Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 456

Got Ollie Ollie World on sale, and it's great! Particularly as palette cleaser after having finished Dark Souls III. (And next week I will dive into The Witcher III).

Probably continuing with Spiritfarer and, if I finish that, perhaps give Biomutant a shot(?).
Problem is, I’ll be Christmas shopping most of today, then the match; I have maybe a week of gaming and then I’ll be doing family crap over Christmas, then Hogwarts comes out in Jan, then PSVR2 in Feb, Ishin around then too… so I really don’t have time to get into a longer form game at the moment. Not with the limited game time I get.

I am still playing Fobidden West this weekend and just hit level 50

MGS 4 Guns Of The Patriots on PS3 - its dated and clunky but brilliant. How have I taken so long to play this ??
Overwatch 2 I'm going to finally make a start into this and aim to be an online master!
A 4th and final run on Cyberpunk 2077 and try and get the plat but think I will have to admit defeat on that one
Have a great weekend guys and gals ❤

@Bentleyma Inquisition is one of the greatest ever RPG's. Enjoy !

im overwhelmed with games atm , i just need to beat something , lol.

Yakuza 5.

It is the longest yakuza game i played so far and they have gone a bit wild with all the side content.

Between seeing friends and putting the Christmas decorations up, trying to get ahead on DA Inquisition. 90hrs in and feel like I'm not even close.

@kyleforrester87 way ahead of you , lmao!

As well as putting the tree up, I'll be jumping between Tales of Arise and Sonic Frontiers and hoping France put an end to England's world cup hopes tonight.

Hope everyone has a good weekend except England football supporters 😜

I've been playing Castlevania Requiem, I've done Symphony of the Night with Alucard and Richter now I'm just grinding to buy the duplicator and I'll be finishing the platinum with Rondo of Blood. Then inbetween that and the football it'll be some Goat Simulator 3 with the boy and we've been having a blast with it

Kind of liked the Forspoken demo tbh (good ost too)

Well I was playing Callisto protocol but after getting to the 4th chapter, I just switched it off & banished it from my Ps5. The combat-seriously did my head in. Constantly getting jumped by enemies off camera & not being able to move properly whilst fighting them off. Looks great, story seems ok, but man that combat. It just felt to repetitive & I just found it really boring. Also having like the same kinda jump scares wasn’t good either. Anyways, I’m playing Yakuza 4-seems good so far. Love the Yakuza games.

I'm still playing Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous.

Didn't make much progress (Especially with me starting again twice) but I'm past the prologue now and someways in the first chapter!

Have a good weekend everyone!

I am playing a bit of god of war ragnarok but i'm mostly playing my bass this weekend. Will be watching england vs france this evening. Have a good weekend and stay warm 👍

Still making use of my 1 month of EA Play so some of those games. I’m pretty close to beating NFS Hot Pursuit which is surprisingly decent (even with the rubber banding). Might hop into FIFA during the quarter finals & if I have some time I’ll try out Jedi Fallen order.

I think it’s time to finally play cyberpunk

Been playing a bit of different games this past week

God of War Ragnarök - Platinumed it last weekend. What an amazing game. Just love it, start to finish!

Return to Monkey Island - Played through it in a couple of days, not very long but pretty good. Not as good as the older games imo and the art style didnt really do it for me but it was fun and a bit nostalgic. And the hint book was supremely done, hope more games can use the idea of that in some ways.

Forspoken - just played the demo. Looks fantastic, a bit unsure about the game still but will keep a close eye and probably play it at some point

Bramble - the Mountain king - another demo I played this morning. Looks great, developed by a small swedish team. Will def be playing this!

Eastward - great indie game on Gamepass. Im a couple of hours in and considering the game is 20ish hours long I fear it will drag on too much and overstay its welcome but so far I´m enjoying it.

Next week I´m looking forward to High on Life

Close to finishing Callisto Protocol, and after a 4-month long hiatus from Ys 8, I just need to finish the final chapter and then I might jump back into Dreamlight Valley because of the Toy Story & Stitch update. By the time I'm done with all that, Crisis Core Final Fantasy Reunion will have released.

