What are you playing Christmas Day?

[MW_Jimmy]

Ive specifically saved Astro Bot for Christmas. Also, not quite gaming, but I am going to get the family playing Dropmix too which should be interesting.

[BabelRich]

At the in-laws this year so Smash (and probably Monster Boy when I cave and buy it) will be my salvation from my racist Father-In-Law.

 

When we get back and the nipper is asleep it'll be Mario Party time. My wife does not know this yet.

[SpookyMulder]

Mario Kart on the Switch. Last Christmas Day, my son wiped the floor with me, the Mrs and his sister on 4 player split screen racing.... but I’ve been planning my revenge for 12 months and it will be served cold!!!

[Vorgot]

In the evening for me and my boys it'll be the Overcooked Festive DLC we have left on purpose. That'll do for me. If there are some christmas outfits in the Persona Dancing games, those as well

[smac]

I think a replay. Probably The Last Guardian as I played it last XMas. Get a new tradition going.

 

Maybe a VR-fest; get it set up and left set up.

[Steven]

1 hour ago, SpookyMulder said:

 but I’ve been planning my revenge for 12 months and it will be served cold!!!

 

He's getting his lunch at midnight, isn't he?

[simms]

I usually look for a game with snowy or icy environments to get me in the festive mood (I miss white Christmases  .)  A couple of Christmases ago I played Batman Arkham Orgins which was a great festive game as it's set around Christmas Eve in game.  I ve got a huge Steam back log and I'm hoping there must be a Christmas themed game in there somewhere.  Any suggestions?0

[spanx]

Pretty sure my gf has bought me Spider-Man. So that. 

[smac]

14 minutes ago, spanx said:

Pretty sure my gf has bought me Spider-Man. So that. 

 

That's my other option - I got it cheap in the Black Friday sales, and I haven't started it yet, so...

[JPL]

Bloodborne, with all the curtains drawn and the doors locked.

 

I wish. I’ll be cooking dinner, so my boys will probably be playing Spider-Man most of the day. If I get chance I’ll be on RDR2 or Destiny Forsaken. Or the aforementioned Bloodborne. Or Below, if it’s any good.

 

God, I love Christmas.

[Nate Dogg III]

At the in-laws this year, where it doesn't really happen. We did Wii Sports Tennis once, all those years ago, but we all knew at the time it was a one-off, never to be repeated.

 

I'll take the Switch but I imagine my eldest will get the most use out of it. The absurdity of my profession is that these days I see Christmas as an excuse *not* to sit around playing games all the time. 

 

Once we get back home, though, all bets are off. Lots of things I've skipped or only played a few hours this year have been niggling away at me. God Of War and Obra Dinn at the top of the list. Probs just Destiny though eh. 

[Len]

Nowt of my own choice as will be away/out of the country for a week or so as always. But will probably have a go on BLOPS4 and FH4 as got them for my nephew. Or just fall asleep on the sofa, now I do like that game a lot (and am very good).

[the_debaser]

I’ll be playing ‘put a disc in my PS4, spend 7 hours downloading an update, another hour to install and be too pissed to then focus on the telly’.

[GamesGamesGames]

If I had my PS4 I'd be on Bloodborne all day.

[Revival]

Really looking forward to plundering the depths of Below.

[witchypoos]

Dear me, your poor wife.

I hope you've bought her something nice.

[Keiths_Dad]

My brother will be bringing his Switch to my mum's, so hopefully some Smash. Failing that, I'll sneak some Artifact whilst everyone else watches Doctor Who, or whatever other shite is on the telly.

 

Or whatever the missus buys me, assuming there's something gamey in there.

[Robo_1]

I'm with my folks in the UK for Christmas this year and I'm thinking of dusting off the Spectrum and digging out Bullseye. We used to love playing that on Christmas day, a tradition which just kind of stuck ever since I got the Magnum light phaser one year. Be curious to see if we remember all the answers to the questions!

 

Aside from that, I'm still trying to decide weather to pick up Just Cause 4, Soul Calibur 6, Detroit or Darksiders 3 as the big Chrimbo game. Opinions on that welcome!

[MagicalDrop]

I followed the bargain hunters and bought both Starlink and Dropmix in the last couple of weeks and then spent the same again on extras...so probably Dropmix after Christmas dinner with the twenty-somethings while my wife watches Eastenders or whatever other trash is on TV. I'll make a start on Starlink on Boxing Day. I'm lucky enough to be off work til 2 Jan so having ploughed well over 100 hrs into RDR2 in November I'm planning to do RDR next.

 

In my head I'd love the 4 of us to enjoy hours of Mario Party and Overcooked but it won't happen.

[Parappa]

Shenmue HD obv.

And droplink 

[pinholestar]

7 hours ago, Steven said:

AT 115 hours, I'm in the final run towards the end of DQXI so I think Astrobot after I've sorted dinner out and perhaps get RDR 2 installed.

 

If you're planning on playing Red Dead 2 on the day itself then plan ahead. It comes on 2 blu-rays and takes about 2 hours to install.

[grungekid]

Having never played The Witcher 3, I recently bought the GOTY edition to play over Christmas. I wanted a fair bit of time free to become absorbed in it. I'm so looking forward to it.

[CovisGod]

I've bought myself a GPD Win for Christmas so I'll be tinkering about with Emulators and Roms, setting up my Steam account on it and seeing how well certain games run, then I'll probably stream my Xbox One to it and play Red Dead 2 for the first time, in another room, on a handheld, just because I can

[gossi the dog]

I'll be at my parents house. So if I do play anything it will invariably be via PS4 remote play, so will have to be something slow moving. So I might get stuck into Dragon Quest XI.

[Steven]

9 hours ago, pinholestar said:

 

If you're planning on playing Red Dead 2 on the day itself then plan ahead. It comes on 2 blu-rays and takes about 2 hours to install.

 

Yeah, I want to have a good few hours on it to start, so I won't be doing anything else after installing it. I think Astro will fit the bill for a quick blast.

 

DQ XI is absolutely sublime, Gossi. If you're used to the series, stick stronger monsters on as it's a bit like playing Halo on normal setting otherwise.

 

117 hours in and I don't want it to end. Pinnacle of the series.

[smac]

Jeez, I was forgetting all of the various games I picked up in offers, 'just in case'... Spiderman, Witcher III, Yakuza 6, Astrobot VR, DQ XI, Ni No Kuni 2, Octopath Traveller.

 

I'm going to emerge blinking into the watery, January sun like Gollum, some time after XMas...

[Siri]

I'll probably do the same thing I've done for a while - slam in some Christmas steam vouchers in the morning, buy an absolute glut of sales games and let them download while I'm out with the family, and get to playing them in the evening.

 

Ideally, Katamari Reroll, because the original really did make me appreciate and enjoy videogames again. It's only fair to devote my time to it again during the holidays, along with an umpteenth playthrough of A Link To The Past.

[Vimster]

I'm on my own this Christmas so I'll probably start the day as I did last year with some Commodore 64 arcade goodness, then in the evening I'l fire up the OG Xbox and play either MAME or Burnout 2/3/Revenge whilst getting merry.

[disperse and recoagulate]

Red Dead Redemption 2, if I'm not too tipsy.

[DC Lemon]

I don’t know what I’ll be playing on Christmas Day but I do know I’m going to decorate this thread by dumping any videos for Christmas DLC/events that pop up in my YouTube feed in it. And what better way to start?