The weekend is here, what are you playing?

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It's been something of a quiet week in the gaming space, with the deluge of big hitters trying to find their place before GTA 6 launches really kicking off next week. Even so we've had some good releases; Valheim got its 1.0 release, there's a new Legend of Heroes game, and Mewgenics found its way onto the Switch 2. Coming into the weekend now, what are you playing? Are you keeping yourself occupied with new games, or digging deep into the backlog?

On my side of the fence it's a heck of a lot of Monster Hunter, specifically the English translation of Portable 3rd on the PSP. It's something of a culture shock to go back to a game that doesn't have a target camera, but at the very least Portable 3rd has a lot of the modern-ish niceties that at least minimise the friction a touch. I just fought my first Qurupeco in maybe ten years though and can soundly say that deserved to be left behind in the third generation. It is abhorrent. Beyond that though, I'm also grabbing my partner where available to smash through Orbitals on the Switch 2. I'll keep my thoughts light here with me planning to put together a video and write up for it, but hey, it's pretty great.

Let us know how you're getting on this weekend.
 
Worthy choice! Visions was overall a good wholesome time too.
Visions of Mana is a game I have to finish, I like it a lot as well!

I hope it comes to Switch 2 even as a game key card, as controversial as that is to say... I just want it portable lol
(Though to be honest, I rarely buy game key cards. I have my reasons to have bought the couple of 'em I have already)
 
I’m told that it’s basically Witcher 3, but sucks. Is that correct (:creep:)? Jokes aside, it looks interesting, it’s on my radar.
It's not bad at all, it could feel somehow like The Witcher in some points, but there are definitely some mechanics that make it very different. For example the fact that you spent half the time as a vampire which has different controls, skill tree, powers, and whatnot.
I haven't gotten very far yet but it's a very good looking game and entertaining too.
 
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I am working on an old favorite, Golden Sun. I made it into Crossbone Isle last night, my favorite place in the whole series. I am replaying this on my newly refurbished PSP with a 2024 IPS screen. My Golden Sun ROM is modded with a QoL mod to remove almost all of the cutscene dialogue. I am having a great time.
 

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Ever since DLSS5 leaked, I've been replaying pretty much anything and everything to see how it behaves. Seems like 360 era stuff really benefits the most from my perspective, so been playing through Tomb Raider Underworld again. Looks insane!
 
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Love this new series Scarelt, with gaming news not being most exciting these past few years (at least for me) I think this is best thing to focus on. And besides I have been curious about what everyone else plays here anyway so this is perfect.

This past month I've been blasting through telltales walking dead definitive series, completed first 3 seasons + DLCs and started playing final season yesterday. First season is very good, second is good, third is meh and DLCs also meh, but the reason why this series hold very special place in my heart is all because of final season, in fact I loved it so much back in the day that yesterday around in the middle of first episode I stood in game looking up at pink skies and just staring, listening to soundtrack in background.

Hype train was deserved back in the day when first season came out, over the years with subsequent entries I liked it less and less and to have final season that was masterpiece in every way was something I never expected, but it was the perfect closure I didn't know I needed. Around that time I had been grown apathetic towards new shows and games, I was not getting that spark of excitement towards anything like when I was a kid, fair to say final season is what reignited my enthusiasm in gaming at time. It was also sort of time capsule in late 2019 because I watched playthrough on Pewdiepie channel (my 3rd gen i3 obivously couldn't run the game) like good old days.


I’ve also been playing some other games in between longer story based games, mostly when I just want something more casual for a bit. I like having something I can jump into without needing to remember exactly where I left off in a big campaign, and I’ve been checking out http://casinoholyspin.biz/ and some casino games for that reason. It’s pretty different from something like The Walking Dead, but sometimes I just want a game I can play for a little while without getting too invested in the story.

I know what you mean about a game bringing that excitement back after you’ve started feeling a bit burned out on new releases. The Walking Dead seems like a really good one for that, especially if you already have memories of watching playthroughs back when your PC couldn’t run it. I haven’t played the whole series myself, but I’ve been playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance lately. It’s been keeping me busy, although I’ve also been tempted to go back to some older games lately. There’s something nice about replaying games you remember from years ago, especially when the soundtrack or certain scenes bring back that whole period of your life.
 
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