The third month of 2024 is upon, and the PS Plus Essential games for March have been confirmed. There are technically four titles up for grabs from Tuesday next week, and as is usually the case, there's a lot of variety on display. But are you happy with this latest offering?
To recap, subscribers can look forward to excellent action-brawler Sifu, solid racing sim F1 23, and unsettling adventure Hello Neighbor 2. The fourth title, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, is actually an expansion for Bungie's ongoing shooter. We wonder if it'll be enough draw any new players in.
So, how do you feel about March's PS Plus Essential lineup? Vote in our polls, and then give us an honest opinion in the comments section below.
Are you happy with your PS Plus Essential games for March 2024? (5,998 votes)
- Yes, very happy
- Yeah, mostly happy
- Meh, they're okay
- Nah, they could be better
- No, it's a crap selection
- I don't have PS Plus
Which March 2024 PS Plus Essential game are you most looking forward to? (5,026 votes)
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- F1 23
- Hello Neighbor 2
- Sifu
- None of them, to be honest
- I don't have PS Plus
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Can't recommend Sifu enough. The post-launch support has been outstanding, and the 'easy' mode that was added is a great way to just enjoy the game and learn the mechanics.
Very happy with Sifu. Wanted it for a while. Debating whether the download is worth it to play through The Witch Queen.
You can see what a mistake it was for Sony to buy Bungie when only 2% of people on a dedicated PS site are most looking forward to getting a Destiny 2 expansion for free, especially when the other games are a fairly bland racing game and two niche indie games.
I will get to Sifu at some point. Rebirth has consumed my life and Dragons Dogma 2 is right around corner.
Sifu.easily one of the best indie games ever next to darkest dungeon.streets of rage 4.huntdown.and mark of the ninja remastered.etc.word up son
I waited for solid price drop on Sifu and never really bought it, so to me having it on the list is perfect.
An option for "my expectations are unrealistic, so I'll never be pleased" should be added to the poll. Lots of people would have to select that option if they were being honest.
As Destiny 2 The Witch Queen was the point where I decided enough was enough, maybe it's not a good one to include.
Then there's the installation size for the whole game... Erm no.
@Matroska Don’t disagree with your bungie point at all but calling Sifu a “niche indie title” is very unfair
@Hamst88 @matroska No it’s totally niche, it barely sold more copies than noted niche titles R&C Rift Apart and Infamous 2. /s
Loved Absolver, so pumped to play Sifu. Wish I had more money to buy games, but thankful for the subscription service.
Sifi and Hello Neighbor
Nothing for me this month but I might give Sifu a go when I feel like spiking my blood pressure.
Happy to check out Sifu.
F1 23 and Sifu are great addition for me
Pretty poor. Yet again.
Played and beat Sifu on the Series X so it will be interesting playing it on its native console. Wasn't big on Hello Neighbor and I didn't like Destiny 2.
Clearly not a big seller as its got 50% of the votes (myself included) on a dedicated site but sifu saves this month
@TheCollector316 not my fault the standard used to be stuff like ghost of tsushima and horizon forbidden west.
Don't get back into country until 26th, so will be kept content at sea on my steamdeck. PS5 is sat patiently waiting with it's new VR that I didn't get chance to play. So I won't know what theyre like until I play them.
I wish they would stop giving us Destiny expansions.
More old games...shocker
Sifu is something I've been wanting to to try. I already own F1 23 and have no interest in Destiny 2. As for Hello Neighbor 2, to hell with that game and it's moon-logic puzzles. I had the first one and some of the stuff you had to do to progress was ridiculous.
I just finished Like a Dragon. 8 and Robocop so might jump into Sifu. Or try F1 23 as the new season and started.
@RBRTMNZ @Hamst88 I don't mean niche as bad thing. I'm saying it's a game not designed for mass appeal that's significantly more wanted than a game that's meant to be a huge blockbuster. My favourite games are often the games that most people don't play or care about. I'm just saying, imagine if more people pre-ordered Octopath Traveller 3 than the next FIFA. That's a good sign EA have screwed up.
I just bought Sifu on a sale…. But Seems amazing. good move on plus,
Sifu and F123 are the sort of games I would buy on sale, so very happy to get them for "free".
“PS Minus” 😂😂 good one. that’s what the service has been for a long time
Sifu only game I'm interested in. I'm old gamer I'm happy to wait for the free games I would have rushed out to buy back in the day. Hy sony when will dredge be here?
Not that I don't care about the Plus Essentials most of the time. I have Sifu already on disc and the rest isn't really appealing to me. So nothing for me this month.
