Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 214

Well, about two thirds through God of War 2 on Vita so working to finish that. I am also about the same way through Doom on switch to which is starting to outstay it’s welcome but is way better with the Pro Controller.

grinding through mad max and FC 5 atm

Despite the nightmares it’s giving me, I’m going back for more Bloodborne. That game is so addictive. To contrast it I have started the tranquil Abzu to keep my world in balance.

Good pick @tasuki, Skyrim's still a game I feel like going back to now and then even though I've played it to death multiple times.

PS4 - MLB The Show 18

Switch - Bayonetta 1+2

FFXV, i'm replaying the entire story with the Royal Edition DLC installed, i could just replay chapter 14 but i decided to use a new game+ instead

Monster Energy Supercross, which I got this week. It has a couple of technical issues, but I'm still enjoying it. Even though the locations are not that distinguishable, being stadium races, the tracks feel just as unique as what you got in the MXGP games.

TT Isle of Man, switched to a Triumph for better handling. Some GT Sport, Gravel, MotoGP 17, and F1 2017. So lots of racing.

Finally finished Danganronpa V3 (wtf was up with that last chapter?Bonkers game but that ending was just messed up..And I still haven't decided whether in a good or bad way!)so now I'm trying the other stuff that's unlocked.
Also, to sound like a broken record im still playing Bloodborne but got to admit I'm stuck and not exactly sure where to go next.
I have tried Q-Bert and Trackmania,the free months ps plus games and enjoyed them both...although for Trackmania I stupidly tried it in vr and felt pretty sick afterwoods
Yesterday I started Okami HD which I got in a sale ages ago and I'm loving it!Only ever played Okamiden on the DS which I loved so I'm glad I'm finally getting round to playing the original masterpiece.Beautiful game.

WrestleMania weekend & the footy means I won’t be spending much time with the PS4.
Think I’ll hit up FFVI on vita & get back to Breath of the Wild on Switch.

I'm planning on some Wolfenstein 2. I absolutely love that game, perhaps even more than Doom.

@get2sammyb I'm so jealous you're already playing God of War!

Delving into people's souls to look for answers in Pillars.

Hitman and Burnout Paradise Remastered.

Might play through The Bunker too. I think a game like this delivers the best experience if you complete it in one sitting and tonight I have a couple of hours to play.

Ps2 classic grandia 3.one of the best rpgs ever.easily top 10.word up son

Got the weekend off but not sure if I’ll get any gaming in today. Yesterday was exactly 6 months from last years Oktoberfest and 6 months till my next Oktoberfest. So completed a pub crawl with a different beer in each pub so pretty tender now. I think I’ll have to dig out games requiring little to no reflexes. So maybe a so called walking simulator from my vast ps plus backlog.

Just started on Fable 2 - heard it was the best of the trilogy so saved it till last. Enjoyed the other two in the series, although I wouldn't class them in the same league of RPG's as say Skyrim, Dragon Age & The Witcher etc.

Gonna try to finish Final Fantasy IX. I finally hit disc 4 (or part 4, since I'm playing on PS4) and I'm gonna grind a bit before I wrap up. Zidane is close to 50, with the rest being a few levels down.

@Fight_Teza_Fight whos your top 5 wwf wrestlers of all times.mine is 1.ultimate warrior.2.brett the hitman hart.3.jake the snake Roberts.4.mr perfect.5.the undertaker.word up son

Just got my kingmaker in Nino Kuni 2, enjoying Trackmania Turbo as well!

I had a lot of duplicate accesories (wii sensor bar’s, nunchucks, old ps move controllers etc) so I traded it in at CEX nl, with that money I bought mario and luigi superstar saga + bowser’s minions, monster hunter stories and kirby planet robobot.
So that’s what I’ll be playing this weekend.

P.S. Same as my comment on nintendolife.

Finished playing uncharted lost legacy, I must say this is my favorite uncharted game .

The pacing is perfect, even better or at least the same as uncharted 2, this is also my favorite uncharted story with great villain (and I don't have problem killing his hencman lol). And I like nadine, I hope she appear in the next uncharted games or stand alone story dlc like this.

Beside uc ll, I also start playing splatoon 2 single player story again, and the second psp god of war games on psvita (forgot the titles), I haven't played psvita for a long time.

Monster Hunter: World! My decos and rare fish hunts continues!

