Big new releases like Control and Man of Medan are right around the corner, so this may be your last weekend with your backlog before the holiday rush kicks in. We’ve got a whopping WAYP for you this time, though, so let’s get stuck in.
Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor
Right, you've convinced me, I'll give No Man's Sky another shot. The last time I tried it was almost two years ago now, and I got sick of it after about an hour. I'm really hoping that the game's numerous large updates make it stick, because it feels like everyone's having fun but me!
Liam Croft, Senior Staff Writer
Video games are finally back because I'm playing a couple of titles this weekend I can't talk about just yet. Lucky me!
Jamie O'Neill, Reviewer
I'm out this weekend, but after watching War Horse at the Liverpool Empire recently, I've been thinking that it'd be interesting to buy Battlefield 1 as a follow up to the play, although I may have to wait until next week.
Graham Banas, Contributor
On a whim not too long ago I picked up both of The Evil Within titles. Having never played them before I wanna give them a show. Hopefully being an early generation title, the first one hasn't aged too poorly.
Victor Nowogurski, Moderator
It's been awhile since I have had time to play some games, and I am feeling it. It's crunch time for me before Borderlands 3 releases so I will be looking to wrap up Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition and hopefully hitting Borderlands 2 on PS4 this weekend. If I get some time, Red Dead Redemption 2 as well.
That's everything from us this week, then, but what about you? What's holding your attention this weekend? You know the drill in the comments section below.
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Replaying Through The Trails in the Sky Trilogy
Valkyria chronicles, loving this game on chapter 11 in the story!
Grim Fandango Remastered, they don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
Also For Honor mp to take advantage of the bonus xp event and I’m very close to the Onrush platinum, which I really enjoy but some of these challenges are a pain.
Hotline Miami 2, 99 Vidas and maybe some Persona 4 DAN on Vita.
Trying to main Poison and Lucia in Street Fighter V. Might get in some Samurai Shodown and Dead or Alive 6 in there too. Almost done with Rise of the Tomb Raider so I’ll try to finish that, all on PS4. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 and Fire Emblem Three Houses on Switch.
Playing megaman x 1-4 collection on ps4 (bought it discounted), hyper light drifter on pc (got it free from egs), and gears 4 pc (bought it about $5 on cdkeys). It’s interesting playing hyper light drifter on different system, playing it with iphone is the most accessible since I my phone is always with me, playing it on ps4 with oled tv is the most immersive experience compared to others system, playing it on pc is also good, since I sit close to the monitor (compared to tv) I can see all the little detail, visuals and sound. It’s kind of annoying though that I play hld on 3 different platform but the save file is different. I don’t care at all about cross-play, cross-buy is cool, but all I want is cross-save between platform.
Gears 4 is just average, everytime I start the game the title screen give me some sort of things to check like a mobile game, the campaign story is uninteresting, and the voice acting and dialogue is bad.
More Sekiro. I'm nearing the end now, and I didn't expect this, but I actually think I'm quite good!
I’m banging through episodes of GitS Stand Alone Complex and I’m thinking about playing A Link to the Past on my SNES mini, I only ever played bits of it in, er, the past.
I’ll probably play some more Borderlands 2, and try to get to the Captain Lilith DLC. Then I’ll see what strikes my fancy but it might be time to try out Hellblade, which I’ve been meaning to get to. I also am anxious to start Valkyria Chronicles 4. So I’ll see where my mood goes.
Banner Saga 2. I rattled through the first game and it’s great to be able to play them back to back.
I just finished the last of training missions which was pretty tough but nice bonus trophies to have. Not that I’ll ever platinum these games anyway..
Bought Judgment so looking forward to starting that and continuing my quest against the valkyries in GOW. 😎
The division 1 underground and survival cleaning up some trophies.
Then hopefully some no man's sky vr or long overdue red dead 2.
Might play a bit of Smash and Fire Emblem this weekend, but my main focus will be SMT: Digital Devil Saga.
Started playing some Witcher 3, so I'll do plenty more of that. Also going to check out what the school mode in Danganronpa is, as I missed before. And then there's Hitman 2, where I'll try to take down the new legacy elusive target.
