F1 Manager 2023 (XSX) - played half a season and have decided I’m done with this game. None of my micromanagement seems to be moving the needle and progress and performance seems to be mainly determined by random events. There’s also a sameness to the gameplay between race weekends which I’ve become bored with after doing the same things for the tenth time. Rating: C-Tier.
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (PS5) - still haven’t progressed past the chained ogre mini-boss, but if I’m honest I haven’t really put in a decent effort to try and get past.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - finished just about all the side quests in and around Haetano village, including maxing out my house. Now cleaning up shrines and korok seeds the vicinity.
The Case of the Golden Idol (XSX) - not a bad puzzle game, but became a bit repetitive and there was a frustrating difficulty spike for the last couple of cases. Rating: B-Tier.
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (PS5) - haven’t really progressed this week and I’m still at the chained ogre mini-boss.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - finished all the shrines in the Duelling Peaks area and am cleaning up the korok seeds.
F1 Manager 2023 (XSX) - heading into Monaco and sitting 8th in the Constructor’s Championship with Williams. Par for the course.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (PS5) - just reached the chained ogre mini-boss. I think I’m going to be stuck here for a bit.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - completed the Kakariko Village side quests and am cleaning up the shrines and kook seeds in the surrounding area.
F1 Manager 2023 (XSX) - got my first constructors points with Williams in Miami with Albon getting a 10th place finish. Looking to move Sargeant on at the end of his contract by signing the current F2 leader as a rookie for next year.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (PS5) - just started and have finished the tutorial level. I’m hopeless at Souls-like games so not sure how far I’ll be able to push through before bailing.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - cleared the Great Plateau (4 shrines, 18 korok seeds) and am heading towards Kakariko Village.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - Finished the main story and 100%’ed each region. Don’t feeling like cleaning up the remaining trophies for the platinum right now, as I’ve sunk about 200 hours into the game and need to move on. Will probably pick up the DLC sometime down the track and go for the platinum then. Rating: A-Tier.
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F1 Manager 2023 (XSX) - finished my fourth grand prix weekend in Azerbaijan managing Williams. Was a disastrous race with both drivers crashing into each other and taking themselves out. No points scored as yet. I am not the next Christian Horner.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) - recently restarted this after falling off it years ago. Cleared most of the Great Plateau (4 shrines, 17 korok seeds) and about to head out into the wider world.
Diablo IV (XSX) - finished the campaign as a barbarian reaching Lvl 50. First time I’ve played a Diablo game. Enjoyed the power fantasy. Rating: A-Tier.
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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - Finished the Snotinghamscire arc and heading to Wincestre.
F1 Manager 2023 (XSX) - into my fourth grand prix weekend in Azerbaijan managing Williams. No points as yet - best placed finish is 13th so far (twice) with Albon.
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Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS5) - swapping between this and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.
Diablo IV (XSX) - have never played a Diablo game before and am really enjoying it, although the need to connect to an online server is a bit annoying when I only want to play the single player campaign with no live service elements.
Half-Life (Steam Deck) - about a third of the way through the campaign.
Looking for the next game to play on the Switch after finishing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I have Zelda: Breath of the Wild queued up and ready to go, but thinking of switching to Katamari Damacy Reroll.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - I'm about two-thirds of the way through the game but will probably put it down for a bit now and pick up where I left off in Yakuza: Like A Dragon.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX) - I've just completed the third chapter and will try to push through and complete it in the next day or two so I can start on Diablo IV.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch) - finally finished this. Way to much grinding for my taste and the final chapter didn't really respect my time with hundreds of repetitive combat encounters and fighting the final boss through multiple stages. I also found the combat, systems, and story overly convoluted. Happy to close the chapter on this one.
Half-Life (Steam) - have just got a Steam Deck and am catching up on classics I haven't played when I'm not losing my life in Balatro.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - have just completed the Suthsexe arc and all the collectables in the region. About to start heading north.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX) - have completed the second chapter with the flying things that get burned by light. Awesome stuff.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch) - have now finished the sixth chapter and still am totally confused by the plot. Think I'm nearing the home stretch.
Balatro (Steam) - the other games are suffering as I sink more time into this. Have won with the red and blue decks but still trying to win with yellow.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5)
I'm nearing the end of the Suthexe arc. Because I'm cleaning up every marker on the map as I go, I'm ridiculously over-levelled for the area.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX)
I've never played a Gears game before and am enjoying this immensely.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (Switch)
Completed the timeline yesterday. Really good historical retrospective but I'm not sure I'll return to many of the games. Will now move back to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 which I parked in Chapter 6.