KH2, 99 vidas and I would like to beat The End is Nigh. Last week I platted Lara Croft Go. Nice little game.

I am also playing the Nathan Drake Collection. Since unlike the PS3 versions this has the Latino dub for U1 and 2 this gives me something new to try.

Going to return to Monster Hunter World and have a quick look at the Spring Blossom event.

Finished bioshock infinite but taking a break from columbia/rapture before taking on the dlc. Started Arkham knight, never played any of the Rocksteady games before but liking it so far. Caved to the dark side and bought SWBF2 (second hand, cex) and waiting an age on the 18gb "patch"!!

@playstation1995 Love all those guys. My personal top 5, in no particular order would be: Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker, Daniel Bryan, Shawn Michaels & Edge.

Finally completed my second playthrough of Hollow Knight with 106%, probably the best metroidvania I've played in a long time. I have this voice in the back of my head telling me to play through the God of War trilogy before Friday......and i think i'm giving in to it.

Sammy, you lucky, lucky dog playing God of War already!

Anyways, I'm going to continue with Wolfenstein 2. Despite the terrible stealth mechanics in the game, I'm having fun with it.

I finished persona 5 the other day - absolutely fantastic game with a phenomenal ending, I'd imagine lots of people here have played it, but if you haven't, you really owe it to yourself to do so (even if it is a tad on the long side - overall it's taken me since August to finish off this game due to the breaks of going to uni).

So I'll just be playing axiom verge this weekend which I started the other day. It's much better than I was expecting, and is one of my first metroidvania games, which is a genre I really need to play more considering how much I love the very few I've played.

@RedMageLanakyn Just wondering, would you say that hollow knight is a better metroidvania than axiom verge. I'm playing the latter at the moment, and was considering getting hollow knight when it comes to switch, but I'm not too sure

I would love to play Street Fighter V, Monster Hunter World, Tekken 7, and King of Fighters 14, but Persona 5 got me really addicted. I’m about 26 hours in it so. Wanna throw in some Switch games too.

Ah, also it’s Wrestlemania this Sunday. Can’t forget about that.

Just finished Assassin's Creed Origins so starting infamous second son. I'm trying to hold off buying any new games before God of war cause I know they will get lost forever. So I am digging into my PS plus archives. Oh and whatever multiplayer games the friends wanna jam

Far cry 5 for me. I'm really enjoying it! It's also made me laugh out loud and has a lot more depth than I'd thought it would. Definitely an 8/10 for me and the co op is a riot.

got to be far cry 5

@shonenjump86 you still have many hours to go lol

@zimbogamer I figured that much, nowhere close to the end of the game. So much stuff to do on there.

Downloaded Mad Max but after reading from friends the glitches and the grind I can't be bothered, so playing ghost recon wildlands to pass a few hours away. And I'm going to continue my Dark Cloud save because I never fully finished it on PS2 then it's Dark Chronicle

Far Cry 5 and Ni No Kuni II. Thinking God of War Trilogy before the release of GOW4

@kyleforrester87 Yeah I've heard a lot of positive reception for it actually, I reckon I'll give it a go after axiom verge!

Farcry 5 for me. Having a blast playing it.
I recently bought a PS4 pro again. I might jump back to Persona 5 even though I lost like 20 hours of progress.

@Nakatomi_Uk You should at least give MadMax a chance, i definetely had a good time playing it (no matter what some reviews said)

Child of Light, nearly done. Don't want it to end though, I've really enjoyed it.

Mad Max also. It goes to great lengths to remind you you're playing a game in the opening hours. It's doing my head in, but I'm going to carry on until it opens up a bit and see if it improves when it lets me off the leash.

@LaNooch1978
I played it to death when it released and had an awesome time with it, considering how desolate the world was, I felt it had some of the most beautiful sunrises/sunsets in that game.

I should go back and platinum it really, pretty sure I was only missing 3 or 4 if the racing trophies.

@BranJ0 Having played through both, i'd easily give the upper hand to hollow knight. Don't get me wrong, Axiom verge is a great game, but it didn't hit me the same way hollow knight did in terms of atmosphere, combat, level design, audio, lore, and story. I'd recommend playing both without question, but hollow knight is definitely my top choice.

