Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 18th)

Going through my backlog, playing Assassin’s Creed III on PS3. It’s my first AC game, and I have mixed feelings about it. I like the game world and historical setting, but not impressed by the gameplay itself, the characters, the story or the mission types. Also, there are so many glitches I’m having a hard time believing it was released in this state.

Still poking into the corners of Hollow Knight, and I'm on the verge of battling my first dreamer. That should keep me busy for a bit. Other than that, I might squeeze in a little more Bayonetta and try the MHGU demo.

Octopath Traveller will be sucking my life away, whilst I occasionally nod at my family.

That's SNES party for me this time.

Hagane and Contra Spirit to make my weekend better.

Just a quick information for the prople first playing monster hunter by trying the demo: In the normal game you almost always have double as much time to kill the monster than in the demo.
Just wanted to put this out there because i really can't understand why they always do this and i think it really hinders the experience.

Erm... Splatfest anyone?

Viewtiful Joe and Octopath Traveler. Probably Dead Cells too.

Octopath and fortnite. I'm skipping monster hunter on switch because world was sooo good.

I'll be playing other stuff now.

Octopath traveler. I have found four characters so far and my main one is on level 17. Although it's not quite a struggle to pick up and play, it's not something I can't wait to get back to either. This weekend may sway it either way.

I've been playing Stardew Valley again in the evenings. I recently started a new farm to check something out and haven't stopped since. I've even managed to sort of get the hang of fishing.

I'm also still working my way through Octopath Traveller and Titan Quest. Both are fantastic games so I'm going be moving between the se 2 this weekend with Stardew Valley in the evenings.

1. Animal Crossing New Leaf (3DS)

I had managed my 2nd & 3rd town into Dormant time, so i can leave them without worrying about losing any villagers. I still felt upset & regret to get rid Rod to my 3rd town by using Tad Amiibo card and I had sacrificed Hamlet from my 1st town to get rid Tad but No Avail.
Oh, well. I just need some Welcome Amiibo cards to get rid Tad from my 1st town someday...

2. Go Vacation (Switch)

Keep getting points to Level up. I had completed All Stamps.

3. Overcooked 2 (Switch)

Already unlocked World 3. Keep collecting 2 / 3 stars as i can.

Mostly just Octopath for me this week. Maybe I’ll find time for the Monster Hunter demo but I’m not too sure.

PC:
The Saboteur
Rocket League

There’s an ARMs punchfest.

Lola Pop is one of the involved characters. She is fun to play.

I really hate that Nintendo Europe keep scheduling arms and splatoon events at the same time!

Ps. I'll be playing monster hunter demo none stop until release

I'll be continuing on my already lengthy adventure in Octopath Traveller.

I'll be journeying to new and unexplored places in Okami HD since I've already reached the point where I stopped playing the Wii version.

and I'll be digging deeper into the absolutey superb Dead Cells. I've just finished my best ever run making it to the 8th stage and had such an amazing time I think it's now one of my favourite Switch games.

@Shiryu I'm not sure what to make of your section. Are you leaving NL? Hope all is well!

Etrian Odyssey Untold 2

Having finally completed Hyrule Warriors, I can pick up Octopath again

Doom and Shut Eye (almost FNAF:-).

WarioWare Gold, seeing as I got it yesterday. Oh, and ACNL is now my most played 3DS game at around 250 hours.

Just finished main story on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (bought at launch, then waited for patches to fix map, then life took over). Started a new game couple of weeks ago, sunk 120 hours, and need 3 rare blades and finish up some side stories and affinity charts.

I dont know. I have over 30 unfinished games? maybe I better eenie mini mani mo?

Can't seem to pull away from Octopath. Keep saying I'll do one more chapter then try something else (haven't started Hollow Knight yet). Still got God of War on PS4 on the go. Seems never-ending but it's great! Dipping in and out of monster hunter stories when time allows as well!

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Stardew Valley.The same two games i have been playing for months.Excellent games for an excellent system.

I have also recently started Atelia Sophie on the Ps4 this week so will be spending alot of time on that one.It's been years since I last played an Atelia game and as much as I'm enjoying it i have to say the characters aren't as interesting or fun as in other games.

