I’m still playing old games. I’m playing Grim Fandango and Majora’s Mask to be specific. On handhelds. I’m actually have a lot of fun with both. What are you playing this weekend?
Interestingly, I’m playing both of these games on handheld, which I’m really loving. Playing on handhelds just feels different to me. It feels more accessible, feels cleaner, feels like less commitment is required. There’s something different about sitting on a couch and saying ‘okay, time to play video games‘. When you play a handheld there’s that feeling you could walk away at any time. I love that.
Anyway: it’s Majora’s Mask and Grim Fandango for me, and I suspect it’ll stay that way until Bloodborne comes out.
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Forced to go camping. Will smuggle handhelds along 🙁
Do tell! How many and what types? Are you going for the stealth approach of the Vita slim, or the out-and-proud New 3DS XL?
I only own the original of both.
So one vita fat & an old 3DS
Mark you sound like a gaming father, need games that don’t require a lot of time specific investment. Pick up and put down and feel like you can achieve something in 5 minutes or in an hour. It’s why Trials has stuck around for me for so long.
As for this weekend, Really going to put some time into Way of the Machine platinum on Trials Fusion and the latest plats on the DLC and to check out Grow Home. Grabbed it yesterday so keep to fire that up.
I’ll be playing Tales of Graces F and Final Fantasy II pretty much.
I think I’m either going to buy Elite Dangerous or the Star Citizen Alpha. Not sure which though. I really dislike early access and/or paying for pre-published media. This should suggest I would buy Elite Dangerous, but from what I’ve heard Elite has only been released ‘in name’ only and is essentially in a beta state anyway.
Can anyone here testify?
elite dangerous will give u 50 hours of fun
star citizen if u can get past the broken buggy alpha well it will give you a couple of hours maybe more
#IDARB, GTA V and guitar.
flight sims and space flight games
Been getting a few old NES & SNES games on the Wii U of late. Going to try and complete the 1st world of the Wonder Boy clone – Adventure Island.
Old games are brutal.
Dragon ball xenoverse
Yup that’s what I’ll be playing
Evolve and Nosgoth on PC.
Probably some DBZ – Xenoverse and Dying light with some mates as i waited for the physical release, hoping it’s good!
making my way to the 4th dungeon in Majoras Mask
Might replay first ep of Dreamfall Chapters, so I’m refreshed for ep 2 on March 10. There’s a rumour Netflix might launch on Sunday. If that happens? HOUSE OF CARDS!
The most recent Wolfenstein
Such a damn good game. Enjoy it
I really didn’t rate it that much, it’s very solid but just didn’t enjoy it all that much haha might have to re visit it seeing as everyone is saying it’s amazing
Yep, for a shooter I’m surprisingly intrigued by the story so far.
DYING LIGHHHHHHHHHT!
Alan Wake on PC, just about finished the main story I think, then I’ll tackle the special episodes. Also just started playing Bravely Default. My goodness it’s fantastic, and I haven’t even gotten to the 2nd boss battle yet. I really wasn’t sure when I picked it up but I am 100% sold on it.
I’ll probably end up playing some Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze while my son watches too. Dad gaming ftw.
“Oscura: Lost Light” on Steam
PS4 – Driveclub (level 42 and about 60% through the tour stars) and GTAV (The Order if it comes in the post today)
PS3 – Sly Cooper Thieves in Time
Vita – Rainbow Moon, Kick & Fennick
N3DSXL – Bravely Default (and some Kirby on the 2DS if the kids play it).
If I have time, I might go for a NG+ of Tales of Xillia. Or start Xillia 2, or continue Symphonia collection…I think I have a Tales series problem.
I used to play the original Tales of Phantasia and loved the side scrolling combat, are the new ones any good ?
I’d say yes they are, go for it!
Others might disagree…
I’d say try Tales of Vesperia (if you can find a copy… I think it is on Xbox Live, though) on Xbox 360, or Tales of Xillia on PS3. Then, if you like what you’re playing, you can hunt around for the others.
Hmmm that could be an issue 🙁 i only have Wii U, Xbone, ps4 and 3ds haha nooooooo 🙁
You could try and find a copy of Tales of the Abyss 3D for 3DS!
It’s a port of the PS2 game.
Not the only one!
I’m thinking: Hmmmm, do I finish ToX2, ToS:DotNW or ToHR.
Also tempted to replay ToGf or TotA.
No… Finish the others, first.
