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Might just be me but I actually quite liked the new art style with the slightly cartoony character models etc. Made the games feel slighly fresh!

My PS Plus sub ran out a month or two ago and I can't say I miss it in the slightest. I rarely have a huge amount of time to game other than a couple of matches on FC25 a few times a week (and even then not online). I used to feel like I needed it otherwise I was missing out on the 'free' games and additions to the Extra catalogue but now realise I probably won't ever get round to playing the games anyway.

Am I missing something? I thought someone had made Hamlet using director mode etc, which sounded awesome. This 'trailer' is basically just someone playing GTA isn't it? Why would you watch a YouTube stream in a cinema? I didn't have the sound on to be fair, so may have missed something!

The Japanese love an unwieldy title featuring a colon don't they. I'd be far more inclined to even bother checking any of these games out if they weren't 'All named: So annoyingly'. There is nothing in the word-soup title of Metaphor: ReFantazio that would pique my interest in playing it.

I'd consider having the option to see controller battery level, storage remaining and download status of game. These seem like useful things to have. Not interested in 'news' or 'adverts' or trophies or any of that stuff though.

@ironcrow86 pretty sure Guy Mowbray IS a commentator in both FC24 and this one? You can choose him or Derek Rae I believe.

The graphics on this game are still some of the best I've ever seen. Certainly better than most PS5 games. Shame I'm so awful at it, otherwise I'd play it more than I do! I don't think I've ever finished higher than last place in any race!

Did it, or has it, affect(ed) the PS stars thing? I just loaded three different games to complete three different campaigns for 150 coins total and my app says none of them have completed and I haven't received any of the coins? My Ps Plus expires today but I don't think the Stars campaign is linked to that?

My Ps Plus ends today so I added these games to my library just for the sake of it essentially, as I don't plan on renewing Plus. Can anyone answer whether the PS Stars scheme is only for PS Plus subscribers because I loaded Doki Doki to get the 50 coins reward but it doesn't work, nor does playing FC25 for the Multiplayer 'campaign' nor Hollow Knight for the 'Mystery game' campaign. They're doing me out of 150 coins!!

Remake of THPS3 for me please!

That is the most generic AI sounding title for a game ever. That alone will mean most people won't bother with it I'd bet.

I think the PS6 would need to enable me to play PS1/2/3/4/5 games via download or disc for me to even consider to be honest. I haven't looked at many, if any, PS5 games and thought WOW, that is a lot better than PS4 so the next console would need to allow me to have libraries of games across all consoles (not just the games on PS Plus either) for me to want one.

My kids may be happy to try it when it hits PS Plus one day?

Looks good fun. Graphics look great. Love isometric games. Just will be a bit gutted if Konami have destroyed PES just to make this. God I miss PES!

@PSme Nah. I love the Stones as much as the next man but they are, essentially, just a blues band. The Beatles had more innovation and experimentation in one finger than the Stones ever had. There's a reason why the Stones 'psychadelic' album is one of their most forgotten. The Beatles may appear 'simpler' to the ear but refer to my other comment in this thread.

Love the Stones, but LOVE the Beatles!

@Northern_munkey indeed. I recently read an article where the author said they went to a dinner party of a college professor who lectured in classical music. This guy was a real music snob as you can imagine. Had no time for 'modern' music. So the author was surprised to hear the sounds of the Beatles when she got the dinner party. Not even late-era Beatles either, one of the earlier songs was playing. The lecturer merely said "they're just wonderful aren't they".

THAT is the magic of The Beatles. Their music may seem simple but REAL musicians and intellectuals in that field understand that everything about it is super clever. Chord changes, arrangements etc had never been done before.

F*** I love The Beatles. 25% hit rate? What is this guy on?!

I redownloaded it and finally actually gave it more than a five minute go. I really like it!

@nessisonett wait, is there TWO eFootball games? Because the one I've played is terrible!

No offline modes, hardly any teams, no edit mode, can only access half the settings. And the gameplay I thought was better a few months ago. I tried last week and it was back to feeling like the ball was stuck in treacle every time you want to pass to someone. Like, ridiculously slow. And the whole game just has a feeling of being on rails for some reason.

Four YEARS ago if this was the line up we would be like RDR2 AND Watchdogs in the same month? Wow!

Just goes to show how out of step Sony are. To think anyone bar a handful of people would be interested in getting RDR2 and WD in 2024 says it all.

It's a Ubisoft game, no one is paying £70 for it when it will be on PS Plus the same as all other Ubisoft games within the next year or two. If it's even still going by then.

I keep seeing the name of it floated around but have never bothered looking into it? Is it literally just the 'at sea' elements of AC Black Flag? Like, is that it?? The whole premise? No land elements at all?? Sounds like it would get boring very quickly.

Happy to play Rollerdome having tried the demo for ten mins. WIll give Foamstars a try if there is some sort of mode I can play offline against my kids (doubt there is) but otherwise not interested if online multiplayer only, and the other game I couldn't care less about.

Literally not one game there I would consider playing apart from GTA V which, like everyone else on the planet, I already have. Terrible month.

