What Are You Playing This Weekend?

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January 13, 2012 at 11:00 am

Skyward Sword. I’m so close to the end. I think. Hopefully this weekend I’ll manage to knock it over and move on with my life! But what what are you guys planning to play this weekend?

Despite enjoying Skyward Sword quite a bit, it’s probably one of my least favourite in the series (excluding the DS efforts). The world is just lacking any real sense of place, and the constant content padding is a little frustrating. That said — I’ve really enjoyed the ways Skyward Sword has deviated from the Zelda formula. Particularly with the characterization of Zelda herself, there’s a genuine charm to that. In a lot of ways Skyward Sword really pushes Zelda to new heights, but it feels flawed in so many areas. I really hope Nintendo moves forward with the things that game does right.

Anyway, that’s enough of my ranting. If I finish Zelda, I might get straight back into Skyrim, continue playing To The Moon, or make a real go at Dark Souls. I haven’t quite decided yet…

What are you guys playing this weekend?

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Batguy

January 13, 2012 at 11:02 am

Finally going to finish Skyward Sword. Got the end boss a couple of nights ago and failed a few times (!!), so now I’m going back to collect a few more heart containers and fill up some bottles. This time I will be fully prepared! It’s probably not actually that tough once I learn the trick, but dying while trying to learn that trick is very frustrating…

Also going to play some Rayman Origins and Portal Wombat* that arrived from the UK during the week 🙂

*Not its real name.

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1. Batguy
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:06 am
  
  And re: Zelda. We already discussed that there’s too much flab to extend the game – unskippable dialogs, stupid stealth sections, long boring bird flights back and forth, revisiting areas for the sake of it, etc – but I realised that the other thing that has really bothered me is the dumbing down to make it playable by everybody has ruined the sense of discovery. Yes, I probably would have worked out that I had to go there or do that IF YOU HADN’T TOLD ME THE INSTANT I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT. *sigh*
  
  Still, you’re right, it does some things really well. I particularly love the sword fighting, they got that absolutely spot on (though shame about the harp playing and the balancing sections).
  
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  1. Nick L
    
    January 13, 2012 at 11:22 am
    
    You shoukld really check out Mortal Kombat. It’s similat to Portal Wombat, i think you’d really dig it.
    
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2. Blake
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:54 am
  
  Red Potion++’s are really good.
  
  Also if you haven’t gotten the shiny shield from the thunder dragon consider doing that.
  
  And remember you don’t need any bigger quivers or bomb bags or rupee medals or whatever in your pouch, just life medals, a shield, and potions.
  
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  1. Batguy
    
    January 13, 2012 at 11:59 am
    
    Way ahead of you on everything you’ve mentioned except the “shiny shield”. I have the upgraded Goddess shield, but didn’t realise there was an even better one. Thanks. To the dragon!
    
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  2. Benny
    
    January 13, 2012 at 3:45 pm
    
    Fairies in bottles FTW.
    
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Trjn

January 13, 2012 at 11:07 am

Starcraft 2 and possibly more Starcraft 2.

I recently got in touch with an old friend from high school that I used to play a lot of co-op gaming with. Turns out that he’s quite the fan of SC2. His prompting get me to play a handful of 2v2 games with him, which helped me get over my ladder anxiety and do my first 1v1 placement match last night.

This weekend, I want to finish my placement matches and see if I can end up in anything other than Bronze league. If I do end up in Bronze… well, then I have a rather clear goal for the next few weeks.

That and there will be Kotakuians who seem keen on doing some team game madness.

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1. Slyph
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:20 am
  
  I really would love to take on some more 2v2 multi in SC2, but once I start climbing those ladders, I can’t stop! Almost killed my (then) fledgling marriage :/
  
  Haven’t touched it since….
  
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  1. Dionysus
    
    January 13, 2012 at 12:38 pm
    
    I’m a gold toss and I mostly 4v4 these days…
    I like trying different/stupid things otherwise I get bored and you just can’t do that in 1v1 or else I get crushed by either Mutas or marine/marauder..
    
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2. Ynefel
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:56 am
  
  Oh by the way Trjn, my Battletag is Ynefel#1812
  
  Will probably be on later tonight and possibly at various points on the weekend. I might see if you guys have any 2v2, 3v3 games on the go! I have promised to do my 5 1v1 placements this weekend, irrespective of the outcome or my levels of suck.
  
