Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 396

Insurgency: Sandstorm and Far Cry 5 (second playthrough). Happy gaming all!

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (3DS) - I've been playing the spooky levels for Halloween.

Equalicious (Windows Phone) - Haven't played for a few days, will be getting back into it now.

Rayman Fiesta Run (Windows Phone) - Also nearing the halfway point with this as well.

Switch - Continuing my playthrough of Skyward Sword HD! Enjoying it so far!

PS5 - Borderlands 3 with friends!

PC - Yet another playthrough of Battletoads!

Have a good weekend everyone.

Have finished a play through of nier automata and starting my second run. I nearly bounced off this game but after some advice from folks here in pushsquare community have kept playing and am enjoying the story, even though it bat s#!t crazy!! Played some more hitman 2 and got a 5 star run for florida mission and discovered my fave disguise of the campaign so far. Have a good one folks

Working my way through the PS4 version of GTA 5’s single player campaign after a seven year hiatus.

eFootball22. Yeah it looks a step back in the long range cameras, up close, things like boots and player models look better than FIFA as usual. It's FREE, something the gaming community has always cried for with yearly games - that they should just be updated, they do it, and all they get is negativity, they have my support. I mean they've tried so many things over the years trying to beat FIFA, like releasing in mid September, cutting down their full price by £10 or £20, aggressively fighting for licences and still they get whooped by FIFA year in year out and you expect them to keep doing the same thing expecting different results...c'mon. I'm done with giving FIFA £60 every year for little updates whilst missing out on great games looking like a casual indirectly backing the predatory monetisation FUT, no. Anyway then it's more FARCRY5, RDRII, MHWorld, GT Sport and anything else.

Playing new game + on God of War, never got the platinum when I played it on release, just the Valkyrie trophy left now. Probably some Captain Tsubasa as well.

Mainly Disgaea 1 Complete this weekend I think, nice to be back in the netherworld.
Have a good weekend and happy gaming all.

Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut for me this weekend. It’s such a beautiful and incredible game, and yet after playing three hours of the surprise Death Stranding trial last night, I can’t stop thinking about it.

Hades: Working towards the platinum slowly

Tales of Arise: Am I the only one who's having major trouble with the bosses? I started out playing on Hard mode and came up against the second major boss and I was getting 1 or 2 shot by him. I was using all of my revive bottles and cp gel by his second health bar. There's just so much going on the screen its impossible to see anything meaning i had to be an absolute god and dodge literally every attack! I had to lower the difficulty to the story difficulty just to beat him and he still killed my party members during the fight. I've ended up switching to normal mode and am having a much better time now, maybe I was just too under leveled when I fought him. I usually just fight every enemy once I see on the map in JRPG's but it seems Arise wants players to grind a lot which I'm not a fan of. Otherwise, the story is intriguing and am enjoying the combat minus the boss fights.

PunchLine: Only played the first chapter and am enjoying it, definitely not for everyone though.
Have a good weekend everyone.

Persona 5, baby! Given I'm still only into August I'd guess I'll be playing this for some time

Hitting the backlog with some Darksiders Warmastered Edition on PS4 and Deadpool on PS3. Have a good weekend all!

Just finished episode 3 of LiS:True Colors. Really enjoying it so far. The LARP thing was amazingly well done.

Overall, I’d say it feels quite low-key compared to the previous LiS games. I think maybe because we got the whole game at once this time, rather than one episode at a time. It’s like they don’t need to rely on big shocks/twists in every episode to keep people invested (and to buy the next episode). I like it though.

Alex is now my new favourite LiS character.

Main game is Control, AC Valhalla the back-up option.

Enjoying Control, yes it's weird but I like the combat and it's quite challenging at times. The Old House is a really unique setting and it's fun exploring it if not quite confusing at times!

Valhalla is good, the 'new' style of AC games which you either like by now or never will. I'm in the former camp for sure.

Have fun everyone!

