We’re all waiting for Resident Evil 2, aren’t we? January is looking like a great month for new releases, but it’s yet to really get going properly. As such, we suspect you may be tucking into your backlog for the time being – or perhaps trying some demos and betas to keep you occupied. Here’s your regularly scheduled WAYP.
Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor
I'm looking to hit the max level in Assassin's Creed Odyssey this weekend before the second DLC episode hits next week. It's crazy that after 200 hours I still have fun every time I load the game up. (I also may need to start playing a different game.)
Annette Magaña, Reviewer
Hello beautiful people. Hopefully I will be able to unwind from work and school during the weekend by scavenging through my unfinished backlog and finally complete Shadow of the Colossus. Yet, if I end up playing at all, I will probably end up trying to Platinum Rise of the Tomb Raider whilst listening to some Silent Hill 3 music. I still can’t get over the fact that the lyrics do say Swiss cheese...
Christian Kobza, Reviewer
This weekend I'll be breaking in the brand new PSVR headset by going for the Thumper Platinum Trophy and starting Astro Bot Rescue Mission which I've heard is excellent.
Graham Banas, Reviewer
I've got a whole slew of new games to play this weekend, so I might need to make room for my usual weekend games (Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc) since most of my new games are single player excursions. And that's to say nothing of the Resident Evil demo, which won't take too much time, but I very much want to play it.
Jacob Hull, Reviewer
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: I’m at the very end of Bloodborne. I’ve had the game since launch and it’s only now that I really get into it. It’s hard to believe such an incredible game has just been sat there for so long. I’ve taken to it so much that I ordered Dark Souls Remastered in the PlayStation Store sale to play next. Bring it on!
Jade Sayers, Reviewer
Tomorrow I’ll be spending a few hours on a train, so what better way to spend the dead time than to play Burly Men at Sea and attempt to get my fourth Platinum Trophy of the year? I have absolutely no idea what the game involves, so I’m going in totally blind which is always pretty exciting. The art style looks really unique and cool too, so should be a fun way to pass the time.
Jamie O'Neill, Reviewer
After feeling slight buyer's remorse from seeing the PlayStation Classic for £49.99 in my local GAME, I shrugged it off, because I played plenty of PSone games to justify an £89.99 purchase in December. I'll find more value in my mini console by replaying the first PSone Resident Evil from scratch, to build up my hype for the Resident Evil 2 remake in two weeks.
Liam Croft, Reviewer
Another weekend, another dose of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age. At the 47 hour point, I appear to be roughly halfway through the game. I'm getting there, slowly!
Nicole Hall, Reviewer
This week I fell in love with Firewatch all over again as I was reacquainted with its awe-inspiring vistas and on point casting in a Trophy clear up. Following this, I brushed the dust off my PS3 and delved into the beautiful work of Final Fantasy XIII. Although my love for it seems alien to long-term fans, it feels like a warm entry point into the franchise for me personally.
Rebecca Stow, Reviewer
I’ve been playing The Sims 4 which is admittedly taking over my life. There’s something so satisfying about building houses and following career paths in this game and I just can’t pull away from it.
Another absolutely enormous WAYP this week, but we want to know what you're playing in the comments section below.
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Horizon Zero Dawn. Beautiful.
Finally got a PS VR so Astro Bot.
well i finished Kingdom Hearts 2 so now i have got through all of them (again) i'm ready for KH3 so i'm actually kind of at a lost of what to play as i don't have anything new because i was concentrating on Kingdom Hearts
Yup, I'm still playing Dragon Quest XI. I'm a whopping 116 hours played and still loving it. I've just had a very surprising and sad twist in the story. Great stuff.
Persona 5, damn it's so good about to go into the third palace, 24 hours in and I'm having a blast.
BL2VR one of my fav VR games so far
Have a big work weekend away on a system deployment so tomorrow I will be packing my vita and smacking through the rest of Iconoclasts and if I get to the PS4 then some Onrush.
Continue playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider. I'll also get the Resi 2 demo downloaded so I can give it a shot.
