There’s been a few big releases this week and a fair few to come in the first half of this month, so it should be no surprise that we’ve been playing them. Take Dave, for example, who’s currently reviewing Tekken 7 for us, having played it non-stop since it was installed on his PS4. Prior to that, he managed to review Tokyo 42, sampled the ARMS Global Testpunch, and completed the quick Tavern Brawl in Hearthstone – Blizzard will need to do more to retain his interest.
Aran was one of the gang to join me as we ventured boldly into Star Trek: Bridge Crew, but beyond that, he’s been “plodding along” with Lock’s Quest. It’s a longer game than expected, so his review is only coming next week. In the meantime, he’s also snuck in some time with Rise of the Tomb Raider and is rather enjoying himself.
From one video game heroine to another, Steve nabbed the platinum trophy for Horizon Zero Dawn, which he simply adores, and has now traded in a bunch of stuff to get a Wii U and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. “A couple of shrines in and I think it might be a good game – shocker!”
Another good game shocker is hitting Miguel, who’s finally following in the footsteps of a lot of his friends and playing Persona 5 for the first time. This alongside trawling his Steam backlog to play 4040sight, Pony Island, Dungeon of the Endless, Stories Untold and a few others besides.
Another of the Bridge Crew in our Star Trek play time, Tuff’s really been struggling with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided:
I dont know what Im doing wrong but my character is a weak as a bloody kitten and can’t stand this simplest of firefights. Also it has the so, so much bloody exposition versus gameplay; you spend so much time just having conversations.
Having shelved Titanfall 2, it’s up to Jake to pick up the slack as he struggles to get the trophy for completing the gauntlet in under 33.65 seconds, but can only get to the low 34 seconds. He’s also been digging up a few collectibles in Uncharted 4, and played the ARMS Global Testpunch last weekend.
Dom’s report back was short and sweet:
Wipeout Omega Collection! ARMS! Mario Kart! Zelda! Final Fantasy XIV!
Speaking of ARMS, I attended a review event this week, during which Nintendo showed off the more competitive side of things. Having struggled to get to grips with the game last weekend, I did a bit better this time around…
MrYd
Same as all the recent weeks. Assorted free things and a backlog.
Which isn’t helped by someone deciding Dishonored 2 should be available for £9.99. It was on Amazon if you’ve got Prime, and still is available from Argos for that price.
Which doesn’t help the backlog. Kind of grateful that June is a shit month for PS+, apart from Life is Strange which I already bought.
Tony Cawley
Loads of different things for me this week as my son has been off school and I’ve been off work. Getting close now to platinum in loads of different games.
1) Paladins. Top F2p shooter, me and my boy have had a great time on it. Just a couple of trophies left which are proving tricky but they’ll come.
2) alienation. Still only 2 trophies off platinum, it’s a matter of coordination of gaming time with my brother.
3) for honor. Cheating gits Ubisoft are robbing me of the only trophy needed for platinum, I’ve fulfilled the requirements but it still hasn’t pinged. Apparently they’re working on a fix so I keep logging on and having a game in the hope it’ll pop.
4) tales from the borderlands. Really enjoying the story, just one more episode to go for platinum.
5) Rory McIlroy. Love me a golf game. Only owned it a week, got it for £3 in the psn sale and played the shit out of it. Only 2 easy trophies from platinum now.
Hopefully next week I’ll be reporting on the addition of 5 new shiny platinum trophies to my collection :)
Tony Cawley
Oh and also started playing borderlands 2 with Roy and Del (2 tsa chaps for those not in the know). Had a really fun session last weekend, got session 2 planned for this Saturday night. We intend to play through the whole thing together in coop which I’m looking forward to carrying on with.
Pixel_nme
Usual Golf Club,Alienation,Wildlands and GTAV with usual suspects,finished a play through of The Surge quite a bit of Overwatch,Mxgp3 and Tekken 7.
Andrewww
Still Fallout 4, being constantly sidetracked, so I made no progress at all with the main story line.
Then, I couldn’t avoid buying Wolfenstein, which you get almost for free in the sale currently, so my backlog got worse.
And, of course, I kept all my gaming activities fully in line with any Paris agreements, and will firmly continue to do so. :o)
TSBonyman
I dipped into Binding of Isaac again and managed to complete another of the challenges.
I tried another of the so-called free to play games, (vehicles&combat) but it had a shit attitude so i’m not mentioning it’s title.
I played some more Skyrim too but it’ll be no surprise to learn that it’s been mostly NMS for me again this week.
tactical20
2/3 through my initial play through of Lego City Undercover. It’s brilliant. Like Lego GTA!
ron_mcphatty
Good work on the actual silver/bronze trophy Tef! Not sure about the foot ware though, are those toe things actually any good? Do you get toe webbing chafage at all?
I’ve been dipping into more Carmageddon, returning the favour to Forrest so we don’t need to worry about those pesky online trophies. I’ve also been sinking some time into Sonic 2 on my glorious Pi0W, it’s so good playing wirelessly on a giant screen and I’m very tempted to get a Pi3 for some N64 emulation.
Stefan L
Silver, mate. I was second place in the final.
And I like the shoes. Can happily report there’s no chafing with my toes. :)
Crazy_Del
Played a bit of Injustice 2 and the Friday the 13th is taking up most of my time. Such a fun game this and I am loving it.
Still trying to nab the stupid trophy for honor like Tony said and Borderlands with Tony and Roy on weekends.
Now to return to Friday the 13th
KI KI KI MA MA MA
Steelhead
Tried out the Gwent open beta, which was interesting but did suffer from some matchmaking issues. Also finished off The Walking Dead Season 1 and claimed my first platinum trophy, a nice easy one to start off with.
Tony Cawley
Congrats on the first plat!
Steelhead
Thanks. I bought a five pack of Telltale games in a recent PSN sale so more to come!
I’m also considering going for the plat in Final Fantasy XII. Its my favourite FF and I can’t wait for the remaster.
CR8ZYH0RSE
Spent quite a bit of time on the ps3 and not long ago finished ME trilogy and have to say they hold up pretty well.Also just about to do a bit of grinding for the Ni No Kuni platinum,great game.I’m glad i played it again,just before the new one drops.