Lost Judgment, with some Hot Wheels Unleashed on the side

I really want to start collecting hot wheels now, especially the gaming (Street Fighter V + Overwatch) character editions.

I finish Tales of Arise last night so I’m back to Scarlett Nexus. Yuito’s story isn’t anywhere near as good as Kasane was but the combat still is fun and it’s answering some of my unanswered questions.

I'm officially on annual leave for the week and I was looking forward to digging into my back log. Unfortunately, I bought the new Poirot game, being a mega fan girl of Agatha Christie. So backlog will have to wait. 😂😂😂 (yet again)

Playing the delightfully & charming Concrete Genie. Throughly enjoying this game & it’s also a refreshing game to play. Also completed the excellent Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, which is also an amazing game. Stunning graphics & fun gameplay. Imo the best ps5 game at the moment.

Nioh 2 . That is all.

@Iver
I know. For some reason most gaming sites pretend the console port doesn't exist (including Push Square). It plays great on PS5, sounds great (some of the best gunplay and gun sounds around) and it looks good. It will look better in 2022 when the 4K/60 patch hits. I can recommend it to those who like tactical shooters. If you prefer run and gun (Call of Duty, Battlefield) stay away.

Kena on master difficulty. Its a beast!

Mostly playing my 2D games, huntdown, castlevania ds collection, megaman zero collection and cuphead.

@GorosBat I've been fighting all enemies on the map to keep the levels high. Fighting bosses sometimes required fighting them once to know what their element is, if not obvious, and equip accessories to mitigate and switch off artes for other characters to make them use only the effective ones. Breaking and stunlocking is important in this game (so I find Law + Alphen is a better combination for that than Kisara, for example). There'a a bit of micromanagement then but it is doable.

@crazykcarter I loved that game. Underrated masterpiece. Haven’t played it for ages but I always think TLoU and HZD when I remember it. But it actually came out years before those games. Always hoped they’d do a remaster but it’s unlikely now.

Smashing through Death stranding on PS5, that's my only game this weekend. Pretty much that and binging Squid game.

@GorosBat I played on normal until I got to the wind area. Then switch down to story. Because I didn’t want to grind for the resources. I would need to get the items to win the boss battles.

I still had some close run boss fight after switching to the lowest difficulty.

Still playing Demon's Souls Remake & Returnal

Lost Judgement and Tales of Arise

Finished Hitman 3 last week, which was really good. Finally picked up Crash 4 the other day. Just as frustrating as ever but still fun!

@finalstan I just don't like that this is the type of game where you die to random bs. I think its bad game design if my survival depends on turning off features (such as attacks used by allies) as you said or having to have a specific item just to not get one shot. I'm not used to this type of game design tbh in comparison to something like a From Software game where the vast majority of my deaths are because of my own mistakes, or when I got the celeste platinum trophy with no assists on, I died literally 10,000 + times in that game and literally never got frustrated because every death was my fault. In those games you can be "under leveled" (or in celeste unskilled) but the game is designed so that is actually possible to beat regardless. I just hate that Arise says "O look here, I see your party is 2-3 levels under the recommended level of the boss, guess you get one shot, have fun! Thanks for the advice though, I've been neglecting crafting resistance accessories, as I usually go for damage in RPG's.

Life is strange true colours. Might have a go of Fenyx which I’ve bought but not really played.

Keeping it light this weekend as I'll be working both days, unfortunately. More Kena, which I'm enjoying immensely. The knowledge that it's a short game has me taking it in bits and exploring as much as possible. Then Psychonauts 2, which I'm also savoring. These types of games made this well come along so rarely so I'm making the moment last as long as possible. Cheers to all, happy weekend and happy gaming!

