Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (16th November)

Half-Life 2 on Steam Deck. You can get it for free this weekend. Another sequel celebrating its 20th anniversary.

I've put Rayman Legends for Wii U on hold for now. I've managed to track down Rayman Origins for Wii, but I'm having a break from platforming with Okami HD on Switch.

It's very pretty and I'm enjoying myself, but it isn't as amazing as my hazy memories of the PS2 version suggest it should be. The battles let it down most. The art style, brush mechanics, and overall atmosphere more than make up for that though. And perhaps battling gets better later on.

Dragon quest monsters! Maybe with some runs of AK-Xolotl meanwhile, this weekend gotta be rainy and cold so perfect time for blanket and playing. Happy gaming everyone!

I’m still replaying Persona 5 Royal! It somehow has felt like a basically new experience despite having played through it less than 2 years ago!
Though I did hit the Futaba Arc, and found the mystery that leads up to palace to be a little boring this time around. I think it relies on that “is this character really a villain??” plot beats that really only work once. But I am optimistic for the rest of the replay experience!!

I think I have a much firmer grasp on making the most of my time, and I feel confidant (lol) that I will be able to max out all of my social links before November - something I failed at last time.

P5 is good video games if I am somehow the first person to tell you that

Hey everyone.
I'm still recovering from dislocating my shoulder and tearing the muscles from the bone.

Just finished Astral Ascent.
80+ hours and I loved every minute of it.
Only one ending.
Got about 14 to go , guessing by all the characters that are in it.
Great anime artwork.
One of the best if not the best Rogue likes I've played.
Absolutely highly recommended.

Thought I'd try a change of pace and opened my VHS Edition of Alien Isolation

Loving it so far, the sound through my amp and surround sound system is awesome, definitely only playing this through the day, no night time plays 😜
Love the cat and mouse gameplay, unfortunately I'm used to being the cat.

Have a great weekend everyone

Arkham City. Beat the story on the Arkham games ages ago on the original versions, and again a couple of years ago on the remastered versions of the first two. Recently got 100% on Asylum, so trying to do the same on City. The challenges appeal to the longtime fighting game fan in me. Great games, always enjoy revisiting them, that have proven to be timeless. For all the talk of the PS5 pro's bells and whistles, these still look amazing too in my opinion.

Ni No Kuni, I’m about half ways in. Progressing slowly as I’m extremely tired these days.

I happened to read “what are you playing this weekend” as of 18th January 2020, a lot of participants are not writing here anymore, so sad.

This week I will be mostly curing

Two Point Hospital

Wanting to return to a simpler time, I dusted off my old copy of Star Fox Adventures last night to begin saving Dinosaur Planet for the first time in over 20 years. It's November 2002 all over again!

I'm excited to find out whether it holds up to my memory of playing it originally. Having not played a Star Fox game before this one, I didn't have any preconceived notions of what it should be, and it became one of my favourite games growing up.

I'm swamped by RPGs!! (which is a good thing, don't worry) I'm currently about 4 hours into Mario & Luigi: Brothership, I have connected 4 islands so far, and I'm now going back to explore more fully the islands before going for the Great Lighthouse. I'm also deep into Metaphor: Refantazio, I'm now at around 55 hours in and I feel like I'm maybe just past half of the game or so? Finally, I am in the middle of the 2nd Act of Dragon Age: The Veilguard at around 40 hours or so. Very exciting middle moment there, I look forward to what people are saying is a great ending of the 3rd Act (eventually).
Oh, and I'm trying to actually finish Persona 5 Royal as I've been saying I'll do here week after week, before the end of the year. All of this led to the difficult decision of waiting for Dragon Quest I and II HD-2D before diving into the remakes. Have fun everyone!

