Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 305

The Witcher 3 and its expansions, probably my favourite game this generation and one of my top 5 ever. Also doing multiple playthroughs of Resident Evil 2 to learn how to do it quickly and unlock all the weapons. I've done it in 2 hours 39 minutes with Claire on normal and know where to save some time, so its looking good

Sekiro, I'm not really sure where to go beat the Blazing Bull (think that's its name) and I've just found a load of paths not sure where the right route is but I'm loving it, punishing but never frustrating

Resident Evil, just got to the underground labs so can't be far from finishing.
Tales of Vesperia, arrived at Nordopolica (sp?) and some CTR the A.I are relentless in that game!

Currently in Chapter 2 of Red Dead Redemption 2 and loving every second of it! Also picked up Dirt Rally 2.0 so trying to squeeze that in as well. Happy gaming and New Year everyone!

130 hours into AC Odyssey but there's still so much to see and do so going to take a break from it or at least try to!

Will start Days Gone (No.1 game of 2019 according to many on here 😉) and also continue with Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Detroit become human for me, finished first playthough on new years day, doing different paths now, it's really good, will be checking out there other two game's in the future. Maybe some dragon quest heroes for a change of pace.

Finally starting days gone along with doing a few vet trials in elder scrolls online

I'm on Iceborne, killing Safi'jiiva to try and get the Shatterbow. It just dropped literally 2 mins ago so I'm happy about that because I believe the event ends Monday. Also still playing Death Stranding. Loving every minute of it. And when the sprog is watching Peppa Pig, I'm chilling with Stardew Valley on the Switch.

I have a long weekend so three days of playing games,doing nothing and continuing to be poorly with this damn cough and cold that I've had for over two weeks now.
Days Gone is my most played game at the moment...absolutely loving it!
I've also gone back to Trails Of Cold Steel 2 which I haven't played for a while despite being 46 hours into it.
On the Switch its all about Luigi Mansion 3 and Asphalt 9.
Enjoy your weekend all.

Finally completed the main quests & majority side quests of The Witcher 3 (only left out the collect gwent cards quest). It is so good that I wanted to start the expansions right away, but I didn't.

Instead, started Days Gone for the 1st time. It is good & quite addictive while exploring the map & doing quests. Can't really pointed out what makes it addictive, but it is, at least for me.

I'm 2 trophies short for the Days Gone platinum so I'll probably knock those out then either start NG+ or start Untitled Goose Game.

Death Stranding. 40 hours in now- delivering packages.
I’m not sure if I’m enjoying it or even if I’m meant to enjoy it. It’s just work, yet I can’t stop playing.
It’s satisfying to play though.

Just completed Devil May Cry five so have moved onto Super Monkey Ball : Banana Blitz HD.

Dark souls remaster.valkyrie chronicles remaster.and divinity original sin enhanced edition.word ☝ up son

Gonna finish off Control, great game but some bloody HUGE difficulty spikes, especially a couple of the boss fights.
Jedi Fallen Order - great fun
Modern Warfare multiplayer, the best it's been in an age
Gonna also restart Death Stranding, did the first few hours pre Xmas, enjoyed it but will fully restart it again
Happy 2020 folks !

MHW: Iceborne & ModNation Racers on Vita.

I’ll be playing deathstranding. I spend more time reading the interviews and emails than playing the game. The story is both captivating and f.u.c.k.e.d. up.
A bit of the Switcher on the go. Second time playing this great game.
I got friénds coming over who just play FIFA, I’m gonna try and open their minds into switching to PES

Crash Team Racing, Resident Evil 2, Control, and maybe Tekken 7 or Soul Calibur 6 on PS4.

Started Outer Wilds and got into space a few times....its a fascinating and frustrating thing. I still dont quite know what to think lol. Degrees of Separation i highly recommend for couch co op with significant other (Switch and only 1.99 right now!). Will finally decide if Death Stranding on Shenmue 3 get the proper attention...

Struggling to get into games after the Christmas break. May go back to Witcher 3 DLC and possibly some indie titles on Apple Arcade.

Finally playing MHWorld after making excuses for myself to keep skipping it, just like I did with HZD. The Monsters are like the nicest part of the game albeit they aren't giving me the scare like hearing the footsteps of a Sawtooth for the first time in HZD. The game is lovely so far. Then of course some RDR2, FIFA 20 and maybe GTAV.

@wilsondtm Both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are amazing, probably prefer Blood as it gives you and entire new region to explore and boy is Toussaint gorgeous!

Just got to the weather station in Death Stranding and unlocked the trolley. I seem to be compelled to rebuild the roads as quickly as possible.

Also copied over my save for AC Odyssey onto my slim so I can mop up the rest of that and work towards the Platinum.

