Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 470

Although I'm fairly busy this weekend, probably a bit of PSVR2. Continuing my Moss Book II playthrough and a little Saints & Sinners Ch. 1 on the side.

Pistol Whip on psvr2, the game is beyond all expectations... Quite a work out too pretending to be John Wick to a thumping soundtrack.

Probably more Slay The Spire, that has got me trying Magic The Gathering Arena.

When I get back to my wheelhouse I want to start either Digimon Cybersleuth or Nier Automata.

I have started Sifu this week. Bought it on sale a while ago but had not started it but with the big arenas update thought now was the perfect time. Loving the loop of trying a level over and over to my age a bit lower and the challenges in the arenas are amazing, with nods to matrix, the raid and kill bill. Just awesome best game I have played in a long time. Have a great weekend everyone!!

Switch - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild! Raising my hype levels for Tears of the Kingdom. May 12th can't come soon enough after watching that gameplay trailer.

3DS - Strangely enough, Pokemon Dream Radar so I can get a Porygon (my favourite Pokemon) to transfer to my Black 2 game.

PS5 - Playing through more of Resident Evil 4. Also, GTA Online later tonight with friends!

PC - Starting a new game with friends later, Sea of Thieves!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Will be wrapping up my month of PS+ Premium this weekend by playing through Here They Lie, Erica and Bound on PS4. Really liking all games so far! Here They Lie is such a scary and bizarre game, I highly recommend it. Erica is pretty good but it's the prime example of an interactive movie. At that point I'd rather just watch it as a movie. Finally, Bound is such a creative game. I love the level and character designs.

If I finish all three games today, I'd probably continue my playthrough of Miles Morales on PS5 tomorrow!

After finishing the original Final Fantasy VII this week back to Octopath Traveler II which I've been putting off due to needing to grind multiple characters to carry on with the story

Today I played Dance Dance Revolution on Nintendo Switch. 🙂

Still chipping away on Trails to Azure or Horizon Zero Dawn. I also reinstalled Forbidden West to prepare for Burning Shores. (Equipment level up-wise, I've already completed the main story but I also got loads of side quests to keep me busy)

Plus of course a little PGA here and there!

Seeing as my preordered copy didn’t turn up until Tuesday, I’ll be knee deep in Resident Evil 4 for as much of this weekend as humanly possible. Man, what a game!

On Ps5 Resident Evil 4 collecting treasure and Merchant requests also Like A Dragon Ishin coming up on 20 hours played. Need to get back to Metroid Prime and Live A Live on Switch also

My Resident Evil 4 obsession continues.

After getting the platinum for Tchia and completing the main story in RE4, my next game will be either Midnight Suns or The Devil In Me.

More RE4 for me, absolutely brilliant game and intense at times, lost count of the amount of times I have scraped through an area with a sliver of health!

Happy gaming folks!

Have cleaned the slate this morning and looking forward to starting The Surge 2 today or tomorrow.

Just started The Pedestrian and pretend to play untitled goose game.

Small Indies weekend it is!

Hopefully finishing up Final Fantasy 7 Remake got to chapter 17 last night then back to Ni No Kuni 2 or Gotham Knights.

PSVR2
Resident Evil 8
Just got the last hour left when Chris becomes playable, but having to delay cause in laws visiting. Will wrap tonight probably. Such a stellar experience, Capcom really outdid themselves with making this a custom experience to the headset, plus as a game it really does a great job of touching the series greatest hits, from the terrifying survival horror of House Benevieto, to the blockbuster blitz of the Heisenberg battle...really great stuff.

PC GAME PASS
Persona 5 Royal
My fav of the series by far. Just wrapped the third Palace, and am busy catching up on my neglected social links...im not much for long games, but this one has its hooks in me.

I’ve had a blast playing through Resident Evil 4 Remake during the week.

This weekend will be spent playing The Last of Us on PC. Luckily, I have a PC that can brute force the performance issues, it’s been running smooth so far. First time playing TLoU so I’m pretty stoked.

Hopefully finishing RE4 between football and wrestlemania. Loving this remake, on chapter 11 now and nothing major to complain about it.

@Marquez agreed, after seeing positive reviews i was left quite disappointed.

On PS5 i will be playing Hogwarts Legacy and Scars Above. Also been playing aot of The Game of Life 2 with the misses so I might buy the DLC.