I never got round to finishing XC3 so I started a new play through last weekend and been having a great time with it and will continue on this weekend. I never realised the first time round, the huge level of scope in the world design. It’s such a lush game. Got the expansion pass for the full fat experience. I’m aiming to finish it this time 💪🏻
Happy gaming all

Currently going through more of Little Witch Romanesque: Editio Perfecta. I'm really like raising my two cute students so far. Kaya's kind of a shy indian-ish girl who has lots of potential and hidden wisdom that she doesn't yet recognize, perhaps because of trauma, while Aria is a energetic girl who has a bratty vibe about her and can be too honest about how she feels, but generally means well and will admit when she's wrong, as she also wants to be a good student too. They are both really sweet.
Still haven't gotten any H-scenes yet, but I think I'm about to get my first with a side character.
Speaking of, for a ancient tower that seems to have been long forgotten and abandoned by the world of magic, there's a lot of quirky characters that like to stop by. Some that are standard like an archeologist, some that are quite the magical ones like a ghost knight and a loli angel.... and then we get to the girl who rides a cartoon bird straight out of Yoshi's Island.

Anyways, Blue Archive. The current event is a rerun of my very first event since I started playing last year: "Dragon & Tortoise ~ Working Together for a Better Future ~". I still haven't re-read the event story, but I remember that it was like a crime drama parody of sorts where the traditionalists of Shanghaijing (aka not-chinatown) kept on interfering with master chef Rumi's cooking business of trying to experiment and create new fusion cuisines that barrow from all of Kivotos' culture, even accusing her of committing a crime she didn't do, causing her to get buddy copped by the traditionalists with the most dorkiest excuse for an investigator, who thinks she's in an actual Chinese crime drama, chunibyou and all. Specifically, "A Better Tomorrow".

Expectations:

Reality:

🤣
Anyways, I recall not liking this event very much due to how political it got in a world I wasn't fully invested in yet. But it would be interesting to see if my opinion would change now that I am this deep into the game's world, and more importantly, it's characters.

Also been going through more of Legend Clover too. Finally decided to read an event story for the first time. It didn't feel like much to write home about, being a school festival and all, but it had it's cute moments, especially with how Benkei is as a character. They even gave away her sports fest alt for free. And because of the nature of this being a gacha eroge, all characters and their alts also have H-scenes in their relationship stories. And it's the very romantic type too that will warm your heart. Yeah, so far, the tone is very much on the comfy fantasy side when it isn't being Fire Emblem.

Now to round off, YuGiOh Master Duel has been on the cards when on the pot, I've been itching to pop in F-Zero GX just for another thrill, and there's currently a massive sale on Monster Hunter Rise and Armored Core 6 on a 3rd party seller site. Plan on gifting Rise to a family member so we can play together. But money has to go into projects first. And I still have to finish building my adorable Puni Mofu Mao-tan. 😭

These days, I've been playing:

• Cat Quest II: which is kind of my palate cleanser, I don't really play action-RPG's, but I like the looks and how to-the-point it is. It's a bit too much like #1 so far (graphics, story, music) but it's very easy to get sucked into that one and I'm hoping it will go a bit further. Difficulty seems a bit more interesting already.
• Mega Man X 3: I already gave up 3 times on this one, but it bothers me a lot so I keep coming back to it. The passwords don't save the sub tanks or the special abilities which make it really annoying, but I still would very much like to kick Sigma's true form's butt one good time. Let's see if I can manage that.
• Mega Man 11: I've been playing this one in the easiest mode and I'm going to try the difficulty level above that, it's pretty tough. I really like the graphics, the music on the other hand is a big let down compared to all previous games imo.
  The Double Gear mechanic is also really cool, reminds me of the rewind feature available on the NES re-releases, just too bad it's limited in how many times you can use it...
• Tears of the Kingdom: Slowly reaching 400h play time, and I set that as a limit where I'll put the game to rest.
• Just Shapes & Beats: playing online challenge runs in between the other games.
• Tetris 99: same here .. while waiting for the new theme and the physical edition of Tetris Forever.

Happy gaming 🎮🧡

Finally playing my first Harvest Moon game, which is Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. I’m really enjoying it so far! Also playing through Zelda: BOTW again. (Are any of the other Story of Seasons games on the Switch worth playing?)

Playing some smaller backlog games. Just finished Gris which I loved for a small one time ‘experience’ (and will probably get the soundtrack on Bandcamp).

Now I’ve started What Remains of Edith Finch. A very intriguing game, enjoying the mystery of it.

Not sure if I’ll finish that this weekend. Not decided what to play after it yet.

