Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 333

Remnant from the ashes.dead rising 2 off the record and mad max.i just beat the last boss nightmare on remnant from the ashes.amazing game.no game is too hard for me.been playing video games since 1981.im used to hard games.i beat the whole game by myself.and them boss is no joke like eric b and rakim.word life.word is bond.word to your mother.word ☝ up son

Ghost of tsushima of course. Man this game is amazing, the graphics are insane, the story is good, I like the characters, I just meet yuna for about 2 minutes and I already like her, and the combat is really good, it's high risk high reward whether you or the enemy can be killed in a matter of second, good stuff

And finished playing tlou 2 a couple of days ago. The gameplay is great, I don't like the story and I don't like most of the characters either. I hope ND makes new ip next gen, I'm not interested in tlou series again.

I now have Streets of Rage 4 on PS4 so I’ll give that a play through. Maybe Samurai Shodown as well.

Trails Of Cold Steel on PS4. Currently on the third chapter and really enjoying myself with it.

So much so I've been neglecting Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night a bit (A lot) Also on PS4.

I'll be playing this over the weekend hopefully to make up for it lol.

Have a good weekend everyone and stay safe! 😀

The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima.

The Haven reveal trailer reminded me Furi exists & I never beat it. So it’s Furi & TLOU2 for me.

I’m at my in-laws’ home across the pond in Ireland, so I’ve brought my Vita and enjoying some peaceful farming in Stardew Valley. May test their internet by trying to remote play & connect to my PS4Pro !

@Gamer83 Nice!

I'll be continuing Episode 8 of the sometimes brilliant, often baffling and good grinding fun that is Death Stranding.

The mountains though, I swear the Fellowship had it easy braving the Path of Caradhras!

I'm playing Ghost... Recon: Wildlands Fooled you, didn't I? Anyway, I never managed to finish Terminator: Resistance. Poor graphics, bad AI, small maps, non-existent stealth (despite it supposedly being an option), average plot, fetch quests galore. I'm enjoying GR, so looking forward to more of that.

Some AC odyssey and gtav4 lost and damned dlc. After playing tlou2, kassandra looks like she's been injected with amphetamine!! Some of the assassination animations are v janky but love the setting and after switching off all the ubisoft junk hud options, the game looks decent. Haven't been more excited for a setting in a long time, I loved ancient Greek mythology as a kid and Greek Islands on holiday as an adult (retiring in the dodecanese or crete would be my idea of heaven). Hoping the writing gets a bit stronger though, happy gaming folks!!

I'm playing Ghost.......Recon Breakpoint. Thought I'd give it another go now it's got ai squad mates and it's alot better. Still a buggy mess, though. I'll also continue my career in the rather good AO Tennis 2 and being the friendliest cowgirl in the west in Red Dead Online.

Playing some more Ghost of Tsushima, played about 6 hours so far and its fun and looks really pretty, so much so the cameraman is more interested at looking at trees rather than my enemies.

As its a Grand Prix this weekend I'll play some more F1 2020 and its excellent My Team mode, Mick Schumacher needs to start pulling his weight or I might replace him.

Finally getting about 20 hours into the FFVII remake has just made me want to go back and play the real FFVII and I might pick up 8 and 9 to play through them all on PS4. I really enjoyed FFVIII back on PS1, I mean who doesn't want to turn a T-Rex into a playing card?

Paper mario the origami king

Knockin down walls and planting too many ugly paintings to get more monry in House Flipper. Along with more janky fun with the Sinking city

@Col_McCafferty
Fortunately I have a bit of free time because both these games have a lot to explore and I tend to get stuck doing more of that than advancing the main story. Even in extremely linear games I wander around.

I’ve got guitar lessons with Joel this weekend.

I will be honouring my PS4 with this

Absolutely loving it so far and just when I think I'm getting good I get killed. The combat is so satisfying when you do it well though.

Happy gaming samurai.

Ghost of Tsushima & Hollow Knight at GodHome, all four bindings very challenging.

Ghost of Tsushima what else?
Really enjoyed the time I have spent with the game. The game world and exploration is quite relaxing and the combat is exhilarating!

