Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 7th)

Last weekend, I got a bunch of great games for my birthday:

• Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

I've been focusing on Monster Hunter Stories 2 because it's just so good! I also wanna make some progress in Super Mario 3D World with my friend because she got the game recently as well, and we've been playing the levels online together. I'll definitely play some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe too, because I forgot how good this game was from when I had it on the Wii U. Hope everyone has an amazing weekend!

Skyward Sword Hero Mode

Mario Golf on my Switch, finally finishing Ghost of Tsushima on my PS4 and playing a game I never even knew about but thanks to my Evercade have recently discovered, Operation Logic Bomb.
What a great game, really surprised at how good this is.

Yakuza kiwami 2 (ps4/ps5) - finally bought YK2 as it was the only yakuza game I didn’t own yet including spin offs. Enjoying it so far. It’s better than Y0, YK1, Y3 and fist of the north star but I still prefer judgment.

Pokemon shield (NS) - still trying to get a shiny wooloo and nickit on route 1.

De blob (NS) - fun game so far, great soundtrack.

Moss (PSVR) - want to restart it this weekend and try to beat it in 1 sitting.

Still trying to come first in Pacman 99! 4th is the best I've managed, those red things always get me...

Other than that I'll be focusing on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2.

Alien Isolation - I have finally started playing a game I've wanted to play ever since it originally released on other consoles. Really enjoying it but it's a lot tougher than I expected it to be.

Guacamelee 2 - I bought it last night and started it last night. Already 2 hours in. Great game, just like the first but I find the humour a bit forced this time.

ESP ra. de and Mushihimesama - 2 phenomenal shoot em ups that have me hooked big time. The former I bought a while ago but it never really clicked until the other day. The latter clicked straight away.

Wild Guns Reloaded - I bought it the other day on sale and I love it. I never really liked the SNES version when I played it too.

SEGA AGES Sonic 2 - Another I bought on sale the other day. I was inspired to go through it for the first time since the 90's after reading Thomas' article the other week. I've been having a great time. I'm up to Metropolis Zone and will surely finish it off this weekend.

Rocket League - As always.

Chivalry 2 (xbox)
Resident evil 2 (xbox)
Dead by daylight (xbox)
Project winter *xbox
Bomberman online (switch)

@Nin10dood Operation Logic Bomb is on Switch too as part of the SNES games available with Switch Online. Maybe I should give it a proper try then.

pokemon unite
giga wing

and yakuza zero (ps5)

Still enjoying Skyward Sword!

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Still grinding away on Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne. I need to get back on Skyward Sword but SMT 3 is taking up most of my Switch gaming time. I started Final Fantasy 7 remake on PS5 (my first FF game) and I'm loving it so far, makes me want to play the original Final Fantasy 7 which I probably will soon.

Strictly Skyward Sword, about 45 hours in and I've been loving the dungeons and the architecture a lot. At Volcano Summit but I still have a few side chores I want to put to bed.

I’ve recently installed a few N64Digitals for people so I’ve be reliving a few classics this weekend.

❗'X-COM 2' with my family and friends as my own created soldiers.

We will (try and) save the W🌍rld from those blasted 👽👽👽s

Switch - Going to start Dragon Quest XI!

PS5 - GTA Online with friends and maybe a bit more Demon's Souls!

PC - Starting a fresh run of Half Life!

Have a good weekend everyone.

Using the dip in new releases to get through the backlog. Finished Age Of Calamity and then Streets of Rage 4. Just started Starlink last night. So far enjoying it.

This week I will be mostly playing

Skyward Sword

And maybe Wario Land 4

Mario’s bloody Super Picross via Super Nintendo NSO, I’m on the Special puzzles now and I’m addicted to it 😅

Skyward sword and Mario Kart online

As with last week, my main focus is Neo: The World Ends With You. I think I'm coming close to the end of the main story, and I've absolutely loved the game so far! The original is easily in my top 10 games of all time, and I'd say the sequel lives up pretty well. It's not perfect, but few games have made me feel as excited and happy to play as this one has.

This is a rare case of me hyper-focusing on a single game as opposed to juggling multiple at once, but if I finish the story and any major postgame/side content before the end of the weekend, I might shift over to the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster for my main focus while grinding pins in NTWEWY on the side. I'll probably also try out the Back 4 Blood beta at some point this weekend since I'm looking forward to that game and would love to try it again! I was lucky enough to get an alpha code back when that was running, so I should still be able to participate in the beta's early access period. If not, I can wait a few days for the full open beta.

