What We Played #165: Wolfenstein, Ratchet & Sniper Elite III

With Greg off swanning around the continent, I’m afraid you lot are stuck with me for the next couple of weeks. Bad times, I know, but at least most of us have actually been gaming this week, spanning a variety of titles and platforms.

Blair kicks off our latest edition with Tomb Raider – the reboot that is, not the 1996 original. He also decided to revisit Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus in a bid to grab another platinum trophy for his virtual cabinet.

I’ve been pursuing a similar goal this week. Having checked The Last of Us off the list, I delved back into Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Getting the platinum is a long, repetitive process, forcing players to farm kills in order to earn bounties. I got there in the end however and after the final, abysmal boss fight, took home the grand prize.

My trophy fever has also lead me to Uncharted 3 once again. Having “platinum’d” the past two games, it would be rude not to round off the trilogy. With all treasures in the bag, all that’s left is a few miscellaneous tasks before returning it to the shelf.

Elsewhere, I’ve been pouring a couple of hours into DOTA 2 here and there. Sadly, without knowing many who play the game, I’m often left with randoms, who either turn out to be fantastic team players or absolute scum. It’s an emotive game, trust me.

Having “truly despised” Watch Dogs, Dan J got shot of it once and for all by trading it in (bold move). With the credit from this, he decided to buy Wolfenstein which is, as he puts it, “bloody brilliant.” When he hasn’t been gunning down Nazis, Dan has been toying with MotoGP though claims it isn’t much compared to Formula 1.

Keeping it short and sweet, Tuffcub has been plugging away at Killzone: Shadow Fall (surprise, surprise) as well as Wolfenstein, though he isn’t too keen on the game’s lengthy running time.

Mixing things up a bit, Dom has been juggling a spread of consoles, slotting time into Shin Megami Tensei as well as Mario Kart, Mario Land, Monster Hunter, Fire Emblem, and the awesome Titanfall.

Meanwhile Dan has been occupying himself with Ubisoft’s Child of Light. Aside from that he’s somehow been tricked into buying a copy of Knack (what a mug!) which he actually seems to like. He even had the audacity to call the PS4 launch title “competent” while also praising its visuals. Finally, he decided to boot up Outlast which he has kindly reviewed for us:

“NOPE.”

Aran is the third person on our list to play Wolfenstein this week, marking the game as brilliant. He also took a trip down memory lane with the Ratchet & Clank HD Trilogy which he is happy to recommend to PS Vita owners.

Last but not least we have Peter, who decided to bite the bullet and sit down with Sniper Elite III:

I played Sniper Elite III. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, thinking it would be a little one-dimensional, but it’s quite satisfying. I thought that sniping, moving, sniping would get boring quickly and it isn’t exactly varied, but it’s early in the game so it might open out a little bit. My favourite moment came when I found myself wondering if shooting the grenade on an enemy’s belt would make it explode, so I tried it and it worked! Much more fun than the super slow-mo x-ray death cam, even when it does show you popping eyeballs and testicles.

Go on then, what have you been playing?