What games are you playing now?

[MrCrynox]

I'm playing:

Grid Autosport Xbox One X
Halo Anniversary Xbox One X
WRC7 PS4

I'm loving the fact that GAS is on backward compatibility!!

 

[FuzzyFassbender]

Playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered, haven't played the original. I have to say I'm impressed on how well it looks and how smooth it plays for a 10 year old game! I have a backlog of shooters in waiting as I don't spend a lot of time gaming:
COD WWII
MGSV Phantom Pain
Wolfenstein New Order
COD Infinite Warfare
Metro Last Light
...all on Xbox One X.
For my PC, I still pop into:
The Division
Ghost Recon Wildlands
...and still have Doom to play.

I typically don't buy just released games as the cost isn't worth it to me - most of my games were $5 to $20 during sales. With that said, I may not be able to resist full price for Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Division 2 but then again I don't know where I'll find the time for more

 

[Brett]

On the Nintendo Switch, I am playing:

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

On PC, once stuff is redownloaded:

1. Diablo 3
2. Overwatch
3. Bastion

 

[Phoenix]

Playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered, haven't played the original. I have to say I'm impressed on how well it looks and how smooth it plays for a 10 year old game!

You should try the original one.

It's a hundred times better! At least on PC.

I don't play shooter games on console.

 

[FuzzyFassbender]

You should try the original one.

It's a hundred times better! At least on PC.

I don't play shooter games on console.

How is it better - I've heard the remaster is the same as the original except they improved the textures etc..

 

[ShphrdOfFire]

Gran Turismo 5

BeamNG.Drive

NFS Underground

NFS Prostreet

 

[Obelisk]

How is it better - I've heard the remaster is the same as the original except they improved the textures etc..

Some of the small stuff was fine-tuned and there are more weapons and doo-dads in MWR.

The only upshot to playing CoD 4 is the nostalgia experience.

 

[Darla Starch]

Decided to fool about in Fire Pro Wrestling World, remembered that I had a few Game of Thrones characters downloaded, including The Hound and The Mountain. Clearly, there's only thing to do now:

CHOO-CHOO ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN, NEXT STOP CLEGANEBOWL

 

[Phoenix]

How is it better - I've heard the remaster is the same as the original except they improved the textures etc..

The original plays/played alot better. The gameplay is/was way smoother.

And i'm just saying that with more than 5500 hours in it...

Played the "remastered" for maybe 10 hours in multiplayer. It felt nothing like the original. Way to clunky and not even close to being as smooth.
Almost like they ported it from a console... Wait? Not the first time they've done that.

Oh, and let's not forget the lack of dedicated servers that they promised in the "remastered"... Laughable... (If they have added it recently, then good for them, still a **** game).

 

[FuzzyFassbender]

The original plays/played alot better. The gameplay is/was way smoother.

And i'm just saying that with more than 5500 hours in it...

Played the "remastered" for maybe 10 hours in multiplayer. It felt nothing like the original. Way to clunky and not even close to being as smooth.
Almost like they ported it from a console... Wait? Not the first time they've done that.

Oh, and let's not forget the lack of dedicated servers that they promised in the "remastered"... Laughable... (If they have added it recently, then good for them, still a **** game).

You may be correct with the PC port of the Remaster - but I'm playing it on Xbox One X and it's very smooth, plays well, and only cost me $9 on eBay for the Infinite/MF Remaster bundle. I'm not interested in multi-player so there's that.
I have a very good PC (34" GSync Ultrawide, i7, 1080ti) and that's were I play all of my racing and flight sims, but recently started buying some shooter games for something different. I only buy games if the price is right - I don't buy new $50-$60 games as I only play the campaigns, there're not worth it to me at full price. Otherwise, and ONLY IF the game runs at 60FPS, I may buy for my Xbox One X. So, how well a game performs, and the price, will determine which platform I ultimately choose to play these game on. Everything being close to equal I'll choose the PC version.
I'm not hurting for money but I would rather spend my cash on things other than gaming so cost of a game helps determine my platform.

My "What games are you playing now?" $.02

 

[Tired Tyres]

Pokemon Ultra Moon. Since I wasn't able to play games online on my PS4 pro for a couple of days I've hardly switched it on again.

 

[Drex124]

Ragnarok Oddysey ACE: Like Monster Hunter but... the combat is much much faster, and the art style reminds me of an MMO I played ages ago... Flyff I think it was called. Really its just a reason to turn on the Vita again.

The Crew 2: Or to give it it's actual name, American Roadtrip Simulator 2018. A great game if you want to explore a great big map and take pictures of cars on top of buildings, its just a shame the racing side lets it down a bit.

