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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Victor Mildew » Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:42 pm

The bit just before with the courtyard outside the burning house was bad for it too. In the end I did that by memorising the best order to take the guys out, which is a bit gooseberry fool as you should be able to think on your feet a bit more.

Also, I find the combat falls apart when anyone gets close to you. Near the start of the game, they had you fight that armoured guy as a combat tutorial, dodging, taking him down bit by bit, yet nothing like that has been in the game since. If you try to dodge anyone like they told you to in that bit, then it just cuts to her getting killed.

Maybe I could make a load of those poison suffocation things and just cheese my way through it, but those take up loads of materials and I'm trying to upgrade everything.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Wedgie » Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:49 am

Finished A Plague Tale.

I enjoyed it despite the small flaws, and the biggest one is the combat. It’s awful. Like Ad7 says, the courtyard one where you need to break in a burning house is a pain in the ass.

One pro tip is to upgrade the pockets FIRST so you can carry more materials for crafting.

Had to cheese it at the end by using the infinite crafting glitch as I was only one equipment max away from getting the trophy and I don’t fancy replaying it just to get that trophy.

It’s a solid 7/10 game. An enjoyable adventure but the frustrating combat lets it down when you are forcing to fight. The stealth combat works. The puzzles aren’t taxing but enjoyable when you crack it.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Victor Mildew » Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:33 am

How did you do that bit then?!

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Wedgie » Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:56 am

It took several tries.

I took down the one that’s coming out of the gate, then the two that appears from the left. Then finally melt the big one’s helm then quickly took him down. All from the same position.

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Denster wrote:My phone messaged me yesterday after i'd encouraged him to download and play the RESi demo.


Super Intelligent Phones Are Here!!!! We are dooooomed!
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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by BOR » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:00 am

Rumors for August.

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
Tennis World Tour 2
Hunter's Arena: Legends* (PS5)

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Monkey Man » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:05 am

More than your average rumour as it's on the official website - https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-pl ... n-ps-plus/

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by KK » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:21 am

Urgh, that's abysmal.

Is Tennis World Tour 2 any good? I'm not expecting Virtua Tennis/Top Spin/Smash Court but I wouldn't mind something reasonably decent. Trust them to put tennis on there when Wimbledon has finished.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by jawaX » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:01 am

KK wrote:...Is Tennis World Tour 2 any good? I'm not expecting Virtua Tennis/Top Spin/Smash Court but I wouldn't mind something reasonably decent...

Unfortunately, KK, it's very average - rated 56 on Metacritic after 24 reviews. It feels like many years have passed since we've seen a decent tennis game; I'd like to try Mario Tennis Aces but the price has never really dropped and, of course, that's a far more casual take on tennis anyway.

As for the free PS Plus games, the current approach has never floated my boat. I can't fault the value but instead of paying Sony to pick out a few games for me and disregarding my tastes, I'd prefer either:

a) They allowed us to pick one game from a selection of three or four; or
b) They instead gave us an exclusive discount; maybe something like "£15 off Mass Effect trilogy this month" or "£10 discount on any game priced at £25+"

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Zilnad » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:11 am

Definitely the worst month ever. Awful.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by KK » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:14 am

In which case this surely must be one of the worst PS Plus months ever.

I was expecting DiRT 5 or Two Point Hospital to have appeared by now. The jumbo edition of TPH is £23.99 at Argos and I have a voucher so I may as well just buy it rather than waiting (famous last words...).

I'd rather have a big, older PS4 title like Resident Evil 2 than an average PS5 game.

Maybe this is why they're giving us 6 months of Apple TV+ :slol:

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by jawaX » Sat Jul 24, 2021 11:22 am

KK wrote:...Maybe this is why they're giving us 6 months of Apple TV+ :slol:

It's perhaps worse for PS4 players. Not only are pretty duff games being dished out but Sony make it clear that you're a second-class citizen by getting fewer games and no TV offers... even though we're paying the same money and have probably paid it for years now.

Edit: That thread title update :lol: .
Edit: Oh! I'd though that the RDR, Nioh 2, Judgment but was a "PS Plus" joke... I now get that it's for PS Now!

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by KK » Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:17 pm

It’s these type of months where Sony really should have taken something from their own back catalogue. Either something like Uncharted The Lost Legacy or even PS2 games like PaRappa the Rapper could have happily been a bonus title.

If they got any/more PS1 and PS2 titles working on PS4 and 5 that would also prop up thoroughly bad months.

Microsoft manage it routinely with Games with Gold/Ultimate. These games are just sitting there selling practically nothing but add value to a subscription.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Saint of Killers » Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:38 pm

Wow. That's awful.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Denster » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:32 pm

Very poor.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Saint of Killers » Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:09 am

Here's hoping the leak left another game or two out that aren't total meh.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by jiggles » Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:31 am

Hope Sony don’t catch on that they can just give us shite every month and we won’t unsubscribe because we don’t want to lose all the games we got to date.

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by Saint of Killers » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:09 am

jiggles wrote:Hope Sony don’t catch on that they can just give us shite every month and we won’t unsubscribe because we don’t want to lose all the games we got to date.


I've done it before and I will again if we get any more similarly awful months. I'd think twice if I lost them for good, of course.

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Edd » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:18 am

What is this, Games with Gold?

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PostRe: PS+ / Now - [+JULY] A Plague Tale: Innocence [PS5], BLOPS 4, WWE BattleGrounds [NOW JULY] RDR2, Nioh 2, Judgment +4
by Dual » Sun Jul 25, 2021 5:26 pm

I think they need to change it up now to get on the same level as Microsoft. Its putting me off buying a ps5 tbh. I just can't see what value ps+ brings.

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by Saint of Killers » Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:57 pm

I'd have thought they'd have made that move by now. So I don't see it happening any time soon.

This is potentially out and out the worst month in a while. Going back to late last year, there has been at the very least one very good/interesting game in the line up: https://blog.playstation.com/category/ps-plus/page/2/ Sometimes, the good/interesting games have outnumbered the average/not great ones, even. So there's definite value to be had, but it's rare that you get GamePass level releases.


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