I recently bought the Wipeout Omega collection. It's on sale for $6 and I absolutely love it. It fills the void of a fresh F Zero game. Aside from that, Monster Hunter and Spiderman still get my attention.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the more I play of this game the more I love it. Just got to Episode 5.
I recently started up Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and have found it to be pretty decent (albeit very ugly after having just spent 80+ hours with DQ11 in 4K). Might jump in to some AC Odyssey as well.
@Frigate
Agreed, definitely up there with 2018's best releases.
Alternating between Spider-Man 'The Heist' DLC and more Dark Souls Remastered! Just about to have my a%% handed to me by Ornstein and Smough!
I'll get a bit further with Persona 5 and Xenoblade Chronicles 1, and also play a little bit of Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire. There's also that Resident Evil 2 demo, and I'm also planning on trying out What Remain of Edith Finch since that's currently free on the Epic store on PC.
Hyper Light Drifter and Castlevania on PS4
Dynasty Warriors Next on Vita
Cruising through Kingdom Hearts 2. I aim to beat all the games in the collections for the grand finale later this month !
@KingdomHeartsFan i know i can't wait
@KingdomHeartsFan I'm only about 6 hours in, and I've never played any previous Xenoblade entries, so I don't think I would be able to give you a good answer to that. I received it as a Christmas present, and it's a good time killer during downtime at work for me. I will say IMO the music is fantastic, one of the best scores I've heard in awhile.
Also, once you get multiple people in your party, there is a lot, and I mean a LOT of banter before/during/after battles, to the point that you can't make sense of it all. And each character only has a few lines so they repeat constantly. You can turn it down or off, but it would be nice to have a "talk less" option.
Still on my January indie binge so currently playing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Little Acre, and Deponia - I'm now trying to get some easy plats in at the start of the year so I can spend the next 6mths trying to clear my large backlog of time-consuming games!
@ohnoitsjade I platted Burly Men at Sea on my Vita the other day and was so pleasantly surprised by it, as it turned out to be the most relaxing game I've ever played! Sometimes simplicity is just what you need Haha, it also reminded me to pick up some new visual novels in the Jan Vita sale before it ends next week 😉
Just finished the RE2 demo even before the 30mins, at 19:59mins. Looks good but I thought people complained about tank controls after RE4 and 5 which mind you I was fine with, these controls are similar.
I finally completed RDR2, best story so far, yea it beats Witcher 3. Now it's back to the artistic beauty - God of War, with it's art as beautiful as Dishonored 2.
6 years after I got rid of my Xbox 360 I'm delighted to be able to replay Tales of Vesperia
Also levelling up Red Mage on Final Fantasy XIV.
@ApostateMage I'm done with RDR2 now and I agree Sadie is an interesting character and it seems people are looking forward to a DLC with her. Or even Dutch 😁 - see what he was up to before John came after him in 1. Hope Rockstar doesn't disappoint with SP DLC this time.
God of War. I love to run into a fight just to realize I forgot my axe somewhere else!
Divinity Original Sin 2, Gran Turismo 6, Dirt 4, Octopath Traveler.
Finally I got 100% all district in spider-man ps4, now I only need to finish the story, and buy all the suits. I hope I don't have to get number 1 on all taskmaster challenge to get all the challenger coin.
On switch I'm playing mario rabbids gold edition, just got it on eshop discount (its only $26), it's pretty good
On pc I'm playing edith finch, just got it free on epic store. Just got regional pricing on my country epic store, it's pretty great, it's like 50% discount on all games besides AAA games like ubisoft the divisions 2 (it's only $48 on Indonesia epic store).
@RedMageLanakyn the XBC2 soundtrack is superb (well, the whole game is) but coming to it off the back of DQ11 I am not surprised your ears are enjoying it so much 😂
Today I'll be playing Smash Ultimate with a friend. Tonight I'll be playing Pokemon Let's Go! Eevee with my nephew. And, some time tomorrow, I'll be finishing up the fifth case in Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice.
@Frigate yeah I am hoping Dirt Rally 2.0 has a bit more too it. Rally 1 was kinda barebones and 4 has a bit more going on but it still doesn't seem particularly cohesive. I've more or less totally disregarded the team building aspect and it doesn't seem to make any difference to my progression.
