Well, that should just do it for video games in 2021. Not literally, of course – we’ll be here next week to bring you the latest news and rumours. But, with The Game Awards over, expect the industry to begin to slow down now until the New Year. We’ve got so much planned for the remainder of December, though, so there’s tons to look forward to between now and then.
Sammy Barker, Editor
I've been playing Call of Duty: Vanguard's campaign, which I'm enjoying immensely. Rather than blitz through it, I've been making it last by playing it in chunks, and I've really been enjoying a lot of the scenery.
Stephen Tailby, Associate Editor
I've quite a lot of stuff I want to get through this weekend, most of it freebie trial stuff. First off, I'm super curious to try The Matrix Awakens, which I've only heard is mindblowing. Next is Chivalry 2's free trial, which is only on for the next day or two. I'm also in the KartRider: Drift closed beta, so will be putting that through its paces as well. And, if I can find the time between all that, I'll get around to Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale, the new Media Molecule-made Dreams game. Phew!
Liam Croft, Assistant Editor
The only action my PS5 will see this weekend is The Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 demo. Otherwise, it's full steam ahead with the Halo Infinite campaign.
Jamie O'Neill, Reviewer
I probably won't have time for games until later into the weekend, but I'm hoping to play PS5 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, and control Star-Lord into Sunday's starry, starry night.
A meatier WAYP for you to sink your teeth into this week, but ultimately this is your stage, so let us know what you're playing in the comments section below.
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Far cry 6 and greedfall
I restarted Xenoblade Chronicles DE a week or so ago after getting a fair way through before bouncing off it when it launched. This time I’m really feeling it!
Taking a break from games this weekend.
A bit late.
😉
Replaying the magnificent God of War, Mimir is in tow after the excellent journey through the Mountain. Now I'm just exploring more of the Lake before heading off to the next stage of the main quest.
Enjoy, folks!
Halo Infinite
On my PS, I'll be jumping between Spider-Man Remastered and Kena Bridge of Spirits. I might also finally start Guardians of the Galaxy. Have a great weekend everyone!
@Col_McCafferty Haha, I scheduled it for the wrong day by mistake!
SWITCH
Skyrim - Continuing my magic build playthrough! I swear this game is absolutely timeless.
Borderlands Legendary Collection - Working my way through these classics once again!
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - Attempting to unlock the tainted characters is painful sometimes lol
PC
Death Stranding - Really enjoying my time with this one! Though I admit it has a.. unique gameplay loop.
GTA Online/Garry's Mod - As usual, multiplayer mayhem with friends later tonight!
Have a good weekend everyone!
I FINALLY got through AC Valhalla last week and followed up by completing Man of Medan which was a refreshing change of pace.
I've now started on Psychonauts 2 which has been excellent so far. Hope Sony ensures we are still supplied with this type of experience now that double fine are with Xbox
Grabbed Outriders cheap off PSN and liking it so far.👌
@PenguinL Astros playroom is a brilliant place to start 👍 enjoy the PS5 😁
@PenguinL Nice one!
Miles Morales is a fun game, good place to start your PS5 adventures.
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I'm on my second playthrough of Solar Ash. I gotta say, I wasn't too fond of Hyper Light Drifter, but Solar Ash feels like its at the intersection of Journey, Shadow of the Colossus and Gravity Rush. It might as well be made for me.
Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 1 of course - it’s everything I wanted from a new chapter. Not one thing I would change👌
Fall Guys Season 6 - enjoying it a lot more this season without those annoying jungle levels 👍
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy - so... my collectibles have glitched 😫 but I’m still having a blast with this game. The dialogue is just perfect. So many laugh out loud moments. Plus, I’ve found all of the movie skins now so the characters don’t look ‘weird’ anymore 😂 Brilliant game.
Revisiting Skyrim on Switch Lite... maybe I'll actually get further into the game this time than I did on PS3.