Hmm continuing latest Civ 5 (Now with BNW, thanks steam sales). Probably a little L4D as well.
Also the usual fortnightly LAN get together for Battlefield.
While I have absolutely no-ones attention, I was considering the serious lack of RPG’s on the PS3. Does anyone have any suggestions, beyond Disgaea, FF13, Valkyria (already have them)?
I should probably get a copy of Ni No Kuni, it’s supposed to be radical, right?
It still surprises (and disappoints) that there are so few RPG’s on the PS3, after the veritable bucketload on the PS2. PS2 really was RPG gaming heaven….
Ni No Kuni is awesome. You can cheese some of it but it’s well worth the time
Thanks for the reply champ, I’m just reading up on it now, but yeah I recall many people going on about how great it was, so I’ve just ordered a copy 🙂
Should be in my grubby little hands early next week.
Ni No Kuni is great. The only other ones I can think of are the Tales games and Kingdom Hearts HD 1/2. There was Star Ocean IV back in the day and probably some others that have faded from memory, like Folklore.
Yeah I have played all the Tales games up to ps2 era, already played KH 1/2 on ps2 as well, good games, but I don’t think worthy of a re-purchase.
Tales games are good, but I find the combat in them to be a bit too action oriented for my tastes, I guess i’m old school in that I prefer turn based, hence only got disgaea, valkyria and ffx13 for ps3.
While I prefer turn based, i’m prepared to for-go it for a change.
The art style in Ni No looks quite similar to the Tales games too, ie cartoony/anime-ish, good stuff.
Last Oceans I played was 3 on the ps2, it was a good game for sure, but again action rpg.
IMO if I want to play a fighting game, i’ll play a fighting game. I prefer turn based for the relaxing nature of battles without “press press press, click quarter turn, press”
.. but like I said, heard some really great things about Ni No so i’ll give it a crack, only $30 brand new these days
Tales of Graces f, Tales of Xillia 1 & 2, Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, Resonance of Fate, Eternal Sonata, Ni No Kuni…
Then there’s other stuff like the Atelier games, Hyperdimension Neptunia games, The Guided Fate Paradox, The Witch and the Hundred Knight, Mugen Souls, and probably other stuff, too.
Good list for me to check out, cheers Mr Raven
Care to elaborate on Resonance and Sonata? Haven’t really heard about them, though the name of one rings a bell as being ‘very hard’ or something…
Unfortunately, I haven’t actually played either… Despite owning one, and I do plan to buy the other.
I can tell you Resonance of Fate was developed by tri-Ace, of Star Ocean fame. They were just purchased by a mobile company too… doomed to forever more create smart phone games. It would be the difficult one, it has quite a complex and challenging battle system from my understanding.
Eternal Sonata was developed by tri-Crescendo, who worked with tri-Ace on a lot of games, they were responsible for the sound. You are inside Polish composer Frédéric Chopin’s dreams, and can play as him… doesn’t that sound, uh, cool?
Anyway, I suggest checking out reviews. Good luck!
thanks mate, appreciate your time 🙂
playing ac:black flag and dbc14 at the moment.
Saturday is gone but hoping to get some Demon Souls in on Sunday in preparation for Bloodborne
HomeWorld and The Sims 3
MMX – nearing the end game I think
Majora’s mask – incredible handheld goodness, such a nostalgia trip too.
Hearthstone for dailies of course.
Skyrim. I need an upgrade, I can’t get new games anymore.
Probably play some Homeworld. A bit of Hand of Fate and Armello will likely crop up. If I’m lucky some Kerbal. Reality will probably be spreadsheets.
Hangin with the girlies this weekend in Melb…only time for a couple of rounds of Marvel Puzzle quest on the airport shuttle lol…
Hunting hunting and more hunting. Damn you Monster Hunter, the addiction is setting in.
Taking a break from Destiny this week since they decided to make the weekly Nightfall a bulletsponge with no elemental burn. Might jump on to grind out the weekly for some strange coins if Xur is selling something good, otherwise I’ll wait.
So, that means my gaming time might be freed up for something else. GalCiv III is half-price on Steam this weekend so that’s extremely tempting. Otherwise, I have plenty of aventure games to get on with – I haven’t touched any since finally finishing Broken Sword Director’s Cut. I need to finish the Blackwell series already!
Finish off the order 1886, then some resident evil revelations 2. Also Leo marvel and Lego batman 3, and maybe some Thomas was alone if I get time.
Also be catching up on game of thrones, should be starting season 3 tonight.
