Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 10-11)

I have been playing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and I beat the game a few days ago and got the platinum trophy. My thoughts have only grown deeper — it’s going to go down as one of my top 10-20 games of all time. This game resonated with me in a way I wasn’t expecting.

The next main game I’m delving into is Final Fantasy 7 Remake before Rebirth releases. As a kid, I remember buying the PS1 original one summer with my chore money at the local Blockbuster. I spent 100+ hours playing the game, had all characters at max level, and was astonished at the final boss fight. I have many fond memories, along with a negative one: I never acquired Vincent Valentine and I was so disappointed when I realized I overlooked him.

In terms of the remake, the last time I played the game it left a sour taste in my mouth. Don’t get me wrong - the game is fantastic, but I got to chapter 14 and suddenly the game bricked my PS4. Once this happened I couldn’t bring myself to replay the game once I managed to get a new console. I also wasn’t in the right headspace mentally due to life situations, so the game would relentlessly trigger negative emotions every time I attempted to start a fresh play-through, thus I haven’t properly touched it since its release.

I am determined to play the game from start to finish. Physically and mentally I’m in a much healthier frame of mind. At the moment of writing this, I’m playing the game on the PlayStation Portal and have beaten three chapters. I’m unclear of the reason, but this game is hitting differently emotionally — and in a good way too. I’m picking up on subtle nuances that are resonating with me, and the mysterious backstory between Cloud and Sephiroth is superb. I forgot how powerful the impact of these characters had on me when I was younger. I’ve already experienced goosebumps in a couple of scenes.

Hopefully, I can have the FF7 Remake scratched off my list of games I feel I need to complete. I was also browsing the trophy list and the platinum trophy doesn’t seem too unbearable to obtain (but we will see) so I might set that out as a goal for myself.

Im playing 'one piece odessy' as I picked it up for £18 and fancy some rpg stuff before the new ff remake.
Its fun!

Whatever you are playing, have a great weekend! 😁

I'll continue my playthrough with Avatar... It's a really nice game. I wouldn't pay full price but playing it on Ubisoft+ was a nice surprise.
I'll also continue through baldur la gate 3.
Can't wait for vanisher's of new Eden next week

Probably just Halo if I play anything. Not been gaming too much recently.

I finished the Spirit of Fire operation and I’m working through Diamond Lance Corporal Rank 2 in career rank.

I'm chipping away at Gotham Knights. I was really struggling to get into it. It just didn't have any atmosphere.

I randomly decided to play some music whilst playing the game. The band of choice was Tool. It's transformed the game for me and I'm loving it now!

Sinking some time into Midnight Suns, and then probably getting beat on Tekken 8

Nothing so far. I downloaded Persona 3 Reload from Game Pass and then thought I’d also download the demo for the new Final Fantasy game on PS5 as well. Of course, this ended up slowing both downloads to the point where it took all morning, and now, to be honest, I don’t really fancy playing either!

Think I’ll just watch the rugby instead…

Checking out some MW3 multiplayer since it's free for the weekend.

PS5: FF7R Demo
Switch: Nothing
Series X: BG3

Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita) - My boy Sully came to save my hide.

Daxter (PSP) - Nearing the halfway point with this as well.

Lode Runner Classic (Windows Phone) - Still playing in bursts.

Finished Lost Judgment (even the DLC) so I started Like a Dragon Gaiden, the last game before Infinite Wealth.

On switch, Batman Arkham Asylum. On xbox, i just beat Robocop Rogue City a couple days ago, so I've fully moved onto Sunset Overdrive which has proven to be chaotic and fun.

@XboxistheBestBox I love the evil within series! You should check out the second one as well, and I hope they end up making a 3rd someday.

Helldivers 2. OMG it's a riot!

I unfortunately re-caught the cold I got back in December so I've been dealing with that. When I've been feeling well enough though I've been spending quality time with Persona 3 and loving it.

Still Forza 8 career mode. Really like the game. For story-driven games I’m playing Condemned 2. Holds up really well and can still be scary. Some WRC4 on the side as a palate cleanser. All of the above on my Steam Deck.

I really want to play Persona 3R. But I’m at the end of Act 3 in baldurs gate 3 and can’t tear myself away; and with Opus leaving game pass, I’d really like to play that too!

Call of Duty and NHL are kind of unexpectedly pedestrian tastes for staff 😂

Business as usual for me this weekend, which at this point is just Trails of Cold Steel 3...
I'm 86 hours in now and about to start chapter 4 so at least that's something.

I'm currently playing Dead Space Remake..

In the teeth of all the online naysayers and negative review bombers against the game, I decided to nab Balan Wonderworld yesterday since Xbox has it on sale for $5.99 (reduced from $39.99) Sure, it clearly deserves much of the criticism it received, but I've enjoyed it so far and will be playing through it this weekend. I get that it is too far out for many people, but I totally dig that style, so I say, let the weirdness commence!

