PS+ games available on 5th of April with released dates and metacritic scores:
Dead Star (PS4 - April 2016) - TBC
Zombi (PS4 - August 2015) - 71%
I Am Alive (PS3 - 2012) - 75%
Savage Moon (PS3 - 2009) - 73%
A Virus Named Tom (PS Vita - April 2016) - TBC (65% on PC)
Shutshimi (PS Vita - August 2015) - 85% (based on 3 reviews)
Sony are taking the ****. I didn't buy a PS4 to play indie crap. GWG is embarrassing PS+. I'm not renewing my sub. Just give us Killzone and Knack. PS+ is a rip off. I'm selling my PS4. Some people are so entitled. Indie =/= bad. Some people would moan if they gave us The Devision and SF5. It's less than a pint a month.
I think I have covered most comments from both sides.
BuzzDuraband
30 Mar 1626#5
Happy for Zombi. Overall I'm a tad disappointed if I'm honest. Although, this has been rumoured for May I believe.
Disclaimer:That may, or may not be true.
cannibalwombat
30 Mar 1623#18
I HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS
All comments (215)
adambad
30 Mar 163#1
Good line up - am pleased - Zombi was on my wanted list and so was I am Alive which while short is a good game a little like Last of Us.
john swfc
30 Mar 1687#2
Ha ha, in your face Microsoft!
Oh....
mudstuff to john swfc
30 Mar 16#37
I came here to write exactly the same thing. Embarrassing! (not a fanboy, have both) :confused:
voyager123
30 Mar 162#3
this might of been OK if not for Microsofts GWG april lineup., but if you dont have zombi i would say its worth it, the rest look pretty poor as usual but you are still get something for next to nothing
soapyd
30 Mar 161#4
Really?
BuzzDuraband
30 Mar 1626#5
Happy for Zombi. Overall I'm a tad disappointed if I'm honest. Although, this has been rumoured for May I believe.
Disclaimer:That may, or may not be true.
Bure11
30 Mar 165#6
Eh, Zombi is decent and something I've wanted to play.
BuzzDuraband to Bure11
30 Mar 164#11
Most definitely, and at £14.99 it's the entrance price for PS+ for three months alone.
J_Staunton to Bure11
31 Mar 16#171
Yup.
john swfc
30 Mar 162#7
In before somebody says "sense of entitlement"...
Manazar
30 Mar 162#8
you hold out hope, only to be disappointed...
tsimehC
30 Mar 161#9
Knack isn't even that good...GWG wins this month easily and probably next month too.
Smash41
30 Mar 164#10
Oh look another retail title for PS4. People won't care and will still moan.
highspire2k
30 Mar 162#12
Zombi not the worst free game, but you just can't help but compare with the GWG lineup, especially considering Xbox owners get the 360 games as well. Mind you, I wouldn't be screaming for those PS3 titles.
I still own and use my 360, I might just have to renew my gold briefly and stack some of these Xbox One titles, y'know, just in case I ever buy a One...
6ixFoot1 to highspire2k
30 Mar 161#51
That's what I'm saying. People who don't even have a XBONE are contemplating subscribing to live because pf their offerings just in case they get an Xbone.
Thinking of buying the cheapest 1 month subscription just to get sunset overdrive and the 360 games. Once subscription is up, can still play the 360 games
voyager123
30 Mar 162#13
its been rumored more or less every month since it got released at this point i expect a newer AAA title to be on plus before it
poorboys
30 Mar 164#14
PS4 downloads are killing me. Zombi is 20.7GB and I just started a 18gb Witcher3 update.
emodan to poorboys
30 Mar 16#33
Nice i was gonna buy Zombi once i finish some of my backlog
thats tiny compared the PC version
blanka to poorboys
30 Mar 16#123
I did the same recently. it's ridiculous. amazing game though.
josho117 to poorboys
31 Mar 16#139
upgrade your hardrive I got 2 tb hardrive with 25 disc games on ps4 and still have 800gb left. easy to do YouTube it
joanddan7
30 Mar 161#15
Delighted with Zombi. The best month in ages for me. If they sorted out the ps3 games working like 360 do on GWG that would be a really good month, I still have a ps3 it would just be nice for instead of churning out remakes we could play the originals but that's another discussion for another time. Keep hoping for WRC 4 on the Vita, I don't know why as it rather random and rather unlikely.
SoloKingxRobert
30 Mar 16#16
Zombi is repetitive. Bought this game on steam for a few dollars
stupot76
30 Mar 161#17
Bit better than last few months not bothered about Dead Star or Savage Moon but others look fun. I played Zombie on Wii U it's pretty hard
cannibalwombat
30 Mar 1623#18
I HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS
oliverreed to cannibalwombat
30 Mar 161#88
Sweet.
5 pages of gripes n cheers.
Subscribe, don't subscribe, whatever.
hybrid56k
30 Mar 1613#19
Really disappointed with this... PlayStation is really letting us down.
Smash41 to hybrid56k
30 Mar 163#24
It's £3.50 odd a month and they're giving you six games.
UltimatePhoenix
30 Mar 162#20
Darn it just bought Zombi, im gonna stop buying games :neutral_face:
matengawhat to UltimatePhoenix
30 Mar 161#47
I just bought at wend. Not even played it yet!
loopylloyd to UltimatePhoenix
30 Mar 16#60
Same so annoying!! Sony are trolls. They obviously look at what games been purchased most in sales so they/the devs don't lose out.
bo9dster007 to UltimatePhoenix
30 Mar 16#62
Same here buddy bought it when it was on offer! One of the only games ive ever bought digitally as well. Typical.
davidfwalsh to UltimatePhoenix
30 Mar 16#99
me too :disappointed:
SVRich
30 Mar 1633#21
Sony are taking the ****. I didn't buy a PS4 to play indie crap. GWG is embarrassing PS+. I'm not renewing my sub. Just give us Killzone and Knack. PS+ is a rip off. I'm selling my PS4. Some people are so entitled. Indie =/= bad. Some people would moan if they gave us The Devision and SF5. It's less than a pint a month.
I think I have covered most comments from both sides.
