Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 486

Against my better judgment I'll be doing Diablo 4 seasonal stuff

I also finally started Scarlet Nexus and I've been really enjoying it so far.

Taking a break from SF6 for Tekken 8 beta and FFXVI

If I get some gaming in, I'll be casually killing off thousands more people as I continue to ineptly make progress in Humanity.

I haven’t played much of anything this week since I was on vacation (Blink-182 was amazing live!) and subsequently worked once I got back; however, I finally beat Final Fantasy 16.

I did absolutely everything you can do - all hunts, trials, side quests, and so forth. Personally, I find it the best PS5 exclusive by a quarter mile and I don’t think I’ll ever forget this experience.

As for what I’ll be playing this weekend - I briefly started Killzone: Liberation on the PSP. I’ve been in an old school mood, and I have had this game in my backlog for a long time. So far, it’s fun. It’s definitely a good palate cleanser from the heavy narrative in FFXVI.

Edit: I decided to buy The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. I loved and beat the first game many years ago, and then I accidentally broke my PS Vita and never got around to playing the rest of the series even though I owned a PS4 and now a PS5. I considered the game(s) the perfect handheld JRPG experience - but I am getting another PS Vita soon, and I need another game to tide me over until Starfield releases.

Tekken 8 cnt. Have a lovely weekend folks 😄

Remnant 2 has been dispatched yesterday so hopefully it arrives early. Until then its Final Fantasy XVI and Zelda TOTK

@Mintie I found Scarlet Nexus a very underrated gem I actually think its some of the best use of Dual Sense on Ps5

Life’s been so busy I still haven’t finished FF16. 😓 Hoping I can get a couple hours with it on Sunday. I know I’m close to the end because I have one more Eikon to obtain. Hopefully I’ll be finished with it in a week.

Diablo 4 but i'm also watching the open championship on sky golf. Have an awesome weekend everybody 👍

After about a month away I’ve gone back to Dragon Quest XI S for some trophy clean up. I’m still kind of feeling my way back into it, as I’m pretty much lost😅.

Might also start Judgment or Spongebob BfBB as a palate cleanser.

More TotK, got that Sword 😁 done another temple so two more to go, then see if I can start the end run or if I need to upgrade some more.

NFS Unbound - got some collectibles and such left, then that shiny Platinum is mine 😎

After that is either the campaign in CoD cold war or Alan Wake. Looking forward to them both. Might also start the Ascent… 😃

@Mintie Scarlet Nexus is awesome! Got the platinum last night😁. Hope it gets a sequel.

Days Gone I've got 2 trophies to get for the platinum honestly don't understand how this game isn't getting a sequel.

Im playing tekken 8 and so far I love the heat system there is some crazy combo potential . And Kazuya is back baby!

Crew beta and much prefer it to crew 2 laggy inputs which I never managed to fix!
Got an invite to TDU:SC but eas for pc, shame.
Good gaming everyone

Just replaying FF16 on Final Fantasy mode. So far my GOTY and my most favorite FF game ever!

Switchback VR finally had it's resolution/fidelity patch, so i decided to go for the purchase. Defo going to check it out this weekend, alongside a bit of Zelda TotK and Hubris or GT7.

I played Vertigo Remastered. The sequel Vertigo 2 is coming to PSVR2 and is supposedly even better, but the first game is a great little VR adventure with some HL2/Portal vibes in its own. If you have PSVR2 then Vertigo 2 is really something you should look forward to.

About 10 hours into Witcher 2, also in VR (through ReShade). Really great so far, especially compared to the awful netflix series.

Bit Of Ubisoft ATM Immortals Fenyx Rising And Assassin's Creed Origins Should Keep me Going For A Bit

PS5: Final fantasy 😊 Really liking it
PSVR2: GT7
Switch: Dragon quest

Ending stretch of the absolute boring slog that is live a live and playing Trinity Trigger as well.

Probably start Octopath Traveler II when I finish that other one.

After waiting something like 30 years for live a live, I can see why it was a commercial failure in Japan. 😬

'no notable sporting or cultural events to mention'

Not a fan of the women's World Cup @get2sammyb?

