Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 409

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - still hunting down those Koroks...

Shin Megami Tensei V - put this one down for a bit before the new year for unknown reasons, now I'm picking it up again!

PC
God of War - replaying this awesome game on PC this weekend! Can't wait!

GTA Online - as usual, with friends later tonight!

Have a good weekend, everyone!

DC’s guardians of the galaxy, panzer dragoon remake, zombie army 4 and will attempt to get somewhere in breath of the wild.

Darts! I've got the darts itch again 😊

Im preparing for Horizon Forbidden West so am not planning on starting anything lengthy from the backlog - i just got the platinum on the excellent guardians of the galaxy, and am now trying to remember how to play ghost of Tsushima (surprisingly difficult a year and a half on) by playing through the Iki island dlc, which so far i am really enjoying. Once i have done that i will probably delve into some shorter releases like Hades, Little Hope, Sonic Mania, and Sackboy to try and clear some backlog before 18 Feb

Sleeping Dogs on 360 to get the final achievements.

Cod Infinite Warfare on ps4 to finally give it a go.

Metroid Dread on switch to finally make some progress for first time in a few weeks.

I played a quarter of the way through Final Fantasy XII before realizing I was just fast-forwarding through everything (The gameplay and story's fun, but give me a FF button in an older game and I'll use it). Currently 10 hours into YS VIII and I'm absolutely hooked. It's such a fun game. I'll be playing that this weekend.

@Brydontk Ys VIII is fantastic. Keeps getting better as you go. And the soundtrack is sublime

Just bought switch oled, playing a lot of indie games there. The 7inch oled display is really nice, reminded me of playing indie games on psvita back then

This weeks I'm playing king of dragons (capcom beat'em up bundle), golden axe (sega genesis classic), and back to playing dead cells again.

I've reached the "point of no return" CDPR games like to warn when you're getting to the end, then yeah I think the main storyline in CP2077 is a bit short, but there's the fact that there are 3 different playthrough paths - Nomad etc so it's an upside. I've spent 115hrs and I guess a huge chunk of that is from the interesting side quests. And I've come to like the Time Trials in GT Sport, kinda similar to what I've been basically playing in DiRT all these years. Plus it's continuation of my Odyssey with Alexios.

After all the hype I finally caved in and bought Returnal .....I just fear that I'll be utterly useless at it ha ha. As an older player I'm sure my reactions wont be fast enough but I do do well in multiplayer shooters like CoD etc and beaten all the Souls games so ya never know !
I'm only about 3 hours in so far and all going well. But I know it's gonna kick my arse big time !
Have a great weekend guys ❤️

Gonna do some farming in warframe. Got a shedu riven but the parts are elusive af.

Disco Elysium (PS5) and I am currently on day 3, definitely not my usual type of game but absolutely loving it, I had to jump in seeing it get so many plaudits and I am glad I did. Kim is awesome

@wiiware I am tempted by the Capcom Belt Collection so I can play Final Fight. I recently picked up the Neo Geo pocket collection on Switch and it is brilliant, Metal Slug and Samurai Showdown are worth the price alone! Have fun.

Assassins creed valhalla for me today...playing golf tomorrow afternoon..hope the weather holds up..🥶

God of war the legndary g.o.a.t 🐐 👑 game. Ratchet and clank PlayStation best platformer.horizon zero dawn complete edition. One of PlayStation best games and nioh 2 with all the seasons pass.one of the best game ever made.whatching whats happening.good times.sanford and sons.saved by the bell.in living color.watching the nfl games tomorrow. Watching my💛 Pittsburgh Steelers🖤 🏈.if this is big ben roethlisberger last game then it was a legendary career and a iconic one.thanks for the 18 amazing years.word up son

On the final stretch of The Last of Us Part II, despite what some PC reviewers think this is THE best PS4 title.

😉

Could talk about this game for hours but won't on here as don't wish to spoil it for anyone that still hasn't played it. I think it would've been a poorer experience if it had just been a copy of the brilliant first game, but I know plenty of other people think different.

After I'm done with Ellie and co, I think I'll start something which is very different in tone. Kena or GotG, leaning towards Kena at present.

Have a good one, folks.

Looting through various dungeons and pickpocketing to get my skill up. Ohhh and im playing Skyrim.......😂

@KingPev nice!! It will most definitely kick your ass for a bit but keep upgrading those weapons and get familiar with your favourite pickups etc. and you’ll be bossing them in no time. Wish I could play it again fresh!

Played some more ratchet and clank this morning before work, left it at what I think will be the last clank puzzle. The game is lots of fun but gets very repetitive, I've had a break half way through and enjoying it again. Hopefully get the chance to wrap the game up tonight.