After finishing Berserk Boy last week (an awesome fusion of Megaman Zero, Gunvolt and Freedom Planet), I started up A.I: The Somnium Files. It scratches that visual novel itch (reminds me a little of the investigations in Ace Attorney), and im absolutely loving the characters and story so far. It's worth the $10 I got it on sale for.

Xbox: Jumping between Hellblade 1 and South Park The Fractured But Whole while I'm waiting for Flight Sim 24 and Stalker 2 next week.
Switch: Sidequesting TotK.
PS5: Nothing as I just platted Dragon Age Veilguard. That game has gotten way too harsh responses online. It's a good game and I especially loved the companion quests and rewarding exploration. I'd rate it an 8. Act 3 is a 10 though, great ending!

Well the physical copy I ordered two years ago from SLG came, so I'll probably dip into Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours.

I was kind of deep into a shmup phase when I ordered it, and now I'm not but hey, it's Darius so I'm sure I'll enjoy it anyway.

A Switch-centered focus this weekend as anticipated, so there are both the usual moods (sim stuff like RFs/Portia/FoMM/Sakuna, other RPGs like Xenoblades, Fuga, Dying Light and Hogwarts, roguelites like Isaac, Lamb, Gungeon or Firegirl...) and other stuff to potentially resume/revisit from Danganronpa, Zombie Driver, Grammarian Ltd and SR4 to Gato Roboto, PowerWash, The Coma and Bomber Crew. Ongoing NSO playthroughs (Zelda II, Yoshi's Island, Sin & Punishment and Zero Mission) may well see more progress, too.

Honestly, beyond my Daily Commissions in Genshin Impact, I’ve got no idea what I will be doing gaming-wise this weekend. As it is, I’ll be working for half of it, and there’s the possibility that I’ll be spending the other half with my girlfriend, watching more Star Trek: Discovery, which I got her into.

San Andreas and S.T.A.L.K.E.R: CoP. San Andreas finally looks grimy and full of color again, and I love it. I wish the shooting was more improved. You have to play that game like friggin SOCOM or something...which I guess makes sense, lol. I'm waiting until act 2 to see if the atmosphere carries the game for me. It will be tough with the missing music as well. I'm glad they released this patch...even if the circumstances around it seem a little shady.
I'm savoring CoP. Just putting in an hour or two each day. Love it.

TotK after dropping it after launch. 2nd chances..

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Sonic X Shadow Generation's and I bought the newly released Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi, so will give that a try. Also completed the main story in Fear the Spotlight and have the bonus chapters to play.

I really like S.T.A.L.K.E.R, it has a great atmosphere.

Still playing Witcher 3, started Chefs Life last night on the Deck.

Really enjoying this new homeless person simulator on the Switch

Greetings video gaming enthusiasts. This weekend, I hope to complete the video game Visions of Mana. Have an enjoyable time.

On PS5 i will be continuing with Lego Horizon Adventures which I've just done the sacred lands and it's been quite fun so far. I will also be finishing the last dungeons in both Metaphor Re Fantazio and Trails Through Daybreak.

On Switch its more Mario Party Jamboree, just unlocked the 7th board and hoping to make it 6-1 against the misses 😂, I will probably put some more time into Mario and Luigi Brothership, just doing the Lottacoins area but so far this has been the best in the series.

I’ve just started snow runner on the X. I got it ton sale with all the dlc and so far I like it but still getting used to it. I’ll also play some stardew and battle block with my girl to.

Today im going to help my grandparents with something but after that I will be playing:
multiversus- I tried this game out and I am hooked
destiny 2- as usual
star trek online- a new update with new content came out so I'll be playing that.
animal crossing(new leaf and new horizons)

I started Dragon Quest III but will be putting it on the backburner for now, as I still need to finish Mario & Luigi Brothership. I uploaded a video of myself playing the first couple hours of the game, if anyone is on the fence about the Switch version and wants to see how it runs:

https://youtu.be/TTZ2oP-12gQ?si=CMNTiBVuiPDUy0XF

I've also been playing Rayman Legends on the channel, which is my favorite 2D platformer of all-time. Here's the link to the first episode of that series: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSos0v2s8ZI

After I finish Rayman, I'm not sure what I'll play next on my channel. I have several games lined up, but no particular order in which I'll play them--Super Mario Sunshine, Jak and Daxter, Zelda: Link's Awakening, Pikmin 3, New Super Mario Bros. U, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder are some of the top contenders for games I'd like to complete a YouTube series of before 2025.