Mac007 to SVRich
30 Mar 16#80
well said
metallica182 to SVRich
30 Mar 16#89
Knack isn't meant to be very good ya know...
randolph85 to SVRich
30 Mar 16#116
You bought a ps4 to play the free games? I like the indie games as freebies as its a chance to play games id never buy
corey1993
30 Mar 165#22
i knew it... you finally got the AAA game you have so desperately wanted and it still isnt good enough.
people are just hard to please no matter what happens. thats why sony cant take reactions seriously. opinions are all over the place. the line up is good. 1 AAA and 1 BRAND NEW game that releases with ps+. instead of waiting for ps+ to give you a game just buy it and support the developer. if you dont own a game you really wanted then i doubt you wanted it at all.
voyager123 to corey1993
30 Mar 161#25
as good as zombi is its no AAA game(mind i enjoyed more than a lot of AAA games), i do find it strange that some of the people who are defending this are the same people who posted how poor MS lineup was, have to love the double standards of some people and really most people dont get 6 games unless they have a ps4,ps3 and a vita. but its this is better than its been for months and worth it for zombi if you dont already own it
but do people really think if things had been different and Microsoft was dominating we would of even seen GWG? no they had said on more than once last gen they had no interest in something like plus on the xbox, its because of the initial rocky start of the xbox one they introduced it,
corey1993
30 Mar 166#23
knack only costs £5 on the store, buy it if you want it so badly people :neutral_face:
sweeten16 to corey1993
30 Mar 162#63
Yeah Killzone and Knack are cheaper to buy than Zombi is. Killzone is like £3.85 on amazon every other week, just buy it.
lukeo44
30 Mar 163#26
Nah, Killzone: Shadowfall and Octodad. My cousins, mums, uncles dog is an admin at Sony :sunglasses:
neilanderton1
30 Mar 16#27
Dead Star is meh incarnate, but Zombi is nice for a change.
M3NDEREZ
30 Mar 161#28
What a load of old shi-ite.
You fail me again, Sony.
thelagmonster
30 Mar 163#29
Pleased with Zombi, but otherwise Microsoft have smashed it with the April offerings.
amarb21
30 Mar 162#30
Can't believe this... Look at gwg and look at this.
emodan
30 Mar 16#31
Nice i was gonna buy Zombi once i finish some of my backlog
[email protected]/*
30 Mar 161#32
Nice varied selection, something for everyone.
tsimehC
30 Mar 161#34
I Am Alive was included because Sony messed up the NA PS+ release last month so they put it in this month so those people (that got in early to get both IAA and Super Stardust) don't end up with an extra game. :smirk:
Zombi looked good on the WiiU so will play that. Not sure on the rest, better to expect average-to-poor quality PS+ games now so you're not left wanting better.
hybrid56k
30 Mar 161#35
Same can be said about Microsoft, but they delivered this month.
BubaMan
30 Mar 161#36
Heat for the bravery in posting :stuck_out_tongue:
TBH, I'm not that bothered that the games aren't AAA because I've discovered a few gems through PS Plus that I might not have otherwise tried.
MS do have a good month this April but they need to be better than Sony in many ways to close the console sales gap.
Call Sony lazy if you like but if it bothers you that much, sell your PS4 and get an XB1... Or better still, get both :stuck_out_tongue:
BubaMan
30 Mar 16#38
DonkeyKonk
30 Mar 16#39
PS+ just seems to have games I have never heard of before these days.
Interesting, but crap.
voyager123
30 Mar 163#40
yes but you only need an xbox one, to get six games for plus you need a ps3,ps4 and a vita which most people don't have, i do but most don't so for most people their post is a bit pointless
gazdavis11
30 Mar 16#41
Most people are more concerned with comparing the 2 offerings of MS and Sony. Just play the games or don't play the games. Some of the indie titles are really good and I'd much prefer something I don't own already than Killzone, Black Flag or Watch Dogs for example so I can at least make my own mind up about it.
GWG has had a few decent months and in particular April but if you compare the games over a period of time it's pretty similar really. The games people are hoping for don't cost more than a tenner, if you want them that bad it isn't a huge expense
SVRich
30 Mar 16#42
Four games with GWG /pedant
joanddan7
30 Mar 16#43
The Microsoft offering is good this month and has been better but reading some of the comments you would believe Microsoft are giving away actual Gold... the offerings are better than this... agreed but hardly the amazing AAA titles I am being led to believe from comments.
LuFc6686
30 Mar 165#44
Every month now it's games that were on sale not long ago... I knew ZOMBI would be on plus this month. Black Flag or Rogue next month. Or RIDE or Alien Isolation. It's just obvious now, just look for games that were in sale all time then when they get to the cheapest point that's when they will be on plus soon.
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6ixFoot1 to LuFc6686
30 Mar 161#53
NFS Rivals might be on it. It's on sale every time a sale is on and is currently £8 something for ps+ subscribers
voyager123
30 Mar 163#45
my mistake, but my point is still valid that most people wont get 6 games
Sheikher
30 Mar 161#46
Booooo!!!
[email protected]/* to Sheikher
30 Mar 163#52
I hope Zombi is going to be more scary than that. :stuck_out_tongue:
aaronatruelove
30 Mar 162#48
Was hoping for the division :laughing:
moshixmoshi
30 Mar 16#49
don't get my hopes up
moodyafc
30 Mar 161#50
Reason 28338839284739384739
Why I cancelled my PS+ since 2015.
tsimehC to moodyafc
30 Mar 161#56
But how do you play your triple A PS3 & Vita games (offered before PS4 ruined everything)? I keep it just for that and PS4 needs online so that also. These games have taken a backseat. I wish there was a cheaper option to just pay for the online capability though.
gazdavis11 to moodyafc
30 Mar 162#68
Can you name maybe just 3 of the other reasons?
hotmep
30 Mar 16#54
Such a bargain, I'd get Zombi for £3 on its own if it was that price.
iXanon
30 Mar 16#55
I'm personally quite happy with the line-up this month.. :smiley:
DazLFC
30 Mar 16#57
can we download these now, or only from April 1st?
BuzzDuraband to DazLFC
30 Mar 161#59
They're available on the first Tuesday of every month. So it will be the 5th.
cod619
30 Mar 16#58
Bought zombi when it was on sale and it is complete and utter garbage
The Mole
30 Mar 164#61
Both the Vita games look good for the 16 of us that have Vitas
Spidersmudge to The Mole
30 Mar 16#67
+1. 17 :laughing:
ownjoouk to The Mole
31 Mar 16#135
I'm one of those 16...... :smile:
Jerec
30 Mar 16#64
So glad I didnt buy Zombi when it came out, looking forward to this.
rich2086
30 Mar 16#65
I bought I Am Alive in a steam sale quite a while back, not bad that its free but its a pretty dull game. You will get sick of seeing the colour grey. Havnt played the other games Zombi might be fun
ohblobbything
30 Mar 161#66
Rumoured for May: Dark Souls 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Bioshock 4 and Pong HD
sweeten16 to ohblobbything
30 Mar 16#69
Pong HD? Best month!
davemhaynes
30 Mar 16#70
Deadstar looks good, but otherwise nothing there this month for me or my children, and we've got xbox too. Thanks for share OP.