As my daughter has been struck down with Scarlett fever probably nothing 😞

Still playing Persona 5 Royal, about 20 hours in atm.

Also some Chocobo GP and Fortnite.

Not much this weekend.

I finished God of War 2018 and bought Ragnarok so playing through that.

Ragnarok might possibly be the best game I’ve ever played and I’m only 2 hours in. The introduction of more characters and more civilised societies is exactly what I wanted alongside more resources and it’s exactly what I’ve got.. so far anyway!

Callisto Protocol loving the game dont get the hate. Its a decent effort for a studio first game. GOWR end game stuff, Evil West, Gotham Knights

Still 2nd runs of Game of the Year Elden Ring, colourful Cyberpunk 2077 and craft-fest Monster Hunter World.

After seeing glowing reviews I picked up and am playing Chained Echoes, an indie JRPG made by a single guy spending the last 7 years of his life making this. The game has extreme chrono cross vibes. I've only played about 2 hours and am enjoying the way how the story has been introducing all of the party members. It basically introduces the cast each before they actually meet up in the game, constantly cutting between what's going on in their adventure and the seg-ways into the next.

Happy gaming and have a good week 😋

More of The Outer Worlds, I'm only at my third planet, so there's still plenty to see and do

I picked up FIFA 23 in the sales so I'll probably be binging pro clubs 😭 I've already got 53 goals and 30 assists and I've only had it 2 days. And it's not even fun half the time 😭 There's something wrong with me 😂😂 it also gives me a literal headache this year in co op cam for some reason :/

I want to try out the Forspoken Demo too as I've had the game wishlisted for what seems like forever, but I'm still kind of doubting I'll like it.

Not sure I'll play any Biomutant. It hasn't grabbed me so far. Combat or controlling the wee creature didn't feel great to me.

Maybe I should just play some Skyrim, then I know I'll be having fun 😂😂

@Cyrus29 are you playing on maximum security level? I really disliked the combat too and it honestly doesn’t get any better in that regards. The final boss battle is one of the worst for mechanics I’ve ever played. If they had made it a 3rd person survival shooter instead of a brawler I think I would have liked it more. It made me long for dead space even more but I’ve got the platinum and I doubt I’ll ever replay it

With God of War Raganarok already plat. I started Spider Man: Miles Morales this week. Great game, incredible atmosphere, the top notch gameplay of the 1st game with the added flair of PS5 and new combat moves!

I will play more of Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana too. It's been weeks without it because the PS+ Extra bug got me. I reached Nis America via twitter and they looked into it and solved the issue yesterday.

If the time allows it, I will chip some stages of Assassin's Creed Chronicles India. Very hard game, more than China.

Happy weekend folks (not for me, Brazil was eliminated...)

Finally found the Forspoken demo (terrible name!), but Fenyx Immortals Rising (also a terrible name) has got its open world hooks into me (£15 10 days ago and I’ve put in 50 hours already and only revealed half the map)

Random games on the pc engine mini, the gardens between and I’m still plucking away at god of war ragnarok. I would also have been playing Callisto protocol but I noped out after the start of chapter 2 because it’s unfinished and miserable.

Starting my gaming early this weekend! Too cold to go outside or do anything! Just saw the credits for Ragnarok after 42 hours playtime since launch.
Without spoiling anything I'll say I'm not sure about that last chapter. Felt a bit disappointing to me and I'm a bit worried about the direction it might be pointing towards for future entries. But overall a class game! Worthy of the God of War name.
Ringfit is continuing as always. Perhaps even more so as it's about the only thing keeping my blood going (as I said, Cold today.)
I've got the Forspoken demo ready to go but I imagine most of my time this weekend will be dedicated towards Splatoon 3's big run event. Maybe a sprinkle of Xeno 3, Violet and Ragnarok end game throughout.

