Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 646

Bit of everything if possible this weekend.

Bought Mafia:The Old Country for £22 so wanna start that.

Dying light 2 which does seem better after I sold it a while back.

Finishing up the campaign on MW3.

Wildlands (3rd play through) with my son.

And finally I grabbed CloverPit on the switch. It’s not quite as addictive as Balatro but it’s still early days.

Have a great gaming weekend Pushsquarians! 🍻

Hell Let Loose Vietnam!

A couple of rounds of Helldivers 2 with my kids.

Have a great weekend!

I'm just finishing off the Doom Dark Ages DLC endgame, I've absolutely loved it and it's making me want to play Doom 2016 again. I hope iD survive to make another one.

Still playing Might and Magic 7 and the System Shock 2 remake as well. It feels like I've travelled back in time to 1999

I keep meaning to get a new game, then start replaying a 200 hour RPG

Have a great weekend Folks!

I’ve been in hospital for 3 days with a good old dose of liver failure. (Don’t worry it’s not alcohol related due to Sony abandonment of physical) 🙈 so yeah taking it easy rn on ward 233

Replaying Shinobi Art of Vengeance before returning to the backlog with Project Gotham Racing 2 on the Xbox

I'll be playing the new mafia definitive edition this weekend and definitely some Forza horizon 6 and I'll also be finishing off the wolf among us!
Possibly some Helldivers 2 aswell!
Happy weekend folks 🙏

Replaying Max: The Curse of Brotherhood. Such a good game. First time played many years ago on PC. Now I want to platinum it.

Hell Let Loose Vietnam and Palworld, two great games.

I’ve officially lost my mind and made a trophy only PSN account for plats. Working on Dragon Ball Z Kakorot with all the DLC, it’s slightly disappointing they didn’t do DLC trophies.

Also playing some Crimson Desert when I need a break, it just got it and it’s been fun a few hours in so far. The control are a lot to digest.

I'm hoping to start A Plague Tale: Innocnece, I've never touched this series but I've had it in the backlog for a while.

Also continuing the Dark Souls mage run, it's like a different game. Absolutely destroying bosses, but getting beaten up by any random mobs that manage to get within three feet of my fragile self.

@GamingGod Get well soon!

Just got The platinum trophy for Atelier Rorona now I'm Currently playing through Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous

Tonight it’ll be Escape The Backrooms 4-player co-op which we’re still loving.

Then tomorrow I’ll be cracking on and hopefully finishing Abiotic Factor ready for some co-op Void Train in the evening.

Playing Helldivers 2, new content and the W40K warbond (less than 100 medals left to fully unlock), otherwise just finishing the last achievements for Vampire Survivors.

I will be playing one of the best jrpgs ever in the excellent octopath traveler 2.i will playing the instant classic jrpg in the incredible the legend of heroes trial of cold steel.i will be watching legendary sitcoms TV 📺 comedy shows in family matters.good times.the Jeffersons.sanford and son.different strokes.martin.the wayans brothers.married with children.and saved by the bell.word up son

Not a thing! I'm on vacation with my son. We caught the Steelers / Packers game on Thursday and have otherwise been exploring the beautiful city of Pittsburgh.

Have a great weekend, everybody.

@GamingGod Get well soon buddy!

I think I will experiment with my balls in Ball X Pit... Look for some Sunface fragments in Returnal and then... hmm dunno - might be time to start something new. Got GoW Ragnorok and Astro Bot on the backlog pile so maybe one of those.

And probably watch some pre-season footy and NFL stuff later on.
Have a good weekend people.

Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen, Nightmare: The Ninth King and LEGO: Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.

Happy weekend everyone!

@GamingGod

Take care!

@GamingGod all the best, hope you have a speedy recovery

Lego Batman and AC Black Flag hopefully finish one of them this weekend maybe even both if i have enough time.

@GamingGod Hope you feel better soon.

