PlayStation Plus Essential/Extra/Premium.

Yeah decent selection even if I'm not massively excited by them personally

Same, as I've played 2 of them and suck balls at the third :lol:

but the quality is undoubted. A very good month.

Decided to subscribe to Plus Extra for a year (purchased £90 of credit from CD Keys for £75.99 + Quidco) and I’ve just been going through all the games available. On one hand, I’m pleased that a number of games don’t appear to have expiration dates for leaving the service, such as Stray, Ghost of Tsushima (which I own sealed so I’ll be able to sell that) and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, but then there are others like on Xbox Game Pass that don’t have much time remaining, such as WRC 10 and Red Dead Redemption 2. I’ve been making a list on my phone of what games I need to be playing first.

For about £6 a month though I can’t complain too much! That’s before you even get to the titles you keep (well, as long as you remain subscribed), like Crash Bandicoot 4 this month and Tony Hawk for August. It just means rather than playing those through next, or Stray, I’m basically being dictated to as to what to I need to play first.

I'm surprised there is not much mention about Stray in here and it's a brilliant little game. Worth it to play with PS+ Extra.

Upgraded to Premium, it has until Christmas to impress me - that’s when my Plus always auto-renews.
Again I have to mention, the games lists they have on there is incomplete, for both the Games Catalogue and Classics Catalogue. Could have sworn Resistance 3 was a Classic, but it was missing…sure enough, one search on the Store later, there it is. Second time this has happened to me.

Good bit - the streaming is pure witchcraft. Played Everybody’s Golf (obviously) and ran perfectly.

BOR wrote:I'm surprised there is not much mention about Stray in here and it's a brilliant little game. Worth it to play with PS+ Extra.

Signed up today as my son has been desparate to play it, so helping him though it. It's good, but getting through it pretty quickly; glad I didn't have to fork out 25 quid for it! Crash and Yakuza is a bonus, though think I'll give Outer Wilds a go next.

When you have access to so many games, do you guys ever feel guilty about the game you chose to play. I'm not talking about FOMO or the illusion of choice. I got one month of Premium to play Stray (completed) and Detroit Become Human (playing should finish within the month), but with such a catalogue of classics I haven't played and feel I should try...I chose to play Ice Age Scrats Nutty Adventure - and I really enjoy it.

There's tonnes of games on Premium that are objectively better but I'm more of a Nintendo guy specifically platformers and prefer chilling out to family games than more mature themed games. I dunno I just feel guilty about liking the games I'm naturally drawn to.

Seriously though if you like platformers and don't over analyse why you like a certain game - the ice age game is surprisingly fun as a middling platfotmer

No, because the makers of those games are getting paid anyway. Life's too short to be worrying about that; play what you enjoy. Ignore anyone who tells you different. Even your significant other. DUMP THEM!

Barnsy! wrote:When you have access to so many games, do you guys ever feel guilty about the game you chose to play. I'm not talking about FOMO or the illusion of choice. I got one month of Premium to play Stray (completed) and Detroit Become Human (playing should finish within the month), but with such a catalogue of classics I haven't played and feel I should try...I chose to play Ice Age Scrats Nutty Adventure - and I really enjoy it.

There's tonnes of games on Premium that are objectively better but I'm more of a Nintendo guy specifically platformers and prefer chilling out to family games than more mature themed games. I dunno I just feel guilty about liking the games I'm naturally drawn to.

Seriously though if you like platformers and don't over analyse why you like a certain game - the ice age game is surprisingly fun as a middling platfotmer

I've had a growing back catalogue of games I want to play for years. I'm sure there are many games better than those I end up playing, but a lot of games are a big investment in time. So no, play what you fancy and stay guilt free! I am insisting on completing Spiderman MM before I move to another 'big' title, whilst games like Fifa and Fortnite serve a purpose when I have limited play time.

Is the Spiderman version on the service the PS5 one? I'm talking about the first game, not Miles (which I have already played).

kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:Is the Spiderman version on the service the PS5 one? I'm talking about the first game, not Miles (which I have already played).

Sadly not, its PS4 version for now.

Sprouty wrote:
kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:Is the Spiderman version on the service the PS5 one? I'm talking about the first game, not Miles (which I have already played).

Sadly not, its PS4 version for now.

