Last night I did something I thought I’d never do again. I turned on my PS Vita. It was a crazy experience, but I don’t regret it for a second. I turned it on to play Hotline Miami. I’d played a bit of this on PC, but I really wanted to go through the entire thing and I felt as though the PS Vita was as good a vehicle as any. I was right.
Goddamn, Hotline Miami is amazing on the PS Vita. I’d wager it’ll be the only thing I do this weekend until I finish it. I’m abandoning The Last Of Us for this. That’s what I’m doing this weekend. Playing Hotline Miami. And when I’m done with that I’ll probably head straight on to Thomas Was Alone which I also picked up last night.
It feels strange to write: but I am really excited about my PS Vita right now.
Comments
80 responses to “What Are You Playing This Weekend”
Halo 4…Team Action Sack, Griffball & SWAT…I’m on form atm, if anyone wants to join me I’ll be logging a fair few hours this weekend. – jackunit13 (Australia.)
XCOM, plus I’m going to play through some of the new BL2 DLC with a mate. Also might stream some Crusader Kings 2 and play Magic 2014 on the tablet
I’ve still got the second half of The Last of Us to go and I’m still enjoying it, even if the part I was enjoying the most seems to have faded somewhat.
Got Company of Heroes 2 as well, plodding along through the campaign there. Definitely not as well crafted a campaign as SC2 but still fun.
Finally, BOARD GAMES. I have people coming over tomorrow and I expect we’ll be playing 7 Wonders, Last Night on Earth and probably a whole lot more. Last time this happened, we played for 11 hours and then backed up and played more board games the next day. That won’t happen this time but still, plenty of board games to be played.
Animal Crossing. Like I do every other minute of every day…
halp me…
no
Deadpool, Deadpool, Deadpool.
Gonna pick it up on my way to work in a few hours and get stuck into it when I get home tonight.
Probably put my NG+ of The Last Of Us on hold. I might pick up Hotline Miami too, but I’ve got the feeling I’ll be too busy with Deadpool.
Hopefully beat Persona 4 Golden. I’m up to the last boss (I think). After that? I might actually continue my Dragon’s Dogma save (playing a Magick Knight or whatever they are called), I wanna see what they changed since the original game, and possibly pick up Deadpool and see if it’s any good.
Oh right, and my daily routine of Animal Crossing. (Thanks @sughly)
Currently running through a second playthrough of P4G. Non story spoilers below.
Beware, the ‘giant eye’ boss can be the last boss, but not if you want the ‘golden’ endingWarning Spoilers! DO NOT CLICK IF YOU AREN’T UP TO THE FINAL BOSS!
Ohhh, I’m currently fighting Adachi / Shadow Adachi. Is there anything I should be wary about to get the “Golden” ending?Just finish it, keep a save handy and redo it later.
It’s best to see all endings for the feels
Walkthrough. If you REALLY want to get the golden ending, then walkthrough.
Deadpool, Company of Heroes 2, Ride To Hell : Retribution
You gonna download Ride To Hell? I noticed it’s up on the PSN but the EB Games site says it’s not out till July the 4th.
DO NOT BUY THAT GAME. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT BUY THAT GAME. it is the worst game i’ve ever played. i picked it up from US PSN and its just BAD. (Retribution)
That’s one reason why I will always buy a boxed copy over a digital download. If it’s a great big steaming turd then I can take it back and get something else (if I got it at EB) or sell it and get some money back. With a digital download you’re stuck with it.
well if it sucks ill be glad i didnt waste any money at all on it, if its good, ill buy it
I’ll be playing the new BL2 content with friends as well as Pokemon Black 2 (On the final stretch to the champion’s league) and Atelier Rorona.
ZELDA OOT on the 3DS! \o/
The Last of Us – I am about 4 or 5 hours in at the moment on Hard. Loving it, pretty difficult in some stages.
Trials Evolution – Only just got it, addictive as hell. Must beat everything with Gold for now.
The Binding of Issac – Have only just started playing this a bit, got it on the macbook, so whenever I am out with the laptop thats the game to play.
Trials Evolution. *nods*
Crusader Kings II with the newest Game of Thrones mod.
“Our blades are sharp!”
Woo CK2!
apparently Essos is in the process of being added to the AGOT mod….!
I’ve not d’loaded the mod yet- The base game suckered me in enough!
im dreading Europa Universalis IV… more time stolen from my life 😉
It’s okay to like the Vita.
No it isn’t.
Says the guy who has clocked up 80+ hours in Persona 4 Golden alone.Oh.
Oh!OH!
80? Didn’t you start last week?
WOOOOH!