Happy gaming everyone and a good weekend!

Ghost of Tsushima

No Mans Sky new update 2.60

Let’s get the obvious ones out of the way...Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II. Also playing F1 2020, Shadow Warrior 2 (Game pass) and have just started Warhammer 40K Mechanicus

@Nilexson I think you mean exhilarating 🙂

@carlos82 ”so much so the cameraman is more interested at looking at trees rather than my enemies” ...LMAO 🤣
I agree though, and this is my only gripe with the game so far. Why is there no lock-on?

Ghost of Tsushima, obviously. My god, it feels so good.

@Nightcrawler71 Ha yeah! Thanks...

@KratosMD YS VIII is so good. I’m using one of the in-game bonus images as my PS4 wallpaper.
If you’re interested in the trophies there are some really annoying missables.

Enjoy! The game has no right to be as good as it is.

Ghost of Tsushima for me, only played the opening hours but loving to so far! Combat is great, the world is gorgeous to explore and I’m already invested to seeing out the Tales around the Island !

@Nightcrawler71 yeah its baffling and I wonder if they might add something like this in. It wouldn't be so bad if you could use the shoulder buttons for combat but I don't remember games like the Arkham series having these camera issues

Paper Mario: The Origami King with my nephew. Also, some DOOM 3 on my own.

Far Cry 5. I'm late to Far Cry games, but they are excellent.

Red Dead Redemption 2, Bloodstained Ritual of the Night, and some Cuphead for me.

@carlos82 @LN78 the only reason I can think of as to why the devs didn’t add a “lock-on” is because as it stands there are no free buttons to map it to! R3 is often used in games as a lock-on, but in GoT that’s used for crouching. Maybe they’ll find a workaround.

Seattle Day 3!

007: Quantum of Solace (Games For Windows) - Back on multiplayer this weekend.

Fallout 3 (Games For Windows) - After taking a few days off, getting back into it this weekend.

Uno & Friends (Windows Phone) - Heading to the inlaws this weekend, so this will def get some play time.

I've just started a bean dive on true trophies so a lot of games.

But mainly the last of us 2 new game plus run.

pillars of eternity and Ghost of Tsushima

Graveyard keeper, Void b*stards and The walking dead saints and sinners 😁

I finished the platinum for Maneater (which is something I don’t do often), and just started Void Bastards. I am terrible at the game so far, but I am going to give it more time.

I wish I were playing Ghosts, but I am firm in this conviction: Nothing else new (especially full price games) until the backlog gets more attention.

333 already? Wow! I remember when WAYPTW was introduced here and on nintendolife.

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition!

Running around Japan, killing my foes with a big sword in.... Nioh 2

MLB The Show 19 / Castlevania SOTN, just beat Beëlzebub. Man, that fight was a pain. / Guilty Gear xrd Rev 2

I’m also looking to buy Shadow Tactics in the current sale so maybe I’ll get to give that a go as well.

Exploring in Ghost...

Ghost of Tsushima - 5 hrs in and loving it. My jaw drops at each new stunning vista. Breathtaking
Destiny 2 - downloaded Shadowkeep add on and wow the opening quest blew me off my chair ! Forsaken was great and now this
Have a good weekend y'all. ♥️♥️

Wish I could start my 2nd playthrough of TLOUII but holding off for now and continuing my 2nd playthroughs of HZD & AC Odyssey. Continuing GTAV for the umpteenth time plus some RDRII.

Plus I'm so glad I bought PES2020 after Konami have been sincere and decided to release 2021 as an update for just £25. It's clear we don't actually know the fate of next season football yet I'm sure greedy EA will still go ahead and release £70 PS5 FIFA21 with graphics not even close to realism as PS4 PES2020.

Still playing Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated. I think my copy of Ghost of Tsushima will be in today but I told myself to finish Rehydrated before starting Ghost.

Ghost of Tsushima, what else!?

Playing Ghost of Tsushima, loving it so far! 7 hours in right now. I haven't played an open world game for quite some time so while the repetition is there I'm not bothered by it. The scenery is breathtaking sometimes. The world it self is most definitely the best and unique aspect of the game.