I have been having a little break from Skull and Bones, so will probably continue with Timesplitters Future Perfect. I never clocked that Timesplitters came from the old Rare / GoldenEye team, so I am having some great nostalgic fun 🙂

Playing:

• Metal Gear Rising (PS3)
  

13 years later and this game still rocks hard. One of the goat for character action games. It's a shame it never receive a sequel 🥀

Have a nice weekend everyone 🍻

I’m continuing my march towards 100% completion on the trophy stack for Days Gone and doing the NG+ / Survival II mode at the moment. I’m fairly close to the end of the story so once I’m done with that I just have the challenges to do which I’ve played a little bit of. Not so sure I’m gonna get it all done before Mortal Shell 2 comes out but we’ll see. I’m having a great time with the game again after 6 years away from it so maybe I’ll hold off on Mortal Shell 2 a bit even though I preordered it. Other than that it’ll be a little bit of COD BO7 MP just to do the daily challenges. As always, I hope everyone enjoys their time gaming and……… no rage quitting! 💪🏽😉👍🏽

My 35 games in 12 months quest continues. Final stages of Star Wars Outlaws before bouncing into Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Happy gaming all.

@Gremio108 let me know how you go with Plague Tale. Very near the top of my backlog list......

@Vermines what does "slogging" mean. Have had my eye on this. No good?

I’m hoping to finally get the platinum in Legacy of the Dark Knight after doing the absurd number of collectibles.

This week I’m just waiting on Mortal Shell 2 to be available so after LEGO Batman I will most likely continue the narrative in Screamer. That’s it for me, enjoy the weekend all!

Halo,hell divers 2 as a friend has just grabbed it and never played it (the shame of it.) The usual rally challenges and the obligatory marathon session with the usual suspects..Have a great weekend folks 👍

Still on KCD1, there's something so satisfying about KCD's gameplay. Henry's investigation type missions remind me of LA Noire sometimes. Oh someone is denying they have something, you just have to wait for night, sneak and lockpick their trunk to find that thing. Game's immersion is soooo good! Plus more Cyberpunk 2077, never gets old with plenty gigs snd sides you probably missed. The Mafia PS5 upgrade looks good, jagged edges looking smoother and nice 60fps with haptics.

Wildlands yet again. I mixed things up by going for: No enemy markers on the map, no mini-map, hardly any HUD, realistic reloads and ammo counts (I know people fire once, reload, fire again) one bullet can instantly kill (me) enhanced perception for the enemy A.I. (they pretty much have X-ray vision now) I'm limiting my vehicle usage and drone usage too.

It sounds like absolute masochism and it probably is, but it's fun too. One of my first goals upon loading in was to start plotting out a route and then make my way 8KM on foot across the map, I wanted to start working on my kit and my favourite assault rifle was part of that. The journey took hours, I had to move slowly, avoid roads, hide from passing copter patrols, and then while replying to @Northern_munkey I accidentally put my controller down too hard and R2 engaged firing off a volley of shots, the enemy heard them, alerted and I sprinted away back into the forest. It was pretty funny. By the time I did make it to that precious weapons crate I was tired and ready to sleep. I did more of the same to get my favourite sniper rifle the Dragonuv SVD, again in a Tier V EndGame region, I was maybe level one but weapons and gear aren't level locked and I needed it to complete my kit/fit.

There have been a lot of funny moments too and I genuinely haven't laughed as much at a game in so long, it's not because of jank either. I just kept getting myself in crazy situations and that's something the game offers in spades. I do go into each mission with a lot of strategy and planning, it's the only way for Extreme Mode but the playbook keeps going out the window and chaos ensues. One of the funniest moments so far was while stealing a plane for the rebels. I was flying along listening to music and minding my own business when I heard a huge bang come from behind, I use 3D sound etc so I looked behind myself in real life first, then tilted the plane's camera and noticed I was missing the tail and most of the plane.