Still on Jedi Survivor. I think I'm near the end though, Darth Vader just fought Gandhi. Good stuff.

I'm currently playing

PS5 - Cyber Punk 207

Xbox - Exoprimal & Halo Guardians

Switch - TOTK

Ghost Recon Breakpoint, 140 hrs and I haven't touched the main story missions for a month. It has a ridiculous amount of stuff to to or mainly collect!

I’m playing Spiritfarer which is simply adorable before I head back into like a dragon to get that true millennium tower trophy.

After completing FF16 this week, back to Tears of the Kingdom.

A bit of Synapse in PSVR2 on the side.

I'll be finishing Horizon: Forbidden West.

Im playing the instant classic my top 2 video games of 2023 in octopath traveler 2.im playing as osvald.octopath traveler 2 is a masterpiece.the gameplay.the beautiful pixel graphics.the story is excellent.voice acting is fantastic.the boss fights is wonderful.playing each characters stories is refreshing.im also playing the fantastic legend of heroes trial of cold steel.the legend of heroes is one of my favorite video games franchises ever.rean Schwartzer is one of the best protagonist ever.cool graphics.the gameplay is so fun.the story is incredible.the boss fights is fantastic.im also playing the incredible persona 5 royal.the excellent red dead redemption 2.and the amazing 🕷 spiderman.and im also watching legendary sitcoms tv 📺 comedy shows in Sanford and son.good times and saved by the bell.word life.word to god.word is bond.word to your mother.word is bond.word up son

Just rolled credits on Tales of Arise (easily the most polished one of the series). On to TotK which should fill up my last week off. Really want to finish Octopath 2 but it might have a couple of months. Have a great weekend folks!

Finishing Final Fantasy 16, Top Game!!

After 10 years away I am taking a trip into the Lands of Skyrim again. My old Nord warrior has come out of retirement to defeat the dragons and crush the Empire!
On level 8 just now so only just begun but I am well and truly hooked once more.

Some gran Turismo as always around the racing but will be having a good go at world war z with my boys

It’s a full one for me

Remnant 2 early access. Loved Remnant 1 and want to support GG as they make games I really enjoy.

Also working on FF16 and Diablo IV.

TOTK I don’t want to finish but can this weekend. Something about leaving it unfinished means I can always go back to a 1st playthrough lol.

No gaming for me ,as I'm gonna make the most of the fantastic weather here in the uk,great to have clear and blue skies

After playing Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart and Sniper Elite 5 this week, I'm finally jumping into Horizon: Burning Shores

@Nepp67 FFXVI is my current favorite now, besting even FFIV and VI. It really is a special game.

Was looking for something that I could start and finish over the weekend and ended up going with Chronos before the Ashes. Seemed quite appropriate what with the Remnant 2 release this coming week.

Kinda like ‘My first souls-like’ but still decent enough.

Moving the story in Hogwarts Legacy. The game is packed with things to discover, so even going from point A to point B takes time... I'm planning The Witcher 3, progressing the Skellige story missions, and Assassin's Creed Origins.

Safe gaming for all folks!

I’m slowly working my way through Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and after a shaky start I really like it. I’ve just defeated the fifth boss. It can be frustrating when you die and lose a chunk of progress but something keeps me coming back for more.

Also Gotham Knights. I picked it up cheap in the Prime Day sales and I’m really enjoying it. It’s not the complete dumpster fire I’ve been lead to believe.

Cracking on with my first play through of Alan Wake, absolutely loving it, really good story so far, just makes me want to keep playing it to find out where it goes so no doubt I will finish it and crack on with the DLC!!

Happy gaming folks.

Final Fantasy XVI

Still playing it. Still loving it. I think I'm at 85% complete now, and I'm fine with however many hours it will take me to finish the last ~15%.

