There’s a Pokémon game that’s got my Twitter feed all in a tizzy this week, as Pokémon Go has been released into the wild. Admittedly, it’s mainly because those on iOS in the UK can’t play it yet and people are complaining.
But I’ve not been playing Pokémon Go, I’ve been playing Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, after I finally caved and decided to grab one of the more recent games on 3DS ahead of Sun and Moon’s release later this year. I’m really quite enjoying it, even if I feel it’s been far too easy so far. I just can’t quite bring myself to turn Exp. Share off and level up my team the old fashioned way.
Beyond that, I also sank some decent time into Fire Emblem: Awakening, which has devolved into me pairing people up during battles so that they fall in love and have children. That’s much less likely to happen in Battlefield 1 though, where I’ve had access to the closed alpha. Now that the NDA’s lifted, I can tell you that it’s good and very pretty on PS4, which you’ll be able to see in a video that’s currently uploading.
Dave’s mostly been playing JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes on Heaven for review, which you’ll be able to read some time next week, which follows on from having delved into the somewhat disappointing Street Fighter V story mode. Meanwhile, there’s been a spot of Hearthstone on his commute, and he was very positive when he reviewed Inside over the weekend.
Less positive was Jim’s review of Carmageddon: Max Damage, which went up this morning, and though there’s fun to be had the series just hasn’t taken a step into the modern day. He was also disappointed in how the free content is panning out for Uncharted 4’s multiplayer, but had a much better time with Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII, before turning to this week’s mobile game, Kingdom Hearts Unchained X.
Aran also had a middling week for reviews, as he played Full Mojo Rampage and found its execution lacking. Alongside that, he’s been testing himself against Furi’s bullet hell boss battles – it’s on this month’s PS+ roster -and Super Time Force Ultra, both of which have proven themselves to be quite tricky.
Jake’s been savouring all things Xbox One, having picked one up on the cheap over the weekend. There’s been Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Rise of the Tomb Raider and a bit of Sunset Overdrive, but he’s not played it as much as he’d like, and now he’s contemplating having to return it after stumbling into some rather frustrating issues with the WiFi chip!
Finally, a wild Adam appeared to chip in. He’s played and finished off Zombi U, which he enjoyed if finding it a little by the numbers, and has had a smashing time playing through Lego Dimensions, which has him hyped for the second wave of characters and levels.
Bringing it all full circle, being on Android has let him play Pokémon Go, but it quickly drained his phone’s battery and used up a lot of data in the process. His verdict? “Charizard wasn’t worth it. Disappointing.”
spartanstriker
I think I’m finally falling out of love with my Vita – been addicted to Sky Force Reloaded on my iPhone – it’s a bit like 1942, an upward scrolling shooter. Tried Furi on PS4 and found the difficultly frustrating to the extreme, also a bit of Pacman 256 on PS4.
ron_mcphatty
So has anyone tried Hawken yet? I’m enjoying it but it doesn’t run much better than it did on my old laptop and the progression is confusing my middle-aged brain. Free though and nice to have some mech fun again. Hmm, I wonder if Mechwarrior 4 is on Steam?
DividSmythe
I got the platinum out of Hitman Go Definitive Edition. I’ve also played a fair bit of South Park The Stick Of Truth on Ps3 and was really pleased until I realised I missed a Chinpokomon and 1 item of clothing to mess up my trophies on there. Also played Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens.
CR8ZYH0RSE
Still grappling my way around Medici with Rico in Just Cause 3,the downside is the garage for boats are grinds to get to especially in a slow boat to China.
Also got myself Gravity Rush Remastered and i have to say it’s way better on the console than the Vita the colors really stand out.You can see why they decided to bring Gravity Rush 2 to consoles,let’s hope the release date is somewhere near the Japanese date.
freezebug2
You’ll need some patience with the Squalo X7 boat then mate (unless of course you’ve already black marketed that particular commodity).
Tethered to the hilt and Choppered across land from it’s hidden lake location is no mean feat. The tethers are like a guitars high E strings, so with that bulk swinging below tend to snap far too often, requiring a lot of attention in the new tethers being regularly attached department mid-flight!
Great relief to drop the bugger in the sea near to the garage though :P
CR8ZYH0RSE
Wow,that sounds like a chore,where abouts is the hidden lake?Is it on the main island?
freezebug2
Yeah, it’s on a lake in Libeccio near the border between Libeccio, Rocca Blau, and Maestrale. The Coordinates are N 40 48.035 E 5 35.824.
It’s not a hidden lake as such but that’s where they’ve hidden the X7 speedboat ;)
freezebug2
Oh, and you’ll need fully upgraded tethers, all six of them to lift it!
CR8ZYH0RSE
I’ve got six tethers but not fully upgraded,what i’ll do is jot down the co-ordinates and go have a look.Cheers for that bud,appreciated.