That's what I suspected. Thanks for the clarification.

Barnsy! wrote:Seriously though if you like platformers and don't over analyse why you like a certain game - the ice age game is surprisingly fun as a middling platfotmer

idk, I like overanalysing why I enjoy middling games especially, it's more interesting to work out what it is doing to make you really like it when objectively it feels like it shouldn't be like that!

I’m just bouncing around several games available in the catalogue/s, stuff I’ve always wanted to try but never got round to it. As someone who plays too many games it’s hard to find a large choice of untried stuff I find appealing.

I continue to sing the praises of Premium - I'm going to try to finish this month some short games Stray (finished), Ice Age (finished), Detroit Become Human (haven't finished - quite a long game but should smash it this month as gameplay it isn't particularly involved and is great for unwinding after work or gym), Shadow of the Colossus (started tonight its like a seven hour game - so should do within the month) plus I got to try Returnal (which I only wanted to try never had any intention of trying to complete it). I've wanted to try these games for ages and for under £15 - it would of cost me over a £100 if I bought them outright

Saint of Killers wrote:No, because the makers of those games are getting paid anyway. Life's too short to be worrying about that; play what you enjoy. Ignore anyone who tells you different. Even your significant other. DUMP THEM!

Sprouty wrote:
I've had a growing back catalogue of games I want to play for years. I'm sure there are many games better than those I end up playing, but a lot of games are a big investment in time. So no, play what you fancy and stay guilt free!

Thanks

OrangeRKN wrote:
Barnsy! wrote:Seriously though if you like platformers and don't over analyse why you like a certain game - the ice age game is surprisingly fun as a middling platfotmer

idk, I like overanalysing why I enjoy middling games especially, it's more interesting to work out what it is doing to make you really like it when objectively it feels like it shouldn't be like that!

I finished that Ice Age game, very short and sweet and I really enjoyed it. I'm not that discerning with platformers but do have some taste - there's a bunch of Pixar games, I love the film Ratatouille but the game didn't do much for me. Whereas I don't have that much affection for the Ice Age films, it turned out to be a decent little platformer. Its not Mario Odyssey by any means but Ice Age plays like a PS2 platformer (this is a good thing!) - you have a decent move set, the puzzles aren't challenging but pleasant and there's some lovely platforming and set pieces.

I like that it was in a real-ish environment it isn't like an Uncharted game, but I like the cartoony-but-not-too-cartoony jungles, forests, mountains and other cool nature. Its one of the only game my girlfriend quite enjoyed watching so it was nice to share my hobby.

Started WRC 10 today before it’s booted off at the end of the month, and bloody hell it’s hard. Not quite Richard Burns level of silliness but still properly nails. I checked out the Trophies and I was shocked at just how few people have unlocked anything. You realise playing something like this that Colin McRae, Sony’s WRC and even Gran Turismo really widened the tracks, whereas here the stages are barely wider than the car! One slight loss of concentration and you’ve totalled the car on a rock.

The feedback and sounds emanating on the controller are some of the best I’ve encountered so far (aside from Astro’s Playroom). Handling is considerably better than the old PS2 efforts from SCEE, but I will definitely be getting the steering wheel out. Graphics aren’t bad, but the shocking framerate on the graphics mode makes the game unplayable. Only reason I can think it’s even there is for the PS5 Pro.

Anyone who hasn't played Little Nightmares yet: it's a really good game.

Quite short too. Amazing graphics and genuinely really scary. Some of the puzzles are quite finicky though

The upcoming Extra / Premium update is rather lacking for me. Still plenty of games which I want to play though! I completed Miles Moralles last night. The other half has completed Stray and we've both been playing Lawn Mowing Simulator ( :slol:

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I may return to The Last Guardian before I start a fresh game. I've had it since launch, so it's rather overdue to be finished! I think its a toss up between Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding afterwards.

Once I finished the PS3 games in Premium, I’ll be stepping back to Extra I think. I don’t know if it’s because they’re a) PS3 games, or b) their resolution has been dropped for streaming purposes, but they look a bit shonky. I was buzzing to play Resistance 3 (hilariously underrated) but it’s a little bit scruffy. Shame you can’t use the online features any more either, the campaign in co-op was the bomb (big shoutout to DarrenK for carrying me through it, if you’re still here lurking).

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