By some absolute miracle I landed the plane and right as I was celebrating the landing a copter swooped down from nowhere and lit me up. It downed my team almost instantly, then ground units started to close in on my position so I pulled out my Kalashnikov and started blasting. By the time those troops were dead I'd expended all of my rifle and sniper ammo leaving me with only my sidearm, I magically capped the pilot and finished up with four rounds. it went from 'oh no why's my plane in pieces' to 'I bet even Tom Hanks (Sully movie) couldn't have landed that one' to 'and now I'm going to die'.

It's just a really funny game at times, and that's how I'll be spending my gaming time these coming days. I do want to work on my Palworld project, and to finally play BallxPit, then there's the matter of actually starting Divinity Original Sin 2.

Perhaps I hit a radio mast or something. They do often just come out of nowhere, much like driving.

Happy gaming weekend Folks. And don't forget to watch your six and check for tangos in your A.O.

@GamingGod I hope you get well soon.

Ive been playing Atomic Heart lately. Not really sure what to make of it. Its got some really cool visuals and I like the world but its lackluster in terms of combat and quest design.
Also dabbling in Blops 1.
Have a nice weekend everyone

@GamingGod Hope you get well soon. And that you have some form of gaming in there with you. Not just a bunch of grapes and some juice.

@LN78 very much the pattern I’ve experienced with Sony sequels. Yotei was the first I skipped for that reason

@IntrepidWombat my hometown! Miss that place. Hope you enjoy the time there!

Just finished Starfield (and got the platinum ) and Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. Next up is Expedtion 33. I'm wrapping up chapter 2 now, so I hope to see the credits roll by the end of the weekend.

I've finished Moss the Forgotten Relic which was good but not at all as awesome as in VR.

I also tried go get back into Dying Light 2 as it dropped on ps plus but theres just something hard to put in words that makes this game so difficult for me to really enjoy, which I should after loving the first game and The Beast. I'll probably drop it again, wanted to go for the platinum as I’ve finished the story but just cant bring myself to do it.

Helldivers 2 was a nice surprise drop on plus as well, I've only played two missions but will give this more time in the future. Could be good!

What I've really put my time into is The Adventures of Elliot - which is really good, old school RPG fun. It looks great with that artstyle, fighting and exploration and all that is great and the story is good enough to keep me interested. Minor complaint is the repeated lines from followers... Other than that, cant wait to play more!

Have a great weekend all!

Signalis via PS Plus is all really, and not much of that. Will probably spend the bulk of my weekend with Fire Emblem Three Houses.

I’ve got the week off at long last, so I’m splitting my time between IRL commitments and some good old gaming time. I’ve put pause on Black Flag, simply as one of my final trophies has soft locked on me…..stupid art collectibles. So I’m digging into my back log and heading back into Two point Museum.

Binging all Spyro games

Started Blades of Fire. Another great game that flew under the radar. It even received great reviews. Sadly, I don’t think gamers will give much of a chance to anything thats not overwhelmingly hyped by gaming media.

@Gremio108 I just platinum’d A Plague Tale: Innocence and A Plague Tale: Requiem. You're in for a treat! Amazing games! Anxiously awaiting Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. Releases August 27th.

"One narco, by that stack of tires."

The excellent, Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Thank guys really appreciate your support! Genuine! My Mrs is brining my Vita up for me this afternoon so might try have an hour on it later 👍🏻.

Doom: The Dark Ages (PS5) - Finishing up the main story this weekend. Just a few chapters to go.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch 2) - 120 stars collected and starting the search for the green ones.

@ApostateMage

Target locked, Tango down
I got a Sicario by the dump
And baby makes three

I'm working towards Tier 1 at the moment, I really want the black skull Operator Bandana. It's Tier 15, but I don't want to rush it either.

Xbox Series X- I paid for a month of Essential to play Gears 4 & 5 online in anticipation for E- Day. Expires tomorrow, in which I will not be renewing until E- Day drops. Back to my other platforms.

