What are you playing this weekend? 2026-10-09 (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by slimerancher@lemmy.world to c/nintendo@lemmy.world

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

My schedule is a bit messed up, so don't have much game time. Just played a bit on weekend.

Started God of War: Ragnarok. With the next game coming out in January, it's the perfect time to catch up to the series.

I have only played a few hours, but having fun with it. Combat feels a bit less exciting than the first one, probably cause it's just more of the same. The novelty and feel of summoning back the axe, which I absolutely loved in the first game, has worn off. It's still fun, just not as fun. The story is interesting though, and looking forward to how things go.

Played couple more "days" of Pikmin 1. I have cleared the first two areas completely now, and just have two items remaining in the third area. Should be done in a day. Haven't visited the fourth area yet, will go there after getting both these items.

All other games are paused at the moment.

What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So, don’t leave me hanging, which is your favorite? :D

My favourite is XC3, followed by XC1, then XC2. XCX comes at last.

Heh, you can use the thread as you want, no issues either way.

As for FE, why not resell it? Or do you also collect games?

[-] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In my short time researching the XC series I also heard that XC3 was the best, but also that XC2 was the worst. So your ranking of XCX last is a bit surprising to me, but I obviously have no reference frame. I'll let you know in next week's thread how I'm liking the game.

I hadn't thought of reselling FE. Honestly I've never actually sold anything online. I either keep stuff or yeet it. The one exception was my previous Switch but only because a friend of the family was interested in it. My mom's quite anxious about getting scammed. Will try to convince her tho.
Silly me tho, buys physical games for the benefits of physical games; forgets about them immediately xD

Edit: It's a no go. Mom says we'll never sell on ebay, especially since you can never tell what type of asshole you sell to (her words). Sadge.

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So, the structure of XCX is different from the other Xenoblade games. It's not that it's bad, it's just different, and those who like that difference love the game.

I may have ranked it much higher if I had played the game after playing just one game in the series (how it was originally released), but after playing 3 games this just wasn't what I wanted from a Xenoblade game. It's possible if you play other XC games after this you won't like them as much because they aren't like XCX.

Still, even as my least favourite in the series, it's still a very good game. My least favourite game in one of my favourite series still ranks above most other games for me.

[-] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah I've heard that XCX was different from the numbered entries. But it's good to hear that the XC series is one of your favorites. Don't think I'll get around to trying one of the numbered entries this year tho. Also, holy fuck how is it October already wtf? Where does time go? Months go by so freaking fast this year. And that even tho I've been unemployed since March and just boyrotting on my PC the entire time :D

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2026

10 points (91.7% liked)

Nintendo

25413 readers

176 users here now

A community for everything Nintendo. Games, news, discussions, stories etc.

Rules:

Stay on topic.
No NSFW content.
No hate speech or personal attacks.
No ads / spamming / trolling / self-promotion / low effort posts / memes etc.
No linking to, or sharing information about, hacks, ROMs or any illegal content. And no piracy talk. (Linking to emulators, or general mention / discussion of emulation topics is fine.)
No console wars or PC elitism.
Be a decent human (or a bot, we don't discriminate against bots... except in Point 8).
All bots must have mod permission prior to implementation and must follow instance-wide rules. For lemmy.world bot rules click here
Links to Twitter, X, or any alternative version such as Nitter, Xitter, Xcancel, etc. are no longer allowed. This includes any "connected-but-separate" web services such as pbs. twimg. com. The only exception will be screenshots in the event that the news cannot be sourced elsewhere.

Upcoming First Party Games (NA):

Game | Date

[S2] means Switch 2 only.

Other Gaming Communities

PlayStation @ lemmy.world

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

slimerancher@lemmy.world

picandocodigo@lemmy.world