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  1. Trjn
    
    January 13, 2012 at 11:58 am
    
    Most excellent.
    
    I don’t know if I gave my name/character code in the other thread (Trjn.643) but feel free to add me and send a message if you see me on.
    
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Sam

January 13, 2012 at 11:07 am

If possible To The Moon should be played in one sitting imo, but obviously that can’t work for everyone. Amazing game though, that and Nier are the only times this generation I think I’ve been genuinely close to tears.

I shall be playing some Old republic, probably some lol, symphony of the night if i can get it working again, and might start a 6th Human Revolution playthrough.

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1. Dmoli
  
  January 13, 2012 at 12:02 pm
  
  I do also need to get that and have a go at it.
  
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Braaains

January 13, 2012 at 11:07 am

Picked up Just Cause 2 on sale off PSN so I’ll give that a crack, and a bit of Battlefield 3, hopefully.

I want to go back to Dark Souls, but I’m too scared 🙁

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1. NotheMama
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:30 am
  
  I feel your pain on Dark Souls! Im only up to the Bell Gargoyle & keep getting my ass handed to me! Im scared to go back, fear of failure lol
  
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Shane

January 13, 2012 at 11:10 am

Hmm, I haven’t played any games for almost two weeks. Just realised that!

Demon’s Souls is still atop the list. I don’t think anything else will edge its way in for now.

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Glenn

January 13, 2012 at 11:11 am

SWTOR, Alpha Protocol (still waiting for Headbutt to appear) and Bulletstorm if Alpha Protocol ceases to interest me.

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Blood Apathy

January 13, 2012 at 11:17 am

SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM SKYRIM

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Matthew K

January 13, 2012 at 11:21 am

Probably some Saints Row, still chasing 100% completion (currently at 96!). I’m having friends over for a beleted birthday party for my wife (she’s sick of sharing her b’day with New Years because it falls on January 2nd) so I don’t imagine I’ll spend any time in Minecraft this weekend.

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HotDamn!

January 13, 2012 at 11:21 am

Maybe, just maybe some ‘rim tonight. But otherwise it’s going to be a busy-busy weekend of social fun. My ladyfan’s 30th Birthday party tomorrow evening.

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1. HotDamn!
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:23 am
  
  Oo…she probably won’t appreciate me saying it’s her 30th. You know chicks and age etc. Ah well, she won’t be reading this anyway. I hope.
  
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GentlemanJ

January 13, 2012 at 11:22 am

Just got my new Tritton headset so might get into some Battlefield 3. Need to get the last few acheivements in Rayman as well. Oh and picked up Bulletstorm real cheap so that will be a bit of fun.

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Lone Wolf

January 13, 2012 at 11:23 am

Recently actived the three months of free xbox gold membership
I got when I sent in my xbox after it red ringed. Over a year ago, now.

So I will be getting as much use out of it as possible, starting with Gears of War 3 horde, Dead Island and Assassin’s Creed Revelations. Might also put Dark Souls in and see what online functionality adds.

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masha2932

January 13, 2012 at 11:24 am

Maybe some red faction guerrilla or saints row 2. I’m getting sandbox game vibe this weekend.

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Hyperthx

January 13, 2012 at 11:25 am

Skyrim

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MrGaz

January 13, 2012 at 11:30 am

Starting my 2nd play through on Uncharted 3 and maybe more Sonic Generations.

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Stu

January 13, 2012 at 11:31 am

Got my lil cousin over tonight, so it’ll probably be some online Uncharted 3 goodness. I might hook my PC up to my tv and try coax him in to playing some co-op Serious Sam 3 with me. 🙂

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Ynefel

January 13, 2012 at 11:32 am

More Dragon Quest Monsters 2 Joker (my old DSi XL has been getting some new love because of this game, loving it so far). Picked up Dartksiders for $19 off PSN last night – been meaning to have a go at that game for a long time. It just got left by the wayside.

After some motivation from Trjn, I might see if I can harden the hell up and go do my 1v1 placement matches on SC2. Performance anxiety be damned.
Also try and find time to go catch up with a mate I haven’t seen for a month or two for a couple of beers. Then maybe some more study.

Two days is NOT long enough for a weekend.

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Strange

January 13, 2012 at 11:32 am

*sighs* More Fable 3.
I feel obligated to see it through to the end nut I’m just not having much fun.

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1. Batguy
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:39 am
  
  Yeah I enjoyed Fable II much more. I would offer to keep you company in multiplayer, but I don’t think you have gold?
  