@jdv95
Still my favourite one. 200+ hours for the plat and worth every second.

@Fuzzymonkeyfunk I’ve been playing it on medium security. As my gaming time is limited, playing Callisto protocol just felt like a chore & I wasn’t enjoying it. If it was a 3rd person shooter would have been so much better. I haven't played dead space so I’m really looking forwards to that.

@GorosBat
Looks good. Just added to my wishlist. Don’t know if I’ll ever get time for it though.

Max Payne 1 on Xbox hoping to finish before FF7: Crisis Core next week

Biomutant. So far so good!

Im playing greedfall with all the dlcs.greedfall is a underrated hit.a really good game.i like the graphics and art style.the gameplay is really good.im playing as a technical.its really fun.bosses are fun to fight with.you get a companions that fights with you.and the story is cool also.and im playing the indie hit eldest souls.a boss rush 16 bit game.fun game.i will be watching the world cup soccer ⚽ games. Its been really fun.i will be watching the Boston Celtics play tonight 🏀.its going to be fun.lets go Boston Celtics.and i will be watching my 🏈Pittsburgh Steelers 💛🖤 play.here we go Pittsburgh Steelers💛🖤.i will be watching classic legendary tv 📺 sitcoms in in living color.sanford and sons.whats happening.the Jeffersons.good times.family matters.saved by the bell.and martin.word life.word is bond.word to god.word to your mother.word up son

Hi there fellow gamers;
This weekend I´ll be playing and finishing a really good game called Death´s Door, contiue playing Prodeus and maybe I´ll begin playing Life is Strange True Collors on my Series X.
On my PS5 I´ll be playing the demos of Forspoken and Season a Letter to the Future.
Finally on my Switch I´m either going to continue my Triangle Strategy playtrough or play the first Bayonetta game.
Cheers, stay safe everyone and happy gaming weekend to us all

Back on to some gaming for me this weekend, haven't played a lot over the last couple of weeks due to watching world cup games every day and catching up on my anime backlog.

So on PS5 i will be playing Neptunia Re-verse

On switch its Dragon quest treasures and Bayonetta 3

And on my series S I will continue with Dying Light 2

Playing through inFAMOUS again after… oooh prolly 15 years or so. Still golden!

@KAIRU God of War Ragnarok? 👀 I’ve jumped back in AC Valhalla and Returnal

Currently sorting through my backlog looking for games I need to finish before I can even warrant buying anything on my wish list. So I’m heading back to Skyrim as the backlog is still too long and I wanted an easier life lol 🤣.

Continuing with God of War Ragnorak and might check out the Forspoken demo if i have time. Will be watching the football too - and wishing it was warmer here cold weather really starting to bite now

@kyleforrester87 I've got this waiting in my backlog to start yet...cant wait !

I have four games to get through over Christmas:

Evil West
Chorvs
Destroy All Humans 2
The Callisto Protocol

But mostly I’ve been playing the new season/chapter of Fortnite and Dreamlight Valley this week. The new Fortnite map and Battle Pass are the best Fortnite has been in ages.

I’ll be starting The Callisto Protocol today though 😁

@MightyDemon82 Yikes, I'm surprised you're not banned for not supporting your home team for whatever reason.

@KAIRU Babylon's Fall?

Dragon Quest X - never played the series before but liking it.

Hopefully finish Leon’s story in RE2.
Also probably spend time with Forspoken demo and Ollie which I also picked up on sale.

@KilloWertz Haha it's Scottish tradition to support the team that England go up against. Looking forward to rubbing it in my nephew's face from South of the border once France destroy them.

For full disclosure I'm not a football fan, I find it boring but I delight in seeing grown men wearing the English flag in tears 😂

God of War Ragnarok... I'm to the point where my same issues from the first game with a certain character have surfaced, but I'm still interested to see where it all goes and hoping for the best.

@KilloWertz Kids can be like that sometimes, All I can say is keep playing!

@MightyDemon82 I see. I didn't know you were from Scotland.... or any of what you said until now.