I'll be playing World War Z with a few friends, been alot of fun so far.
After last weekend's awful performance with the flight stick & Ace Combat 7, I'm expecting Namco representatives to turn up at my door and confiscate it any day now...
Just need to rob five trains without being caught or dying to 💯% RDR2. Will dabble with the online too.
Also in the early hours of the huge AC Odyssey, so probably doing that for many weekends to come.
Maybe get some more done on Persona which has gone untouched for a few weeks.
i'm playing a great game it's called
studying for my SIA Licence exams
and yes if you can't tell i'm being sarcastic
Haven’t had a lot of time for gaming lately and I still won’t have good internet for at least a weekend so it’ll probably be football manager on iPad for me, maybe some more AC: Odyssey Atlantis dlc if I can. Found the Legacy of the blade dlc pretty good, was a lot of fun jumping back into this, Atlantis is for more and a really beautiful map to explore
borderlands 2.and last remnant remaster.word up son
@Hootnoodle Good luck! I admit I had to drop the difficulty for the last Valkyrie 😕
I think I'm impressed with Yakuza Kiwami and if the others are better as they say then I'd probably jump on the Yakuza bandwagon. It feels like Persona 5 in some ways.
Sniper Elite 4's campaign is better than so many games with a higher rating, like the boring Battlefield 1 and a lot of WW1/2 shooters. Then, Child of Light. I dunno I've left Detroit BH on the side but I'll get back to it.
Then of course, the greatest games in the world GTAV/O and RDR2/O.
Replaying Horizon: Zero Dawn mainly on PS4 with a bit of Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled on the side
Though I'm playing Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu more then H:ZD on PS1 at the moment!
All finished but North Cave in my FF7 run. Such a wonderful game. More Gears 4 getting ready for 5. NMS VR update installed and Ive been letting the patches come in...last one i saw was 2.06. Once Im done with my FF7 rerun i fear i will be in my dungeon glowing blue- completely removed from the world. Lol
Still playing the excellent Dragon Quest XI, just doing the trials before the final final boss. Also some Red Dead Online, waiting patiently for the big update so I can play as a trader/collector.
Mario Kart 64 (N64) - Beating all the cups today with the kids.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified (Vita) - I'm sure there will more TDM over the weekend as the Wife/Kids hog the Living Room tv.
Microsoft Flight (Games For Windows) - Watching this Let's Play has been getting me ready for the upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator on the Windows Store.
Cut the Rope (Android) - Been hankering to have another go at this, I should track down the 3DS version one of these days.
Still wading through the brilliant Assassins Creed Odyssey...only 120 hours in now and probably about half way..
30 or so hours into Dragon Quest Builders 2...and why do all my towns and buildings look absolutely naff compared to people online?it's embarrassing..
I recently started Deadpool for the Ps4 which I bought very cheap in a sale about a year ago...fun...but it FEELS like a very cheap game too..
I'll also be playing Octopath Traveller on the Switch
@Thrillho I also admit I gave up on the Valkyries on hard completely. To save my TV. From having a controller thrown through it. ☹️
@TheArt Yakuza 0 is the only game in the series I have played, because I finally wanted to give the series a try after years of neglect. It is a GREAT game, one of my favorites of the generation. So much fun stuff to do!
I am glad you liked Kiwami, because my plan is to pull it from my backlog in September for some more brawling/side story/side activity fun.
If I get lucky, I can finish Bloodstained this weekend. Then I can get back to finishing Final Fantasy 7.
Might also give No Man's Sky VR a go.
This summer has been about denting my shameful PS4 backlog. A while ago I picked up a turn based game, Battle Chasers: Nightwar in a sale on a whim. I have put about 30 hours into it so far, and I am just loving the game.
The combat system and art style are particularly fantastic (it is based on the comic book series). I am hoping to get close to finishing it this weekend. If you like turn based titles, I cannot recommend Battle Chasers highly enough.
