Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 240

Well, I completed my New Game Plus playthrough on Shadow of the Tomb Raider last night, so for now I'm done running away from disasters I inadvertently triggered...

...and I've got a clear two weeks before the next new release hits for me, so I guess it's backlog time! Yaaaay!!

Still spider-man, everytime I advance the story, a new side quest open, now I want to clear all demon crime and harry osborne lab.

I will continue exploring the darker corners of the human psyche. Looking to finish Here They Lie tonight and start Amnesia: The Dark Descent tomorrow.

Still DQXI and Hollow Knight, seem to uncovered a fair bit of the map in hollow knight now but must need double jump and something to destroy barriers but guess i'll just keep looking!

God of War again. Lol. Game of the gen player. Word up son.

I’ll be doing some travel this weekend, so the PS4 will be dormant. I will take Mr. Vita along and see if I can get back into some portable goodies. Like Trails of Cold Steel.

Just beat Spiderman 👌🏾 probably gonna start up DQ11 and some Monster Hunter.

Down at the Outer Banks in North Carolina doing a wedding... no time for gaming 😢

Astro bot all the way. Wow so much fun and creativity. Seriously impressive title and just want more levels.

Astro Bot! It's genuinely jaw dropping . I was just grinning from ear to ear during the first boss battle.
I can't wait for PSVR2 on PS5.

Sony needs to roll out PSVR demo stations with Astro Bot. Everyone needs to experience this game.

Astrobot and Spider-Man best of both worlds

Mainly Forza Horizon 4, Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Shadow of the Tomb Raider which I'm trying to finish before RDR2 comes out. If time will also play some FIFA 19 and F1 2018. Finished Spider-Man a few nights ago - will do new game plus at some point but probably not until the new year now.

@KingdomHeartsFan i did a "Kingdom Key" playthrough of that game and the final boss was a nightmare, now i'm just grinding on KH1.5 to fight the final boss on my Kingdom Key playthrough on that game which is what i'll be doing this weekend

just Re:Chain of Memories and KHII left now on my "Kingdom Key story refresher" series playthrough

Continuing with Dragon Quest XI. It's very beguiling and lovely as it has been the past month.

On handheld I continue the Adventures of Jack and Rose (a.ka. Metal Gear Solid 2) and have almost finished Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime which I shall play tomorrow while watching Xena.

@RogerRoger Do you have anything awesome in your backlog you're itching to play?

@LaNooch1978 Ever-so-slightly jealous of you; not for Venom (even I have standards) but for Forza Horizon 4, because of the Bond cars DLC. Do you have it?

I'll be playing more Spiderman. I am not very far in the game, because every time I see a crime going on, I feel it's my duty to stop it. Being Spiderman is hard work.

I'll also be playing more Forza Horizon 4, I keep forgetting that I need to drive on the left hand side. Is it true that there are all these stone walls on each side of the road? I haven't driven in England, but I have driven in Ireland, and that's one of the things I've noticed, that all the roads have stone walls on each side. I also noticed that the roads are super narrow.

I'll also be playing some Area of Valor. I haven't lost a match yet. Either I'm a MOBA
prodigy, or the competition isn't that good. I'm thinking the latter, hoping for the former (alright esports career, here I come!)

Dragon Quest XI.

@RogerRoger Your GIF is so satisfying to watch.

I know I said it last week, but this week I mean it. All I have left are a few challenges to get the gold and the rest of the bases in Spidey, then I'll have 100% and the platinum. The challenges are tough, but fun.

AC odyssey!

@mookysam Well, I've got Shenmue I & II still sealed on my shelf, so I might be tempted to tackle the first one if I think I can play it without rushing. I've also got Jak 3 and Jak X as PS2 Classics on my PS4.

After the semi-serious tone of Tomb Raider, I'm really in the mood for some fun nonsense, but that next new release in two weeks is LEGO DC Super-Villains, which would've been the perfect thing to switch to this weekend. I don't wanna get to that after a fortnight of light, fluffy gameplay and be looking for something more substantial.

