{"id":99825,"date":"2019-09-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/talking_point_what_are_you_playing_this_weekend_september_7th"},"modified":"2019-09-07T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T09:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-september-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/07\/talking-point-what-are-you-playing-this-weekend-september-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 7th)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, that’s another week down, and this one was full of Metacritic review bombing drama<\/a>, SNES games<\/a> galore, and only a bloomin’ Nintendo Direct<\/a>. Phwoar.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, it’s absolutely time for us to sit back, relax, and chat about our gaming weekend plans to wind down. We’ve done just that below, and we’d love for you to join in via our poll and comment sections. Enjoy!
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Liam Doolan, news reporter<\/h2>\n

After a week of searching far and wide in my local area, I\u2019ve finally got my grubby mitts on Astral Chain<\/a><\/strong>. I know\u2026 last weekend I wasn\u2019t all that interested in playing this game, but after reading our own review here on Nintendo Life<\/a> and hearing all the positive comments and feedback from our community, I quickly changed my mind.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure what I was thinking trying to pass this up in the first place. The first few hours of the game have been an absolute blast. I love the funky beats in the headquarters and that anime-style opening sequence was something special. When I\u2019m not in Astral Chain over the weekend getting to know my Legion, I\u2019ll probably be playing Stunt Race FX<\/a><\/strong> on the Switch Online SNES app. I would also like to fit in a few sessions of River City Girls<\/a><\/strong> and Torchlight II<\/a><\/strong>. Oh, and I should probably test out the new DLC fighter Banjo-Kazooie<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, reviewer<\/h2>\n

There are just so many things to play! Despite having finished a new run on Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen<\/a><\/strong> (I’m in New Game+ now, naturally), I’m still deep into Astral Chain<\/strong> and Spyro Reignited Trilogy<\/a><\/strong>. I’m even playing Assassin’s Creed III Remastered<\/a><\/strong>, because I love AC and I’m not even embarrassed about it at this stage in my life.<\/p>\n

However, I’ll need to put all those tasty morsels to one side as I take NBA 2K20<\/a><\/strong> for a spin this weekend. I’ve heard good things about this Switch port – namely proper feature parity with other consoles, finally – so expect my three-pointer heavy verdict on the latest instalment in handheld basketball next week.<\/p>\n