I should get pretty close to finishing Far Cry Primal this weekend. It’s been fun but the way they do missions is kinda annoying. Sometimes I’ll get a mission like “kill some badgers” but there are no badgers around and then suddenly I’ll walk into a completely different mission.
After Far Cry I’ve got the ps plus SpongeBob game lined up

Finished Cod Black Ops Campaign and Space Marine. So now back on to TotK for bit before Baldur's Gate 3 arrives.

Shooting people in the nether regions, in Sniper Elite 5.
Hours of fun, possibly not for the whole family though.

My vacation is over so I’m heading back home. I will get to play Street Fighter 6 again though.

Just got the Cyberpunk 2077 platinum trophy for the second time (had it on PS4, now got it on PS5). Glad to see this game is in such a better state now than it was then. Love the story, atmosphere, characters, Night City, ... Can't wait for the DLC!

Maybe I'll go for the FF XVI platinum now, or play something more lightweight before I start with that one. We'll see.

Oh, how I love summer holidays!

Say what, @get2sammyb! Not only do you say you forgot about the Women's World Cup (come on England!), but you do absolutely forget about the Ashes, in which England are staging a magnificent come back (come on England!!! 😂). Shame on you... 🤣

On topic, I've dived into Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, which I am hoping to finish in time for Tuesday, when I'll be starting Remnant 2...

Just started another rum through of uncharted 2

1. F1 2023
2. Back on Diablo

Finished FF16... and then called my Brother to say hello and have a chat - he is also a great big brother 😊

These are the type of games that keep me in gaming... Loved it!. SE Creepy guy design is fantastic, just him makes my ArtBook pre-order worth it.

My Wife said we should try and find the soundtrack on Vinyl. She is not a gamer - always amazing when she appreciates the talent in these games from a non gaming perspective.

I really hope there is some Story DLC.

@Hootnoodle Spiritfarer is so great. When my youngest son and I game together, it is usually an action packed Nintendo title (Mario Kart, Smashbros.), but he wandered in on me starting Spiritfarer last year and was hooked immediately. We played through it together, just passing the controller back and forth for boat and island tasks. It was fantastic, and led to some fantastic discussions.

What a great game.

Hello everyone! I'm still playing Final Fantasy XVI about 60hrs in and 75%. I'll will be immediately starting a 2nd playthrough on Final Fantasy mode, might go for the platinum.

Finished FFXVI, what a game that was. Will go for the platinum at some point.

Not sure what will be next. Have a great weekend everyone!

Wrapped up Dredge last night (really good game, slightly downgraded by some unwelcome grind at the end), and now I have Evil West installed and ready to go. I have played some very time consuming games in 2023 (with Starfield looming) so a linear smash vampies experience sounds perfect right now.

I finished XVI. That ending has gotta be one of the most depressing I've ever witnessed. Might even top XVs if only cause XV didn't show nearly enough of the worlds going ons during the time skip. My issues with it were still persistent all the way to the end but it wasn't enough to detract from my overall experience. The story just kept getting better and better. The eikon trials were a good challenge that I needed. All the hunts had different insane moves that weren't really used in regular bosses. And the music is top tier, it deserves soundtrack of the year. And I'm not just talking about the crazy over the top eikon battle tracks. The slower soothing songs from dungeons and zones, or the different hideaway themes. So many great songs

Now I've decided to start Octopath Traveler 2, wasn't really a big fan of the 1st game but I wanted to give this one a fairer shot. I don't mean to be that guy, but it's funny how similar it's been to XVI yet it's not nearly debated how flawed OT2 is. I'm still way early on in the sword guy's path, but the visuals are just this mess of darkish grey, red, and brown colors that only looks colorful in battle when you're boosting. Combat revolves around breaking the enemies to render them unable to fight so you can whack them as much as you can with the strongest abilities you got, almost like if it was a stagger bar lol. And when I did get to explore... all you really do is talk with NPCs, find chests around the maps, fight mobs and progress the story basically like any other JRPG! Great fun so far, I'm genuinely looking forward to continuing my 2D Turn Based playthrough of FFXVI 😆

I bought Gotham Knights for £20 in the Xbox sale so I'll be cleaning up the streets of Gotham, mostly with Batgirl. Honestly, I don't know why it got a lot of negativity, it's a solid enough game.