Hopefully beating the final dungeon in octopath, didn't realise how hard it was going in and got promptly destroyed

Monster Hunter, Okami and if I have time, Octopath.

I’ll be jumping and weaving my way through Metroid Prime, and dabbling a little Fortnite into it.
@Shiryu Wait, what’s that mean??

Just got my physical copy of dead cells, and I’m just as obsessed as everyone else is. Great game.

I couldnt believe how hooked up I got by Nine Parchments. I dont know if it still is for 50% off but I highly recommend it.

Little wind waker on GameCube, some stardew valley in short sessions, and most importantly, splatoon 2!

Side note: had monster Hunter preordered and tried the demo a couple days ago, glad they released a demo because the game isnt for me. Thanks for saving me 60$ capcom!

Randomized pokemon yellow

Warioware Gold (3DS), The Crew 2 (PS4), and Captain Toad (Switch)

Monster hunter demo
Fortnite
Octopath

I’ve barely bought any games in months and I still have too much to play... Splatoon 2, Warioware, Gungeon, Hollow Knight, and (when I free up some space/get an SD/physical release happens) Okami. I’ve barely scratched the surface of them except for Splatoon. I loved Okami on Wii and PS3 and am looking forward to reliving it again soon - one of the best adventure games of all time in my opinion.

I've said it before and I'll say it again... Monster Hunter UG looks like an N64 game 😂. That picture does the game no justice at all.

I'll be on Octopath and I've delved back into Skyrim for a bit. Of course occasional races on Mario Kart.

Edit: might grab and try Okami for next weekend.

I’m on a weekend vacation in the White Mountains of New Hampshire this weekend, so I won’t find myself tethered to a TV. I did pocket my 3DS (the Switch is too awkward to travel with), and I’m playing some Pokémon Crystal, as well as continuing to have quite a good time with WarioWare Gold.

@Razer Agreed, shades of turok

Getting through okami (15h+ in) and the game is very disappointing to me. Battle too damm easy (have not died once so far and have already beaten the first big boss), the puzzles are also stupidly straight forward (only once have been stuck for over 10min), had to turn the voices down to 10% as they are very very annoying (and I am ok with yokka-laylee ones), also quite pissed that the dialogues cannot be skkiped in cutscenes. Visuals are good though. But as something that tries to copy Zelda series this is a bad bad game.
Also still going through xenoblade chronicles 3d.

Can't stop playing dead cells. Always just one more run.

@nintendobynature that is EXACTLY the game that came to mind. Turok 2 😂.

Good game, for 21 years ago...

Fortnite as always, some Xenoblade 3DS in the metro and maybe some Okami or Monster Hunter demo on switch

Switch- Mega Man X(1-4) Mario Kart 8 and some Neo Geo games.
PS4- Yakuza 6, Fighing EX Layer, Street Fighter V, and the 30th Anniversary Collection

Just got a switch so loving Mario odyssey, old school raging justice and sonic mania

Super Mario Maker

Octopath traveler of course! Over 50 hours clocked so far and starting chapter 3’s!

Still more Dead cells. Only 15hrs in so far. A lot of MH, and LA Noire is on sale for $25 over here, so I'm snagging that to finally play.

Playing Metroid Zero Mission for the very first time. What an amazing experience.

@Captain_Gonru Yeah, I own AC IV Black Flag as well, and will probably give it a try later on.

MHGU, Valkaria Chronicles 4 Demos. Maybe some Salt and Sanctuary

Finally started Golf Story last night. I only got about an hour in, but it was everything I was hoping for and more. What a gem. I’ll be checking back in throughout the day for the conclusion of “What’s Going On with @Shiryu : Holiday or Something Else Entirely?”

Spending some time in the ARMS Party Crash with my kid. Yesterday we played up to Level 14, we'll see how far we get today. Lola Pop, of course.

When we are tired of fighting on the same side, BlazBlue Cross Tag beckons. I wasn't sure she would like it, but hell yeah she does and she is kicking my butt.

