (PS5) and Smash Bros Ultimate (Switch)

Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Mario 3D All-Stars, Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity, Crash Bandicoot 4.

I'm determined to actually start Sakuna this weekend. I ended up buying the divine edition as a Birthday/Christmas present for myself awhile back. I got busy with other things though.

Also ACNH. I'm remodeling the island again (my poor townies).

Smash and mario kart

I got Metroid Samus Returns and Ys Origin on the Nintendo side this Christmas so will boot up both of those today. I tried to start Ys last night but ended up falling asleep at the title screen following Christmas lunch

I also got FF7R for PS4 so will be spending some time with that too (on top of the rest of the backlog!).

Got Hyrule Warriors, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, and Giraffe and Annika for Christmas, so I'll be playing those this weekend. Also, more Wing Commander Privateer on PC.

@RetrovisRabbit
I love your concept of “house copy” of a game. That’s the best benefit of buying physical editions, I hope you enjoy sharing Phenyxl 😄

Santa put a Taiko no Tatsujin drum and a few packs of Animal Crossing amiibo cards under the tree yesterday, so in between cleaning up the Xmas mess I’ll be helping my kiddos with those games today, then feeding my Hades habit more tonight. Such a superb game! Uncovering more of the story bit by bit is so compelling! 😳

Bit. Trip Runner.

Ring Fit Adventure and Earthbound Beginnings.

I got Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Luigi's Mansion 3, Crash Bandicoot 4, Kingdom Hearts 3, and VS. Super Mario Bros. for Christmas. This is going to be a fun weekend!

Hollow Knight, Skyrim, then Steins Gate. Merry Christmas everyone!

Currently on another Skyrim run on main switch ( handheld ) and also continuing through Octopath traveler, Rimelands and Demons Rise on switch lite

Pretty much all new stuff. FF X is on the back burner for a little while. I'm playing NFS hot pursuit, double dragon neon and possibly AoC or Immortals fenyx rising.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas, or at least as good of one as one can have in 2020.

As for me, I'm doing great, I proposed to the girlfriend and she said yes, which makes this the best Christmas ever. Speaking of the girlfriend, she managed to get me a few games for Christmas, which is pretty cool as well.

Having said all that, I'll be spending the weekend, playing NBA Playgrounds 2, which for the record, I'm digging the NBA Jam vibes. Outside of that, I'll also be playing Forager and Cat Quest Pawsome Pack (aka all three games she got me), for a bit as well, definitely looking forward to diving into them.

I got quite a few new games for Christmas so I'll probably have a go at Pokémon Shield or Luigi's Mansion 3. Already had a go at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which is pretty fun

@Lony85 Congrats on the proposal!

Metroid Prime: Federation Force with Circle Pad Pro attached.
Not a bad game at all.

I just started playing A Short Hike last night- I’m not sure about it. I made it to the top of the mountain which I’m assuming was the point of the game? I did a few things around the island for other characters and explored a bit but am feeling a little underwhelmed with the game. I’m going to boot it up again tonight and explore some more but I’m thinking I won’t be putting much more time into it. I think I played for maybe 2 hours so far- does that seem about right time wise?

I noticed that there’s quite a few of my wishlist games on sale right now so I’ll be picking up a few games. I’m thinking of picking up Hades as well since it seems to be such a pleaser and I like the look of it.. I’m just apprehensive about the rogue lite aspect.

"Plus you get to play as Tom going after Jerry, which is good, because Tom is great and Jerry is a little sh-- er, well, I don't like him, anyway."

(dislikes this sentence after having found certain parts of it to had been vulgar)

Just some Animal Crossing and SNES online as per usual. I don't include games on my Christmas lists.

Nice Christmas video Alex, John, Zion <3

Rocket League
Mario Kart 8 - No items tournament
Got MudRunner - American Wilds free with MyNintendo gold points. Not sure what to think of it. It's fine so far, but I'm still getting tutorial interruptions. Note: I'm not in the mood for tutorials. I've been like that lately Which is why, lately, I keep playing games I know well. Well, that, and because Rocket League progression has been fun for 1000 hours (got it in 2017).

PS4- Crash Bandicoot 4, Dragon’s Dogma and 13 Sentinels
Switch- Animal Crossing, Final Fantasy 7, and Super Mario 3D All Stars

It's Spring Again (Vita) - Boredom has struck again

AlphaJax (Windows Phone) - Finally done with this.

Cut the Rope: Experiments (Windows Phone) - 2/3rds of the way through the game now.

Age of Calamity with my brother, and maybe Origami King after we are done with that.

Mostly playing the Bit Trip games that just came out. Also planning to play through Donkey Kong Country with my brother and possibly also my brother in law.

Got Zelda BOTW and Lego Mario & the Lego NES. This will take a while

I finally collected all 5 gems in Super Mario Party, and only have one sticker left to buy with Party Points, but I doubt that will be the last time I boot up this good game! I will also be trying out Mario and Sonic At The 2020 Olympic Games tonight!

Spiderman Miles Morales on my brand new ps5!!! But will probably buy a couple discounted games on the eshop too! ♡

Mario & Rabbids.
Such a wonderful game and music, level design and world is so well made.

I'm playing Fenyx Rising and am really quite enjoying it. The narrative banter is pretty hilarious, as well.

