Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 611

After umming and ahhing over Ender Lilies for a couple of years, I finally got it a couple of weeks ago in the sale. At first the level design seems really blocky, but the game really opens out into a brilliant little Metroidvania, it was work persevering with. I platinumed it in about 50 hours and loved the last 40 hours. The bosses are so fair, nothing feels like "Ugh, I've got to do this another 50 times". Ender Magnolia is a completely different setting, but I'm having fun with it too.

I'm still playing Star Ocean The Second Story R but it feels really grindy, I like the characters, but yeah, I'm a bit cool on the game. I'll finish it anyway.

Have a great weekend Folks!

Tomorrow I'll have a couch coop session with my friends (yes, I actually do have them) where we'll continue the tradition of anually beating at least one Tony Hawk game and now it's time to finally unbox Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. I'll also throw in some Double Dragon Revive and Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection for mixing things up a bit.

Having returned to the amazing Puppeteer last weekend, I then followed that up with a playthrough of another game I love to return to round Christmastime - the poetic, beautiful Journey. Now this weekend I have decided to try Owlboy. Just started it yesterday, and so far it seems the perfect choice for some cosy winter gaming.

Im back with my wife and son. A couple of missions and the game is done. Red dead redemption!

Hell let loose. New trailer released this week for hll: vietnam.

Skate Story. Played the first chapter and its pretty weird. Love it!

Was planning on buying Military logistics simulator but bought some concert tickets instead. Taking my oldest(12 years) with me. His first gig, i hope he will like it.

Have a great weekend!

@TimeDelayedGamer I've tried to buy a physical copy of Puppeteer for quite some time but the prices were a bit too high. I can only think now is even worse. You played it digitally on PS3? I assume the game is a real hidden gem?

Resident Evil 3 Remake, WWE 2K25, Fatal Fury COTW. I. I’m in the mode for Tomb Raider. I might give the reboot trilogy another play through.

I gave Lego Horizon Adventures on psportal and so far I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

Never played any of the main Horizon games (+DLC) so far, though

Playing:

• Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus / Vita
  I just bought a secondhand copy for $8-9 and so far i quite enjoyed it despite it's not 60 fps but a solid 30 fps. The graphic looks pretty good too. Sadly there's no Japan dub option. Currently i'm at Chapter 3.
• The Legend of Dragoon / PS4
  Right now i'm on Disc 3 / Chapter 3. The Divine Dragon cutscene when it breaks free and flying around Deningrad looks majestic. I can feel that dragon will be a pain in the ass. Gonna stock a good amount of healing items.

Have a great weekend everyone 🍻

Back on E33 to check out that new update. Really nice and even more artistic and nice music, I must say the Photo Mode is one of the best especially with the filters. Still KCD2 deserved RPGotY, it's the same sentiment across the Internet. Got robbed by a couple of bandits, my Henry was nice to them and tricked them into showing him their hideout to learn skills on thievery. Went back days later under the cover of night, knocked out the bandit leader who still had my coin on him, took it along with some valuables. On my way back it was morning, went back to village to check up on a woman I had saved in a forest some time ago. I mean this kind of immersion...tsk I'm just convinced most journalists didn't bother with KCD2, the steep learning curve at the beginning can easily throw you off, but then what sort of games journo does that make you...

Mostly Metroid Prime 4 for me this Weekend. It is fantastic.

I don’t really have anything to play after finishing PowerWash 2 and Tomb Raider. There’s no backlog. What a time. Maybe I’ll… watch tv?

Had to give up on The Endless Tower in Clair Obscur much to my shame. Way beyond my capabilities and patience. Bloody tough bosses....still GOTY though.
Starting to clear my huge backlog with Bioshock 2 Remastered - love this game, it's by far the best in the series.
More strategy shenanigans in Starcraft 2 on PC and the new Guild Wars Reforged on Steam Deck
Have a great weekend guys and gals ❤️

Equalicious (Windows Phone) - Still playing almost daily.

Angry Birds Seasons (Windows Phone) - Getting 3 stars on all these Christmas levels may drive me insane...

Angry Birds Space (Windows Phone) - Haven't made much progress this past week.

