It felt like it was a bit busier in the video game industry these past few days, which is hopefully a sign the industry is beginning to awaken from its festive slumber. We’re still mainly obliterating our backlogs, but Hitman 3 did release to critical acclaim this week, so there’s something new to tackle as well.
Sammy Barker, Editor
Knowing that I was going to lose my Hitman 3 review progress whatever I did, I’ve decided to go back to Hitman 2 and wrap up all the Trophies there before importing my progress into the new game. I love this series, but even I can’t find the stomach to grind out Mastery Level 20 in Hokkaido for a third time!
Graham Banas, Reviewer
After briefly getting side-tracked by starting and subsequently finishing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, it's time to get back to Star Wars Squadrons. I haven't actually used my VR headset on my PS5 yet, but surely that's a good place to start right? I should probably pick Beat Saber back up too, which I haven't touched in a while!
What are you playing this weekend? Did you pick up Hitman 3 this week? What's going to be your next major purchase? As always, let us know in the comments section below.
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Could this human being finally finish Persona 5? Well, apparently not. Yeah P5 for me.
Persona 5 Royal for me. Week off work to play it as well!
I thought I’d give Red Dead 2 another shot this week, I played through the intro section and got to the first camp and picked up a mission... nah not for me. The controls are just so bad. After a hard day at work I don’t want to groan at the prospect of parking my horse and walking through a door. Deleted!
I started Baldurs Gate 2 which is pretty good so far. Controls are equally shocking but in a different way, I guess. So I’ll be playing some more of that, Dirt 2 and Diablo 3 👍🏻
I finally got the Platinum for Valhalla, I can never look at a Bream for the rest of life without feeling pure hatred. Moved on to some Digimon cyber sleuth for some light fun and possibly thinking that I should play the first hitman game to try and catch up with the series.
Red dead 2 online and completing another Axiom Verge playthrough. Maybe start lego marvel 1
Got around to starting both God of War and Hollow Knight last week. GoW in 4k on ps4 pro is first game actually left me stunned at some of the visuals. So will prob be continuing with those. Stay safe, play well and best of luck with the RNG to all.
Totally Rad for NES
I'll be unraveling more of 13 Sentinels, almost 20 hours in and played about 50% of each characters story apart from 1 or 2!
Hollow Knight, this game seems to be taking me ages, but I don't want it to end so everyone's a winner I guess
Uncharted remastered. Really enjoying it so far.
Shadow of the tomb raider definitive edition. Should arrive today.
Pokemon shield. Still want to breed some shinies.
Ghost of Tsushima for me, into Act 2 now and exploring the north. It's still very very good.
Some FIFA 21 as well when the mood hits.
Enjoy your weekend folks!
I'm at the final chapter in Yakuza 7. It's been a fun ride, but every story comes to an end.
Seeing as I've been back on shielding for last few weeks I thought I'd actually make a dent in my backlog but alas no..I'm STILL playing Assassins Creed Valhalla and The Last Of Us Part 2..
Also Animal Crossing and Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin on Switch.
Well I bought the Yakuza 3,4,5 & 6 on sale. So I am currently on 2 so looks like I will be playing those for a while, forgot how crazy some of the side missions are. Hopefully won't get a burn out on playing too much, might have a break in between each game to play something else. Not much coming out on ps5 atm so thought it would be a great time to finally go through them
Hitman 3. I've had a quick dabble into it already, but I'll get started proper with the new story today. Also doing some Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse and Cyberpunk 2077.
The pathless and everybody’s golf.
Issue 360? Picking up Steam? I thought this website was about PlayStation.
Currently playing Indivisible. And what a mess it is. The platforming sucks and nothing is properly explained
Yakuza Like a Dragon, made it to chapter 12.
It's been 2 years, still on my 3rd playthrough, still in awe at RDRII's graphics style. In the early days of launch I knew the graphics was great but 2 years later and it's actually now sinking in. This happens with things that are ahead of their time, you tend to appreciate them later. Folk would come back to this game in future and talk about how it did some incredible things. I mean light goes through Arthur's ears and reddens it in the process for goodness sake! Wake up in that Rent room in Van Horn early morning, look in the direction of the lake and the whole game is a silhouette...Tsk Anyway, then it's picking up trophies in LA Noire and any other game I feel like.
