Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 353

Trying to finish Ghost of Tsushima hopefully ! Great game but ssooo repetitive. Combat is superb tho !
Also on with Miles Morales (PS4 unfortunately but looks great ) and Black Ops multiplayer now the campaign's done
Have a good weekend guys ♥️♥️

Platinumned Spiderman Miles Morales and Spiderman Remastered over the course of the last week, just finishing up the DLC this weekend before diving back into Demons Souls.

Have a fab weekend all.

Some Cold War MP which I'm really enjoying, it's the perfect mix of fast paced but not overwhelming so. Also more Valhalla which I'm enjoying in short bursts but hasn't quite drawn me in like Odyssey did. And lastly more Zelda BOTW on Switch, two divine beasts down and it's finally got it's claws in be after I bounced off it previously

Working on the platinum for Death Stranding. Almost have Delivery Time & Cargo Condition at rank 60, then I need to do a couple more time-sensitive orders to hit 20 and after that, it's find all the memory chips and fabricate everything!

@KingPev
I think I must have a high tolerance for repetitive tasks in open world games as I never tire of Ubisoft games and I never quite burnt out on Tsushima either, but I can totally see why many would find it super repetitive.

I am kinda sad I did everything now though, as I'd love a reason to jump back in on PS5. Have a belting weekend too me old china.

Yakuza Like a Dragon for me. Very good, but I'm at chapter 6 now and the battles are starting to pile up one after the other.

I think this game is better if you play 1-2 hour sessions a day, which means effectively beating one chapter per day.

@Kalvort
Excited to try this come March, I have been thinking I may go back and play Judgement to tide me over till then. Interesting to hear you recommend shorter sessions, I assume that is to try and mitigate repetitiveness?

For the first time in a while I don't have a 'main' game so mixing things up a bit with a combination of Hollow Knight, Shadow of War and Jedi Fallen Order, the latter of which I started midweek.

It's nice not having one go-to game, keeps things fresh. Of the three HK is definitely the best although it's not usually my thing. It's a very pretty and strange little game but also quite hard at times for this impatient gamer. Overall though I'm enjoying it.

Enjoy your weekend, folks!

Finished Demons Souls this week and was a blast! Started on Mafia 1 remake which I got in the Black Friday sale. So far its decent.

Oh and mighty Spurs still top, Champions 20-21 word up.son. gooners going down, word.

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Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition. Liked the game a lot on PS4, love it on PS5.

Just finished Persona 5 Royal (what a ride!), and my PS5 has finally arrived. I'll start with some Astro and NBA 2K before I dive into Demon's Souls. I'm so excited!

Miles, gonna get that plat!

Just finished Celeste story, What an amazing and emotional ride it was. Probably will do my best with the b-side levels (tho I'm really not optimistic about my success there, they look diabolical!). Besides that I'm planning to have a deeper dive at my backlog. Soul Calibur VI? Shadow Tactics perhaps? We'll wait and see..

Persona 5 Royal, Dreamfall chapters and just picked up Life is Strange before the storm. Wil also be spending some time on my Octulus quest 2.

Nearly finished with Sekiro! I beat the Divine Dragon this morning, which was just jaw-droppingly awesome. A few days ago I beat Owl (Father) in Hirata Estate and that was one of the most satisfying video game encounters I've ever played. This game is fantastic, and I don't want it to end!

Demon's Souls, Sackboy, & possibly some Tetris Effect. It's been long enough😁

@iCaramba The B-sides aren't actually toooo horrendous! They're very tricky certainly, but if you go from the first level to the last one doing each B-side you'll continue to improve and won't feel too overwhelmed!

More Spider-Man Remastered and AC Valhalla for me, enjoying chipping away at them slowly.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - Link is sneaking into Ganon's Castle now.

Super Mario Kart (SNES) - Hankering to play this, basically there will be tons of multiplayer over the weekend.

Cut the Rope: Experiments (Windows Phone) - Continuing to enjoy this.

@LittleToyTitan congrats to you, enjoy the PS5!!

Horror masterpiece Resident evil origins collection.blastphamous easily one of the best indie games ever.and the legendary warriors ps2 classic games.and once again on Monday watching my undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers play.word is bond.word life.word to your mother.word ☝ up son

It's all about old ps3/xbox 360 era classic games for me this weeks, just bought prototype 2, valkyria chronicles remaster, and dead rising 1 for ps4 discounted on psn. Still playing shantae hgh pirate queen quest though, I'm a bit rusty but after maybe 1-2 hours, my 2D skill is coming back to me lol.

