Fall Guys exploded onto the scene in 2020, immediately rocketing to stardom thanks to its lovable jellybean characters, simple premise, and addictive structure. While enthusiasm for the 60-player party platformer has cooled, it's remained popular the last couple of years and Mediatonic has supported it well with multiple seasons full of new content. Now, not only has it arrived natively on PS5, it's also free-to-play, opening the floodgates to a whole new audience.
For those unaware, you and up to 59 others compete online in a wide variety of obstacle courses and other challenges. The last remaining player wins, earning currency, XP, and bragging rights. Using your winnings — you'll get something, no matter how well you do — you can unlock all sorts of cosmetic items with which to adorn your clumsy little bean, and then you go again. This loop remains intact, and with dozens of round types and various playlists, the complaint that the game gets repetitive can be mostly disregarded.
Whether you play solo or team up in doubles or squads, running, jumping, and grabbing your way to victory in Fall Guys is always solid dumb fun. It runs buttery smooth on PS5, and thanks to crossplay support, there's no shortage of people to play with. The purposely chaotic nature of the game makes it perfect to play with friends.
The main thing that lets it down is its new economy; unlike previously, you cannot use Crowns to purchase the best costumes in the shop, and Kudos is harder to earn too. Your Crowns instead go towards a ranking with long-term unlocks. They're replaced by Show-Bucks, a premium currency needed for all the coolest stuff, which stings a bit after years of access to everything. It lessens the impact of winning because you can just buy all the rarer items now. The free Fame Pass is still there, but it's supplemented with a premium tier, which is really the only way to earn Show-Bucks without simply buying them. Despite these concerns, the game is just as fun as it ever was, and thankfully none of the things you can buy alter gameplay. There's so much to like about Fall Guys, and now it's open to everyone.
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Been having a lot of fun returning to this on PS5. Liked the original but didn't love it, however I think all the new events they've added have freshened it up.
I still don't think it's got the longevity of other multiplayer games, but for something you can hop on and have fun for 30 minutes every now and then, it's great.
Crossplay will help keep the online community healthy too, I imagine!
Free to play should've been the way to go from the start. Multiplayer games should all be free to play nowadays.
But yeah, too bad that every single game that has a battle pass you almost need to play it like a full time job...I simply can't get all the skins I want for all the games I like!
I'm going to be THAT guy and ask, do people still play this? I thought it was pure garbage when it was released back in 2020. Way too chaotic for my taste, with floaty controls, and the gameplay is dreadful IMO. I had more fun with Rocket Arena (dead game) and Knockout City, and they're also indie games with strong gameplay.
@AFCC "I simply can't get all the skins I want for all the games I like!"
And that's ok. I also can't have the t-shirt I like in all the colours available, but I enjoy the one I got anyway.
@Divergent95 played it with my niece and nephew several times and we all had a blast. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much on my own, though. I see it as a party game.
@Quintumply Is there any added DualSense support with this PS5 version?
Might fire it up again at some stage but the free to play trappings do put me off a lot now and know I am never going to get the infallable trophy to get the platinum!
When it works it’s great but I’ve lost count of the number of times the game loses connection to the server mid-match and boots you back to the lobby (without any rewards) since going F2P.
I’ve played every season of Fall Guys and this never happened before. It’s really frustrating getting the the final round only for the game to do this (especially when you have a few wins/gold medals).
@Th3solution Nah.
@Divergent95 bro stop thats why rocket arena and knockout city are all but dead meanwhile Fallguys has been going strong u can cry and take the L now
@peewee78368 game went from u being able to Earn everything to hey u have to pay for the same items u could have gotten with crowns or kudos. Now there no reason wo win at all. Crowns no longer give u ***** onther then some trash items in some path reward crap uninstalled soon as i seen the stupid BP
@peewee78368 I’ve noticed this too (especially the item shop) but it’s an easy fix if they start awarding Show Bucks for a win. There just aren’t enough Show Bucks in the battle pass to be able to purchase anything decent and the Kudos offerings have been very weak so far. As I feared, all the best costumes can only be purchased using Show Bucks, which you have to buy.
@Divergent95 yes the one good thing about going F2P is that there are now a lot more players. I think it would have died off if it hadn’t made that jump. But there are also a lot of downsides unfortunately.
@AFCC I usually defend Fortnite but their latest Nindo Challenges event has some of the worst time-consuming requirements I’ve ever seen. To earn the final reward (a Glider) you have to:
Get 45x Top-6 placements
Survive 216x Storm Circles
Kill 162x players
Catch 180x fish
The fish one isn’t too bad but the others are ridiculous. It just takes away the fun aspect of it.
Or you can buy the items in the item shop…
I'm not one for purchasing costumes, still been the hot dog since the start. I just enjoy playing it with my kids and seeing how far we can make it. My 8 year old daughter won 2 crowns last night so she did her happy dance lol
I had an absolute blast with this game back when it was given away with PS Plus. But with the MTX changes along with how Epic delisted the Steam version, I'm reluctant to get back into it.
The MTX side just gets worse and worse, i get its F2P but its so awful now that side and yes the cosmetics do matter as its part of the charm hence why Epic have gutted the "free" aspect of getting them.
@WallyWest I’d be tempted to support the devs now and then, but £5ish for one costume is ridiculous. Its so greedy.
@AFCC what about games that have both single player and multiplayer ?
that’s becoming rare nowadays
Let me know when I can auto pop my PS5 Fall Guys plat.
@nomither6 if everything is included in the package I don't even care if multiplayer works well or not, I just prefer the singleplayer every single time!
@BritneyfR_ee I wanted the Vader skin but I just don't want to grind. I have League, I am playing FIFA...there is just no time at all
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