I am replaying Dark Souls 2 again, all the excitement about the remaster of DS1 just put me in the mood. While it might be the weakest souls game, it is still head and shoulders above most other games, I love it to bits.

@KratosMD Oh definitely my favourite Danganronpa too!It took me 65 hours to complete it but even now I'm feeling a little lost without it despite having fun with the unlockable games.The story was utter fantastic and the usual bonkers it's just i did not see that chapter going in that direction at all,it sort of came out of nowhere and knocked my socks off lol The only problem I have is where does that leave the franchise now?was that the last game?I admit it felt wrapped up but where could they go now if they want to do another?But overall a fantastic experience and one of my top ps4 games this year.

Persona 5. It’s just taken all of my gaming time lately. It hoe stay might be the best story I’ve ever seen in anything.

@Tasuki .yeah remember wrestlefest.jake the snake and ultimate warrior was my favorite.remember Saturday night maint event.slick rick.rick the model martel.brutus the barber beefcake.zeus.the red rooster .legion of doom etc.god i miss the 90s.word up son

@fabisputza00 how did you lost 20 hours of gameplay.word up son

@Fight_Teza_Fight i been watching wwf wrestling since 1989.and wrestling is not the same.i miss the 90s wrestling.demolition.razor ramon.rick rude.etcword up son

Monster Hunter and maybe Far Cry 5.

This weekend it is more Metal Gear Solid 5 on PS4 and Slime San on Switch, it is an excellent little platformer and it shows that the team put lots of love into it with all the polish and extra touches.

@playstation1995 Sold my ps4 pro like 8 months ago and bought a new one last week. Thats how i lost my progress

I'm back earlier than I usually am this weekend, so I'll actually get to play something of my own (yay) and it'll probably be more Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.

Once I've gotten that finished, I can finally tackle both episodes of Telltale Batman and last month's free copy of Ratchet & Clank.

@fabisputza00 ok i got mine lat year its been great.but i still got some ps3 and ps2 and ps1 games to play.word up.im Playing grandia 3 now.woww.easily top 7 rpg i ever played word up son

Not much for me since I'm suffering with the flu. Maybe a bit of ESO to take advantage of the anniversary event.

The reviews of God of War are coming next week already, right? I will pre-order the game soon.

I'm playing Batman: The Enemy Within, maybe I will start Ni no Kuni 2 as well.

Having completely finished Far Cry 5, I don't know what's 'next'. Maybe catch up with some of my backlog before God of War comes out...

@shonenjump86 I loved the game but I felt a little exhausted from it once it was done. Maybe one day I will return but it's a massive journey that I will need to prepare myself for

Far cry 5! The most fun I've had with a game since horizon zero Dawn!

And a little Madden with my brother as well. So excited for this year's NFL draft that I have to feed my football addiction

Great to see so many trying Mad Max, criminally under-appreciated in my opinion, looks like making games available via PS+ really can give older games a new lease of life.

@zimbogamer yeah, I’m really enjoying it. But I won’t start a second play through right off the bat. Lol

@Clutch_Nixon lol love your name and now I have his song stuck in my head

Mainly playing Warframe, one last push grinding for relics before they get removed on Tuesday. Might manage to squeeze in some NNK2 as well.

Well I am going to dive back into GWENT

@BAMozzy completed far cry.? That was fast.

no mans sky on my new 120 inch dlp projector....its soooo pretty ...and its square....i may be hugging it right now...

Still playing Batman: Arkham Asylum from last week. 81% trophy completion. Happy gaming all.

@RedMageLanakyn Oh wow, that really is high praise! I'll buy it as soon as it comes to switch then in the next couple of months!

@Ridwaano It only took around 60hrs (according to TrueAchievements) to beat the game and all side quests and collectibles. The only 2 campaign achievements I didn't get were the fishing and 'co-op' ones - and that doesn't include the Arcade.

Sammy is playing GoW...what a f****** lucky guy! You can't say if it's good? Better than expected? TELL US!

Anyway, you guys don't know how happy I am after reading your comments about enjoying Mad Max

@dark_knightmare2 I fully intend to have that song played at my funeral, as my lifeless body is fired from a cannon over a shark tank, and into a cryogenic chamber.

@Clutch_Nixon lol that would be awesome

More Nioh as usual. Finally on Way of The Demon, it's really freakin' hard. You have some enemies that are glowing red and have anywhere between 5 or 6 buffs on them to boost their Attack or Ki, not sure what the other buffs do, but man they can destroy you if they hit you. I got shot by a Yokai's Pistol and was immediately killed.