@Thrillho I've taken down 2 so far, my controller was very nearly thrown against a a wall haha 😂😂
Since paragon got shutdown... Guess it time for the new moba! Genesis! Let see if it can remove that itch ✔️
I'm playing some of the oldies like DYING LIGHT (great game despite being a bit generic) and saint's row 4. Also a few games of pes2020 here and there.
Continuing that proud mode run of the original Kingdom Hearts. Finished Atlantica last night, and I had forgotten how annoying the Ursula boss fights are.
Also, started a new playthrough of Stardew Valley, which is a game I love to play when I just want a chill as heck afternoon.
Knack by day, Sekiro by night.
Oh and frantically attempting to mop up all Borderlands Handsome Collection content now that I've realised how close we are to Borderlands 3.
@Westernwolf4 It's an interesting series that can easily be overlooked by anybody else. I just wish I could change his damn suit, and I didn't have to constantly tilt the leftstick to walk, I mean a badass Yakuza guy can't be seen running around like an idiot in the middle of town.
Plus I see most of y'all keep talking about Valkyries in GoW and it's just sitting on my harddrive waiting for my 2nd playthrough, but time and too many games in this future of gaming keeps pushing it back.
Mario oddysey but most of the time ~~~> Work.
@TheArt I'm sure holding R1 makes Kiryu walk. It did in Yakuza 0.
@grahamd Deus ex Is amazing. I recently finished it for a second time. The ending is still a bit too abrupt.but everything else is superb
Been giving the solo mode on Apex Legends a whirl.
I’ve decided to give NMS another chance this weekend and 2 hours in, I really have to commend Hello Games for their tenacity and drive. They have finally achieved something close to that now infamous teaser trailer from a few years back. Take a break and have a Kit Kat guys, you deserve it.
@LieutenantFatman Solo mode? What is this you speak of?
@fabisputza00 CyberPunk has been heavily influenced by Deus Ex, so I think we are going to be in for a treat.
@ApostateMage Yep it works, great tip. This why I prefer R*'s realistic push X to run because people don't run by default irl.
@LobsterJohnson
New solo mode came with an update a few days ago. I think it's just temporary though.
What’s up guys, any free time I have for playing will be going into Grand Theft Auto: Online. I got to rank 71 over the last week, 6 rank ups from a week ago. I will get to 100 eventually! Happy gaming.
@LieutenantFatman Thanks dude.
After being stuck with the kids all day, managed some Metroid Prime, some Fractured But Whole, maybe some Metroid Fusion and I would love to get a few hours on VR to finish Blood and Truth.
Been a while since I posted in one of these.
I've been slowly playing Horizon Zero Dawn (as in, I've been playing on-off for two months), and I think I'm starting to get to the point where I really like playing the game. It's not a bad game by any stretch, it's just well, I think I've made my feelings on open world games clear by now, and it's been a slow burn to get me going on Horizon. But I'm starting to get into it now.
Im playing the EXCELLENT Shadow of the Tomb Raider on my PS4. I really dont understand why the rebooted trilogy hasnt had more hype. Looking forward to seeing where this one goes.
I've also been putting some hours into Trails of Cold Steel 2 on my Vita in readiness for the 3rd game. im about 20 hours in. So naturally im still only on chapter 1. Goodness knows how long it will take me. The first was over a hundred hours!
Uncharted 3 for the umpteenth time.
Started playing Gran turismo 5 again. Forgot just how brilliant this game is. Playing with my G29.
Finished up Diablo 3 story mode.
Thinking about starting up Pyre or Owlboy.
Trails of Cold Steel and Fate/Extella.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for OG XBox!
Didn't get to play much. I sold my copy of PES 2019 ready for the new one and, whilst I like the demo of PES 2020, I don't want to spend a whole month playing it otherwise I'll be bored by the time it comes out. So, I subbed to EA Access for one month and will play FIFA 19 until then.
My daughter and I played a bit of Unravel 2, courtesy of EA Access as well, which was a good co-op experience (at least the first level we tried anyway).
I finally completed Ratchet and Clank the other day which was brilliant.
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