After a break hiatus following the World Cup, the Premier League has already returned, meaning our weekends will be filled with bickering about the results from now on. NFL has also entered pre-season, meaning that there’s no shortage of sport to look forward to. Of course if you’re not a fan of grown men getting sweaty over balls then you’ll probably prefer to do some gaming – here’s what we’re playing.
Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor
I've been hammering Dragon Ball FighterZ again following the recent patch and the addition of new characters. If I haven't played for a while I always forget how amazing the game looks. It's a visual spectacle that just never wears thin.
Stephen Tailby, Reviewer
I’ve got my reviewing hat on once again this weekend. This time, I’m stepping back into the Mexiverse with Guacamelee! 2 as Juan takes on a brand new adventure. Keep an eye out for my review later in the month.
Allen Reynolds, Reviewer
I’m currently playing Dead Cells and the new patch for Ni No Kuni 2.
Graham Banas, Reviewer
I'm knee-deep in playing We Happy Few as I'm in the process of reviewing it, and depending on how efficiently/quickly that goes, I might spend some more time in my VR headset. My last VR review reignited that spark to use the set more.
Jade Sayers, Reviewer
Guess who finally made some progress on NieR: Automata without breaking anything? Me! Which means while I’ll be spending my Saturday chilling with friends for Pokemon Go Community Day (yes, I’m still playing), my Sunday will be filled with NieR and short spurts of Fallout Shelter – man, I can’t wait until I’m done with that, the fun has truly gone.
Jamie O'Neill, Reviewer
Following WAYP 231, it was a slog to complete Defenders of Ekron - Definitive Edition, but I'll focus on the unlocked Boss Rush Mode and extra arcade game Invaders of Ekron, before reaching my verdict. I'm away this weekend, so I'll pack my PS Vita to compare the retro bonus game to a 1989 SNK arcade shoot-'em-up called The Next Space, which was re-released as a PS Mini.
Rebecca Stow, Reviewer
Mostly We Happy Few which is something I have fallen in love with – it’s dark, manic, and completely up my street. I’m really enjoying the George Orwell 1984 vibes that the game exudes, too.
Victor Nowogurski, Moderator
I don't know why but lately I have been replaying Castlevania in Symphony of the Night. I have finished the first castle so it's into the second one. I will always make time for Overwatch due to the Summer Games event going on currently.
A pretty busy WAYP for our writers, then, so let's have an equally active comments section. What are you playing this weekend? You know the drill.
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I'll continue with Horizon Zero Dawn. I am taking my time with it doing every possible quest. Great game so far.
PS4- Yakuza 6, Tekken 7, Street Fighter V, 30th Anniversary Collection, and Fighting EX Layer.
Switch- Mega Man X Collection(1-4) and Sonic Mania Plus
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. I'm near the end, and I don't want to be! So I'll probably spend the weekend mopping up sidequests and grinding for dragon crest stones for my weapons.
Also beat Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat with the bongos this morning. Not a fan. It's pretty incredible to think the devs would go on from that to create one of the funnest games ever made (Super Mario Galaxy).
I've finally beaten Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 and earned the plat.And the whole thing took me 70 hours to beat.Glad that's out the way cuz those challenges were a pain in the butt.
So because I finally beat a game in like...forever,I can finally concentrate on Uncharted Lost Legacy and man let me just say as someone who enjoyed Uncharted 4 but thought it was way over hyped for what it was,this spin off is just sooo good!Love the two leads,their bond,the fact their banter and smart remarks can make me laugh out loud like Nate and Sam couldn't.Love the storyline and the settings,the graphics and the puzzles.It's such a fantastic game.Forget Nate,I want a full sequel with Chloe and Nadine
Oh and on the Switch im still busy with Stardew Valley,Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and enjoying the Valkyrie Chronicles 4 demo.
Dead Cells and Prey Mooncrash
Got some other things to do since it is my birthday today, but there should be plenty of time for games this weekend. I'll play some more A Hat in Time, so far that's turning out to be a lovely charming little platformer. Also going to play some Nier: Automata, I've recently reached the end of a major route so look forward to starting another route.
In between editing Mass Effect Andromeda footage, I've decided to briefly return to Sonic Forces, as this .gif I created in SHAREfactory demonstrates:
As it also demonstrates, I'm wildly out of practice.
Nothing, b/c I spent 4 hours last night beating the last chapter in NNK2 and I'm taking a break. Monday will either be back to HZD or starting Mafia 3.
Burnout Paradise remaster mostly, it's fun (I love DJ Atomika!) but very easy. Although I'm only at the B licenses, I read about difficulty spikes later on.
We'll see, but I always surprise myself with how much I enjoy the racing genre. Wish Dirt 2 would show up in another sale..
I recently bought Hollow Knight, and am absolutely loving it! I haven't had much of a chance to play it, but I just got the super dash and now I'm completely lost on where to go, but I'm sure if I stumble about a bit I'll work it out, that's the beauty of metroidvanias!