At least for me any my brother, it's kind of similar for a college football team here in the state we live here in the US. They take it so serious and get so upset when they lose that we enjoy it when it happens.

I don't mind the sport. I'm more into women's soccer/football. One could say "I wonder why...", but it is also generally a more interesting game as the games tend to be higher scoring most of the time. Also doesn't hurt that the USWNT has been vastly superior to the men's team for quite some time.

As for God of War Ragnarok, kids can be like that, but he's still very much an entitled brat. There's little excuse to have done this now two games in a row, but I am definitely going to keep playing. Unlike with the first game where he totally ruined the game for me, I was more invested in this one up until that point, so I'm in no danger of stopping.

More GOWR (what a game) and the football tonight - can't wait, will be a very tough game but I am hopeful the boys will do it, my only fear is the fridge, though he rarely lets England down, Mbappe & Dembele could have field day but we have our own threats

Finally picked up Diablo 3 in the latest sale. I'm pretty sure I don't understand how it all works but I'm enjoying it anyway.

I just got back from my honeymoon in Cancun Friday evening, so I’m mainly recouping. If I do find the energy, it’ll be spent unpacking and cleaning up the house after all the wedding charades and decorations.

That said, I am playing Chained Echos on Xbox Game Pass. This is quite the fantastic JRPG that is highly reminiscent of classic games from the SNES era. The world and story building are wonderfully done, and the combat is also spectacular. And it’s not a great JRPG without a killer soundtrack, and this game does not disappoint. I’m really looking forward to spending more time in this well-crafted world.

Aside from that, I’ll still be doing my normal runs here and there in Vampire Survivors. And, the fact that the game is now on mobile, my addiction is only going to be further amplified.

Speaking of rouge-likes, with the announcement of Hades II, I decided to go back to an old save file of the first game and complete some more escapes. What a masterpiece of a game this is - from the well written characters, impeccable voice acting, and the sheer fun factor - I can’t wait to see what the sequel holds.

Playing the Two Point Campus DLC and probably the Forspoken demo later as well

I've been rebuying my PS library on the PC. So far I got Detroit, Days Gone, Horizon and Kena.
As for WAYP it's some Star Citizen and I'll try to push forward in Death Stranding but I gotta say the gameplay loop is wearing me out. The plot is great but the gameplay can get tedious.

Watching and hopefully celebrating England putting out some frogs.

All Nintendo Switch this weekend…

Literally this morning have finally beat the awesome Thimbleweed Park, and can proudly say that this was accomplished with zero hints/guides! Having played the new Monkey Island on release, I really caught a bug for this genre of ‘point&click adventure’ and am really surprised by how much I enjoy these games. My goal was to beat Monkey Island without a hint, but I crumbled at the very last puzzle! I’d say that Thimbleweed is actually the better game out of the 2, and also TWP is more challenging. TWP took me about 18hrs to beat, albeit a good few of those hours were spent wondering around and getting shamelessly stuck on puzzles! I’m glad I played RtMI first though, as this eased me into the genre a bit… and prepared me for the more challenging TWP

I’ll also be playing more MHR Sunbreak - continuing the endless grind towards AR level 200…. Currently only AR135 🤦‍♂️

Finally, I keep hearing amazing things about Inscryption and downloaded yesterday on a whim. I hear it is best playing completely blind, with as little prior knowledge as possible. Would be keen to know how others have found this game? Please no spoilers!

@Michael2008ish
30 mins you say? I've already put in 25 hours into this game and I feel like I'm forcing myself to keep playing. That's never a good sign lol

World Cup and started Calisto Protocol. Gotham Knights and God of War still on going . Calisto has been really fun. Excellent combat graphics audio and animation

I've been getting into ReShade, which is a "quote: generic post-processing injector for games and video software" on PC.

I've been using the SuperDepth3DVR shader to inject VR into flatscreen games. In the headset it works like I'm sitting in front of a giant cinema screen playing games in 3D. Currently I'm playing through Bioshock Remastered, which is just incredibly immersive with Big Daddies and Splicers jumping out at me on-screen.