I’ve got right back into Red Dead Redemption 2. Never finished it first time round, but am determined to see it through to the end now, and then try out the online side. As for Death Stranding (which I got for Christmas)...I’m about 10 or so hours in and wavering on whether to carry on or not. One minute I’m enjoying it, next I’ve rage quit cos the BTs have got to me 🙄 I’ve also almost finished the Borderlands 3 Maxxi’s heist DLC, which has been a lot of fun. On Switch I’m still playing/enjoying Steamworld Quest, which I thoroughly recommend when it comes out on PS4.

Still working on getting 10000 Gamerscore on the XB1 version of FFVII

other than that playing some DBZ games to feed my hype for Kakarot as it's out soon

I'll continue to play the fantastic Valkyria Chronicles 4. I really love the new squad stories about the other members of Squad E.

Still playing Persona 5. I finished the second palace and it's been about 10 days since the guy confessed his crimes.

Happy new year everyone! It’ll be more Dark Souls 3 Ringed City dlc with the Pushsquare heads for me as we try to finish this off before starting Dark Souls Remastered. I’ll also be playing more of Control which has been brilliant in the opening 2 hours, just got my first power and fought the first boss. All very cool! It’s the kinda game I’d love to see made into a show or film. I’ll also be playing some Forza Horizon 4 on my new Xbox and maybe more Fire Emblem or Football Manager on Switch. Haven’t found a save to really stick with in FM yet

I've been playing yakuza 0, very early doors but I can sense how massive 80s Tokyo is! Also played 10-15 mins of horizon chase turbo. I moaned when we got it as a plus game but it might also be massively addictive!

Back home, so I'm going to play lots of Monster Hunter World Iceborne and Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. Likely also play a little bit of Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Death Stranding

Too many games, not enough time!!! Started Spiderman, having a good time in my virtual NYC.

MHW Iceborne, Death Stranding

@R1spam Horizon Chase Turbo is a fun little game, handy for when you only have time for a quick session. Played so much I ended up getting the Plat. I like when the Plus games are smaller titles that I might otherwise have never even looked at.

Happy new year everyone! I got star wars fallen order for xmas and really enjoying the combat even though im not any good at bloodborne/nioh style games, i really fancy sekiro though, was wondering if anyone whos played star wars thinks its quite similar??

Playing death stranding again, I'm in the end of chapter 3, man that was intense lol. I must say compared to other kojima games the battle in this game is a little bit simplistic, you just needs to throw grenade to enemies and that's it, the point of the games is not to kill enemies though so that's understandable.

On pc I'm playing My Friend Pedro from gamepass, this game is great, I really recommend it to everyone, I just defeat the first boss, the motorcycle level is really cool, and the music in that level is perfect 😃

I will be playing A Plague Tale: Innocence. I just started the game yesterday and it’s fantastic! I also bought Judgment yesterday so I’ll try that out as well. Other than those two games, I might dabble more in Ashen on the Nintendo Switch.

After finally getting the plat in AC Odyssey over the Christmas holiday, I'm now looking to mop up some of my backlog. Mainly Spiderman and possibly days gone as I picked it up in the sale.

Steamworld Heist and Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons

@Neolit yeah the boss I was stuck at was where you clean the benicoff tv and fight Salvador ...he basically one hit kills you plus there's the adds to take care of too. I went back to do a couple of janitor missions and then used those ability points to lvl up health and launch damage. Still hard as s coffin nail but managed to down him on about the 20th attempt lol. I was THIS close to quitting it 🙄

@Neolit ha ha 🤣 and we call our hobby "fun"

@Neolit thanks for your reply. When I start throwing hematic grenades though it alerts the other BTs of my presence 🙄 the thing is, every time I think I’m done with the game I end up going back to it! Anyway, I’ll take your comments on board and will persevere a little longer 👍

I should've not been playing any video games. I have a bunch of lesson planning that I should be doing instead.

...But... Divinity Original Sin II - Definitive Edition was on my mind and... Eight hours down the drain.😂

I haven't been so absorbed in a game for the longest time!

Will card weekend! Hoping Tennessee will knock new England out tonight and we can finally have a Patriots free Superbowl!

When I'm not watching that I'll get back on the $20 copy of medievil I picked up. Man that game is incredibly difficult at times. I swear PS1 and ps2 games were harder. As a much younger man on those 2 consoles I would get incredibly frustrated at losing, and I'm near that frustration level 20 something years later. The game has no checkpoints, so after getting to the end of the level and trying to take down the boss, you die, you start over. I swear we've been spoiled the last two generations. At least I'll get my $20 worth out of it!

@Neolit cheers, I find it easier with Claire as she barely has to deal with Mr X making a run a lot more predictable. I'm going to go for the platinum so I'll have to do this on hardcore amongst other things and at some point want to do a knife only run 😳

How are you finding it? Also if you have some good quality 3D audio headphones listening to Mr X's footsteps is pretty terrifying

Booted up the PS3 today with the kids and tried Minecraft, with all the updates. It's much different to when we last played. I'm still terrible at it.