Uncharted 2 and God of War 3. Love my PS3 🙂
Last of Us – such an awesome experience!
Metal Gear Solid 2 HD on Vita – finding it a little bit ‘meh’ at the moment.
Hotline Miami on Vita – pretty awesome but guessing it controls easier with mouse and keyboard.
Yeah, I found MGS2 on Vita a bit ‘meh’ too. 3 is better, but still getting some ‘meh’ vibes. Dropped it in favour of Soul Sacrifice, will have to finish it off at some point.
downvote cos I am sad 🙁
Why are you sad, Jimu?
The realisation that no matter what I do will amount to less than zero in an infinite timeline…
Oh, and cos you think SS is better than MGS 2.
Oh well.
indeed
Hmm, quite.
indubitably
Love the VR missions on MGS 2 HD, bought it for Vita specifically to play them cos the pile of PS3 games stops me playing them there.
The Last of Us. I haven’t been able to play it during the week so I’m going to knuckle down and try and get it done on the weekend before I get spoiled.
Oh, and a friend wants to play Tiny Tina’s Dragon Keep, so I’ll do some Borderlands 2, I suppose.
I’ve saved up all the BL2 DLC to do an epic playthrough, so I’m going on a BL2 binge just as soon as I finish The Last of Us.
I did the Captain Scarlett DLC but I din’t do the Torgue or Big Game Hunt ones, despite getting them in the season pass. This one looks pretty great though.
State of Decay.. (downloaded it using a US Xbox profile). the game is like crack!
and also some Dead Island. Picked up the GOTY edition a few months ago, despite the average reviews it’s actually a lot of fun! Will probably pickup RipTide later.
So yeah.. A lot of zombie killing for me.
Like crack? I heard the problem was it had crack in it 😛
hah good one. One of the drugs in it is Amphetamines, which helps to boost your stamina so you can go on a 24 hour zombie killing spree.
but yeh, the RPG and RTS elements of the game really draws u in, as well as the open world randomness that can occur.
Well, tomorrow I’ll be playing poker with some guys from work and drinking a butt tonne of whiskey … so sunday will probably be spent playing something quiet and relaxing, like Vanquish
The Last of Us multiplayer. Havent had this much fun online in a long time. just wish more people played!
Also some State of Decay. Cant believe it got refused classification here!
@markserrels, do you have Guacamelee? Wondering if a PS Vita purchase would be worthwhile for that game, it sounds quite good. But I’m struggling to find much else on Vita to tempt me unless it was used for PSP games.
As for what I’m playing, it’ll be Rift now that its F2P.
Guacamelee is amazing! 😀
Uncharted 3 (playing through for the first time) then after I finish that, The Last of Us. It’s going to be a good weekend.
Most likely… Pokemon Black 2, of all things. My first pokemon game since Crystal, decided to try it purely for the nostalgia. As someone that, even when playing Gold and Crystal felt that those 100 new-fangled pokemon were unnecessary and weird… the addition of some 450 over the original set is somewhat overwhelming…
Might get some Last of Us NG+ in. For the record, you just have to complete every chapter on a difficulty to unlock NG+ for that difficulty, so as I had upped to Hard during the third chapter, I only had to redo the first three chapters to unlock NG+ Hard mode.
Deadpool and BL2 DLC – though last night a friend and I discovered that there is a glitch in it that stops you levelling up. Was not amused.
And I’ll be trying to figure out what has gone wrong with FTB, NEI is showing no items and I frequently forget that if I try to search for something it crashes the client.
Continuing my second play through of The Last Of Us on Survivor difficulty.
And probably a bit of Pro Evolution Soccer 2013. If I finish The Last Of Us then I’ll download Hotline Miami and give that a shot, too.
I’ve got to get the last of the star coins in New Super Luigi U.
Then I’m not sure. I need to finish Luigi’s Mansion 2 and I should probably play through Bioshock Infinite.
Knytt Underground – PSVita
Devil Survivor Overclocked – 3DS
Tekken Revolution – PS3
Oh yeah!
Company of Heroes 2, Arma 3 Beta and Hotline Miami on Vita. Also, Crusader Kings 2 – if I can get over the sheer terror of looking at such an in-depth game. *looks at @redartifice*
I have Muramasa Rebirth for Vita sitting there too, but maybe not just yet.
Ha! You ended up getting it afterall. Sweet!
Splinter Cell: Conviction and Valkyria Chronicles II.
Upvote for VC2. Not as good as the first, but still a great game. Now all we need is a VC3 port. For Vita.
Agreed, I’m already on the final chapter (December).