Tales of Vespieria and Soul Calbur 6
Had a pretty good race in Project CARS 1 early this morning (servers look pretty scant but you can still find a race or two). I was just about to come in second place before I somehow mysteriously got booted from the race just before crossing the finish line...
Also had a good session in Uncharted 3. I'm about 75% through, so when I'm done with that I'll be looking to purchase Uncharted 4 on the cheap.
I hope to get some time in with Far Cry 5 tonight or early tomorrow morning.
Just finishes Gravity Rush Remastered and on to Gravity Rush 2!!! Kats probably my new favorite female protagonist
dragon age origins 👍😀😇 amazing game.word up son
Lighting’s warm entry point is my final fantasy.
Ploughing through RDR2, I’m up to chapter 6 and after a very slow the story has really got its hooks in me. Still don’t like the gameplay mind. I’ll also be playing some Dark Souls 3 as I run through it again with some buddy’s, some BF V which I’m growing to really like, R6 Siege, Smite, Blops 4 and the Crew which I picked up recently and have enjoyed
@MistressTonberry Your plan of action sounds a lot like mine! Any tips for any easy plats you’ve got so far? I didn’t manage to get to BMAS on the ride in (too sleepy) but will try and get to it on the way home if I’m not napping!
Final Fantasy XIV and Yoshi's Island. If I finish the latter I will try my hand at clearing Twinkle Star Sprites.
@Frigate Yeah, I love the classic turn based combat of the Dragon Quest series and DQXI does it with pizzazz.
@TheArt I love Sadie. I thought her character arc was very good and I just love that husky voice of hers.
@wiiware For Spiderman, if you want all the suits without having to get top rank in the taskmaster challenges, don't spend ANY of your challenge tokens until you get all of the suits. I spent some on gadget upgrades, and had to get top rank in a few of the challenges to have enough to buy all of the suits.
Replaying Titanfall 2 for the billionth time. I can never get enough of its amazing campaign. Also downloaded Destiny 2 on PC so I can keep an eye on it now that Activision is out of the picture.
Unpopular opinion incoming: iv played Hollow Knight and I dont like it, dont like the combat or the platforming. Its soured my on games for the moment so I'm not playing anything this weekend 😒
I have the RE2 demo downloaded so I’ll give that a go. Tomb Raider and Fist of the North Star. For the fighting games- Street Fighter V, Soul Calibur 6, and I’m getting back into DB FighterZ. Smash Bros and SNK 40th Anniversary on Switch.
@RedMageLanakyn If I want to get the platinum do I have to get top score on taskmaster challenge?
My house has been taken over by children for the weekend. It'll be Sunday night before I get any gaming in, that Resident Evil 2 demo will be going straight on. Can't wait.
Warframe, got about 300 hours on it and not really ready to stop yet!
Near the end of rd2 (it has to be, the epilogues are massive!! Went for a roam around hennigens stead, armadillo and tumbleweed, this area has to be used for DLC, right? @Apostatemage @TheArt, love Sadie and would be great to see some DLC for her, maybe with a trip to Mexico for old times sakes!! Downloading the res 2 demo just now as well
@wiiware Fortunately no, as some of them are pretty difficult. You don't have to upgrade all of the gadgets either.
Still playing Yakuza Kiwami and Iconoclasts.
This week, I will pre-order Kingdom Hearts 3 and Resident Evil 2, even if I don’t like to buy more than one game on the release date, but these titles are being released so close to each other. At least I will have hours of gameplay, I guess.
Playing DQ XI, I am almost at 40 hours, not really feeling it - the combat system is uninteresting, the difficulty is not existent, the music is terrible and I am not fond of the art style. I love turn based jrpgs and I love old school...this seems just OLD. Waiting for these plot twists everybody is talking about
@Frigate Yea and they wanted to maintain that in RE5 but as usual the internet had to find something to whine about - that it became too action and lost the horror, tank controls etc. Capcom had to go back to the drawing board to reinvent Biohazard, now I'm wondering if people will whine about this RE2
@ApostateMage Yea that voice of hers. I loved that coat she had on in the epilogue.
