Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 323

replaying the TLOU again to set myself up for the sequel.

i'm in the forest with ellie. 1 of my favourite parts of the game aswell. it's a nice change of scenery and ellie is just fun to play as with her stealthy bow. she realy grows as a character during that part.

no matter what the haters say about the sequel,i'm looking forward to it and expecting to fall in love with the game.
a proud ND and TLOU fan here!

Finishing off Super Blood Hockey, then a bit more of the Assassins Creed Odyssey DLC later....

I managed to finish Dark Souls last night! My first From Software game, and I loved everything about it, from the world design to the incredible combat. Am currently looking at potentially get another From Software game now, maybe Bloodborne or Sekiro, but haven't decided yet!

Apart from that, I'll be continuing my second playthrough of Fire Emblem Three Houses, which is still standing strong as my favourite strategy game

Days Gone. Story really picks up once you reach Lost Lake and just keeps.on getting better and better. Also harder as the strength of enemies really increases.

I'll also play a few rounds of SW BF2 even if I'm slightly sad that there will be no further updates.

Continuing my one platinum a month challenge and gained May's one yesterday from Dragon Quest Builders 2. I'm currently plating Dragon Quest 11, due to needing another fix at the wonderful characters. Also aim to play some more outer worlds again sometime as well.

Picked up Blasphemous and Rage 2 in a sale so ill be playing them this weekend. Blasphemous seems pretty great so far, im still trying to decide if i like rage 2.

I'll most likely be finishing Final Fantasy VII Remake today or tomorrow as I'm currently on Chapter 17 so right near the end.It's been such a blast and a lot better than I ever thought it would be so will be sad to finish it.Wish part 2 was available already!
I've also been playing Moving Out which is brilliant!Shame it doesn't have online co op though.
When I'm sat outside in the sun I play Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley.

The amazing Battle chasers nightwars and. The excellent fps horror sci fi thriller prey.2 of the best games i ever play.word is bond.word life.word to your mother.word ☝ up son word

Still Days Gone. Nearing the end I think and I already know it's one of the best games I've ever played. Love the plot, characters, gunplay and the world. It helps that it's one of the best looking games on the PS4 Pro (and with HDR enabled). I think I like it more than TLoU to be honest (something I never thought I'd say). Happy gaming guys!

Should finish off Terminator Resistance and get the Plat this weekend and then may move to Deracine on PSVR. Also going to play Burly Men At Sea on Vita and maybe more Ratchet and Clank 1 on Vita too.

Going to play lots more Danganronpa 2, and some Total War: Shogun 2 and Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight.

I need to get back on the Final Fantasy VII remake and I'll be having a go of Dark Savior on the Saturn and maybe Die Hard Trilogy on the PS1 just because I can 😄

Away for the weekend...playing Battle of Polytopia with gf on the phone & sunday night I return to my PS4 and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered 🙂

Dragon Age Inquisition. This game is absolutely enormous, I put 50 hours into it and had only just reached Skyhold. I think about 30% of that time spent was just reading all codex entries. The perfect game for a lockdown.

@kyleforrester87 last time I tried PS now it streamed PS3 games really well, though it absolutely refused to boot up Doom on PS4, so I ended up playing Code Veronica instead

Still playing final fantasy 7 remake, I really enjoying my time on wall market and already finished all the side quest and just defeat the sewer boss, I lol so hard at cloud dance performance. Oh and I put johny on "character that I like" tab, he is true bro

Subnautica, which is turning out to be the perfect game for this hot weather. For added immersion, I have been ordering my kids to throw a tub of freezing water over me whenever I jump into the ocean

After replaying Resident Evil 2 I finally got some S ranks, Claire yesterday and Leon this morning. I started thinking I might actually go for the platinum but then I had a few goes of 4th Survivor, so maybe not.

After a surprisingly large update to Shadow of the TR I've made a start on a Deathly Obsession run. I'll also wind down with more of my X-Com 2 campaign.

Happy and safe gaming fellow Push Squarites.

I’m playing NiOh 2, Dead Cells, and my daily hour of Animal Crossing New Horizons. More than anything, I’m biding my time until Huntdown releases in a few days.