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  1. Strange
    
    January 13, 2012 at 11:48 am
    
    No Gold. Plenty of in-game Gold though, wish I could trade that for something useful, I’m like a bazillionaire! 😛
    
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    1. Batguy
      
      January 13, 2012 at 11:58 am
      
      Stupid XBL. It’s so much better than the PSN, but it costs money so it’s not universal. Such a shame.
      
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2. GFresh
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:42 am
  
  I felt the same way. played as a good char the whole way through and couldn’t be bothered grinding towards the end to help out everyone
  
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El Kapitan

January 13, 2012 at 11:34 am

Help me out Kotaku. Nearing the end of Arkham Asylum (Poison Ivy Fight), and, while I have Arkham City, I don’t want to start it right now, mainly because I like to switch up game genres after every game (avoids me not experiencing a game fully because genre/IP conventions are repeated). I’ve narrowed down my choices for next game to play, which i’ll likely be starting this weekend:

– Saints Row 3 (leaning towards this at the moment)
– GTA IV
– Dead Space
– Bastion
– New Vegas

Of course i’d be happy for recommendations not from this list, as my wallet was (like many others) crushed by the Steam sale.

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1. Trjn
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:56 am
  
  Of those games, I’d say Bastion is probably the top of the list. It’s the only game I’ve played where I jumped straight into New Game Plus after finishing it.
  
  It’s rather short (5-6 hours), so if you don’t get dragged into NG+ you can knock it out rather quickly too.
  
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2. James Mac
  
  January 13, 2012 at 12:00 pm
  
  Saints Row 3.
  
  It starts off feeling like less of Saints Row 2… but by the end, HOLY MOTHERLOVING JESUS!
  
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3. Pixel the Ferret Viking
  
  January 13, 2012 at 12:09 pm
  
  if you plow through it, you can knock over deadspace reasonably quickly as well… it is a good game that i am quite fund off, but i like my Scifi Survival Horrors 😛
  
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Lobo

January 13, 2012 at 11:35 am

What are your thoughts on To the Moon, Serrels?

I’ll be hitting some SWTOR, maybe AC, but I want to replay The Darkness to do a write up before the sequel.

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Slyph

January 13, 2012 at 11:37 am

Finally got Ass Creed Rev, and it’s wonderful 🙂

Seriously, people whined about the tower defence, the “same-ness”, the sound of the hook blade. Silly, silly people. It’s really good, and I’m looking forward to completing the shit out of it in the next few weeks!

Oh, and IF I get bored (not likely in the next few days), I’ve still got a half completed game of Dead Space 2 and about 3 million quests on the go in Skyrim.

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Tristan Damen

January 13, 2012 at 11:39 am

Just bought a clutch of GCN games from a friend. So I’m thinking Windwaker this weekend.

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Gus

January 13, 2012 at 11:42 am

1 cheeve left to 100% Portal 2, prety excited!
Then probably Saints Row 3, Skyrim and Uncharted 3. 🙂

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NotheMama

January 13, 2012 at 11:42 am

Shadows Of The Damned. Finally tried it during the week & absolutely love it!! Its straight up insane, & an insane amount of fun! Better than Gears 3 & Uncharted 3 in my book, by a mile (yep I went there!)
Also some MW3 online, Alice: Madness Returns, & GTA 4 online. Gonna try out the FF XIII-2 & Asura’s Wrath demo’s too.

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1. Gus
  
  January 13, 2012 at 12:42 pm
  
  Shadows Of The Damned is awesome!
  
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Slap Dash

January 13, 2012 at 11:48 am

SWTOR, in-between on call for work 🙂

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Steve0

January 13, 2012 at 11:49 am

Nation Red is free on Steam this weekend (also 75% off), thats where I’ll be spending my weekend.

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1. Lobo
  
  January 13, 2012 at 11:58 am
  
  I love Nation Red.
  
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Ben

January 13, 2012 at 11:49 am

God of war collection. Going to see how far through I can push in a weekend session. Think I’m going to make a list of games and see how many I can knock off before the titles this year start hitting.

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Wynstyn

January 13, 2012 at 11:50 am

Was planning on playing uncharted 3 over the weekend, but i dunno, just not really enjoying it for some reason. So might knock off the end of The Wire season 4 (4 episodes so thats a good half day) and then either drop in to EB for SWTOR or go through Dead Space 2 again (got a hankering for it for some reason).

