Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 21-22)

On Series X, I’m having a great time with both Psychonauts 2 and PowerWash Simulator.

Over on PS5, meanwhile, I’m also playing The Last of Us Part I and kinda wishing there was a mod to change Joel’s face to Pedro Pascal (just kidding). I’m just over 15hrs in, so I can’t have too far to go now.

Have a great weekend everyone!

I'm playing Final Fantasy VII Remake. I must admit when I first started this game I did not like it at all, it does have a big learning curve. However the more I played the more I liked it.

Also playing Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. This is also another decent game.

I'm also thinking of starting The Legend of Tianding on Game pass.

Honestly? I have no idea. I started The Great Ace Attorney 2 on PS4, so maybe that.

On Xbox... Hell, I have so many games to choose from. Probably a little My Hero One's Justice here and there and I want to start something short.

This weekend I’m mainly playing NieR: Automata on the Nintendo Switch. I originally played the game on the base PS4 when it first released, and the fact I can now play this game (strictly) in handheld is a miracle. I completed it once but didn’t do any subsequent play throughs, so I’m determined to do that this time around to get the full story of what is considered a masterpiece in the medium.

I’ll also be dabbling into Fire Emblem Engage. I bought it, but I’m still relatively hesitant on it overall. The story seems to be hit or miss for some, along with the characters, but the age-old motto is present: Gameplay is king, and Engage apparently has some of the best combat, if not the best, in the entire series. That said, I hope the story will grip me. Unfortunately, the thing that really sets me off from being completely invested is the character models and presentation — it looks way too mobile-y.

I also purchased Persona 3 Portable on the Nintendo Switch. P4G is one of my favorite games of all time, and P5R is just as good - but I’ve never played P3. I was thinking about playing the game via Xbox Game Pass, but I can’t pass up the convenience and portability. I’m looking forward to getting sucked into another masterful JRPG.

@Chaudy The Legend if TianDing is fantastic. I hope you have a good time with it!

Started playing Harvestella on the Switch after finally beating Persona 5 Royal but wasn’t in the mood TBH so I moved on to Super Mario 3D World which I almost beat already so I’ll be playing Bowser’s Fury after.

Might start Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Gran Turismo 7 or Horizon Forbidden West on my PS5 after.

I also still have High On Life left on the Xbox Series X.

I think I'll play monhun rise this night, and ghost song too 😃

I bought elden ring when it was on sale so I put time and efforts to play this game but I don't have fun playing this game right now, only frustration . No direction, obtuse story, hard to grasp contrôles, lots of missing info , had to watch some youtube guide to help me . I think this game is just not for me and I don't understand why it won so many goty awards.

Persona 5, already well over 100 hours in and going strong

Edit：大家新年快乐 🐰 Happy Chinese New year everybody

Just started spiderman remastered Friday so I'll be busy with that.

@The_Pixel_King There's only 1 Joel and it ain't Pedro Pascal.

Rayman Jungle Run (Windows Phone) - Still enjoying this in bursts.

Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition (Windows Phone) - Just starting this, but I do love me some monkey ball!

Age of Sparta (Windows Phone) - Really fell off with this one.

King of Fighters 15, Breakers Collection, and Monster Hunter Rise.

@hypnotoad I was kidding! 😂 I love the original Joel and Ellie.

I’m mostly playing Marvels Midnight Suns, and some GTA V (story mode, 3rd play through!). I’ve also got right back into Grid Legends, which has quite a sizeable single player career mode which I’m chipping away at. Will also give the Forspoken demo a go ahead of its PS5 release next week.

After playing through Quantum break last weekend I decided to pick up Control this weekend and so far can’t get enough of it. I’m also gradually working my way through High On Life, been a lot of exploring the world they’ve built which for me is probably the best part of the game

On my Switch I'm playing Skyward Sword HD.

Playing Skyrim Anniversary Ed on Survival Mode. I first just wanted to fool around a bit in the game last weekend after finishing Plague Tale Requiem, but not am immersed. This might eat a lot of my time going forward unless I force myself to drop the Survival Mode path. No quick travel means I got to basically run everywhere and that’s makes everything take soooo much longer!

Tried playing NG on Callisto Protocol but game breaking bug has taken away all my weapons - quite amazing they made a terrible game even worse! Makes me look more forward to Dead Space though.

The first Watch Dogs

@CrazyJF oww, how adorable 😊

I'm playing Monster Hunter Rise with a friend of mine, plus when I feel calm Murdered: Soul Suspect

Just beat Hellblade on SX. What a game and looking forward to the sequel.

Plan is to start on Judgement tonight, love yakuza series so this should be right up my alley.

Mostly stuff on switch:

Fire emblem engage
Chained Echoes

On the Xbox front, just playing around with GP titles:

Halo infinite
Need for speed heat

On my PC I've taken a break from Elden Ring as I'm getting my ass kicked by the bosses. Need to grind and level up to improve my chances.
On my Steam Deck: Tomb Raider 2013, Mortal Kombat 9 and Valkyria Chronicles 4.

I will play paper mario 64 on the NSO expansion pass and I'm having a blast with it.

On Xbox series s I will play Immortals fenyx rising, I'm halfway now. When I get bored of Immortals I will play persona 5 Royal. I'm almost done with the first palace.

Playing Monster Hunter World while I wait for Wild Hearts to release next month.

I wish I was playing Lego LOTR. I just found out it was relisted on Steam but no other Platforms, which sucks as it's backwards compatible on Xbox.

I was playing FIST Forged In Shadow Torch over the past week or so but I've dropped it for now in favor of Fire Emblem Engage which is amazing so far

I am on vacation, In the Southest city of the world, I have my Switch with Disco Elysium on it. Can't believe I have waited this much to play this masterpiece.