Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 263

Still Assassin's Creed Odyssey for me and im still loving it, I'm about 30 hours in and only really just started Athens as I've been exploring. I am puzzled by some of the early complaints of grinding and revisited some reviews and articles, one of which claimed it took the author 6 hours to get from level 15 to 17? Well I'm currently level 27 for just under 30 hours play and have never felt any grind but then again I do wander off to explore and do side quests. There are some negatives such as the war mechanics being largely meaningless and the secondary side quests (anything not yellow or blue on the map) can be a bit rubbish.

However the main quests and full side quests have been very good, you are free to choose to play stealthy or straight up spoil for a fight and the Naval battles are good fun, now we just need Black Flag 2 for some cannon fire. One of my favourite mechanics is being able to customise your look so that you can wear the armour which has the best stats for you but make it look like any piece of armour in the game, more games need to do this. Overall it's a pretty fantastic game and one I'm thoroughly enjoying and don't see myself stopping any time soon.

The Division 2 and it's pretty great. Join the PS Clan we need to earn them goodies.

Lone Division agent cleaning up these filthy Washington streets.

I've started Valkryia Chronicles 1 with the 2nd and 4th game in my backlog. Hope to finish them all. Too bad the 3rd isn't available here. I'll also try and get a few matches on Dragon Ball Z. Enjoy the weekend!

Windows Phone -

Bubble Guriko - It's kinda weird
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Finally about halfway done with cop events

Nintendo NES -

Duck Hunt - Finally got another CRT television, so this had to be the first game to be played!

Still playing Assassins Creed Origins and most likely will be doing so for a long while too.I'm currently 45 hours in and only just uncovered half the map.I'm trying to clear each section before moving to the next part of the map but I've started going off in whatever direction has a '?' Sign just to investigate and claim the XP.
Final Fantasy XII is also one of my most played games at the moment which I am enjoying very much.I'm spending alot more time just following the story this time as I spent the Ps2 version just doing the hunts and nothing else.
On the Switch im still playing Valkyria Chronicles 4 and the occasional Tetris 99.

For PS4- Dead or Alive 6. There’s now an update to obtain costume parts easier. I’ll be playing Arcade and Time Attack modes along with Rank matches. Also Fist of the North Star and maybe a little bit of Tekken 7. As for the Switch, probably just Smash Bros.

Well playing AC Odyssey but a part of me wants to start a 2nd playthrough of RDR2, finished off F4 Nuka World mid-week. At the same time I want to start HZD on NG+... damn.

@carlos82 Woah you're already 30 hours in...I think I'm about 18hrs or so. It's pretty fantastic.

Either try to get Ultima in Kingdom Hearts 3 or start playing Devil May Cry 5.

Horizon, Arizona Sunshine, Creed. Maybe some OC2 with the wife if In-Laws watch the boy

I'm gonna try out Dissidia NT Free Edition

It’s all Division 2 this weekend with the Pushsquare clan. I’ve only played about 6 hours of it but it’s been brilliant so far, consistent loot drops, engaging combat which forces you into tactical thinking, the guns feel and sound good, there’s an interesting variety of guns which makes the loot interesting to chase (apart from Shotguns) and world is fun to explore, your never more than a couple of minute from some loot or a fight ( which I think was the same mantra CD Project used for Witcher 3). It’s a huge step up from Anthem and an easy recommendation.

Shadow of the tomb raider and probably some more Super Mario Land on my OG Gameboy with my daughter!!!

Just got the the Astro Bot/Moss VR bundle in, so that's what I'm going to be diving into. Going to start with Moss as it looks like the more mellow of the two, so a good introduction to VR gameplay (I've already watched a number of VR compatible YouTube videos to acquaint myself to the tech, starting with nature vids like Shark encounters, and working my way up to faster fair like Roller Coaster vids, and nothing has particularly bothered me, so hopefully that's a good sign).

It's awesome tech!

Hey guys if I have spare time, I’ll be playing Red Faction on PS4. I beat the game on Hard now, so I started the last playthrough on Impossible. Beating the game on Impossible is the final trophy til the platinum finally. Happy gaming everyone.