For my solo time I'm playing Okami.

Probably some Doom because that's always a safe bet that I'll have a lot of fun. Also I'm planning on getting into the Castlevania series now since Simon is in Smash so I'm starting with the original game on my 3DS as well as the other two NES games plus Super Castlevania 4. I'll also try to get the GBA and DS games, and I'm gonna get Symphony of the Night on PS3 at some point. Gonna have to figure out a way to play Rondo of Blood too.

@Thewiseone82 It truly is. I hope you continue to enjoy it. What point are you at in the game?

@Fake-E-Lee Dead Cells is amazing isn't it! I just had by far my best run earlier, I made it to the 8th stage and I was so enormously powered up I thought nothing could stop me,but i was wrong. My run lasted around an hour but even after I perished I had to go again. It's become one of my Switch favourites for sure.

I’m playing through Samus Returns again but fusion mode this time. I love it. Also I’ve just bought omega ruby so looking forward to starting that as I’ve also just completed crystal.

Reached another moment where I (temporarily) lost my interest in Stardew Valley. Sometimes I don’t see the point of it, but the next week I’m really into it again.

Luckily, Paladins got me still hooked and has double gold this weekend

Castlevania Bloodlines, Doom, and Doom II!

Probably just Splatoon 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and Okami HD for me. This is the first time I have ever played Okami and I have to say that I absolutely love it. The visual style is endearing and I love the combat system. I sat down and played a little bit of the Monster Hunter Demo last night and thought it was fantastic so Know I have to keep myself from buying it. Too many good games not enough money. Thank Goodness Okami HD was only $20.

@MSTRDM i couldn't agree more re: stardew valley. I Think we just need to accept the fact that it's not something you sit down and play for 2-3 hours a pop. I myself do the same thing, I'll play it for a while but don't really understand why I'm playing or what im supposed to be doing. So then i stop and play something else until I eventually jump back in. I think stardew valley is a nice little time waster( in a good way) that helps fill the gaps of big releases for me. I don't think there's a real point, it just is what it is at this time.

Slaving over my Labo contest entry, with occasional breaks for Mario+Rabbids.

Iconoclasts, Mario+Rabbids DK Adventure and Star Fox.

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Crystal.

Android:
Wordament - playing while GamePad charges.
Age of Empires: Castle Siege - Same as above

Wii U:
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - Time to finish this off
Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Still working on sniper rifles.

@nintendobynature Amen!

beat castlevania iv, playing through curse of the moon. tomodachi life afterwards

@JamesR over here! All weekend long hopefully!

@PhilKenSebben UK or NA??

Dead cells most of the weekend. Great game! Played the monster hunter demo , that wasn’t so great.

I'm playing Star Trek: A Final Unity on PC CDROM via DosBox. Finally worked out how to get the game to run with sound and without crashing at certain points. Maybe I'll actually finish it this time, 20 years after getting it.

Edit: Okay, so was it worth it? The game is not bad, typical Star Trek scenario Prime Directive stuff, a few interesting puzzles. It's the running of it that's the problem; it needs some tweaking to run at all with sound because of SB issues (diginit error) and core needs to be set to simple to avoid x86 spam error. The graphics don't display particularly well, so it's hard to find the objects/clues and the main alien adversaries are some of the worst looking aliens I've seen in long time - inspiration from Dizzy, it seems. If you really want to play it, the issues are solvable, but they'll likely discourage anyone who's just looking for some casual fun.

I'm neck-deep in the original Fatal Frame at the moment, and I'm also playing Okami HD on my Switch in little bits and pieces.

@Tyranexx Yeah, I can’t remember playing game that’s been this buggy. I try to avoid those, though.

2064 ROM I. Now if only Konami released Snatcher and Policenauts on the Switch....

Also playing the Wii version of Animal Crossing.

Been playing co-op in both aegis defenders & bleed 2. Solo I've been focusing on Fe, Slime San, and chameleon run

Playing street fighter 30th Ann on switch and ultra street fighter iv on Xbox x, since capcom was too stingy to add it on the switch

VC4 demo, really enjoying it. Will probably end up buying the game on release.