Also I'm making a list of my backlog....

1 Ghost of Tsushima
2. F12020 (race day weekend 🏁🏎🏎🏎)

Seeing as it's been my most hyped for game of the year there's no way I'm NOT going to be playing Ghost Of Tshuhima.Played a few hours so far and I'm blown away by everything!Definitely not dissapointed.Love the graphics,the combat is awesome and I've got audio set to Japanese with English subtitles so it feels more like an old samurai film.
Also will start Paper Mario on Switch today which I'm looking forward to.

Control, GTA Vice City and polishing off the rest of Bloodstained while I’m at it! I’ll also make some progress towards every ending in Tekken Tag Tournament while I try to source a copy of Tekken 4. If I finish Control I’ll probably be moving onto Sleeping Dogs.

PS4 - Ghost Tsushima
Xbox One - Fable 3
Switch -Undecided between finishing up What the golf or more Streets of Rage 4.

Just Samurai things

My weekend is dedicated to loads of junk food and cutting people up in Ghost of Tsushima like cutting fruit up in fruit ninja 😂

Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris in all its 15fps glory.

Just found out I hadn’t cancelled PSNow, like I thought (*****!) so having blitzed through Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 3 days, I’m now trying to do the same with Metro Exodus. I’m going to get my money’s worth if it kills me!

Playing dad atm and then will get to play my ps4, been playing alot of beat saber and ghost of tsushima as well.

@R1spam Ha ha..love Kassandra.

Just started Bloodborne for the first time! Loving the grind so far. Looking forward to Ghost probably later this year

I got the quantic dream collection on sale on the PlayStation store. I was planning on starting Ghost of T. but I'm so surprised how engrossed I am in Heavy Rain and now playing Beyond 2 Souls with Detroit Become Human next. I wanted to quit Heavy Rain after the first 3 chapters but boy did the story pick up after that and even though the controls were a bit annoying in some spots I had to keep playing to see what happened next.

Kind of noticed that Jodie from Beyond 2 Souls looks like Ellie from TLOU. I googled it and I didn't realize Ellen Page had an issue with Naughty Dog because she thought the same thing. Jodie even plays the guitar.

I just kill Alatreon in MHWI really disappointing in the escaton mechanic, it ruins the fight to me since I’m not a speed runner and I will play more Érica to get all endings and trophies

Good chunk of time on Ghost last night. Really enjoying it so far. Made it through the prologue on hard but then had to dial it down to medium soon after. Very challenging, but fair combat; really captures the feeling of life-or-death sword fighting. Only issue so far is I feel like the graphics look a bit dated and kind of over-saturated, especially compared to a certain game that was just released... Switched to Kurosawa mode and haven’t looked back, so many amazing textures that really sing in black and white. Excited to keep playing!

Ghost of tsushima for me, quite like it, it's not really gripping me just yet, will see how it goes.

I'm back to Ni No Kuni 2 in search of the Taunted Monters to get the Platinum after having finished it 2 years ago. It still looks lovely!

Would love to be playing Ghosts of Tsushima but I am not as I don’t have it.

Might play more Iron Man VR and pick up more Mirrors edge catalyst

Going to be cranking up Ghost of Tsushima if I can pull myself away from Bloodstained. Fortunately, I think I’ll have time for both. 😄

Ghost of tsushima. Enjoying it so far. I do wish the texture details were slightly better on things like cliff faces, mud, rocks, and the ground in general but that's just nitpicky stuff really.

I'm playing my free copy of Superhot: Mind Control Delete and Ghost of Tsushima. Seeing a lot of people wanting a lock on system but I think it would kill the flow of combat, definitely doesn't need one. Really enjoying it but my one complaint is it needs a FOV slider, feels a little too narrow for me. That aside it's pretty much the best Assassin's Creed game I've ever played!

Spider-Man new game+ and it’s just such a fun game and the story and characters are so well done. Can’t wait to play Miles Morales!!

On vacation atm, so FFVIII remastered and might dabble in some Xenoblade 2, all on the Switch.

