What We Played #220: Mad Max, Armello & Metal Gear Solid V

We’re back again as this week nears its end to tell you about what we’ve been playing and how we’ve been getting along. We do this in a little piece called What We Played, and we always love to wrap it up by hearing all of your stories and gaming exploits in the comments. Let’s begin, shall we?

Dave gets us off on the right foot this week with a positive review of Armello. He said he was surprised at how good it ended up being, though he was “hampered by bad RNG” when he tried to play online with Dom (it was probably just Dom’s lag switch or something). Next he reviewed Runbow on Wii U, and he says it’s another multiplayer focused game that does interesting things with the controllers. He wrapped up with a bit of his Fallout Shelter, which now contains a Nuka Cola and robot factory. Hopefully he’s trained the robots to deliver the Nuka Cola.

Aran has been playing more Mad Max and you can expect to see his review very soon. He says it’s a very large game, but it does tend to get a little repetitive. As if that wasn’t enough mayhem to fill his week, he’s also been playing and reviewing Zombie Vikings. He called it a “fun beat ’em up” but said you miss out on a lot if you don’t play with friends.

Tuffcub spent his week plowing through his backlog, which included Prince of Persia, Kingdom Hearts 1.5, and a PS2 game called 1945. He also finished Entwined on Vita, and said that it’s a “great little game with a simple concept and some lovely graphics.” Tuffcub also did something rather interesting this week, he got a TSA tattoo on his arm. There are other elements involved in the tattoo but I’ll let him explain and show it off below.

Owwwww! Actually it didn’t hurt that much apart from where the TSA logo was tattooed on; it’s right on a sensitive bit of skin. In case you can’t spot it, it’s on the left side, but it turns out it’s a bit hard to take a picture of your own back. It looks a bit odd at the moment as it’s still all gunky and not healed up, but I love it, even if it’s much larger than originally planned. It was going to take two hours originally, but took almost seven in the end and goes right over my shoulder and down my arm.

Mark was among the War Boys crowd this week as he played a bit more Mad Max. He complained slightly about the car handling last week, but says that now he’s tossed some upgrades on his Magnum Opus, things have gotten a lot better on that front and he’s thoroughly enjoying the experience.

It might seem like Stefan had a light week just playing one game, but that game was Metal Gear Solid V, and a game save bug forced him to go back through the entire thing for his review, which just went live yesterday. He gave it a smashing 9 out of 10 score, and said its outstanding open world gameplay is worth the easiest of recommendations.

Dom began his week with Forza 6, which he reviewed and rewarded with the highest score possible. He also covered Resident Evil: Revelations 2 on Vita, saying that “its port to Vita is less than ideal, though you can at least experience the game on a handheld if you have no other choice.” He’s then wrapped up his week with The Golf Club Collector’s Edition, more Animal Crossing: Happy Homes Designer, and LEGO Jurassic World with his son.

As for me, I’ve played only Metal Gear Solid V this week, and I’ve managed over 30 hours since it launched. That sounds like a lot, and since I don’t think I’m even halfway through the story yet, I can easily say it’s one of the biggest games I’ve played this year. I did also try Killing Floor 2 while it was free on Steam, but I only played enough to realize that it’s exactly my kind of game and I should just go ahead and buy it.

So there’s that, another week of video games in the books. Now we bring things to a close by kindly asking all you fellow TSAers out there to chime in with your gaming stories from the week. Give us the low down on what you’ve accomplished, and what your ‘now playing’ list looks like. Go ahead, we’ll just wait here.