Guess who forgot to organise WAYP this week? It’s a rarity, so hopefully your humble host can be forgiven. Fortunately a handful of staffers responded to the last minute request for paragraphs, so we have something to publish. This article is all about you, ultimately, anyway.
Sammy Barker, Editor
I’m not sure how Tiburon got EA Sports to sign off on Madden NFL 19’s new Longshot mode, but I’m glad it did. I enjoyed the first edition, but this new one is a full-on teen drama with football bits. There are dead coaches, estranged sisters, and sack fumbles. It couldn’t possibly be more up this author’s alley.
Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor
It's all about EVO 2018 this weekend so time for games is limited, but depending on how hectic things get, I'll likely squeeze some Monster Hunter: World in there and hunt that bloody big Behemoth.
Jamie O'Neill, Reviewer
I can't recall ever playing a game made in Chile before. Therefore, adding in an extra boss rush mode – plus a bonus 8-bit vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up called Invaders of Ekron – makes checking out Defenders of Ekron: Definitive Edition by In Vitro Games more intriguing as a 2018 re-release in Europe. I hadn't heard of it before as a little-known shmup adventure game launched in the US last year.
Liam Croft, Reviewer
This weekend is all about Dead Cells for myself. I'm currently working my way through run after run in an effort to unlock as much as possible, as well as beating as many levels as I can. You can look forward to the review going live on Monday. If I do need a bit of a breather between runs though, then of course there's always Fortnite.
Rebecca Stow, Reviewer
I’ve been indulging in the touching story of Anamorphine. Beautiful game but It’s a shame my copy seems to be very laggy. Otherwise everything I’ve been playing is under embargo. My lips are sealed!
Victor Nowogurski, Moderator
This weekend I will be continuing with Borderlands 2. I decided to start a playthrough with Maya and I am having a lot of fun with her. I will also be looking to start Forza Horizon 2 as I have been wanting to get into that series.
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PS4 - Yakuza 6
Switch - Mega Man X Legacy Collection
PS4-Yakuza 6, Fighting EX Layer, and Street Fighter V.
Switch- Sonic Mania Plus, some Neo Geo games.
Horizon Zero Dawn and either Oxenfree which I just bought or Life is Strange Before the Storm which I bought several weeks ago.
I'm playing Horizon Zero Dawn. Only a few hours in and I'm having a great time with it. One of the most beautiful open worlds I've ever seen and the combat is really challenging.
Monster Hunter World (already made Behemoth my dog), Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition because it received Free DLC which is nice, I do wonder why PushSquare never mentioned anything about it and WarioWare Gold on 3DS for a short burst of fun
Monster Hunter World, I'll have to give Behemoth a try. Also need to play lots of Nier: Automata, I love that game but don't play it enough.
Also might do a little bit of Bravely Default and Hatsune Miku Future Tone. I'm almost done with Future Tone, but I want to revisit some of my favourite songs. And if there's time, I'm tempted to start playing A Hat in Time this weekend.
@LaNooch1978 Say what? The wonderful sweet aroma of meat cooking on the barbecue is rivaled only by the the warm embrace of a lover and the sound of the bling of a platinum trophy! How can you not like that?!
Yeah BBQ smell is the best. This is crazy talk.
Pretty much the same as last weekend - The Crew 2, Ghost recon Wildlands, Train Sim world, and on my phone Balloons TD6. Until Spider-Man comes out that list probably won't change much.
This past week, I've been mostly ruining some poor girl's wedding in Hitman: Sniper Assassin, as this .gif I created in SHAREfactory will attest...
May give it another shot later (pun semi-intended), otherwise I'm playing Mass Effect Andromeda.
Playing gravity rush remastered ps4, still undecided about the platinum trophy, I want to get it but the gold requiment for the race trophy seems hard.
@GKO900 I forget to update shantae, free dlc is nice, I'm glad I support the game on kickstater
Still going with Surviving Mars. Got my best colony going with 250 colonists now and just coming up to Sol 100 for the first time.
I'll be continuing my journey to Sagittarius A at the centre on the galaxy in Elite Dangerous. Only 443 more jumps to go. I've just stopped off at the Eagle Nebula which had the most bizarre but beautiful looking star cluster I've ever seen in this game.
Just started Bastion.
@LaNooch1978 Veggie barbecues can smell delicious, though!
More Persona 4 Golden. So good.
