What are you playing this weekend? 2023-07-08

Early, just got impa into the first "temple" that shows all the dragon tears! Trying to figure out where to go next after I mark everything in the map - somehow! You?

I've done the four sage dungeon things, and put probs 90 hours into the game. Mostly been doing side stuff up until this point, and somehow I still haven't run out!

I am the same, let's see if it holds my attention after beating the final boss. I want to complete most of the side quests.

Im definitely liking the booser packs the slow roll out is kind of annoying but i guess it keeps engagement up. Other then that though the changing courses are very welcome to me.

I love it! I actually play more Tony Hawk than TOTK! The progress tracking across the different pro skaters and challenges is what keeps me going. That adds so much replayability.

I'm only ~10hrs into TOTK...

I won't spoil it, but based on previous comments I think you have the requirements to get the Master Sword. DM me if you want me to point you in the direction in a not too spoilery way 😅

I'm so glad someone who grew up with Sega thinks similar about Sonic! It's a sanity check for me. I thought "maybe I'm too biased and expect this to be Mario when it's clearly not Mario". But I'm not, and I don't. I play many different kinds of games and I'm not expecting Sonic to be Mario. But it's a game that's all about "going fast". However, if you go fast, you're punished with awkwardly placed enemies or obstacles which completely ruin the flow of each level. And Sonic is agile only when doing the spin or running for a while. When you're trying to go slow and steady, he's extremely slow and clunky. I understand there's a "faster/better" path on the high levels and slower path on the lower levels, but it still doesn't work as one would expect.

I started Sonic 2 and it's not much better. And as I said, there's lots of potential. It seems like an issue with level design, where they didn't do much play testing and just put things randomly around the level. I'm still going to finish 2 and probably continue with 3 and Sonic CD. I hope there's a progression in level design in newer installments. I'm going to go back to Sonic Mania after this too, see how that one feels after playing the originals. Sonic Superstars looks pretty cool, I'm hoping it's fun and uses the potential I'm seeing in these 2D Sonic games!

@slimerancher @Dougas i play splatoon with ramdom player! sometimes is a bit frustrating but mostly super fun :)

I was the same about splatoon initially. I rarely play any multiplayer games so I was a bit sceptical at first. But gameplay looked fun so I decided to give it a try and it was a blast. I have so much fun playing it even though I am relatively bad at it. I play with randos because I don't know a single person irl who has a switch besides a coworker of mine. He doesn't play splatoon btw.

As for Zelda, I am going in waves. Did the first sky island and then a bunch of exploration, then decided to dive into the story and collected all the memories and did 2 temples, I then returned to random exploration until I tried to do both last temples but I gave up midway as I got sidetracked by other stuff.

I think i know what you mean. I think on the main storyline I only have the final boss left, but I feel so unprepared.

... I impulse bought the DLC 😅🥲🥲

Ah, I am not a very good gamer either, even though I have been playing for more than 30 years 😃

Good luck with the boss!

Never played a Pikmin before. From the stories I've been told this game is more laid back than the previous ones. The exploration is very fun though!

Yeah same! I heard they might just be ported and touched up like Pikmin 1+2, but I hope because the first remaster was such a hit the other two get the same treatment!

Yeah, I have been hearing rumours about Prime trilogy remasters for so long and was hoping for their release before Prime 4. Fortunately we got Prime 1 remaster, hope they do the same for 2 and 3.

Want to play the whole trilogy before Prime 4.

Oh nice! I’ve never played a Xenoblade game and have been really curious about 3. And Prime is what I jumped to after TOTK.

I played the original Prime in high school, but just did not have the skills or awareness to get anywhere with it, so while I remember it vaguely, this might as well be the first time I’ve played it haha.

The first campaign took me 9.5h according to the in- game clock but I believe only counts battle time so it should be 10-11h real time.

To get the 100% you have to beat every mission on the map. There is one that's hidden. Rank and score is irrelevant for 100%.

@slimerancher I've been playing Zelda Tears of the Kingdom for about 45 hours, I haven't dedicated myself to doing the main missions, from what I've been playing it seems like an excellent and high-quality game

About 10 hours I think to credits, but there’s a whole 4th area you don’t even unlock until finishing the game, so I’m still working through that. I played Pikmin 3 when it came out on Wii U and then again when it came out on switch, so I’m all set there

Story wise, I’ve finished 2 temples, and I’m still missing a couple of tears/cutscenes. Feels like this games will last forever (probably at least the rest of the year)

@slimerancher, dunno about Tetris 99, but I totally switched to Tetris Effect and love it. That one is still very alive online.

@mysteriouscinderella

It's still around, sometimes joining a 99 game can take a few minutes (the longest I've waited has been like 2, if that)! Some issues dropping connection but it's very rare.

Yeah I'm still working through the shrine levels, Hyrule will be fine until I get to it. And same, the art style for Morgana and plot really drew me to it so I'm excited.

Thanks you too!

It's great! Story is A+ and the men are cute. Win/win!

The characters are ok, though I really like the tracks. I ended up not playing it though because I can't figure out how to link my Pretendo account on Wii u

Still playing it regularly! While the developer has made some questionable changes, it's still enjoyable. Gives an excuse to go explore new parks and the like, helps that there's an active community where I'm at too.

Yup, played all of them except for 2! Just did a replay of 1 with the HD remake, and now going through 2 for the first time. 3 was great, but felt quite a bit easier than the older ones.

There's 8 chapters in total it just breaks the game down into sections to make it feel more like a paper book. So it's probably like 2/3 of the way through . The chapters are different lengths so it's not the greatest indicator.

Ive played about 8 hours.

The thousand year door is my favourite game on the GameCube and my favourite in the series

It's a possibility, a got a few lined up to play. But I played three of these recently so I might need a break.

For BotW: I’m just to Zora’s Domain. Got wrecked by a Lynel a couple of times trying to get some shock arrows for the Vah Ruta fight.

Pikmin: haven’t picked it up yet.

Don't know, haven't played it yet 😅

The ice cream one? it didn't start yet.

But I won the Power vs Wisdom vs Courage one at least :D

not too bad! probably could have used some more polish (the item menu could have been less messy) but it's fine for what it is.