Sega genesis collection. To me sega genesis made me fall in l💖ve with video games even more.and i grew up with atari sega genesis was amazing everybody in queens new york had one.and enjoy it..kingdom of amalur re reckoning.and far cry primal.and watching some nfl games.from a Pittsburgh Steelers fan im hoping the packers win.word up son
I played a lot of Wii U games this weekend. 😀
1. Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival
2. LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER
3. Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014
4. Mario Kart 8
5. Wii Party U
And World of Final Fantasy MAXIMA Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Wheel of Fortune Switch, ARMS.
Still on Ghost of Tsushima, just reached Act III. Bought FFX on the switch - was never one of my favourites but maybe this playthrough can convince me. Eying up Persona 4 on Steam too...
I've started a third playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 because the latest patch seems to have improved visuals and performance slightly on base PS4. Plus I feel like playing as a disgruntled katana wielding ex-corpo agent. Here's to yet another 100+ hours in Night City.
Just Platinum'd Cyberpunk 2077 this morning 12.30am, going back to finish Spiderman Miles Morales, left it at the point of no return 😎
Finished Valhalla earlier this week. Decent game but too much bloat like Odyssey had. Just started Yakuza 5 in the remastered collection.
Hi there fellow gamers.
This weekend is all about finishing my Platinum run of Demon´s Souls on PS5 and play some co-op missions with a friend in Borderlands 3 on PS5 as well.
Love these two games.
And still have Sackboy and Miles Morales to finish and play on PS5.
Good time to be a gamer in a not so good time for humanity.....
What a world we live in.
Cheers, stay safe out there and happy gaming weekend to us all
Got bored of AC Valhalla and its endless busy work so I'm diving into Hitman 3, well all 3 through Hitman 3 and its nice to be playing something that let's you think for yourself for a change. I might give Cyberpunk another go as well
Just finished Ghost of Tsushima - great game, loved it but it's very repetitive so can't possibly New Game+ it, but after the main story did a trophy sweep up
Cyberpunk 2077 now that the latest patch has landed, looking forward to getting back into it
Will also be blasting some Star Wars Squadrons and going to finally start Life Is Strange Before The Storm
Have a good weekend guys ♥️♥️
18 hours into Assassin's Creed Valhalla and still feel like things are just kicking off, which they are as I've been playing slowly. Have been picking away at a New Game+ Ultimate difficulty run of Spider-Man Remastered for the last two trophies.
Finally finished RE remake last night (with the help of a guide) - it only took me what, 4 years?
Had to take a break from it after putting in about 25 hours, but now I'm ready to jump back into Horizon Zero Dawn later today.
Thinking about playing RE3 Nemesis soon... Anyone have an opinion or recommendation on whether or not I should play that before playing RE3 remake? Is it worth it to see the differences (how different is it?) or is the remake so much better that I should just skip the original?
Heavy Rain on PS4, awesome experience!
I just finished the first palace in Persona 5 Royal. I'll be continuing that, while also playing some 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim. Both brilliant games. Have a great weekend everyone!
I’m hoping to see what the new patch for Cyberpunk 2077 is all about. I haven’t had crashing issues so I’m just hoping for a smoother, more stable experience.
That is, if I can be pulled away from Doom. Tried it out one night earlier this week on a recommendation and I’ve been glued ever since. It’s an incredibly well designed and well balanced game. Happy gaming!
I'm catching up on the Dark Souls series, and loving them! I'm currently playing Scholar of the First Sin, and my opinion of it is swinging wildly, depending on how well I'm doing at the time.
FFX and Yakuza Kiwami for me. I picked both up in the holiday sale!
Started Bloodborne during the week, what a game, I wasn't expecting it to be so good, have so far defeated the Cleric and Blood staved beasts, Father Gascoigne and Vicar Amelia, so will continue the hunts this weekend. Plus, I will continue with second playthough of Dreamfall Chapters for a change of pace.
A bit of ETS2 and/or ATS, as they have an event running. And probably a bit of DayZ. Maybe some Trials Fusion.
Still on Demons Souls. Just cleared tunnel city yesterday. Like to put a good bit of time into it this weekend.
Finally got hitman 3, so I stalled 1 & 2. Never played any of them, so now I've completed 1, I'm on to the 2nd. Keeping me incredibly busy! Playing through each level first and then will replay.
Pushing towards AR55 in Genshin Impact on PS4 and playing Control and Haven on XBSS. Happy gaming all!
