What We Played #627 – Alan Wake 2, WarioWare: Move It! & WRC
thesixthaxis.comJust because storms Babet and Ciarán have made it rather prudent to stay indoors and play video games as much as possible this past week doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping active. In fact, not since Ring Fit Adventure’s heyday have I swung my arms around around or done quite so many squats as when playing WarioWare: Move It! Sure, it’s a bit ropey with its motion controls, but it was fun playing with friends last weekend.
Moving on to the rest of the team and Aran kicks things off for us this week, having played a healthy dose of Football Manager 2024 for review, as well as the sci-fi adventure The Invincible. “Both very different but very good games. If you like a bit of philosophical sci-fi then The Invincible is for you. If you’re more intent on your football philosophy then FM24 is for you.”
“So sci-fi if I like sci-fi and football if I like football?” asked Gamoc, who then found a third option of Spider-Man 2 if you like spiders, picking up this latest PS5 exclusive blockbuster to play alongside yet more of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield.
Ade played through RoboCop for review, “which was not the best”, but Thirsty Suitors was much better. With those in the books, he moved swiftly on to Horizon: Forbidden West, which he’s enjoying much more – “particularly Aloy’s insane hair physics!”
Steve had a quiet week by his standards, with You Will Die Here Tonight and Stray Souls for reviews, and carried on with a little bit of Like A Dragon Ishin from Game Pass. He’s only got a few hours of Alan Wake 2 under his belt though, so that’s going to be his main priority for this weekend.
Speaking of Alan, Nick P has been playing more and more of Alan Wake 2. He’s currently on his second run through for collectables and trying to figure
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