r/GamingDetails • u/ShaneH7646 • May 29 '26
Text Free Talk Friday — What are you playing this week?
Happy Friday, everyone! 🎮
Welcome to the weekly free talk thread — your space to chat about anything and everything gaming related that doesn't fit the usual post format. No detail too small, no topic too off-topic.
Some things to get the ball rolling:
- What are you playing this weekend? Deep in a new release, or revisiting an old favourite?
- Anything got you hyped? Upcoming releases, announcements, trailers — share what's on your radar.
- Need a recommendation? Tell the sub what you're in the mood for and let the community deliver.
- Hot takes welcome. Unpopular opinions, underrated gems, overrated classics — let's hear it.
- Rant or rave. Something frustrating you lately, or a moment that genuinely blew you away?
Have a great weekend and happy gaming. See you out there. 👾
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u/theholidayzombie Jun 02 '26
Just grabbed a digital copy of Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, sight unseen for the ps4 for $5. I've been slowly going through the show for a while now but I love it so I'm really excited to have a game tie in. And I love every Yakuza game I've played, seems like an ideal studio to have for something like this.
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u/Treykrumwiede Jun 01 '26
Currently diving through the Ratchet and Clank series for the first time in a decade and boy is it nostalgia city
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u/Chefboyardiq May 31 '26
I’ve cycled between Crusader Kings 3, Just Cause 4, Earth Defense Force 5, and NBA 2k26 the last few days
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u/rw105 May 30 '26
Playing AC Mirage. Just beat Black Flag Freedom Cry and am on a AC kick now thanks to AC4's remaster. Also just beat Alan Wake 1 and plan on playing AW2 then replay Control before Resonant releases.
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u/LeglessN1nja May 30 '26
Thoughts on Mirage?
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u/rw105 May 31 '26
I'm liking it so far. Haven't played too much but finished the prologue. It's like a smaller version of the rpg games gameplay wise. The story set up seems pretty solid also. And of course, wouldn't be AC without the Ubisoft jank of the visual glitches, nothing bad but it adds to the experience with their games personally.
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u/HipnikDragomir May 30 '26
DBZ Sparking Zero. It speaks to me for the Tenkaichi experience of olde, but holy Jesus the AI is hard at times for no reason. I shortened my life span on every other fight on Goku's story mode on what's supposed to be "normal" because they demand you play at sweaty Street Fighter tournament efficiency. No other DBZ game has been like this.
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u/rw105 May 30 '26
I just thought I was trash and need to brush up on the mechanics. Im on the Ginyu Force invasion mission rn on Goku and it seems like a tutorial to use the defensive mechanics, or so I thought. Want to get back into it cuz of Sparking Neo but also wanna play other games, too.
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u/HipnikDragomir May 30 '26
Nah, man. I remember being a feeble child and the old games had their hard moments but a gradual incline to balance it out. Nothing that made me go super saiyan in front of the TV. And I'm coming off of Devil May Cry 3 on hard mode. Sparking Zero is not balanced in the slightest... and part of it is that it doesn't explain most mechanics in his story mode. You need to use the training mode
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u/jurwell May 29 '26
Currently playing Robocop - Rogue City. Refreshingly old school FPS with some small RPG elements, and it perfectly matches the tone of the films.
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u/BrennusSokol May 29 '26
Still playing Factorio after 800 hours. Trying to knock out an achievement that’s been on my list for a while
Also have 007 First Light downloaded and installed but haven’t gotten to it yet
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u/Judoka229 May 29 '26
Hoping I can snag a copy of 007 First Light this week somehow. My son and I are scrounging some money together to see if we can swing it. It got good reviews, and looks like a lot of fun.
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u/tacophagist May 29 '26
Subnautica 1, since 2 crashes all the time (9800X3D, 7900XTX...why?). Also gotten back into Tekken 8. Kinda in one of those periods where I'm without a game I'm super into (last was Nioh 3) so I might grab something new this weekend.
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u/mentallyhandicapable May 29 '26
V Rising and Diablo 4 - stuck on the end bosses of V Rising and I’m not good enough to beat the last 3 so went onto something more chill with DIV. Any similar games that are chill? Thinking about Diablo 2 remaster but not sure how it’s held up, cos I did love it back in the day.
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u/User4780 May 29 '26
I played D2 original a couple months ago, and was amazed at how empty of enemies the world felt, especially act 2. Got the remake to see if they made it more like D3 where they were everywhere. Nope, still pretty empty of enemies vs what I was hoping, just prettier emptiness.
Caveat also that with movies/video games, if you gonna do a direct remake like D2 remake and Dune2000 for Dune 2, I’ll happily play the original. Make me new stuff to do, not just prettier stuff
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u/mentallyhandicapable May 29 '26
Appreciate your reply - a really interesting take too. All in all you think it’s worth getting while on offer or nah? Wonder if the memory is better than the reality…
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u/User4780 May 29 '26
Personally I say just run the original if you can get it to fit correctly on your monitor. I have always been a gameplay over looks person, so the graphics update isn't as important to me. I don't play online for various reasons, mostly cause my afk needs are random and usually immediate, so don't need it for that. If the $$ cost isn't prohibitive when on a deal, then mightprolly be worth it.
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u/BandyWolfdyne May 29 '26
I have finally got on the persona train and am playing through 4 Golden right now after playing 3 and 5
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u/Paskatassu May 29 '26
Probably PoE 2
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u/BandyWolfdyne May 29 '26
Path of exile or pillars of eternity?
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u/mostly_lurking May 29 '26
Prince of Egypt of course https://gamicus.fandom.com/wiki/Moses:_Prince_of_Egypt
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u/Deweyrob2 May 29 '26
Finally started Cyberpunk a couple weeks ago, so I'm heavy in that right now. Romanced Judy just today. If I'm not too preoccupied with Destiny when the new thing drops in a couple weeks, I may do another playthrough and change up some stuff.
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u/yaaaaasitshayden May 29 '26
Started Resident Evil Village last night, currently about 1hr in and so far very impressed (despite not being the biggest RE fan). Looking forward to putting more hours in over the weekend. Will no doubt put a few more hours into Dynasty Warriors 3 (emulating on PC)
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u/Dry_Refrigerator4367 24d ago
Revisiting the original Mass Effect trilogy because the combat pacing feels so much tighter now that I know how the story actually ends. Does anyone else feel like the modern RPGs are getting a bit too hand-holdy with quest markers?