Having just returned from some travels around Europe, I’m afraid this WWP takes the easy way out and just presents the words straight from the horses’ mouths. Sorry, it’s late and I’ve got to be up for work in a few hours.
At the weekend I did have some time to play Gran Turismo 5.5 6 and while very GT, I’m not convinced that it offers enough new to justify being called a new game, feeling more like an expansion pack that adds a bit of UI polishing. Will that stop me playing it for hours on end? No, most definitely not.
As if GT6 didn’t give me enough cars to drive, I also downloaded Need for Speed: Rivals on my PS4. I’m looking for an early-in-the-generation replacement for the itch that Burnout Paradise scratched and it might just fit the bill as an accessible arcade racer. I’ve only played about an hour but like what I’ve seen so far.
Rivalries on tarmac and grass sum up much of Blair’s gaming this week too:
I’ve not had much variety in my gaming this week – it’s mostly been FIFA 14 on PS4, which I’ve played online with a couple of friends but mainly with my flatmate, who seems to constantly win. I think he’s cheating.
I did fit in an hour or so of Need for Speed: Rivals in there, which looks brilliant and plays pretty well – I love the AllDrive online stuff, and then I teamed up with Tuffcub, Peter, Aran and person678 to play a little bit of Killzone Shadow Fall online. It’s really great when your team is communicating and completing objectives.
And aside from those, just Loads of Uni Work.
Guess what the first game Peter mentions is?
I’ve been playing Killzone Shadow Fall, which surprised me because I really enjoyed the multiplayer with Blair, Tuffcub and Aran. The single player campaign is very disappointing to begin with but once you get out of that stupid forest, it really picks up and I’m looking forward to getting back into it a bit more.
Aside from that, I played the tutorials of NBA 2K14 and then I was still completely unable to play an actual game of it. I might need to go back to that and practice a bit more.
With two name checks already I doubt we can rely on Tuffcub to surprise us:
Killzone Shadow Fall, Resogun, Contrast, Warframe and that side scrolling dungeon game on Vita with the ladies with massive norks. I forget the name, just called it “Massive Norks On Vita”. It’s quite dull tbh.
Not played anything on PS3 as that is so two weeks ago.
In lieu of an advert break, we bring you a Shadow Fall break courtesy of DanToo:
Well I thought Uni was finished for the year last Friday but getting another assignment to do by this Friday determined that this was a lie. So I haven’t had that much time for gaming.
However, I have managed to play quite a bit of Football Manager 2013. Started a season with Man Utd, bought some great players, although I only managed to win the FA Cup and Community Shield in my time with them. I’m now 4 seasons in to the game, and trying to save an aged and injured QPR team from relegation. I have no funds, no morale, and no decent players so whatever I do won’t work.
Other than that I’ve played 3 Grand Prix’s on F1 2013 in career. I’m driving for Williams and have managed 11th, 2nd and 7th in the first three races of the season. One big change from 2012 is the tyres. They really do “go off” quicker in the new game!
Also had an hour or two on Skyrim, which is always good.
Last but not least we get to the fourth of our blue/orange coloured combatants, Aran:
This week has been about Killzone Shadow Fall, Resogun, Contrast and NBA 2K14.
Killzone Shadow Fall is very good, though there was a mission I got stuck on for a while due to the sheer amount of enemies rushing me. Also played multiplayer with Blair, Peter and Tuffcub. It was good, though I was the worst of the bunch.
I am trying to platinum Resogun, but it is no easy task. The trick is to learn the patterns to each level but I haven’t done that yet.
Contrast is something I need to sit down with and properly engage with, and as for NBA 2K14, it’s a good game but I advise people to read my review on it.
And there ends this week’s WWP. It’s time for you to exercise your own fingers and let us know in the comments what it is that you’ve been playing.
Youles
Early one this week Greg! :)
Just CoD Ghosts for me this week, I’m determined to platinum it before moving on to Killzone Shadow Fall. I completed the campaign which I thought was pretty terrible, sadly – only a few decent levels imo. It even lacked the usually fun set-pieces. The story was unbelievable bad too, that Rorke was so annoying! Anyway, I finished all the single player trophies off and have been ranking up on Extinction, finally unlocking the Sentry Guns last night. Have armed the nuke a couple of times….then died on the way to the chopper. Am looking forward to trying with McProley, Tef and Lyts1985 next week! :)
Youles
Forgot, also been playing Tearaway on Vita. A bloody wonderful game!
Taylor Made
FIFA the first FIFA I ever purchased only due to the fact pro Evo ain’t on new gen yet but been quiet enjoying it even though I keep pressing square to shoot :(
Tried play a bit of KZSF but I think they ruined KZ by making the maps big creating a camp fest
Youles
Switch the FIFA controls to Alternate – that’s basically the Pro Evo controls :)
Shame to hear about KZSF, I’m yet to try it. Would be good to do some TSA meets as I’m sure a lot of people here have it!
Taylor Made
That’s a good idea, I spent an hour when I got it trying change circle to square but gave up, might try the alternate but I bet you I will eventually end up pressing circle to shoot instead of square, it’s bound to happen lol.
