Official Thread What are you playing this weekend? Version 4.0

[starseeker]

I am sick. It started on Friday, and peaked on Sat. On sat I was pretty much bed bound. On Sun, I manage to got on sofa, and just watch random youtube and a few movies on Amazon Prime

I watched the french movie Count of Monto Christo, followed by Beekeeper from Jason Statham.

In Beekeeper, Jasom Statham played a ex special agent force out of retirement. Very original.

 

[sharkboy1200]

Been playing SpongeBob: Titans of the Tide. Bear the story, but haven't 100% the game yet. Overall, quite fun. Purple Lamp doesn't miss when it comes to these Spongebob games. More on the short side compared to the last few releases, but this was solid.

Kaiju No. 8 the Game - definitely a mobile game. Playing on PC via Steam. Gameplay is basically like that Shadow Raid game. Really simple RPG stuff with lots of weird little things to level up that feel more like they're trying to get money from you. That said, if you're a fan of the anime, the storyline is worth checking and the visuals are quite good overall. Not the Kaiju No. 8 game I want, but hopefully we can get that one day.

 

[Smogs]

For some weird reason, I feel like playing Fortnite for the first time in like a year.

Of course it will require an update (which is why I never play it, I enjoy it for maybe half an hour when it is up to date)

Anyone want to guess how big and how long the update will take when I fire it up right now?

edit: I suck wanted to put the update size in spoilers for you guys to guess. It's 42.5 GB and I just want to play a couple rounds for fun. I guess I can maybe do that in 2 hours but by then I'll be doing something else.

 

[Smogs]

I am sick. It started on Friday, and peaked on Sat. On sat I was pretty much bed bound. On Sun, I manage to got on sofa, and just watch random youtube and a few movies on Amazon Prime

I watched the french movie Count of Monto Christo, followed by Beekeeper from Jason Statham.

In Beekeeper, Jasom Statham played a ex special agent force out of retirement. Very original.

Are you talking about this Count of Monte Cristo movie?

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Adventure, Drama

2h 11m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

I've recently been going down the "movies I haven't watched in decades" thing, and really enjoying it.

Currently watching The Thin Red Line. I loved The Count of Monte Cristo and man it's been a long time. I think I'd enjoy that one so thanks for the tip! (unless there's a new one, which I would be interested in)

 

[starseeker]

Are you talking about this Count of Monte Cristo movie?

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Adventure, Drama

2h 11m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

I've recently been going down the "movies I haven't watched in decades" thing, and really enjoying it.

Currently watching The Thin Red Line. I loved The Count of Monte Cristo and man it's been a long time. I think I'd enjoy that one so thanks for the tip! (unless there's a new one, which I would be interested in)

Apparently, I was watching the 2025 vesion, There was an older version.

Then red line- Everyone fight their own war. I remember that.

 

[BDK]

For some weird reason, I feel like playing Fortnite for the first time in like a year.

Of course it will require an update (which is why I never play it, I enjoy it for maybe half an hour when it is up to date)

Anyone want to guess how big and how long the update will take when I fire it up right now?

edit: I suck wanted to put the update size in spoilers for you guys to guess. It's 42.5 GB and I just want to play a couple rounds for fun. I guess I can maybe do that in 2 hours but by then I'll be doing something else.

You know I have my Xbox set to auto update as well as my PS. When I log in I am USUALLY notified that my games were updated. When they are not, it seems it’s because the OS is getting an update and I need to complete that first.

For the longest time my Xbox was set to automatically update games, but it didn’t work a couple years. It worked at first when I bought it though. And now it’s working again. I usually have had no issues with PS auto updating.

 

[Kerosene31]

I notice no matter what settings you choose, consoles go into "really, really powered off" mode eventually and never update. Basically if you boot up and get the full Xbox splash screen, your console was off. I had 18 updates the other day.

Anyway, with the holiday I hope to get some gaming in. I'm still recovering from the flu (over a week now). Assuming I can stay up past the wee hours of 9:45:

-Battlefield 6
-MSFS 2024
-Ball X Pit
-Outer Worlds 2

 

[BDK]

I notice no matter what settings you choose, consoles go into "really, really powered off" mode eventually and never update. Basically if you boot up and get the full Xbox splash screen, your console was off. I had 18 updates the other day.