Everyone's playing Dicey Dungeons, but I finally got Slay the Spire on Switch and it's just as fantastic as it was on PC!

And then later some House Flipper.

Secret of Mana. Almost at the end now, and it's getting a bit repetetive but it's been a great nostalgia trip. My wife got me a mana tree print and an art book for xmas which are brilliant. So once SOM is done I think I might finally start the backlogged skyrim.

I purchased Mario Bros. U Deluxe last night and it's coming tomorrow so I'll be playing that but other than that I snagged Ring Fit Adventure and Age of Calamity to play, currently on Chapter 3 carrying over my 5 hours of demo gameplay and I'm loving it.

I managed to finish No More Heroes 2 surprisingly quickly. I know a lot of people seem to prefer the first one, but I've gotta say, I actually prefer the second one lol. Either way though, they are both great.

I've purchased FF X/X-2 and FF XII for Christmas since they were both on sale and it gave me enough gold coins to purchase Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon!

I also finally hopped back into Final Fantasy VII (currently 20 hours in), and I'm also working on Mario Rabbids still.

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron iS Back, which I got for Christmas. Bubble Bobble was my fav Nes game, so this has been fun.

I'm hoping to hook up my newly received Switch with Super Mario 3D All-Stars. I don't know if I should start with Sunshine or Galaxy, so many hours I'm going to enjoy well into 2021. I was a very good boy this year! Although this year sucked in general, it still did not ruin Christmas for me at least

Hi everyone and happy holidays!

I have returned to Hades on switch now that I am done with Ys origin (just got my first clear with the Spear and am missing successfull clears with Fists and Canon and this is still my favourite game of 2020).
On PC I am continuing Yakuza zero as I am 20h in and I feel I have just scratched the surface

@Lony85 Congrats! Married life is the best

I finished Katana Zero so I'll move on to Cosmic Heroine now. Truth be told more than half my wishlisted games are on sale at some NICE price points, so any of those could be the next "weekend" game I play. Just for giggles, here are the ones on sale I'm thinking of grabbing:

Friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Shadows of Adam
Beatdown in Treachery City
Boot Hill Bounties
Boot Hill Heroes
80s Overdrive

@sandman89 That's the only reason why I'm playing it tbh to see if it's worth the hype. Gameplay wise it's solid no arguments here... story is meh, but the violence is just too much.

Planning on finishing a 3 heart challenge of Ocarina of Time 3D tonight.

First played that game Xmas 1998 when my older brother got it when I was like 7. It was so awe inspiring back then.

Ori and the Blind Forest, Undertale, Megaman 2.

For me it'll be Super Mario 64 (via 3D All-Stars) and Paper Mario: The Origami King.

@damien33ad I actually find the combat really interesting, and some of the puzzles are genuinely challenging. I've cleared two streamers so far and am really enjoying the game--it seems to have everything that made Color Splash so great and mixed it with some elements from original-style Paper Mario.

And yes, I thoroughly enjoyed Color Splash and would probably recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Origami King. I enjoyed Sticker Star too, though I will admit it's not quite as colorful as its successors, and some of the puzzles take a little more than brains....

Did a little Animal Crossing: New Horizons, did the shiny Alolan vulpix raid in Pokémon Shield and played Jedi Fallen Order on my new XBOX. Also played through Super Mario 3D World on the Wii U with my kids.

@damien33ad that's definitely a possibility, but we've been living together for the last eight months, and I still get plenty of gaming in. I've slowly gotten her oldest kid into gaming and the girlfriend (or rather fiancee, that's gonna take some getting used to), has a handful or so games she likes playing on her Switch Lite, so there is that.

@damien33ad I suppose I get that, they're definitely not for everyone. I'd at least recommend looking into Color Splash though, since much like Origami King, the game outside the combat is pretty impressive (and although I like the combat, I also know I'm in the minority). A lot of people dismiss it as simply more Sticker Star, when it's so much more than that. I suppose it's all down to personal taste, though.

@Mamabear Yes, A Short Hike is definitely short. I played it in an afternoon and was so happy about the game and the ending that the shortness really didn't bother me. That said, there have been many discussions over the years about game length vs quality vs price. I will just say that I would give the game a 9/10 mostly due to its charm.

I finished Shantae, great game.
I started Roki, played a couple hours, deleted it, I simply have to stop trying point and click games, they are not my thing.
With sales, I bought Need for Speed, Horace, Ni no Kuni.

Happy gaming everyone!

@damien33ad As a married man, I agree, I am blessed to be married. That said, my wife is definitely not into gaming. But, she supports my gaming because of my stressful job. And, it is pretty funny to see and hear her reactions to some things she sees while I am playing. As a non gamer, she is bewildered by the whole thing.

I finally decided to continue my savefile of Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen and I'm addicted again. It's such a great game, hopefully we get a sequel one day. I also am playing Picross S5 and Tetris99.

Made the bad decision of letting my mum grab Sakuna of rice of ruin for me this year for Christmas so I'm only just playing it now. Oh my that game is a stunner and SO addictive <3

I've been living in ancient Greece since Friday. Immortals: Fenyx Rising has been surprisingly addictive, and consumed my entire post-Christmas weekend.