I also started Dead Space 2, which worked much of the same way. But then I discovered that someone is making a first-person VR mod for the DS trilogy so I think I will wait for that instead. It just looks 10 times scarier playing it this way!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV9DM-fEZyo&t=2721s&ab_channel=VRifiedGames

I can honestly say I finished everything I wanted to play this Holiday season! So I decided to play Persona 5 again because of course I'll play Persona 5 again.

I have a PS5 now, but it’s actually a Christmas gift. So I can’t play that yet. 😂😢

@Michael2008ish I'm just playing the story at the moment but no real idea what I'm doing with all the different gear and stats. Just winging it at the moment.

Probably something with the kids. Taking a break from my games until Witcher 3 PS5.

Way too many hours in Dreamlight Valley this week, working on the new Festive Star Path as well as lots of holiday decorating with all the new items

I’m playing my way through the Bastille Edition of Steelrising and quite enjoying it.

1. God of War (PS5)
2. Forspoken Demo (PS5)

Love GOW. I do not want it to end so heading back to get anything I have missed before moving towards the end of the story.

@DETfaninATL Fantastic and underrated gem there. 50 hours between two playthroughs and loved it.

@MightyDemon82 heretic..

Working on Callisto Protocol and not getting the hate. It does ask you to play a very specific way and doesn’t seem to want to give you the power Isaac has in dead space. I’ll be curious if gamers reject DS in January if it does similar things.

Otherwise grinding out Ragnarok side content as best I can without getting burned out.

Lastly with time maybe I’ll try the Forspoken demo again. Combat seemed to conflict with the DMC style scoring system, not being frenetic and fast enough to score B or higher in early encounters. Might be me playing poorly though.

@CJD87 I absolutely loved Inscryption. You’re right to go in as blind as possible, and be ready to go with the flow in order to see it to the end. A very memorable and enjoyable experience.

Started my yearly Skyrim run and no, I'm not a silent archer...yet.

Sekiro. It's my first run. Great game. Almost quit at Genichiro Ashina, was a really hard wall (specialy last fase), but after countless tries i finally beated him. Felt so rewarded. Now i'm about to fight Guardian Ape...pray for me

Gonna be grinding out the last few trophies for the platinum in Valkyrie Elysium. This game saddens me like FFXV cause there is a really good story hidden in there but the execution was flawed to say the least. Characters while never being fully fleshed out still had there moments and each of the endings give Nier a run for it's money with how melancholic and somber they were. The game itself is still fun, most of the missions are short so I never really felt it get repetitive despite there being not much to do aside from beating enemies with the satisfying combat

So yea... Good game but had the potential to be even better and it makes it all the more painful that you can see that potential. Makes you wonder how tri ace would've handled this

Continuing with GOW, what a brilliant game!

Also been playing couch co op with the misses on dragons quest pro. It may be hackneyed hi fantasy trashy grinding, but we're loving it!

Whatever you're playing, have fun!

Genshin impact just got to sumeru love the area

@Mabsluis good luck with that turd flinging monster..a right horror show that thing is..

I finished Ragnarok last night. Absolutely fantastic game.

Not sure what I'll start now that it's done. Maybe Sonic Frontiers?

@KAIRU If you say so...

@CJD87 That explains why you've fallen off the face of the earth on PS5.

Trying to wrap up Pokemon Violet with the last few for the Pokedex and then I'm free to fully play something on PS5 again. Tried out the Forspoken demo and I'm in mixed minds about it. I could get used to it but it doesn't feel exciting like Final Fantasy or any other big Square Enix game. The controls could take some getting used to and I don't like the R2 and L2 buttons after using R1 and L1 for bringing up the menus. Just feels uncomfortable

I'm sad the Netherlands and Portugal are out.

Trying to finish the platinum for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and still chugging along with The Witcher 3 and Fallout 76. Also Watching my wife play Stray.