@R1spam They certainly have to because indeed New Austin is quite empty. And I feel more time needs to be spent in the snowy mountains. The Prologue was just too short.
I am playing the laying in bed all weekend watching Netflix game since I have a bad head cold.
I'm trying to decide what to play. Evil within 2, yakuza 6, or finish red dead (I'm about 40 percent though the story). Whichever one I start will be my new fix for the next few weeks so I have to choose wisely.
Finally finished rdr2, as much as i liked it i am glad its over. Gonna try and get into DQXI this weekend.
@Tasuki
Unfortunately I am playing almost the same game as you this weekend, but instead of Netflix it'll be NFL playoffs. Bronchitis and a wicked head cold, bad combination...
@NYJetsfan123 I will probably keep an eye on the scores but it's too painful for me to watch the playoffs anymore. 😂
I'm off work for a week so hopefully that means plenty of game time!
I have two trophys left on Lego Incredibles and 1 trophy left for Detroit Become Human so I'm determined to get both those plats before I go back to work.
Just started Far Cry 5 and I'm absolutely loving it...but then I love the franchise and never been dissapointed..
Will have to have another go at the fantastic Dragon Quest XI but to be honest, since the credits rolled the difficulty has jumped dramatically and I'm struggling
Valkyria Chronicles 4 is also planned this weekend.
Resident Evil 2 remake demo has been played and I CAN'T WAIT for the full game!
Oh and I'll be binge watching Slasher: Guilty Party on Netflix too.
MotoGP 17 on the PS4. The latest one, MotoGP 18, was rather disappointing on the technical front, so I stopped playing it and went back to '17 instead, which is a much better game. Re-bought MotoGP 14 and 15 for the PS4 from the current sale, will test those out as well, I remember them fondly.
I've just bought a Steam controller, so most of my gaming time this weekend will be spent on trying out some of my PC games, from point & clicks to RTS. The first game I'll go into though, will be some Tex Murphy.
I'm playing through Assassin's Creed Odyssey. I'm hoping to complete what I want with it before the release of Kingdom Hearts 3. It's a massive game, though. I ended up taking a like two month break from it for various reasons not related to how much I like the game, so here I am.
Started master league on PES 2019 but forgot to save it so need to start it again 😭
I'm going to watch #MVPat aka Patrick Mahomes hopefully give the Chiefs their first home playoff win in about 100 years...
Smash brothers Ultimate
Off topic: in a great mood:) got my Second masters degree (in accounting >CPA)
Still trying for the Odyssey plat, will also finally start dragon quest or hitman or persona 5 or shadow of Mordor or nioh or .......argggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
Playing a little OnRush, among other things.
I’m pleasantly surprised at how good it is. It’s unfortunate that it was not well received.
I'm playing Hitman: The Definitive Edition. I felt like I wasn't getting enough satisfaction from it at first, but after multiple playthroughs on the same level, and tackling objectives in different ways, I'm beginning to get the gist of the game, and it's a blast. I'm also going to finish up Yakuza Kiwami 2. That's about it for me. I wish I had the money to spend for Dragon Quest XI because I've been dying to play that game, but adult responsibilities are keeping me from purchasing that game. I probably won't get around to it anytime soon, either, unfortunately. Oh well.
@Splat Same! I'm so hyped for that game. It's gonna be a good one.
@RBMango The campaign is seriously fantastic! One thing I loved about it was the final boss fight/level. Many first-person shooters' tend to have a horrible end boss fight I think, but TF2 nailed it perfectly. The whole game is phenomenal.
Minesweeper (Windows Phone) - Minesweeper, nuff' said
Asphalt 5 (Windows Phone) - Decent little racer
Welcome Park (Vita) - High score battling my daughter in here
I think i’m going to try and go back the Red Dead tonight. Even though I find the open world gameplay and mission structure boring, i’ve heard so many good things about the story that I need to know what happens. I am after all invested in Arthur, Dutch and the gang. Like the sag in the middle of a series, I need to power through to get the emotional pay-offs in the season finale.