Finally after 4 years managed to get my annual leave for Christmas, so I am officially off until January. 😁😁😁😁 So I'm looking forward to making a dent through some of my backlog. Starting off with monster sanctuary and then heading back to Yakuza like a dragon.
Samurai Shodown and Street Fighter V
Christmas is virtually upon us, so there unfortunately won't be much gaming time on the horizon for me, but I did finally manage to finish off Wreckfest last weekend, and have been dipping in and out of Sonic forces and streets of rage 4 with the kids.
Happy gaming everyone!!
Continue Kena Bridge of Spirits. The game is absolutely beautiful in the graphic/art direction department, but man do the bosses absolutely kick my face in a couple of times before I beat them.
Ps4 God of war the greatest game ever made.kratos best protagonist ever with his son atreus.a. amazing story.gameplay.and graphics.days gone ps4 underated incredible game .with really good graphics.gameplay and story.and the wonderful ps4 game horizon zero dawn complete edition.wonderful graphics.gameplay and story.watching the Jeffersons.good times.saved by the bell.martin.and michigan wolverines basketball.word up son
I played PS2 USA games this weekend.
1. Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princess
2. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
3. The Sims Bustin' Out
4. Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME
25hrs+ into Cyberpunk 2077 v1.3
and I must say it's the only game that's up there with GTAV - as in openworlds with cars... seriously.
First off I love the colourful world, I love the combat - gunplay is satisfying, love the graphics looking like DOOM'16, love the UI - it's bold going with red dominating, love the fonts, love the vehicles, everything! I'm on base PS4 and don't know the ghost town people be talking about, far as I'm concerned this is the most packed, condensed, stacked openworld around ever. This game could have easily worked perfectly on all platforms, if they reduced the insane number of objects lying around, vending machines and whole lot of other assets loading concurrently with the speed of the player's movement, thus resulting in a whole lot of pop-ins. I feel they went way overboard, I get it that was their vision but they should've respected consoles and made sure it worked on there before optimising for PC. I can bare with the few bugs remaining in this updated version because at its core, CP2077 is a darn lovely game. It's GTA, Fallout/ES, FarCry combined. Says a lot when I can't even play other games on the side, all other games have been put on hold.
I’m back to my personal game of the year, Death’s Door, this weekend. After beating the game earlier in the week, I’ve now mopped up the last few shiny trinkets and shrines to 100% the game. Now I just need to do an umbrella run to pop the platinum.
Other than that, I’m still slowly working my way through the fabulous Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, which I adore so much, I don’t want it to end.
Endwalker is here!! So far I can't believe they're managing to top Shadowbringers, the capability of this team is unbelievable. Loving the new Reaper class, and Paladin feels to smooth this expansion. I adore every second I'm in the world.
FFXIV is undoubtedly the best game I've ever played
Just finished up Tales of Arise. Not without its flaws, but a good JRPG overall. Moving on to Guardians of the Galaxy now though!
Halo Infinite campaign, and lots of it...
I did exactly the same with Guardians, @fR_eeBritney. As soon as I found the movie skins, that's what they wore. They just didn't look right otherwise...
Halo 5 Guardians on XBone - gonna max out the achievements and complete it ready for Halo Infinite. To me, this series still holds up as the some of the best FPS's ever
Granblu Fantasy Versus on PS5, a superb brawler up there with Guilty Gear Strive
Starcraft 2 on PC - my life sapping drug of choice
Have a great weekend guys ❤️
Playing halo infinite-not really enjoying the game-it’s ok so far. It kinda reminds me of doom-where your just moved to places & have a ridiculous amount of enemies constantly turning up. I’ve also had a lot of missions not continuing as I have cleared out areas & more enemies keep turning up-not letting me progress on missions.
Godfall, I upgraded from the PS+ Challenger Edition to the full game and I'm really liking it. I've no idea why this gets so much hate, the combat is spot on and the art style is amazing. Sure it's repetative but it's a loot game so it's to be expected. Best Plus game we've got in ages!