I got a new sword that I am going to be re-forging for Way of The Demon, the base attack is higher than my other swords base attack, so I might be able to get the attack to 2,000 or higher with soul matching. My current sword's attack is 1,417. Here is the stats on my weapon. https://i.imgur.com/OxoryDL.jpg (Note: The second to last stat is Increase Consecutive Attacks.) I might just cannibalize this weapon for soul matching with a new weapon I'll be using. But I need to start re-forging for the stats before I start Soul Matching.

Difficulty level goes like this in Nioh.

Way of The Samurai: Highest Level Mission Without DLC 175, With It's 270.
Way of The Strong: Highest Level Mission Without DLC 370, With It's 470
Way of The Demon: Only have 3 Regions unlocked so far, so I don't know the max level without DLC and with yet. But it's really difficult so far.

Decided to have my first go at Bloodborne, yeah I see the appeal and I like it but I don't see how the Souls/Bourne games have gathered such huge fan bases.
Anyway beat Father Gascoinge (after a lot of attempts and have just got to that church and activated the lantern, will tide me over for a couple of weeks til God Of War (along with Yakuza 0)

Also finished my 8th playthrough of Sonic Mania hoping they add new save slots when the SM Plus update comes along (actually I'm hoping that it is an update even though I'll probably end up with a boxed copy anyway)

Monster Hunter World and i know what Robert Ramsey mens i hate that Bazelgeuze.

@DerMeister Fantastic game love Beatrix she is awsome.

@Gremio108 Its a pity Ubisoft is a service game company now i would love to see some more of these games. 😢

So... (even if I’m a tad late to the party).
This weekend as been all about Mass Effect Andromeda. I just finished it. And I LOVED it. Yes, there were bugs and technical mishaps but I didn’t care. I was totally immersed in it, and the writing was very good too! It’s my favorite Mass Effect with Mass Effect 3 (liked the first one, didn’t like the second). Knowing that there won’t be a sequel is making me angry. And really sad. Andromeda’s Pathfinder and his crew deserved so much better!
Also, I started Resident Evil 7. A good game. Everything is dirty and gross and disgusting. I have to get out of this house to take a shower!!!
I should play on my Vita too. I have games to finish, but Sony’s attitude towards this machine is weirdly stopping me...

Still playing last month's free PS Plus "Bloodborne". I have been really invested in this game, doing all the researches and reading on the internet. I am level 81 and beaten Logarius (after almost 30+ fights, he is the tough one) and planning on heading to Amygdala boss. I dont think I can start anything new within next 02 months THEN i AM GONNA GO FOR INFAMOUS: THE SECOND SON

@RedMan33 I think the fan base comes from its rewarding game play, visceral attacks 9they are really fun), progression system, and most of all the feel and atmosphere of game with all the architecture and enemies of all sorts. Its unlike anything and much better than dark souls.

@zohaibshehzad the atmosphere is great in BB

@Flaming_Kaiser I know yeah. A new Rayman wouldn't go amiss either

@BAMozzy oh I see then I will wait for the complete edition

@Ridwaano I have the 'complete' edition - its sold as the Gold Edition and comes with the season pass which also includes Far Cry 3 too. However, until the DLC launches, I have 'finished' Far Cry 5 as I have no interest in the thousands (if not millions) of Arcade solo/co-op or MP maps that could provide some people infinite hours of fun.

I mostly carried on with my career for Brisbane Broncos in Rugby League Live 3 - it's going well in case anyone is remotely interested - and also made some good progress on Ratchet and Clank which I got on Plus and is brilliant. Also dabbled in some Trackmania Turbo, another Plus game which is excellent.

Once I finish Ratchet and Clank, I need to start my huge backlog of games (most started to some degree). Which one do you guys think I should concentrate on next:

Rise of the Tomb Raider, Batman: Arkham Knight, Infamous Second Son, Dragon Age Inquisition, Witcher 3, Wolfenstein 1, Mad Max, Sleeping Dogs, Assassins Creed - Black Flag, Unity or Syndicat, GTA V

My caveat is that the likes of Witcher, GTA and Dragon Age could take many, many hours, so I'm likely to go with one of the others...