Salt and Sanctuary: Got it during the steam summer sale since I hadn't done a playthrough in a while, I'd still recommend it as the best attempt at a 2D souls game. Depressing atmosphere, dodge rolling, and sometimes questionable hitboxes, it's the whole package.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Been in and out of GT5 lately doing some hacking related stuff.

Started playing Star Wars Trilogy Apprentice of the Force on the GBA lately for the first time in years. I used to play it when I was like 13 or 14, but I got stuck on a level sometime back then and it seems I hadn't bothered with it since. It wasn't until last week while I was on vacation I picked back up on it again and I finally got past that level that made me stop playing the game long ago and I even finished the game shortly after. (which I have NEVER done) It has this pretty exciting mini game you unlock afterwards that pretty much goes on until you die and I love it! I have to say, it's a FAR better Star Wars game than I remember it and replaying it again has been quite thrilling, it feels even better knowing I finally beat it. I may create a new save sometime and start all over again for the fun of it.

Playing it on a backlit original GBA also makes for quite a heavenly experience I must say. I am so glad I made the investment for it.

Just dove back into Spyro Year of the Dragon last night and started a whole new save game for the first time in nearly 6 years I think. I considered going back to it recently and after seeing the trailer for the upcoming remaster, it's accelerated my decision to go back to it even sooner now.

Playing it first and then I am going to play the 1st and 2nd after. Sure I may be playing it a bit out of sequence, but Year of the Dragon is the one I grew up with and it's the one I know best whereas I have barely played the first and none of the 2nd. I am playing the 3rd first ultimately as a refresher to remind myself why I like Spyro so much and why I keep coming back to it after all these years, that way I can appreciate the previous two more since they're going to be new to me. All this in preparation for the remaster coming later this year.

You know, I said this over 3 months ago and while it's true, I did dive back into the game, I actually stopped afterwards because I had too many other things on my mind I wanted to do and I couldn't properly enjoy it. In fact, I never touched any of my Playstation consoles for 3 whole months and that is quite possibly the longest I can recall going without using any of them, ever.

I do however still plan on doing what I said in the post, but probably not anytime soon. I will however wait and buy the remaster sometime next year since it's coming fairly soon.

 

[MXH]

• Test Drive Unlimited 2

I rarely play games these days as I prefer spending my time elsewhere and my intereset for gaming in general waned considerably the last year. However, I still get an itch to play a racing game from time to time. So having that itch and all the time in the world this weekend, I fired up and installed TDU and TDU2 on my XBOX 360 - playing them back and forth as to which game to go forward with.

While I prefer TDU's car list and physics over it successor's, I still found myself coming back to TDU2 - a game that I truly disliked at first when it released. 7(?) years on, I quite enjoy playing it. Zoning out and cruising while it goes it goes from day to night, not to mention the weather cycles, is pretty damn nice. There's more than plenty to do so it should keep me busy for a long time. Though it's a massive shame that the DLCs are no longer available. You can test drive the DLC cars and bikes, but you'll never be able to purchase them.

 

[Stephan]

Things that I'm playing right now:

- Juiced Eliminator. It just came up to my mind and decided to complete the game once more. Even though it's the same as the original, the things I liked are the soundtrack (Limp Bizkit's Rollin, Hoobastank's Out of Control, All American Reject's Night Drive etc.), the new cars especially the Clio V6, etc.
- GTR2. I just keep coming back to this game new mods to install to make the game even better. Plus I've been doing some custom championships lately.
- GT Sport. Not much to say here honestly.
- NBA 2K18. The MyGM mode is the only game mode (aside from the usual Play Now mode) that keeps on bringing me back to play especially if you do fantasy draft with All Time players.
- Persona 4 Golden. Right now I'm on my third playthrough trying to get the platinum trophy. That Hardcore Risette Fan trophy is giving me a hard time.

And those are it. I have more but I'm just revisiting them just because I miss playing those games.

• Test Drive Unlimited 2

I rarely play games these days as I prefer spending my time elsewhere and my intereset for gaming in general waned considerably the last year. However, I still get an itch to play a racing game from time to time. So having that itch and all the time in the world this weekend, I fired up and installed TDU and TDU2 on my XBOX 360 - playing them back and forth as to which game to go forward with.

While I prefer TDU's car list and physics over it successor's, I still found myself coming back to TDU2 - a game that I truly disliked at first when it released. 7(?) years on, I quite enjoy playing it. Zoning out and cruising while it goes it goes from day to night, not to mention the weather cycles, is pretty damn nice. There's more than plenty to do so it should keep me busy for a long time. Though it's a massive shame that the DLCs are no longer available. You can test drive the DLC cars and bikes, but you'll never be able to purchase them.