I remember being disappointed by prototype 2 because the protagonist is boring "good guy" compared to mercer which is a virus incarnate, it's just feels wrong killing civilians in the game if the protagonist is a good guy seeking for revenge, but when I see the lets play video just a couple of days ago, the game seems story seems interesting. Already has vc remaster steelcase, but the digital is only $6 so it's more convenient to have this on my hdd.

Currently stuck on the final boss of Dark Souls 3.

It’s an excellent game and I’ve really enjoyed the exploration and combat but I’m ready to move on to something else now. I’m just hoping I don’t get stuck for as long as I did on the twin princes because that was brutal

Can't wait for Cyberpunk, it runs at 60fps on PS5 and XSX on performance mode!

Next up Sekiro

Astro's Playroom - Platinum check. Spider-man Miles Morales - Platinum check. Bugsnax - Platinum check. Spider-man remastered I am trying hard to platinum before Cyberpunk 2077 hits on Dec 10th.

Cleaning up the last few collectibles I missed in DOOM 2016 on PC. Also playing Ni no Kuni on the Switch here and there.

@Ichiban Thanks! Played Astro for a bit. Really impressed with the silky smoothness of it all, and the DualSense truely is a technological wonder!

Finish sackboy, and a little bit of demons souls

I had stopped playing Watch Dogs Legion a week ago because of the PS5 upgrade fiasco. So I played Miles Morales-which is fantastic by the way. Completed it a few days ago, & since we’ve finally got the PS5 upgrade for Watch Dogs Legion. I’ve just been playing that. Still not sure what I think about it to be honest with you. I love the hacking element of it, but the story is meh. Even with all the multiple characters you can use, I keep ending up using the construction worker. It’s ok so far tho, don’t think I’m to far off the end. Then once that’s done, I’ll be playing Valhalla.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla on PS5 once again

PS1 and PS2 games for me this weekend, starting with some Die Hard Trilogy, RE2 and 3, then probably some Timesplitters 2

Waiting for Cyberpunk, might try Just Cause 4 as it was free

Probably mostly more Persona 3. Still a way to go but getting there now I think. Just about to hit December. Tartarus is starting to become a bit of a drag. Just hit floor 180.

Outside of that I will play some Demon's Souls. Currently stuck on Armour Spider. I've not really been in the right frame of mind for the game this last week. Thinking of starting something else, perhaps ToCS 1 or maybe I'll pick up Yakuza Like A Dragon (would be my first entry in the series).

Don't know, bit of everything really. The PS4 has been unplugged all week due to us doing some redecorating, so I'm just glad to have it back!

Short bursts of Assassin's Creed Valhalla together with Demons Souls platinum run and the occasional trophy hunting in RDR2. Hopefully Cyberpunk delivers on the hype to a good extent.

@Lovespuds yeah don't get me wrong I love the Creed games, done them all. And Tsushima is great but I'm like "oh not ANOTHER stand off".....aargh ANOTHER fox den" there's another Mongol camp to clear" and yet I can't put it down

Playing more Valhalla, I aim to finish it before Christmas. Other than that I need to finish some of my backlog, including Wolfenstein 2 and Ni no kuni and I have a couple days off work which I'm looking forward to immensely. Happy weekend all.

Ni No Kuni 2. I wasn't digging it at first but it's starting to become quite charming. Those Duebill birds were annoyingly brilliant! Also doing some bounty hunting in Red Dead Online.

4 days, 10 hours, 13 minutes and 30 seconds until you know what...

Finally got around to playing Sackboy with the missus last night. It's so good! Hopefully we'll play some more tonight

Just finished My Time in Portia (great game!) and now I’m on FF7R. The combat, characters, and story is of a level infinitely better than XV.

Finished Demon Souls and got the plat on Astro Bot this week, so I’m enjoying a nice change of pace with Bugsnax.

Just collected final chicken key part in guacamelee 2 so need to chicken my way through the crucible to 100% the map. Have a good weekend & happy gaming all

@RogerRoger

Hahahahah! I was thinking the same but you beat me to it!

@RogerRoger 😂😂

I' m currently playing Mafia definitive edition and really enjoying it. Gameplay is nothing revolutionary but the story is really good. Also I might go back to wd legions and finish the campaign.
On the switch I am playing south park the fracture but whole and I gotta admit it's one of the best 3 games I played this year.

Seriously though, go play Sackboy: A big adventure in co-op. I'm sure it's fun in single player but it's clearly designed as a co-op game

Crash 4 on the PS4. Good thing I just got a haircut or I would rip all my hair out. It's just infuriating at times.