Finally tackling my backlog and playing Doom Eternal. Loving it so far glad I waited for the PS5 version

Disco Elysium and Back 4 blood

Im cleaning up my backlog so finishing Borderlands 3 dlc. Not going to get too invested into new games ahead of Horizon and Elden Ring.

Continuing with Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade.
Have also got into Battlefield 5 recently. Skipped it on launch, but have to say now that it is a pretty great Battlefield game.

Wanna finish up Ys Viii and then jump way back into ni no kuni. Probably my favorite game that I've never finished (got to shadar's castle 8+ years ago and just stopped playing for whatever reason). Hope to rectify that before horizon comes out.

Still having a grand time with the excellent Demon’s Souls. I don’t know if I’ll be able to pull myself away from it, but if I do, I think I’ll try my hand at Dirt 5 for a little driving diversion.

@lolwhatno cheers man, I know I'll be a gibbering wreck soon ha ha

Finished Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart during the week and did my first session of Returnal, then jumped into Lost Judgment. Going to be switching between the two games. I wasn't originally interested in Returnal but after spending almost 100 hours in Hades on my Nintendo Switch and loving it I decided to try Returnal. Safe to say I really enjoyed what I played but I find when playing roguelikes to have another game on the go so I can play a few hours of it before feeling worn out and swapping to something else. I had some issues with the first Judgment on PS4 but Lost Judgment is looking to improve on a lot of the areas I disliked with the first game so hoping that delivers.

Making some serious progress on Demon's Souls now. Took down the Old Hero last night. He didn't even know what had hit him.

Literally, because he has a big bandage over his face.

Likely wrapping up on 2nd playthrough of Horizon Zero Dawn as I'm on the next to last main quest. Then I might play The Gunk of my Series X if I have time for something different.

@Gremio108 was it against a human or AI?

I keep coming back to Dirt 5. Which is so unlike me. I'm not a big racing game guy but this is the most time I have put into a PS+ game since getting my PS5.

Monster Hunter Rise PC Hype!!!! I already played it when it first came out on Switch but I stopped playing after I beat the main story at launch, because the main story wasn't actually finished at launch, not until the second main update.. I think.... I got burnt out on Monster Hunter after "world" putting in over 500 hours into it. So I'm going to play through Rise very slowly so I don't get burnt out. With all the added updates and event quests I've got a lot of content to go through before the daybreak expansion comes out. Going to be fun fighting a series favourite being "Valstrax" for the first time.

Also playing Danganronpa 2, I just finished the third trial and I can say I prefer this over the original. I don't know the general consensus over the rankings in the community, but will be fun to find out once I play V3 and maybe Ultra Despair Girls. Ace Attorney is still better, Fight me 😛😛😛

@Integrity AI, I don't think the Old Hero can be controlled by a human. Are you thinking of the Old Monk? He might be controllable by a human, although I don't think he was when I fought him.

They're both bandaged up to the nines. FromSoft do like thier bandages.

@Gremio108 oh yeah..dur. it's been a while 😊

finishing Metroid Dread (Switch) and starting It Takes Two (PS5) with my partner

@KingPev I was ready to give up on this game when it released as well. My experience: once you make it past the third biome, it gets SIGNIFICANTLY easier, especially with certain weapons.

Just a few hours away from the Skyrim platinum now. Should get it tonight.

@Integrity Very similar names to be fair. I had to google it to check I didn't have it the wrong way round

This weekend I’m playing my new PS5. I made the mistake of buying too many games and now juggling which one I want to play. I’m currently making my way through the brilliant Returnal. I finally made it to the second biome and I feel even more motivated to make more progress. When I need a break from that, I’m playing Kena: Bridge of Spirits. This game is gorgeous, and an absolute joy to play.

Probably get around to playing Persona 5 Strikers.

I've been playing Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door on Gamecube & Halo Infinite on my new Series X.
As for Playstation stuff, I did have to clear out a spider from the vent of my PS5, so it's getting some use!

Guardians of the Galaxy for me. I’m enjoying it much more than I expected too.

The Amazing Spiderman on PS3.

Persona 4 Golden (again) on Vita.

Funnily enough I’m at the exact same point in my ME:LE play through. Spent an age in the Presidium just wondering around and loving it so far.

I picked up Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 1&2 on sale and I gotta say, they're really fun. I missed the PS2 platformer boom, so it refreshing to see how well a lot of them have aged.

I should be getting the parts in today to fix my Dualsense. If not, I did receive a new one from PS Direct yesterday just in case.

Regardless I plan on continuing Death Stranding Director's Cut.

More Resi 4 vr, best game I've played in long time. Just got the plat on fenyx rising, maybe finally ready to get stuck into valhalla...

Trying to finish Guardians so I can start one of the two-million other games in my backlog. Cyber Shadow, here I come!

Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition & Fable II: Greatest Hits.

I could finally pick up Ghosts of Tsushima on the PS5 after finishing up TLOU2. What great games both of them. Ghosts of Tsushima is so good i can't stop playing it. It's even making me not play Halo Infinite as much.