@RedMan33 Yeah, the game really opens up here. I think I went across the rooftops first, but if I were doing it again, I'd probably jump to the gate opposite where the old lady sits on the bridge, just after the Blazing Bull and go that way first. Try one route and see how you get on, if you're stuck you can try another.

What’s going on guys, I just got the platinum for Ico on PS3 two days ago. It was one of the oldest games on my trophy list from 2012, so it was nice to get that one complete finally. I had forgotten just how amazing Ico is but I’m happy I reminded myself with a couple more playthroughs.

For now I’m playing Final Fantasy II on PS3 by way of Final Fantasy Origins.I already beat the first Final Fantasy a couple weeks ago, so I’m working on 2 now. As for trophies, I’m going to attempt Catherine on PS3 for the third time soon. Tried it twice before but it just didn’t click with me, and is also hard as nails.

Happy gaming everyone.

I finally beat the story in Beyond 2 Souls on Friday so taking on the long journey to get the platinum trophy. That's it 😅 I may read some more of my warhammer book in between.

Just started with Death Stranding. I like it but I can see why some people find it boring. I will give it some more time before I decide to drop it or carry on.

started with Death Stranding

@Neolit it truly is, I was a huge fan of the original and still remember playing it for the first time round at a friends house and being scared just by the music in the main hall of the police station, let alone the lickers jumping through mirrors 😉. This is a brilliant reimaging and playing at night with headphones on hearing those footsteps and doors opening in the distance is both the best and worst way to play 😂. Then the second run has a few more nods to the original games jump scares too.

RE7 is an experience in VR, its wonderful on the TV but yeah it takes a brave soul to play through it when you feel like you're actually there with them. At the very least give the Bedroom dlc a go in VR, it's absolutely incredible and one of the best escape room games I've ever played. Ironically in between playing Resident Evil recently I've been playing Lego Star Wars for a bit of lighthearted refreshment

@Col_McCafferty Yeah. B&W is gorgeous but I started questline of HoS 1st, only to get stuck at the 1st boss fight. Lol.

@Neolit Maybe it is the atmosphere or the surprise elements/events that happen while exploring the map. Or maybe it is the lack of "?" on the map. Still early into the game, only arrived at Tuck's camp, so not yet upgrade the bike. Keep looking for fuel. Lol.

It is refreshing the way the touchpad function. Killzone SF did similar but only limited to gun skills, if I remember correctly, not the whole of different menus.

I was just playing the free version of 'Hitman 2' on my recently purchased PS4 Pro the other night. XD
But I'm about to purchase a bunch of games on sale digitally, and I MIGHT start 'Bloodborne' and possibly hate it. - I also want to try "The Order", at least as a showcase, but I missed it on sale and it's still like 40 Euros now... Why, Sony? - People didn't like it that much and it's almost 5 years old now. Update your pricing! (And your store, because my brand-new PS4 Pro already crashed twice using it. How does it still lag??)

Other than that, I've played some 'Paint the Town Red', 'Broforce', I might start 'Frostpunk', and try the demo-version of a game called 'The Long Reach'. - A lot of random stuff, really...
This last part is all for PC, though, and I'm also going to murder my bank-account with Steam-sales, still...

I'll even purchase some PS3-games like 'Killzone HD', 'Killzone 2', the "Metal Gear HD Collection", 'Puppeteer', and perhaps some more. (Yea, I'm playing catch-up...)

@Arugula

I am so psyched right now!!! What a thriller of a game!!! Finally the deflate-triots are not going to the Superbowl! If your in the area, drinks are on me haha!

@Arugula
Haha yeah, that was bizarre. That was a really tense game at times, but what a great way to open up the playoffs. I'm obviously a Jets fan, but I'm torn between rooting for Baltimore or Kansas City! I'd also like to see Brees and the saints win another Superbowl before Brees inevitably retires shortly. Either way, my teams out, the God damn Patriots are out, so I can finally relax and enjoy the rest of playoffs!

@Gremio108 I went a little deeper into the Hirata Estate beat the sub boss in the main entrance now I'm about to go in

@NYJetsfan123 brilliant the Patriots are out. They've won enough, hope this is the end of an era.

I'm a Saints fan so obviously rooting for them but if we can't win it I'm hoping it's either the Ravens or Chiefs. It's so hard to predict this year, think any team can go all the way.

@wilsondtm Ah, was that the thing in the sewers? I had some trouble with it at first.

@Col_McCafferty That's the one. As of right now, still stuck there. I think I have to change my build a bit just for that thing. Still, awesome game.

I am as well buried deep in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. So many shiny objects! They make it so hard to stay on the main quest track!

Finally completed fallen order after 45 hours. Well spent. Started on Outer Worlds. So far so good.

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Platinumed COD Modern Warfare. 😀

Attempting to get into AC odyssey, kids keep getting in the way......