Topic: PlayStation Plus | OT |

@Sicsyde No worries. I understand your viewpoint. I can see that it would be off-putting to have the “big extra game” to commemorate 10 years to be an annualized sports game. A friend of mine kept telling me I should try NBA2K and I kept putting him off and then they announced the season to start back July 30 and suddenly I felt inclined to look for a used copy. PS Plus to the rescue.
Interestingly, I would question Sony’s choices more so with recent months where they had 2 online-centric first person shooters on the same month, 2 niche simulators on the same month, and all the PS4 Uncharted games (save the last one) in quick succession. I rather like it when there is a bit of variety. I wouldn’t mind it if they threw a good indie in there a little more often.

@Th3solution
I wish they threw a good indie game in there a little more often. Maybe they will do that more when the PS5 arrives.

I think the problem with the NBA game is that it was available for £2 only a couple of weeks ago.

I’ve said it many times but I’m surprised at the lack of older big name games. MGS 5 and Bloodborne are the biggest names I can remember being on there for PS4. Spiderman would have been a great release for the 10th anniversary but then people moan that they’ve already bought those games.

They can never win with what they put on there really.

@Th3solution They offered the Uncharted Remastered Trilogy as part of the stay at home initiative (along with Journey), nowt to do with PS +, it wasn't like they were offered in consecutive months.

@Thrillho I think there have been plenty of those in the past too like Ratchet + Clank, Detroit Become Human, Batman Arkham Knight, Uncharted 4, Until Dawn, Shadow of the Colossus, Nioh.

@JohnnyShoulder Oh yeah, that’s right - The Uncharted Collection was a separate thing. And to clarify, I’m perfectly happy with the several Naughty Dog offerings the last few months. Although I’ve played all the Uncharteds and TLoU, I think they are worthy of getting into everyone’s library just because of their essential nature to the whole PlayStation ecosystem. I’ll probably replay the all at some point.
It’s just interesting how there has been a couple months of late where the same genre of games were given in close succession. Good to see a sports game this month and a short narrative FMV. I didn’t mind the infamous “simulation month” (so much, Cities: Skylines and Farming Sun) but we’d also got The Sims4 a couple month ago.

Overall they’ve done well with trying to vary the games, but it’s been a while since a highly rated indie has been put out. I guess there’s been a few recent indie ‘swing-and-a-miss efforts‘ like Rogue Aces, Horizon Chase Turbo, and Goat Simulator which have tried to get into that space, but I’m thinking of gems from the early days like Rocket League, Gone Home, The Unfinished Swan, and Resogun, to name a few from years back.

@Thrillho Yeah, we had a bunch of bigger names too at the end of PS3 era. I’m surprised we haven’t seen Gravity Rush 2, Gran Turismo Sport, or Knack 2 — those games can’t be making Sony any money anymore. Might as well give them out for goodwill. But it does seem like Sony has had to go to the first party well more often this generation. Last gen we’d still get big AAA third party games when they were still topical like Tomb Raider, Batman Arkham City, and BioShock Infinite. Seems like those games were barely a year or two old when they were offered last gen.

@Th3solution I don't quite get the complaint with having titles from the same genre. Sure it would be nice, but no one is forcing anyone to play those games right after each other. Just play one a game or two in between or something. And if you don't like games from that genre, well sorry that is just one of those things. People can always give those games a try, and may end up, heaven forbid actually enjoying them.

@JohnnyShoulder Oh definitely — and mine is not a “complaint” by any stretch. In fact I don’t get the “complaining” in general to something like this. Like I said “I find it interesting that...” they chose to have redundancy of genres. Just seems a boardroom of smart executives would have looked at the options a little differently, but obviously we’re not privy to how they make these decisions. No complaining here. And like I said to the original poster, I agree with you that part of the benefit to PS Plus in my opinion is the opportunity to expose yourself to games and genres you wouldn’t otherwise play. Thus my original statement that I’m pretty darn excited about NBA2K20.

