Something For The Weekend – 28/10/17

It’s amazing to think it’s November next week. I can’t believe how quickly September and October have flown by. Of course, that means that we’re well into the busy Q4 release period, and the release schedule should start slowing down after this week’s bonanza of AAA games. How has your bank account fared so far?

In the sporting world, Lewis Hamilton looks all set to wrap up his fourth World Driver’s Championship on Sunday, but will he do it in style with a win? Or will the Mercedes struggle in Mexico City and the Red Bulls and Ferraris battle it out for victory?

In the News This Week

• Sony To Announce New Games On Monday At The Start Of Paris Games Week
  Time to brush up on your French…
• Xbox One’s Original Xbox Backward Compatibility Goes Live Tomorrow With 13 Titles
  What are you thoughts on the opening line-up?
• Attack On Titan 2 Will Launch In March 2018
• Call of Duty: WWII Will Require A Minimum Of 80GB Hard Drive Space
• Hitman Game Of The Year Edition Adds A New Patient Zero Campaign
  Existing owners can purchase the GOTY content for $20.
• Microsoft Cease Production Of Kinect
  
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole Free Trial Now Available
  If you check it out, let us know what you think!
• Metal Gear Survive Release Date Confirmed
  “This looks awful”, says Unterred. “Please stop or get kojima back Konami.” I’m not an MGS fan, so is this comment harsh or true?
• November’s Games With Gold Include Trackmania Turbo And Tales From The Borderlands
• Xbox Game Pass Gets Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain & Halo Wars Definitive Edition In November

Games in Review

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a 10/10, but at the other end of the scale, I haven’t seen many 2/10’s either!

• Super Mario Odyssey – Switch – 10/10 (Bonus picture album!)
• Assassin’s Creed Origins – PS4, XBO, PC – 8/10
• Detention – PS4, PC – 8/10
• Megaton Rainfall – PS4 – 7/10
• Raiden V Directors Cut – PS4, PC – 7/10
• AER Memories Of Old – PS4, XBO, PC – 7/10
• Rabi-Ribi – PS4, PC – 7/10
• Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle – PS4, Switch – 3/10
• Nights Of Azure 2: Bride Of The New Moon – PS4, Switch, PC – 2/10

This Week’s Features

The sole preview this week came from Tef, who had a look at Steel Rats, which he described as “a big mash-up of several genres,” with the developers having “thrown anything and everything into the melting pot of design.”

The other week saw the long awaited release of Gran Turismo Sport, however it’s clear that Polyphony have some work to do if they want to get the most out of their game. Tef’s made some suggestions such as wet weather races, tweaking sportsmanship ratings and more, but in what ways do you want to see the game improve?

Elsewhere, Ade’s Playing With History series returns for a look at Assassin’s Creed Origins to see how well Ubisoft have got the setting right for the series relaunch.

You may well have seen items in the news about Nazis in video games, and while Aran’s review of Wolfenstein II is just around the corner, Tef took some time to sit down with Senior Game Designer Arcade Berg to talk about the game.

Ending the features like we always do, What We Played featured Super Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus & Destiny 2.

Trailer Park

Check Out LA Noire Running in 4K In This New Trailer

Lost Sphear Has A New Story Trailer Released

Take A Look At Hellboy In Injustice 2

LEGO Worlds Monster DLC Is Out Now, Check Out The Trailer

Your Achievements

Gazetting TSA’ers lives’ this week:

• MrYd reduced his backlog by 1%, but got distracted by Rez Infinite and Star Trek Bridge Crew.
• TSBonyman is finding that Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is getting a bit repetitive, but luckily he’s nearing the end.
• Andrewww blasted through 3 weeks worth of TSA quizzes, but hasn’t shared his scores so I think we know what that means!
• Between reading his Star Wars book, ron_mcphatty has been getting some Wolfenstein action in.
• And lastly, Ade gives Assassin’s Creed Origins his verdict: “It’s damn good and gets two thumbs up (my maximum thumb based score, seeing as I only have the two opposable thumbs)”. Who needs scores out of ten, eh?

The Week Ahead

After last week’s bumper schedule, this week is looking far more subdued. Perhaps it’s got something to do with a little game called Call of Duty?

• Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back – PS4, PC – 31/10
• Monopoly – Switch – 31/10
• Spintires: MudRunner – PS4, XBO, PC – 31/10
• Call of Duty: WW2 – PS4, XBO, PC – 3/11
• .hack//G.U. Last Recode – PS4, PC – 3/11

That’s all for this week, and hopefully we’ll see you again soon!