Dead cells ps4 is the only games I played seriously this week. I can't stop playing it, I think the last time I played a game non-stop until I beat it is when I play spelunky and hotline miami on psvita years ago.
I don't think I can beat this game though, the first time I know that after beating the first boss I must beat him again if I died, I was devastated . I think this game will be way better if there's option to play "roguelite" or "normal" mode where you can restart at the beginning of the stage rather than on the beginning of the game. Oh well, I think I'll play this game only for fun, not worrying whether I can beat it or not
Best build: Blood sword, frost blast, ice grenade, and sinew slicer. Died by red mist on the forgotten sepulcher because I foolishly change my ice grenade to swarm grenade on previous stage
Also screw those cursed chest.
Away from home with just the Switch so started from scratch in Hollow Knight. If I can't hack it then back to Skyrim!
MHW. Also, played three demos/betas - VC4, PES19 and Override. The former was great!
Monster Hunter: World
PS4 - Yakuza 6
Switch - Mega Man X Legacy Collection (finishing X 1), Bayonetta 1 and 2
Just cleared agents of mayhem from my back log which was some cheesy fun. Now to pick again from the back log. I may try to beat raiden v before taking on anything bigger
Same games I played last week since I’ve had not much gaming time:
HZD, Y0, and LiS:BtS
I am loving them all for different reasons — Combat and exploration, story and humor, and character development and choice, respectively. Each one scratches a slightly different itch.
Some racing with MotoGP 18 on the PS4. I just started my Career in the Moto3 class. I really like how you can adjust the AI difficulty with such precision (x-100%), you can properly fine-tune the level of challenge you get. There's some frame-rate issues and questionable AI behaviour, which will hopefully be fixed. As it stands right now, their previous game (MotoGP 17) offers a significantly better technical quality (flawless more or less). Sadly, I think they prioritized the PS4 Pro and XBox One X versions. I'm still enjoying the game though, which is the most important thing.
I'm also rather absorbed by Road to Ballhalla, a rhythm game with nice visuals, fantastic music and amusing narrative. It appeals to me in the same way Lumines did.
@RogerRoger kinda tempted to get Forces, reckon it's worth it?
Still hooked on Bloodborne mostly. I'm progressing nicely (believe I'm into the 2nd half of the game now) but also have a slight worry that I'm gonna get burnt out at somepoint soon which I hope doesn't happen because I hate forgetting where I am in a game if I ever take a break then go back to it in the future.
I also downloaded Flipping Death last night and played the first few chapters of that. It's as humourous as Stick It to The Man was and gameplay has a very similar feel to it. It's fun enough and works quite well as a complete contrast to playing a lot of Bloodborne.
The delightful and very welcoming Sen's Fortress
I'll be continuing my Mafia 3 playthrough. The missions are very samey but the story cutscenes are great and so well acted that I'm sticking with it. It's actually a decent game in short bursts. Just cruising to some sweet 60's music is great in itself.
Also continuing my journey to the centre of the galaxy in Elite Dangerous. On my way I've seen spooky ancient alien ruins on a planet, witnessed some strange star clusters and had a close call with a black hole!
God Of War. Gotta get back into the swing of things for new game plus.
Just getting started with We Happy Few, not taken nearly enough joy pills to enjoy the game myself... but the story, and the mystery around it are keeping me hoked in the early stages, so hopefully the other stuff will improve.
Going through Octodad with my son, he's been wanting it for ages, so I redownloaded that
Lux Obscura. It was cheap, and I thought it looked like an interesting match 3 style game. It's ok. Easy platinum I guess, and had i paid more, I'd feel ripped off. Same goes for "Oh Sir!... The hollywood roast" fun in ten minute bursts, but again my son can play that one and laugh at the stupidity of some of the insults.
Just finished Jurassic Park Evolution a few moments ago, and when i get on the Xbox later, I'll carry on with Bomber Crew, which is awesome. Game Pass has given my Xbox new life. SO much so it now has 2 years of gold and Game pass on it, thanks to sales, and will have plenty for me. My PS4 is looking a little sad right now. good month for PS4, but I've already had all the main games. still, F1 coming soon, and Dragons Quest, Spider-Man, Yakuza Kiwami 2... all good, oh, and Shen Mue. Plenty to keep me going til RDR2
Berserk, Virtue's Last Reward, and probably Persona 5 later. I can't believe I've been playing it on and off for about a year now.
To add to my gaming plans this weekend I just hit purchase on the Divinity OS2 preorder. I was gunna get it anyway and to play the first 20-30 hours before launch is awesome.
Working on the Platinum for MMX collection 1 and finally completing a run of dead cells, might play some borderlands 2 as well. Biding time until tomb raider, Mega Man 11....
Assassin's Creed Origins DLC. I finished The Hidden Ones the other day, which was enjoyable enough and have been playing the Curse of the Pharoahs.
Also started a replay of BioShock 2 and will start Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm.
@crimsontadpoles Happy birthday!
Believe it or not I finally tried
infamous second son. I think I will go for platinum on this game.
Working on HZD Complete Edition..