@Czar_Khastik I'm lucky enough to own a PS3 physical copy that I bought at the time of release. I've played it through many times and I can't praise it enough. The art direction is fantastic (it still looks great today), the music is inspired, the story and setting is a ton of fun, and the gameplay is there too. There's so many secrets and little details crammed into it that I generally discover something new every time I play. It's also got a fun co-op mode that is great to play with the kids.

Definitely give it a go if you get the chance (without having to sell your house to get a copy).

i’ll be playing breath of the wild, after 7 years of starts and stops on 3 systems i’m finally making progress, hopefully be done by next week. outside of gaming i’ll be priming a model car kit.

I will continued playing one of the best video games ever made and the most iconic video games protagonist ever in the incredible crash bandicoot 2 Cortez strikes back.i will continued playing another one of the best video games ever made in the excellent sifu.i will also continued playing the smash hit the amazing cuphead. I will continued playing the instant classic the phenomenal remnant from the ashes.i will also continued playing another fan favorite the awsome blasphemous..I will also be playing the outstanding amnesia the bunker. And I will be playing the wonderful trek to yomi. I will be watching my michigan wolverines basketball 💛💙 play.i will be watching my boston celtics 💚 🖤 play.and I will be watching my pittsburgh steelers 💛🖤 play.i will also be watching legendary sitcoms TV 📺 comedy shows in family matters.good times.the Jeffersons.sanford and son.different strokes.martin.the wayans brothers and saved by the bell.word up son

Red dead redemption remake some Helldivers 2 and a little bit of the Grinch game and cosmic invasion!
Happy weekend folks✌️

Finished Lunacid + VR mod. Didn't expect the Xmas celebrations in this game.

Also started Elderand, a Metroidvania from Brazil, and played some more Demeo online.

Finished Lego Horizon the other day got 1 trophy left for the platinum so might try and get that today and more Outer Worlds 2 and some Battlefield 6. I also got a month of Gamepass for a £1 tried Blops 7 and it's terrible so I'm going to try Clair Obscur started it when it released but didn't get very far.

@playstation1995 Word✊

After being stuck on a puzzle in Gorogoa for most of the week, I finally cracked it this morning... and then immediately had to go out.

Can't wait to get back to it later on (and probably get stuck again!)

Red dead redemption 1

Greetings, good people.

I bought and tried Metroid Prime 4. I played for about five hours and downloaded Prime remaster. Seriously, classical "You and the guy she tells you not to worry about" situation. Where has all the talent gone?

Other than that, I'm having a blast with Wuchang Fallen Feathers. This game has talent in spades. Seriously, I'm amazed how a debut game from a new developer nailed the soulslike combat, it feels better than the actual Souls games. Very excited to see future projects from these guys.

That's all for now, love each other and have a great weekend.

My black portal got delivered yesterday, not had a chance to play properly yet, working all weekend 😢😢

Greetings fellow festive video game enthusiasts. This weekend I’m still Coffee Talking and Shinobiing, fitted in around my annual rewatching of Dumb and Dumber. I like it a lot.

Prehistorik Man on Evercade and maybe NORCO.

More Pacific drive it's my mum's birthday today so won't get a good session in till tomorrow and my B Day Monday so more games added to the backlog 😂

More Arc raiders,EA wrc and Dirt rally 2.0. My raiding buddy wants to try the outlast trials in co-op so I might try and scare myself sh*tless this evening..have a great weekend folks 👍

Got my Yotei Plat this week great game. Got round to finishing off Thank Goodness You Are Here and it is really funny for us Northern UK folk at least.

Terminator 2D for the weekend though and if I get chance some MK Kollection as that arrived yesterday too!!

Happy gaming folks

Cronos New Dawn Platinum achieved! What a game. Top 3 this year for sure.

I’ll continue Arc Raiders and working towards level 75. The grind continues.

Beyond that I’m looking to get lost in either finishing Ender Magnolia, more hands of Balatro, System Shock, Shinobi, or maybe purchasing something new like Sektori. We shall see. Enjoy the weeekend all!

@TimeDelayedGamer Puppeteer, Owlboy, and Journey was and still awesome. Enjoy your weekend good sir 🍻

@Chip-Douglas word life.word is born.word to god.word yo your mother.word up son

As a new Switch 2 owner its Pokemon ZA, Mario Kart and Donkey Kong for me.