@Th3solution I probably will as well, surprisingly good - but if it had an actual race mode I’d love it rather than just liking it.
@FinneasGH Yeah, honestly, I’m not even sure I completely understand what the game objectives are. I know it depends what mode you’re in, but I’m not sure exactly how I’m earning points and boost. I think it’s mainly just crashing into people and pulling off some tricks to earn the boost, but the game plays very fluidly and the speed and style are addictive in their own right. I could do without the Fortnite-esque crazy cartoony characters with their over-the-top outfits and customizable dance moves, but the game definitely has a fun flair about it.
@RedMageLanakyn it's great but being a cartridge on a portable console the graphics would not have been quite as clean but the scale is amazing. I would Google tutorials about the combat system they explain to you once and there is no tutorial tab only just starting to get a true feel for the combat and I am on the final story boss
@MonkeyDLuffy19 Graphics aren't everything, and normally I wouldn't think twice about how XC2 looks, it was just a bit jarring coming from DQ11. The blade system is definitely in depth, and combat looks simplistic but has some nuance with timed hits, hitting on the last part of a combo, attacking from front, side, back, etc. I'm sure it'll keep me busy for awhile!
Saints Raw IV: Re-Elected. Don't even know why I picked this up, but here we are.
@Wesker it's probably a better game to go back to now the initial hype has worn off. I plan on finishing it off one day.
@Feena yeah DQ11 is pretty weak, in my opinion. I thought that the more interesting points in the story are actually not very interesting at all really, and only seem like a big deal compared to the rest of the game.
@kyleforrester87 yeah i’m fine with that. It took me about a year to finish Uncharted 4, and that turned out to be one of my favorite games. Heavy stuff has it’s time and place. I actually spent the night playing Mario + Rabbids.
@RedMageLanakyn Yes! Man some of the taskmaster challenges are really hard, it's kind of unbalanced that I can get gold easily on some of the challenge, and yet on the others challenge I can only get bronze. Already spend some of the coin on the gadget though, so I still have to grind taskmaster challenge a little to get all the suits
Battlefield V with my usual group of scallywags, and hopefully get a start on Tales Of Vesperia definitive edition.
Getting close to 100 hours on rainbows skies for the ps vita.
Looking after my football team on football manager 2018 on the switch.
@KingdomHeartsFan I think it’s a fantastic game. It’s not as great as the original, but certainly more in line with that than anything X offered.
Anyways I’ve been playing Mario 3D World with my daughter, and diving into the Spider-Man dlc this weekend.
spyro reignited trilogy
PUBG for me this weekend although over the course of yesterday I gradually performed worse and worse
Extended family obligations aside, I'm at almost exactly the same point as Liam in Dragon Quest XI, so am trying to hammer full steam ahead (and ignore the copy of Tales of Vesperia that is sat on the side). Otherwise, Outrun on the Switch for the odd five minutes.
I've been playing a lot of God of War, good fun. I like the chatter between characters as you travel, it's a great detail, glad they included that.
@KingdomHeartsFan Xenoblade 2 is exceptional. Story isn't as good as 1, but the battle system is a lot of fun (give it a few hours), and there is a lot of content. One of the few games I happily spent well over 100 hours playing. The DLC is also very good, in that it's a shortish (20-30 hours) prequel.
I've been playing Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. I'm honestly not missing Nathan Drake as much as I thought I would.
@Ryall how you getting on with tales? I'm really struggling to enjoy it.
@NimrodsSon I got outrun on release. Amazing game considering the 5.99 price tag. Still not cleared any of the routes yet tho.
@Kidfunkadelic83 I am enjoying it but I think it’s the worst tales game I’ve played. It’s more difficult to string together arts and normal attack to stay on the attack so I’m being forced to guard a lot.
Of the games I’ve played on PS4 of that style Tales of Berseria is best. Tales of Zestiria is second. Shining Resonance Refrain it’s also better in my opinion.
But Tales of Vesperia is better than StarOcean: Integrity and faithfulness and StartOcean till the end of time. I haven’t played StarOcean: the last hope On PS4 so I can’t comment on that one.