There is a way to get those DLC cars though.

 

[MXH]

There is a way to get those DLC cars though.

I’m assuming it involves a USB stick, my saved data file and a certain software on my PC?

 

[Stephan]

I’m assuming it involves a USB stick, my saved data file and a certain software on my PC?

Not really. This one. (Though you must be offline when you do this.)

 

[user3392345]

Is the casino still open? I was spending so many hours on slot maschines LOOL If yes i would install TDU2 again for a nice ride in a caprio after visiting the beauty surgery doctor HAHAHA

 

[SlipZtrEm]

I've got back into Rocket League lately (I blame @Brend! ), even if I'm still hot garbage in it. It's easy to jump into a round or five in an evening to unwind.

Still in regular rotation:

• GT Sport
• Forza Motorsport 7

Also got into F1 2017 lately. It's... fantastic. I'm not even a big fan of the real sport, but I love the different approach it provides to the two above. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed playing against AI so much.

I was inspired by Polygon's Backlog Week to sign up to two sites to track my game collection (Backloggery and AllMy.Games). I've been in a funk about them for a while — I simply have too many, but I find I rarely get to play video games for fun any more. And that made me pretty sad, since that's their main function.

The digital movement is a big reason for the size of the backlog too. I've got games that I bought years ago based on others' opinions on them, that I haven't even started. And let's be fair: it's unlikely I'll genuinely love 'em all. So all I've bought recently has been racing games. (And Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, which sure enough, I haven't played.)

So, in the interest of shrinking my collection, at least physically, I'm revisiting Batman: Arkham City. Wait Kyle, you say, didn't you recently platinum that on PS4? I did! I'm redoing it on PS3 because it's a fairly straight-forward one, and it means I can ditch the discs. I've already done the same with its predecessor. I probably won't with Origins, because I remember that game being pretty meh. I'll get rid of them, and then I may move on to the old Uncharted PS3 titles.

I miss the days of NES, Genesis, and even early PS1. I was a kid, so our gaming library was limited by what my parents deemed acceptable, but I really got to know those games, on a level I simply can't with dozens of titles on a hard drive. It's time to simplify, and stick with the games I love, instead of pinging across a bunch of games I may only like.

 

[PocketZeven]

PES 2018, Bioshock 3 and after that probably revisit Metal Gear 5 or GTA 5, untill GTsport ads Spa and either Trial mountain or Deep forest.
Maybe going to buy Spiderman at launch, but it depends on how bored I will be.

edit: correction metal gear 5 and not 3

 

[Phoenix]

Been playing alot of The Division and Rainbow Six Siege on PC, and some Forza 7 on PC/XBONEX.

Don't have much left on Forza 7 to complete it, just some multiplayer races on different tracks.

Have not touched GT Sport in a while, but still got some things to do.

I really want to buy F1 2018 (either on PC or PS4), but i'm not sure how much time I will get to play it properly.
Also got Project Cars 2 (PC) to keep me busy.

 

[Sonygamer455]

Been playing Hot Wheels World Race for the Gameboy Advance lately. I am getting somewhat close to beating it though, so I may play Corvette for the GBA next or start over on Star Wars Trilogy as I mentioned earlier. Don't know yet.

I actually have several new PS1 and PS2 games I bought a few weeks ago that I haven't even played yet, but truthfully I am deliberately avoiding playing any of my consoles so that way I can focus on my GBA games more. I tend to be too distracted with console games to ever play GBA games most of the time, but since I'm not for once, I'm taking advantage of it. Man, I haven't been this obsessed with the GBA since I was 10!

 

[Victoria H]

Currently enjoying the Mass Effect Trilogy. Finished the first one already and I'm halfway through 2. Funny that ME3 was my first game in the series, mainly because of the (very fun) multiplayer, which I played - still play, actually - with some friends who are super into it. Never bothered with the campaign until a few months ago.

Also playing:

GT Sport, of course.
The Division (PS4): Just playing the campaign and open world missions, I have no interest in the Dark Zone loot grind and the more complex parts of this game;
Killing Floor 2 (PS4): Super fun co-op horde mode for when I'm stressed and just want to shoot stuff.

 

[PocketZeven]

Currently enjoying the Mass Effect Trilogy. Finished the first one already and I'm halfway through 2. Funny that ME3 was my first game in the series, mainly because of the (very fun) multiplayer, which I played - still play, actually - with some friends who are super into it. Never bothered with the campaign until a few months ago.