Sonic Frontiers is surprisingly awesome. I 100% finished the first island.

Happy gaming everyone!

Just wrapped up Persona 3 Portable ironically on the day that Dragon Quest III 2D-HD came out so...

I'm going metal slime hunting this weekend~

Continuing with Tomb Raider 3 and its DLC. Entered brand new territory in the base game now as I didn't manage to finish the game many years ago (my save file corrupted in the first Antarctica level).

Call of duty mobile on my 16 pro max

@Not_Soos Count me as your 90th subscriber, I will definitely be giving your Dragon Quest video a watch as I'm on the fence whether to get the Switch or the PS5 version. On one hand I want the better visuals/performance but handheld play just suits this time of game. If the differences are minimal then its the Switch version for sure.

Currently trying to finish the Starfield DLC “Shattered Space” before STALKER 2 drops on Nov 20th.

I’ve also committed the cardinal sin of playing too many long RPG’s at the same time… got Metaphor Refantazio, Brothership, and Trails in the Sky SC going at the same time…

Mario & Luigi Brothership: already on 3rd ocean and I’ve been continually pleasantly surprised with this game and is even better than I thought it would be! The events of chapter 3 so far have been pretty cool, can’t wait to see what else the game holds!

Enjoying the twists and turns of Metaphor ReFantazio whilst also tackling One Piece Burning Blood as my side dish. People don’t give it any credit and I’ve found it a pretty enjoyable short fighting campaign !

I’m trying to finish up some key PS3 games on my aging PS3 before it kicks the bucket, so I’m currently halfway through Sly Cooper 1. Delightful game with a couple minor niggles and the one major one in that Sly’s voice acting is straight garbage. I may end up playing Sly 2 when all is said and done, but Sly 2+3 is almost certainly not going to happen. Too much to do and not enough time.

My PSP might have also ceased to be able to read UMDs so I’ll try some fixes here at home. If I can’t get it fixed, well my Steam Deck comes next week and it should emulate my PSP games without issue, so I’ll live.

I started me second playhrough of Sea of Stars because of the Dawn of Equinox update

Switch: Switch Sports Soccer
PS5: Dead Island 2
Quest 2: Arizona Sunshine, Elixir, and Cubism

I’ve been meaning to get back into Bayonetta 3. Do another play through of it. Get in some Mario Kart 8 as well.

Here we go again: Half way to Gold on my ninth deck in Balatro after random chance finally bestowed upon me the elusive joker I needed for Completionist status last week.

All DQIII for me! Gorgeous scenery

I DID manage to close out Metaphor last weekend. Loved it. I'd be very much tempted to run it back in New Game Plus if I didn't have Dragon Age: The Veilguard to start. I'm only a few hours in so far, and I'm enjoying the combat, but I wish they had the courage to actually make the Dread Wolf the antagonist, and not what he is. Maybe that'll change as I get further.
Since I'm only playing that when my brother is around (and he's spending the weekend studying for his master's), I'll need to figure out something else to do. Maybe Neva. Probably some Windblown.
Otherwise, we'll be catching Ghost Cat Anzu in theaters tonight and then taking a nice trip to the bookstore!

Ok well Grounded threw me a little curveball last weekend and instead of finishing story mode, I just explored and goofed around some more. Maybe this weekend!
Meanwhile all kinds of physical preorders have come in lately, like Raiden Nova, Wolf Fang/Skull Fang, Smurfs: Dreams, and CatQuest Furtastic Trilogy, among others. Also I imported Inti’s Card En Ciel just so I play the pack-in Spirit Machine Flamefrit game, for its 90s Wataru anime vibe.
As usual, more gaming fun and Japanese listening practice than I have time for, but I’m numb to backlog guilt at this point. 😵‍💫

Wishing everyone a productive weekend! (As in, spend time doing something you love!) 🕹🛸👾

Metal Slug Tactics on gamepass and Mario and Luigi Brothership

I got the Dragon Quest 3 remake so I may dive into that, but more than likely I'll continue playing Stardew Valley because I love that game.