PS5 Pro- Rise of the Ronin

Steam Deck OLED- Fallout 3 GOTY Edition, Ghostwire Tokyo, Resident Evil 4 (2005), Saint's Row The 3rd Remastered

Switch 2- RE 5 & 6 Mercenaries Modes, RE Revelations 2 Raid Mode, Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch 2 Edition

I'll be playing some more Hell let loose: Vietnam, really enjoying it so far, and would recommend it if you like these sort of games, despite some rather egregious bugs (In one match, on a new game mode, our team were unable to place garrisons while the other team could lol, and another where a minor quick swap is accessed by 'UNASSIGNED'. I assume these will be fixed pretty quickly).

I'm also playing Bioshock infinite for the second time on the PC, just at the part where you have to access Comstock's house via some ghost hunting. Love the art style and story in this.

Marvel Tokon is the main focus for the weekend

I’m pretty hooked on Final Fantasy XIV on the Switch 2 at the moment. I’m not that far, but have completed numerous side quests and dungeons. I’m currently a level 22 archer and a level 20 lancer.

I’m also slowly going through Halo Campaign Evolved on the Xbox Series X. It’s been fun so far, and a really huge nostalgia boost.

Still bouncing between the campaign of Sniper Elite 5 and Invasion mode on Sniper Elite Resistance, whilst 5 also has the invasion mode, the map design in Resistance is significantly better suited to it and offers many cross map sniping opportunities

@Zuljaras why on earth play Oblivion remastered on switch 2 instead of ps5? they did well getting it on there at all but its so compromised compared to ps5 version.

I beat the main campaign of Splatoon Raiders. I’ll also be playing some Beast of Reincarnation. I finally hit the bullet and bought Cult of the Lamb, I absolutely love it, but they don’t make it easy to get the wood needed in the game, I can’t make anything right now because I can’t get enough of it. Finally, I played the Mistborn Deckbuilding Game solo and took on the Lord Ruler.

@wildcat_kickz I didn't see you mention a game yet this weekend, here's a reminder of what you need to finish. Complete with a certain lady I picked up in Mexico. She might look familiar.

@AhmadSumadi Excellent, good to know. Yeah I'm planning to tackle the sequel not long after. I've heard good things about both. I've been playing a lot of soulsborne stuff and exploration based things like Tunic and Sword of the Sea recently, so I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into a good story.

@old_gamer74 Will do!

@GirlVersusGame haha, that figurine is awesome! No gaming this weekend. On vacation in Maine, so it’s kayaks and koozies for me!

Playing Resident evil 9 on PS5. Little bit of Stardew valley on the iPad. (My son’s fault as I already have 600hrs on switch🤦🏻) Mario Kart World on switch 2 with the family. Happy gaming everyone.

Kirby's Dream Land (GB) - After owning this for years and not playing it, my daughter suggested we pop it into the GB Pocket and have a go at it.

Dragon Warrior (NES) - About to fight the dragon and save the princess.

Angry Birds Stella (Windows Phone) - I've cleared the tutorial and that is all so far.

Still moseying my way through Fallout: New Vegas, but my main focus is on the new Genshin Impact update. My main goal is to finish it before the HSR one in ten days or so... T_T

@Zuljaras how is the performance with Sacred 2?

@Zuljaras I wonder if I would take to ot at all. I tried with Diablo 2 recently and was deeply unhappy with it, lol. No shade to fans, I know it is a seriously revered game. I just couldn't do the "hold down button at what you want to die" thing.

Haven't seen a lot of Sony exclusives in this comment section?...

I'll be continuing my Ghost of Yotei playthrough, about 60+ hours in, game is great but it can get a little repetitive on long sessions. The dlc soon will be a great addition also.

After this I'll continue Indiana Jones with the order of giants dlc.

Lots of back log to clear before GTA 6.

I finally managed to finish Tsushima yesterday after all this time of playing and deleting. Now want to finish something else from my long list.

This weekend I’ve mostly played Death Howl, Marvel Tokon and Helldivers 2.