Anyway, with the holiday I hope to get some gaming in. I'm still recovering from the flu (over a week now). Assuming I can stay up past the wee hours of 9:45:

-Battlefield 6
-MSFS 2024
-Ball X Pit
-Outer Worlds 2

Are you feeling better?

 

[Kerosene31]

Are you feeling better?

About 90%, but it has been a week now. I happened to have a doctor's appointment and he said the flu is everywhere. I tested positive and have been dragging ever since. I thought it might be covid as it was more in my head.

Pretty sure I caught it in the 45 minutes I was at the company xmas party that I never wanted to go to anyway. Otherwise I'd never see people in person. Work is all online meetings at this point.

At least I'm getting better before Christmas.

 

[lowdru2k]

About 90%, but it has been a week now. I happened to have a doctor's appointment and he said the flu is everywhere. I tested positive and have been dragging ever since. I thought it might be covid as it was more in my head.

Pretty sure I caught it in the 45 minutes I was at the company xmas party that I never wanted to go to anyway. Otherwise I'd never see people in person. Work is all online meetings at this point.

At least I'm getting better before Christmas.

My oldest boy tested positive for the flu next day after I took him to see Avatar. He started feeling bad and sleeping a lot. That s*** going around… hopefully I don’t catch it now.

 

[Kerosene31]

My oldest boy tested positive for the flu next day after I took him to see Avatar. He started feeling bad and sleeping a lot. That s*** going around… hopefully I don’t catch it now.

Tell your kid it is time to play "camp out in the garage" for a few days!

 

[aceattorney]

Finally went back to Indiana Jones. And with the help of Co-Pilot (in game bar) I was able to get out of the Vatican. Man what a slog that was.

 

[Enemy]

Tried playing the Avatar game again thinking the added 3rd person mode would make it better...

The game is still poop.

 

[Grimmy]

King Arthur: Knight's Tale - Pretty good. Enjoying it a lot.

 

[DriedMangoes]

Played through the whole Gears of War reloaded with my brother in law on my PS5 pro for Christmas day in one sitting as he just bought it from the sale.

 

[lowdru2k]

Tried playing the Avatar game again thinking the added 3rd person mode would make it better...

The game is still poop.

Game world/graphics is pretty awesome. Makes you feel like you’re in the movie. I need to get back to it. My wife has been playing it a lot lately she loves it.

 

[lowdru2k]

I got BF6 on sale for $50 on XB going to start playing the MP. I got GamePass back you can do $1 for the first month or you can do $45 for 3 months. Looking forward to playing Ball X Pit on GP.

 

[lowdru2k]

I didn’t get to play BF6 while I was off, I did play Ball X Pit. Liked it so much I went ahead and bought it on Switch while it was on sale. It’s perfect for handheld.

 

[Grimmy]

I didn’t get to play BF6 while I was off, I did play Ball X Pit. Liked it so much I went ahead and bought it on Switch while it was on sale. It’s perfect for handheld.

Ball X Pit is awesome. Top 10 for me this year. Can't wait for more content.

 

[Kerosene31]

I finished the battle pass for BF6 and taking a break from that. Really like it, but waiting for next season and some new content.

I picked up Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 for $23 and Escape from Duckov cheap off Steam.

I'm getting some MSFS 2024 time in with a bunch of time off (I technically have to work on Friday, but pretty much a do nothing day with the holiday).

 

[lowdru2k]

I finished the battle pass for BF6 and taking a break from that. Really like it, but waiting for next season and some new content.

I picked up Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 for $23 and Escape from Duckov cheap off Steam.

I'm getting some MSFS 2024 time in with a bunch of time off (I technically have to work on Friday, but pretty much a do nothing day with the holiday).

Was the BF6 BP a long grind?

 

[Kerosene31]

Was the BF6 BP a long grind?

It would have been if I didn't have the "pro" version with the tier skips. I think I got the first 20 or 25 levels with buying the more expensive version of the game.