They improved a number of things but they also seriously fumbled in other areas like the stupid individual promotions, no in-game saves, random difficulty spikes and a storyline that was clearly padded. Plus, it’s way too much of a grindfest.
Definitely not worth a second playthrough, I’m hoping to finish it off this weekend and get started on Resident Evil 2 & FF9 on my PSP.
Loved the first one though.
Finished my hard playthrough of The Last of Us last night. So onto Survivor NG+ next. What an amazing game. I’m really looking forward to playing it through again.
Oh and I played Thomas Was Alone just recently. Great little game. Well worth playing
I just went straight to Survivor after finishing it on normal. Survivor makes normal feel like some endless bounty of ammo and supplies just constantly raining down from the heavens to fill my guns and backpack. Also, and I haven’t done a headcount or anything so I may be wrong, but it feels like survivor mode has a higher clicker-to-runner ratio than normal difficulty although the actual number of infected seems to be fairly consistent.
If I play it a third time (and I’m sure I will) I think I’ll drop back to easy just so I can enjoy the story without all the stress 😛
DKCR 3D – It just arrived in the mail from OGS and with a voucher it was like ridiculously cheap.
BTW, did anyone else noticed OGS new site design? Looks much better IMO.
Yeah, saw that today. Looks good but wasn’t able to sort available options, for instance, I wanted to just look at PS3 games but I couldn’t, I had to look at all the games in the 2 for 54 sale :-/
I’ll be into my NG+ on The Last Of Us and also giving Hotline Miami a try.
Funny you talk about PS Vita I’m actually considering buying one. With PS+ being so awesome in giving you lots of games, I wouldn’t have to buy a lot of games to keep me entertained.
Mark, I had a similar revelation with my PS Vita recently. I turned it on and downloaded some of the PS+ games I had accumulated in recent months. Next thing I know hours have passed and I’ve been completely caught up in some great games that are perfect for the Vita.
The indie style games are great. Sine Mora, Velocity Ultra and Thomas was alone are all fantastic. It’s made me realise that the Vita is perfect for these type of games. They are a perfect fit for the system and the beautiful OLED screen makes them shine.
I really think the Vita can shine as a Indie machine and eventual companion device for the PS4. Some of these games could obviously be ported to iOS/Android but the physical buttons on the PSVita makes it better suited to those games. And with the PSVita 3G on sale at most places for $249 with a game it’s a no brainer for PS+ subscribers.
I’ve been contemplating getting one for the last week or so. But there still doesn’t seem to be that many good games compelling me to make the plunge.
249 with game is a great price, but I was wondering if there would be a further drop. I ultimately want to get it for the ps4 cross play stuff, but I don’t know if I can hold out much longer :p
Flying back from Singapore tonight, get back early Saturday morning, and probably get home and crash for a bit before setting up my OUYA which I’ve been told finally arrived! Then probably play some Tales of Graces and some Marvel Heroes. I have a lot of games to catch up on! Business trips kill gaming time.
Deadpool and State of Decay. I was waiting for SoD Aus release, but looks like that won’t happen so picked it up from the US last night.
Away from video games, going to try Marvel Heroic RPG, Quarriors and Batman Strategy Game. Love me some dice
A lot of people planning to play TLOU NG+, can’t honestly say I’m in that much of a rush to replay it.
I’ve been recently replaying GTA IV so I might finish that, unsure if I’ll do the episodes, apart from that it’s up in the air.
I’ve been replaying GTA IV too!
This weekend, I think I’ll wrap up BF3; It’s run its course. So one last scrim with a few mates.
If Last of Us arrives, I’ll get into that. Otherwise I plan on getting a few emulators / roms up and ready
for the Ouya when that arrives.
With GTA V around the corner it’s hard to not replay it 🙂 hopefully your TLOU arrives it’s a great game definitely a GOTY contender.
The Last of Us for me (almost halfway through), more KH BBS Final Mix Secret bosses fun and insanity, and Fire Emblem: Awakening.
I’m pretty late to the party but I’ll be spending my weekend trying to advance through the boss fight at Anor Londo.
Company of Heroes 2, World of Tanks and tonight I’ve got some sweet Call of Cthulhu action.
Oh and OH GOD OH GOD WHY DID I POST A SALE FOR MY BRAND NEW BUSINESS. Is that a game?
Star Wars The Old Republic and Deadpool on PC
SWTOR – Double XP Weekend! BOOM
Call of Juarez – Gunslinger on Hard
Dark Souls and Brutal Legend.
Just picked up Dark Souls. Looking forward to it.
Played a little bit of Brutal Legend. Ashamed I didn’t grab this love letter to metal closer to release.