Trying desperately to finish Ass Creed Valhalla before it's pulled from the PlayStation subscription. I actually don't mind the bloat of the game since each territory offers a bit of a new challenge and new puzzle but the game really is just too big for its own good. I've already put in 70 hours and I've still got three more regions to complete. Not sure I'll be able to get the platinum but at least I'll have it finished by then! Too bad I won't be able to get to pillars of eternity...

Kena Bridge of Spirits and Far Cry 6! Let's gooooo!

LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (PS2) - Nearing the end of the first episode in my minikit collectathon. That pod racing level can rot in hell though....

Rayman Jungle Run (Windows Phone) - Adore this so far!

Age of Sparta (Windows Phone) - I'm in the mood for a resource gathering game and this will fit the bill.

@Flaming_Kaiser
I’m more sad Argentina are still in.

The Secret of Monkey Island on PS+ Premium
I needed something short to squeeze in before Crisis Core + I want to replay this and the sequel before buying Return To Monkey Island!

@KilloWertz Haha I know man...! I've been in a bit of a gaming rut, and struggling to click with things. For some reason, RtMI and TWP have really engaged me - so I'm rolling with it! Got Crisis Core lined up, and then (finally) XC3.
Hope you're well mate

@Jimmer-jammer Yeh its really exciting, everyone I know who has played Inscryption keep saying how great it is.... but also very respectful in keeping tight-lipped regarding any content! Not sure what I'm getting myself into, but really looking forward to starting it

I'm playing Nier Replicant on my PS5. Hoping to finish it before Witcher 3 comes out! Can't wait to dive into it!

I’m playing The Division 2, it’s the most “ok” game I’ve ever played. It’s not bad but they’ve hardly added anything new to the formula from the first other than a new setting. Yet I’m finding myself still playing it and I haven’t even started the DZ areas which I hope are a little more entertaining to go through.

So much potential with this series seems to be wasted through sticking to a creaking old formula that is in every other open world Ubisoft game they make. They’re in a similar rut to what Bethesda were in before the buy out

@CJD87 I was the same a couple of months ago with few games clicking very well. I have several games started but unfinished, like Death Stranding, Far Cry 6, and even Breath of the Wild. I had enough and went to a sure thing in Mass Effect 3, something I never finished back in the day, and now I'm in a better place with gaming again.

I'll be playing Crisis Core as well once I'm done with God of War Ragnarok. I have no idea when I'll get to XC3 as I still haven't played XC2. I've been ok otherwise.

Maybe I’ll get to that Forspoken demo. But I’m still entranced by Dark Souls Remastered. Blighttown is pretty awful though. 😅

@ErrantRob Yessir! I’m really digging the game. Especially since I got the Bastille Edition which includes the DLC for $35. Quite a deal IMHO. Truth be told, I’m actually enjoying it a bit more than The Callisto Protocol which I just finished and was eagerly anticipating. I definitely enjoyed TCP for sure, but was quite ready to be done with it by the time I got the platinum. Steelrising has been a welcome change from that.

Spreading myself quite thin at the moment. Main game is Pokemon Scarlett though I've got FFXIII, RE7 and more on the go.

Watching the Armoured Core 6 trailer, I've dived back into the history of the game and picked up AC3 LR on the Vita as it was pretty much the only digital option. Will be interesting to see what I think and whether it gets me more excited for the new game.

I've also been very tempted to pick up both Cyberpunk and Death Stranding in the current sale. Good prices on both though I know it'll be a while until I can really start them properly.

PS5 - Gotham Knights

Xbox Series X - Sonic Frontiers

@thefourfoldroot1 That referee was a disgrace to football...

@Flaming_Kaiser
Indeed. Could have come through it anyway as we were certainly the better team the vast majority of the match, but the ref definitely lost us chances, and it takes only one (VAR should have called the goal back).

@thefourfoldroot1 How the could he not send Messi no card for using his hand i guess its a Argentina thing. And the dude who rammed the ball in the dugout it was a joke.