MHU demo, not a fan at all. Feels so clunky and slow that I’ve deleted it and won’t be buying it now.

I've been playing Darkest Dungeon all week and into this weekend. It's quite addictive and has that 'one more go' vibe.
I played a bit of Enter the Gungeon yesterday as well. I hadn't loaded it up for a few weeks so it took me a while to remember the buttons.

Is someone else disappointed with Monster Hunters, or is just me? I mean, the game looks amazing. For a non PS4 with 4K TV as I am, this game is trully a trole A one. I hate those constant loading screens. Maybe you are all used to by experiencing them in the original game. Big turn off for me.

This ongoing Shiryu angle is starting to remind me of the time Cactus Jack got amnesia and was lost in Cleveland.

This week I has been mostly playing
Kirby’s Dream Land 3
Pokémon SoulSilver

Switch - Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate demo, Bayonetta 1+2 (still can't get enough of those games), DOOM

PS4 - Yakuza 6

I'm going to finish my Pokemon: Omega Ruby nuzlocke today, start Wolfenstein: The New Order on PC, and maybe even purchase Hollow Knight for my Switch. My internship is finally finished so I'm going to have time to game now!

Splatoon 2 for the Splatfest as it's potentially the last Splatfest before the paid online service goes live.

Just got a 2nd copy of Breath of the Wild for my Switch (BestBuy this week, $36 with gamer's club discount), since my son took my original copy when he got his Switch. I'll be replaying Zelda this weekend.

Got the team-up of Dead Cells and Mario/Rabbids waiting to go. But first, my wife has to get through the Octo Expansion. I picked up Warioware Gold at the same time so I'd have something to play on my 3DS while she is at it. Both are super fun.

Started Zelda BotW late this year so I’m playing that, I’m “near” the end, I just need to do the last divine beast and open up and find all the shrines missing in the last four regions I have without a map, before going for Ganon. So far 180 hours of playtime, this is my first (and probably last) game where I play soooo much, thing is huge.

@Giygas_95 I just defeated Kraid. Really fun boss fight.

Whelp, was going to be Wolfenstein II til a friend of mine accidentally autosaved a over my file, so that game will now go to the back of my list for now. So, I've already sampled the demo and may get into multi-player with a friend if we have time this weekend. Guess I'll keep playing adventure mode of Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus while I await my next two GameFly games.

I still have not played Octopath save for the demo. I am saving it. I am playing Cosmic: Star Heroine. It is a nice retro-inspired indie RPG. It is a good one. This is not like a cheap Kemco Krap. This is legit. Old school that flows. Get this one. It is like phantasy star with Chronotrigger. I heart this one.

Mario + Rabbids and Deathly Flipped for me!!

Crash N Sane Trilogy. Had a blast with this, despite fits of gamer rage, it’s nice to finally get to Warped which is nicer in terms of difficulty compared to the first two.

I was going to wait to get the boxed Flipping Death but decided to just get it, after a bit of a shaky start with the prologue it looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun. Looking forward to getting a bit further through. Going to download the monster hunter demo, I am about 60% sure it’s not my kind of thing but then I thought that about Fortnite and I can’t stop playing it...

@OorWullie @Fake-E-Lee Having drifted away from Rogue Legacy without completing it, and having Immortal Redneck and Enter the Gungeon on the go, I had sworn not to pick up another roguelike for a while... But you guys are making it really difficult not to order Dead Cells right now!

@BionicDodo I was feeling the same except with Metroidvania's,I've got a fair few already. Some I've started but nowhere near finished like Hollow Knight and others I've yet to even start like Steamworld Dig 2. I was about to pull the trigger on Iconoclasts the other day aswell but instead went for Okami HD. I've got a fair few Roguelites too so I was hesitant about Dead Cells but I'm so glad I went for it. It does both genres so well and feels so satisfying to play. Its progression system and range of weapons/ power ups are absolutely top class. A non-regrettable purchase for sure.

Dead Cells. Why play the mh demo when MH demos ae trash? I will get the full game of coure, on cart if I can.