Over on Xbox I picked up Guardians of the Galaxy for £23 so I'll be putting a few hours into that, heard nothing but good things about it so looking forward to jumping in. Have a good weekend all!
Been VERY slowly beating Judgement. Not liking it that much. The story is the strongest part of it. Not motivated to buy Lost Judgement. I have Yakuza Like a Dragon to play in the future.
Been doing the challenges on fall guys lol. That's it.
2022 Will be one of my favorite years tho.
@RevGaming i've been playing it solely for the story as well, didn't do ANY side stuff whatsoever and even ran away from combat quite a lot of times. But the story was so worth it, I ended up loving it.
@The-Grezzly-Bear Santa, is that you???????
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@Westernwolf4 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1. Halo Infinite (PC Game Pass)
2. Chorus (PS5)
3. Sherlock Holmes (PS5)
Started Miles Morales (PS4) after snagging it on sale!
Just Halo Infinite. Most fun I've had with one of 343's entries in the series by far.
@dschons I am doing some side cases to fully have tried everything. They're fine. I think the open world is pretty boring once you tried everything once. The combat is the worst thing about the game. I just spam the same 1-3 combos, ocassional item pick up attacks. The enemy variety is horrible.
I will play Far Cry 3 Up Next.
Halo infinite on XB One X. It’s a good game. And it even looks great on that system. But I’m not hopelessly pulled into like I’ve been with every other Halos. I’m not sure I’m going to renew gamepass to keep playing it. I bounced off of Forza Horizon 5 as well. The problems is I’m not jazzed about anything on PlayStation either at the moment. I think it’s time to just catch up on some reading for a while. Have a great weekend!
I just bought Inscryption on PC. I started playing the game last night and I thought I had only been playing for maybe an hour or so. I checked the time and it was 3:00 am... I woke up and I can't stop thinking about it. This might be my personal game of the year.
I'm right at the end of the excellent Guardians Of The Galaxy.Will definitely finish it tonight.A fantastic game that is so much better than I expected.I really hope a sequel is on the cards..
I'll also be playing more Riders Republic which I find so addictive and fun!I don't think I'll ever get bored of this game..
On the Switch I'll be playing the usual Animal Crossing cuz it seems to be the only game that gets played on the console.
And very unusual for me as I don't usually go for mobile gaming but I downloaded Fantasy Life Online and I.Am.Hooked!
Loved the 3ds version and even though it's not a true sequel...I'm really happy with it!
Back on to kena master difficulty. Im on the last boss and was one jab away from beating it last night (gutted). Once I've downed it I'll be clearing up the rest for the plat.
Kena bridge of spirits...intended to purchase this when it launched but it fell off my radar but i bought it on thursday evening and i am loving it..such a chilled out amazing game and its really nice looking too..
Cod and Demons souls again !
Playing Halo Infinite which is a good mix of old and new. Silent Hill 2 which is still a brilliant unnerving atmosphere despite it's age. Lastly some Kena aswell. Happy gaming all!
No man sky, gotta get the Normandy!
@Westernwolf4 shh, don't tell everyone 😂😂
Some more Skyrim. Just. One. More. Quest... Argh!
I've started Celeste, to see me through til Christmas. I breezed through the first couple of chapters, but I'll admit the third chapter made me sit forward in my chair. That's when you know things are getting serious.
Banjo-Kazooie (N64) - Playing the Christmas world as always in December .
Mahjong by Microsoft (Android) - Still daily challenges and various puzzle packs.
Burn the Rope (Windows Phone) - Finally at the end now.
I'm playing a PS3 game on my PS5 and it's ace. KOA: Reckoning.
Lego DC supervillains and Immortal Fenyx Rising, and possibly trophy clear up with Plague Tale Innocence on PS5. Plan to start either Final Fantasy 3 or Simulacra on PC.