On switch I have finally completed Fire Emblem Engage and thought it was a much better game than Three Houses. I will know be concentrating on Metroid Prime Remastered and Harvestella until May 12th. And of some Splatoon 3 doing the latest splatfest.

On xbox I have re subscribed to gamepass so I think I will give Atomic Heart a try.

Playing Resident Evil 4 after getting the platinum for Like a dragon ishin I will see if I can get the plat for resident evil 4 throw in untitled goose game life is strange series etc I'm off for two weeks so have a lot of time

I should be playing god of war ragnarok, buut there's nice discount on diablo 2 ($13), ender lilies ($13), scarlet nexus ($15), caladrius glaze ($3), and there's also live a live demo. So I'm kind of drown in games here 😅

Still playing LAD: Ishin on PS5 but I finished the main story and now just working on the side stuff like Ultimate Challenges and eventually the completion list.

Switching between RE4 Remake and Forsaken. RE4 is brilliant, but even though it's less scary than 2 and 3 I can still only handle the tension for so long!

As for Forspoken, I can see the issues reviewers pointed out but I do think it holds its own. Sure there are some questionable choices, such as the fades to black, the inconsistent graphical quality and some of the more ponderous pieces of dialogue to name a few. However, the story and world are quite intriguing, I like Frey and Cuff and the combat and movement out in the world are pretty solid. Is is a masterpiece? No. It is however a very solid, "good" game. It has some great music too.

I did the dumb thing of starting too many RPGs at the same time over the last few weeks. 25 hours in Octopath Traveler 2, 10 in Valkyrie Elysium, 10 in Soul Hackers 2 and 10+ in Atelier Ryza 2 and now I'm kinda overwhelmed with what to actually play, in all the time spent I could have actually beat one of these 4 games. So to deal with this I ran the roulette wheel and am focusing on Atelier Ryza 2 and deleted the rest off my PS5. I've realized that I shouldn't play more than one JRPG at the same time or I'll just get burnt out.

I'm still playing my Witcher 3 PS5 playthrough and am 85 hours in on Death March and have finally made my way to Skellige which is honestly the best part of the game, the art design is genuinely beautiful with the Nordic/Skyrim-esque vistas make me absolutely fall in love with this area. My god, my second playthrough is so much easier now that I know how to build Geralt properly and the fact that I'm fully utilizing the Oils, decoctions and potions systems to their fullest. I feel like going down the alchemy build route takes the immersion of playing as a witcher to the maximum!

I'm trying to find a side game that I can slowly make my way through when I get bored of playing other games. I redownloaded Genshin Impact after only playing for an hour but there's no option to restart my profile on PS5 without making a new psn as I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing so I delted that immediately. Hopefully that Blue Protocol game will be a good replacement and it being new to everyone will make it a good jumping in point for me.

Almost done with Persona 5 Strikers on Switch and I’m gonna play Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2 on NSO next and Castlevania 1.

Was also debating on finally playing Uncharted 3 on Ps5.

Finally I’m gonna start Final Fantasy IX as soon as possible because I’m really in the mood for Final Fantasy.

Resi 4 (it's way too good not to).

If TV is occupied getting back into Kirby the forgotten land. Great game that

Im still playing Dragons Dogma chasing my last few trophies. Just need to level up some more for Bitterback.

Bit of a weird one, but in between Hitman Freelancer I've been playing Zombi, which I started years ago on the WiiU at an old workplace (in lunch breaks) and never finished before I moved on to the next job.

I'll be reading Final Empire and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Going to see John Wick Chapter 4 tomorrow. Can't decide what game to play at the moment, so PS5 is just for Blu ray and DVD's.

Disney Dreamlight Valley and My Life: Pet Vet. Don't ask. Dreamlight Valley is actually pretty good for what it is. The Vet game is awful. I've played porn games with better production values. It makes Life of Black Tiger look like GoW Ragnarok.

For some unbeknown reason I committed to getting the platinum for Skyrim! Don’t ask me why. It’s become a right ordeal at this stage.

I’m not even a trophy hunter!

