Something For The Weekend – 03/03/18

Stefan L 03/03/18 Comments Closed

Today’s the first anniversary of the Nintendo Switch’s launch, and a year in which Nintendo have experienced a resurgence that mirrors, if not outright exceeds the success of the Wii. It’s been incredible, and something that’s great to see, adding another contender and something pleasingly different to the console race.

Here’s to another year of blistering, record setting sales and masterfully crafted exclusives.

In the News This Week

Games in Review

There was a great wave of reviews on Monday, followed by a trickle through the rest of the week, but were any of them any good?

Moss – PSVR – 8/10
Metal Gear Survive – PS4, XBO, PC – 8/10
Bridge Constructor Portal – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC, iOS, And – 8/10
Immortal Redneck – PS4, XBO, PC – 8/10
Iconoclasts – PS4, PS Vita, PC – 7/10
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet – PS4, XBO, PC – 7/10
Drunkn Bar Fight – PSVR, Vive, Oculus – 7/10
Gravel – PS4, XBO, PC – 6/10
Mulaka – PS4, XBO, Switch, PC – 6/10

Reviewed platform in bold.

This Week’s Features

The biggest preview of the week had me travelling to Paris to play a big chunk of the start of Far Cry 5. Is this the game to really rejuvenate the series? I think so.

Jake went to play Scribblenauts Showdown, finding a crafty party game that mixes in the nonsensical amusement that the game’s huge dictionary of items leads to, while Dave teamed up with myself and Dom to play the closed test of Vermintide 2 last weekend. The game’s out next week on PC, and he likes what he’s seen so far.

I then returned with a good look at the disco/trance/neon infused puzzle platforming of Octahedron, as well as getting stuck into the familiar feeling SoulCalibur VI. Finally for me, it was a spot of tennis in Tennis World Tour, which has more than a few interesting ideas on how to make a fun and compelling tennis game.

Finally, What We Played features Vermintide 2, Alto’s Adventure and Metal Gear Survive.

Trailer Park

Detective Pikachu is ready to crack cases

Crisis on the Planet of the Apes announced for VR

Bravo Team gets a new Immersion trailer

Q.U.B.E. 2 has a launch trailer ahead of 13th March release

Your Achievements

Let’s check in with the community:

Bouncing between games, MrYd played Battlefield 1, Star Wars Battlefront II, South Park: The Stick of Truth, GT Sport’s latest update, and had some VR fun in Rec Room.
B_Cambo nabbed the platinum for the story-centric Planet of the Apes game.
Doing the absolute minimum he had to, tactical20 played AC Origins’ Discovery Tour to get back up to 100% trophy completion.
ron_mcphatty is now stocked up on PlayStation Plus until 22nd April 2020!
TSBonyman put the Yakuza 6 demo at a disappointing 97% cutscene to 3% action ratio.
Knack 2 and Monster Energy Supercross were the latest platinums in Pixel_nme’s trophy cabinet.
Crazy_Del has been going so in Call of Duty to get all the trophies on zombies, and finally nabbed the Friday the 13th platinum after more than 2000 games!