I do like the story in Tales of Vesperia so I will almost certainly finish the game.
P.S I played about eight hours of Tales of Vesperia So far. I prefer StarOcean till the end of time to StarOcean faith and integrity
@ohnoitsjade Haha ok, easy plats... GrimFandango, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Broken Sword 5, Wheels of Aurelia, Oceanhorn(bit like old Zelda), OdinSphere, and Rainbow Moon all have Vita versions (latter three are longer plats though). On the PS4 then Minit, Donut County, Crossing Souls, Owlboy, Oxenfree, Night in the Woods, Swords of Ditto, Gardens Between, Blackwood Crossing, and point and click games like Raven Remastered, Sherlock Holmes: Devil's Daughter, Inner World 1&2, Deponia 1&2, Kona, Randal's Monday, Demetrios, and Little Acre are all easy to remote play if you prefer (can do a blind then guided playthrough with many of these to get the most from them). Detroit's plat is pretty easy too I've read, though I've still to return to it myself to get the final few trophies. Remote (re)playing Danganronpa 1.2 Reload is an easy plat, so long as you love the games and have the time to do a completionist replay. God of War, HorizonZD, Assassin's Creed Origins/Odyssey, Tales of Berseria, I am Setsuna, and Dragon Quest XI are all relatively easy plats, but really time consuming too (though great fun!), so they're maybe not for January 😉 Also, Back to the Future has a plat on its PS4 edition and South Park games are easy plats (especially fun if you grew up watching that show!) If you enjoy platformers then Hat in Time, Psychonauts, Spyro Trilogy, Sonic Mania, Unravel, and Seasons After Fall are easy plats. Finally, Code: Realize Future Blessings has a very high plat rate (haha, both those games are in my basket right now as they're on sale). Sorry for superlong post btw...I need to get a social life again this year! 😉
@Ryall so far I'd agree with you on the worst tales game I've played. I much preferred the combat in graces F and symphonia when it was 're released on the ps3. I've got too many games in my back log and if a game doesn't click with me pretty quickly it's gone.....as is the fate with vesperia I foresee.
Nino Kuni 2 and having a blast. It's so different from the first game, yet so good it terms of gameplay.
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L So if we play new game plus the taskmaster challenge is restarted with all the coin but we still keep our previous coin? Nice
@MistressTonberry Wow! I was not expecting a list this long, thank you so much! I've set a target of getting 25 this year, but I really want to break 100 (I'm on 76 atm) so I'll have to go a little over 25. Whether or not I can do it remains to be seen, but I'm going to give it my best!
@ohnoitsjade Haha, no worries - I have very little to do on the weekend at the mo, except to feed my cats, listen to some opera/classical/jazz music, and play my Vita, which is why my post was so long. I'm still in the early 40s on PS plats btw, so you're still far and away ahead of me! Totally random, but I'm a Jade in real life too! 😛
@kyleforrester87 I mean, it's a JRPG and I can finish it but it's incredibly vanilla so far. If only at least the music was nice ;_; I am waiting for the game of the yorah edition to finally play Nier, it is probably going to be something much more up my alley.
@Feena I think you'll probably enjoy Nier!
@Ryall about 4 hours in now nd it gets alot better once the combat clicks and your out of the 1st town. Keep going and see If it clicks for you.
@Kidfunkadelic83 Setting the Azure Wolf Strike to my forward X helped a lot to. Give the enemy something to think about so I don’t need to worry about guarding.
Also im guessing by now you have the back step which you can get from the vendor in the first town you go to after entering the world map. Very useful. The games growing on me alot.
@MistressTonberry No way! Something about the name, draws us to those trophies! You can get there, 46 is still really impressive! I did Spyro 2 today, onto 3 now!
@ohnoitsjade Haha, must be - something just so satisfying about that trophy ping sound 😄 And thanks - well done on the Spyro plats btw...I've still got to make myself go back for the flying related trophies in the trilogy at some point soon, along with the NNK2 Skirmishes and final maze boss trophies which I've been putting off since last May! 😉
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