Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 325

Silent Hill 1 on the Vita. Amazing game, it still holds up! The atmosphere is pure dread when you put on some headphones and crank the volume up.

This weekend will consist of the continuation of Doomsday Heist in GTA Online and starting Journey for the first time which is a game i picked up on PS Plus that i have been meaning to play for quite some time.

This weekend, I have been mostly eating... Tiny Epic Mechs.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/257283/tiny-epic-mechs

Playing the mafia 2 definitive edition and I have to say it being a ten year old game and my first time ever playing it I love it. Yes I’ve seen the glitches but other than frame drops I’ve been extremely lucky on my playthrough and just reached chapter 9. It feels like what RDR 2 did but done ten years earlier and imo better. I can’t wait for that Mafia 1 remake in August especially since people say that one is the best.

After finishing the plat in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on Friday early morning I'm not sure what's next. Fallen Order was a great game and I will definitely pick up 2 when Ready at Dawn releases it, but man did Zoffo suck. I'm still grinding away at Monster Hunter & Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville plats but not sure if I'll start anything new. I've been thinking about going back to finish Darksiders 1 from my backlog or could start Far Cry 5.

Bought Maneater, kinda regret it lol. Oh well it's something to play still.
More looking forward to next weekend with Bug Fables and Xenoblade Chronicles.

Playing trials of mana.

jedi fallen order.

not much of a star wars fan but i still enjoy it regardless. it's a great looking game aswell.

I think I may finish Final Fantasy 7 Remake this weekend. If I do, then I may either play Persona 5 Royal or Days Gone.

That and I may dabble a bit with the workshop content in Half Life Alyx.

I have a Dreamcast being delivered today so I'll be playing some Daytona, Canon Spike, Gunbird 2 and probably Resident Evil Code Veronica

Witcher 3 ♡ and zelda BOTW when i have time... but gwent is so good...

I felt like playing Horizon Zero Dawn again so I’m giving new game plus a try. Also thought I’d give ultra hard a go to get it back to 100%, seems okay so far.
A mate has finally found time for RDR 2 so hopefully we will get to posse up. Any other time I will carry on with X-Com 2.
Happy long weekend peeps.

Finished the main story of Days Gone last night and now just polishing up a few things including some hordes!

Once I have seen the 'secret' ending though I imagine I'll put it away for a bit. I started in early Jan, liked it but spent too many nights just clearing away freakers around O'Leary's.

Not surprised some find it a bit slow to start with but once you reach Lost Lake the story and action really ramps up.

Overall opinion, really good game. Deacon grew on me as I progressed (as well as Boozer) and by the end I was fully engrossed in the story. The game's a bit rough around the edges and it has some obvious flaws but generally I rate it quite highly and look forward to the sequel.

8/10

Splatoon 2. Splatfests have returned to the game in a one-off event where Mayonnaise and Ketchup are having a rematch to determine which is the best condiment, so I'll be fighting eagerly for Team Ketchup.

Also going to dabble in some Danganronpa 2 and Persona 5 Dancing in Starlight. I've reached the end of the main storyline in Danganronpa 2 and played every song at least once in Persona 5 Dancing, so probably won't play them as excessively as I have in past weeks.

And as it's a long weekend, there should be plenty of time for me to get back into Witcher 3 Wild Hunt and try out the expansions for it.

@kyleforrester87 they're awesome games, I've got Virtua Tennis for PS3 as well.

Yeah I might have to pick up Axiom Verge to play a modern game 😉

I finally finished DA Inquisition with the excellent Trespasser dlc which sets up Dragon Age 4 nicely. I don't know what I'm in the mood for to play next. I'll probably chill out fishing in a Montana river in Red Dead Online.

Finished up the story on Borderlands 3's second DLC earlier and now I'm heading into Steelport for some Saints Row 3 remastered lunacy!

I’ve started a second play through of the single player campaign in Titanfall 2...damn I forgot how good this game is! The gunplay is very satisfying too. Also playing Huntdown, SnowRunner and some Dragon Quest XI

Having just finished Darksiders 3 earlier ( which is very good, the best in the series imho ) I'm gonna push on with Halo Wars 2 on XboxOne, sorry 🤣
Back to PS4 I'll be mopping up Grid and some character levelling on FF14
Have a good weekend guys

Volta and Champions League in FIFA 20.

Going in as a rude Khajit cat in Skyrim.

My dishonourable Arthur is refusing to feed his horse and it's gone from fit to thin to malnourished cause he like his horses skinny and envies Hosea's horse so much.

Continuing as Alexios in the repetitive but beautiful world in AC Odyssey. The women are pretty but I don't think they can beat HZD's.

