Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 532

After completing all the campaign trophies on Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition this passed week, I’ll be trying to get all the multiplayer stuff done this weekend. More of a solitary player for the most part but looking forward to a rare bit of social.

I'd very much like to try WipEout on PSVR2 but I can't see it happening any time soon.

Rebirth for me. So glad I finally picked it up because it is everything I want a Final Fantasy game to be.

Slowly making my way through Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, just started chapter 5. I'm also doing coop with a friend in Elden Ring while waiting for the DLC.

I think I’ll start Dragon Dogma 2 and get back to FF7 Rebirth. While still playing Stellar Blade. Need to get back into Street Fighter 6 too.

Just got started with Stellar Blade, so I'm gonna keep playing that. Also planning to check out the Alan Wake DLC. It looks mental, maybe even a bit too much, but we'll see.

Bit of Dreamlight Valley preparing for the Mulan update and maybe some Project Zero not sure whether to play 4 or 5

Currently replaying Dragon Quest V and man do I love this game so much!

Also catching up on the SGF announcements. Seems like it was a pretty good showcase imo. It's always the ones that you don't tune in for that happen to be good😂

Still playing Rise of the Ronin, that game is big. Also playing Hellblade 2 on the PC.

Final Fantasy XVI: Never played one but I've always known of them and been a big RPG fan and so far it's pretty great. Clive is an interesting character with a compelling motivation and it's fun seeing Cid (someone I recognize from Kingdom Hearts) albeit as a reincarnation.

The combat is fluid and dynamic, almost balletic, and the world is starting to open up. It has a very Game of Thrones feel to the politics of different nations that is compelling and engrossing to watch unfold.

The side quests are a bit rote but everything else is on point.

More rally driving for me. Loving my steering wheel set up a bit too much to even look at anything else. Have a blinder of a weekend folks 👍

Replaying the gob smacking Hellblade 2 on XBX, the first game in a long time I've replayed straightaway. If it comes to PS5, get all over it.
Also the Euro 24 update on FIFA ...it will always be FIFA to me lol, and it's a fun add on, tho England are way too overpowered based on last night's shocker 🤣
Also started Stellar Blade on PS5 and it's wonderful, tho the 3rd boss truly kicks my ass. Fantastic visuals and a true gamers game
If I have time, more of my personal GOTY Dragons Dogma 2, a game I'll never tire of playing
Have a great weekend guys and gals ❤️

@Northern_munkey ....WRC Generations ? A superb racing game, that

@Zuljaras Hollow Knight is the best MetroidVania game in recent times. Brilliant

@shonenjump86 some amazing gaming ahead there ! Masterpieces all

I finally got the platinum for Fallout 4 and it was lovely deleting that from my console. I’m unsure what to play next as this took up a chunk of my time. I still have AC mirage and Horizon forbidden west to finish but I think I need something not so open world. Might look through my indie selections.

Tunic and trying to find that hidden bot ***** in astrobot on the 5 and converting my ps2 saves to use with pcsx2.
I might attempt to organize my gaming horde, my PS2 stuff is on at least four different shelves and while going through my save files, I found one for tekken 4 and it isn’t on any of the four shelves, so there might be a secret fifth shelf somewhere.

I am also playing Wipeout Omega Collection. I thought I might be the only one by now. Nice.

I have a few smaller titles in my backlog I want to start so it will either be Shakedown Hawaii, Huntdown or Narita Boy.

Finished and was very disappointed with dragons dogma 2 so probably starfield and been playing a fair but of kingdom come deliverance with mods as of late

Finishing the Final Shape campaign and seeing what the seasonal stuff is like. More Honkai even though I'm all caught up I'm now trying to get my teams in tip-top condition...

I still feel like I'm in a holding pattern with the wait for Shadow of The Erdtree AND Dawntrail!

@KingPev thanks, glad you are enjoying Stellar Blade.