Balatro (Steam)
Playing a fair bit of this time suck. Won with the red and blue decks and am halfway through a run with the yellow deck that I think I'm going to win.
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5): have just finished the Jotunheim story arc and am back in England.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX): finished the first chapter.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection (Switch): the games are showing their age but the presentation and overall package is excellent.
Balatro (Steam): have won my first run after a half a dozen attempts with a "two pair" strategy built around the Spare Trousers joker which I levelled up to a 100x multiplier. This game is insane.
Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS5): Just played a few hours and have reached Yokohama. Really digging Ichiban as the new protagonist and don't mind the turn-based combat.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX): Have never played a Gears game so I thought I'd rectify that. Have just finished the first chapter.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection (Switch): Just about to enter the PC era.
PS5 - Mafia: Definitive Edition. Have never played the series but have both 1 and 2 as PS Plus games. Enjoying it as a smaller GTA like experience. Will probably get around to playing 2 sometime in the future. Have heard Mafia 3 is a bit disappointing though.
XSX - Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. Have never played Gears either. Started the 360 version on Game Pass and then found out the newer version exists so have restarted on that.
Switch - Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Rounds out the games I'm playing with colons. Moving through the chronological timeline and have reached the mid-80s.
PS5: still plowing through the OCD hell that is Power Wash Simulator.
XSX: stuck on the big robot early boss in Divinity: Original Sin. Guess I need to grind a bit and level up as the remote control thingy doesn't seem to be working for me.
Switch: picked up where I left up a few weeks ago in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I haven't played the earlier games and the combat system is doing my head in.
Also knocked off Doki Doki Literature Club on Steam during the week.
@Raifteiri and @Riku3456 thanks for the advice. At 80-100 hours each for XC1 and XC2, I don't have time to catch up as I'm planning to restart and complete BotW next before moving on to TotK. I'll probably just do a story recap on YouTube.
Stuck on the final boss fight in Metroid Prime Remastered so have started playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I haven't played the first two so I'm hoping it'll be ok to start here.
PS5: Disco Elysium. Bought it last week on sale and have only just started. Have heard great things about the game.
XSX: Starfield. Enjoying it so far. Have completed the first 5 main missions to get to the point where the story opens up. Have yet to touch base or ship building.
Switch: Metroid Prime Remastered. I've been 80-85% complete for a few weeks now. May try to push through and finish it off as I bought Xenoblade Chronicles 3 a few months ago and am itching to get to it.
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th April)
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (13th April)
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th April)
Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS5) - swapping between this and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.
Diablo IV (XSX) - have never played a Diablo game before and am really enjoying it, although the need to connect to an online server is a bit annoying when I only want to play the single player campaign with no live service elements.
Half-Life (Steam Deck) - about a third of the way through the campaign.
Looking for the next game to play on the Switch after finishing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I have Zelda: Breath of the Wild queued up and ready to go, but thinking of switching to Katamari Damacy Reroll.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (30th March)
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - I'm about two-thirds of the way through the game but will probably put it down for a bit now and pick up where I left off in Yakuza: Like A Dragon.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX) - I've just completed the third chapter and will try to push through and complete it in the next day or two so I can start on Diablo IV.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch) - finally finished this. Way to much grinding for my taste and the final chapter didn't really respect my time with hundreds of repetitive combat encounters and fighting the final boss through multiple stages. I also found the combat, systems, and story overly convoluted. Happy to close the chapter on this one.
Half-Life (Steam) - have just got a Steam Deck and am catching up on classics I haven't played when I'm not losing my life in Balatro.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd March)
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - have just completed the Suthsexe arc and all the collectables in the region. About to start heading north.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX) - have completed the second chapter with the flying things that get burned by light. Awesome stuff.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch) - have now finished the sixth chapter and still am totally confused by the plot. Think I'm nearing the home stretch.
Balatro (Steam) - the other games are suffering as I sink more time into this. Have won with the red and blue decks but still trying to win with yellow.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (16th March)
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5)
I'm nearing the end of the Suthexe arc. Because I'm cleaning up every marker on the map as I go, I'm ridiculously over-levelled for the area.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX)
I've never played a Gears game before and am enjoying this immensely.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration (Switch)
Completed the timeline yesterday. Really good historical retrospective but I'm not sure I'll return to many of the games. Will now move back to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 which I parked in Chapter 6.