Chasloyal
30 Mar 16#71
Littered with triple A titles as ever :smirk:
g8spur
30 Mar 161#72
Would it really hurt them to thrown in an Order 1886 or something similar?
Chasloyal to g8spur
30 Mar 16#77
I predicted last week Far Cry Flintstones will be the first half big title Sony will give subscribers since the PS4 landed, most likely come December as an incentive to sell more consoles in the Christmas madness.
Seeing the price of that game keeps dropping relentlessly even though it only came out two n a half hours ago just makes me feel all the more confident I've called it right from the off.
Though the way things have been the last couple or three years you'd not discount Microsoft lobbing that title in their Xbox Gold IGC before Sony have even thought about including it on PS+ :smirk:
You know where you heard it first :man:
Uridium
30 Mar 16#73
Another month I'm happy not having renewed by PS+ sub yet...
Spidersmudge
30 Mar 16#74
I'm backed up on PSN until 2018 and own all three consoles. Can see myself downloading the PS4 games only this month and even they look average.
Worst timing ever for a poor month with GWG being so strong this month! Xbone it is this month then...
hanzoadam
30 Mar 16#75
I bought zombi =? Very glitchy game I have to say
Spidersmudge
30 Mar 16#76
I am alive might as well be free for everyone, it's absolutely awful...
pickledo
30 Mar 161#78
Bah, I remember when subscribing to Xbox live only got you purely online play, and PSN was free for inline, none of these free games malarkey. There was never any arguing either which was a better service either... :stuck_out_tongue:
DannGo
30 Mar 162#79
It's 30 odd a year, and at this rate i'm lucky if I download one or two games a year (Not into the indie). I don't buy it for online play, I buy it for the games. Not great value at the moment.
Rob_B
30 Mar 16#81
dammit, bought zombi when it went to £7.49, it's not bad, kills a few hours but nothing amazing.
benjammin316
30 Mar 16#82
top kek
schnide
30 Mar 162#83
Finally, decent retail game on PS+. Onwards and upwards eh? :wink:
As for all those praising GWG, remember that Microsoft aren't doing this out of the kindness of their heart, but because they need to right now. And GWG wouldn't even exist if Sony hadn't introduced PS+ in the first place.
A total insult , I know the XBONE is lacking compared with a PS4 , But give us a Break with the old TAT
Zatos
30 Mar 162#86
Another month of saved hard drive space for me.
voyager123
30 Mar 162#87
, hey i agree and mentioned elsewhere MS only started GWG becasue of the poor sales for the xbox one, same reason why sony gave us plus to get sales. do think if they had dominated last gen like this we would of seen plus at all?
simonwinstanley
30 Mar 161#90
Good to see a retail game. Still doesn't blow me away though. I know it's popular to rag on Sony for their PS+ offerings but there must be a reason everyone does it each month.
mickcoles
30 Mar 16#91
Oh **** I only just paid 6 quid 2 weeks ago for ZOMBI haha that will teach me lol
kos1c
30 Mar 16#92
I don't recall the last time I played a free ps+ game. They've been really disappointing for a long time.
seanmc172
30 Mar 16#93
I can see Sony adding The Uncharted Collection in May
schnide to seanmc172
30 Mar 161#100
No you can't!
JohnOFarrell
30 Mar 162#94
I do agree that PS Plus doesn't have as much value as it did before PS4 was released and I do think the games should be a little more generous considering we are paying to play online now too! There is another way of looking at it though. The way I see it, indie games and PSN games have way more value than AAA titles.
For example GTA 5 and Fifa 16, got them for £30 and £25 last year brand new and they still sell for that on ebay for used copies so I've made £0 loss, whereas if I just spent say £8 on a PSN game then I'll never be able to recoup that so I'm £8 down which is why it's better to have them thrown into PS Plus.
Nettle_Warrior
30 Mar 161#95
PS+ sucks... and almost certainly spits.
Jake1983
30 Mar 161#96
Quality, very nearly bought zombi good month all round for Sony and Microsoft!
Lothra
30 Mar 16#97
Another month, another reason not to renew my PS+ subscription, kinda happy really as the next few games i plan to buy (Uncharted 4/ No Mans Sky/ Mirrors Edge and Deus Ex MD) are all single player focused games. Its not like i need the MP subscription yet.
cannibalwombat
30 Mar 161#98
Playstation Plus has given us 382 games since it started in 2010. Games with Gold 110 since 2013. That's 74% more games factoring in the time difference. Just saying.
tsimehC to cannibalwombat
30 Mar 161#102
Back then, they had to offer good games to get people to subscribe to PS+. Not anymore, would be more better to do a comparison since PS4 was launched and compare the quality of the offerings. Anyway, a moot point because Sony clearly don't care about retention via PS+ games anymore.
Noobster101 to cannibalwombat
30 Mar 161#112
Quantity vs Quality.... Just saying....
RFallon
30 Mar 165#101
Someone needs to understand what a AAA is, because it ain't Zombi.
Personally I'd take a reduced cost sub with no games, as that side of Plus is getting to be a real waste of time.
rubycoco
30 Mar 16#103
bought zombi last month.getting better but no way as good as gwg
kidomega
30 Mar 162#104
I'm a very open minded gamer and have enjoyed some real quirky titles that plus has supplied that not many people will have played but I have to say I'm just massively disappointed in these Vita and PS4 games. complete rubbish. frustrating.
hardstylemw
30 Mar 16#105
Yawn... some more indie games that no one wants to play!
moneybanks14
30 Mar 16#106
this is getting very poor now from sony, microsoft upping there game big time. I had I am alive on gold about 2 years ago on xbox 360!
UltimatePhoenix
30 Mar 16#107
Clever sneeky bar stewards eh must of wasted over £20 now on games I thought hey cheap good game and then boom Hotuk tells me its free :sunglasses:
tony-starks
30 Mar 16#108
Good line-up, not played any of these games, so yeah thumbs up!
GujSehambi
30 Mar 16#109
weird for a business to do this isnt it :man:
Noobster101
30 Mar 16#110
The only month i jump ship from ps4 and buy an xbox one after seeing month after month of AAA GAMES ps plus finally puts out a half decent game. Jesus!
Chasloyal to Noobster101
30 Mar 161#111
Why would anyone jump ship from PS4 to Xbone anyway, let alone a month before Uncharted drops?