I finally beat survival mode on extreme in Street Fighter V so after 100+ consecutive fights I’m done with it for the weekend. Might play some Guilty Gear, it’s been a while.
Wolfenstein the New Order took ages to download so I never ended up playing it last weekend. I have been playing it for the past few days though and am rather enjoying it. It's competent with well designed levels. I don't really care about the story so far though because the cut scenes are a bit frenetic for my liking.
On handheld I finished Chapter 3 of Trails in the Sky SC and am now on the second disc. I also started Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime on the DS, which is utterly lovely and charming.
I'll probably continue to grind the post-game content in Danganronpa V3 on the PS Vita.
Additionally, my Gamecube AV cable and Mayflash Gamecube adapter are supposed to arrive today, which means I'll play Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat on the Gamecube and finally be able to try out Taiko no Tatsujin's demo with the bongos.
@Ralizah Nice, Jungle Beat is awesome. Great childhood memories!
Between work, diy, children and family, I don’t see any games for me. If I do, I may do a bit more No Mans Sky grinding.
I've finally got around to play the hidden ones dlc and will continue with that over the weekend and maybe some evil deeds in the sims 4 hahahahah
@Kidfried It's Nintendo at the height of their gimmicky, but it seems like one of those situations where the control scheme is unorthodox without becoming completely unintuitive (looking at you, Star Fox Zero!)
Apparently it's very, very noisy with all the clapping. When I had finished testing the bongos, my family said that it "sounded as if you were spanking someone in there!"
I was almost completely wedded to Sony until the launch of the PS3, so I hadn't played a lot of these classic Nintendo games before. I'd never even played a 3D Zelda game until Ocarina of Time 3D launched in 2011!
I'm here thinking about buying Xenoverse 2 at the ps store sale...should I?
@mookysam Now there's a game id easily go back to and replay if i still had my DS!Absolutely loved that Rocket Slime
As for what I'll be playing...a repeat of last week's WAYP..
Ps4: Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 (at about 99 percent complete)
Switch: Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Stardew Valley.
I've started Dark Souls Remastered. It feels like the right time.
I'd say it's going well, but I've already died five times and I'm only on the character creation screen.
Monster Hunter World. Just mainly playing Behemoth quests.
@get2sammyb
At this time, can you say whether or not this year's Longshot mode is longer than Madden 18's? I enjoyed 18's but it only took a few hours to complete
@AFCC Just curious but how much is it? I recalled seeing it on Amazon (US) last week for $20.
@Gremio108 😂. You, sir, owe me a drink. I just spewed mine out my nose. Thanks a lot.
Going to get the last part of whisper of the worm catalyst, solace armor, and exotic ship blueprint finished in destiny 2, then will probably play some X collection and octopath traveler.
@KratosMD I recently got back into Borderlands 2. Is this your first time playing it? What character are you using?
Red Faction Gorilla which I picked up the other day. Just opened up Dust. Remains to be seen how far I'll get in this.
I want Dirt 4 so might trade a few things in toward it...
@KratosMD Yeah it took me awhile to get into the Borderlands series. Started 1 on the 360.years ago and just couldn't get into the series then, I think it had to do with the lack of story. Tried 2 on 360 then and again couldn't get into it again. Tried it again when the Handsome Collection came to PS4 and it became one of my favorite IPs.
Yeah the siren is a beast. I am running one right now in a co-op get with my son who's running Axton. Right now she's only 22 I can't wait to Max her out!!!
@Th3solution No worries, by the time I've got through the Undead Burg I'll have cried enough tears to fill a pint glass.
@stevenfins I am about to finish the story and I am going to platinum it soon. What a great game!
@KratosMD I know what you mean I am the same way which is one reason I couldn't get into BL2 at first cause I was playing it with friends who played it before and they just rushed through everything.
It.depends really who you co-op with. Even though this is my son's and I third play through we still take our time to enjoy the game.
Avoiding long sessions on the old ps4, this hot weather and lack of air con has me fearing for the consoles well being.
My son has been giving Rainbow 6 a whirl tho, filling me in on the lore.
@Kyroki Finish the Witcher 3 dlc dammit!!
Well it's taken 3 and a half years but I'm finally addicted to Bloodborne. I'll be working most of the weekend but even when I'm not playing Bloodborne, I've still been thinking about playing Bloodborne. So yeah, Bloodborne.
Rayman 3 HD on PS3.
Friends round so playing some VR.