I finished MH Stories 2 last weekend and played a bunch of free content added to games I own over the week so now the focus is on Skyward Sword HD. It controls so much better than it did on Wii so I'll actually experience the full game this time (previously the furthest I got was the 2nd dungeon).

I started the weekend by playing Johnny Turbo's Night Slashers with my wife last night. I picked it up on sale for a couple of bucks, and it was such a delightfully cheesy beat em up. It's a pretty awesome feeling suplexing Dracula.

Aside from that, it's gonna be more Persona 5 Strikers when I can fit some gaming time in. Although I've just found the Persona 4 anime online, so my wife and I will be re-experiecing the story with that during any spare time that we have.

Darkest Dungeon has sucked me in all over again and will probably devour most of my weekend.

I also downloaded the latest update for Two Point Hospital last night, and will probably give that some time this morning.

Got skyward from Tesco for 39 pound this morning yay. Will have to wait tho got my SNES mini set up so have been playing f zero! Mite try Mario RPG haven’t played before. Feel like another round of link to the past as well! Xxx

Just finished Spirit of Justice's fourth case and Burnout Paradise's Elite license, so only a bunch of events and "collectibles" on Big Surf Island left in the latter, although I probably won't complete the island license - Freeburn is obligatory for that, and you know my reluctance to indulge in multiplayer stuff. Not really feeling it towards the bikes at the moment either (the only offline events are effectively dozens of time trials), so I might shelve the game afterwards, a rare open-worlder wrapped up in a mere year after mere 50-something hours.😆 But these have been awesome 50-something hours, although they did nothing to dispell my appreciation for the allegedly "cloned" later NFS MW12 - in the end, despite some similarities, they're distinctly - and expectedly different games, each fun in its own right.

Otherwise, over what may be the last weekend I can tangibly dedicate to gaming until September... primary plans on Switch are for Skyrim, The Outer Worlds, SuperMash, Summer in Mara and Evoland; I've already looted the currently distributed stuff in Tetris 99 (which, padre, I have shamefully gone from launching during events to INSTALLING during events😅) and SSBU. Odds are high for more Morrowind and TESO on PC, and decent for other stuff like Just Cause 2, Final Fantasy XIII, Nights of Azure and Assasin's Creed as well. In Vitaland, some more Tail Concerto, some more Tails- er, Tales of Eternia, another bit of progress in Gravity Rush and - grrrr - possibly some time but no progress in Dracula X Chronicles. Where's the Konami Code when you actually need it?😆

More Fire Emblem Three Houses. Still brilliant and may end up being one of the best Switch games I've ever played!

I waited 14 years for TWEWY sequel as it was my favourite game of all time so the answer is clear for me. Going for true 100% this time.

I'm still working on Sword of Vermilion on the Genesis/Mega Drive Collection, though the friend I was racing is already finished. It's a pretty awesome game, though I imagine playing it as a kid with no internet (not to mention fast-foward/rewind) would have been miserable, so my hat's off to him. Also, because I'm a giant nerd, I bought a whole bunch of soundtracks to my favorite Switch games, including Infini, ABZU, the Opus series, Thumper, and Thomas Was Alone. NEEEEEERRRRRD!

I'm playing Skydrift Infinity, Rocket League, Mario Golf, Monument, Super Mario Maker 2, and N.GEN Racing. Have a good and fun weekend everyone!

@Clyde_Radcliffe
Definitely.
I'm enjoying it.

NEO: TWEWY. Enjoying it so far but not super far as I’ve been busy. I was concerned it might lose the magic of the original with such a big gap in releases but the series has still got it!

Trying to finish Skyward Sword and then straight back into my Metroid play through.

CrossCode DLC for Switch! One of my favourite games of all time is finally getting the end-game DLC for my favourite console!

Finished my pokedex in Pokemon Yellow with the last additions from red last week! Very nice

Still have 2 more gold challenges in Mario Deluxe left. Any tips for ‘don’t touch anything’ and ‘screwtop it up’? I could use them
Next to that, besides getting the added stuff in Tetris 99 and SSMU, I decided to put ff7 away for a while because the Metroid hype is real.