Balatro (Steam)
Playing a fair bit of this time suck. Won with the red and blue decks and am halfway through a run with the yellow deck that I think I'm going to win.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 9th)
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5): have just finished the Jotunheim story arc and am back in England.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX): finished the first chapter.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection (Switch): the games are showing their age but the presentation and overall package is excellent.
Balatro (Steam): have won my first run after a half a dozen attempts with a "two pair" strategy built around the Spare Trousers joker which I levelled up to a 100x multiplier. This game is insane.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 2nd)
Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS5): Just played a few hours and have reached Yokohama. Really digging Ichiban as the new protagonist and don't mind the turn-based combat.
Gears of War: Definitive Edition (XSX): Have never played a Gears game so I thought I'd rectify that. Have just finished the first chapter.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection (Switch): Just about to enter the PC era.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 10th)
PS5 - Mafia: Definitive Edition. Have never played the series but have both 1 and 2 as PS Plus games. Enjoying it as a smaller GTA like experience. Will probably get around to playing 2 sometime in the future. Have heard Mafia 3 is a bit disappointing though.
XSX - Gears of War: Ultimate Edition. Have never played Gears either. Started the 360 version on Game Pass and then found out the newer version exists so have restarted on that.
Switch - Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Rounds out the games I'm playing with colons. Moving through the chronological timeline and have reached the mid-80s.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 27th)
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - just finished all of the 2600 stuff.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 20th)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I've just reached the city.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 13th)
PS5: still plowing through the OCD hell that is Power Wash Simulator.
XSX: stuck on the big robot early boss in Divinity: Original Sin. Guess I need to grind a bit and level up as the remote control thingy doesn't seem to be working for me.
Switch: picked up where I left up a few weeks ago in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I haven't played the earlier games and the combat system is doing my head in.
Also knocked off Doki Doki Literature Club on Steam during the week.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 6th)
Playing the Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 30th)
Just bought the Atari 50 Anniversary Collection and am reliving my childhood.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (Christmas 2023 Edition)
Another one playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Am currently in Chapter 4.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 9th)
Still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and probably will be for another month or two.
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 2nd)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Will be playing this for a while.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 25th)
Playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and getting even more confused by the combat system the more I play.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 18th)
Playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Not having played XC before, the combat system is doing my head in.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 11th)
@Raifteiri and @Riku3456 thanks for the advice. At 80-100 hours each for XC1 and XC2, I don't have time to catch up as I'm planning to restart and complete BotW next before moving on to TotK. I'll probably just do a story recap on YouTube.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 11th)
Stuck on the final boss fight in Metroid Prime Remastered so have started playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I haven't played the first two so I'm hoping it'll be ok to start here.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 4th)
Up to the final bosses in Metroid Prime Remastered and about to dive in to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 without having played the first two.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 28th)
Metroid Prime Remastered - just need the final Chozo artifact then on to the bosses.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 21st)
Metroid Prime Remastered - have collected 10 of the 12 Chozo Artefacts. Only 2 more then on to the final bosses.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 14th)
Metroid Prime Remastered. Just chasing down the final few Chozo artifacts before heading into the endgame.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (October 7th)
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PS5: AC Valhalla
XSX: Starfield
Switch: Metroid Prime Remastered
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PS5: Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
XSX: Titanfall 2
Switch: Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 23rd)
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PS5 - Disco Elysium
XSX - Starfield
Switch - Metroid Prime Remastered
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PS5 - Assassin's Creed Valhalla
XSX - Titanfall 2
Switch - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 16th)
PS5: Disco Elysium. Bought it last week on sale and have only just started. Have heard great things about the game.
XSX: Starfield. Enjoying it so far. Have completed the first 5 main missions to get to the point where the story opens up. Have yet to touch base or ship building.
Switch: Metroid Prime Remastered. I've been 80-85% complete for a few weeks now. May try to push through and finish it off as I bought Xenoblade Chronicles 3 a few months ago and am itching to get to it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 19th)
@Dm9982 Not bad. Was a 7 out of 10 for me. Reminiscent of Fallout / Fallout 2 if they were twin stick shooters.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 19th)
XSX - just finished Weird West and now waiting for Starfield.
Switch - pushing through to complete Metroid Prime Remastered. Reckon I'm about 75% done.
PS5 - need to get back to HFW which has been on hold for a few weeks.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 12th)
Metroid Prime Remastered. Just reached the Phazon Mines.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 5th)
Weird West (XSX) - have finished the first of five character arcs. It's giving me OG Fallout vibes.
Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch) - about two thirds of the way through. Took me a while to get in to it but now really enjoying it.
Horizon: Forbidden West (PS5) - I'm at the point where the world really opens up and need to start giving it some more attention.