And before you say Quantum Break I'd say all the more reason to have both consoles rather than dump one for the other, strange logic to me
rahulkhetia
30 Mar 16#113
I'll judge the month once I play the ps4 games. Last month I enjoyed Broforce and previous month HELLDIVERS, overall it's been ok 2016 on ps plus.
Noobster101
30 Mar 16#114
Played all the exclusives on ps4 i wanted. Currently got both. Will get rid of ps4 after uncharted 4.
Goopster
30 Mar 162#115
I can't understand why some people knock PS+. Over the last two years or so, for the cost of two retail games, I have managed to get 75+ superb titles spread across my PS3, PS4 and Vita. For me, PS+ is a no-brainer and a complete bargain. Even if there are a couple of duff months in every yearly subscription, I still have 30 or so titles left to look forward to for the rest of the year.
Just my $0.02. Peace.
Heat!
fattyuk to Goopster
30 Mar 161#122
Agreed.
Whilst ill agree that GWG really have stepped it up with the quality games, the people comparing ps+ to that seem to forget that over THE YEARS ps+ has built up fantastic librarys for users of the ps3/ps4/vita.
john swfc to Goopster
31 Mar 161#159
75+ "superb" games?
Superb? Really? Maybe if it was still 1982...
mrmcdermot
30 Mar 161#117
having both an xbox and ps4 it really bothers me how some people love to take sides' we need competition sony has the upper hand atm hence why they are not trying as hard it's just a natural ebb and flow.
poorboys
30 Mar 16#118
Got 3 months of PS plus when I bought my PS4. The free games like rocket league, Lara croft and Xeodrifter where all worth a play but I still could not be bothered to renew. Just bought PS 20th anniversary steelbook but might wait until next month to renew.
cannibalwombat
30 Mar 16#119
Whether or not a game is 'good' is entirely a matter of opinion. The numbers are not.
cardboard_jase
30 Mar 16#120
Seriously, jokes about Knack and Killzone coming to PS Plus are so much more tedious than the actual comments from people who want them to be included on PS plus.
SVRich
30 Mar 16#121
No I didn't, I was just pre-empting some of the comments. I would generally be a PS+ apologist, some of the indie games have been ace imo.
kick_u_in_the_nuts
30 Mar 16#124
when we leave the EU will the games get any better on ps plus ?
VOTE OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jetskichimp
30 Mar 16#125
Well it is better than the last few offerings.
Thankful for small mercies.
Noveed
30 Mar 16#126
What a load of balls. Bitterly disappointed with the PS+ offerings. Even if at times GWG might be bad if the XBL sub ends you still keep the GWG games unlike PS+... daylight robbery from Sony! Where's the half decent titles, they are pushing too much Indie stuff!
keejoonc to Noveed
30 Mar 162#133
sick of pro indie gamers saying AAA doesnt equate to a good game, graphics arent everything etc.
people didnt buy ps4 just so they can play indie games that could be run perfectly fine on last gen consoles.
andysmoore
30 Mar 16#127
Was in two minds if to continue my subscription. Wish I hadn't...
Pokkai
30 Mar 162#128
Only on the Internet do you get a £14.99 title for your monthly fee of £3 or so and people still whine.
That's not counting the other 5 games. Most of the "gamers" these days wouldn't know a good game if it ran them over.
Just because it's Indie, doesn't mean it's bad.
Chasloyal to Pokkai
30 Mar 16#132
Only on the internet would you get someone happy to defend a product most people consider a pxxx take when compared to what that said product offered those 'whiners' three years ago.
Just because it's Indie doesn't mean it should look and play like a 16 bit game from a quarter of a century ago?
Not particularly sure anyone is saying they are bad but I think it's pretty safe to say at least 90% of subscribers would never buy any of these monthly offerings Sony give us.....even if they were only a couple of quid a throw.
loopylloyd
30 Mar 16#129
Maybe stating the obvious but it's a joke still.
Chasloyal
30 Mar 16#130
PS+ did give plenty of quality on PS3 though ...... proper triple A like Far Cry 3 and perhaps 2 and all thinking about it, AC3, Uncharted 3 when it was still newish, Just Cause and Hitman off the top of my nut. Then from when the PS4's launch was announced at 'Mattrick's E3' it became a big steaming log floating in the khazi instantly and has been pants ever since on all three PS platforms.
GWG on the other hand started out a bit monkey but has dished out some pretty decent stuff in more recent times, I suppose people pointing out they've had to because the Xbone has struggled are making a valid point but that can be countered by saying all the more reason Sony should reward their millions more subs with more decent titles.
I still don't get why you'd want to ditch either console when you've got them both, Xbone has more proper games than PS4 at the moment granted but you got Horizon, Last Guardian and Uncharted coming/almost here?
You'll end up regretting getting rid of one and holding on the other whatever way round you do it so easiest thing to do is keep the two
bdiddyb
30 Mar 16#131
I think games with plus is better than playstation gold but not as good as the PC Mister race because grayficks.
jstang to bdiddyb
31 Mar 16#142
I hear ya brother! Amen!
keejoonc
30 Mar 161#134
oh and i also dont know why some people want killzone. i had it since launch and never ever touched it again after playing an hour of it. Its the most boring and uninspiring shooter I have ever tried.
ownjoouk
31 Mar 16#136
the best plus game for me to date has been rocket league. As indie games go it's one of the best.
I don't expect aaa titles from Sony and as for knack and ppl dying to get it for free, it's actually pretty ****. I got it for about £7 on ebay and wished I hadn't bothered so when the time comes that it's free you're all going to moan about it being a crappy month anyway.
you should all be grateful we get free games. at the end of the day you're paying to play online. and ps+ has been handing out these free games way before gwg so I don't know why ppl are hating Sony.
Spidersmudge to ownjoouk
31 Mar 16#140
Rocket League is amazing! I must say though I struggle to find a friends game these days. My whole list seems to always be playing GTA V. They have good taste, but still :smiley:
cannibalwombat
31 Mar 162#137
That's part of the beauty of PS+ for me.
Three games that I've recently played and loved from PS+ are Super Stardust Delta, OlliOlli 2 and Flame Over. I would otherwise probably never have heard of these games let alone bought them. And yet having played them and realised they're fantastic games, I would have happily paid for them. And that's irrespective of the aesthetics; I really pity people who just can't look past graphics to what really matters - gameplay, and don't realise that if graphics are so important to them, they probably ought to have bought a PC in the first place instead of a PS4.
It sounds like you're asking Sony to give you games you were planning to buy anyway. If you want a particular game, pay for it!