@playstation1995 Word up everyone say when you hear the call you got to get it underway!
Word up it's the code word no matter where you say you it know you will be heard!
Bo Bo Bo Bo Bo 💁

Getting towards the end of Echoes of the end. It's pretty decent but getting a tad bored of it now.

Ordered the new SpongeBob game. Hoping it arrives today

This will be an Octopath Traveler 0 weekend, just started Ch. 1 of the Master of Wealth.

Happy gaming everyone!

Hello again, y'all! This weekend I'm playing:

Switch:
Animal Crossing New Horizons: same old. Just harvesting crops to get bells that will pay toward house storage upgrades. About a month until version 3.0 launches!
PS4:
Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online: made massive story progress and unlocked several more new areas in the process. I only need one more legendary item until I can finally summon the goddesses and, as far as I know, reach the endgame. All of my party members are above Level 40, but Blanc is level 60 already because I've been using her the most. I might not beat it before Christmas and have to put it on hiatus though 🤔. The Dragon Quest XI fate (my nickname for when a game goes on hiatus, since that game itself is currently on hiatus) is a menace.

I’m killing thugs and stopping conspiracies in Phantom Liberty, and Hasta La Vista’ing my way through Terminator 2D: No Fate.

Going through Dark Souls 2 for the first time with a strength build. Did Iron Keep last night which wasn’t nearly as bad as people made it out to be I guess Scholar version nerfed it a bit. Having just enough Dex for a bow made pulling enemies 1 at a time pretty simple. Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Red Dead Redemption PS5 - I've been wanting to replay RDR for a while so the PS5 version dropping on Plus meant it was time to grab the hat and get on the horse again. Its not the most impressive remaster but it gives me the best version of the game and its still a very good game, however after maybe 5-6 hours I just felt like I had my fill. I remember much of the game and this version adds nothing new and its not a remake either so.... I can always pop in now and then and for a short while, maybe play a round of poker, so I'll take this sweet stroll down memory lane and ride off in to the sunset!

Dispatch - after all the great reviews and comments from you all about the game I just couldnt wait any longer. I've finished my first playthrough late last night and its a really, really good game. The graphics style, humor, feeling etc is top notch. Maybe the actual dispatching and hacking got a bit tedious towards the end but I cant wait to start over and make some other choices. Very good game, very nice to see this kind of game be successful 🙂

I’m finally down to the last trophy in Borderlands 4, but it’s a very grindy one - I have to level 3 more characters to level 50 🫤 The good thing is that I’m really enjoying the game.. it’s mechanically the best Borderlands they’ve made and some of the characters skills are really enjoyable.

Beyond that, I’ve finally completed the trophy stack for Black Ops 7 but I still play it a lot as I thoroughly enjoy the MP in that game. To be honest it’s about the only game I enjoy enough to play periodically throughout the year. Say what you will about COD but they sure know what they’re doing when it comes to MP FPS.

Other than that, I’ve started back on DYING LIGHT: The Beast since they added NG+ to it. It’s a good game as usual with those titles so I figured I’d give it another go. I always enjoy a good NG+ 😉

I hope everyone has a great weekend gaming!

@mac_da_man the remaster isnt that great but red dead redemption is one of the best games ever made still hits as hard now as back then especially the ending very sad

@KingPev Look up a Maelle build. She’s broken enough that with her and a ma ch one gun Verso build (which you don’t even need) you can clear the tower quickly. That should help!

@Daleaf enjoy the ride! It’s easy to write it off as a Dead Space inspired game, but there’s 12 Monkeys in there, Silent Hill, Parasite Eve, and a few other really good nods. My advice is know that the game will always know how much ammo you need so don’t stress about ever being low, and charge your shots! Every single person I’ve seen turned off by the game doesn’t charge every shot they fire.

@ErrantRob ...yeah ill try that. I've got Maelle dishing out lots of damage, I think it's my party choices.
Cleared the story fairly easily on normal but this Tower is kicking my fat hairy ass big time !

Im playing nothing at the minute need a rest from games next game will be death stranding the 1st game not sure whether ill like that or not? Have a good weekend all

Finished Pirates VR Jolly Roger on Psvr2, which is an okay game sometimes also also quite good. Certainly fine for the sale price i got it for. I checked out the new tracks in GT7 on Psvr2, and played much longer than I wanted. What a great game GT7 is.

And maybe I will check out Ghost Town on Psvr2, which I did not do in the end the last week-end.