The battle pass is weird. You can earn regular XP and move it a little, but everything is really challenge based. You get these weekly challenges. Some can be super easy, some might be for a mode I don't even play (like the BR or gauntlet). You can re-roll 5 challenges per week, but they don't expire. It is kind of annoying as it takes some management, but the challenges give you a ton of BP progress.

So for example on week 1 I might get challenges for the BR which I won't play, so I reroll that into something else and hope to get lucky. Another one that comes up is things like team deathmatch. I don't play BF to play TDM, I want to play conquest or breakthrough, so that's another re-roll or spend time in a bad mode.

The challenges don't expire, so you can go back and use your 5 re-rolls per week and basically get them done, but it can be annoying. I wish it was just "play the game, get XP, move the pass". The progress you get from just playing is basically nothing, so it is essentially time gated. Every level has a number of "points" you need to get to progress it. It starts at 10 maybe and then gets higher, but some challenges can be 7 points, 5 or 3. Once your challenges for the week are done, you're stuck waiting for the next reset. If I play a 25 minute game, I might get half a point. Just not worth it at all.

The other good thing is you can get most challenges done in casual breakthrough which is 2 human squads per team but the rest bots (and bot kills do count towards challenges). So, I'll spend time killing bots with a pistol to get a challenge like that done. Again, kind of annoying. Still, you can bang out a couple of challenges in a single bot match and easily get several levels.

Long story short, the pass wasn't that great and I might not bother in the future. There's still a decent number of in game cosmetics to unlock with gameplay (granted they are grindy) so it isn't like it is the shop or the pass are the only ways to customize.

 

[lowdru2k]

It would have been if I didn't have the "pro" version with the tier skips. I think I got the first 20 or 25 levels with buying the more expensive version of the game.

The battle pass is weird. You can earn regular XP and move it a little, but everything is really challenge based. You get these weekly challenges. Some can be super easy, some might be for a mode I don't even play (like the BR or gauntlet). You can re-roll 5 challenges per week, but they don't expire. It is kind of annoying as it takes some management, but the challenges give you a ton of BP progress.

So for example on week 1 I might get challenges for the BR which I won't play, so I reroll that into something else and hope to get lucky. Another one that comes up is things like team deathmatch. I don't play BF to play TDM, I want to play conquest or breakthrough, so that's another re-roll or spend time in a bad mode.

The challenges don't expire, so you can go back and use your 5 re-rolls per week and basically get them done, but it can be annoying. I wish it was just "play the game, get XP, move the pass". The progress you get from just playing is basically nothing, so it is essentially time gated. Every level has a number of "points" you need to get to progress it. It starts at 10 maybe and then gets higher, but some challenges can be 7 points, 5 or 3. Once your challenges for the week are done, you're stuck waiting for the next reset. If I play a 25 minute game, I might get half a point. Just not worth it at all.

The other good thing is you can get most challenges done in casual breakthrough which is 2 human squads per team but the rest bots (and bot kills do count towards challenges). So, I'll spend time killing bots with a pistol to get a challenge like that done. Again, kind of annoying. Still, you can bang out a couple of challenges in a single bot match and easily get several levels.

Long story short, the pass wasn't that great and I might not bother in the future. There's still a decent number of in game cosmetics to unlock with gameplay (granted they are grindy) so it isn't like it is the shop or the pass are the only ways to customize.

If that’s the case I may not even get the BP then. I just want to play the game how I want to play what modes I like.

The mode in the free week with a mix of real players and bots was a lot of fun. What are those playlists called?

 

[Kerosene31]

If that’s the case I may not even get the BP then. I just want to play the game how I want to play what modes I like.

The mode in the free week with a mix of real players and bots was a lot of fun. What are those playlists called?

The challenge thing is more annoying than anything. You can re-roll challenges and get rid of the ones you don't like over time. It is just tedious.

So there's "initiation breakthrough" that is a playlist you can play until you hit a certain level (I think it is 20). It has low level players and mostly bots. Once you hit a certain level, you aren't allowed in there.