Still stuck on some Odogaron in MHWorld. I left the game for about 2 months now I'm back.

Then some LA Noire, SFV and Mafia 3 demo ( contemplating to rebuy it in a sale if I'm reminded it's a good game maybe).

Assassin's Creed Syndicate mainly

I picked up Huntdown, which seems fun. Still playing SnowRunner, but quite annoying as encountered a glitch where my expensive customised truck has vanished. The game is good, but certainly needs a few fixes. Still having fun with Streets of Rage 4 too.

Finishing off Lara Croft GO on Vita, doing a collectible run now for the plat and then I will return to the Defiled Chalice dungeons and try to beat the Big Doggie thing as I painfully try and get a platinum trophy on Bloodborne. I give it 1-2 nights before I rage quit again.

Salt and sanctuary.mutant year zero road to eden.and shadow tactics blades of the showgun.word life word is bond.word to your mother.word up ☝ son.

Sounds like I'm super close to the end of Trails of Cold Steel so as soon as that's done I'll be doing the only possible thing: jumping straight into the second one. Another huge JRPG, here I come

Playing gta 5 on pc, got it free on egs (and civ 6 is free this weeks). Playing gta 5 with 60 fps is pretty sweet, I think I'll buy this game again on ps5 if rockstar release gta 5 remaster on it, I hope it's free patch though

@Rudy_Manchego - Defiled Watchdog isn't too bad if you bait his head swipes and dash in for some easy hits. Here's a vid I made to show a friend how to beat him. Maybe it'll be of some use to you, hope it helps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMl1NhdNlOA

Should be finishing up Yakuza 3 tonight in the remastered collection. Just waiting for Xenoblade and Last of Us to be out now.

Smashing the backlog, so now on HZD!

Animal Crossing,Stardew Valley and Fire Emblem Three Houses on Switch.
Lego DC Villains and Donut County on PS4.
Ps finished Natwest Island Saver and it is awesome...if all kiddie games were as good as this id buy more!

Continuing my playthroughs of Persona 5 Royal and the first Phoenix Wright. Also, my friend got me Dark Souls 3 on PC, so I'm starting another playthrough of it.

I’m on a bit of a remasterfon atm. Just finished Ghostbusters and now moving onto Secret of Mana.

It’s gonna take a lot of work to restore Daniel Jones and the New York Giants to their former glory But I’m a Dolphins fan I have to go back to the early 70s for good memories. Good luck! Still grinding on dragon quest 11!

@UncleJungle I bought the game too not very impressed at the moment...But I’ll give it a little more time.

I'm going through all endings of Detroit Become Human. Though that's just an excuse because I'm a graphics whore and this game is gorgeous.

Serious Sam VR, Project Cars VR, and FF7R

These last couple of months, I've finished Death Stranding and Final Fantasy 7 remake, so I think it's time I finally jump into Persona 5. Besides that, maybe some Destiny 2. Have a great weekend everyone!

Finished Nier Automata, will need to replay to get platinum, as I can't complete all endings, because I missed a weapon earlier in the game. Will play some more Phoenix Wright and may start Dragon Quest Heroes 2.

I see the public shaming of the staff last week was effective because we got quite a good update from the PS Towers. 😂

As for me, in addition to trekking across America and restoring the chiral network, I’ve revisited Trails of Cold Steel after a long hiatus from my Vita. It took a while to remember the mechanics and story, but I think I’ll be able to pick it back up. It’s a very intricate and complex battle system so I didn’t do it any favors by leaving it so long (6 months). I’m still rusty with combat and the orbment system but I don’t want to restart because I’m over 10 hours in ...although for this game that’s like the equivalent of just seeing the loading screen in the average length game. 😄

lol I'm not even going to mention Animal Crossing anymore. Playing every day is just a daily chore at this point, like cooking dinner or doing the laundry.

I think I'll probably start playing The Messenger this weekend. I want something short to dig into to kill time until Shantae and Xenoblade release on the 28th and 29th, respectively. I also have the Switch version of The Witcher 3 coming, and I'm eager to migrate over my save file from the Steam version and play in handheld mode.

Dragon quest 11 and Eso, it has dragged me back into its warm comfortable embrace yet again. 😂😂😂

I'll keep going with AC: Origins which I'm really enjoying this time round. The game looks gorgeous in 4k and I'm just in a better mood for playing it

I finished up all of danganronpa and will start 2 some time later. Loved almost every bit of it. I'm not really sure about watching the anime for it tho

For now, I'll be playing FFXIV. They're giving the starter edition out for free right now. So you basically only need to pay the sub fee when the 30 days that comes with it are up, and the expansion if you want more FFXIV goodness.