I've heard a lot of great things about Sifu and I'm sure it's great but I still have Neoh 1, Neoh 2 and Sekiro still sitting in my backlog. I know they're different types of games but if I want an Asian themed challenge I'll hit the backlog. Still adding Sifu to the library but not in a hurry to play when I'm in the middle of FF7 Rebirth as well.
Still no knack 2?
F1 for me as it's effectively the same as the new season anyway. I've been wanting to try out sifu for a long time. Hello neighbour for the kids who loved the first one. Probably won't bother with destiny (busy with Helldivers). Great month for me.
The Witch Queen was a good Destiny expansion. A return to form for Bungie.
Sifu looks good and I have been tempted a few times.
The others I couldn't care less about. CTR or Mario Kart are the only types of racing games I can stand. I won't play sports games or online multiplayer.
I have a PlayStation because I love the single player narrative experiences, I wish they would stop trying to shove multiplayer down our throats.
I hope they don't put another hack-n-slash or beat-em-up game in the PS Plus Essential next month.
Finally Sifu! I just knew it was coming eventually!
Nothing for me.
F123 and sifu are great choices for me this month ,happy days;)
I've platted sifu after its physical release and sold it, but I'm intrigued to have another go and try the added content. Such a great game.
Been a while since I was interested in anything they offered on Plus. Months now, maybe a year or more... can't actually remember the last thing I took from the monthly games. 🤷🏻♂️
Personal circumstances mean I'm unable to play online at the moment, so if I wasn't already paid up for the next couple of years, I wouldn't currently be subscribed, even if that would cost me access to my previous Plus games.
Sifu has gotten good review scores and gamers seem to like it. Supposedly, the more familiar you get with the moves, the better combos you’ll create, and you’ll eventually feel like a boss…that’s what gameranx says, anyway. Sifu seems like the kind of game my nephew would like—he loves (to hate, but really loves) For Honor. He also digs Guilty Gear Strive, especially because he spends hours of time thinking through what moves should work well in a combo…and, in Strive, you can submit and upload your own combos into their in-game database of fancy moves, which is an awesome feature I’ve not seen in any other fighting game. My nephew also likes Ghosts of Tsushima, which also seems to have a god-like feel to it when you’ve mastered the moves; it’s like Sifu in that way (supposedly).
So, I’ll try Sifu, though I doubt I’ll get into it. Who knows, though?! Sometimes I’m surprised at the games I like. For example, I just beat Tiny Tina’s Wonderland last night, and I never thought I’d get into that one. And same thing with Yakuza: Like A Dragon; that game was awesome, and I never thought it’d be a game I’d like.
The last F1 game I played was on the PS2; it was F1: 2001. If only Sony included a free wheel controller with all of their PS5 systems, I might like that one. 😋 Seriously, though, I wish they would’ve given Gran Turismo through PS+ instead. It’d give me a reason to put on my PSVR2 headset.
@pirlega Neither Ghost of Tsushima (the Legends mode by itself doesn't really count, let's be honest) nor Horizon: Forbidden West have been monthly titles for PS+.
We have had titles like the BioShock collection (which for the purposes of monthly games counted as 1 game despite being 3 full titles plus DLC), so I do get your point, but this is hardly a bad month; I know quite a few people who've been waiting for Sifu
@Matroska I mean you've got a point, but at the same time pretty much anyone who's seriously into Destiny 2 will already own TWQ, and will have done so for the best part of 2 years.
For the the vast majority of D2's player base TWQ is old news at this point; not only is it not the most recent DLC, but there's a brand new expansion coming very soon, so tbf I'd actually say 2% of this websites users having it as their most anticipated title is better than I'd have expected
Sifu is probably the only game that interests me in this month's lineup so I'm happy with it being there.
I meeeeeeeaaaan..... I used to keep tabs on which games would come out each month just incase something caught my eye... And Sifu was in so many articles "hinting" that it would be free,,, if it's not.... I won't be that disappointed but I'll stop getting my hopes up for it
@Matroska I don't know what revenue they create maybe it's more then you think. You have PC, Xbox and their own platform so who knows. And to real if you give the best games there will still be a group crying.
@ReddJelly And I hope they will never do that why devalue your firstparty titles. They are great games why waste it on people who will wait and will never buy it anyway and at the same make others wait for the games.
23% of "No, it's a crap selection" option is a shame...
You can like them or not, maybe you already had them, but there is objectively not a crap selection...
@Cheese661 I don't.
Not only because it's an extra thing and doesnt remove any game from the equation. But also because despite me liking destiny, there is no way I'm spending money on destiny expansions.
I got the F1 but the other ones I'm not sure about.
NO
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Hmm, is that it? Can you think of something more to say?
NO
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