Zelda BOTW and Super Mario Odyssey on switch lite. I gotta say, I'm usually the type to burn through the main objectives in a game, finish it, and never touch it again. But something about BOTW has me taking my time and actually for once, enjoying the side quests. Wish I had done the same with games like horizon zero dawn or FF7Remake. Also, super mario odyssey is a kick-ass game.

1. Dance Dance Revolution Konamix PS1
2. Dragon Quest Heroes 1 PS4
3. Final Fantasy IX Switch

Spiderman miles morales on ps5. Started it last night. Nice that you start out with some of spiderman's unlocked skill abilities

I’ll be cruising through the Oregon countryside on my custom bike courtesy of my good buddy Manny. Days Gonna Fly

Back to the timeless classic GTAV story mode, still million times better than millions of games out there today. Finished BioShock 2's Minerva's Den now I'm on Infinite's DLC. Then of course still continuing my 3rd run of the other timeless classic RDRII.

@TheArt Bioshock 2, my favourite of the trilogy.

I'll be doing more Bayonetta 1, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, and Yakuza 0. I'll try and see whether I can finish off one of them before Cyberpunk consumes my life next weekend.

Finally putting some quality time into Miles Morales. Really digging his repertoire of swinging moves and snowy NY. Hopefully I can get it finished at least story wise before Friday when it will be time to hit Night City.

Demon's Souls all the way.

Half way through my God of War Ng+ campaign, and I'm mostly going to be killing ravens because somebody pointed out it's the last trophy between me and platinum…

Still planning to leave CP2077 until there's a proper PS5 release, partly because I want the version I play to be the best possible, and partly because I'm a little worried about the state it will release in, so I was already going to wait to see how it reviewed by people who'd completed the campaign at least once.

@LobsterJohnson Funny how I enjoyed Infinite so much on 360 but with this Collection it seems like the least interesting with quite awful graphics in certain places. I heard 1 & 2 were optimized but Infinite was just copy-paste.

The Pathless (PS5). Got it early

Sackboy: A Big Adventure and Minecraft Story Mode Season 1 for me, also need to finish up on The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope & Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.

Haven’t quite finished GreedFall so Ashen will have to wait until I’m finished with CyberPunk. Happy gaming!

Continue foiling Vex's plans in Sackboy A Big Adventure. I'm having a blast with the game.

Got hooked into Dragon’s Dogma. I’ll be putting time into that along with some Samurai Shodown.

@Lovespuds yeah the battles can get repetitive, I was in a dungeon last night in chapter 6 and I think it was corridor after corridor of groups of enemies. It was just a basic sewer looking dungeon.

The game has some fantastic cutscenes and missions, but the battles do get a bit repetitive after a while. I guess this is the same with any turn based rpg though!

Going to finally finish Half Life: Alyx
Next up is Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond followed by Cyberpunk

@mcdreamer Ohh I have Persona 3 waiting in the wings. Just playing throu P5R right now. Still got my second playthrough of P4G to do to for the plat. I'm all Persona all the time it feels like.

Got a Vita in the mail a couple days ago along with Persona 4 which I was hoping to play this weekend but the Vita didn't have a charger so I ordered that separately, which was supposed to come in yesterday but clearly not. So I have no idea what I'll be playing this weekend.

I just beat the epilogue on red dead redemption 2. What an ending.

Now I'll return to Darksiders 1 and continue with the pretty fun download, One Night Stand.

@PegasusActual93 Ahh you are in for such a treat when it does come in! It's worth the wait, honest!

@Iroha
Finished Persona 5, both the original and Royal and loved it. So I am sure this will be good too.

@get2sammyb Concrete Genie was super fun but only took me about 10 hours. And it only took 10 hours cause I was going for the plat so had to search for all the geneis etc. Should be able to finish it no probs.

1. AC: Valhalla
2. Yakuza like a Dragon (my handheld game via Shadow PC)

34 Hrs in Valhalla... and all I can say is WOW! I have stop playing everything else at this point.

I usually play F1 during GP weekends but skipping it (I'll still catch the race 🏁🏎😀) . Middle of a story arc (in a brad new word, I do not want to spoil), and it is just stunning. Makes me want to explore every corner

@Iroha I finished P5R too earlier in the year and have about 10 hours clocked in P4G. After I've finished all three games I'll be going on to the two Persona Q games.

Far Cry 4 on the PS4 and lovin it!

Just three words: God Of War

Oh, and maybe some Undertale. 😄

I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima and I'll try to squeeze some time for Yakuza 7 and 13 sentinels this week.