I'm up to the final battle of Tokyo Xanadu eX+ and I'll be taking a break from it for a while before I jump into the post game/NG+. Absolutely love the game but the hours upon hours of wholly unnecessary dialogue has worn me out for now. Think I'll make a start on Final Fantasy Type-0 or Vanquish next.

Streets of Rage 4

Altered Beast

Fighting Vipers

Yakuza 4

Football Manager

Yup If times are bad, pull out Segggaaa games.

@wiiware I never followed why someone you force from his home to keep your identity a secret considers you his bro next time you meet him.

I’m playing death stranding now I completed Final Fantasy 7 remake. It’s nowhere near as good so I’ll probably switch to something else.

@Hootnoodle I try it every year and some years I succeed and others I don't. I've done it 2 times out of 5 since I started (currently 5/12 this year which is year 6). I'm going to be doing clean up of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order this weekend and should get the plat. Then I'm not sure what I'm doing, I'm leaning towards starting Far Cry 5.

Just got 100% trophy completion in Silent Hill: Book of Memories, and it burnt me out. I’m taking a break from gaming for about 5 weeks until TLoU: Part II is released. Happy gaming everyone!

I recently finished Shadow of Tomb Raider... which i liked very much. After taking a gaming break of a couple weeks I just started Rise of the Tomb Raider... we'll see if fatigue doesnt kick in. Graphics are still amazing!

Still playing through the excellent Death Stranding. I haven’t been this engrossed in a game in a long time. I love that feeling where the hours fly by while you play and before you know it — it’s 3 AM.

@vegeta11 it's going well so far, I'm trying to compete it with my backlog, so I don't reach out for new games that I will never finish. I really enjoyed Far Cry 5 it's a good shout. Just got annoyed at fishing. Good luck 🤞

@BranJ0 Congrats! I am still afraid of getting my ass handed to me when I will play a Soulsborne game..I consider myself bad at gaming (xcept for strategy, puzzling and racing)

Snow Runner mainly, with some Streets of Rage 4. I really like Snow Runner, the slow pace and the distant landscapes, exploring with a scout, and planning a delivery route. Streets of Rage 4 is also great, takes me back to the good old days of scrolling beat 'em ups (still remember first time I saw Double Dragon in the arcade).

@LN78 Cetirizine can b ur friend!

Anyone playing the walking dead saints and sinners for review?

@Th3solution I started playing it a few weekends ago and I‘m debating just moving on. The menu system Is overwhelming and sometimes irritating to navigate.

I got the platinum for Control last night. I don’t plat games very often, but this one was just too good to put down until every task was complete!

I have not quite decided which part of the backlog to tackle next, but I am leaning toward Yakuza Kiwami 2.

@Adol_Xin Thanks! I wouldn't worry about that if I were you - I'm pretty bad at video games all things considered, I've played them for most of my life but have never been very good at them! I found dark souls was very good at encouraging you to persevere though, and every victory against a boss fight feels unbelievably satisfying. You're constantly getting better at the game, and it is a much more manageable game than a lot of people would have you believe! It's very difficult, but you do always feel like you can overcome it. I would strongly recommend you give it a try!

Thx! That may just be the push I needed! 😃

@jdv95 It is very cool to see that so many people are replaying the wonderful TLOU in advance of the sequel. I did this some weeks ago, and the game is still amazing and powerful (I also played the Left Behind DLC for the first time, and it is excellent).

I have been gaming for a long time, and I can count on one hand the number of games I have ever picked up again after finishing them. I am one of those people that wrings everything out of a game once, and then never touches it again. But TLOU is an exception, and I am so glad I went on the journey with Joel and Ellie one more time. And I can’t wait to get Part 2 day 1.

@Rudy_Manchego I have been thinking of picking up Terminator. What is your favorite thing about the game, and how is the difficulty? Thanks!

Burly has a really charming art style and vibe that I really enjoyed.

@Wazeddie22 out of interest, how is the Switch screen in the sun. Vita is nigh on unplayable unfortunately

Animal crossing has taken over my life over the past week and I’ve loved every second of it.