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Wolfenstein on Switch. I enjoy it much more than I thought I would!

Valkyrie Chronicles 4 is ace! (Although unit selection is cumbersome for some reason.) And I'm really enjoying Monster Hunter (although I feel like I have a lot to learn)

@HobbitGamer NA

Dead Cells.

Splatfest for me, only found out today so gonna have lots of fun playing. After that back to Captain Toad.

Tried the monster Hunter demo and boy does it chug. Not into a 4 year old 3ds game. Octopath for me. I still need to get okumi though.

Still gonna play mostly Octopath. If I need a little break though I'll play some Street Fighter 30th anniversary or Castlevania IV on my SNES classic.

Been playing the monster hunter ultimate demo with my friend.
Along with Splatoon 2 and xenoblade chronicles 2.

Went back to finish off the Zelda DLC after not playing in a few months. Been stuck on the final boss all day.

Shenmue on PS4

Octopath Traveler, Dead Cells, and Galak-Z. Some of the best gaming I've ever had.

Paldins
And tonight I had some friends here and we played NES Mini.

@SpottyBulborb Flipping death?

Dragon Ball FighterZ and Etrian Odyssey V

Playing Fallout 4 since I got the goty edition for $30 on PSN about a week ago.

I am re-playing FFVI. Have not played it for maybe two decades or so, but I remember most of the key beats. It is great! Although, I have to say, I probably have rose-tinted glasses for this one; it was mind-blowing to have a game with this kind of story at the time, but compared with later games the story is pretty simplistic. Characters sometimes seem to do things with little motivation or explanatory dialogue. But what it lacks in detail in more than makes up in charm and humor! And all those beautiful pixels. And of course, one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time (even now.)

Flitting distractedly between a lot of games now I’ve finished Yoku’s Island Express and I’m waiting for Okami to arrive in the post.

I played a bit of ARMS Party Crash last night, but less fun than usual. It seemed more sparsely populated with just higher end players pummelling me. To be expected at this point perhaps.

Dead Cells. Rather addictive.

Bayonetta 2, Golf Story, Uno and Piczle Lines DX 500 on the switch and Zelda: links awakening on my old Gameboy. That's what I played yesterday, and today I may throw in octopath traveler into the mix, or carry on with the others 😉👍

Mighty gun volt burst on switch- man those boss fights are hard.
Bubble Bobble and Gauntlet 2 on the Jag- had some two player goodness with some great beers last night.

Finally beat Iconoclasts the other day. I highly recommend that one, especially if there's a sale.

@StarmanSSP - I think you nailed it. That’s exactly what’s going on here. I sense an invasion angle coming next. He’s probably already on PushSquare repeatedly posting, “So this is where the big boys play?”

Need to finish Y’s, Hollow Knight and mario & Rabbids Dlc before i buy anything new. At least, that is what i am telling myself (and my wife). Still have a massive list of games i’ll be getting this year and with the diablo 3 news this list just got added a massive time sinck yet again. Where will i find the time to play D3, Monster Hunter, XC2 Expension, Dark Souls, valkyre Chronicles 4, Starlink and Smash this year while having a 60 hour work week, a wife AND 2 kids? Need to get rid of some to create time

Aces, Vs. SM Bros, Sonic Mania Plus (so far). Hoping to play some Telltale Batman, Clustertruck, and Cap’n Toad tonight.

Just got back from holiday in Portugal. I managed to only get in a couple of games in the splatfest on the hotel wifi (team adventure). Then some Golf Story and Enter the Gungeon on the plane. Loving the charm and humour in Golf Story but the slow pace of it is grating a bit when i have such a big backlog. Anxious to get it done and move onto Doom!

@Bobalina is shut eye any fun

Mario Tennis Aces, ARMS, Breath of the Wild, and Octopath Traveler.

I've mainly just been playing Monster Hunter: World on PC the past 2 weeks. Hoping to get a Switch some time for Gen. Ultimate.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana [Switch Game] , Xenoblade 2, UNO and Monopoly since it is on sell on Eshop 50% off.