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L

Yes. It was one of my favorite ps1 games on top of one of my favorite movie trilogies! 1 was in the building, two was kind of like time crisis in a way, and 3 was the taxi. Soooo much fun. I found a PS1 earlier today, (united states) for $45. If I can find a collection of games for it, I'm thinking of going back and getting it! Can't believe I gave my PS1 to my younger brother....

Got the Platinum on AC Valhalla this morning so now I'm going to continue Bugsnax and Astro's Playroom which I keep having to pause because of how clever they've been with the haptics.

While i am waiting for CyberPunk,i am finishing of Miles Morales platinum and Demon's Souls on the PS5. If CP is 60fps on the PS5,then i will be very happy indeed.

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L yeah thats the one, all 3 are good for some quick arcade style action, I just need to get a light gun for the second. I've always really enjoyed it, even with its clunky controls

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L yeah with 3 you have to get your head around using the triggers to turn corners at right angles and remember where all the faster cars are parked

@iCaramba
Shadow Tactics is a cracking little game (provided you like that style of game).

@BranJ0
Agreed - Sekiro is amazing. I finally picked up the platinum yesterday after blasting through it for the past two months. For me it had the best combat of all Froms’ games.

(sigh) Yakuza 3 and Skyrim.

I'm going through FireWall and Blood and Truth for the PSVR.

@playstation1995 i saw two different people on espn and fox sports pick Washington to beat Pittsburgh. Im a huge Washington fan, but really? Steelers gonna murder them.

@WYRMWOOD23 i just picked up Death Stranding today in a massive sale. It was only $20, i couldnt pass that up. Im not very far into it but i gotta say its pretty cool, weird, but still pretty cool. Since you've almost got the plat im assuming u liked it. Definitely a very different game.

Also playing salt and sanctuary, i started a mage and for some reason im owning the game. The area thats Blighttown-like was pretty brutal though. Lost well over 50k salt there.

@ellsworth004. They said witch nfc team had a better chance.haha.some people been picking against Pittsburgh for a long time and they always been wrong.i play as a mage also in salt and sanctuary.word up son

@BranJ0 I gave up on the final boss. I knew I could do it, but it would have taken about 50 deaths.

@ellsworth004 It's a different game for sure, but I think that's what makes me love it. It's not like anything else out there and it's provided me with so many moments, good and bad. After 140 hours of it, I came to decide it might be one of my favorite games. I just kept coming back.

$20 for it is a steal but I will admit it is not for everyone. If you find yourself falling off of it, there's no shame in putting it down but I hope you charge through. And I will echo everyone else and say ziplines and the road make the game SO much easier.

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L. Yes its only one game.pittsburgh will be alright.i have faith in them.word up son

@Lumic The only other From game I've played is Dark Souls, and I just can't decide which one I prefer. Sekiro's combat just feel so satisfying though, and beating a boss you've been stuck on for ages is the best feeling ever

@PossibLeigh Ahhh but you're so close to beating it!

Replaying titan fall 2 while I wait for cyberpunk. I just wanted to play a game with a lot of shoot. My backlog of hitman 2 and re7 need to wait till I finish cyberpunk sometime in 2021. Still a great Titan fall 2 is.

Control, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Life is Strange 2. Flipping between each of them as the mood takes me: Do I want weird, long, or depressing.

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L. That was depressing.they had a 14 point lead and they lost 4 defensive back.they lost theyre first game.ben need to throw the ball deep they cant stop it.at first i was disappointed but it is what it is.washington got a good defense and we miss bud dupree word up son

@KidBoruto I consider myself a JRPG fan, and this was my first Persona game as well. Nothing to be ashamed of; there's so many great games out there and you can't play them all.

I've really fallen in love with the great cast of characters. Take your time and listen to / read all conversations. The developers put a lot of love into this gem. I hear / read people rushing through the game, which isn't how this was meant to be played. It's a long game, but worth every minute of your time. Enjoy!

@KidBoruto P5R was my first proper go at a Persona game too, outside of a few hours of P4G. Definitely one I will replay one day.

Like you, I'm hoping for a Persona collection next year along with some early details on Persona 6.

@KidBoruto
It was the first Persona I played too as was the case for 90 percent of Persona fans seemingly. No shame.

@KidBoruto Wow. 55 hours is hefty!

@KidBoruto Yeah, I think it'll most likely be along those lines if it happens. Like the HD version of Persona 4 Golden that released on PC earlier this year. I'd be perfectly happy with that. To be honest, after playing P3P on my 49" TV, P4G as it stands on the PSTV looks pretty good!