Then there's "casual breakthrough". This has 8 humans per team, and the rest bots. The only problem is that there's nothing stopping super sweaty players from jumping in, although most people will be bots.

There's always Portal stuff, but very little of it actually gives any XP or progress.

 

[lowdru2k]

The challenge thing is more annoying than anything. You can re-roll challenges and get rid of the ones you don't like over time. It is just tedious.

So there's "initiation breakthrough" that is a playlist you can play until you hit a certain level (I think it is 20). It has low level players and mostly bots. Once you hit a certain level, you aren't allowed in there.

Then there's "casual breakthrough". This has 8 humans per team, and the rest bots. The only problem is that there's nothing stopping super sweaty players from jumping in, although most people will be bots.

There's always Portal stuff, but very little of it actually gives any XP or progress.

I thought you got regular XP for Portal? Some even had extra XP in BF2042 from what I remember.

 

[Kerosene31]

I thought you got regular XP for Portal? Some even had extra XP in BF2042 from what I remember.

That's something they screwed up big time. Initially, Portal had normal XP. People of course created booster servers, and rather than fix that, they pulled pretty much all XP out of portal. Unless you create a portal server with 100% normal rules and filled with humans, it doesn't work.

Short answer, you can't just play all bots easily.

Portal has been one of the bigger fails in the game. It has so much potential, but nobody uses it because it doesn't give XP. It takes a lot of XP to level up guns, so every Portal server at launch was XP boosting.

It sucks, part of it is on EA, but of course part is the community who simply couldn't avoid boosting.

 

[lowdru2k]

That's something they screwed up big time. Initially, Portal had normal XP. People of course created booster servers, and rather than fix that, they pulled pretty much all XP out of portal. Unless you create a portal server with 100% normal rules and filled with humans, it doesn't work.

Short answer, you can't just play all bots easily.

Portal has been one of the bigger fails in the game. It has so much potential, but nobody uses it because it doesn't give XP. It takes a lot of XP to level up guns, so every Portal server at launch was XP boosting.

It sucks, part of it is on EA, but of course part is the community who simply couldn't avoid boosting.

That’s so dumb if I can’t get XP then no point playing Portal. I liked Portal on the last game playing the BF BC2 and BF3 maps.

 

[Enemy]

Game world/graphics is pretty awesome. Makes you feel like you’re in the movie. I need to get back to it. My wife has been playing it a lot lately she loves it.

That's not enough to save it for me. It's better than it was at launch with the added 3rd person mode, balanced graphics mode and being able to place a marker on the screen instead of constantly scanning where to go. I twist my fingers in knots swapping and creating ammo while fighting. I'm getting killed a lot by stupid humans and getting shot inside of buildings and behind cover. It's like being on dial-up playing a shooter and having insane lag.

 

[lowdru2k]

I gave Halls of Torment a try on GamePass. It’s a horde/survival roguelite. Think Diablo1/2 look with Vampire Survivors type gameplay.

Left stick moves your character (I played a warrior and archer so far) right stick is your aim. You can manually attack or turn on auto attack. You collect shards from downed enemies then upgrade traits (more health, health regain, strength, etc), take out a boss to unlock an ability you choose, and when I took out the 3rd boss it gave me an armor piece I chose that gave me a boost. The gold you collect you upgrade blessing back at your camp that boost your characters.

Game is pretty damn addicting I highly recommend if your a Vampire Survivors fan. I wouldn’t mind getting this on Switch for handheld. It’s $10 new on XB and Switch I would assume.

Edit: Just looked it up sadly not announced for Switch yet. So far XB/PS5/PC.

 

[cmstophe]

Been playing through Cyberpunk. Trying to finish it as it’s my last Xbox game. Currently in the expansion. Game is cool but I’m just not sure it has the hooks for such a long game. I’m 30 hours in and feels like nowhere near the end. I’ve been using the same equipment forever (just upgrading my sword) and having zero issues. There isn’t really a cool looting carrot in a stick or gear chase that is providing the power spikes that I enjoy in RPGs. The cyber ware is interesting at least.

The world and story are good enough that I want to finish it, though, so just muscling through.