Smash Ultimate with a friend.

@Rudy_Manchego My 10-year-old nephew finds my old GBC to be utterly fascinating. Especially when I tell him that I used to have to clamp a light and magnifier on to adequately play it at night

@RR529 Nice. I'd love to pick up PSVR at some point. It seems like the best mass-market option for people who want to taste what real VR gaming is like.

Devil May Cry 5 and Dead or Alive 6.

Started Son of Sparda mode after finishing DMC5 on Human, great game but now it will really be something as i only found it got challenging once i reached the final boss on that setting.

DMC5. A great game for sure. I'm on mission 12 and I look forward to seeing the story progress.

New Dawn. Going to take on those evil twins and save Hope County. Also some RDO as i grind towards the sombrero hat that requires level 47 for the lesser price.

Still to finish off some shadow of the tomb raider, then a bit of soulcalibur 6, still getting back into it, it's been a while since I was good at it about 96 or 97, hoping muscle memory kicks in soon. Then filling in the gaps with a bit of blackout and some multiplayer as they seem to have given out the DLC maps free as I was playing them last night and I never buy anything like that. Other than that my wife and youngest daughter are away, so me and my eldest are about to watch England v Scotland rugby, unfortunately we can only come second. We'll done Wales. Then a couple of movies. She wants to Watch siccario and I'm choosing lock stock and 2 smoking barrels.

cod modern warfare remaster and the last remnant remaster.word up son

All about The Division 2 as far as PS4 is concerned. Otherwise I'll be on WoW, levelling a new character.

Nioh, possibly the best game about an Irish samurai ever made

Playing Midnight deluxe on psvita. Still can't believe over 90% of the people who bought it got a platinum.

36 fragments was much better.

@TheArt I've got pretty addicted to it, that and I haven't played much else so as not to distract myself though I do want to go back and finish Rise of The Tomb Raider soon so that I can play the last one

I'm going to take things nice and easy with Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back and Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations. If I'm feeling uo for it then maybe some Xenoblade Chronicles or Persona 5 as well.

@Ralizah Same here - my daughter is addicted when I couldn’t get her that bothered in my Switch or 3DS. Just goes to show good games are good games.

Been my birthday this week and got super mario odessey, been playing with my daughter and it's been a lot of fun. Also playing lots of mass effect 2, doing some loyalty missions before hitting the omega 4 relay!

It’s bit of a Ubisoft weekend for me - The Division 2, Trials rising, Far Cry: New Dawn, and I’m still playing AC Odyssey (128 hours and counting!). Also some FIFA 19 and Dirt Rally 2.0

Still playing black ops 4 with the double xp, will visit Final Fantasy 8 on my PSP for the first time after picking it up in the final fantasy sale. Still playing titanfall 2 as well, one of the best first person shooters I’ve played.

I managed to get the Spider-Man DLC and RDR2 (storywise) finished just in time for this weekend.
So now it's Division 2, followed by Division 2. And if I get enough time some more Division 2.

Will be getting some trophies in the Sims 4 and then running around like an idiot from the alien in Alien isolation. WELL DONE WALES 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😉

The division 2.

Going to play Paper Mario Colour Splash, but on PS4 I will be going back to Dragon Quest XI to see if I can get the last 5 or so missing trophies.

Mostly Ni No Kuni 2, finished the main story so it's post game mop up time. Also going to chip away at my SoS run of DMC5.

@carlos82 One thing I don't like just like in Witcher 3 is the horrible navigation these games have. It's hectic, pausing and checking the map to see if you're heading in the right direction. Rockstar's GPS is always flawless.

On the PS4, The Grand Tour Game, and probably some F1 2018 as well, I feel inspired by the real F1 having started again.

On PC some Elex (I'm a big fan of Piranha's rpg-s, despite their imperfections), Oriental Empires (Total War meets Civilization), and Star Control Origins.

@TheArt I don't find it so bad in this game, for a start you can climb over or jump off pretty much anything that gets in your way anyway. Also if you get on your horse it'll draw a line on the road or you can just make it run automatically to where you want to be assuming it's on the same island 😆

I've platinumed and 100%'d .hack//G.U. Last Recode. I can't stop playing it, though. They teased a new .hack game in the new Volume 4 so fingers crossed for that.