Back to Sekiroooo Isshin voice after meeting Sword Saint and all my game saves getting deleted. It was easy to start other games but Sekiro...naahh. To think I defeated all those bosses and have to start again...sigh, Sekiro feels like the hardest From game but it's a From game and still a joy to play through again. Elsewhere defeated Lady Maria in the Old Hunters, BB. Defeated Mohg for the 2nd time waiting by Miquella's cocoon for you know what.

Finished Hellblade II and Paper Mario TTYD this week, so this weekend I'm going back to two older games: Final Fantasy XVI and Trails from Zero.

I just started up The Rising Tides DLC for Final Fantasy and it's great thus far. Really glad to be back playing this phenomenal game again. As for Trails, I'm on the last chapter now so I'm hoping I'll be able to wrap it up soon.

Secret of Mana remake and grinding in SF 6 for next month CPT.

I picked up the Dragon Age Inquisition DLC in the sale because I've been eying it up for years. So far it's kicking my ass but it's fun and I'm determined to beat it. Also I'm considering starting Key of Heaven, which is an obscure PSP action-RPG and Sonic Colours on DS. So quite a random bunch of games for me again 😅

@Zuljaras Minish Cap on Official cartridge, heck yeah 👌 you playing on an actual GBA or a DS?

I bought Street Fighter 6 a few days ago so I’m gonna work through the World Tour part. Looks like it’s gonna be fun. I’ve never played a SF game before

I downloaded Walkabout Golf and Before Your Eyes last night so I will be diving into those and obviously a bit of bot rushing for democracy along the way!

Happy gaming folks

@Kanji-Tatsumi I'm hoping we get a rough idea of when Veilguard is coming out so I can plan a full series replay with Dragon Age. The Inquisition DLC was a step up in toughness from what I remember but it was very satisfying.

@KingPev generations and EA sports wrc..both are superb.

Finishing the story on Final Fantasy XVI, finally...
It really started great, but it failed to impress me down the road..

@IssyVeedz the über-awsome psvr1 version ? Anyway still waiting for the psvr2 port ....

The brilliant Mass Effect 2. I'm just about to go to Pragia to help Jack plant a big f**king bomb.

@Mintie it's brutal so far but it's kind of nice having to re-build my party rather than brute forcing my way through. The game + all DLC was £3.50 on the most recent sale which is just crazy good value even with the games faults

Away this weekend, but if I get a chance it is time to progress my Resident Evil remake/remaster/reimagining/re-anything else run (RErrrrr for short). RE Zero is done so next up is OG RE remake.

Around 20 hours into Sea of Stars so probably continuing with that. Also made a start on Death Stranding after watching the Kojima documentary the other day and enjoying it's weirdness so far. Finally may tick of a few side quests on that Tiny Tina Wonderlands after completing the main story with my co-op buddy this week.
Have a great weekend whatever you're up to people 👍

Otherwise probably a mix of horizon forbidden west (got the physical complete edition during the days of play which still triggers a small download) and call of the mountain. Surprised how well call of the mountain stacks up against forbidden west in terms of visuals. At least the more linear parts of forbidden west should work absolutely on ps5+psvr2. But I guess we will never get such things outside of pcvr mods ....

I've just brought a PSVR bundle from eBay, so will spend the weekend trying that out. Can't wait to try out Wipeout in VR mode.... whilst trying to keep my son's head from exploding with excitement, and avoiding the wife whilst she moans at me for buying yet another thing that will keep the kids hooked on the PS4!! But the kids have promised to do their homework if I let them have a go !!!! Wish me luck.......

Arizona Sunshine 2! Best fun I’ve had with a fps since OG Doom. Really want to squeeze in some Euyoden Chronicles and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door. Just got Crow Country as well, which looks awesome. Need to find the last rabbit in Animal Well (so many fantastic indies at the moment!).

Have a great weekend folks!

@Wapping5225 Good Luck!, I just got one last week and I’m loving it!