How’s Lego Batman 3? I loved Lego Marvel but I’ve heard it’s not quite as good?
It’s pretty good but they don’t really have an open world section. The Watchtower and Hall of Doom act like New York in Marvel, but instead of being one big area it’s a bunch of smaller ones you travel between. I really liked the game overall though.
Thanks I may pick it up. Going through a DC comics phase right now and this will probably compliment that nicely
It’ll probably be worth it then just for the mini-fig lineup. Adam West is their Stan Lee in Peril which is also delightful.
I’ll be finishing The Order: 1886, which has surprisingly improved immensely towards the middle. I know I trashed it earlier this week in my comments on the review article, however, after you slog through its slow start and boring early chapters, its actually quite good. I’ve gone from definitely getting a refund to keeping it and looking forward to a sequel. I urge anyone to try it (at a reduced price, $79 is a bit steep for a single player campaign only) if you’re on the fence. The story really picks up after the first few chapters and there’s a lot more gameplay.
Kotaku describing it as “a dreary, joyless, lump of a game” is extremely harsh and way off IMO.
Man I was trashing the game too but once I got to just before the rapel section on the Hindenburg airship (forgot its name) it started getting qauite decent.
I stopped regretting my purchase. Maybe this will be a cult following game but I reckon the sequel might do an Assassin’s Creed 2 and take the template and ramp it up.
I’ve got 4 games i’m planning on playing next, i’m not sure what order i’ll play them in but one of these i’ll be playing this weekend.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
Spec Ops: The Line (2012)
Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)
Thief: The Dark Project/Gold (1998)
Since i’m not going to have a lot of time to game this weekend, I’ll probably just grind out some bounties/rifts in Diablo 3.
Might try out some Sniper Elite 3 co-op action tonight, depending on friend’s availability
What platform you playing SE3 on?
Xbox One
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Zombiecide and Catan with some friends tonight, and band rehearsal for most of Sunday.
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Paladin Playthrough
House of the Dead Overkill Extended – don’t enjoy this as much as the original Wii Release
AC Revelations – returned to play Desmond’s memories and The lost archive
Uncharted 3 and Majora’s Mask 3D. Is it wrong that I think Uncharted 3 is better than the first two?
Not wrong, but a little bit wrong. 2 is my preferred title but I liked the other two as well. 🙂
3 is as good as 2 it just didn’t have that wow factor cause it is been there done that. I love 2 more though cause Tibet and snow etc. Reminds me of Tomb Raider 2. Which is funny cause U3 reminds me of Tomb Raider the Last Revelation which is my favourite Tomb Raider.
Some Destiny, if I can find something that needs doing… kinda hit a wall that requires CE gear to actually make anything worth doing… and having trouble finding people with open raid spots. Also tossing up between getting back into EU4 and jumping on DB Xenoverse.
I’m thinking Dragonball Xenoverse for the most part with Destiny bounties scattered through it. The movement controls are a little weird and it feels sort of like a fan game, but so far I’m digging it.
I actually finished Shadow of Mordor last weekend to my unending surprise.
This weekend is more Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and… Maybe I’ll finish off Tales of Xillia 2 or Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World… or Tales of Hearts R.
Maybe none of those.
Trying to finally wrap Dragon Age: Inquisition on ps4. Got to admit I’m a bit over it but I just have to complete the bastard
Playing through the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot from last week’s Humble Bundle. 🙂
Yakuza 4 and Transistor thanks to PS Plus!!!
Tried out Thief and decided it’s not for me.
Dragon Age 🙂 It’s still great. Also/maybe/possibly Act V of Diablo. Might get GTAV for PS4 if someone gets me JB vouchers for my birthday.
Still playing Dragon Age 2. Not a great game but it has its moments.
Unity! (Strums guitar)
Resident Evil: Revelations 2, which is ok so far. Majora’s Mask as soon as I have recharged my 3DS. A bit of Halo 4 maybe. And some Pro Evo 2015 because it really is a massive return to form for the series.
Between going to a 21st, watching GOT and assignments, I don’t have a lot of time this weekend but I’ll play a few DOTA games.
Finished Bioshock Infinite in the week, still not over that amazing ending :O
Majora’s Mask 3DS and Order 1866.
MM is AMAZING. The Order starts of really poo but after a couple of chapters actually gets interesting despite the negativity.
Maybe some Hyrule Warriors too. Someone bought me a Link Amiibo so I wanna try it out.