So far enjoy the game.. =)
@kyleforrester87 Forces is the gaming equivalent of a Saturday morning cartoon; short, fast-paced and brightly-coloured nonsense that'll keep you busy for a couple hours, tops. It also runs incredibly smoothly and looks gorgeous in places. Just don't go looking for depth in any department and it shouldn't disappoint.
If you can find it for a tenner or less, it's a no-brainer, and it was never released at full price anyway so I'd imagine finding a cheap copy would be easy by now.
@RogerRoger yeah, £10-£12 sounds about right. Man, id love a decent 3D modern sonic game.
@kyleforrester87 Well, we've got Forces, which is a 3D modern Sonic game... your own mileage may vary on the "decent" part, but I like it enough.
@RogerRoger sorry my wording was bad there, I agree Forces is probably decent (hence my interest in it) - I meant an awesome 3D Sonic game!
I have about six new games thanks to these flash sales don’t know where to start. The happy few is one of those games. Guess I’ll just close my eyes and push square LOL
It’ll be a mixture of the excellent Dead Cells (it has that one more go feeling), football manager touch for the new season and some usually Smite. I’ve also been getting into H1Z1:BR so more of that too
Actually I'm playing Celeste. I kind of regret playing it on the Switch, as the d-pad is terrible on the joycons, but at least the game is reaaaally good. The writing is outstanding so far, and the platforming feels fresh, even though the gameplay stays roughly the same throughout.
When I reunite with my one true love, the PS4, tomorrow evening, I'll probably go for another dungeon in Darksiders II or collect some leftover trophies in Tearaway. I don't know why, but I'm delaying finishing the story of Yakuza 0... L
@wiiware I can normally get to the bridge boss and defeat him no problems but then get beaten every time in the Stilt Village.
Assassin's Blade, Frost Blast, Wolf Trap, Sinew Slicer is my ideal build so far.
I'm playing through Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice which I've only got a couple of chapters to go. When I'm done with that I'll either go back to my Legendary run of Halo 2 or carry on with The Surge.
I'm making my way through the first Banner Saga before Monday night, when my PS4 starts getting neglected in favour of the new WoW expansion.
My girlfriend beat my high score in Lumines: Electronic Symphony. When that’s settled more Persona 4 Golden.
Devil May Cry HD Collection, PS4 of course.
I didn’t know the first game was so difficult, lol. Nightmare is a nightmare.
Until Dawn
I know it came out ages ago, I even bought it close to the release but for some reason I was too scared to play it after getting some people killed and finding out they can all survive somehow. Decided recently to get back to it and I hope at least some of them survive. Not sure if I'd want to play it again to try things differently just in case I get to save some of them. It would also feel like cheating.
R6:SIEGE, also loving we happy few. I suggest if your on the fence give it a try go into it with an open mind. Still on my God of war kick as well this game is long
Decided to go through my library to see which games I've bought in past sales and completely forgotten about. Turns out I'd bought Fe so I've been playing that. What a treat of a game, really relaxing to play with a beautiful art style.
If you like Journey, Abzu, Flower etc it'll be right up your street. Wonderful little game!
@Thrillho I don't have problem on stilt village, I use ice grenade and sinew slicer on that annoying bomb throwing enemy. As I learn it's pattern, I can ice grenade him, slice him with sword and getting out when it isn't frozen anymore. Frost blast really help for getting away from that enemy while waiting for my ice grenade and sinew slicer ready.
Dead Cells.
It's the first game I've become hooked on since TLOU remastered. Thank God I have a Switch too, I'ma take this to work with me.
@Shigurui Good recommendation, I like those other games but haven't really heard of Fe. Will check it up!
Completely hooked on 'Monster hunter world'. At first it's a great action game but now 65 hours in you start to really see the depth of the crafting. Really loving this game!
Some more Octopath Traveler and I'm hoping to finish up .hack//G.U. Last Recode.
@FreakerZ
Need to get back to this game, I reckon I sank around 30 hours in before getting distracted by something else. It is a fab game for sure.
I am enjoying a second play through of Nioh at the moment, great to see Japan's star rising again in respect of quality videogames.
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.
So far it has been way better than the fast paced Action RPGs we have nowadays, and I just bought Strider on the flash sale and so far it has been as good as I thought it would be.
Odin's Sphere Leifthrasir . I made it to Mercedes story and there was a cool shump segment. I'm mad because there are other games I need to finish but I can't stop playing it.
Nothing yet, but I plan to resume playing Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I started last weekend, but didn't get very far into my playthrough.
@Bonbonetti - The reviews for Fe are all over the place but I really fell for the game. It just throws you in with very little guidance and leaves you to figure it out, I enjoy that but I get it's not for everyone.
I just loved the whole experience, the game world and art style are gorgeous, it controls really well. With little to no hand holding, cryptic/vague clues etc, it just ticked all the boxes for me. If you like working things out for yourself you'll enjoy Fe.
South park the stick of truth what a game! Wish i bought it earlier
Overwatch, BO4 beta, Apotheon and Dead Cells
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