Im still playing one of the best rpgs ever made in the excellent divinity original sin 2 definitive edition.and i will also continue playing one of the best rpgs ever made in the incredible octopath traveler 2.my boston Celtics 💚🖤 won the first game.lets get 3 more.and win the 🏆 championship and get banner 18.i will be watching legendary sitcoms tv 📺 shows in Sanford and son.good times.martin.the Jeffersons.and saved by the bell.word up son

Viewfinder - finished and platinumed. Very good puzzle game, pretty unique and if you like these kind of games I can really recommend it!

Destiny 2 The Final Shape - rocky launch as expected, but didnt even try to play at release given the history of previous releases 😊 That said, Im enjoying the Final Shape. They´ve brought back a lot of things for this, maps, locations, characters, guns that never should have been limited by power levels etc. Some very nostalgic moments so far, guessing more are to come as I havent finished the campaign yet. But I have a good feeling about this, that it might actually be a good ending to the Light and the Darkness saga. Still, I´m going to put Destiny 2 down when I´m done regardless of how fun it feels now. Dont want to be sucked in again, I can already feel it tugging at me, wanting all my playtime and Id rather end on a high note than playing until the inevitable wall of total fatigue and weariness hits.

Playing

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (PS5) - about 80% through the main story. Just started the Snotinghamscire arc.
• Diablo IV (XSX) - about a third of the way through Act 3 playing as a barbarian.
• F1 Manager 2023 (XSX) - into my third grand prix weekend in Australia managing Williams. No points as yet - best placed finish is 13th so far.

Paused

• Divinity: Original Sin (XSX)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
• Yakuza: Like A Dragon (PS5)

Backlog

• Days Gone
• Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
• Persona 3: Reload
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Started a Euro 2024 with Scotland last night on FC 24 managed to qualify for the last 16 so probably more of that and Fallout 4 just bought the dlc. I've also been playing a bit of XDefiant and it's actually quite good apart from the wonky hit detection.

Most likely back into FF7 Rebirth to finally wrap it up. Rise of the Ronin as well.

Oddly MLB The Show has its hooks in me. I’m getting older and baseball has come back into my life this year. Call it a mid life crisis or nostalgia lol

@Northern_munkey
I love WRC Generations but I’m not a fan of WRC23. Somehow the game looks worse than Dirt Rally 2.0. At least to me. Also, the tracks and colour palette of Generations blows WRC 23 out of the water. I hope WRC 24 or 25 uses Unreal Engine 5. That would be a huge jump in visual fidelty. I kinda feel bad for Kylotonn. Ever since WRC 8 their games have really been great and there was some competition in the rally games department. Not the case anymore. Anyway, enjoy your racing setup!

Jumped into MH Rise a bit after the MH Wilds trailer and I gotta say: World is still better 😛
I did play around in Horizon Forbidden West too just cause the Lego Horizon announcement has me hyped.

This weekend is more Rebirth and Foamstars

Have fun everyone!

I’m playing Uncharted 4 and Forza Horizon 3 (ROG Ally). I’m hyped for the Xbox showcase so counting down the hours. Especially as it starts at a time that will let me watch it (not at night).

Hello there fellow gamers.
Since I have finished AC Origins (again) and both dlc (for the first time), and I am still in the mood for these type of games, I just started AC Odissey last night, so I´ll be playing that one on my Series X.
As for my PS5, I´ll be playing more online SF6 matches and maybe I will finally start Rise of the Ronin.
Cheers everyone and happy gaming weekend to us all

That we haven’t had a new WipeOut on PS5 yet is an eternal shame on Sony

Elden Ring to prep for the DLC and Cat Quest. Surprisingly similar vibes

And Kudos to you @Zuljaras. You always have some great and diverse games to play.
Hollow Knight is one of the best MetroidVanias out there, Orange Box is one of the best compilation of games as well, Minish Cap is a pretty good Zelda game and BG3 is such a behemoth of a game that I haven´t dare started yet.
But everything I´ve heard about it, is simply amazing.... And Big.
Cheers and have a good one

I'm annoyed of the fact that I'm just not as at good playing WipEout: Omega collection as I am the old trilogy on PSX. Anyone else have this problem? 😅 I thought WO1 was supposed to be balls hard, but I can handle that easily. The faster speeds on omega collection though not so much 🙈

I’m still playing Dragon’s Dogma 2.