@KratosMD Yeah, I’ll probably do that on the forums as I get along. And it’s good to hear that I don’t need to worry too much about the complexity of the orbments in order to progress and enjoy it.

Just got a Neo Geo Mini. The Japanese version, so I’ll be all over that. As for the PS4, Samurai Shodown.

@Shigurui Wow nice, I have nowhere near the skills you do but it looks like the trick is defo to keep clear close and duck from the head. I suck at beast fights and tend to do far better at Hunter fights since I favour a skill build. Thanks for the advice!!

Another weekend, another night shifts at work.

The Sniper Eite 4 platinum is on

@djlard I weep for thee.

I started re3 remake like two weeks ago and I'm still only like 2 hours in! So much work in the warm months!!! Thankfully in the colder months I have more time to play videogames. But I hate winter hahaha. In the meantime I'll enjoy the income, the weather, and the many nights I get to spend outside grilling!

I'm going to keep it short:
-Tried Greedfall after finishing Days Gone. Big mistake! Generally speaking, the animation sucks, camera work is bad, dialogue is cringeworthy at times and combat is worse than in The Witcher 3.

• Desperate for another great SP storydriven game I started Bioshock. Still looks and plays as great as it did in 2007!

@gollumb82

After days gone I had to take a break from playing games because I was so blown away by it. Such a great game and seriously under rated. Nothing else could live up to it's expectations. About a month later and I started and completed death stranding. Great game as well, but.... Open world with zombies!! You can't beat that!!

Finishing up Vampyr and well into a play through of Last of Us before Part II drops next month.
Pandemics across the board... 🦠

@Shepherd_Tallon Same with Nioh 2. It’s a great game, but VERY much more of the same. Wish they had mixed up the formula just a little bit more. Just got bored with it so fast...

I’ll be playing shadow of the tomb raider. Got it on launch but moved on to another cant remember what though.

Once I’m done with tomb raider I’m going to start a play through of the last of us to prepare for part 2.

@NYJetsfan123
You got that right! Great games leave you unable to enjoy much else for some time (had the same with RDR2). Still, Bioshock is as great as I remember it (played it back in 2007 on PS3) so I'm moving on Haven't played Death Stranding yet, but it is on my wishlist.

Playing Ghost Giant for the first time, and also will be trying out that Marvel's Iron Man VR demo.

Got my shadow of the colossus platinum during the week so time to replay the last of us before part 2 comes out

Finished my second playthrough of the last of us, I had forgotten how brilliant it is! Bit of skyrim but to be honest, I think I'm going to tap out. Played up to level 22, have done a fair few main mission quests, thieves guild and civil war quests along with side quests. Have given up on reading the books, it's just too much of something that's too similar. Like a gaming equivalent of man vs food. Away to sign up to the dark brotherhood and if I'm not in the mood, scrap that for some Luigis mansion.

@Col_McCafferty
What secret ending? I finished the main story and wondered what some guys were referring to as a cliffhanger ending. What do you have to do to see it?

Odin Sphere. I've been meaning to platinum this for months so it's finally time. Great game. I played this back on PS2 but never finished it so it's nice to finally do it now. Great fun but a bit of a button masher to the point where it stops being fun after a while.

@kyleforrester87 Absolutely. I beat Axiom Verge and got the 100% trophies last weekend. Such good fun. The NES Metroid homage is so great but there is no way this game could run on a NES - or any 8-bit machine

Been playing Iron Man VR Demo and Walking Dead VR today. Tomorrow I'm going to carry on with my first playthrough of Horizon Zero Dawn enjoying it so far.

As usual I've been diving in and out of hunts in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne and been taking a bite out of all types of fish and humans in Maneater

Great times!

@Shepherd_Tallon I have the exact same issue with Nioh 2 in the same spot. For me, I’ve taken a break and will be playing Days Gone this weekend as well as Huntdown because I need a good indie palette cleanser. And Apex Legends pulled me back in too.

@gollumb82 I haven't seen it yet but apparently you just ride around after finishing the main story and at some point O'Brien asks to meet.

I haven't received the call yet so perhaps I have to do something else first.

I have one final marauder camp to clear so perhaps it will happen after that. Hope so as then I can move onto something else. Still have some stuff to do in Odyssey and also want to start BioShock 2 and see how far I get into that before The Last Of Us Part II is released.

I also have Fallen Order and Death Stranding to play but plan on leaving these until Last Of Us is done.

@Col_McCafferty
Ok, I will probably just see it on YT as I have already started Bioshock (planning on playing the entire trilogy). Cheers!

