Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 299

Lots of Witcher 3 and Bayonetta 2 for me, and maybe a little bit of Monster Hunter World Iceborne as well.

Keep on, Keeping on 😁

I recently got the Marvel 1up Arcade machine that was on sale. It has Punisher, X-Men Children of the Atom, and Marvel Super Hero’s. All Capcom games in its glory arcade days. I’m familiar with the two fighting games but this machine is the first time I played Punisher. A very good beat em up game. I’ll be playing this mostly. If I play anything on PS4 it will be probably be Samurai Shodown.

Shenmue 3, shenmue 3 and possibly a bit of shenmue 3.

I’m playing Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Borderlands 3, and Need for Speed Heat. On Switch Luigi’s mansion 3.

Some Medievil & Legend of Dragoon.

Was my birthday yesterday and I received Days Gone,Nelke And The Legendary Alchemists for Ps4 and Luigi's Mansion for the Switch (among other non game presents) plus I bought Life Is Strange 2 and The Lego Movie 2 in the sale with some psn credit (also from birthday) so this weekend besides starting Luigi will be all about Zanki Zero again

Iceborne again. It's all I've played since it came out at the beginning of September. I think the last game I was proper invested in was Ni No Kuni 2, back towards the end of August.

The rather very good Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order. That scene where the second sister reveals her face to Cal is ace. It's a shame she isn't in the game more because she seems a very interesting character.

Nothing but Shenmue 3. Getting through it at a snail's pace and loving it.

Having a lads weekend away with a group of old friends for a 40th birthday so Death Stranding will have to wait, one of my mates took his N64 so reliving our youth with Goldeneye, Mario Tennis and i started Mario 64 whilst they watch some footie!

The Outer Worlds is proper good so far, really scratching that Firefly meets Mass Effect itch. Also Death Stranding is getting into its stride now, finally connected Lake Knot City to the Distro centre completely by road, so I expect the likes to flow in.

Death Stranding and Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.

Big fan of Death Stranding, never played any of the mgs games. So went in open minded. The game is truly unique.

Most admit that I just bought Fallen Order and have no idea if it will be as great as Death Stranding.

Death Stranding, finished it a few days ago so now I'm on trophy mop up while going around repairing structures and filling in supply requests from fellow Porters. Gotta keep on keeping on!

Jedi Fallen Order, with a dash of Witcher 3, and a light sprinkling of Man of Medan... And possibly trying my hand at baking a cake.

Legend of heroes trials of cold steel.until dawn and nioh.word ☝ up son word

On my Pro DS and Fallen Order are still both on hold due to the vastness of AC Odyssey. Good job it’s great game otherwise I would have shelved it.

On my slim I have finally finished Persona 5 (150 hours later). Choosing between starting Rebel Cops or Nier Automata next.

Assassin’s Creed Origins. Really impressed with this game, the more I play it. I know some people complained that it has strayed too far from its AC roots, but so far it’s just familiar enough with the franchise while being fresh also.
If I can pull myself away from ACO, then I’ll continue The Last Guardian.

Playing death stranding on ps4, just got my first motorbike, man riding around with bike is waay more fun than just walking lol. The bike also make me realize the terrain in this game is amazing, rather than just smooth plain with rock and slope sprinkled around, it's a really dense and varied terrain.

I plan to play jedi fallen order on pc, since I heard the ps4 version is a bit buggy and only 30 fps. The price of pc games usually really cheap in my country, gears 5 is below $20 on steam if I remember correctly, and I bought control for about $20 on epic games store. But jedi fallen order price is full $60 on steam and egs, EA didn't use regional pricing on both pc store ☹️

Thankfully we can play it on origin premiere on pc which priced at $20 a month, I plan to subs on origin for 1 month and finished it quickly.

Elder scrolls online such a fantastic community probably best in games keeps you coming back

Continuing with Final Fantasy XII. Hours of mindless grinding paid off allowing me to take down one of the bosses earlier so hopefully it won't be too bad from now on. And maybe play some more Batman Arkham Knight.

Basically exactly the same as last weekend.

Diving back into Bioshock on PS4 for a nostalgia hit, forgot just how cool it is! I am also tempted to start up a new file with Witcher 3 GOTY, seeing as I never got round to finishing all the dlc...

Definitely the witcher 3 on the Switch. Loving every minute of it.
and Maybe a bit of the division2

After not playing for a long time I went back to Dragon's Dogma this week and will probably finish it up this weekend.

Just another turn in Civilization 6.... Since yesterday!

Life is Strange, Tomb Raider & Gravel!

I'm debating whether to continue with AC Odyssey or start Spider-man, which I've just bought. To my disappointment Odyssey has unravelled into just another Ubisoft game... It's got its pros, but at the end of the day repetetiveness is starting to creep in and I'm only about 20h into it..

Got 9 days off so starting with Outer Worlds....

@gollumb82 defenately start spiderman. Nothing worse than getting 20hrs in to a game then hitting the boredom wall. Spiderman is ace.