Could be that Shenmue is the perfect fit, actually. Thanks for asking; helped me decide!

@LaNooch1978 In the absence of the Vanish, please take the Lotus Esprit, Citroen 2CV and BMW Z8 for a spin on my behalf.

@LaNooch1978 Gorgeous car, incredible gadgets, awesome soundtrack to a brilliant chase sequence...

...would've been perfect if Pierce Brosnan was driving.

@KingdomHeartsFan yes it is and it made the fighting SO much more fun but i'm simply under powered for the final boss ( i know because i tried and he kicked my butt), i'm level 53 but with the Kingdom Key equipped i just can't do the damage at that level

by the way the final boss on DDD took me 2 hours to do with the Kingdom Key equipped, it was like shooting a tank with a pea shooter

Still red dead and a bit of bayonetta (stone trophies are good, right??). Played the fifa 19 demo last night, not bad tbh. Enjoy Forza 4 @LaNooch1978, looks soo good. I'm a biased Scot but Edinburgh looks amazing in the game 👍

I have too much choice (not a bad thing) as I still have Spider-Man to get through as well as start Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Assassins Creed: Odyssey and Forza Horizon 4 with Red Dead Redemption 2 due in couple of weeks time as well.

Most of my gaming time of late has been the 'grind' in Destiny 2: Forsaken - the hunt for new exotics, the grind to level up to 600 power level etc. Its not a 'grind' when its 'fun' and playing with my Son/friends and the pull of that game is very strong at the moment too...

AC Odyssey all the way. Fantastic game.

Between work and other stuff at home, I'll try to play as much Dragon Quest XI as I can. I also have Dragon Ball Fusions on 3DS that I've been playing on my lunch breaks at work

@Rogueleader76 Driving in Britain is very much like its portrayed in Forza Horizon - at least in the countryside with narrow roads and brick walls - although the brick walls don't disintegrate like they do in the game...

Where I live and (used to) drive, there is a lot of dry stone walling, high banks or low ditches, hedges/trees etc very close to the road - no pavements and narrow roads - quite a few single track roads with few passing points that usually end up with an impasse as you both wait to see who will reverse back to a passing point.

Its generally only the A or M roads that have more than 1 lane for each direction. There are still places that haven't changed much since the horse or horse and carriage was the only form of transport (other than your own 2 legs of course) and therefore don't have room for 2 cars and pavements.

Hey guys, I’m currently playing Muramasa’s Rebirth for the Vita. It’s a really fun sidescroller hack-n-slash similar in gameplay to Dragon’s Crown. Going for the trophies currently and I was very surprised that there are no less than 4 story DLC for this game. So looks like I’ll be playing it for a while.

@BAMozzy thanks for the response! That's cool that Forza got it right then, minus the exploding walls. When we were in Ireland, I drove down this extremely narrow road in Cork, with cars parked on each side of the road. I was trying to find my way out of the city, turns out the road I took was a dead end. I had to back out the whole length of the road. It was super stressful lol. A got help from someone who lived there to back the car out and to get back on the highway. I did scrap up the car on a stone wall...good thing for insurance!

I'll be playing a bit of Dishonored 2! I finished the game a few weeks after it was released and now I wanted to experience the time travel level again. This game keeps surprising me.
Also I got a great deal by buying Doom and Marvel vs Capcom... So I'll give them a shot.

AC:O and watching the Chiefs and the best young QB in the NFL.

I've been playing NieR: Automata the last few days, often for 4 - 5 hours at a time. In the middle of the second route now. Excellent game!

Mega Man 11 and maybe some cleanup in Spiderman. I'm also playing Ghost Recon Wildlands again, and I just found out Ubisoft FINALLY added the Benelli M4 to that game (seriously, what took so long?). I love that shotgun!

Finally earned the Platinum for Spiderman a few days ago so really chuffed about that.Brilliant game although it felt that out of the thirty or so hours it took me to complete only about 10 or less of those was for the story campaign which felt too short.
Dragon Quest XI has been taking up a good chunk of my gaming time obviously as it is just so darn good!I think it's possible i may even get the plat for this game too.Fantastic JRPG that was worth the wait!
Will also be playing a little of Xenoblade Chronicles 2..the game that has an endless supply of content and Etrian Odyssey on the 3ds.