Oh and for what it's worth, only 1 of the games I mentioned above is indie.
cannibalwombat
31 Mar 163#138
Vita owners unite!
Claydon94
31 Mar 161#141
They really need to stop **** on us with these terrible games... getting quite TIRESOME now!
oliverreed
31 Mar 16#143
Can we just use this rant thread going forward please, month after month, nothing new is being debated.
Copy.
Paste.
Save your energy?
YouDealTroll
31 Mar 16#144
Cold not a deal
Smash41
31 Mar 163#145
Try playing those XO titles once your Gold expires.
I think you'll be surprised ;-)
MickKnew
31 Mar 16#146
,People should do some research into games and how it works. if your already winning the war, there's no point putting more money into the resources. Sony are miles ahead in the sales of playstation compared to xbox, there's no point in spending more money to be even further ahead. Hence why xbox have introduced backwards compatibility and ps haven't.
Steve Mac
31 Mar 162#147
Another poor month of PS+, the Indie titles are creeping in more and more. I don't mind Indie titles but I already went through all that with the Ouya (Fist of Awesome and It'll Dew are quite amusing/good) ....We all know how well that worked out though. Why don't Sony just offer some freebie PS1 & PS2 games each month as a bonus? I'd prefer that to their latest offerings.
RedSeven
31 Mar 16#148
just watched some gameplay trailers on youtube...Zombi looks all right but no idea what was meant to be going on with deadstar and the 2 vita games look terrible...Shutshimi looks like a bad ZS Spectrum game!
joanddan7
31 Mar 16#149
I love mine. superb bit of kit.
SVRich
31 Mar 162#150
Me too, there must be at least 20 of us now.
Kanedaaaaaa
31 Mar 16#151
Meh.
SVRich
31 Mar 161#152
Overall PS+ games have been better than GWG during my time with both services imo, tbh this month included but that is because I already owned all the GWG games. Even on a (subjectively) bad month I don't feel ripped off with either service as they cost so little for a year and both of them have given me my monies worth. I find it a little sad that people will automatically write off indie games, thanks to both services I have played indie titles that have put many AAA titles to shame with the amount of enjoyment I have gotten out of them. Try games you wouldn't normally you may be suprised.
saucymonk
31 Mar 16#153
Knack still sells quite well. I can't see it coming to PS+
DaveB316
31 Mar 16#154
21 I still have mine!!
seanmc172
31 Mar 16#155
Wait and see x
schnide
31 Mar 16#156
Dude, the game just released in October. How many people do you think Sony would p*ss off if they then gave it away?
herohonda777
31 Mar 16#157
Well just after seeing this lineup for Xbox this deal is just -33131 cold!
I have decided to make the swap over from PS4 for sure!
Gavinge
31 Mar 16#158
Isn't Zombi that god awful one the revealed for the WiiU a few E3s ago?
Remitto
31 Mar 161#160
I literally don't understand the hate. PS Plus has allowed me to play indie games that I'd have never considered buying before, some of which have turned out to be gems. Also I have nowhere near enough time to even play through all of my own games as well as PS Plus so I constantly have a backlog of free games to download and play.
I personally think it's great value for money and Zombi looks pretty awesome!
keejoonc to Remitto
31 Mar 162#161
Maybe people want games with story, sense of depth and progression which IMO is where indie games falls short on.
Sure, you might try some indie games and find that they are fun to play for a bit of a laugh but they are only good for casual plays (for me anyway). A lot of people are sick to death of indie platformers, shooters, and puzzle games from the 16 bit era.
Chasloyal
31 Mar 162#162
Funny you should mention it because any triple A title I fancy I tend to pre-order, yes I know I shouldn't but because I am rather fond of collector's editions it's just something I have always done. There are times I'll wait for the review embargo and then make a decision but I can assure you any triple A title I've ever wanted I've had a physical copy of in my collection long before it ever reached PS+ or GWG.
I still have a Mega Drive and SNES back in England, if I want the old school/modern indie experience I'll dig one of them out and play Speedball, Streets of Rage, Desert Strike and the like. Sorry but I did not buy a current gen console to play antique looking games regardless how good they are. Off the top of my head the only two indie titles I do play were bought because I missed both of them when they was on PS+ for whatever reason.......Rocket League and Hotline Miami.
As this pic below demonstrates in the four or so years I've been marooned out in Europe I've accumulated just as much as I have always done at home in blighty. Oh and please forgive the mess but I am packing everything up as I am finally moving back home in a fortnight, all the more reason that Mrs Loyal is having proper palpitations about all this extra clutter that is returning to Essexshire with me.
So I would appreciate it if you were to take your slanderous accusation back my ickle flower because all I expect from Sony is a good online service which they continue to fail on and the same standard of games they used to put in the IGC before the launch of PS4 which again they've also failed on persistently month after month after month.
Perhaps others want 'free' games because they are too tight or unable to put their hands in their pockets but not me, hello if I want something I do "pay for it" #justsaying
Chasloyal
31 Mar 16#163
Absolutely spot on, well said
Steve Mac
31 Mar 16#164
22, mine is still going strong.
Remitto
31 Mar 16#165
But we get games like MGS: Ground Zeroes, Rocket League, Hardware Rivals and Styx which offer a reasonable amount of bulk in my opinion. I think for how little it costs per month we get a pretty good deal. Each to their own though.
Smash41
31 Mar 16#166
Before writing Dead Star off as Indie Trash consider its made by a studio consisting of ex Retro Studios staff. They're best known for making the Metroid Prime games on the Gamecube.
At least give it a chance.
gamzino_major
31 Mar 161#167
*ponders* Am I too old for games.. or are they just no fun anymore?
SpudUK
31 Mar 16#168
You're not looking for the right games if you think Indie games can't do story. Firewatch and Layers of Fear literally came out in the last couple of weeks.
keejoonc
31 Mar 16#169
it was a general comment. how many indie games do you think have proper story and progression? most are arcady shooters and platformers.
Gigzz
31 Mar 16#170
Make that 23 :smiley:
cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#172
Sweet Jesus, this post is so misguided. How many of the PS+ games most would think of as 'indie' have you actually played? Branding a game as lacking story, depth and progression just because it has the 'indie' label attached to it is wholly unfair and wildly ignorant. Tell me in all honesty that Destiny has more of a story than To The Moon, or Knack has more of a sense of progression than Shovel Knight, or Call of Duty Ghosts has more depth than Undertale or Papers Please, and I will promptly implode.