Still putting the hours into Sektori and made it to the final boss on one run before succumbing on what I think was its final regen. Super enjoyable but need a break and something totally different after getting that close and failing!

Even if I end up never going back to it, I've had a literal blast with it.

@Daleaf it’s the perfect sci fi time travel slop and I love it. Enjoy!

@1970sGamer is it as hard as everyone says?! I keep hesitating on pulling the trigger on buying it because I don’t want to make no progress and feel burnt by the purchase.

I am STILL playing catch-up with Honkers!

If Royal mail pull their finger out I have a cheap copy of Monster Hunter Wilds for PS5 on the way seeing as the PC version still runs like ass on my PC, so if that arrives I'll be turning some not-dinos into some fancy pants!

@Czar_Khastik
@TimeDelayedGamer
Puppeteer is available on PS Plus Premium. I’m tempted to revisit it despite not getting on with it back in day.

I’m playing Borderlands 2, going for that 100% and Tomb raider anniversary (on Premium) which is very much a delightful jank free experience and the Rewind feature on the PS2 emulator removes all the stress and anxiety.

Eternal Strands. Fun game. Feels old school in its presentation. Boss fights are epic and strategic.

I grabbed Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 for $11.99 a day before it was free on Epic. My cope is that it will probably run better on my PS5, and it's only $12. Any gaming time I have will be split between that and the Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven remake. I see that being touted as a "hidden gem" in a few years.

Today is my wife's birthday - she's a self employed salon owner, sets her own work schedule, and is somehow still putting in 11 hours today. Not because we need the money, but because she was originally going to be off at 1, but decided to take care of nieces and nephews since she's booked until July and couldn't get them in otherwise. She has the best heart.

Lots to do prepping for our combined birthday get together tomorrow. I'm making carnitas in the slow cooker. Have a great weekend, everybody.

Flitting between games at the moment. Trails in the sky first chapter, red dead redemption, and ghost of yotei (which I’ve mostly fallen off)

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and Arc Raiders 🎉👹

After being disappointed by Killing Floor 3 I've decided to jump into Control because I forgot it was in my library! It's a good game so I was pleased to see Control Resonant get announced at The Game Awards

I might try to get back into Diablo 4. Its been ages, never got the 1st expansion. So idk. Have an itch for this style game and it seems like Path of Exile 2 is taking forever to get to 1.0 release. so.....

@Verso-86 Is this your first run with KCD2, or you doing another playthrough? That game was so great man!!! @Burnish1619 Control was fantastic. Such a great game. Hope you enjoy!

@ErrantRob When you start playing Sektori yeah it feels crazy, but it's not actually as bullet-hell as it looks, you get more space and options than is first apparent, and your power usually increases just enough to keep on top of everything (apart from sometimes at the first boss)

It's only £11.99 but I'd say it depends as much on 'is this my type of game?' I grew up playing the likes of Defender and Asteroids so I've always enjoyed old school 2d shooters like Nex Machina, Stardust, Resogun and it was an easy buy. On the other hand, I find souls games simply too hard and not enjoyable so would never buy them however highly they review, so YMMV.

Finishing off clubber langs story mode in rocky legends then some more gun on ps2 (and starting Ivan dragos story mode in rocky legends 😃)

Still light shining my way through Alan Wake 2.

I play and I play and I play and I play and I play............

Currently battling the crowds in London, on my way home so very little gaming today. After the divinity trailer, I’m itching to give Divinity original sin 2 another go; so may have a few hours on that tomorrow.

@PuppetMaster Thank you kindly, you enjoy your weekend too 🍻 I'm a few hours into Owlboy now and having a blast - it's great!

Death stranding directors cut. Took me a few start stops on this game. But now it’s got me. I knew it had me when I spent 4 hours collecting supplies to rebuild roads. I usually don’t get into building like this in games. Which says something. Such a unique experience of a game. Love it

Soul Hackers 2 - hope to polish it off over the next few days. And then, at last, its time for Red Dead Redemption 2.

Finished Sword of the Sea (on my black portal) on Thursday evening; definitely a short but sweet title that will linger in my memory for quite a while.

Decided to give my PS5/Portal a break for now and finally start a little known farming indie called Ova Magica on my Steam Deck yesterday. That should remain my main focus until further notice.