Wow, bad line up again! I mean, GTA V is awesome of course but there can't be more than about 3 people still to play it. The rest? No interest whatsoever.

My son loves Fortnite, so it's alright with me. I like the way they add all these new things all the time, it keeps him excited and engaged. One question though, are these new modes (Lego, Rocket League, Rock Band) staying forever or is it one of those 'here for 6 months and then gone' like Fortnite always seems to do? Would seem odd to put all that effort in to it only to get rid in the future.

Please let it be early 2025! Looks good even if there was no gameplay footage. I reckon it will look (graphically) and feel a lot like RDR2 but in a modern setting which is a great thing! I hope it doesn't centre on this social media influencer type thing too much though as it will come off as a bit 'cheap and tacky' like Saints Row.

Given up on this ages ago. I don't even care about master league to be honest. All I want is to be able to play as ANY of the teams in the game, with whatever match settings I want, and a decent edit mode so I can license each team. Then I can happily play the odd casual kick off game whenever I'm bored with other games, and it means I won't have to spend £60-70 on FIFA every year for the same privilege!

I'm in my 40's and was saying the other day that back when I was younger we had computer games/video games, CD's, DVD's etc that were perfect price points for stocking fillers and presents etc. Now most of this media is consumed digitally it becomes so much harder to buy for someone!

This is the first month in almost forever where it's taken me until this point in the day to realise that the games are available to download. This is a direct cause of all of the games on the list being crap. Oh well, hopefully something good for Xmas instead.

For me the best game on PS4, and any console ever, is Red Dead Redemption 2 so that tops my list. Also loved Uncharted 4 and Rocket League among countless others.

I'd say PS2 is probably still my favourite Sony console though but that may just be because I was younger and more into it back in the day.

Wow, that's an horrendous lineup essentially it's just words on a screen that have no meaning to me as a gamer at all! Sony must be short of money or something.

Oh well, if it continues like this at least it makes my decision to renew or not a formality when my current sub ends!

This is stupid. On the flip of that, should I only pay £1 to play Unpacking because it was finished that quickly? Of course not. The day (and undoubtedly it will probably come one day) I have to pay per hour or sub to a specific game then I'm out!

@sanderson72 yes! There were some classic versions of Sensi on the magazine covers. There was a World War 2 one which was black and white and the ball was a bomb that would explode every so often!

@riceNpea Same, although sadly that looks like it will never happen at this stage!

@riceNpea If they released SWOS with updated teams, players etc then that would be me sorted. No need for eFootball and FIFA ever again!

I used to love Championship Manager on Amiga and PC, with 01/02 being the best ever. The new ones are way too in depth and convoluted to be fun, and the match engine actually takes away the enjoyment of just reading the text and creating images in your head, IMO. Seeing as some amazing people keep the 01/02 game bang up to date I'll stick with that if I ever feel the urge.

Add to library for the sake of it, and then ignore and forget I ever had them.

I get the sense that Sony are pushing Extra and Premium from now on, so the Essential offerings are going to dwindle in quality much like they did with Xbox Games with Gold.

I have Mafia 2 and have no interest in the Aliens game. Oh well, hopefully the 3rd game is good. To be honest, even if it is, I probably still won't get beyond adding it my library anyway!

God I dislike Avatar. Po-faced, takes itself way too seriously considering it's about a planet of blue people. And it's impossible to care about any of them because they all look exactly the same! And it's totally soulless because it's 95% CGI. And waaaaay too long. How Cameron is wanting to turn it into some sort of franchise is bizarre. But hey, that's just me!

Wait, this is what she did after Fawlty Towers? Huh.

@roe the best case scenario would be that FIFA is free to play and you just pay X amount per year for new kits, updated transfers etc. In reality though that would then become like eFootball which is a complete barebones mess. Careful what you wish for I guess!

Everyone: God, annual sports games are so rubbish, they're just the same thing EVERY year.

Everyone when sports game makes changes: God, these new changes are awful, why didn't they just keep it the same. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!

@rjejr Ah, makes sense. Didn't know there was a TV show.

Just as important, why has this game even been made anyway? Kong Skull Island, the movie, came out in 2017 so it doesn't even really tie in with that. I can't see how anyone would be interested in this regardless?

Gutted, I got to chapter 5 in The Quarry last night and was hoping to log in to PS5 this morning and put it on offline so I could get enough time to finish the game, but it's already gone! Oh well, I'm sure it will be on essential at some point.

This looks fun, probably won't bother until it's in a sale for £3.99 though to be honest. Too much going on as it is!

All this focus on cloud gaming and remote play etc and it still means nothing without decent internet. A service like that will never be mainstream if the only way it's useful is dependant on your internet connection.

The only one I've played is Don Bradman Cricket 14. Seeing as that is nearly 10 years ago, would I be wowed with Cricket 24 or not really?

I've been playing Weird West which we got with Plus Essential and really enjoying it. Is Disco Elysium a comparable experience/type of game? If so, more than happy to finally play that. If it's more point and click/turn based kind of thing then probably won't bother.

I'll be giving Weird West a try after the brief few minutes of the trial. I liked the look of it. Not arsed about the other two.