SVRich
31 Mar 161#173
You can't really assume all indie games don't, I have played many with plenty of depth story and progression, Rogue Legacy, Bastion, Transistor, New n' Tasty (not really indie but classed as such) of the top of my head that have way more depth, story and progression than games like The Order.
keejoonc
31 Mar 161#174
So you are trying to prove your point by comparing against games like Destiny which we all know has limited plot due to Bungie screwing up? I don't think it helps your case. How about I name non-indie examples such as Witcher 3, Fallout 4, GTA V, Wolfenstein New Order, Telltale series of games, Life is strange to counter your indie examples? How do they compare to current indie offerings on PS Plus - Bro Force and Galak Z - in terms of story and depth?
I don't waste my time playing most of the indie games anymore. Why would I play indie games when I have a backlog of proper AAA titles to play? I have tried games such as Shove Knight, Rogue Legacy and Transistor but I find that I never go back to playing them because they don't offer anything that pulls me back into it.
I have enjoyed playing Rocket League for a bit but it got repetitive as well.
keejoonc
31 Mar 161#175
No, you are just naming a few exceptions, which is pointless, Out of all the indie games that were offered on PS plus there would be way more indie games that are just your run of the mill shooter, platformer/puzzle games than those with proper story and progression. If you think otherwise, you are deluded.
By who's definition is Witcher 3 an indie game? Yours? LOL It's hard to call a massive RPG in its third instalment an 'indie' game.
Chasloyal
31 Mar 161#176
Not quite sure you hurt my feelings would be how I'd describe it cannibalwombat, if anything I welcome all abuse n hate aimed at me with open arms.......if I considered life to be some form of bizarre popularity contest ritual I'd support Orient and have tried my hand at being a lying politician.
I also take your rather catty "impressive collection of admittedly mediocre AAA games" comment as grudging acknowledgement that you did in fact slander me with your rather ill thought out assumption that I'm some kind of scratcher who expects everything for nothing.
Without wandering down Freud Street, which of course a working class nomark like me who has no GCSE's would never do, it's crystal clear you formed some prejudiced opinion of me being someone that does not buy anything.
I'm glad I reminded you to keep that 'never judge a book by it's cover' policy in mind for the next time you decide to go on some socially, intellectually or financially superior trip on someone you perceive lower than you, though I'm sure you won't want to thank me for it in public :man:
As for the pros n cons of indie v AAA bla bla bla I'd like to leave you with a simple observation. Why would someone so obviously infatuated with games developed by smaller devs with no corporate backing have a console anyway, never mind start suggesting those of us who prefer big budget titles should game on PC?
Last time I looked at the same old tired slurs n insults that my fellow console peasants lob at the PC master race and vice versa it's actually always the PC posse who claim console gamers are corporate slaves to the same few genres whilst PC gaming is all about hundreds of different genres developed by thousands of various indie devs dotted around the planet?
Just please don't play the graphics card again, no pun intended, every single console owner knows PC's blow our wee boxes away in that dept. Truth is the vast majority of us though bought those wee boxes because they can still handle the big pretty games we like to play, not a load of titles that wouldn't look out of place on the original NES.
No doubt you'll come back at me with something or other trying to mug me off once more and good luck with that. Just bear in mind though that by your own logic in your previous post you totally contradicted everything you've just said in this one by telling us we "ought to have bought a PC" :smirk:
SVRich
31 Mar 161#177
Blimey this is getting a bit heated, the way I look at it is there are games with the depth of a puddle produced by AAA and indie devs and there are the opposite on both sides too. I tend to judge a game for it's content rather than how many people and how much money was spent making it. I think there is room in gaming for both and frankly if you are willing to wait over a year for a AAA game to be given free on +/GWG you weren't really that interested in it anyway imo.
cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#178
OK. I'm clearly not getting through to people and now my comments are being deleted for some reason and there's no 'reply' button on comments any more. That's me done.
Chasloyal to cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#179
Perhaps you should blame Millwall?
Everyone else does :smirk:
nickann1
31 Mar 16#180
I use PS+ so that me and my son can share the games over 2 consoles and users and he can use online but I don't do multiplayer games, sadly had to miss both recent Tom Clancy games and Star Wars Battlefront because of it. I have had some absolutely fantastic games through PS+ and if I counted the games that I and my son have enjoyed and still do, it would have cost me stupid amounts of money. I think Sony could drop titles like basic Destiny, Order 1886, Knack, NFS Rivals, Battlefront 4 even but I doubt they will. I am happy to get the free games but this months isn't exactly one I am excited about.
Chasloyal to nickann1
31 Mar 16#183
Sony refused point blank to allow EA Access on PS4 which speaks volumes.
I own all three current gen consoles so I 100% honestly don't have any fan baby agenda, I am actually very anti EA for all sorts of reasons and have as good as boycotted them for years now. Buying FIFA for my two boys each year has left me traumatised because I am so #AMF but it is how it is.
Although all that said n done I still got a year's EA Access for around 14 quid before Christmas, sorry but that's proper value with the games in their 'vault'! It puts PS+ to shame and when you also consider you can get a year's XBL Gold from people like cdkeys at around the 20 quid mark from time to time there's nothing else needs to be said.
Sony are creaming it big time and it is what it is.
cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#181
Chasloyal I have nothing against Millwall and I have to be careful what I say, for risk of being accused of slander. JOKES.
By the way, why did you edit your comment omiting my quote and replacing it with my username?
Chasloyal to cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#184
No I didn't, I actually copy every response before I submit because I have lost quite a few posts that seem to crash whilst sending.
It's only I still had it copied when the thought police decided to wipe all our previous banter, why they did that I have no idea because you don't get anyone more anti censorship than me. People should be allowed whatever they want to say in my book.
I've always maintained if you don't like it don't get involved, blimey ain't rocket science. I am more than able to give back with interest anything that someone lobs at me, so not guilty if you're suspecting it's my doing because it ain't mate.
vesdekis
31 Mar 161#182
PS plus has turned into a joke.. Basically giving us 2 mobile app games on the PS4 every month.
cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#185
Chasloyal I did indeed think it was you because if it were the mods, I assumed they would have just deleted it like they did my comments. Very odd. Three lengthy replies of mine have now vanished. My comments sometimes get lost in the posting process too but not this time, and often I forget to copy first (as with these).
So they deleted your posts too? I would post mine again but they'd probably just get deleted too (as this post may, who knows). Sometimes the mods here seem to employ a very strange system of deciding what is and isn't reasonable discussion/banter.
