With the dust from E3 finally beginning to settle, many of us here at TSA have gotten back to our old habits of profusely playing video games until our thumbs and eyes bleed. Well, maybe we’re not quite that bad but we do play a lot of games, and it’s this piece that’s going to give you the low-down on what we’ve been gaming with over the past week.
Kris gets us started this week with every intention in the world to play Batman: Arkham Knight, but since the day one patch took so stinking long to download, he hasn’t been able to start it. Instead, he returned to Gain Ground again this week, and discovered an alternate fire button he didn’t know about, which has changed the dynamic of the game for him.
Stefan had a busy week managing his vault in Fallout Shelter, which he was quite successful with. He also took part in a Project CARS community championship, though it doesn’t sound like things went his way. Next he reviewed the Crimewave Edition of PayDay 2, which he enjoyed and said is a good game for anyone after some co-op shenanigans who suddenly can’t stand Destiny. Speaking of Destiny, he wrote about the pricing fiasco and managed to go unbeaten in the Trials of Osiris PvP mode not once, not twice, but three times.
Blair spent a good chunk of his week playing Batman: Arkham Knight, and although he wasn’t a huge fan of the Arkham Knight character, he did have positive things to say about the game.
I can’t remember being as engrossed in a video game as I have been with a Arkham Knight this week. I’ve just completed it and enjoyed it much more than City, which repeated far too much of Asylum in terms of story. It’s a better game, but it still doesn’t match the first one and really loses its way at the start of the third act with some terrible Batmobile sections (though that’s good at other points).
Aran also spent time with Batman: Arkham Knight (you can read his review here) this week but didn’t seem to enjoy it quite as much as Blair. He also noted that the Batmobile sections were a little too dominant, and joked that the game could’ve been called Project Gotham Batman. Even so, he gave a very solid 8 out of 10 score and praised it for its fantastic combat.
Mark returned to Destiny this week for the first time in quite a while and he was quite pleased with some of the changes Bungie has made over the past several months. Like most of us, he also played Batman: Arkham Knight and also really enjoyed it. In contrast to some complaints I’ve heard, Mark had nothing negative to say about the Batmobile and noted that it was a blast to drive.
Hey, did we mention a lot of us have been playing Batman: Arkham Knight? Well add Dom to the list because he’s been knighting around as well. He praised the side missions and how organic they feel in relation to the main story, though he did note that the Batmobile (while fun) isn’t always the easiest to control. He stuck with a DC Comics theme and also played Injustice, which is also getting him psyched for his Mad Catz TE2 stick to arrive (as a birthday present) so he can start playing Guilty Gear Xrd Sign. Finally, he reviewed Yoshi’s Woolly World, handing out an 8 out of 10 score while praising it for its visuals, woollen mechanics and soundtrack.
Miguel continued playing Nier on the coattails of last week’s E3 announcement of a new one, alongside catching up with anime and jamming with the new Devil May Cry 4.
As for me, I continued to cruise through The Witcher 3, though I’m consistently shocked at how little progress I make in that game in relation to the time I’ve logged. I also kept fortifying my almost indestructible home in Rust and managed to accidentally raid some poor soul who thought I wasn’t friendly and opened fire on me first. It didn’t end well for him and he had lots of good loot. Poor guy.
So there we are, another week in the books, another week closer to (insert your most anticipated upcoming game here). Some of you might have noticed that I like to leave questions beyond just what you’ve been playing right here. This week, try and conjure up the memory of the first video game you ever played and tell us about the experience in the comments.
cam_manutd
Been playing little big planet and demons souls this week. Going back to the ps3 to finish some games Inc fallout new Vegas in time for f4.
First game I ever played was Tetras on the original gameboy. My first console game some time after was ridge racer type 4 back in 1999.
TSBonyman
No inclination towards gaming in this warm weather, i guess it’s my summer gaming hiatus!
As for my first video games, Space Invaders and Breakout in the local arcade; but my first home video gaming fix was one of those Pong tv games with the rotating knob-paddles, soon followed up with ‘programming’ a skii-ing game from a magazine into my ZX81. It didn’t even have ‘graphics’, instead using Asterisks for trees and an inverted V for your player. See below for example :)
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TSBonyman
Damn, all the spaces disappeared.. Ok, just imagine 8 spaces between each asterisk.. :/
h6exx
I’m guessing the magazine was called ‘input’?? I remember spending days pouring over printed code trying to work out what was wrong, only for a misprint to be listed three weeks later!