@roe oh yeah man, we call that Bloodborneitis. It is a highly contagious bug you caught there. I’m just getting over my case of it. Sometimes I still have relapses where it enters my thoughts and I feel an urge to play again. So far I’ve resisted so that I can finish other games.
@YeYa I bought it yesterday and I played for like 4 hours straight today, which is something I haven't done in some time. The story looks intriguing, Aloy is a nice protagonist so far and the world together with Witcher's, one of the most beautiful I've ever seen in a game. I guess the mechanical dinos are cool, too 😁. Did you also get the frozen wilds?
@Ralizah I'm more the other way around. I became a Sony exclusive, whereas I used to be all over Nintendo (until the GameCube). So I played all of their classics, but missed out on games like Crash and such.
I liked Jungle Beat and Donkey Konga a lot, but the games got me into some fights with my sister back then over the sound it made. So I can totally relate.
I remember Jungle Beat being hailed as one of Nintendo's best ever. I had fun with the game, a lot, but I wouldn't go that far. It's fun, but like many Nintendo games, its gimmicky nature holds it back from being an all-time classic.
Dantes Inferno Via the XB1 BC Program, Star Trek Online and FINAL FANTASY XII: Zodiac Age
I'm getting back into racing again, with MotoGP 18, GT Sport, and Gravel DLC, after a short break from racing games.
Continuing with Earth Atlantis, a sidescroll shooter with a very unique visual style, I really like the boss fights as well.
Finishing the weekend off with some Euro Truck 2 and American Truck sim on PC.
Skyrim! After purchasing this game for the 7th time I not only finally like it, I absolutely love it and am totally addicted!
@3MonthBeef Absolutely not; neither the bride nor groom are designated targets, and I take great pride in making zero mess in Hitman games (not least because it's the only way I feel comfortable playing them).
I may have inconvenienced her by releasing her doves early (okay, and later shooting her criminal father off a balcony and into a lake) but that's my limit.
@vgamerist Fun game but the combat was pretty repetitive. Thankfully they sorted that out for But Whole but both games don’t get the love they should (imo)
@Th3solution Bloodborne, Bloodborne, Bloodborne... What a game.
Even after completing the game, I still often think about certain parts of the game and enemy placements even. In my dreams I'm still collecting blood echoes, for ever.
I envy the adventure you still have in front of you @roe !
I’ll be playing some Dragons Dogma. It just feels like a classic game that needs dm exist. I might play some Battlefield 1 too.
A Cute game castaway paradise, also playing uncharted the lost legacy and Life is strange before the storm. Back-and-forth between these games.
@WanderingBullet 25 euros deluxe edition!
@Thrillho I have that game just can’t get into it any Tips to pass along?
@stevenfins I bought the game for black friday before complete edition came out so unfortunately I will have to buy it separately. You will have a blast with the story for sure.
@NYJetsfan123 Seems about the same length to me. There's a bit more "game time" and less "mini-game" stuff. It's good; I like the tone of it.
@AFCC Cool. Just checked, there's no discount for it in the US store.
I bought Chasm a few days ago and am loving it much more than hating it. Also looking forward to reliving the Cold War in Twilight Struggle which was on sale via Steam. A bit of choppin' monsters and droppin' bombs-ters for me this weekend.
Prey mooncrash, so far it's a blast. Also picked up chasm, haven't played it much but from what I've seen it seems right up my alley.
Also got far cry 3 classic edition, I haven't play it yet.
Not much. Waiting for Spiderman to kick start my gaming again.
@zeppray I assume you mean Surviving Mars? These were incredibly useful guides:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/surviving-mars-a-primer.1083069/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SurvivingMars/comments/8zpi79/what_am_i_doing_wrong_80_work_slots_but_60/
Key points;
-Exporting rare metals is priority one
-Stick to living quarters as apartments are resource heavy
-Use outsourcing of tech early on to get a good head start
-Self sufficiency for polymers etc is key. Polymers as the easiest I found as fuel and water you often have in abundance early on.
.hack/G.U. Volume 2. What a weird, weird game.
I like it though 😅.
@Thrillho thanks I will give it a re-try!!!
I`ll play Uncharted LL. I hope it would be great as reviews say.
@WanderingBullet I hate when they have different sales!
@zeppray Good luck! I'm struggling to get another game going now. God knows how some of these streamers make it look so easy..
Odin's Sphere and the Division and Hyrule Warriors
Nothing yet but I plan to either resume Life is Strange: Before the Storm, or start playing Rise of the Tomb Raider.
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