Having just returned from some travels around Europe, I’m afraid this WWP takes the easy way out and just presents the words straight from the horses’ mouths. Sorry, it’s late and I’ve got to be up for work in a few hours.
At the weekend I did have some time to play Gran Turismo 5.5 6 and while very GT, I’m not convinced that it offers enough new to justify being called a new game, feeling more like an expansion pack that adds a bit of UI polishing. Will that stop me playing it for hours on end? No, most definitely not.
As if GT6 didn’t give me enough cars to drive, I also downloaded Need for Speed: Rivals on my PS4. I’m looking for an early-in-the-generation replacement for the itch that Burnout Paradise scratched and it might just fit the bill as an accessible arcade racer. I’ve only played about an hour but like what I’ve seen so far.
Rivalries on tarmac and grass sum up much of Blair’s gaming this week too:
I’ve not had much variety in my gaming this week – it’s mostly been FIFA 14 on PS4, which I’ve played online with a couple of friends but mainly with my flatmate, who seems to constantly win. I think he’s cheating.
I did fit in an hour or so of Need for Speed: Rivals in there, which looks brilliant and plays pretty well – I love the AllDrive online stuff, and then I teamed up with Tuffcub, Peter, Aran and person678 to play a little bit of Killzone Shadow Fall online. It’s really great when your team is communicating and completing objectives.
And aside from those, just Loads of Uni Work.
Guess what the first game Peter mentions is?
I’ve been playing Killzone Shadow Fall, which surprised me because I really enjoyed the multiplayer with Blair, Tuffcub and Aran. The single player campaign is very disappointing to begin with but once you get out of that stupid forest, it really picks up and I’m looking forward to getting back into it a bit more.
Aside from that, I played the tutorials of NBA 2K14 and then I was still completely unable to play an actual game of it. I might need to go back to that and practice a bit more.
With two name checks already I doubt we can rely on Tuffcub to surprise us:
Killzone Shadow Fall, Resogun, Contrast, Warframe and that side scrolling dungeon game on Vita with the ladies with massive norks. I forget the name, just called it “Massive Norks On Vita”. It’s quite dull tbh.
Not played anything on PS3 as that is so two weeks ago.
In lieu of an advert break, we bring you a Shadow Fall break courtesy of DanToo:
Well I thought Uni was finished for the year last Friday but getting another assignment to do by this Friday determined that this was a lie. So I haven’t had that much time for gaming.
However, I have managed to play quite a bit of Football Manager 2013. Started a season with Man Utd, bought some great players, although I only managed to win the FA Cup and Community Shield in my time with them. I’m now 4 seasons in to the game, and trying to save an aged and injured QPR team from relegation. I have no funds, no morale, and no decent players so whatever I do won’t work.
Other than that I’ve played 3 Grand Prix’s on F1 2013 in career. I’m driving for Williams and have managed 11th, 2nd and 7th in the first three races of the season. One big change from 2012 is the tyres. They really do “go off” quicker in the new game!
Also had an hour or two on Skyrim, which is always good.
Last but not least we get to the fourth of our blue/orange coloured combatants, Aran:
This week has been about Killzone Shadow Fall, Resogun, Contrast and NBA 2K14.
Killzone Shadow Fall is very good, though there was a mission I got stuck on for a while due to the sheer amount of enemies rushing me. Also played multiplayer with Blair, Peter and Tuffcub. It was good, though I was the worst of the bunch.
I am trying to platinum Resogun, but it is no easy task. The trick is to learn the patterns to each level but I haven’t done that yet.
Contrast is something I need to sit down with and properly engage with, and as for NBA 2K14, it’s a good game but I advise people to read my review on it.
And there ends this week’s WWP. It’s time for you to exercise your own fingers and let us know in the comments what it is that you’ve been playing.
McProley
I got my plat for Tearaway on Monday. Such a great little game and I was actually sad when i got the plat as it meant I didn’t have to play it anymore. I then went on to play some Sonic Racing Transformed on the Vita and just been playing through the world tour.
On the PS$ Ive managed a few games of Extinction Ghosts and the odd game of multiplayer but nothing much as I’ve been working lates this week. Looking forward to some more Extinction with the boys next week though
element666
This week I went back to my PS3 to get saints row 4 finished,just one trophy left for platinum.
I had the normal blast on resogun,and a bit more on killzone SF but I’m finding it a bit tedious.
R1MJAW
Last weekend saw me finish off Tearaway for another shiny platinum.
The rest of the week has been mainly Knack, which I have also just platinumed. Even after 5 full playthroughs I was still enjoying it, especially as very hard makes you re-evaluate how you take on the enemies (when almost all of them can 1 hit kill you).
Aside from Knack, I’ve been playing a bit of Fifa 14 and I also picked up NFS but I’ve only played through the tutorials so far.
TSBonyman
Still trying, and failing, and re-trying and failing to complete the last level of Resogun on Experienced… you’d think i had enough experience by now .. :/
Also played some Flower and fl0w, both gorgeous and tranquil on PS4.
Apart from that i just tried the Doki Doki Universe demo, charming and quite bonkers but i could sense the limits of the ‘gameplay’ by that stage.