Just started Watch Dogs 2. Definitely a Ubisoft game, but I feel like it works due to the setting. Plus finding the collectibles requires a bit more thought and consideration than the usual collectathons.

completed mafia II definitive ed & downloaded The Witcher 1 enhanced edition on steam (replay) now this is the game i love most in series its bit outdated in terms of gameplay and visuals but boi the atmosphere,ost, story its all good.. i hope cd projekt remakes this game sometime in future. if you are fan of witcher 3 and never bothered with previous games you should give it a try.game is free on gog.com if you subscribe to gog newsletter and system req are not high..

@gollumb82 @Col_McCafferty Guys you have to 100% all the quest lines to get the 'secret ending'. So all the hordes/camps etc have to be done. I think it's worth doing.

@BearsEatBeets
Thanks man! Unfortunately, I wasn't particularily fond of fighting hordes so I'm going to pass. Gonna look it up on YT, though.

I most likely will finish FF7 remake this weekend. The combat and overall story are really cool but damn the voice acting is BAD sometimes and the character animations outside of combat are terrible. Also, the environments have basically nothing to explore..."oh look a box, and it's a potion" or some crap like this. Anyway, the combat is one of the best, only held back by the camera.

Then I'm playing Maneater (Thanks Sammy) which is super super fun and just the game that I needed, virtually no story, only solid gameplay and fun exploration (despite the R3 lock on not working properly).

Also will be playing more MAFIA III, for some reason 1 year ago I bought the game and liked the opening so much that I bought the DLC and then...never played again lol. But now I'm enjoying it a lot despite being a bit repetitive and clunky.

Visiting family for the weekend. So my PS4/PC taking a break.

1. Gears Tactics (Shadow)
2. Finishing Metro Exodus: Sam's Story (Geforce NOW)

Thankfully they have really good Wi-Fi

Think I’m getting towards the end of Ni-Oh 2, but I’ve really been missing football lately.

Reckon I’ll start up a new season in PES2020.

@gollumb82 O'Brien called, went to meet him. Sets up the sequel quite nicely!

@BearsEatBeets No, you don't. I've got plenty of hordes left to do and one remaining Marauder Camp.

Just ride around, clearing things up and you'll get the call. Which I happened to receive whilst fighting a reacher and then some runners for good measure!

@Col_McCafferty Fair enough, I thought that was the case. I certainly didn't get it until all quest lines were done. Maybe they changed it in a patch or it's always been the case it just takes a certain amount of time after the main stories done. Still it sets the scene for an intriguing sequel.

@BearsEatBeets No worries mate, its a brilliant little scene and helps make Days Gone 2 a very exciting prospect.

@eumenes Don't need to. I really like my job ☺️

Trying to play metro exodus but the controls feel like they are fighting me. It's just painful to play. I enjoyed the previous 2 titles so much but this one needs some adjusting

Dreams on the PS4 and Mordhau on the laptop, I’m terrible at both of them!

I just platnium'd The Surge after picking it up for $7 last week, it got some scathing reviews online but I really enjoyed it.

@Col_McCafferty
That's great news! I'm going to re-download Days Gone for that ending then Thanks man!

Nioh 2 and Detroit Become Human

Trails of Cold Steel 2 on PS4 and Ys 1 on the Vita. Loving them!

Mafia 2 chap 14 I just keep getting killed so after getting frustrated. Mafia 3 never completed(hoping for a Mafia 4 announcement this summer). Lastly Maneater man that game is just my sit down when the kids are bouncing around and play abit to level.

@Col_McCafferty
Holy Moly! Ok, now I'm going to call the Bend studio to ask when the sequel is coming cause I want it NOW! That 'secret', or should I say true, ending blew my mind (and got me thinking about some of the things you do during the game and how they will affect the sequel). Thanks for the heads up Colonel

@gollumb82 Ha, yeah it's a humdinger of an ending. Changes everything really.

@Ristar24 I’m enjoying SnowRunner too, but as you said it still has some bugs. My Kahn Marshall scout has disappeared, which I’m gutted about it.

Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - Haven't played for a few days and looking to get back into it.

Equalicious (Windows Phone) - Fun little puzzle game.

Monster Burner (Windows Phone) - Kind of okay so far.

@Nightcrawler71 Yes, lots of reports of vehicles vanishing online, which can lose you a lot of progress if its an upgraded truck. The headlights also have issues and I feel like the shadows looked worst after the last patch. Its put me off playing the game to be honest, but as I own it digitally, I guess I'm waiting for them to fix it.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey. This game never ends.