When I woke up this morning I had Persona 5 music in my head. I think that means the gaming gods are trying to tell me something
1. Hitman 3
2. RE: Village demo
@Jslade nice... P5 and Aegis Rim (fantastic combo). Yeah man have a great weekend 👍
Assassin's Creed Vahalla. Maybe something else too if I have time, but still working my way through Valhalla with about 115 hours already.
Still goofing around in Yakuza Like a Dragon. Samurai Shodown will be the fighting game I’ll play and also want to get in a little bit of Dragon Dogma.
Dragon quest builders 2 with the kids, cyberpunk 2077 when they are in bed!
Played some more forza 4 horizon this morning, might be the most fun I have had with a single player racing game since GT 2! Its my first open world driving game and man does this game look great too on series x. loving tearing about in my scooby impreza. "If in doubt, flat out"! Hopefully some more astrobot as well, must be pretty close to the platinum. I can't believe sony gave this away, might be my favourite 3D platformer ever. Have a great weekend people
Thanks to the beauty of every ps5 being allowed one share account (and my mate zak for sharing), i've got cold war and valhalla downloading for free. Good times!
I finally finished Cyberpunk last night-a good game that is not nearly as great a game as Witcher 3. It also crashed twice in my final 2 hours even with the new patch, but whatevs.
Whenever I finish a big RPG, I always like to follow it with something completely different. So, it is finally time to see what Kentucky Route Zero is all about.
Happy gaming all!
Started the last of us 2 earlier this week (finally)! About 7 hours in and loving it! Was very upset at the 2 hour mark, but I won't spoil anything. This game feels quite a bit more difficult than the first one. Although I haven't played tlou in about 4 years now.
Might also keep chipping away at crash 4. That game just gets me so frustrated haha.
Also after a month and a half break, I picked back up on zelda BOTW on switch lite. It's a great game, but I just got burnt out.... There's so much to do, but really no direction.
Also last week of nfl playoffs tomorrow! Hoping for a KC GB superbowl. Basically I'm doing everything in my power not to go outside this weekend. I'm well seasoned for the cold, but it's in the negative teens and twenties with the wind chill in my neck of the woods this weekend. Typical for this time of year... Screw that!
@Adol_Xin hey man, have they sorted it out, when I played it on release it was very stuttery. Did play it on PS3 and really enjoyed it.
@Daleaf I am also playing through the series for the first time-currently on Yakuza 3 after starting with zero.
I love these games, but I have found it best to put a few months in between each entry to avoid burnout. It will take me a long time to finish that way, and different things work for different people, but my personal experience is that a significant break between entries is the best way to enjoy this great series. Otherwise things get stale for me.
After completing Ghost of Sparta, I was thinking to play through all the god of war games-but then that’s a lot of button bashing games. I really love the older god of war games, but the evolution of the gameplay for the excellent new god of war game was throughly justified. So now I’m in 2 minds. I am currently playing the excellent modern warfare 2 remaster on the Ps5, but I’ve just brought Skyrim Special Edition for the one S. I’ve never played it before also.I really want to play that, but I’m holding off till I can get my hands on the Series X.
@Daleaf yeah man, it's smooth as butter!
@Westernwolf4 yea I had finished 0 think about 2 years ago then got kiwami when it was free with plus and went straight to 2 after, but only got to chapter 4, only got back on 2 last week. At the moment I'm just concentrating on main story, only doing a few side missions here and there. I know I won't get the plat so thinking if I concentrate mostly on main story might finish 2 and 3 and have a break. It's a great series fair play, and most of the side missions are brilliant, some crazy things in some of them. And the main story for them are great so far.
@Adol_Xin sweet, will give it a go next time I'm in the mood for it, I couldn't play it when it came out, the screen just kept stuttering and haven't tried it again after that, as I had finished it on ps3. Great game fair play.
Bought Yakuza 0 in the sale so that’s going on the backlog for a while whilst I tackle my first play through of AC odyssey (such a stunning looking game)
Hoping to receive my PS5 next week so will def be putting everything aside to play Demon Souls
1080º Snowboarding (N64) - Just starting on this one, mostly been playing multi with the kids.
Halo: Spartan Assault (Windows Phone) - Trying to get best ranks on all levels.
Orbital (Windows Phone) - Still playing this here and there.
I’ll be continuing my career with Williams in F1 2019 and then playing some Star Wars Squadrons (PSVR version of course). Really I’m just biding time until my PS5 arrives in early February thanks to Game. Got lucky this week. Although did have to get hat and cap, charger and some other stuff that I don’t want for £60 just to secure it in a bundle.