@wiiware i was definitely hoping for more dancing mini games. It was super fun!!

i finally got round to buying Bloodstained Ritual of the Night, it's been scratching my Castlevania itch especially as Konami wont do anything with the series anymore

@clarksmc As I was playing Death Stranding last night and just relishing in the immersive and unique gameplay and story with a big smile on my face, I did think to myself that despite my very high opinion of the game, I can see why some people just don’t click with it. It’s not a particularly exciting brand of gameplay, the combat is fairly mediocre when it happens, and the moment to moment planning of routes and organizing cargo is addictive to some but probably annoying to others. For some reason I really dig it. And as I’m getting more and more tools, vehicles, weapons, etc it just really is opening up at a great pace. I do get a surge of satisfaction when I see someone liked my sign or used a structure I built. I don’t know why, and I can see some people won’t be as impressed.
The menus are quite complicated. It took me a while to figure out after you accept a mission, how you are supposed to go through the menus to gear up and then scroll down to complete the actions; or dropping of cargo is a similar confusing chore. And there are a few things that are not well explained, to be sure. I’m probably 25 hours in and I’m still learning a few little things about menu navigation. But for me it’s not tainted the experience.

Im playing FF7 Remake on PS4 which is wonderful (currently on chapter 16) - i love how they have expanded the world for this game.

I had to give up on trails of cold steel 2 in the final palace on my vita as i just cant beat the bosses. Its pretty annoying. So started oceanhorn and chaos child instead

Carrying on with Kingdom Come. Been on it awhile but gonna fully commit to it now I've gotten to grips with the obtuse game mechanics! A lot of the bugs seem to have been patched out and somehow I've got all the DLC even though I haven't bought any ! A good game but man it's a slog - in a good way
Also will be playing StarCraft 2 on PC

@playstation1995 I've tried Prey 3 times but give up a quarter of the way. It's so hard, not in a fun way. Especially coming up against telekinetic Typhon's when you have no ammo. The game needs to be more forgiving, or I need to get better lol

@Rob_230 To be honest..terrible!I never tried the ps vita outside but I made a comment on Nintendolife about trying to play on the Switch sat outside.I'm beginning to think those first trailers of people having fun with their switches
outside was all a lie!

@Wazeddie22 😂😂 o dear how disappointing!! As you say, that was a big part of nintendo's initial marketing!

The Witcher 3 for me. Enjoying it but not living up to all the hype. That’ll teach me for reading reviews on the Internet.....

@KingPev - maybe it depends on the skills you acquire?... I really don’t enjoy too much challenge in a game, but I didn’t find Prey too bad.

Persona 5 Royal, 90 hours and ready to enter the 5th palace.
At night I put on my headphones to play Adr1ft.

@KingPev Dont give up.its not hard for me.its challenging.but. dont quit.yes get good.the graphics are amazing. Gameplay and story also.and makes some amo.and new abiilities.no game is too hard for me.word up son

@Shepherd_Tallon I'm Stuck on the snake boss, don't think I can go back. I love the game and want to keep playing but I don't like spending whole weekends trying to beat a boss..lol..I love the game though and wish I could finish it. I noticed after I play it I wake up in the am sore..lol..getting all into the boss fight.

@Rob_230 I was wondering that too, can't see the screen in the Sun.

I'm still playing Red Dead 2 and I am loving a board game I discovered on Android but it's also on switch and PS4, Talisman. Like I said last week it reminds me of those Lone Wolf books where you had to keep track of supplies,armour,$,lives,stamina. There was also combat and you used dice.

I’m also playing through the last of us again in preparation of the sequel. I haven’t forgotten how good it is but I’m surprised by how tense I am playing it even though I pretty much remember what’s going to happen next

Streets of Rage 4, Final Fantasy VII Remake.

I'm playing and loving X-COM 2. I put it off for so long because I hated Enemy Within.

The campaign for both Enemy Unknown and X-COM 2 are perfect on their own, they need additional content as much as the world needs another battle royale game.

I’m going to waste more time playing Animal Crossing and The Show 20 without making any progress in my backlog. Might play some more Streets of Rage 4 though, it’s absolutely amazing and I can play it local which is always a bonus.

@themcnoisy who you managing in FM?

Shadow of War on my own.
Borderlands 3 and Far Cry 5 in co-op.