@carlos82 I tried the automatic follow the path thing once and it seemed the horse was heading in the wrong direction. I'll try it again.

Division 2! A looter shooter with content that isn't broken as all hell on launch weekend?

It would be wrong not to dabble.

Division 2 also! I’ll also work through my backlog to finish some games that have now low price sequels... plus some VR, bought Red Matter... will go for its easy platinum!

@carlos82 just recently got plat for odyssey, took me 100+ but i did alot of side stuff. Great game imo, origins was great and this is a improvement from that, im really excited to play the next installment.

But anyway ive finally got into dark souls remastered and loving it. Never played it on ps3 so this is my first playthrough. Im a huge from soft fan so after this ill either move on to ds2 or sekiro.

@Bonbonetti i have elex...and it doest seem very good, but i want it to be. Let me know ur thoughts on it if u dont mind.

Nothing much. Waiting for Sekiro!!! Dahhh

Just gave in and bought Tales of Vesperia. I can go between this and trying to max everyone's stats in .hack//G.U.

And how could I forget that I recently bought Soul Calibur VI.

Finally got back to Horizon Zero Dawn 2 years after i started it, so have been making progress on that. Seem to be enjoying it more this time around apthough there are still some issues i have with it.

I have also kicked off 2064 Read only Memories on my Vita, but too early to form an opinion on that one yet.

Was competing in the RLCS qualifiers in Rocket League this morning! Got totally smoked but it's all just for fun.

What a save!

Mostly trophy chasing for arcade games like: Dig Dug, Pang Adventures, Wild Guns, Rym 9000 and Hamster's new Neo Geo releases like Money Exchanger and Waku Waku 7. Dig Dug has some
especially fun trophies. Now I understand why it is over 1GB in size.

Mostly DMC5 while also trying to finish Iconoclasts.

I should be starting up Assassins Creed Odyssey but it’s been a rough week so I’m feeling the need for the gaming equivalent of comfort food so it’s off to Thedas again for some Dragon Age Inquisition - I’ve already got the Platinum but there’s a couple of trials trophies left to pin down so that’s a good excuse as any for a replay!

Completed Wolfenstein 2. A great single.player campaign and gameplay. Will they ever top this . Continuing with Horizon zero dawn. Started on resident evil 2 - having a great time so far.

Completed Kingdom Hearts three. So decided to check if I’m now skilled enough to defeat the dual key blade wielding Nobody in Kingdom hearts two. Turns out I am so I’m now playing Kingdom hearts two.

Titanfall 2 - loved the first game on PC and been meaning to pick this up for ages. £3.99 on ps store this weekend! Jumped into a multiplayer game and it plays so well even for a console/controller fps noob like me. I know a lot of people have bought it recently or gone back to it due to Apex Legends but honestly it's not been a factor for me - just not interested in Battle Royale games.

I finally started the Witcher 3. Not sure how I feel about it. Oddly, it kinda makes me miss Red Dead Redemption 2. W3 may have been more impressive 4 years ago. I’ll give it a chance to win me though.

Also SoulCalibur 6. Libra of Souls is a lot longer than expected.

@ellsworth004

Well, people either really like or really dislike Piranha games, it's usuallly one or the other. They are divisive in the same way as Dynasty Warriors, Assassin's Creed, Need For Speed and others.

When it comes to RPGs I will always prefer old-school RPGs over modern ones. My idea of a good RPG is stuff like Fallout 1-2, Ultima, Baldur's Gate, Gothic, Might & Magic, Secret of Mana and so on.

So if I have to choose between games like Witcher 3, Mass Effect 2 and Cyberpunk 2077, ... or something like Pillars of Eternity, Lost Sphear, and Wasteland 3, I'm naturally gonna pick the latter group.

And Elex is very much designed like these older RPGs, especially Gothic, Soulbringer and Return to Krondor. So that's the big appeal for me with Elex, and Piranha games in general.

@Bonbonetti is ur avatar bruce campbell?