Started Midnight Suns this week, good Marvel game, and also playing F.I.S.T. for game pass rewards points .

@The-Grezzly-Bear
Tool + anything = good. 🎶

I just finished Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, so I'm a bit lost at the moment. I will jump back in to finish up the substories (it's just the "romance" ones) and the last Sujimon section.

@Titntin absolutely. I'd actually not listened to any Tool for years. It's been on virtually nonstop for the past week!

Katamari reroll + Royal Reverie
was half price in the store and love their games

Playing "Nioh 2" non-stop.
Helping rookie gamers to complete their missions.

@NintendoByNature 😆 almost exactly same as me. Finished Rogue City a few Weeks ago on Series X and am currently playing through NG+. Also, continuing Sunset Overdrive (awesome game) and playing Batman Arkham Asylum (on PS4 not switch). Pretty close lol.

@jedinite wow. What a wierd coincidence lol. I loved robocop with the exception of the Ed boss fights . I'm about halfway done with sunset and only an hour or two into arkham which I actually played back on the ps3 years ago.

I'm a bit exhausted this weekend but still playing through Yakuza: Like a Dragon. So many different mini games and systems in that game, dunno how they churn out so many of those games. It's unlikely I'll play anything else this weekend.

I have been splitting my time with Brotato and Grim Fandango … determined to beat level 0 on brotato but only have gotten to stage 16 … maybe have gotten too old….

been on a heavy nostalgia trip with my 360(and ps3) and i hope to finish gears of war 3 over the weekend , i finished one and two earlier this month, the trilogy is so damn fun!! once i finish gears of war 3, im starting max payne 3. also playing midnight CLUB LA on the side and hope to beat that within the coming months.

Last night I played some more of Sea of Thieves: Legend of Monkey Island with the guys. Nearing the end now and one of my buddies is sick of it. The puzzles are a bit convoluted, but it's Monkey Island.. it's to be expected.

I decided to give up a couple games this week, such as STALKER and Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay as I was no longer having fun with either of them.

So instead, I decided to pick Project Downfall back up and also start Quake 4. The former I can really only play in short bursts since it's so intense, and the latter has been fun so far but I only played about 30 minutes.

I’m at the very end of Sea of Stars so that has all of my attention this weekend.

New Star GP
Been playing the demo on XBSX, looking forward to the full version releasing March 7th.

Playing Starfield on PS5 and Mario Wonder on Series S. I think that's right 🤔

Actually revisiting Alan Wake on the 360. Great game.

Finished FC Primal Survivor/Expert. Intense and fun.

Playing some Dark Souls 3

Didn't think I'd get any time but I did finally finish up Planet of Lana (wasn't overly impressed surprisingly) and get a few rounds of Brotatoe in.... that game is a lot of fun.

Well this week is a pretty proud WAYP. Because yes as stated in last weeks entry I did play the majority of the week Trails of Cold Steel IV and feel properly stuck in. And not only made good progress I feel but more importantly to me on a personal level I finally did it. After avoiding it for 2+ years I finally went back to FFXIV and conquered the quest I seemingly couldn’t overcome. I hope my Ma is looking down and smiling. As for this week tho oh boy well we got the Super Bowl today and since that means the end of Trails Football Sunday’s as I call them I think I’ll tackle some Cold Steel IV today as well but I definitely wanna dabble in some other Nintendo games this week like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed and Another Code Recollection. Otherwise in terms of Nintendo games I’m looking forward to Mario Vs Donkey Kong at the end of the week but otherwise my main goal is rotating the games previously mentioned and some more Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, Granblue Fantasy Relink and also my goal of the week which is gonna be to see if I can wrap all of the base Endwalker MSQ in FFXIV by next weekend. Which is to say the stuff that came out when Endwalker launched back in 2021 not any of the post Endwalker patches. Anime of the week of course gotta go to the usual beauties like Urusei Yatsura, Mashle, Solo Leveling, Undead Unluck, Shangri La Frontier, and High Card. All absolutely amazing. And of course Podcasts of the week gotta go to Castle Superbeast, Big Think Dimension, Into The Aether, RPGsites Tetracast, Windbreaker, Firelink, Sacred Symbols, Summon Sign, Minnmax and Nextlander. Of course we always gotta give the love and shoutout to my friend over at twitch.tv/akibread who was a major motivator and help in me overcoming Endwalker. As always y’all have a excellent rest of your weekend and Happy Gaming.

Still Baldur's Gate 3 at the moment. I'll be at this one for a while.

I'm in the process of moving house at the moment, so this weekend involved clearing out clutter mostly. But I managed to squeeze in a few hours with Roboquest, which I really enjoyed and some BF2042.... good times!