Therefore I’m going to finish metroid prime 2, and will start metroid prime 3 after for a complete playthrough of the series this year.

I’m playing Symphony of the Night and it’s great. It’s good I tried the non Metroidvania ones first for context as they are more action oriented and harder. But it made the beginning so much better. It starts as a sequel in the old style, then you enter the castle with all your powers - then they are taken away and you have to explore.

I never really got into Metroidvanias as I’d hate getting lost then dying retreading a path with enemies regenerating. So frustrating.

But with SOTN it’s actually a good thing as you are levelling up and getting stronger so it’s not time wasted killing everything again.

I'm playing into your hands.

Just finished Persona 5 Strikers…

Now I’m lost looking for a new game.

Tried Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games… but… meh lol

I’m 12-15 hours into skyward sword. I’m enjoying it and really like the world and puzzles but the control scheme is hindering my enjoyment some what. It’s the first Zelda game I haven’t just wanted to binge since I got into the series seriously after BoTW

@JasmineDragon
Oh no, Darkest Dungeon got its bloody grip on you again? Like the ancestor, “You are now a part of that place.” 😁

I’ve been feeling the call of the abyss too, since our discussion last weekend! I noticed last night that now may be the time for me to double dip, since the digital Ancestor’s Edition is 50% off in the US eShop right now!

Super Robot Wars X has got my full attention lately, otherwise. So far just powering up Dunbine, Wataru, and Grandis Tank, while all the shiny newer mechs from anime I’ve never watched languish... 😅

This weekend I mostly be playing A Monster's Expedition, and Haven Park

Hades has dragged me back in so probably that mainly

Continuing work on Octopath Traveler, Ace Attorney Trilogy, and the Pokemon Snap DLC

Streets of Rage 4 and Mario Golf Super Rush

Still chasing scrolls in my one fight a night adventure in Monster Hunter Rise! Also finally landed a series x 🎉

SteamWorld Heist and Puzzle & Dragons with some ACNH thrown in as always.

I'm playing Skyward Sword HD, only just started. Also Tetris 99 event and Super Princess Peach on the DS, it's a fun game.

@Friendly I never managed to do "don't touch anything" perfectly. Might be worth checking out a YouTube video to get some ideas but I remember it being incredibly difficult.

I downloaded Haven Park and plan to start it. I’ll definitely play Grid Autosport to chill out. I also started Ys IX last week and hope to find time for it. Thanks for reminding me about Blazing Chrome too - got that on sale a while back and have been meaning to try it.

Busy weekend personally, so not much time for games. I unlocked the Skyward Sword theme in Tetris 99 last night, and I hope to get a little more done in Dragon Quest XI S at some point.

Skyward sword, Mario Golf, blaster master zero 3, and some capcom bmup bundle.

mario golf online ranked...and fireemblem 3 houses

Still working on Wind Waker HD. I haven’t been playing games quite as much lately. I am also at the triforce quest part of it which is a bit slow and I had to wander a bit to figure out what I was supposed to be doing.

Minor Spoilers Ahead
Last night I ran into one of those sort of charming/annoying Zelda moments when I was doing the thing where you have to catch the kids on windfall island. I was doing this a bit later in the game than maybe is intended and it Is long after getting the korok leaf so it seemed like I should fly to the top of the tree to get the kid up there. When that didn’t work I thought I needed to get the other kids first. That didn’t work either. Then I looked it up and of course you need to roll into the tree. I did figure out the rolling into trees myself for the deku tree, but didn’t think of it here. It is always odd when a seemingly valid solution doesn’t work. BOTW is a lot better about this obviously. When I played OOT 3D a few years back, I also had a moment like this when I traveled back in time to try to buy the red tunic but was told it wouldn’t fit me so I couldn’t have it.

Angry Birds Star Wars (Windows Phone) - Just starting this one up.

Equalicious (Windows Phone) - Love me some puzzle games!

Bug Village (Windows Phone) - Just starting on this one

I'm a recent Switch owner and the first solo game I picked was Z:BOTW so I'm playing that this weekend and probably a few more weekends too.

Shenmue 3 on ps4 and No more heroes 2 on wii

I just uploaded my first game in Game Builder Garage:

Astro Joust: G-004-6LN-C5Y

I will be playing T99 for the theme and probably A Hat in Time.