@LaNooch1978...I wonder how driving round Edinburgh in FH4 will hold up against the unadulterated joy of racing mini coopers around those same streets in PGR back in the day...good times!!

Still playing Nier Automata even though I've been saying for the past few weeks that I'm about done with that game. I wasn't originally planning to get the platinum trophy, but I'm getting close to that now, so I might do that.

Also been enjoying playing more GTA V, and I'll likely play a little bit more of Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor Overclocked as well.

I’m going to the Oktoberfest today for my birthday with mates so not sure when I’ll recover enough to play games. Maybe a Sunday evening chilled games session

Will start up Assassin's creed origins, I haven't played it and it was way cheaper than Odyssey 🙂

Still at it with Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Actually playing a little bit of Marvel vs Capcom Infinite for my fighting game fix. Might throw in some Street Fighter V in there.

Hollow knight, really need to get back to DQXI. But, will probably just play HK.

Just finished Nier: Automata! I think I’m gonna grab Mega Man 11 from redbox today...

Okami HD in theory. But my wife has got hold of the Wipeout Collection demo and isn't letting go. Looks like this game is getting bought at some point.

@Kyroki Upload your .gif to an image hosting site, then put its URL in image tags like these: (img)insert-gif-url-here(/img) only using square brackets [like these] instead of round ones.

Busy gaming weekend planned with shadow of the tomb raider, Spiderman, DQXI, and Mega Man 11!

I have gone back to playstation allstars battle royale before the servers are shut down in a couple of weeks. Ive also started ys 8 on vita and am playing spiderman and astrobot on ps4/psvr

Astro bot, and thumper on PSVR.

@Kyroki Make sure you upload your .gif to an image host that supports .gifs, like Imgur, otherwise it'll get converted into a still image. Also ensure that the URL ends in ".gif" rather than .jpg or anything else.

But you got the tags bang on!

Assassin's Creed Odyssey!!! I'm 10 hours in after finally deciding that Kassandra is superior (glad I did pick her) and god the map is so freaking huge!!!
Also I want to thank Robert for making me buy this one since it's now in my top 3 Assassin's Creed games...I'm loving it and I find it way better than Origins!

PS4: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Switch: Mega Man 11 & Super Mario Party

@ztpayne7 did u finish it, or did you experience it? You know there's 26 different "endings" right? You'll get the best one after about 5 playthroughs......life changing.

I didn’t do all the joke endings, but I did do all the main endings.

@Kyroki Well, you're at least as daft as me, because I can't think of why that isn't working, either. Sorry. Maybe it's Imgur's fault?

Finished the Mass Effect 2 platinum and now playing Persona 4 on ps3 for the first time.

World of Warships with two buddies once in awhile, I started up Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King on PS2, and I will be firing up Star Ocean: Till The End of Time again on PS4, need to progress more and level up as well.

That Is basically all I have been playing, been eyeing System Shock: Enhanced Edition in my games folder on the Twitch Desktop App.

Spider-Man and DQXI maybe with some Fist of the North Star. I should be using this time to catch up and instead I'm slacking off

Been playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey all day. The exploring is so much fun! Only missions I've been doing are side missions.

@Tasuki I was actually talking about Odyssey. I have already played Origins and really enjoyed it and I think Odyssey is even better.

I'm about half way through Spiderman so much more of that, possibly the most fun I've had with a game for a few years. Other than that I'm away at a friend's house so some of the Playlink games will also be on the cards

@beemo lol nice. Yeah the only place that is similar to the narrow roads are in Hawaii...but not as narrow.

That pic made me think for a second that the PS2 Ratchet games were coming to PS4. If only.

Elminage Original via pstv, and this one takes me way back to school days where my friend was the DM and I played a full party of six AD&D characters by myself. That's what this game is- me shuffling through twelve papers trying to find the Thief's lock-pick skill stats and the DM trying to kill me at every turn. Very fun!