Animal crossing , zelda BOTW and MK on switch with friends

Finished getting the platinum for FF7R. Probably my goty with how amazing it was

Im playing through Danganronpa this weekend and I hope the platinum trophy isn't too hard to get but with how fun it is, I'll probably do the grind to get it anyway

@Hego Sunderland. Coming towards the end of January now and still in the FA Cup and 3rd or 4th in the league.

This weekend for me it’s probably gonna be Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a little bit of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and a bit of God of War on New Game +. Other than that, not sure what else I might try and sink my teeth into. Got a week off coming up here soon, so I’ll probably use that time to run through The Last of Us Remastered before part 2 comes out.

Won’t have much time to play games this weekend. Maybe Samurai Shodown on PS4 and Streets of Rage 4 and Animal Crossing on Switch.

@liamcroft we r playing absolutely same games this weekend

Assassins Creed Odyssey. I have managed to get to level 49 over the last few weeks. I absolutely love this game. Put in 74 hours and I know I have more to go..

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, and I'm about to start a replay Horizon Zero Dawn.

Like a few others, started a play through of the last of us. Naughty dog nailed the world and atmosphere in this game.

Cities skylines no man's sky or little nightmares for me trying to get somewhere in all of them. I could do with starting some of my others too.

Death Stranding - Got it way back when it launched couldn't get into it.. Now the last two weeks the game really got me hooked. Pacing is great every time I think: getting boring now you get some new gadgets or vehicles that gives you more options to approach certain situations and experiment with. Story is also.. Kojima..

The Last of Us - Will also start a new game for obvious reasons. I start to love this game more and more the first time playing it on PS3 it didn't get me right away, first playthrough took me a few months couldn't wait to get to the end and be done with it (backlog stuff) but then I thought I will give it a proper chance after a 2nd playthrough it really got to me! Looking forward to the sequel!

1. Sakura Wars
2. Gears Tactics (PC Game Pass + Shadow on the GO)
3. F12019

So far just been playing Everybody's Golf which is nice and relaxing, probably play more Rayman Legends and FF-X later but I'm currently reading Asoiaf on book 3 part 2. Aiming to be waiting for Winds of Winter before lockdown is over, still working but that's my self imposed deadline!

@Th3solution I absolutely loved Death Stranding, spent about 100 hours playing it and got the platinum. Will definitely revisit it one day on the toughest difficulty setting.

@KingPev it does take a while to get into but I love Kingdom come it's probably one of the most realistic game world's created. I spent a few thousand coin on armour there so need to kill a few bandits and loot their gear to sell to replenish my funds then who knows what I will get up to!

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Vita) - Finally teamed up with Superman and am nearing the end of the game.

Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - Still doing sidequests and wondering around, will be playing this for months to come.

Monster Burner (Windows Phone) - Just starting out on this one.

It's the weekend? I thought it was Wednesday or something. Anyway, I'm having a break from VIIR by playing FFXII. One of my favourites.

@Westernwolf4 Hey, no worries! As a big fan of the franchise, I quite like the game. It is an old school AA budget game so not huge and old fashioned in a lot of ways. There are 3 difficulties and on normal you need normal resource management but haven’t found it too challenging and so would imagine easy would be a breeze. I got it in the sale for £15 and that seems like a good price for an 8 hour ish game.

Just did a 100 % with AC Syndicate jack the ripper was a monster. But man what a insane amount of bugs still was fun to play as Evie again. The pity is that the Jack the Ripper parts where a little dissapointing.

Bought Vampyr in that last big sale, and man am I hooked. Excellent storytelling and voice acting, great spooky world, and the combat isn’t half bad. Really enjoying the vampire power fantasy. Excited to see what Dontnod brings to next-gen!

@BranJ0 I was underwhelmed by Sekiro. The world design was pretty awesome, but the combat was very one-note.

Bloodborne is a masterpiece, the pinnacle of FromSoftware’s work—go for it!

@Rudy_Manchego this sounds exactly like what I was hoping for out of it. Thanks for the helpful info, and I am glad you are enjoying the game!

Just started my quaint English village walkabout in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture. I think I’ll head into the pub.

Playing through Final Fantasy 7 on remake on hard mode, just got to the sewers whilst continuing my never ending adventure in tamriel, I've become an altaholic

Ive hit that gaming rut as of late. Stick something on, get to the title screen then cant be bothered so turn it off, rinse and repeat. I have just done a couple of hours on Star wars:Fallen order tho. Pretty good so far.