Lot's of chores around the house this weekend. . LOL.

So only slipping in quick bouts with Galaga.

Galaga and R-type are my 2 all time favourite arcade games.

I got both on our Switch.

Both play amazing!

I've probably played the equivalent to a few hundred dollars in quarters between the 2 of them. LOL.

So last week I finished up monster hunter stories 2 and it was awesome! I'm excited to dive a bit into the post game but I think I'll take a break from it for now.

This weekend I'm going to try and dive more into Hades. I also may try and finish up Mario Golf: Super Rush! Truth be told I REALLY want to buy Ys IX and NEO: TWEWY but I've been trying to hold off until I clear the backlog a bit more.

finally beat silver face on travis strikes again today after days of trying and that pretty much wraps up the no more heroes series for me until the end of august now, since i'm done i'll be going back to spider-man remastered on ps5, nearing the very end of the main story now but still have the dlc to do as well as miles morales, so i'm in for a ride

@wazlon it’s killing me tbh. Have silver, but I always seem to get a coin at a total different spot each time.

I'm trying to finish Danganronpa V3 this weekend and finally be done with the series for now.

Bioshock, Blasphemous, Tetris 99, Tony Hawk

A few days ago, I finally bought Super Mario Odyssey, as my gift on birthday. It's really awesome, funny and beautiful game. I'm completed Arcade Mode in BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition as Es. Completed 1st Episode in Resident Evil: Revelations. Unlocked 23 endings in Reventure. And today, I bought a G-MODE Archives25 Topolon. It's a very good port of old mobile game.

Is it just me or is this summer let alone the year 2021 just flying by?? I have too many games on the go right now, hoping to finish RUINER and INSIDE this weekend. Still clearing out my backlog on Switch, I haven’t even made it to the title screen on titles such as:

ORI : Will of Wisps
DOOM Eternal
Witcher 3
Links Awakening
Wolfenstein II

Just to name a few!…any suggestions on where to start would be appreciated! Recently picked up Stardew Valley as well…so add her to the list as well! Wish everyone an excellent weekend of life and gaming!

@OorWullie

Alien Isolation is an awesome game. Great atmosphere, that game was a legit tense and frightening experience but so fun!! I still have to finish off the DLC,great game all around!

I almost picked up Wild Guns reloaded on sale, I have the original on my Wii U. It’s a great co op game! I probably should have …pulled the trigger ha!

Enjoy your time gaming!

I’ll be modding Morrowind with Tamriel Rebuilt, very excited to revisit that old gem.

N’WAH APPROVED

Instead it should say:

"How much backlogs do you have in the waiting"

I got backlogs and some played to certain timeline that is scary to think what I am missing but it helps having a 1tb sd card to reload and insure I have to go back to them.

I bought three games last week. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Dungeon Defenders: Awakening.

I'm playing Dungeon Defenders. I don't know what it is, but something about dungeon defense, mixed with an action rpg; keeps me engaged.

@BloodNinja I haven't played that game in ages. The first mod I created, was a chest in a room with the best loot. Skyrim was cool, but something about Morrowind kept me coming back.

*I beat Morrowind plenty of times, but I can't say the same for Skyrim.

@JoeDiddley For me, SOTN is the standard that all metroidvania's should live up to. If you enjoy playing it, check out Bloodstained.

@PROPS I feel you there. I did have a lot of fun with Skyrim; the main quest is especially fun to speed run (I mean break) but the quests are so bad. It’s just “Dragon Born GPS,” as we call it. Skyrim has overstayed its welcome for me, though. I loved the lore and world building of Morrowind much more, even though the combat is a little dated. It was also great that you actually had to read directions in order to understand where to go. Stuff like, “Make a left at the Balmora Council Club,” just really made me feel more immersed in the game, rather than just appearing at a quest marker.

Also agreed on SOTN, that and Super Metroid just haven’t been matched, yet.

Skyward Sword HD. I never played the original and I'm loving it.

Opus Magnum all day

I’m about 8 hours into Skyward Sword HD. I’m really enjoying it and I like the stick controls, so it’s handheld all the way. I’m also working my way through Jedi Fallen Order on my XB One X. Have a great weekend everyone.

Playing all the updates this weekend:

-New Pokemon Snap for the new courses.
-Mario Golf for New Donk City course.
-Tetris 99 to get the Zelda Theme.