In summary: 1) I wasn't suggesting you are a scrounger, I don't know you, I think my meaning didn't come across properly, 2) I wish people would give all kinds of games a chance, 3) I often take opportunities to counter those suggesting that indie games are automatically bad for whatever reason (some may object to the tone/words I use), 4) I have a PC and consoles all co-existing in perfect harmony, 5) good luck with your move and 6) vintage cheddar is probably the best cheese.
Chasloyal to cannibalwombat
31 Mar 16#187
I had posts deleted overnight because someone accused me of 'hate speech' because I referred to another poster in the thread as wait for it......'HUKD's Nintendo equivalent of the crapgamer' and 'fan baby' when he got all clicky about me saying the new Starfox game would be going for pennies once the NX gets officially announced at E3.
So I have no idea what the method is behind their moderating either but when comparing someone to the most vocal 'fan boy' youtuber is deemed hate speech I am truly at a loss.
I take all your points onboard and even when I don't agree with people I'm all for them voicing their opinions any way they like. Every 'free' indie game I've tried after downloading it to my IGC has not floated my boat, it just hasn't, so I have tried but not for me.
My gripe is far more with Sony than indie games, it's absolutely shocking that when online gaming was free on PS3 the service wasn't really any worse than it is now where we're shelling out a sub for it on PS4. Of course I say that bar that mega outage of whenever it was hmm so we get no better online service and inferior classification games for our dough now compared to then.
And thanks for the kind wishes, I really would not ever recommend moving but from Europe back to England oh brother :disappointed: and I didn't even want to come out here, it was family commitments and having put nearly five years of my life in to it I've had enough so had to force the issue and demand we go home.
SVRich
31 Mar 161#186
:stuck_out_tongue:
Chasloyal
31 Mar 16#188
Eating babies since 1885 :sunglasses: Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil
nickann1
31 Mar 16#189
Totally agree with everything you've said there. I have always bought FIFA but this year I have missed out. Mainly because the game is just a rehash of every other year and doesn't seem to add anything new but I agree with your reasons for EA. I've had a problem with them for years and the games they have produced lately are just reskins.
As for PS+. I am a fan of Sony and have owned every Playstation device there has ever been but yes, I can't defend them when you put it up against the competition. They are outselling the competition and seem to think that they have a free rule over how much they charge and what they give away. I really can't see myself stepping over to XBOX but Sony could well lose allot of users if they don't open their eyes soon.
Chasloyal
31 Mar 16#190
I'm glad you do agree thank you.
I'm not sitting on a pro Microsoft propaganda lecture, in fact I only bought an Xbone in the run up to Christmas a few months ago but facts are facts.
Sony are taking the pxxx out of their subs because they're so far ahead this generation, there can not be any other explanation for it.
As for EA, well I still would put Road Rash, Desert Strike and EA Hockey on the Mega Drive in my all time favourite top ten games so it don't give me any pleasure to dig them out. Alas I hate the FA, never mind the premier league, UEFA and FIFA so that's all I'm saying on that front.
I understand it's money but if others are happy to buy in to something endorsed by such a corrupt dreggy organisation as them well that's up to them but I'm not so EA Access actually gave me a pass there and I have to admit I am well grateful it did.
Back to the consoles in general, perhaps the NX will give PS4 the competition Xbone clearly hasn't but who knows....I hope so but ain't holding my breath.
hardstylemw
31 Mar 16#191
Hit the nail on the head! You have to remember though that PS plus is a subscription to pay for online gaming. There is also alot of game discounts to be had exclusive to PS plus. Worth the price of a game for a year of the ability to laugh at 7 year olds trying to play COD.
tsimehC
31 Mar 16#192
It isn't advertise as such, that was Xbox Live. It has slowly become Xbox Live (without the great servers) and GWG is going in the other direction. Hopefully it comes circle soon.
markyG80
31 Mar 16#193
You people make me laugh, if you're bitching about having to pay £30 (which is less than a single game) for getting a minimum of 24 games over the course of a year you probably shouldn't be spending £300 plus on a games console. Some of the lesser known games are far better than some of the AAA titles everyone craves. Just don't subscribe to PS+ and go and buy Knack and Killzone for a tenner and save your time/energy playing them rather than moaning
Chasloyal to markyG80
31 Mar 161#195
6 comments and 3 likes hmmm ok.
Maybe next time you have your quid's worth you'll use your regular username, oh unless you've had your quid's worth in this debate already :smirk:
poorboys
31 Mar 16#194
I recently bought 12 months PS+ for about £20. I am sure there will be enough enjoyable games to justify that small outlay. In the past I really enjoyed Limbo and Rocket League. If I get a few games like those over the year I will not complain.
tsimehC to poorboys
31 Mar 16#198
If I recall correctly, that was £24 with Very and Groupon combo. Glad I got it as it is really was a good bargain. My sub runs out tonight so I'm going to activate that card now despite a disappointing PS+ lineup. I need online play to play FIFA and Rocket League so my hands are tied. I'm sure this is the reason why the quality has tanked on the games. I still feel I'll get enough out of the price I paid though just because of the ~5 games that I do like during the year.
Yeah I saw the demo gameplay during a E3 before and it looked like the gamepad was essential for inventory and map management. Still going to give it a spin as I have nothing to lose except disk space!
markyG80
31 Mar 16#196
This is my regular username...duh
craiger082
31 Mar 16#197
zombi on the Wii u is better! ps4 port is good but the game just don't give u the same feeling without the gamepad idea.
What Sony really should do is allow loyal PS+ customers who subscribe for over 12 months access to the entire catalogue, but these kinds of deals between game studios and content providers are one off endeavours - otherwise no one will make money... the industry is already set back through piracy / 2nd hand games market, so DLC and subscription based business models are the only things keeping game developers and hardware makers alive and investors happy.
dryden11
1 Apr 16#200
Great
hardstylemw
1 Apr 16#201
Is a potato still a potato if it labeled as a parsnip? (Irish saying or did I just make that up?). I've never really had a problem with the PS servers. PS Plus was great when I still had my PS3 as I got some great games like: Borderlands 2, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3, BioShock infinite, etc. I miss my ps3!
Chasloyal
1 Apr 161#202
Less than one comment every five months in over two years and then two in an hour?
Yeah course it's your regular username duh dinlow
tsimehC
1 Apr 16#203
Don't know much about Irish potato sayings but where were you when the PSN servers were down for months and the subsequent downtime every other night? Things are much better now but servers do go down every now and again without any compensation. I think they did compenstate once in the last year actually when PSN went randomly down on xmas or something.
hardstylemw
1 Apr 16#204
Yeah that sucked! (forgot about that dark period of my life) pretty sure the same thing happened to Xbox near the same time though?
markyG80
1 Apr 16#205
Well actually it is, as I don't normally comment and just look at stuff on here. I won't bother in future as you seem to be some sort of HUKD commenting police. Why would I use my actual name if it was not my regular username??