@Zuljaras I finished Red Dead Redemption in Switch a couple of weeks ago. It was pretty sweet.

Good evening.
This Saturday morning I played Wii U games for machine maintenance after I didn't play Wii U games for 2 months. 🙂
1. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
2. Barbie: Dreamhouse Party

I played Pop'n Music Portable 2 PSP this night after my PSP IC charger got repaired and the battery life got boosted. It got depleted by 25% for playing the game in 1 hour 30 minutes.
Not bad.

I'm seriously contemplating upgrading my "Evercade ecosystem" from my HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Taito Edition to the upcoming Evercade EXP-R, that 1. has a nice price point 2. comes with a physical copy of the Evercade Tomb Raider collection 3. has a larger screen 4. has much better (and less crampy) controls than the Super Pockets 5. comes with TATE mode for vertically orientated games 6. hopefully you can reassign buttons to your preferences (works on some games now I understand - in Beta).

So, yeah, I've been playing quite a lot on my Super Pocket the last few days trying to get to the bottom of my Evercade library (the Taito games - 18 in all - although really good, I'm done with, it's only Elevator Action I still want to play, but I have that on my Switch Lite as well) and maybe(?) sell the Super Pocket at some point.

I'll probably sell my Atari Lynx Collection 2 cartridge at some point too as there's only one game I'm not done with (plus it's sold out from the publisher).

My 2 Duke Nukem cartidges I'm going to keep as they're just too good. I'll keep my Data East Collection 1 and Piko Arcade 1 cartridges too as there just are some excellent games on those you can't anywhere else on modern systems.

I'll probably get the Data East Arcade 2 cartridge along the Evercade EXP-R as there are 3 shmups on it that's seems appealing to me (and will have something to try out in the TATE mode). The Toaplan shmups on the other hand seems a bit to difficult for me.

Shining Force (Genesis)
Phantasy Star 2 (Genesis)
Road Rash (3DO)
Guardian War (3DO)
13 Sentinels (Switch)

@Yalloo Regarding megaman 11 try looking at the instrumental music DLC. I found it improves the music in the game (I also think its a letdown compared to the rest of the series in that aspect). Not sure if the DLC is paid or can be obtained now but good to look on it!

Beat Shadow Generations on Sunday, and Partners in Time on Wednesday.

Shadow Generations was a very nice, fun Sonic game. Maybe not the craziest, most exciting experience, but a nice one.

Partners in Time was also fun, and honestly the oddest Mario and Luigi experience. Still good, tho. And with that done, I've beaten ALL the Mario RPGs (excluding the M&L and TTYD remakes and the original Mario RPG) pre-Brothership. Still going to wait another minute before I play it, but now I'm ready! Hope I like it.

This weekend, when I can, I'll be working on 100%ing Shadow Generations (which is surprisingly meaty) and playing bits on Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (as usual). Maybe, just maybe, I'll boot up Kirby and the Forgotten Land, but it's honestly unlikely. We'll see.

Happy weekend!

Hmm… not much going on for me after beating alan wake 1 remaster on switch and drakengard 3 on ps3. I will probably play some Megaman battle network collection(specifically battle network 4 red sun, since I never played that version, only blue moon)

Maybe I will start chaos head Noah on switch since my copy has just been sitting there 😂. But I can’t devote to much time to it now since I am studying for a big test for the beginning of December.

I had just finished Fire Emblem Engage. It's such a great game and probably the most fun I had from a Fire Emblem game. The story can be cheesy yet it's full of heart, its characters are endearing with their quirky personalities and hilarious character supports, and the strategic gameplay is just tops. I'm really glad to have given this game a chance it deserves.

I had also completed the DLC Fell Xenologue. It was pretty challenging but the difficulty felt unfair at times and the units that you were forced to deploy were mostly a liability. The fifth chapter was my favorite map, and the finale was really tough (hats off to those who beat it on Maddening, those reinforcements were killer). The story was quite interesting, and some of the unique conversations were just tragic. They turned Timerra into a vegetarian (NOOOOOO).