Witcher 3 wild hunt complete edition.sekiro shadows die twice.final fantasy 7 remake and darkest dungeon best indie games ever made.and 4 of the greatest games ever made im playing.watching good times marathon.the Jeffersons marathon.saved by the bell marathon.martin .and watching nfl 🏈 football and my Pittsburgh Steelers tomorrow.word up son

After reading the best game ever thread and deciding diablo 2 was probably the best game "i" have played so far i bought the new version on the ps5 and here i go again...loving it so much and its just as good as i remember and just as challenging too..funny how an old game given a lick of paint can make all the super dooper fancy 4k in yer face spectacles of today seem redundant...

@Loftimus
Oh wow I wish you luck with that!

I'm mostly just going to keep on keeping on with Lost Judgment. I can't put it down!

@crazykcarter its got a thoughtful story to it.
Also would like to add how nice the sound is aswell. A genuinely beautiful game.

Genshin and finishing the banner saga trilogy, why did I sleep on this game for so long?!

Borderlands 3 and that's it.

AC Valhalla on PS5. It looks great, plays super smooth and I'll never tire of lopping off saxon heads. I also started a 4th playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5. I'm falling in love with Night City all over again, this time in 60fps. Happy gaming, gonks!

A bit of NBA, a bit of Mount and Blade Warband, which I’ve now completely been sucked back into, this time on PS4. I’ll play that Final Fantasy demo thing as well.

Some more Tales of Arise. I don't have too much time, but I'll try to squeeze in an hour wherever I can.

PS5 - Lost Judgment

After slowly finishing RE0 & 1, the 2 remake and platinuming RE3 remake last week I am replaying 4 for the first time in years. Have to say I am not enjoying it. Will keep powering through and see if it hooks me but about to hit the castle section and that was always my least favourite.

@crazykcarter Such an underrated game, could you imagine a current gen version?

@theheadofabroom Hmm August, if I remember correctly you're in the 4th or 5th palace? How you liking it?

On my PS5 I’m playing Death Stranding (DC), Kena Bridge of Spirits, Deathloop, and Godfall. On my XSX I’m playing Hot wheels unleashed and F1 2021.

@JustPlainLoco Haha those are two challenging games bounce between, do you rage quit off of one and go to the other xD?

@AgentMantis Man I slept on Genshin too man, really impressive free game. Not to mention it can be played on mobile.

Tales of Arise is awesome on par with Final Fantasy VII remake in my opinion. On the way to the third Lord now. Lost Judgement few hours in and great so far. Tried out Astria Ascending on game pass and art style reminds me of a vanillaware game or indivisible but from reviews not alot else is good so time will tell

Has he got the mumps?! Medical delivery to Cristiano Ronaldo. Sam we need you to make this one asap

Playing a bit more Operancia, also got the Castlevania Collection.

Possibly won't get much gaming in this weekend, but having completed Hitman 2016, I'll be playing through the levels again in search of Silent Assassin ratings, as well as playing the bonus content.

@Integrity It's all you need. Superb game

Still in between with Control and and Nier Autumata. Gonna throw in some Street Fighter V as well.

@TraCuz- It took me a while to get into, but I'm liking it now. Just finished the 4th palace which was a bit 'different', trying to keep things spoiler free

Playing the Life is Strange True Colours DLC, and continuing my run of AC Valhalla. Its easy to hate on the Ubi formula, but there is something about Valhalla that has really hooked me this time, after nearly bouncing off it during the first five hours

@crazykcarter great shout. Brilliant game!

@Iver
Happy to help. I've logged close to 200 hours of Insurgency on PC two years ago and I guess I will sink into it on PS5 for many more. If you're looking to play coop online against bots (that's what I usually play) on Hardcore we can team up Some of the best and tense firefights I've had in gaming are courtesy of this game.
Edit: I also loved Operation Flashpoint back in the day.

Gonna finish my hades platinum this morning and then D2R for probably the foreseeable future.