Also playing:

GT Sport, of course.
The Division (PS4): Just playing the campaign and open world missions, I have no interest in the Dark Zone loot grind and the more complex parts of this game;
Killing Floor 2 (PS4): Super fun co-op horde mode for when I'm stressed and just want to shoot stuff;

Is the division worth it for the campaign in singleplayer??

 

[Victoria H]

Is the division worth it for the campaign?

If you get the game at a very good sale, and don't mind the ubisoft open world formula, maybe. The main focus of the game, from what I get, is the Dark Zone (PvP mode, which is a mess if you're alone or have no idea of what to do) and looting weapons and gear. Not sure if I would recommend it only for the campaign, though, as it's nothing special.

I enjoyed the shooting mechanics and whole post-apocalyptic NYC atmosphere of the game, but I think it's not for everyone.

 

[Brend]

I've got back into Rocket League lately (I blame @Brend! ), even if I'm still hot garbage in it. It's easy to jump into a round or five in an evening to unwind.

Still in regular rotation:

• GT Sport
• Forza Motorsport 7

Also got into F1 2017 lately. It's... fantastic. I'm not even a big fan of the real sport, but I love the different approach it provides to the two above. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed playing against AI so much.

I was inspired by Polygon's Backlog Week to sign up to two sites to track my game collection (Backloggery and AllMy.Games). I've been in a funk about them for a while — I simply have too many, but I find I rarely get to play video games for fun any more. And that made me pretty sad, since that's their main function.

The digital movement is a big reason for the size of the backlog too. I've got games that I bought years ago based on others' opinions on them, that I haven't even started. And let's be fair: it's unlikely I'll genuinely love 'em all. So all I've bought recently has been racing games. (And Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, which sure enough, I haven't played.)

So, in the interest of shrinking my collection, at least physically, I'm revisiting Batman: Arkham City. Wait Kyle, you say, didn't you recently platinum that on PS4? I did! I'm redoing it on PS3 because it's a fairly straight-forward one, and it means I can ditch the discs. I've already done the same with its predecessor. I probably won't with Origins, because I remember that game being pretty meh. I'll get rid of them, and then I may move on to the old Uncharted PS3 titles.

I miss the days of NES, Genesis, and even early PS1. I was a kid, so our gaming library was limited by what my parents deemed acceptable, but I really got to know those games, on a level I simply can't with dozens of titles on a hard drive. It's time to simplify, and stick with the games I love, instead of pinging across a bunch of games I may only like.

Just hit me up if you wanna play with some voice chat too.


Recently I've been playing a LOT of Switch. Between Octopath Traveler, Paladins and Taiko Drum Master it's pretty much been my go to console for the past few months at the least. As evidenced by this past week!

PlayStation 4 wise, as @SlipZtrEm alluded to...It's pretty much a Rocket League machine these days. The game is like crack and I'm a willing addict.

 

[FuzzyFassbender]

Is the division worth it for the campaign in singleplayer??

I definitely think so, I had a blast (all solo play). I had around 100 hours in (w/Underground DLC) but I didn't rush through and picked up all loot, played every side mission. I picked it up for $15 (PC), no brainer for me at that price.

 

[MXH]

Not really. This one. (Though you must be offline when you do this.)

The video is from 2015 so it's highly unlikely they patched it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Going to try it when I get home from work.

 

[Stephan]

The video is from 2015 so it's highly unlikely they patched it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Going to try it when I get home from work.

That exploit alone made me enjoy the game a lot.

But yeah when you do that, do not go online when you do the exploit. Or else the game will detect it and replace it with Miami Harris' Pink Mustang. Not even gonna lie. I bought 5 DLC cars through that exploit and when the game detected that I bought those cars through that exploit, it replaced those DLC cars I bought with Pink Mustangs and it got me annoyed to the point where I started all over again. But luckily when you're not online, the game will not detect it.

But yeah enjoy!

 

[MXH]

That exploit alone made me enjoy the game a lot.

But yeah when you do that, do not go online when you do the exploit. Or else the game will detect it and replace it with Miami Harris' Pink Mustang. Not even gonna lie. I bought 5 DLC cars through that exploit and when the game detected that I bought those cars through that exploit, it replaced those DLC cars I bought with Pink Mustangs and it got me annoyed to the point where I started all over again. But luckily when you're not online, the game will not detect it.

But yeah enjoy!

The TDU2 servers were silently shut down some time ago, so I assume it shouldn't be a problem. Or should I avoid being connected to Xbox Live altogether?