Angry Birds Rio (Windows Phone) - Finally in the end zone for this game.

Imperia Online (Windows Phone) - Daily grinding once again.

Will finish off Like a Dragon: ishin! This weekend and move onto Sonic Frontiers.

I finished up the campaign in Diablo IV yesterday, got my Sorc to lvl 51. I ended up rolling a Rogue for s1, played a bit. None of the cosmetics on the battle pass are calling my name, so I will probably put it on the back burner for a bit.

After hearing that the servers on the older COD titles have been fixed i also jumped into some MW2 mp on my Xbox. Really good time! I’m probably going to give World at War a go a bit later today, hopefully the lobbies are populated nicely.

All about lightgun games for me this weekend, lots of hotd, time crisis & virtual cop 👍

I'm almost finished with FF16 so I'd like to finish that if I could this weekend. However I don't think I'll have enough time due to watching The Open coverage and other stuff I got going on. We will see.

Of course I'll definitely squeeze in some SF6 and maybe even a bit of PGA Tour in honor of The Open.

Final Fantasy XVI I fought a giant Eyeball last night. So much fun 😁 I'm kind of slow playing this game, as I like to do, and after my last longer session it was like the end of an act one, or two, by the way it felt. So I'm getting back into the flow of the new world state, and about to head off to melt some mother-loving crystals overseas. Love this game.

Also, I bought EA PGA Tour which is insanely addictive, and helping me get back into golf ha ha along side watching a little of The Open Championship, of course.

I’m with Aaron, playing Remnant 2 in early access.

@ApostateMage .....its very enjoyable with some great, very challenging boss fights. I rotated the 4 characters for trophies and upgrades but always always favoured Batgirl. Have fun !

Right so this weekend is a interesting one. The game I chose to main as the article said this weekend is Advance Wars, HOWEVER THERES A TWIST. That’s most likely for tomorrow Sunday. That’s because today I’ll most likely have no gaming as I embark on the weekend event of Barbenheimer. That’s right I’m seeing the two movies like probably half of America at this point. Technically I’ve participated in Barminheimer by picking up Pikmin 4 as well but I won’t be playing that. For Advance Wars I’m actually having slight fun by following a IGN Video Guide to the T so I’m almost done with it instead of struggling and getting really upset. I’m on Mission 19. Over on the PS5 I’ll most likely be playing some FFXVI tonight and due to special circumstances this week honestly probably some RE5, Fortnite, SF6 and other assorted fighting games but I’ll get to that in a bit. I actually beat RE5 this week so I just gotta wrap up the other DLC and then I can move onto RE6 for my marathon. As for anime this weekend it’s simple. Some Atelier Ryza, My Tiny Senpai, Zom 100, Liar Liar, Ayaka, and one of my new all time favorites Bungou Stray Dogs. As for those special circumstances this week I have basically nothing but morning shifts whereas normally I have nothing but night shifts. Now this is slightly bad for me as I stay up late hahahaha. But you know what it isn’t bad for? SWITCH GAMESSSSSSSSSSS. I’ve plans to go on a game starting Smorgasbord. Plans currently are sessions for Trails To Azure and Advance Wars to make progress in them. But also to start loads of games like Paranormasight, We ❤️ Katamari, Ghost Trick, Rain Code and of course Pikmin 4. Granted there won’t be much PS5 gaming but that’s why I labeled games that are easy to jump in and do a couple rounds in like fighting games, Fortnite and the minimal wrapping I gotta do in RE5. Very very excited about all this. Happy Gaming to everyone and have a excellent weekend everyone.

@Kraven cold steel 2vis absolutely excellent I hope you enjoy it.

I’ve played on Nintendo consoles almost exclusively since forever, but recently bought a PS5 as a sort of complement. I’m very happy to see that Push Square follows the same format as Nintendo Life on these “What Are You Playing This Weekend?”. Really great too see what’s currently popular! Thank you!