@Kidfunkadelic83
Thanks! I'll do that. I was hoping all the praise AC Odyssey got amounted to something, but to me it's a far cry (Ubisoft pun intended) from what I expected it to be, what with all the RPG elements added (which feel tacked on to me). Appreciate the feedback!

Hopefully a bit of death stranding and undertale, I havent had much time for gaming though 😕. I finished portal this week though and it has to be one of my favourite games ever, the humour is perfect! Cant wait to give the second one a go sometime.

Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet and Rise of the Tomb Raider.

@nessisonett - Your complete road won't appear in other players worlds, just your own. Only part of it will show so other people can add to it in their world. Nobody would be able to do that if the entire thing appears for them.

I found this out by building entire things in my world and being bridge linked to a guy on my friends list, a lot of our structures appear in each others worlds but not all are fully complete even if they are in our individual ones.

@gollumb82 I got about 15 hours through it before feeling the same. I then went on and got the plat for spiderman.

Death Stranding for me, doing some premium deliveries this weekend for the trophy.

I downloaded the DLC for Cross Tag Battle recently so you know what I'm doing.

@Shigurui All those hours...🤦‍♂️

@nessisonett you will get lots of likes for building roads, they just won't be given directly from other players.

I've been playing Mega Man 9 in the second Legacy Collection.

@m1349
such a criminally overlooked title, enjoy duder...... It gets....... Tough😂

When Im not at work, Shenmue 3 and NFS Heat.

@gollumb82 The good news is that once you’re 20 hours into Spider-Man you’ll probably be almost finished, so it won’t matter if you’re starting to get bored.

But that’s disappointing to hear about Odyssey. I’m having a really good time with Origins, at about 10 hours in. Hopefully it doesn’t grow stale too.

Continue my adventure in Indivisible.

@Th3solution
Yeah, I guess it depends. I read on a gaming forum that Odyssey is pretty much Origins in a different setting. Interestingly enough the consensus there was that Origins is better in the character development area. Hope you enjoy the game enough to complete it. Makes me wonder if I should get Persona 5 as it is really cheap now, but the length of the game scares me.

The Witcher 3 for me, probably in bed on the Switch.

Death Stranding. I’m only on chapter 2. Does it ever end?!?! I’m loving it, though. Hah.

Kingdom Hearts II, i love that game and i fell like playing something nostalgic right now

@nessisonett - You've done a great thing, all your hard work will help complete that road in lots of other players worlds. It all adds up and you'll get plenty of likes.

@Shigurui yeah I think it's genius how d's does this it gives you just enough help from other players but at the same time your gonna have to do some of the heavy lifting. How it does this not matter were you are in the world is remarkable. I'm currently about 40 % through the story but for some reason I have to 5 star every strand so doing major deliverys.

@gollumb82 😆😆 Yep the length of Persona 5 should scare you alright, it's about 100+hrs no exaggeration. And about 50hrs of those is text text text text text text text and more text! Strap up 😆

And with AC Odyssey it gets boring at certain points so you'd have to take a break and come back later. Happened to me, it was a hate it then love it game, on and off till I was done with it after about 142hrs. Oh yes it's also another long a** game!

@TheArt
Thanks for the heads up 😉 Thing is I can handle reading a lot if the plot is good and characters interesting. My worst gripe with Odyssey is that it's got none of the above IMHO. It starts out interesting enough but then in typical Ubisoft fashion becomes a fetch/murder/loot quest-infested show. If Persona 5 stays interesting throughout I'll deal with lots of hours of reading text 😉

I'm not playing anything new. I'm trying to reach 30 Platinums before my 30th birthday end of next month. 3 more to go! I'm hours away from platinuming No Mans Sky then it's on to Finishing up Salt and Sanctuary and Infamous First light. I CAN DO IT!!!

#30Before30

Collecting the Likes in Death Stranding and a little Zen Pinball FX enjoying the new Monsters tables.

Hoping to finish 'A way out' with the misses. Its a cracking game and i recomend it for anyone struggling to get to grips with games.. Its been on hold since i bought it at launch but weve been chipping away at it recently. Also just discovered diamond Lake on 'Days Gone' so maybe a bit of that too, if i get a chance...

@gollumb82 Well Persona 5 is REALLY interesting, keeps you guessing and guessing. It's just some texts are repeated over and over again. You'll enjoy it though.

Picked up Mass Effect: Andromeda for a fiver (€5!!!) in a recent sale to check it out after it had such a bad reception at launch despite reviewing ok. Really enjoying it, just got my ship but so far story has really grabbed me, the characters are interesting and it looks great on a Pro. The shooting doesn’t feel amazing but it’s serviceable and the first few quests I’ve done have been interesting enough. Really looking forward to seeing more of it

Finishing off Captain Toad (very quirky!) and Yakuza Zero (hilarious but overlong) before properly starting Shenmue 3.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and I might work some other games into the mix but will focus mostly on making significant progress in Star Wars.

ESO. Same game for about 200 weekends in a row lol.