I'm playing:

Final Fantasy XVI (Steam)
Valheim (Steam)
Mario and Luigi: Brothership (Switch)
UFO 50 (Steam)

Really liking M+L: Brothership, but I can already tell it's going to overstay its welcome. That map is huge, and the dialog really doesn't hold a candle to the old M+L games.

I do really like the ship mechanic though, and the fighting is really well done (even if it does take forever to load in, then use a bunch of brother moves, etc.). I feel like they could have streamlined the animations like they do in later Final Fantasy games after the first showing of a move.

Shining Force: Resurrection of Dark Dragon (gameboy advance version) and random Neo Geo fighters like World Heroes 2: Jet.

I am tempted to try Mario and Luigi: Brothership soon.

@Wisps Yes, it's a free DLC, which I've just downloaded and will pay attention to next time I play. Thanks for mentioning it! 🙏🏻

I didn’t get to last weekend, so hopefully I can start Pokémon Yellow I was recently gifted.

Although my brother has been sick, possibly with the flu, so I’ve been looking after him and we might play Final Fantasy VII on PS1.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake: The Seeds of Salvation! I know that's not the official full name, but you have to admit, the subtitle sounds a lot better!

Ring Fit Adventure. I’d like to finish up the current post game I’m working on before Fitness Boxing 3 comes out but if not no biggie.

I keep trying other non-fitness games and just bouncing off them hard so I think I’m going to stop trying. I am looking forward to Fitness Boxing 3. I hope that Fitness Circuit goes on sale on the eshop soon.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons mostly. Currently remodeling my island. A little Mario & Luigi on the side, but I'm bored and might drop it. Dragon Quest has piqued my interest, so I might get that.

Microsoft Wordament (Android) - This is all I'm working this weekend.

I have family coming over to watch the 111th Grey Cup tomorrow.
A little disappointed about the Jonas dudes doing the halftime show, but I digress...

GO ARGOS!!!!!

I’m currently playing the Blasphemous 2 DLC Mea Culpa.

More Fire Emblem: Three Houses for me. Ready to face Lord Lonato.

I'm still mostly sticking with my 2024 old standards: TOTK, wipeout phantom edition, and UFO 50. I'm playing a different mod of TOTK that helps smoothen frame pacing, allowing a tighter lock on 240fps via Lossless Scaling, so that is fun. Plus, for the first time ever for me, I've added something to a mod to customize it with files from another mod. It feels great to have control over which patch I use, which game save I want to play on or store in a folder for later, and now be able to mod a mod! I really love this stuff, along with having control over resolution and frame rate! If Nintendo would stop committing crimes against the devs who make these awesome features possible, well that would be nice, wouldn't it?!
In UFO 50 I got my first gold disk, then my first cherry. Bug Hunter is amazingly fun. I've also started having fun with Vainger, Devilition, Campanella, and Planet Zoldath. I also love watching online videos of people playing these games.
Wipeout Phantom Edition is still my favorite racing game ever. After watching Digital Foundry's video about the 480hz monitor I can't wait to play it on a screen like that! I'm also excited for 960hz panels, if those ever get invented! 720p at 480fps sounds like gaming heaven for sure!
I'm also enjoying Metal Slug Tactics, Mario 64 render 96 (love playing this locked at 53fps on Deck!), Pokémon Infinite Fusion, Freedom Planet 2 (so awesome!), Kingdom Two Crowns (I keep repeating it, but the DLC and game engine revamp are incredible, seriously the clouds and lighting and music and gameplay in the Greek theme with Goddesses and Gods is so, so, amazing!), Void Gore, Z-Warp, Feeble Light (love all these similar STG games with great music), Planetiles, and Dream Tactics. And I've also been enjoying Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island at 240fps thanks to the glory of Lossless Scaling. I love Lossless Scaling! I've also started playing Wipeout Pulse and wipeout pure while using lossless scaling. They look very nice, and stay pretty much locked at 240fps. Wipeout at high frame rates is such a wonderful gaming experience!
For music I've been digging the soundtrack of Mario Artist from N64 DD. Many great tunes in there.
Have fun gaming everyone!

@JSC016 I think if you’re trying to stay in the confines of the Switch, Friends of Mineral Town is really the only one that you’ll find most recommend in the platform.

