{"id":42139,"date":"2026-08-15T08:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=42139"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:53:02","slug":"our-gaming-adventures-the-idle-switch-2-stares-back-like-the-green-goblin-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=42139","title":{"rendered":"Our Gaming Adventures: The Idle Switch 2 Stares Back Like the Green Goblin Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"
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## 15th August<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome back to our usual segment where we discuss the games we’ve been diving into. This week, we all find ourselves melting into puddles at our computers, but Dom also dedicates time to the new Fire Emblem; Connor gets excited about the fresh fighting game on the scene, Marvel T\u014dkon; Chris can\u2019t stop pondering the Star Wars XCOM-like title he tried; and Bertie arranges a Eurogamer community hike.<\/p>\n

What have you been playing this week?<\/p>\n

Here’s another thought: do you recall what you were playing last week? You don\u2019t need to! [The What We’ve Been Playing archive](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/what-weve-been-playing) has it all sorted.<\/p>\n

## Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Switch 2<\/p>\n

![Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qV6Csk2RYZk)<\/p>\n

As you can likely infer from [my preview](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-preview), I’ve been consumed by Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave this week. It\u2019s excellent. Extremely excellent. My [Switch 2](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2) stares at me from my desk like the Green Goblin mask during working hours. When I close my eyes, I envision all the little figures from my anime chess game poised on their grids for my master plan. At night, I can hear phantom echoes of level-up chimes and critical hit crashes. The game isn’t even released yet. This is going to be massive. Take heed, there’s still time. It\u2019s too late for me.<\/p>\n

*-Dom*<\/p>\n

## Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls, PS5<\/p>\n

![Marvel T\u014dkon](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FJj4fkyN_Co)<\/p>\n

I can’t provide many specifics about the highlight of my T\u014dkon journey this week ([stay tuned on the site for more](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-review)), but I’ve had a fantastic time with Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls. Once I distanced myself from PC players and their technical glitches, and joined the PS5 crowd, I’ve been enjoying every moment.<\/p>\n

Initially, I was fully committed to Ghost Rider, but I’ve now transitioned to Star Lord as my main character. Honestly, I think I\u2019ll switch again. It’s so straightforward to get familiar with characters, thanks to the auto combos, that learning the roster isn\u2019t a task at all. In fact, it\u2019s quite enjoyable. Perhaps Captain America will be my next choice.<\/p>\n

*-Connor*<\/p>\n

## Star Wars: Zero Company, PC<\/p>\n

![Star Wars: Zero Company](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fmvn0DNZ3mg)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve played only as much as I was permitted in the recent preview, but it\u2019s been on my mind constantly since then. Zero Company’s impressive – I worry it may fall into that unfortunate revenue void where turn-based tactics games often get stuck these days, but hopefully that concern is misplaced because it truly deserves to succeed.<\/p>\n

One detail I didn\u2019t delve into much [in my preview](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-zero-company-preview-xcom) that I appreciate is a character named Jae, whom you encounter along the way and can enlist as an operative\u2014it comes with an amazing passive ability. Whenever you reduce an enemy to very low health – say under 6HP out of 100 – she performs an automatic execution shot that finishes them off. I can foresee the tactic of stacking these little boosts of damage – assists, finishers, etc. – becoming vital on tougher levels.<\/p>\n

But more importantly, when she does this, I think it’s just cool. I’ve been eager to launch this again ever since it was cruelly yanked from my hard drive after the preview ended, partly because I want to activate that effect a few more times.<\/p>\n

*-Chris*<\/p>\n

## Big Walk, PC<\/p>\n

![I think this is all of us! Thank you everyone for playing.](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/image-credit-house-house)<\/p>\n

This is thrilling! It’s the first week I\u2019m writing an entry here that might resonate in the comments. Do you know why? You won\u2019t believe it. It\u2019s because we played a game collaboratively! Yes, that\u2019s correct: we finally did what we probably should have arranged many times before and organized a Eurogamer reader gaming night, of sorts. The game in question: Big Walk.<\/p>\n