I will join the KZ meet, it would be good playing with people & discuss what weapons to be used etc like we did on mercenary meets
Vallon
After finishing the basic racer career on Need For Speed Rivals I’ve gone back and done a few more of the different career path challenges. I’m going to work my way through them and then start the cop career. The game has a lot of content, and is really good fun. Probably my pick of the launch titles that I own anyway.
I played through the campaign on Sound Shapes too, and started some of the death mode challenges – frustrating but strangely addictive!
Finally I finished the story mode of Knack however I didn’t realise there was no way to change the difficulty level on your continuing save, so if I start again for the collectables I’ve got to play it on the same difficulty?! seems a bit dumb… A good game overall though, but I agree with people who say it gets a bit samey but its good fun for short bursts of no brainer gameplay.
I’ve just ordered Lego Marvel Superheroes so hopefully that will be here for the weekend / early next week, read some good things about that game.
ron_mcphatty
I had my first go on a PS4 last night and was a bit underwhelmed. It was a hurried ten minutes on a friends machine between Christmas episodes of Community so I admit its definitely not the best bit of exposure, but my brief sail of a boat in Black Flag only had me wowing at the waves. I don’t feel a burning need to upgrade so at least the have-a-go itch has been scratched, but I would quite like to watch my mate play and see a bit more of what the beast can do, maybe some jungly mountains will leave me more impressed? Need to persuade him to get Need for Speed or Killzone really, from the videos they look gorgeous!
Youles
I know what you mean – I was a bit underwhelmed after I got mine, but I think (for me) it was mainly due to the games. None of the launch titles are particularly different; I have CoD, Killzone and Lego Marvel, and two of those are mainly produced for online play. I’d like something with a good story. I’d be more excited for a new IP on next gen rather than better looking sequels. Anyway, I’ve come to love the console itself, it’s brilliant, as is the controller, and I’m excited to see what the system updates will bring over the months. I’m mainly looking forward to The Division and Watch Dogs….MGS, Sniper Elite V3 and Dying Light are on my radar, but again they are sequels of sorts, and Dying Light basically looks like a clone of Dead Island in some ways.
ron_mcphatty
I know what you mean about the story, Im after either that or a good racer! Hopefully there’s an MGS or Watch Dogs bundle next year, I’d go for either of those. With the camera of course, I hadn’t thought about chatting the console up but now you’ve mentioned it TC I’ll give one of the little black sluts some of my killer lines and see how we get on.
Tuffcub
Talking to your console is THE BEST THING EVER. It’s worth upgrading just for that :)
Youles
Not Killzone?
Dominic Leighton
I’ve played some more on my PS4 this week which I’m more than happy with. It’s mainly been Resogun and Knack. I’m really enjoying Knack, and I can see where reviewers took issue with it, but it’s genuinely a fun game. It’s not going to change my life mind you!
On Vita I’ve been playing Amazing Spider-Man for a tsa review and I can happily say thus far that it has Spiderman in it. I also picked up Sine Mora since it was going cheap, and managed to stop myself buying Dead Or Alive 5 Plus, as I have more than enough games to last me all of next year. That is until they put something else good on sale on PSN…
JohnnyBoy
Still got a huge backlog to plough through before I can justify (to the wife mainly) getting a PS4, so I’m about halfway through Singularity which is not bad really.
On Vita I’ve been playing the Christmas giveaway Gun Commando
Eldaveo
Haven’t played a great deal this week really due to my disappointment with Forza 5. Great gameplay as always, but the lack of content is really starting to drag (14 tracks, WTF?!). I’m sure I’ll fire it up from time to time, but I really should have waited for a price drop.
Determined to get some proper use out of my new console however, I went slightly over my X1 budget and picked up a cheap-ish copy of Battlefield 4 for £37. It arrived in the post yesterday and, so far, I think its f-ing fantastic.
I had assumed the game would be pretty broken until next week’s patch, however I fired the game up, jumped straight into a 64 player game of Conquest and proceeded to play 6 rounds without any issues. Love the increase to 60FPS and the whole game just looks stunning. Finally I feel like I’m playing a “next gen” title :)
For the most part I can realistically see myself alternating between BF4 and Forza for the next few months.
Kennykazey
Lots of War Thunder and some Killzone on PS4. GT6 and Pixeljunk Monsters on PS3. Persona 4G on Vita. Torchlight 2 and a bit of Kingdoms of Amalur on PC. Mario 3D World on Wii U.
So, yeah. Played a bit of many games, but primarily GT6 and War Thunder. Shadow Falls multiplayer is so much better than it’s single player and bringing me back to the days of KZ2, good times.
double-o-dave
I’m keeping this short and sweet as I’ve probably mentioned what I’ve been playing several times in the let week…
BF4
Resogun
Killzone (which left me bored stupid so then traded it in for AC BlackFlag )
odd game of Fifa
AC BlackFlag
RudeAwakening
Been playing KZSF and completed it on medium difficulty and about to start the hardest difficulty. Haven’t played online yet, must check the meet ups’. I quite enjoyed KZSF even if the story was a bit confusing, maybe it was because I didn’t play Killzone 3.
Though have to say and I wonder if anyone has noticed, the soundtrack to KZSF is bloody sensational, its been a long time since i have been impressed by a games’ soundtrack. I read the other night that Lorn was one of the composers for the soundtrack so that explains why I loved it.