Now, of course, you may also want to check out the not-so-secret best Harvest Moon/Story of Season-inspired game: Stardew Valley. I’ve been playing Harvest Moon games since the ‘90s and Stardew Valley is still the best execution of the idea. Happy gaming!

The wait is over for DQ3. Thoroughly enjoying it so far. In between, have started a new play through of Half Life 2. Still holds up really well. Would be great to see the Orange Box on Switch one day.

@cosmograph Curious about all the other fitness games you've tried .. and what makes you bounce off of them.

I'm sticking to my trio of Wii Fit U, Ring Fit and Fitness Circuit. Always affraid to end up losing interest ... despite the years going by and still not having unlocked everything in any of the three 😅

@TotalHenshin Oh yeah, I’ve put an absurd amount of time into Stardew Valley. Now I wanted to look back and see what the games were like that inspired Eric Barone.

@JSC016 I see. Well I hope you enjoy them!

@Yalloo Oh, what I really meant was I’m bouncing off of games that aren’t fitness games.
I’ve been playing Ring Fit for years as well and it’s not gotten old.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll still be playing Snowrunner (Switch). Big surprise, eh? After I 100% the Alaska map I told myself that's it don't even look at the Taymyr map and get back to the backlog! I decided I'll just take a peek and that would be it. Yep, I started getting some tasks and contracts done. That place is a mud pit alright so yeah I'm excited for the challenge!

I really do though need to split up the time though and get back into Epic Mickey (Switch). It's hard because when I boot up Snowrunner the hours just tick by.

almost done with zelda oracles of wisdom which is a good game and going to play ys nordics after that.

Still trudging through Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
After 60 hours invested, unfortunately I do have to say it is a huge downgrade from XC:DE.
The lack of any and all possible QoL can be somewhat understood as it actually predates the DE of the first title, but I also dislike many of the overall design decisions that happened. Like all the mistakes of XC1 have been magnified while little to nothing has been improved. Also not a gacha fan, so they didn't really win me over with that either.
As for the story and characters, I'll have to judge after I have finished the game.

Another game I'm playing about 15 minutes every weekend is Ace Attorney Investigations, which is another letdown after previous awesome entries in the same series. This is especially true to the character models in the dialogues. Whatever happened to the artists who worked on the previous remakes?!

Overall however, I am having fun with both titles and will definitely beat them both, even if they will take a lot of time.

Well here we go with another crazy WAYP. Been a awesome week around here. The week was full of games like Metaphor and Black Ops 6 and was a lot of fun like very very fun the progress I’m making has me quite happy. Got to dig into Mario And Luigi Brothership and Dragon Age The Veilguard and both were quite excellent probably some GOTY contenders there no lie. Most of the weekend was spent with Emio and Visions of Mana. Yeah I’m trying to get back to Visions of Mana and Star Wars Outlaws and the like before GOTY season really gets into gear. Rest of the weekend I’m thinking is gonna be some YS X Nordics that game seriously continues to impress and wow. Otherwise I’m thinking this week is mostly gonna consist of some Zelda, Trails Through Daybreak, Emio, Dawntrail, Metaphor, Tekken 8 for that platinum, Mario Party, Brothership, Eiyuden Chronicles Hundred Heroes, Visions of Mana and yeah Star Wars Outlaws. Think I’ll maybe pick up that Lego Horizon Adventures and that Tekken 8 stage too. The wrestling things this week being AEW Full Gear which I’ve been invited to watch with some buddies. Stands to be some cool matches like Swerve Vs Bobby and Jon Moxley Versus Orange Cassidy. Also those Costco Guys on the pre show should be excited. Anime of the week gotta go to and Dragon Ball Daima and Ranma 1/2. Yeah only two picks this week but that’s because of that Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight I was more watching that this week actually. Podcasts of this week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Minnmax, Jeff Gerstmann, Kit and Krysta, Last Stand Media, Easy Allies, Second Wind, Nextlander, Cultaholic Wrestling, Weapon Wheel Podcast and Remap Radio. As always yall stay safe, be awesome to each other. Have a totally awesome weekend and of course Happy Gaming.

Played lots of Death Must Die on PC.