Finishing off TLOU2. Fantastic game, at least from a production stand point, but does it ever end? I started playing last night around 11:00 with the intent of finishing it, and next thing I know it is 3:00am and it is STILL going. Also playing GOTDC. Have a great weekend!
Finished deaths door (brilliant) and onto Kena: Bridge of spirits which seems good so far, if a little linear early on
@beebs720 Nah it doesn't end, that's the sheer brilliance of that masterpiece TLOUII.
Right broken hand almost at full capacity, soon ready to pick up all games i had to pause before accident, will keep mellow it for next 2 weeks so:
PS5
The Council
Wrapped recenty. God lord this game was bad ass. It has pacing and objective flaws, but the plot takes some crazy turns but never flies off the rails. If your're into narrative games...give this a play.
Telltales Walking Dead: Final Season
Just started last episode. Wow, the quality has significantly dropped. I have to cut some slack concerning the horible production issues that happened around it, but it went from a great experience to overall just a decent send off. Still exicited to see Clementines arc wrap up though.
Xbox Game Pass
Pillars of Eternity
Still chipping away at this epic plot on downtown via mobile streaming. Good stuff, even in small doses.
Switch
Super Mario Land 2 - Yoshis Island
Never ever knew this game existed. Its awesome, am enjoying its offkilter energy, and can see how it started the formula of offbeat nintendo spin offs.
Star Fox 2
After replayin the first one (my favorite SNES game) i was excited to try this...but am sortve baffled by the choice of mechanics and gameplay. Not that surprised it got shelved...but will give it another decent spin after yesterdays playthrough.
chorus, GTA 3 DE and I’ll give halo infinite enemies campaign another go but man it’s repetitive and anytime Evilbert McVillaindude pops up with one of his monologues I wish halo’s story was about master chief trying to get back to earth because he left the stove on.
I Purchased Rune Factory 4 Special on ps4 this week, didn't even know it was coming out but it was pretty cheap. Needless to say I've put about 15 hours into it and it is very addictive.
Also making my way through my Crushing playthrough of uncharted 2. I'm also doing all collectibles, which is making crushing more bearable because I will be pausing the game a lot anyway.
@TheArt I would agree, it is a masterpiece. I also think it is a little long in the teeth. It could have been a bit shorter, and still as good.
@beebs720 If it was shorter it would've been your same old average linear game length. It does something new, 2 stories in 1, could've easily been sold as a dlc. Try not to feel you're under some obligation to finish games quickly and move on to the next, take time, it's not going anywhere unless you borrowed it haha enjoy!
i have no idea .
i just started playing chivalry 2 and the tutorial is actually funny 😂
Playing matrix awakens on ps5, everyone is gushing about the graphics, am I alone thinking how awesome it will be if new virtua cop is using this engine? 😂
@wiiware I'd imagine in like 5 years most games will be using ue5 which will be so amazing😆😆😆
Nothing yet, but I do plan on firing up the Matrix demo on Monday!
The Last Of Us 2
So far this weekend I’ve got the platinum trophy for Hidden Agenda. Going to carry on with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla now.
Started GoT Director's Cut and it's very pretty looking... story is good, combat is fun, I'm liking it.
Maybe some more Persona 5 Royal, I'm in June now.
I also got an Oculus Quest 2 because I wanted something for Christmas and I can't find a PS5 or X Box Series.... I've been playing Resident Evil 4. It's pretty amazing, I can't wait until this technology gets further along. It'll be fun.
I'm playing Infamous Second Son, it's ok, seems short enough that it won't outstay its welcome.
im playing "HOUSE OF ASHES" love the game, but the trophies with full playthroughs start to finish, with tight requirements is a joy killer.. Cant wait to finish these last two trophies. so i can return the game...
Trying (key word: TRYING) to play FIFA 22 online seasons but the scripting is too much. The outcomes of the match, specific score times (45th minute and 90 mins) are all pre-determined. Makes it such a chore to play. This is what you call the dopamine effect. It somehow keeps you coming back for more
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