Let's see.. I just finished God of War (PS4) last night, and I am going to resume Absolute Drift, and start Code Vein!
New game plus on TLOU2 grabbing the rest of the trophies. Then I'm thinking a new game plus of God of War. I've put Cyberpunk away for now and AC Valhalla just isn't doing it for me for whatever reason
Finished Yoku's Island Express yesterday, been playing hitman today – just taking my time with the Test level and now getting started on Paris. May mix it up with Walking Dead - Final Season.
@everynowandben
I wouldn’t say one is necessarily better than the other, but even though they’re the same game they offer quite different experiences. They’re definitely both worth playing just to see different locations as an example (plus both can be finished in quick time so it won’t take long to see what they offer).
Still having a lot of fun in Night City, despite the technical quirks. I'll be checking out the Resident Evil demo as well.
More Dark Souls 3 for me, even though I “should” be continuing FF7R and Persona 4 Golden. All in good time! Just got to Yhorm.
@Lumic I suppose I’ll have to give them both a go then - I appreciate your response, thanks!
@everynowandben
An interesting difference (I should have mentioned) between the two is in the original on a couple of occasions you’re faced with various scenarios where time stands still and you have to make a split second decision what action to take.
That feature was taken out of the remake. To my memory there is also a boss in the original that’s not in the remake. Anyway I hope that helps.
Well i bought the division 2 for £8.49 off the store and its very good..loved the first and if i'd known the 2nd was this much fun i would have bought it day 1...
I've been using my PS3 and playing Ratchet & Clank 2. Also been playing Control....
I devoured 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim... Got the Plat earlier today!
I'm so glad I finally got around to it because it is PHENOMENAL!
Buuuuut it is one of the hardest games to sell friends on without spoiling anything beyond what the trailer showed
Going to continue Hyrule Warriors 2 tomorrow, if I finish that then I'll start Astral Chain!
Cyberpunk.....it seems a little smoother, especially driving...but I was enjoying it anyway, so the patch is a bonus
Control, I'm still adapting to the game but its cool.
@AgentMantis How is that working? I really want dq builders but dont have coop option so i dont buy it. I want to play with my kid too, how are you doing?
Prototype 2 on the ps4. It was on sale and I always wanted to play it.
A bunch of games - Hitman 3, RE7, and Cyberpunk 2077.
@Onigumo it's been a learning curve but not too bad, I handle the combat and traversing the map and swap out to let him mine materials. We both decide what we want our buildings to look like and I usually build them for speed but he's starting to pick it up. We named the dog you get a few hours in after him and he gets super excited whenever the dog starts barking to lead you to buried seeds.
I decided to buy Dragon's dogma on the last day of the big sale.
Enjoying it so far and loving the diversity in classes.
Good weekend everyone!
Finally gave online MK11 a go. Got my ass kicked twice, kicked ass once. Definitely can see myself doing some more of that
Back to Fenyx for now though.
It's been Half Life:Alyx for me.
Best game of 2020 imho.
Dug into my PS Plus pile, after finally finishing Persona 5, and am really enjoying Detriot: Become Human. Adding in a little R&C, and kidding myself into thinking I can get far in Demon's Souls, in the process. Just sort of waiting for Persona Strikers, Disco Elysium, and Returnal.
@Wazeddie22 Enjoying TLOU2? I'm back in the PS ecosystem with a PS5 for the first time since I moved on from PS2. Currently playing the Uncharted collection and was thinking about playing TLOU Remastered next.
@hypnotoad I haven't touched it in a while and I really should. The most immersed I've ever been in a VR game.
@SomewhatDamaged wow you have a huge choice in games to play then!
The Uncharted Games were fantastic....all except for the the latest anyway which I found dissapointing.
I just finished The Last Of Us Part 2 last night actually...definitely one of the greatest games I've played in a while..which is strange cuz I remember I wasn't a huge fan of the original.But I may go back myself and play the remastered version just to see if my opinion has changed..
Enjoy your PS5!
@Wazeddie22 Thanks! I just beat Uncharted 1 and it was a bit of a slog at times with some combat that felt a little janky but I enjoyed the story. First thing I did was play the crap out of Spider-Man remastered and LOVED it. Hit level 17 on Horizon Zero Dawn yesterday and I'm making my way through that....
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