I'm on holidays just before college and I brought the ds to replay the final bosses of ff1-6 and I'm currently on neo exdeath. When I get back tomorrow I look forward to playing the new ff origin demo

@Iver Looking forward to the November update as well. The default night matches when you first start the game is an awful first impression. I tried day setting and the graphics look neat. Overall it's not as bad as people want you to believe in the way of graphics, it's still better looking than FIFA when you zoom in on replays except the pitch is flat. Yeah it's disappointing with regards to available game modes etc but it's inevitable they'd have to try something different to keep competing. They've gone free now and we just have to wait and see how it turns out after incoming updates and judge for ourselves.

WRC 10 (PS5) Dirst 5 'making playgrounds tracks' (PS5)

@Korgon thanks bud, but luck won't help me in this place.

Finally reached the last biome of Returnal this week but didn’t make it through. I think I’ve prob logged 80 hours so far.

I’ve beaten all of the soulsborne games but this is next level challenging. I really love it though.

Hotwheels Unleashed Challenge Accepted Edition.

@Col_McCafferty Control has one of my absolute favorite levels in gaming near the end-no spoilers, but you will know it when you get there! Also, the ability to throw large objects at enemies is fun on par with the Kratos Axe. Enjoy!

Second weekend in a row with Biomutant. I needed a relaxing chill game after wrapping up Hades. 😃

I'm about 10hrs in to Talse of Arise and enjoying it. Hoping to get a few hours in this weekend!

Kind of between games right now. I’m thinking about playing the PS1 Klanoa on PS3.

I'm hoping to finish Psychonauts 2 this weekend so I'll be ready to start Metroid Dread next week.

Child of Light! Finally got around to it, also noticed it has been removed from the ps store btw

Dragon Quest Builders 2 i dont know why but i love building in this game so relaxing. 😁

I went from thinking Diablo 2 was just "solid" in Act 1 to being totally hooked in Act 2.

I'm about to enter my least favorite palace in p5r. Kinda crazy how much free time your given now. Have almost all my social stats maxed, and most of my confidants high up and still only about half way through the original games content

And very slowly making my way through ffxiv shadowbringers. What a fantastic start

Don’t lie to me… I can’t be the only person that is completely hooked to Hot Wheels Unleashed

I'm going to be playing Tales of Arise.on my PS5 this weekend

I'll be continuing my adventure in Tales Of Arise.Twenty hours in and loving it!
Will maybe go back to Yakuza Zero as I've finished my time with the awesome Ghost Of Tsushima expansion.

FIFA - I tried e football and deleted. Says it all. Daughter is enjoying hot wheels 😂

So many ppl here playing newer games. Good for the industry!

As for me I hardly ever buy new games, and prefer to get a good deal. So yeah when all these devs go belly-up, its partly my fault, I admit it!

Anyway, playing same game as last week, but I'm just about to dive into another. The choices are: Steamworld Heist, Tharsis, I have no Mouth but I must Scream, Children of Morta, Sheltered or Tyranny.

@crazykcarter absolutely love this game dust off the ps3 regularly for this one
Enjoy!

Oddworld New and Tasty and XCom 2!

@Styledvinny79
"FIFA - I tried e football and deleted. Says it all. Daughter is enjoying hot wheels"

Don't blame you. I'd delete FIFA too. Enjoy Hot Wheels 😁👍

Death stranding DC and FFXIV both PS5

I'll be installing my new WD Black 2tb SSD in the PS5 and after that going to finish Resident Evil 8. If I have time to spare I think I'm going to start a new playthrough of Mass Effect 3 as a pure biotic. Mass Effect just keeps pulling me back to play it over and over and I got to give BioWare it's due, the remaster was amazingly will done!

finished KENA bridge of spirits, fun little game. too lazy Too lazy to go for the platinum. next ill play some Fifa 22 and possible don't starve together!

1. Lost Judgement
2. FIFA 22
3. Lost in Random

Finished KENA and Tales of Arise. Fantastic games (must play)

@Westernwolf4 second weekend in a row with biomutant? why would you do that to yourself! not good for overall health

@Bentleyma-

Yeah played Xuan Yuan Sword 7 on PC. Paladin Sword and fairy 7 is next on my list.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1543030/Chinese_Paladin_Sword_and_Fairy_7/

I think it is coming to PS also.