@spakai GoT is wonderful. I hope you try the Iki Island addition, it’s the chef’s kiss of extra content. Just finished it myself, sublime 😎

Among the snow-poclypse here in the US I’ll cozy down between Valhalla and Ender Lillies, the latter being brilliant as an indie. If time allows back to Forza 5 or Dirt 5. Maybe starting another replay of Witcher but this time on Switch just so I can whilst in bed. Enjoy the weekend all!

@Mostik I bought capcom beat'em up collection when it's 50% discounted on eshop, the game usually discounted maybe every 1-2 month. I think it's really worth it, can't wait to play warrior of fate and knight of the round and after I'm done with king of dragons, I put so many coins on those 2 games on arcade back then, lol.

I want to play neo geo pocket collection too but most of the games are fighting games and it's kind of hard doing some moves without dpad. I want to play metal slug though.

ps. you can use "NT Deals" app or website to track discounted games.

Among other games I'm deep into Dishonored 2 again. This game is absolutely brilliant with some of the most innovative and well designed levels I've played. Arkane's finest work, in my opinion.

Mario party Allstars, Kena and I'd really like to start Metroid Dread

@dschons yep im determined not to give up! I can see how the upgrades work and the whole MetroidVania vibe ...stunning game, how have I held off for so long ??

Replaying Horizon zero dawn on pc before I get the sequel next month as well as Pokémon brilliant diamond and SMT 5 on switch.

on PS5 might try to squeeze in some more time in Skyrim.

going for the Platinum for Donut County. it's a fun game. short, easy and very chill.

Continuing assassin's creed odyssey (this one's gonna take a while).
Definitely enjoying it, may get a bit repetitive grinding side missions, might focus more on story.

@Rob_230 Not exaggerating, I'm thoroughly shocked at how fun it is to play. And you're right about the soundtrack. Lately I've gotten into the habit of playing spotify over my gaming but I havent done it once yet on this. If it werent for Arceus coming out pretty soon, I'd jump straight into the sequel when I'm done.

@lolwhatno Awww thank you 😁 Legitimately made me smile. Yeah it's from the Mario Party Rap by Starbomb. When I found out you could have gifs as your pfp I just had to do it 😂

@wiiware You are right about the Dpad, I only use the pro controller for fighting games the joycons are no use really. Yeah do check out metal slug it's awesome

Two point hospital for me, again. Love it!

@KingPev it is a really hard game but it’s satisfying to play it had me completely hooked. Enjoy!

I’m on my third playthrough of bloodborne but doing a bit of co-op on this one - helping each other with the trickier bosses

@SterlingEyes will do, loving it so far but makes my brain and eyes bleed lol ...but a superlative game

Just pulled the trigger on Disco Elysium, and i am having an absolute blast! it is a gorgeous game with fantastic writing. I bounced off of a few CRPGs (divinity, pillars of eternity, numenara) but this one is different for some reason.

Playing ‘keep working on my projects around the house’ before Horizon Forbidden West drops cause when it does (sigh) it will consume ALL my free time!!!

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - Time to save the damsel in distress!

Mahjong by Microsoft (Android) - Dailies and puzzle packs like usual.

Tiki Towers (Windows Phone) - Nearing the end.

Metro Exodus on PS5 which was quite the improvement over PS4 I'll tell you. I also need to pick up on Deathloop. I'm finding it hard to play through for some reason despite really liking the combat and movement.

I finally got the platinum in Guardians of the Galaxy. I actually beat the game before Christmas on PS4 but the Lore Hoarder trophy glitched on me. Had to delete the save (and game) data and reinstall so I could do a speed run, grabbing all the collectibles again.

Luckily I made backups of my original save data too so I was able to import them over to the PS5 and auto pop all the trophies a second time. Two new platinums to add to the collection 😁

The game looks amazing on PS5. I thought it looked good on PS4 Pro but wow. Everything just looks and plays better/smoother. The lighting and shadows were clearly improved from the PS4 version. Wish I’d done a full run on PS5 now but it’s too soon for a third run. Fantastic game though.

Also started playing Terminator Resistance Enhanced on PS5. I love this game. Already completed it once before on PS4 so I was looking forward to playing it again. I know the character models look a bit dodgy - the voice acting / dialogue too - but it absolutely nails the atmosphere. The incredible music throughout adds to the effect. I actually downloaded the game soundtrack today. I’m not sure about the ‘Enhanced’ aspect... but I don’t care too much either. The game is awesome.

@Enriesto I have access to Iki island as I'm now in act 2 . Do you recommend starting Iki now or after I finish the main campaign.

PermaDeath on No Mans Sky got to make to to the center of the galaxy.

@spakai Totally your call but I would recommend you finish the main story first.