God of War - such a great game

Far Cry 3, never played it before but saw it was £2.50 and wow what a great game, bare in mind my Ghost of Tsushima turned up today and haven't touched it lol

A replay of Dying Light Enhanced edition that has some new content i have yet to play. Also just starting my first play of the July freebie, Rise of The Tomb Raider.

I'm In LOVE with Ghost of Tsushima!! I've done only a few of the Mina missions but I've spent well over 13hrs I the game already and barely traveled 20% of the map. Enjoying it so much!!!

@ JVCIOM70,

Welcome to Far Cry 5. One tip, sawed off shotgun. Only for close range where it will stop and drop enemies quick, even bears. Also try Arcade Mode if you have yet to.

For me, The division 2, decided to reinstall it after a while. I know this game is dangerous cause it's a never ending loop but it's really enjoyable.
Also a bit of Hitman 2, and NBA2k20 with a friend.

Started Death Stranding and playing bits and pieces of Remnant From the Ashes with my friends.

GoT, which I’m still undecided about. I think it’s going to take a little more time to warm to. One thing that surprised me is the “Ghost” aspect of Jin’s persona. Right from the start of the game, the Ghost skills are viewable in the menu. I was expecting these to be unlocked as the “Ghost” is revealed in the story. I was assuming this to become a major part of the game, rather than just some icons and skills in the menu. Perhaps I am still very early on in the game and will stand corrected.

@zimbogamer

I agree, I was walking past a cliff face and thought how bland, flat and plain the grey rock texture was. I seem to be mentioning issues like this in every GoT thread, but it’s just that for all the beauty to be seen in the game, there are moments that almost look very last-gen in places, it seems to be very inconsistent.

It’s a shame to be slightly disappointed by the experience so far, but I think it’s more open world fatigue and a personal preference for a linear experience with a more focussed story (which TLoU Part Two offers), than any direct failings with GoT.

Another point of note that I’ve seen mentioned in reviews elsewhere is the framing. This is a game which openly pays homage to samurai cinema, yet the framing during cutscenes is very uninspired. Even moments like the sequence when you are killed is framed distantly and is very non-immersive. I’m not saying that the game should directly ape the close-up intensity of the death sequences in TLoU Part Two, but I was expecting a little more in the way of dramatic cinematic framing. Perhaps if the game had opted for a more modern, stylised approach to its framing and cinematic presentation it might have proved more immersive and engaging.

@Nightcrawler71
I think it was a design choice to not have a lock on and for me, probably the right one. I think they wanted you to flow between differing opponents, if you lock on one then you would be easy prey for the other attackers.

It took some getting used too, but now I am blocking one attack before attacking another and then striking another who, while stunned allows me to focus on yet another incoming attacker. Encounters play out in a fashion that requires me to switch my attention quickly between foes and I love it.

@Lovespuds

How far into the game are you? Do further unlocks improve the flow of combat? Can you move more fluidly between enemies - like in the Arkham games - once you have more moves at your disposal? Combat in those games moved swiftly between multiple enemies without the need for a lock-on and it appears that the left stick targeting in GoT should allow for similarly fluid gameplay. I’m finding I’m dying a lot because of having to shift the camera to keep track of enemies.

Ghost of Tsushima. And maybe a little bit of Nioh 2.

My copy of Ghost of Tsushima hasn’t arrived yet so I’m now mostly playing CrossCode and Sly 2. Have both reduced the amount of damage enemies do to me and increase the time to complete puzzles on CrossCode it’s default was too hard.

I’ll probably do a bit more Dead or Alive 6 this evening as well.

Wrapping up the last few Master promotions on Plants Vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville for the plat & picking away at Saints Row 3 clean up.

I got the Platinum for Days Gone earlier this morning and started playing The Last of Us Part II. Quite enjoying it despite the backlash it got and I love the combat in it. Right after that is gonna be Ghost of Tsushima so I'm all set for a while.

Bit skint so tried a £7 month pass on ps now with mixed results the choice is ok but the streaming isnt great a few games where just unplayable and I have decent fibre broadband even tell tale games stutter badly but it's been good to delve into games I hadn't played for a long time like Arkham asylum