@gollumb82 Yeah, as much as I liked Persona 5, I still haven’t finished it. Keep saying I’m going to, but haven’t yet. I was the same way with P4 Golden though. It took a couple years off and on.
It’s a good game and if you like JRPG style storytelling and turn based combat then you’re in for a great. Add in the relationship building / dating sim-lite part and there is plenty of variety. It’s a good one probably as a break from third-person-open-world-action- stealth games. But yes — long. And now with Royal they are adding more content!

Shenmue III on PS4 and Football Manager 2020 on Stadia.

Back from my holiday and looking to clean up some of my backlog. Will be spending Sunday running around Greece with Las and maybe causing more mischief in Sims 4. Tbh will spend more time in Pokemon sword, looking to build up my team.

"kas" stupid auto correct

Fallen Order has been my main focus for gaming. Some of the traversal isn’t great, but overall, I’m really enjoying it.

What’s going on guys, I am currently in the Philippines with my girlfriend, and I have decided to give her my PS4. My plan is to beat Death Stranding while I am over here, and then I will temporarily suspend all trophy hunting on PS4 for a while.

I still have my PS3 back in the states where I need to platinum Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and Catherine. Should keep me busy for a while. Happy gaming everyone.

Dragon Quest 11, maybe DMC5 since I got on Black Friday PSN sale, and my usual Madden 18, NBA2k19, MLB Show 19 rotation lol

Gonna make more of an effort to make posts on pushsquare. Best PlayStation website out there. I read the site numerous times a day, just never really feel like posting.

Anyway, now that winter is here, I finally have more time to play games. My business is busiest in the spring summer and fall.

Nearing the end of far cry new Dawn. Bought both that and days gone day 1 when they came out and didn't want to start them until I knew I could commit to them. Really like far cry ND, and can't wait to start days gone.

@Arugula Lol, yes! It’s the only game I’ve played with a 6 hour prologue. I’m already to Alexandria. About to meet my wife for the first time.

@Arugula

Ha! I still watch my Jets every Sunday. Seasons always over haha, but I'm a die hard. The stupid organization already said that our bug eyes coach will still be here next year... As far as Bell is concerned, I truly believe it's not his fault. He doesn't have the blocking he did when he was with the Steelers. Whatever, another season I got my hopes up and they were shot down. You'd think I would learn by now haha

Anyway, FCND is a blast, I absolutely loved far cry 5 last year and this is just a blast. Definitely wasn't expecting anything different, and I'm glad. Love the formula. Drooling over days gone and been avoiding any potential spoilers all year. Part of me wants to wait until playoffs are over though, then it will really get my undivided attention! Although 2020 is looking stacked for games...

@Th3solution
Thanks for the useful insight! Indeed, it does seem like a great combination so I'm getting Persona 5 next 😊 By the way, I started Spider-man yesterday and I'm having a blast! I can see myself firing the game up just to swing around Manhattan. It is great fun!

Wreckfest for me...

Replaying The Last of Us in prep for next year. And I bought Spider-Man and Res Evil 2 on sale, so I may dig into one of those.

The thing about Assassin's Creed Odyssey is that yes it is repetitive (although name a game that isn't) BUT that's not the point at least not to me. It's about exploration and enjoying spending your time in Ancient Greece. Oh and killing bandits, cult members, Spartans, Athenians and a plethora of flora.

It helps if you play as Kassandra, far more interesting than Alexis.

I'm about 80 hours in and still loving it, so much in fact that I haven't felt the need to play another SP game.

Jedi fallen order. I feel like a Jedi.

@m1349 good luck with the first boss on the boat. Hardest boss I have ever faced

@munkholt resi evil 2 is my game of the year. Enjoy

@Dodoo thinking about getting this. Any good?

@Col_McCafferty
I've already started Spider-Man (and enjoying the heck out of it) but I also decided to go back to Odyssey once I'm done. I did enjoy the exploration, beautiful graphics and combat so maybe the second time is the charm 😉 Thanks for the input!

Death Stranding still.

@MJKatana I would definitely recommend. I’ve not had this much fun with a racer in years! Can be found fairly cheap now too so is a bonus...

@gollumb82 Spider-Man is really good fun, had a blast with that game and will replay it again at some point.

Each to their own but I think Odyssey is a really good game. It's definitely better than Origins and it's the little moments that I love about it; a whale breaching whilst you're on the high seas, taming a lioness and watching on as she defends you from wolves, using different tactics for each bandit camp or cave. It is repetitive but as stated previously name a game that isn't?

Two things bother me though. One involves gear, you're always stumbling across better gear so what's the point in upgrading and/or engraving existing best? Feels like a waste of resources. You can upgrade favourite gear but you have to expend more resources each time. Something to look at for the next one.

Side quests, The Witcher 3 remains the modern gold standard for creating and designing really interesting quests and secondary characters that genuinely manage to surprise you. Unisoft and all other developers could learn a lot from Projekt Red.

Agree on all the points you mentioned. I have to say though that I wasn't as thrilled with the Witcher 3 as most people. I found combat to be serviceable at best and the sidequests to be more interesting than the main plot. I disliked the part after you finally find Ciri the most. Probably because I got the worst possible ending 🤔 I was depressed for days after that.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified on PS3. Missing one trophy to get the platinum.