Needed a time-sink to kill hours before Elden Ring drops next month... so have set a goal to play & platinum Ghost of Tsushima (PS5 Director Cut).

Never got around to playing this before, loving it so far... albeit just a few hours into 'Act 1'. Playing on hard difficulty, which I feel is a comfortable challenge and by no means a cakewalk! Initially flirted with 'lethal' difficulty, but quickly discovered this was a joyless experience ha

Great game, hoping to plat main story and hopefully DLC before I become all-consumed by ER

@Splat "I keep coming back to Dirt 5. Which is so unlike me"

Funny you say that really as i cant put down WRC 10 at the minute. Absolutely love the game and i thought i wouldnt.
Apart from that ive been playing some Hitman, getting my butt kicked on Demons souls remastered, working my way towards Astros platinum and really need to start ratchet and clank. Not enough time.

@Nerdfather1 " I made the mistake of buying too many games and now juggling which one I want to play."

I hear you man. I got mine a couple of weeks ago and ive got 13 games on it now and want to play them all 😂😂

@KingPev yeah it’ll do that. I found plasters helped.

Started my first Dark Souls playthrough (the Remastered version), it's the only Soulsborne game that didn't play until now.
I already preordered Elden Ring, so I'm also using Dark Souls to get in shape, while waiting for the launch day.

Joining the alleged 10 million players on Deep Rock Galactic though primarily Solo Missions at this point until I’m not quite so inept. Wasn’t sure about it at first but it’s really growing on me as I’m unlocking and learning more. Got Persona Strikers too which I’ll play when I’m in the mood as I loved P5 and look forward to hanging out with the Phantom Thieves again.

Other than that it’s the usual freestyle Fuser sessions and the hope that more tracks will be added in the future whilst I await Sifu and Horizon next month!

@Marquez ...lol ...I got the Alan Partridge reference 😉🤣

45 hours into Far Cry 6 and can't stop, won't stop. Love this game, very addicting. It's "my next Fallout" I've been searching for the past couple of years.

Also finally booted up Riders Republic for the first time after installing it weeks ago. Played about an hour. First hour throws a lot at you (its good to get a taste of all that it offers) and the acting/plot is maybe not needed, but the triggers I am getting (SSX 3, Motorstorm, Need for Speed, Split/Second, Burnout, etc) in this mix of just about everything, gives me hope I will enjoy it as the training wheels are now off. Love that they have also added exploring for stuff, have to dig into that as well.

Never got around to Steep (but now want to check that out) and not sold on the music (yet) so may have to install Apple Music or Spotify, but so far it seems really cool with lots to do.

@Col_McCafferty imo last of us 2 is the best game Sony have ever made. Currently not really playing anything new. With dying light 2 and forbidden west out in a few weeks-I’d rather not start playing a new game. So at the moment I’m just cleaning up side quests on Valhalla.

This weekend will be the continuation of trying out every game I have with a PS5 patch or upgrade. Now that I have the new system, I can’t stay on one game. I just want to see what they all look like. The stuff I have put a bit of time into is Dirt 5 and Miles Morales. What a great machine! Have a great weekend!

Returnal got its hooks in me earlier this week. And my buddy and I want to get some Deep Rock Galactic in, too. Maybe some R6 Siege.

Black Rock Galactic

For Karl!

Finished GTA3 Definite Edition (via PSNow), if thats what Rockstar think is definitive I'd hate to see a bog standard remaster from them.

New Super Lucky's Tale, started it for some MS Rewards points and I'm actually enjoying it. Cutesy platformers are something that Xbox could really use more of.

The Artful Escape, not far into it pretty basic side scroller but it's great being able to wail on a guitar while working through a level.

I'll be playing Returnal. I completed it a few months back but am diving back in for the sheer joy of playing it. In my opinion there's not been much else to play that comes close to how good this game is. hopefully horizon will fix that next month.

So I already got the platinum for Days gone the week it came out but decided to go back and try the hardest difficulty level so far still loving the game

@Kopite super lucky tail is great and they got rid of the collect a million coin achievement that was a pain in the original

Dark Souls almost done. 🤪

@KidBoruto I think you are doing it the right way. I got the plat over a year ago, and upgraded for the extra content on Iki island. Let me tell you, getting back into the game so long after completing it is haaaard. Its quite a mechanically complex game. I have died many times 😅 i probably should have started the game afresh, rather than jumping straight into the dlc.

it is SUCH a good game though. Hope you enjoy every second

@KidBoruto - I'm currently approaching the end of Act1, but keen to clean up all the side-missions etc before I go to storm Castle Kaneda ha! Loving it, and might even shoot for the plat considering there is still >4wks until Elden Ring.

Was also considering squeezing in HZD before Elden Ring, as I have never played HZD before... but think this will be ambitious with how much Ghost is taking over!