Gonna sound like a repeat of the last few weeks, but again with Hogwarts, now on my Gryffindor playthrough. It's still an amazing amount of fun, and I'm now digging deeper into using blocks and dodges better. I feel like this is getting into AC: Odyssey and Saints Row 4 territory for me - likely to become permanent install. Which means I might need an internal SDD upgrade soon. :/

Anyway, that game, some AEW still and taking a break on Control and picking back up my new game + for Biomutant. And covers for my solo instrumental show; just finished Many the Miles and Chocobo. Hope everyone has a fun weekend!

@KaijuKaiser I enjoy it quite a bit. Especially using the eyes for your telekinetic powers really feels special.

Thinking I may finally sit my procrastinating ass down and play through Miles Morales. I've started it twice previously, but both times fell off just a couple of hours in. I like everything about it, but for whatever reason it just hasn't grabbed me like vanilla Spidey did, but I've gotta do it before Spidey 2. No time like the present!

For me this weekend it's:

Women's World Cup
The Ashes
Tour de France

Pikmin 4 mainly.
Its been really good so far.

I bought the Ultimate Edition of Remnant 2 so I am allllllllllllllll over that this weekend through early access and enjoying every second of it! Excellent sequel to an excellent game. 👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Playing Tekken 8 Beta test.

Just been whipped by someone with easy mode on. They only have to press a button to do all a character's special attacks. It's actually quite ridiculous that they matchmake these people with others without this setting on. As disconnecting when you see this is the case is apparently frowned upon.

Almost finished Uncharted 3. What a game. Loving this series.

MK11 I love it but man the amount of stuff to unlock stuff all locked in the crypt one thing is certain games like this are lost to time when servers go down most of the stuff will be locked away. If you look at the older fighters years later you can still play them and have access to everything. MK and Streetfighter when the servers go offline half the game will be lost.

Finally downloaded the Halo Infinite campaign on my Series last night. It's got good nostalgia thing going. Gameplay is fun, sorry inoffensive so far lol. Then I'm either going for FF16 or Pikmin 4

@ I’m kinda hesitant to play now if the end just makes me feel like what I do matters little as you say it might.

Regretfully my PlayStation 5 got stolen a week back so much of my gaming will regulated to my other systems for now.

Switch; There’s TOtK to work my way through and anything else in the library that I need to carry on (like Metroid Prime R)

PC: I may try Street Fighter 6 as my entry into fighting games and things look promising for Remnant 2 and Baldurs Gate 3 so there’s those. There’s a lot on steam I kinda want to try actually.

Xbox: Not much there beyond reconnecting with older games. Maybe see what Diablo 4’s like?

Persona 5 Royal and Street Fighter 6!

@ceedj would you recommend Hogwarts to someone who hasn’t seen the movies or watched the books? A work buddy of mine is gushing about the game and I’m intrigued.

@Marquez Me too.

@Dusk_Actual : Hmm, probably not unless you can get it on sale. Ignoring the license and how the game is geared a bit more tween than adult, I think the combat is kind of fun but a little thin after awhile - enemies start getting "samey." But if you are more of a casual gamer, you might not mind this.

For a fan of the franchise, even a little, it is an amazing world with tons of stuff to find and explore. The care put into making it feel like you are cruising (figuratively) around Hogwarts is really apparent. I think that and the general accessibility of the game are what made it a huge success.

Because I'm a fan, but not a super fan, I'm mighty impressed with the whole thing. The combat stuff doesn't bother me because I enjoy it for what it is and on it's licensed terms. I kind of regret waiting so long to get it TBH.

TL;DR - Wait for a sale. But if even a TINY fan, get it!

Last of us part 1… it’s actually amazing and the best thing is I feel like I forgot most of it so it kinda feels fresh!

Continuing to work my way through Silver rank in Street Fighter 6 online matches with my new main, Cammie.

Finished FF16. After I got over my grief went back and started Xenoblade 3 DLC Future Redeemed. Loving it so far.

Restarted Jedi Survivor on PC, the last 2 patches seem to fix the issues that made me stop playing after a few missions. This is a really good game and a huge improvement over Fallen Order

on the PS5, FF16