If that ever materialises, I’m taking on Wo Long between messing around with the expansions to Forza Horizon 5 on my dodgy little series s

Im playing one of the best games ever made in bioshock infinite.on the bioshock the collection.excellent fps.and i enjoy the different kind of magic you got also.the graphics still looks good.booker dewitt is one of the best protagonist ever. The boss fights is excellent.and the story is amazing.im also playing one of the best games ever in ni no kuni wrath of the white witch remastered.oliver is such a wonderful protagonist.the graphics is easily one of the best in my top 4 of the best looking video games ever.yes ni no kuni wrath of the the white witch remastered looks that good.the this instant classic jrpg got a excellent gameplay.the story is amazing.the boss fights is wonderful.final fantasy 15 royal edition.im having fun with final fantasy 15.the graphics is excellent.noctics is a cool protagonist.the boss fights is excellent.i like how cool gladiolus.promto.and ignis.i like the story so far.the gameplay wow. is amazing.and odin sphere leifthrasir. This classic jrpg is another game that looks amazing one of the best looking games ever made.the gameplay is excellent.odin sphere leifthrasir is one of the best games ever.the story is cool.the boss fights is excellent.all the characters in this game are amazing.gwendolyn.cornelius .mercedes.velvet.and oswald.watching the ncaa basketball final four 🏀 my Boston Celtics 💚🖤 play yesterday so they off until Tuesday. So its all good.watching some nba basketball.watching legendary classic sitcoms comedy tv 📺 shows in Sanford and son.good times.the Jeffersons.saved by the bell.and the wayans brothers.word up son

I'm making progress in some games I'm playing, getting ready for the new material I will buy in the coming months (HFW Burning Shores and Star Wars Jedi Survivor), so it's Deliver Us The Moon, Dragon Quest XI S, Assassin's Creed Origins and/or Yakuza 0. We will see...

My son has been ill this week and has an operation on Tuesday, so I have had no game time at all. But if I get some time I will be jumping on Wo Long

@playstation1995 I absolutely need to replay NNK remastered some day. The graphics and music are magical.

@Totheteeth Be careful with the "Oblivion Walker" trophy. It's VERY MISSABLE. I had to start another profile just to get it. As Skyrim is so awesome, it was fine, but takes time, as this trophy requires many sidequests and reaching a midpoint in the main story.

I keep meaning to go back to Hogwarts legacy but for some reason I never do. I rarely pay full price for games so I’m determined to finish it before Tears of the Kingdom comes out.

The Artful Escape, a bit of Genshin and some Ghostwire Tokyo. Have a good weekend all!

Football Manager Console send help! So I won back to back leagues and promotions (with the same 108 point total) totally messing up my development plans as we advance far too fast beyond player growth. The season took a very similar shape to my first, loan Striker Gatlin O'Donkor scoring 30 (and missing maybe 400, as we create so many chances) A goalkeeper I bought for £1k in league two with back to back golden gloves. Supplementing my home grown players with loans as we can't afford a good 26 man squad. And just playing controlled possession football with a slightly higher tempo and a bit of counter press thrown in (I'm getting 70% possession 90+% pass completion fairly regularly) and all this with a team backed to struggle badly in league two.

Minimum fee release clauses have killed me on the way to the championship, as I'd offered a few contracts to kick in at the end of the season and suddenly right at the end the players became worth more than the release clause and teams snapped them up. Lesson learned. Zac Williams left for Nottingham Forest for £1.5m but they loaned him back, and have since loaned him to me for my first championship season as well (they are in the Prem) so that makes up on missing out on the bigger fee.

So yeah, I'm yet to start in the Championship, but I've already done my favourite part of a season in FM. Frantically try to get my squad to a state that could possibly cope with the new league with free transfers and loans. I have a feeling I won't be getting 108 points this season 😂 But I'm content now, I mean, I don't own any strikers apart from one who is not ready for this league at all, that I snapped up for free, buuuut, I signed Jude Bellingham's brother for free as Birmingham have no money and I'm very lucky 😁 and I've got an £11m release clause in his contract, so whatever happens, I'm chill that the club is secure for the future. I almost don't dare start the season, I decided to play a Friendly Vs Manchester United to see if playing even more dominant football could work this year, and I only lost 3-1 so I will tweak the back line a little and maybe I could actually get some good results in the Championship without sacrificing my good entertaining football and I can keep developing players. Can my league two keeper get another Golden Glove? Can I create another top scorer? Unlikely, but will we be fluid and fun to watch, and take it to all the boring defensive teams who couldn't even pass gas, I hope so 😁

Also Tchia where I can kind of play 'Baby, it's Cold Outside' on the Ukulele 😁😁😁

Also Untitled Goose Game although I completed the main game and most of the tasks already. Honk!