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Lillee

January 13, 2012 at 11:57 am

I am abit lost now that I’ve finished with Skyrim…

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Dmoli

January 13, 2012 at 11:59 am

I aim to finish Skyward Sword also, in between playing some SW:TOR. Starting Skyrim will probably follow after that’s done.

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James Mac

January 13, 2012 at 12:03 pm

SW:TOR, a few moments of Forza4, a little Call of Duty and maybe some Deus Ex /o\ or Rage..

Plus I’m helping my sister move out of my house \o/.

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Paul Houlihan

January 13, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Old Republic. Still loving it halfway to the level cap.

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Pixel the Ferret Viking

January 13, 2012 at 12:14 pm

i shall build my new machine like it was Lego without a instruction manual, and will then proceed into this game that everyone keeps talking about…
what’s it called again?
Cloud-…. no not cloud… s… ska… sky- yeah that’s it… Sky-something….

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1. James Mac
  
  January 13, 2012 at 12:48 pm
  
  Skylanders?
  
  I heard some guy got sued for building one of those machines.
  
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MrBS

January 13, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Ar Tonelico II for me now that I’ve finsihed my *sigh* paragon run of ME2.

For those who say ‘I cant play evil’ etc! I submit the video below 😀

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Crazyguy1990

January 13, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Going to try and finish Pandemonium!
Curse you, password save system!

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ba!

January 13, 2012 at 12:48 pm

Same deal as Marky Serrels, I’ve been hitting some Skyward and needed a couple day break from the elaborate series of left turns.
End is in sight (i assume) so i’d love to finish the game off this weekend.

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BlueMaxima

January 13, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Skyrim, FNV, F3, Oblivion, Morrowind. Whatever I get around to.

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Trex

January 13, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Dead Island and Bf3, possibly some DoW2 Retribution.

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mr peir

January 13, 2012 at 1:10 pm

I’m finally going to play the two half life episodes i don’t know why i never played them but im looking forward to it

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brent3000

January 13, 2012 at 1:16 pm

Star Wars The Old Republic 😀

Should be getting my Mount in time for the weekend 😀

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Damo

January 13, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Undecided, something from my current backlog of: Saints Row The Third, Demon’s Souls, Crysis 2, Red Dead Redemption or Duke Nukem Forever (don’t hate me, I couldn’t resist Duke for $15). Duke and Red Dead still unopened. So many games, so little time! 🙁

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1. James Mac
  
  January 13, 2012 at 2:46 pm
  
  Saints Row!
  
  Saints Row Dammit!
  
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Robert Janssen

January 13, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Probably check out the Final Fantasy XIII-2 demo as well as getting a bit further in AC:Revelations. Also may play a bit of Xenoblade if I get the chance.

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Nate

January 13, 2012 at 2:00 pm

DURATION GEESE

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MrTaco

January 13, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Was hoping to get a bunch of NES games in the mail, but no such luck. Sif take over a week to get here from Queensland…

Did have my copy of Virtual Fishing arrive. I guess I could play that? 😛

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Nyska

January 13, 2012 at 2:21 pm

I’ll be devoting the weekend to finishing Dark Souls. I’ve sunk over 20 hours into it so far and died probably over 100 times, but god dammit I won’t let it make me its bitch!

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Marathon

January 13, 2012 at 2:48 pm

Neverwinter Nights 2 and Witcher 2. Lots of 2’s.

Also a bit of conquering Syria in Combat Mission as the turns of a big meta campaign I’m a part of are processed.

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Jon Snow

January 13, 2012 at 3:26 pm

SC2, need to put some serious time into my 1v1. Wanna get back into Plat after letting my self slip back go gold =(

Might finish dowloading the client for SWTOR and have ago at my first MMO.

Ps. anyone want to 1v1 it’s Bildo on the SEA gold Toss =)

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Ben J

January 13, 2012 at 4:13 pm

Dark souls came yesterday, but I’m not playing it until I finish skyward sword! So that’s on my agenda.
I should really focus on finishing all the games I’ve bought but never touched, but I can’t help buying more games when they’re so cheap!

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Higgsinspace

January 13, 2012 at 8:11 pm

Crysis 2 has been taking up space on my HDD. I think I’ll chew some of that off.

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N0NEoftheAB0VE

January 13, 2012 at 11:03 pm

I gota try and beat that first boss in Deus Ex HR; Also GTAIV is looking good.

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