And maybe afterwards I'll start something else from the PS Plus catalogue (on portal), not sure what yet though. @Jrs1 Hope you enjoy your new portal, I've only had mine for almost three weeks, but I'm already quite impressed by its streaming performance

@Shadeon_Koopa Cheers bud mrs has told me its going away for Santa now 😄

I’ve started the biggest trophy grind of my career in DiabloIV (loving it already) and I’ll also be at the opposite end of the gaming spectrum playing the fantastic Lego Horizons adventure, CO-OP’ing it with my little girl. Happy hunting

Remnant 2 is currently alternating between being really fun exploration and combat, and kicking my ass hard! Doing a second run through of the campaign, and will play all the DLC campaigns, but the difficulty spikes really deflate my fun and enthusiasm for this one. Will kill a couple of weeks with this and more Borderlands 4 before playing Dragon Age: Veilguard over the hols.

Christmas is coming so that means more adventures in Skyrim. I still love it after all these years.
When I'm not playing that, my wife and I will be fighting the good fight in Powerwash Simulator 2.

Dawnless Days (Lord of the Rings) mod for Total War Atilla on pc which finally released this week.
On PS5 I plan to spend some time exploring Hubris and Red Matter 2 on PSVR2.

@Chip-Douglas Lol, we’re too old dude! I literally just had an image of a red codpiece. No, no, no, no, no! Candy was cool too

@naruball the guy with the hammer is really fun

Trying to be unseen and unheard in both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Back to Red Dead Redemption 2 so I can get onto RDR1.

Needed a break because the story is so intense!

Now onto Chapter 6.

Absolutely sensational. Both in its game play and its writing.

Superior in every way to GTA.

Hoping we get RDR3.......

@DrVenture69 I tells you I get no respect around here no respect!
Hahaha ✌️

Continuing with STALKER 2 and I may even play Borderlands 4, Arc Raiders, or Void Crew later.

Also gave Weeb Store Simulator a try and for under £8 it isn’t bad at all if you can ignore the name. As far as I can tell it’s the first multiplayer shop simulator on PS5. It’s no different to all the other ones released but the co-op really elevates it.

Arc ofc and I took advantage of the award sales and snagged KCD2 at a very reasonable 50% discount, liked what i've played so far but Arc keeps me from really getting into it, enjoy your weekend

@TimeDelayedGamer Thanks for the splendid review! I'll most definitely keep my eyes open on ebay and buy it when the time is right. Also, I didn't know it had a coop mode which makes it even better.

I play The Quarry. Just wanted to catch up all games that same Studio made.

@JamieO fantastic stuff

Playing T2. Love the retro look and feel.

Spent the weekend playing Roboquest VR (hectic and tough but fun first person roguelike), Sektori (hectic and tough 2D roguelike in the vein of Geometry Wars), Two Point Museum (whose zoo expansion has some cool twists including animal rescue) and of course Helldivers 2 (been practicing with the backpack nuclear bomb and friendly casualties have been minimal and enemy casualties have been massive).

I also watched that Johnny Cage animated movie Cage Match. It was even more of a comedy than I was expecting but it’s fast moving, dumb fun. The visuals are great, very reminiscent of Miami Vice.

Not playing anything.
Just watched 3 seasons of Banshee in last 5 days and ready to watch the 4th this week.

Sorry games, you need to wait.

@Leinad7 Banshee was so good. The fights are epic and just keep ramping up till the end, although nothing tops the Nola vs Burton fight.

@Eduard_Brenton According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches.

@Steeleye25
I finished watching and now I understand why Banshee has so great ratings.
Started watching The Warrior series yesterday, same creators and even Job is there That one has awesome combat scenes. Although it lacks Rebecca’s scenes

@Leinad7 Oh wow I forgot about Warrior. I rarely watch TV but did see a few episodes of that and really liked it. I need to try and watch the rest. Yeah Job is so badass.

@Steeleye25 not sure where you live, but here the whole Banshee S01-04 plus Warrior S01-03 are available on HBO Max. Must say, I thought Banshee was 10/10, but Warrior is 11/10. Love it.

@Leinad7 I actually bought all of Banshee on Blu ray years ago. But my wife does have HBO max so I need to check out Warrior again. Thanks for that (In Colorado by the way). Take care!