Also some Dirt 5 and Lumines Remastered on Gamepass for me....

Just beat Blazing Chrome on normal! Metal Jesus recommended it.

Got the new Tetris background earlier today and finished the second case of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Might continue with the third case. Tomorow a bit of Fortnite with my sis and Eagle Island on PC and maybe soms Shakedown: Hawaii on 3DS, which I just bought yesterday,

• Super Metroid
• Streets of Rage 4

Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Good grief, that game needs an editor. It's an enjoyable experience all told, but there is sometimes truth in the phrase 'less is more'. The aux cores are a good example of this: i have to collect collectibles to power up the unrefined collectible power ups I've already collected? Madness!

@Rainz Cheers pal. Yeah Alien Isolation really nails the atmosphere. It's a super impressive Switch port too, it looks fantastic.

I recommend picking up Wild Guns Reloaded next time you see it on sale. The widescreen and online leaderboards really add a lot to the game. It has 2 new characters and 4 player too.

Have a great weekend.

@Rainz Just noticed you're playing Inside at the moment. It's one of my favourite Switch games, I love it. When I finished it, I went right back to the start and played through it again. I don't recall ever doing that with any other game. Limbo is great too. Inside though is on another level.

Playing ACNH. I might also play New Pokémon Snap. Still haven’t finished that game.

I've been running my switch nonstop, letting it play disgaea 6 for me (it's weird how addicting not playing a game can be)

And pounding out lots of pubg, my go to time waster, these days.

I finished The Town of Light, so I'm working on Mario+Rabbids currently.

@BloodNinja
I am doing Tribunal "right now", but doing a little break, can't kill that old Number One of Almalexia, he's to strong for my stealthy Character.
Love the Game and the Freedom.

Continued Daggerfall now, wich i started years ago and felt like i have played through a whole game after leaving the first Dungeon.
But now i am into it and it is great, not as great as Morrowind, but definitivly a fun RPG.

Some day i have to expand Morrowind to keep my Journey going.

Btw. i am somehow a Ninja in that, as the leader of the Morag Tong.

@Azuris The Morag Tong is BADASS!

NINJA APPROVED

Dark Souls on Switch! I will NEVER GET SICK OF THIS GAME. Comfort good x100

Pocket Academy and read some Proust.

I got Pikmin 3 deluxe on prime day for 19.99 and I played it and was like eh, I played again yesterday for a few hours and now I’m at work counting down the minutes until I can play again. It’s different but fantastic.

@blockfight I’m doing the exact same thing. I just finished streets of rage 4 on game pass now I’m giving pikmin 3 deluxe another go.

Finished off Great Ace Attorney 1, and started up the sequel. I’ll play some Tetris 99 tomorrow for the Skyward Sword theme.

@Luigisghost669 my son, 5 yo, is obsessed with Pikmin 3. And he completed the game, I couldn’t believe it. Great fun game, such a shame it didn’t sell great.

Playing Super Mario 3D World's Star world for the first time.

It's a racing weekend for me.
WRC 9
Moto GP 21
Grid Autosport
Will definitely fit in some Mario Golf, loving the new ranked mode update.

Nier Replicant (Xbox One X) and Age of Calamity (Switch) this weekend!

I just got the physical edition of Spiritfarer! What a great package with little gifts inside! I just don't know when I will play it.

I finished Broken Circle last week, good game. Aery is a meditative game that really does calm the mind.

Need for Speed, Rocket League and ACNH.

Happy gaming everyone!

Ok. Originally thinking not much Switch time this weekend.

Had family over yesterday and we decided to go for a drive. My youngest decided to bring the Switch for the drive, so they were playing Switch in the back as we drove around!

That's one more way to get Switch time in on the weekend!

Since there's a new(ish) Zelda to play, I of course went back to Breath of the Wild to play through it again (first time on Switch - last time was on Wii U). I'm now the proud owner of the Master Sword (again).

Tetris 99, Pac-Man 99 and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

@OorWullie

Inside has been phenomenal so far. It’s just so unsettling , some very clever puzzles and the atmosphere is gripping. Really enjoying my time with it. Almost done but do not want it to end.

I know what u meant about it’s replay ability. I’ll likely dive right back in once I’m done, there really are few games that make U want to do that. Signs of a gem indeed!