That said, I think the community does have the right to be “disappointed” by the choices. To complain? Not really. But certainly one can be disappointed if 3-4 months pass by and there’s not a single offering that a person doesn’t already own or just can’t muster enough interest to try. It’s the same “disappointment” that I experience when I go to watch something on Netflix only to find that they pulled the movie a couple months before unbeknownst to me and I lost my opportunity to watch it for free on their platform. If I really want to watch the movie than I can rent it. It’s not like Netflix now has destroyed all access to the movie for me. 😂 So I have no right to complain there too. There is entirely too much complaining and entitlement in society now on all fronts. But that’s another subject entirely... 😜
I save my complaining for important things. Like when my lettuce is too soggy on my burger. There is simply no excuse for that.😄

@Th3solution Oh was not implying you were complaining, it was more generally really. Of course it is natural to feel disappointed when the free games are ones you own already own or not your thang. But some comments are like they have just been told they have covid 19 or something.

@JohnnyShoulder Lol, oh yeah. I’m with you.

“Junior, we have bad news. You have COVID-19.”
“Ah man, that sucks.” 😕
“Oh and also, by the way — the PS Plus games for the month were just announced and you already own both of them.”
“...Noooooooo!!!!” 😩

@Th3solution

My favourite Indi Jones movie right there.

@nessisonett @ApostateMage HaHa! “Indiana was the dog’s name!”

I love terrible games, so when psplus regressed from cross play games to the paltry and current 2 PS4 games a few years ago it was a big hit in the knackers. Fortunately covid-19 hit and we got a ton of extra free games. Boom.

Anyone played Maneater? The game had a positive buzz when it released but I watched a trailer and it didn’t really look impressive to me. I didn’t realize how campy the game was. I thought it was going to be a thriller JAWS style simulator, but it looks like a goofy janky mess. I wonder how the PS5 version looks and plays because the gameplay from the PS4 looked like it was a PS3 game.

@Th3solution I'm with you I didn't really like the look of it when it was released and after watching some game play it doesn't seem to do anything for me but seen as its on ps plus I'll give it ago especially after the reviews being good and it has a bit of a cult following. I don't think I'd ever go out and pay for it as a stand alone game but seen as it's available on the ps5 the only thing I'm loosing is time and a bit of money on the electricity bill!!

I am happy about the other 2 games though never played the tomb raiders and now I have all 3 in my library and I was always curious about Greedfall but never fancied paying £30-£40 for it

@MaulTsir I’m a big fan of the Tomb Raider series. Hopefully you enjoy them. I feel the same about way as you about Greedfall - I’m curious and it looks pretty decent from reviews and videos I watched. My backlog is large though so I’m not sure when or if I’ll get around to it. If you happen to play it or Maneater be sure to drop some impressions on the forums because I am curious.

@Th3solution I loved the older Tomb Raiders so I'm looking forward to playing them, they just slipped by me with all the games available at the time and I know what you mean about backlog mine just seems grow alot faster than I can finish games, the first 20+ games I'll play on the ps5 will be ps4 games from my backlog lol I will definitely let you know if I try maneater

@MaulTsir Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) I haven’t been able to get my hands on a PS5 yet. Having one certainly makes the backlog even bigger. There are 3-4 titles on the PS Plus Collection that will instantly join my PS4 backlog once I have access to one (Days Gone, Monster Hunter World, RE7, Crash Bandicoot...) in addition to the PS5 games from the Plus service that I’ve been stockpiling (the aforementioned Maneater, also Bugsnax, and the free Astro’s Playroom) Maybe it’s best that I don’t get a PS5 yet, but it just looks so swanky!

Edit: Btw, the reboot TR series is quite different from the classic games, but the overall mood and character is intact. You’ll likely enjoy them immensely! Playing them in order is probably the best approach, although each is pretty self contained. Shadow is probably my favorite; it or the first one. Rise of the TR is great but has more emphasis on combat and I enjoy the tomb raiding and exploration more.

@Th3solution I played 10 minutes of Maneater last night, and thought it was pretty mediocre. I don't have time to play all the great games on my backlog, so doubt I'll ever get round to playing any more of it.