RE4, Octopath 2 & in a fit of insanity I decided to star Death Stranding again, so there goes a few weeks

Steelrising and i think i'm nearing the end but looking forwards to ng+ or i may just play through again with another class..now the weathers getting better 🤣 and its staying lighter its the golf course for me most evenings after work but there are still games coming that will see me through the crap weather..have a good weekend folks 👍

This weekend I won’t be playing Octopath Traveler II because I finally beat the game. What an incredible game and even more fantastic experience. To me, the game belongs in the pantheon of the all-time great JRPGs. It will hands down go in my top 10 of all time in terms of RPGs.

My main game I’ll be focusing on is Resident Evil 4 Remake (Xbox Series X). I’m roughly halfway through the game and it has been wonderful so far.

What I’m impressed by the most is its level design and pacing. As a kid playing originally, these two things never interested me. Now that I’m older and can appreciate the finer things — I see how much difference the little things can make.

The level design is reminiscent of From Software’s Dark Souls series and beyond. Everything interconnects and it’s fascinating to see how it all comes together in an incredible layout, particularly with the castle. And the developers knew how to balance action and horror as you make your way through this backcountry side and ominous castle.There’s never too much of one or the other.

Overall, it’s a superb remake that I find to be essential. I’m glad the fond memories I have playing this game in the GameCube and PS2 era aren’t sullied — in fact, they are probably enhanced.

The last game I’ll be playing is Sifu (Xbox Series X). I recently watched John Wick 4, which is an amazing movie with some of the best fight scenes I’ve ever witnessed on film, so I’ve been in a brawler mood. And yes, I’ve watched The Raid 1 & 2 and The Man From Nowhere.

I played it originally on the PS5 and it quickly earned a spot in one of my favorite PlayStation games, but I never completed it due to Elden Ring releasing shortly thereafter. Now that it has come to Xbox, I decided to support developer Sloclap and purchase the game on this platform. It’s just as good as I remember, if not better.

Playing Twelve minutes on the PS4 again, and again, and again… 😉

Sonic origins , it’s time for me to get back on it and SCREW SONIC 2 , i’ve been stuck on the final boss for months with zero rings, so when i boot origins back up i’m just going to play sonic 3 and keep going from there , it is what it is .

@Shepherd_Tallon I like your new avatar 👏(profile picture is too long to write).

Left my gear at home as I'm currently out of town in a few hundred clicks of a dreary, rural village with a smelting plant, toxic chemicals snowfall and a very high visibility of drug consumption....

Not that I'm upset as I continue to love the game, but I know I've been saying something similar for weeks now. I'm nearing the end of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana and I should be able to finish it sometime this weekend. For real this time... I think.

Wrapping up Wo Long- incredible game. Then moving on to Resident Evil 4 Remake as I’ve already started it. Absolute blast having only played the village section of the original.

Otherwise Diablo 3 on Switch and maybe revisiting Wanted Dead on Japanese Difficulty. Wanted Dead is still the most “fun” I’ve had playing a game this year. It’s not the best game this year but definitely the most fun.

FFXIV still. Just bought a house in sunny La Noscea.

@PenguinLtd every year since 2019 I play ten hours of BOTW to tell myself this is the year I get into it. Ten hours later I tell myself it’s not for me lol. So I understand that.

I started play The Quarry a few days ago and love it! I plan on finishing it this weekend and moving on to RE4R.

Happy gaming everyone!!

Watching WWE Wrestlemania for the weekend. Will try and make time for Final Fantasy VII Remake(chapter 12) and WWE 2K23.

I’ll be playing indie darlings Battlefield 2042, resident evil 4 remake and ridge racer type 4.

Still hooked on Hogwarts Legacy. I have a few days off next week witch no one else home, so I plan on finishing the story and mop up some side stuff. Resident Evil 4 Remake is next on the list.

I’m gonna be playing Tales of arise this weekend. This has been on my radar for a while, and when I saw it in the spring sale for £13.99 I couldn’t resist!

@dschons. Yeah ni no kuni wrath of the white witch remastered is a excellent game.i play it on my ps3 years ago.i never beat it.im glad i bought a brand new physical one on ebay for a good price.the music and gameplay.the bosses.the characters.oliver.the story.but the graphics in ni no kuni wrath of the white witch remastered is legendary.easily in my top 4 best looking video games ever made.word up son

@freddquadros I think I’m gonna be ok with that. I’ve done two of the missable ones and made the right decision and you have one or two to play with anyway.