Still plugging away on Yakuza Kiwami 2, Spider-Man and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Will have at least one of them completed soon.

Going to continue to kick ass with kassandra in odyssey, this game is fantastic

@KingdomHeartsFan i did although my brother was visiting at the time and he thought i was going to throw the controller out of the window

i got a little frustrated

I was hoping to play Assassins Creed Odyssey but I just can't get into it.

Finished replaying the re-remaster of KH1 this week, so finally caved and ordered Dragon Quest XI ahead of plan, and have been playing (and massively loving!) that all weekend...my brother's visiting tomorrow for my birthday and he knows I want AC: Odyssey, so may have to take a short break for that. Hoping to plat both though, as I love a good jrpg grind (and AC has recently been leaving out the dreaded MP)!

@KingdomHeartsFan Haven't heard anything from people talking about it being grindy but I suppose if you try to rush it then it could feel like it is. I'm just enjoying my time with it and doing one thing at a time so it feels great. It feels a lot like Origins with more in it.

Borderlands 2, Dark Souls 3, and I've been playing the Lego Harry potter games with my girlfriend (shut it, she loves them) and have found myself actually enjoying it. Pancakes, coffee, and Lego games. It was a good time!

I've just returned from a stag do in Lloret De Mar and I'm cream crackered so probably not much. Actually, maybe some 2064: Read Only Memories on the Vita.

Am having a rest from gaming for a couple of weeks.

Got Horizon the other day, and the beginning of the game is already delicious. I expected a lot from this game and its universe, but so far it has even exceeded my expectations a bit, with the cave exploration outright giving me some Bioshock/Dishonored vibes while the tutorial events and the stealth/tracking system they showcased seem to promise something of an almost MonHun-esque approach to battles - which, of course, is only most appropriate in this context. XD

The only spanner in the works to muddle the impressions was... yeah, you guessed it. Yet another combo of "triggers on the touchpad" and "button remapping? Never heard of it, but here's a control mapping option to VIEW the only available scheme". And we're talking a first party blockbuster that was in development since 2011! Guess I'll have to rely on more stealth archery than all of Skyrim memes combined, because handling even one rider at close-to-middle range was challenging.

Rost: "Shoot the eye! Shoot the eye!"
Me: "I'm trying! Every single time I manage to blindly feel up that R2 "button" and avoid accidentally opening the map with a stray thumb swipe!"

Eh, screw it, if any game was ever worth struggling through this stuff, that's gotta be Horizon. The only bout of cold shower I got here is that I fancy playing Spider-Man someday, too, and the aforesaid point about first-party blockbusters suggests I shouldn't even BOTHER expecting any more convenient controls there. XD

I decided to play Wolfenstein the new order for a second time. I'm also playing Captain toad from my backlog on Wii u and I'm playing Gtsport most days.

Started out with a few hours on odyssey Friday night but then my kids made me get super mario party and another 2 joy cons and it's rekindled my love for couch co op. Also got overcooked on offer from the switch store and been having mega amounts of fun on that with the family. My wife's been on it all day today and she hates gaming with a passion. It's good to see her addicted and sharing in some gaming. Most fun week I've had gaming for a looooong time.

rainbow skies on the ps vita. This game is very addictive. 10 times better then Rainbow moon, and the best turn base RPG release for 2018

@beemo Imo yes it's worth it but this is my first delve in to Mario party so honestly couldn't compare it the game cube ones which are supposed to be great. All i can say is that me, my wife and kids were having loads of fun last night on it. Controls for the mini games are solid too and make very good use of the motion control and HD rumble. 4 maps in total with 3 unlocked from the start so I'm hoping they add a few in a future update or something.
It's also overcooked 1 we are playing at the moment. Nearly got number 2 but the first was only 8.99 with all the dlc so I thought I'd grab that instead just to see if we liked it or not. Not got to the light out mission yet but there has been a few hair pullers so far 😂