I decided to mop up a side quest that had me looking for rare grimoires. One of my pawns suggested I go back to the beginning — Melve, the first settlement I came across because a shopkeeper is supposedly selling a tome I’m after. My first time there, I saved the town by repelling a dragon, and helped rescue a woman, whom later relocated for various reasons. As I arrive, I discover the town is much different from when I initially was there. I wasn’t even allowed in unless I bribed my way in with gold, and so I did.

The townsfolk that resided there was being held captive, abused and being treated like slaves by the Queen Regent’s guardsmen. As a result, I couldn’t purchase any items from the shopkeeper. However, I did find the original ruler of the town inside the local cathedral and he presented an opportunity. He was organizing a group to fight back against their captors, but there was a problem — all of their weapons had been confiscated. He suggested I secretly bring him a few swords and I agree to aide him. He needed four total and I already had two in my inventory, so the job was halfway finished.

As I’m leaving the town, I get approached by two men. Brothers, in fact. The same brothers I decided to help out when I first began my journey. They told me they know where their weapons were being held, a storeroom safeguarded by two soldiers. Since I helped them out earlier they wanted to repay the kindness by causing a distraction, allowing me to slip in unnoticed. It sounded dangerous, but I couldn’t turn down the offer. One brother began clapping, causing a ruckus and drawing their attention, before hurriedly fleeing and having the guards chase him.

Once the enemies were out of sight, I creeped inside, procured the remaining weapons and handed them out to the select townsfolk that wanted to rise against their captors. When the moment was right, the people of Melve took one last final stand, eventually making the guardsmen retreat. The town was restored to its natural order, but the people felt unsafe there. They had recently survived a dragon attack, and the Queen would most certainly exact revenge. The residents decided to pack up their bags and relocate to another settlement — the same village the female resident I saved long ago was now residing. But before they left, I managed to purchase the grimoire I had been searching for.

Several days later, I make my way to this new village. The people I rescued were there, and everyone was happy. The female resident I saved from a dragon attack was also present - a woman who was clearly smitten with me since that fateful day. She, too, thanked me for my services and asked if I’d like to accompany her on the beach later that evening. Of course, I obliged. With the stars and skies above, our toes in the sand, and a campfire burning behind us, there were two other things on fire — our hearts for one another. One thing lead to another and we decided to become romantically involved.

All of this happened naturally and randomly. If I hadn’t had taken my Pawn’s advice I would have missed a really intriguing quest line. Moreover, the brothers I helped during my fifth hour in the game made their presence known 95 hours later. These types of moments have occurred often, in ways that were unexpected. This is why Dragon’s Dogma has blown me away and has become my favorite RPG of all time. Long live the Arisen.

I’ve been playing through the DLC for Dying Light and really enjoying it but I’ll be taking a break from it as I’m going to the beach for a few days. Instead, I’ll be bringing my PSPaperweight……….uh, my Vita, I mean, and trying to finish out the DLC on Gravity Rush. Hope everyone enjoys their gaming!

Infamous second son only one trophy left for the platinum which is beating the game on expert mode have a great weekend everyone

Because of the PS Portal I am back into Diablo IV, it's like the perfect game for the device. I have avoided the seasons, not wanting to restart with a new character, but for Season 4 I decided to give it a try. I am now up to almost the same level as my Eternal character and having a blast.

Way back, Blizzard at one point made D3 a crazy free for all with tons of monsters, rapid leveling, and rain storms of loot, and that is what happened with D4 with S4. I am playing the (highly recommended) Necromancer Minions build and as everyone has said it's so buffed and so fun to play. I was not going to follow any meta, but I did find an amazing build on Maxroll.gg called "Minion Necromancer Leveling Build Guide".

There is sort of a S4 plot with the Wolf's Honor system, but the main missions are literally like "Level up to Rank 7" so just by doing stuff you are always leveling fast. The Wolf's rewards for each rank/tier are pretty amazing gear, so it's worth checking in with them often to get your next upgrade.