Death Stranding. Opinion so far - amazing imagery coupled with a bunch of long winded nonsense and genuinely boring gameplay. Just started chapter 3. Apparently it gets better from here. If not, I don't think I'll be trying chapter 4.

@darksoul77 yeah it is good, some quirky flaws but like you say a great game world. The constantly managing sleep and hunger gets monotonous though. But I'm not very far into the game, so sure it will get even better !

@playstation1995 yeah I will definitely have another crack at it. I'm used to hard games, been gaming for 30 years but couldn't get this one to "flow" if you know what I mean. Word up son

@KingPev yeah upgrade your shotgun and your abilities you would ge good.word up son

@KingPev you don't need to eat that often only once a day from one of the pots and sleep are free saves. Keeping your armour fully repaired and also clean (if your like me and want everyone to address you as a knight) now that gets a bit monotonous but having a nice armour set does give you a lot of influence with characters and make guards/bandits more scared of you.

@Col_McCafferty I'm playing through Days Gone to. It's a very good game easily 8 out of 10

I've got to admit I'm enjoying Farming Sim 2019. They've done quite an extensive work there. So I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea (wasn't sure it's mine too), but it's an excellent sim game, glad I've got to try it with the ps plus...

@Westernwolf4 No problem and enjoy!

COD Modern warfare and Fifa 20 may go back to Death Stranding and finish star wars fallen order then I can start back log

@Bagwag82 Glad you're enjoying it!

AC Origins, Tropico 6 and Red Dead Revolver. Going to give up on Red Dead though. It's a bit too difficult for me

Little break from Nioh 2, as I’m away from my primary PS4.

Started Monkey King. Hoping to beat it by the time I go back home.

Terminator Resistance while it's in sale. Easy Platinum and nice little game at the price point. Playing co-op on Far Cry 5 while I wait for Last of Us Part 2 😎

I'm going through Hard on each chapter in Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Currently on Chapter 7. Only a few trophies to go for the plat!

Playing through Phoenix point atm and it's pretty good. I still need to dust off my PS4 to finish days gone

I just want to thumbs up Stephen because I too finished TLoU Remastered this weekend and starting playing factions...damn good game, simple but AWESOME story!
Hyped for the sequel

Binging gta 5

It was a mixture of Borderlands Pre Sequel - almost got LV50 and the plat - and Guacamellee 2, and LEGO Batman 3.

@playstation1995 prey is one of my favorite fps, its really a awesome game and is a little challenging. You should check out blasphemous bro, im really liking it, very good indie game. Word up son

I'm playing VRC PRO on PC 🤣

Rise of Tomb Raider (8 bucks psn sale, hella deal), Everybody Golf got reinstalled and thats been my happy place, just beat SoR4 and Strange Brigade with my buddy. On to harder difficulty and the SB DLC. Next up Valkyria Chronicles remaster (adored the game on ps3) and then VC4.

@playstation1995 especially word to your mother today! Cheers from Maryland to NY bro. Word ☝ son

@Nyne11Tyme. Valkyria chronicles remastered is amazing.still playing it on my ps4 pro.word up son

@ellsworth004. Blasphemous is my kind of games.its like dead cells.dark souls and castlevania.prey is amazing.wow gameplay.story and graphics is?amazing.its like a horror game.yes its challenging.but im use to hard games.haha.stay safe playa.word ☝ up son

Borderlands Goty for 10 bucks. Looks and plays great on my PRO. Short loadings between areas that were long on PS3, 1080p, and smooth 60fps. What a bargain.

Wish i could say the same about Far Cry 3 that was a sale purchase of 15 bucks. Although not a remaster like Borderlands i was expecting better. Instead FC3 is better on my PS3 than on my PRO.

Crash Bandicoot no doubt, those bloody gold/platinum time trial relics (shakes fist angrily)

@playstation1995 have u played blasphemous yet, it actually seems to have quite a bit of content and from what ive read the devs are releasing some free dlc for it sometime. Very fun game, it has a salt and sanctuary vibe to it and i know u like that game. Have u played it yet? Stay safe son!!!

@ellsworth004. That game is right up my alley.it remind me of castlevania Symphony of the night.word up son