There was a wider goal than merely socializing: I aimed to write a piece about our adventure for a theme week we’re planning to surprise you with soon – spoiler:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/div>\n

## 15th August<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome back to our usual segment where we discuss the games we’ve been diving into. This week, we all find ourselves melting into puddles at our computers, but Dom also dedicates time to the new Fire Emblem; Connor gets excited about the fresh fighting game on the scene, Marvel T\u014dkon; Chris can\u2019t stop pondering the Star Wars XCOM-like title he tried; and Bertie arranges a Eurogamer community hike.<\/p>\n

What have you been playing this week?<\/p>\n

Here’s another thought: do you recall what you were playing last week? You don\u2019t need to! [The What We’ve Been Playing archive](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/what-weve-been-playing) has it all sorted.<\/p>\n

## Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, Switch 2<\/p>\n

![Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qV6Csk2RYZk)<\/p>\n

As you can likely infer from [my preview](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-preview), I’ve been consumed by Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave this week. It\u2019s excellent. Extremely excellent. My [Switch 2](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2) stares at me from my desk like the Green Goblin mask during working hours. When I close my eyes, I envision all the little figures from my anime chess game poised on their grids for my master plan. At night, I can hear phantom echoes of level-up chimes and critical hit crashes. The game isn’t even released yet. This is going to be massive. Take heed, there’s still time. It\u2019s too late for me.<\/p>\n

*-Dom*<\/p>\n

## Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls, PS5<\/p>\n

![Marvel T\u014dkon](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FJj4fkyN_Co)<\/p>\n

I can’t provide many specifics about the highlight of my T\u014dkon journey this week ([stay tuned on the site for more](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-review)), but I’ve had a fantastic time with Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls. Once I distanced myself from PC players and their technical glitches, and joined the PS5 crowd, I’ve been enjoying every moment.<\/p>\n

Initially, I was fully committed to Ghost Rider, but I’ve now transitioned to Star Lord as my main character. Honestly, I think I\u2019ll switch again. It’s so straightforward to get familiar with characters, thanks to the auto combos, that learning the roster isn\u2019t a task at all. In fact, it\u2019s quite enjoyable. Perhaps Captain America will be my next choice.<\/p>\n

*-Connor*<\/p>\n

## Star Wars: Zero Company, PC<\/p>\n

![Star Wars: Zero Company](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fmvn0DNZ3mg)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve played only as much as I was permitted in the recent preview, but it\u2019s been on my mind constantly since then. Zero Company’s impressive – I worry it may fall into that unfortunate revenue void where turn-based tactics games often get stuck these days, but hopefully that concern is misplaced because it truly deserves to succeed.<\/p>\n

One detail I didn\u2019t delve into much [in my preview](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-zero-company-preview-xcom) that I appreciate is a character named Jae, whom you encounter along the way and can enlist as an operative\u2014it comes with an amazing passive ability. Whenever you reduce an enemy to very low health – say under 6HP out of 100 – she performs an automatic execution shot that finishes them off. I can foresee the tactic of stacking these little boosts of damage – assists, finishers, etc. – becoming vital on tougher levels.<\/p>\n

But more importantly, when she does this, I think it’s just cool. I’ve been eager to launch this again ever since it was cruelly yanked from my hard drive after the preview ended, partly because I want to activate that effect a few more times.<\/p>\n

*-Chris*<\/p>\n

## Big Walk, PC<\/p>\n

![I think this is all of us! Thank you everyone for playing.](https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/image-credit-house-house)<\/p>\n

This is thrilling! It’s the first week I\u2019m writing an entry here that might resonate in the comments. Do you know why? You won\u2019t believe it. It\u2019s because we played a game collaboratively! Yes, that\u2019s correct: we finally did what we probably should have arranged many times before and organized a Eurogamer reader gaming night, of sorts. The game in question: Big Walk.<\/p>\n

There was a wider goal than merely socializing: I aimed to write a piece about our adventure for a theme week we’re planning to surprise you with soon – spoiler:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}