I never used my Ultimate Edition Battle Pass, so I turned it on. The cosmetic rewards are fine and like all other systems, you keep earning and collecting and getting more and more loot. I am on level 3 Nightmare and rolling in merch, and it's not even that hard because you keep getting better and better gear.

So...never thought I would do a season, much less recommend doing a season, but it's the most fun I've had with D4!

@Kyushutrail World Tour mode is really fun. Not just it has story campaign and will teach you SF gameplay from basic to advance, but you will know more the background story & personality for each SF characters like Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Cammy, etc.

Also, if you gave them gifts to maxed out your bond level with them, you will unlocked their 2nd costume that you can used it if you played them in arcade mode or online mode. Oh and some artworks too that you can check on Gallery mode.

@PacPern123 Possibly because Wipeout Omega Collection sales is dissapointing. If it sold well, i'm sure Sony already announced a new one right now...

@gollumb82 I agree mostly but I find the controls in EA sports wrc to be much more tweakable..I love both equally to be honest.

Hope to finish Planet of Lana and The Rising Tide. I may also check out Alan Wake 2’s DLC. Looks very interesting. Happy gaming!!

My son is in the hospital with a brain tumour so gaming is not on my agenda for the foreseeable. But its good to read what everyone else will be playing over the weekend. Happy Gaming all.

@Rangers420 .....so Scotland getting through to the last 16 makes it a more of a fantasy game than anything then ? 😉🤣 .......
Sorry

@JonnyAces ...very sorry to hear that. Hope all goes well and he recovers

I am here to trumpet the virtues of an indie gem called I Was a Teenage Exocolonist for the second week in a row. I just finished my second playthrough this morning, and got my second ending out of a possible 29. What a game. If you like games where your choices impact the story and deck building games, I urge you to try this. I bought it during a sale on a whim, and it is great. I love finding a game I wasn’t anticipating that ends up being a favorite!

For the rest of the weekend, I am starting Rise of the Ronin. I am a little apprehensive because I hear the game starts rough before getting good, and the controls for combat are awkward. But I am intrigued by the game and going to give it a shot. Happy gaming all!

@JonnyAces
My wife had a brain tumour removed last year in June. I hope everything goes well and your son recovers fully and quickly.

Diablo IV. The newest season is pretty good. Gonna hit lvl100 for the first time.
Im also playing the new Alan Wake 2 DLC. And if I have time I'll hunt down some more outfits in Stellar Blade.

Main focus wise VII Remake Rebirth.
Hoping to fit in some Cult of the Lamb, Star Ocean Second Story R, MGS 2, Days Gone and Tunic as well as getting a bit of tidying done.

@Mostik I bought Walkanout minigolf last year and I never regretted it. Apart for visuals leaning to the basic side, the gameplay is fun which is the most important here.

And just last evening I tried Before your eyes. Impressive stuff, more like an interactive experience than a game but a good one, with an innovative blinking mecanic as the only gameplay control. There are even some branching points in the story which I was not expecting.

1. Hellblade 2 (Gamepass - PC)
2. Homeworld 3 (PC)

PS5 taking a break after Stellar Blade. Good times.

Tekken 8 and some Elden ring to prepare for the dlc

@PuppetMaster Thanks! I didn’t know about unlocking the 2nd costume! I definitely wanna do that.
I played almost 2 hours last night trying out different things. I’m not any good yet, but it’s so much fun I know I’ll be playing a long time

Just wrapped up the final mission in The Final Shape and boy Bungie wrapped things up beautifully! I’ll mess around in that universe for a while more and then who knows what I’ll play next.

Re cold storage tracks on wipeout, you just turn the in game music off and run a Spotify playlist of those tracks... You are welcome

@Kyushutrail Nice to hear you're having fun with SF 6 😊
Just took your time to understand the mechanics and let your muscle memory adapt with the control, moves, and animation.