@Ryall

Yeah, thought the same about his story.

I played both at the same time. Each time I got to a safe house with Kasane I jumped to another save and play it again with him.

I do not think I would have finished Yuito if waited to the end.

@Bentleyma-

Oh, I literally had just placed 6 on my Steam wishlist. It is only $14, but reviews were mixed so held off.

Xuan-Yuan 7 and Gujian 3 are all I’ve played so far.

Moonlighter, seems like a pretty good game, addictive gameplay loop. And also will be checking out new update for terraria.

@ApostateMage Cyberpunk on PS5 is a huge step up from PS4 ain't it ? Almost a different game altogether ! Loving it again too, it's silky smooth and responsive now

@crazykcarter between you playing Enslaved and your profile picture I highly respect your exceedingly high quality taste in games

Kena: Bridge of Spirits for me. I’m really enjoying it so far, it’s a nice blend of Xbox/PS2 era, modern graphics, charm and a hint of difficulty. It’s everything I thought it’d be.

@kyleforrester87 does poe run 60fps on ps5 like D2 does?

Finally got my PS5.

as my plan for a long time since I sold my PS4 before the last big PS4 games came out I've started on TLOU2. also downloaded my God of War copy - feels like a new game and very much next gen

Just not into the ps5 user Interface though .

@Dishonored29 yes it does indeed..graphics have been tarted up a bit too..

It just seemed to be a heck of a lot smoother on the ps5 and waaaay more stable (no crashes yet 🤞) and there is a comparrison vid on youtube somewhere showing the improved lighting and textures too..

@kyleforrester87 https://www.backwards-compatible.com/games/path-of-exile/

@kyleforrester87 sorry meant to copy you in to my other response..yes poe 60fps on ps5..

@gamiller1978 good luck with that Valerie. That was also my last trophy for thr plat. Took some doing too 😂

This weekend for me ive been playing Taiko no tatsujin on the switch. Modded the drum and the sensitivity is now perfect. Even got the wife and kids playing it which is an achievement on its own. Need to clear Bayonetta and 2 ready for 3's release.
PS4 i could do with getting back on to Tales of arise as ive just hit the 3rd area.
So many games to choose from the back log.

Eventually starting Red dead redemption 2 on ps4 pro. I got a new TV, Sony XH95 65inch and my games look like they've had a makeover.

There was a patch way back at the start of feb when i got my ps5 which improved stability,textures and lighting etc..its still 1080p but is just a lot better..would be nice to see other f2p games supported as much as poe is..i think maybe warframe gets the same kind of love from its devs..

Managed to pick up ME: Legendary edition on Friday, not started it yet, but it's gonna keep me busy for long time!

Finished Kena yesterday but still got some combat trophies and Master difficulty to go to get the platinum. So maybe for another day. Not sure what to jump into next.

Horizon Zero Dawn's DLC frozen wilds.

Took a week break after finishing the main story and played Avengers Main Campaign... honestly not sure If I'll go back for the rest.

@TraCuz- LOL nah I don't rage easily, but Demon's Souls is a slower more methodical type of difficult, while Returnal is a more fast-paced think-fast type of difficult, when I start to tire of one play-style, I switch to the other.

@crazykcarter, you’re not wrong. I was obsessed with that game. I rarely ever made it past the crab, but I didn’t even care, I’d still pop it in and play it non stop.

Playing Xuan Yuan Sword 7, really enjoying it so far, loving the combat and story so far, then I'll probably continue Kena: bridge of spirits after, unless I get Alan Wake remastered.

I’ve jumped into my DeLoreon and gone back to Mad Max. Love it, but for some reason when I grab ammo it usually discards it immediately.

Playing on the PS5 so maybe a glitch. Any insights?