Silenos

@roe thank you for that rarest of commodities, a sane comment

A bit shocked to see this site promoting a CDKeys listing, and it's the first one.

Ignoring the ever-present gallery of moaning minnies, this is exactly the kind of selection that PS+ should always be offering! Lots of variety, mostly games that many of us won't have played, independent publishers, and Far Cry 5 for those that like that kind of thing. Looking forward to trying out The Plucky Squire and several of the other ones that I know next to nothing about.

Hades is easily the gold, followed by Vampire Survivors in silver, Cult of The Lamb bronze, Returnal is overrated but still top ten.

@Fartingale Me too. Unfortunately, as we can see, legions of commenters feed off these flamebait articles and any negatively perceived narrative is valuable currency for them.

Is it just me or are these memes spectacularly -not- hilarious? Absolutely sick and tired of all these gratuitous whinge fests and semi-pro moaning minnies by now. If you can't afford the price, then don't buy it. It's really that simple. If Sony had priced these units any lower the scalpers would have snagged the entire supply and sold them for that much or more, and that very well may happen anyway.

@ShogunRok Bottom of the barrel?! Way to talk down some cool innovative games many of which are from independent publishers and that most of us might otherwise never have tried. These are exactly the kind of games that PS+ should be featuring.

Problem is people simply have no patience in this TikTok era of instant gratification. I have confidence this game will be absolutely brilliant.

@Cikajovazmaj Best comment, and it had to be said - the artistic aesthetics of a game are highly underappreciated as a factor for gamers' interest - far too much is spent talking about 'story' and 'frames per second' and so on.

Thanks, Sammy. Nice try, and I respect and often share your taste in games, but will be most definitely passing on this one.

@dark_knightmare2 very well said, this is why so-called 'professional' or mainstream reviews should be taken with a huge pinch of salt, they are simply not reliable

Article about toxic abuse on game developers: cue several reactionary comments of toxic abuse (with the typical childish self-justification and puritanical morality displays). However, glad to see most people have sympathy because while they might be very successful and wealthy, just as he said, they are players too, and human beings.

DF are notorious for their nitpicky technical reviews and analysis. That's not a criticism, it's what they do. Even with some occasional 'traversal stutter' probably due to UE5, it's not going to put me off enjoying its phenomenal gameplay in such amazingly beautiful environments. And that's also what DF said.

Forgotten classic. When mainstream games had some real creativity and originality.

Still not feeling it, sorry.

Hard pass here. Not impressed with this kind of PR talk.

@get2sammyb cheers, sold!!

Original DOOM soundtrack on PS1 was one of the best game soundtracks ever, even to this day.

@soracloud28 It's hate for hate's sake, the same usual suspects every month with the typical tired 'glad I didn't renew PS Plus'-type comments.

The next-gen Destruction Derby we always wanted.

This one is going to be HUGE, mystified why there isn't more talk about it.

@dschons Exactly! Players are fighting the final boss based on a high character level when the truth is Scadutree Fragments are FAR more important. I'd suggest you need a minimum SF level of 15-16 to fight Radahn added to the tips outlined above.

Stack up on hefty rot pots, that's what did him for me.

"Under the hood' is usually code for 'absolutely nothing has changed whatsoever'.

@KillerBoy well said!

That's definitely some jawline right there.

100% agree with this excellent review. Very high quality production values indeed and its format is noticeably more mobile-friendly than HSR and GI, the gobbledy-gook is definitely overwhelming and a bit wearing. As a regular F2P player of all 3 games and not enough time, one of them is going to have to bite the bullet: either ZZZ or Genshin.

@get2sammyb thank you for saying this!

It's interesting how all the 3 Hoyoverse games on PS share the same intrinsic model or structure yet each is clearly inspired by a different genre of jrpg - Zelda, Tales, and Persona. Of the three, Star Rail is the one I enjoy the most.

@get2sammyb same here, particularly loving the music and atmosphere, controls feel reliably tight - also noted that the PS5 controller haptic feedback is exceptionally good!

As a Carian Sword specialist this is not good news!

@Flaming_Kaiser yes, it's well known that the entire food, drink, social media and entertainment industries in general are predicated on these same principles as you describe, what is your point exactly?

@Flaming_Kaiser "praying upon"? lol - it's not a 'gimmick' since the entire food, drink and entertainment industry is predicated on exploiting people's addictions, so what's your point exactly? you can spend £70 on a new game and get say 30 hours' entertainment out of it or, like me, you can spend nothing at all on Honkai Star Rail and get 800+ hours' fun

Not sure where I'll find the time but can't wait to try this one out. People get all antsy about 'gacha' but you can easily enjoy everything these games have to offer for absolutely nothing. In fact far better gaming value than what your typical full price title brings you.

Thanks for the heads-up on this. Very useful tip regarding the character creation tool.

@Darude84 Really sorry you couldn't get 2 brand new AAA games and a sports game you care about this month.

@LowDefAl haha, yes I noticed that! they can't help themselves it seems

@TurboTom Absolutely, yes.

Moaners and the typical 'last month I'll be on PSPlus' comments are getting increasingly isolated, which is a good sign. You can't argue that it isn't three decent games.

Nice attempt to sell the game but sorry, hard pass here.

@Darude84 Speaking personally, it's not just the number of hours but the quality of that time investment. FromSoftware provide so many heart-pounding memorable adrenaline rushes that in turn provide an incredible sense of accomplishment. In fact you barely notice the time you've spent playing. Death Stranding, on the other hand, as the hours go by is its antithesis: dull, pointless, and uneventful.

@UltimateOtaku91 It belies your name that you should need an easy mode. I repeat, and with all respect, if you want an easier time of it, or you just want to 'complete' games, then there are many other better choices around than Elden Ring.

For all those looking for an easy ride just play a Naughty Dog game or a walking simulator. The sense of accomplishment in FS games is unequalled elsewhere, I couldn't even finish Sekiro after 150 hours' play because the final boss was so hard and that's fine.

Poor review. By anybody's standards FromSoftware have quite clearly knocked the ball out of the park with this enormous DLC. Saying "8/10 is great" is weasel words when some throwaway indie tosh that was knocked up in a couple of afternoons will get 10/10s. Despite the rhetoric there has always been a bias against these games going back years to the original Demon's Souls.

@Logonogo haha same here!

Am level 270 on Journey 2 so not sure if that's good or bad for this DLC? Either way really psyched.

Reads like a review tailored to justify the snarky tagline. The alternative control method in the menus is absolutely fine.

@Lavishturtle it had to be said, thanks for calling this out, this @Maubari guy's post was disrespectful and smug - everyone's opinions about this game are all simply based on what EA have given us, everyone knows that! For my two cents I really don't like the art and character design direction at all.