Also, don't forget to do the weekly challenge for Drive Tickets. With Drive Tickets, you can:

• unlocked new stages
• new challenger customization
• alternate colors but don't used your Drive Tickets for 2nd costume colors because you will automaticly get all colors if you unlocked 2nd costume from World Tour mode
• music from previous SF
• Rental Tickets which you can used it to played DLC characters for an hour

@PuppetMaster Thanks! I’m definitely gonna take my time and I know I’m gonna be bad a long time before I start to get good. That’s ok.
Thanks for the info on drive tickets. I seem to have collected a few already.
I’m wondering if it’s worth it for me to get a season pass. Maybe I’ll wait until I’ve gotten a better understanding of the game and mechanics

@Kyushutrail Season pass year 1 is on sale right now on PS Store, Xbox, and Steam.

I suggest to check the characters trailer first and see if you really interested to play 4 of them. If yes then you should get season pass year 1 since it's on sale until June 19th.

I played PS5 and PS4 games on my PS5 machine. 😊
1. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PS5
2. Youtubers Life 2 PS4

I was in mission to get back the stolen map at planet Savali from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart .
I started again from beginning for Youtubers Life 2 on PS5 as it got faster loading time and so far I haven't experienced with bugs I have experienced from my PS4 machine.

Got a HUGE backlog but diving back into Diablo 4…then on Tuesday it will be V Rising!

I cleared out most things in Far Cry 5, and don't want to move on. It is easily one of the most gorgeous games I've played, and the setting makes me feel like a kid in the woods again. It was paced atrociously and the AI does not cohabitate our corporeal plane, but I still loved it.

@TheMightyImp2 I wish all games had the option of silencing their music...

Skyrim on Switch whilst on holiday! Was tempted to take the Portal as I have it on PS5, but the WiFi at my holiday destination is too flakey.

Damn what a stunning port on Switch though. Silky smooth, must have great frame pacing and looks superb. Then you see Dragon's Dogma 2 staggering like a drunkard on PS5 and you wonder where the power is going....

Well here we go again with a special birthday WAYP. Yep that’s right it just so happens June 8 is my birthday 🥳. It was a pretty great one won’t lie. Got to play some AI The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative and the Alan Wake 2 DLC Night Springs. Night Springs is particularly excellent and makes me wanna platinum that game. Also saw Furiosa. Excellent movie and great times with friends. My best friend also got me the rest of Spy X Family so now I proudly own it all. Enjoyed Summer Game Fest and am super looking forward to the Xbox Games Showcase. Thanks to SGF that rounds out the rest of my birthday purchases as I got the SF6 Year 2 Character Pass because I need that Terry and Mai, Destiny 2 The Witch Queen and preorders on SMTV Vengeance and Concord. And in total from other family I also have copies of Monster Hunter Stories, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble and Trails Through Daybreak. All for all an excellent time. As for the rest of the weekend I’m thinking a nice meaty session of Persona 3 Reload after work. No switch sadly. As for the rest of the week I’m thinking a rotation of games like Paper Mario and Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth. More progress on Nayuta and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. I actually just resubbed to FFXIV for Dawntrail so I think I wanna knock out the Endwalker Pandemonium raids before that too. And I also kinda definitely have decided I wanna really focus on and learn Unicorn Overlord and beat it this year. It’s a really neat game. Otherwise it’s probably just more of the other games I listed. Anime of the week gotta go to Kaiju No.8, Delicious in Dungeon, Urusei Yatsura and Go Go Loser Ranger. That last one is exceedingly awesome. Oh and special shoutout to Shameless again. Here in Season 10 they really managed to make me feel super sad with the leaving of Fiona from the show. Podcasts of this week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast,Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Kit and Krysta, Last Stand Media, Easy Allies, Second Wind and Nextlander. And of course we wouldn’t be quite done without a big fantastic awesome shoutout to my dear friend over at twitch.tv/akibread and their amazing streams please give them a look. Again it’s been a great birthday weekend and I’m excited for all the game reveals at Xbox and this months Nintendo Direct. As always yall stay safe and be good to each other. Have a awesome rest of your weekend and week and Happy Gaming.

Still messing around with fallout 4 next gen