My first ‘game’ would be one of the pong clones, tennis I think.
Then on to a zx spectrum and ‘escape’ being the first game I remember.. Well other then the ‘find a tape deck and all the leads and get tv time’ game of course..
blast71
I’ve finally got myself a Ps4 this week but haven’t played anything on it, still downloading advanced warfare, killzone, and resogun. Played a bit of extinction again on ps3 but still struggling with hardcore trophy.
My 1st game was probably Battlezone on the Atari, many,many moons ago ;)
freezebug2
Welcome to the current gen dude, it’ll be a fanfare of adventure and puzzlement ;)
I think that the first game that I played was Bomber? on Vic 20 where a winged turd flew across an area of skyscraper buildings lowering one level with each pass….idea being to bomb and lower the height of the skyscrapers before said turd wanged a building :P
blast71
You’re right about the puzzlement, currently going through all the menu’s and setting to see what it can do, and downloading a few new themes.
vjmwilliams
Pretty sure it was called Blitz. Its the one i mentioned above. Spent hours on that game until i got Omega Race on cartridge!
freezebug2
It could very well have been mate, was a lifetime ago so I just came up with a likely candidate for it’s name.
It was actually quite addictive!
Avenger
Glad you got your PS4, and good that you got it near your birthday. I’ll save looking an idiot and saying for certain that ur birthday was last Friday, because I’ve forgot, or rather I can’t trust my memory. A late happy birthday!
blast71
Cheers mate! R it was Friday. 21 again ;)
Dominic Leighton
My first game memory was of Ghostbusters on the C64, which I played at a friends house. I remember having no clue what I was doing!
Avenger
First game: Super Mario Brothers on SNES.
Steelhead
This week I started Dark Souls II for the third time, with the intention of finishing it. I played it for about four hours and decided I was unhappy with some choices I made so I plan to start it again this weekend and pay more attention this time.
The first game I played was Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Master System. It was 1994 and my eldest brother came back from a car boot sale with the console and a big box of games for only £10. We also had Golden Axe, Taz, a fun baseball game I can’t remember the name of and a load more.
There were so many that we never got around to trying them all before the console broke.
Andrewww
I’ve still been playing Witcher 3, but it’s the same over here, I hardly seem to progress. Which is, of course, due to not really working on the main quests but constantly getting sidetracked.
So, I don’t see any trophy for days, when suddenly one pops for some minor random quest. I still like the game, though, it’s good fun, and I’m quite immersed in the world.
My first game? Feels like that was in a previous life, on an arcade machine playing Space invaders at a pizza place around the corner. I still remember the boss ships, with those red energy shields. :o)
My first console was a Philips G7000, unfortunately, on which I played some forgettable racing game, or a Pac man clone.
The Lone Steven
Not been gaming much of late but i have been playing Hitman:Blood Money. It is an excellent game although a bit frustrating when the NPC spots you just as you are about to sedate or posion them. It requires you to think like an assassain and plan ahead. Do you plant a bomb in a cake and then deliever said cake whilst disguised as a waiter or do you push someone overboard to make it look like an accident. I do wish that they seperated Run and Walk as it’s annoying to have to reduce my speed to avoid blowing my cover just because there is no option. Oh and the bastard that mapped the draw button to the inventory button needs to soak their head in a bucket then slam their fingers into a piano as it’s just inconvient and annoying when i accidentally get out a weapon instead of going into inventory.
stueeeee
Ah is refreshing to hear about an older game. I played and love Absolution and Hitman 2 from HD collection but never got round to finishing it. By the sounds of your post you got some fun from it, it’s worth persevering then??
Crazy_Del
First game was Alex the Kidd and I still have it xD
Been playing Elder Scrolls Online except on Wed to Fri and had a few multiplayer matches of Gears of War 3. Next week will be exactly the same xD
Kennykazey
What have I been playing? Not much, but some Persona 4 The Golden and Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies DLC.
I’m hoping to get some gaming done this weekend, but the shiny new weather is keeping me away.