The one I did mess up was the one about the civil war. Sided storm cloak and made the wrong decisions in the council meeting. Ludicrous oversight from them tbh. I’ll have to load an earlier save for that which is tedious.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - The burning buildings really pop on the OLED screen!

Hitman GO (Windows Phone) - Nearly 3/4 of the way through the game now.

I got my Elden Ring platinum a couple days ago! Moving on from that game I’ll be playing some Resident Evil 4 Remake, and debating if I want to make a run on all the Soulsborne games throughout the rest of the year.
Also rolled credits on The Quarry. It was pretty alright.

@Zuljaras you have a beautiful collection of games. I always look forward to your posts!

I'm still trophy hunting on Resident Evil 4 Remake.

My physical copies of Bayonetta Origins & Metroid Prime Remastered came in yesterday.
I started Bayonetta Origins last night and the beautiful art style looks amazing on my OLED display.

Other then that I still have to finish Octopath Traveler 2, Hogwarts Legacy, & Fatal Frame Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. So I'll be busy for a while.

RE4 remake , then a new game plus

@DTfeartheBEARD damn you gonna be eating good for a while my guy

Yakuza Kiwami 2. I’ve practically completed the tedious “Completion List”. I only have two Clan Creator missions left. Then I’m doing the Majima saga. In-between baseball & work, maybe I’ll start legendary difficulty. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

@UltimateOtaku91 what's scars above like?

@rusty82 ive only played two hours so far and it's been OK, its definitely been inspired by Returnal but just not so hard and has no repeat system when you die. Graphics are good and you scan things on the map and can upgrade your weapons etc. Story is not the best but the actual gameplay is good, I actually prefer this game over Returnal as its a linear story game that I know i will complete with no frustrations.

@Mgene15 Yeah, there are too many games to play, not including Game Pass & PS Plus Premium. All these new games each and every month plus my backlog. I can't keep up. Send help 😂😂😂.

@Ravix I enjoy the season reports. Be sure to let oar next week. I don’t have time to commit to FM but enjoy reading yours.

PS5: Hogwarts Legacy. (I'm also considering buying Stray and/or Tchia.)
Series S: Halo Infinite (Season 3 is so good!)
Switch: Nothing (waiting for Fire Emblem Engage DLC and TotK)

@mastrz haha I nearly packed it in today, as when I put it on there was no continue latest save option, and then the time stamps just looked wrong on my saves. So I loaded the latest and it was from back before the friendly Vs Manchester United. Long story short, it just wouldn't let me load my up to date saves, so I had to just accept I'd lost a load of pre season tinkering and signings/contracts, and have to go back in time.

The most time I put in to it is pre season too, deciding on tactics and painstakingly getting in players without negative traits, and after about 10 games of the season I can just autopilot it as I know the qualities of my starting 11 and bench, so the fact I'd lost some of that pre season effort on my saves was just annoying... but then I randomly decided to check free agents on the current save, as some of my loans and signings hadn't happened yet, and I somehow signed Callum Wilson on a free 👀 so I have an actual striker on the books now. He's on about 9/10% of my total squad wages, and he will probably be injured by November, but I just couldn't be bothered to go through everything again and he was a perfect fit to my two main tactics 😆 (which I also lost, but kind of knew how I'd set it up)

So, not really bothered with it much today, rushed pre season a bit, then beat Rotherham 3-0 in the first game of the season, beat Charlton 3-1 in the league cup, and lost 2-0 to Brighton and their £118m 18 year old Brazilian wonderkid 😆 (on loan from Real)

Another bonus was Jobe Bellingham actually accepted a £15m release clause in his reworked contract instead of 11m. But if it forgets chunk saves again actually in the season, I'm probably done with the game lol

I was finally able to get Hogwarts Legacy and I will enjoy it.

Resident Evil 4 Remake.

Playing Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut. Fantastic atmosphere but so many cheap deaths due to a terrible camera...

Mad Max on PS5 enjoying it and only cost £3.99.

Even split between The Last Of Us Part 1 on PC and Resident Evil 4 Remake.
In the meantime I'll install Horizon Forbidden West on the PS5 for a 2nd playthrough before the DLC comes out April 19th.