Chasloyal
1 Apr 16#206
Blimey and I thought my mob had an unusual surname, you must be the only family G80 in the entire country
tsimehC
1 Apr 16#207
Sorry that I brought it up. :disappointed:
I can't really comment on Xbox happenings but you're probably right.
markyG80
1 Apr 161#208
A pedantic comedian as well, aren't you a catch
Chasloyal
2 Apr 16#209
How awfully flattering of you to say but sorry mate, you're just not my type
markyG80
2 Apr 16#210
Shame, if only I was a real person with a real username
Opening post
Dead Star (PS4 - April 2016) - TBC
Zombi (PS4 - August 2015) - 71%
I Am Alive (PS3 - 2012) - 75%
Savage Moon (PS3 - 2009) - 73%
A Virus Named Tom (PS Vita - April 2016) - TBC (65% on PC)
Shutshimi (PS Vita - August 2015) - 85% (based on 3 reviews)
edit: April 5th; games are up now:
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-gb/monthly-games/cid=STORE-MSF75508-PLUSINSTANTGAME
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I still own and use my 360, I might just have to renew my gold briefly and stack some of these Xbox One titles, y'know, just in case I ever buy a One...
Thinking of buying the cheapest 1 month subscription just to get sunset overdrive and the 360 games. Once subscription is up, can still play the 360 games
thats tiny compared the PC version
5 pages of gripes n cheers.
Subscribe, don't subscribe, whatever.
I think I have covered most comments from both sides.
people are just hard to please no matter what happens. thats why sony cant take reactions seriously. opinions are all over the place. the line up is good. 1 AAA and 1 BRAND NEW game that releases with ps+. instead of waiting for ps+ to give you a game just buy it and support the developer. if you dont own a game you really wanted then i doubt you wanted it at all.
but do people really think if things had been different and Microsoft was dominating we would of even seen GWG? no they had said on more than once last gen they had no interest in something like plus on the xbox, its because of the initial rocky start of the xbox one they introduced it,
You fail me again, Sony.
Zombi looked good on the WiiU so will play that. Not sure on the rest, better to expect average-to-poor quality PS+ games now so you're not left wanting better.
TBH, I'm not that bothered that the games aren't AAA because I've discovered a few gems through PS Plus that I might not have otherwise tried.
MS do have a good month this April but they need to be better than Sony in many ways to close the console sales gap.
Call Sony lazy if you like but if it bothers you that much, sell your PS4 and get an XB1... Or better still, get both :stuck_out_tongue:
Interesting, but crap.
GWG has had a few decent months and in particular April but if you compare the games over a period of time it's pretty similar really. The games people are hoping for don't cost more than a tenner, if you want them that bad it isn't a huge expense
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Why I cancelled my PS+ since 2015.
Seeing the price of that game keeps dropping relentlessly even though it only came out two n a half hours ago just makes me feel all the more confident I've called it right from the off.
Though the way things have been the last couple or three years you'd not discount Microsoft lobbing that title in their Xbox Gold IGC before Sony have even thought about including it on PS+ :smirk:
You know where you heard it first :man:
Worst timing ever for a poor month with GWG being so strong this month! Xbone it is this month then...
As for all those praising GWG, remember that Microsoft aren't doing this out of the kindness of their heart, but because they need to right now. And GWG wouldn't even exist if Sony hadn't introduced PS+ in the first place.
SONY , PULL YA SOCKS UP WILL YA.
A total insult , I know the XBONE is lacking compared with a PS4 , But give us a Break with the old TAT
For example GTA 5 and Fifa 16, got them for £30 and £25 last year brand new and they still sell for that on ebay for used copies so I've made £0 loss, whereas if I just spent say £8 on a PSN game then I'll never be able to recoup that so I'm £8 down which is why it's better to have them thrown into PS Plus.
Personally I'd take a reduced cost sub with no games, as that side of Plus is getting to be a real waste of time.
And before you say Quantum Break I'd say all the more reason to have both consoles rather than dump one for the other, strange logic to me
Just my $0.02. Peace.
Heat!
Whilst ill agree that GWG really have stepped it up with the quality games, the people comparing ps+ to that seem to forget that over THE YEARS ps+ has built up fantastic librarys for users of the ps3/ps4/vita.
Superb? Really? Maybe if it was still 1982...
VOTE OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thankful for small mercies.
people didnt buy ps4 just so they can play indie games that could be run perfectly fine on last gen consoles.
That's not counting the other 5 games. Most of the "gamers" these days wouldn't know a good game if it ran them over.
Just because it's Indie, doesn't mean it's bad.
Just because it's Indie doesn't mean it should look and play like a 16 bit game from a quarter of a century ago?
Not particularly sure anyone is saying they are bad but I think it's pretty safe to say at least 90% of subscribers would never buy any of these monthly offerings Sony give us.....even if they were only a couple of quid a throw.
GWG on the other hand started out a bit monkey but has dished out some pretty decent stuff in more recent times, I suppose people pointing out they've had to because the Xbone has struggled are making a valid point but that can be countered by saying all the more reason Sony should reward their millions more subs with more decent titles.
I still don't get why you'd want to ditch either console when you've got them both, Xbone has more proper games than PS4 at the moment granted but you got Horizon, Last Guardian and Uncharted coming/almost here?
You'll end up regretting getting rid of one and holding on the other whatever way round you do it so easiest thing to do is keep the two
I don't expect aaa titles from Sony and as for knack and ppl dying to get it for free, it's actually pretty ****. I got it for about £7 on ebay and wished I hadn't bothered so when the time comes that it's free you're all going to moan about it being a crappy month anyway.
you should all be grateful we get free games. at the end of the day you're paying to play online. and ps+ has been handing out these free games way before gwg so I don't know why ppl are hating Sony.
Three games that I've recently played and loved from PS+ are Super Stardust Delta, OlliOlli 2 and Flame Over. I would otherwise probably never have heard of these games let alone bought them. And yet having played them and realised they're fantastic games, I would have happily paid for them. And that's irrespective of the aesthetics; I really pity people who just can't look past graphics to what really matters - gameplay, and don't realise that if graphics are so important to them, they probably ought to have bought a PC in the first place instead of a PS4.
It sounds like you're asking Sony to give you games you were planning to buy anyway. If you want a particular game, pay for it!
Oh and for what it's worth, only 1 of the games I mentioned above is indie.
Copy.
Paste.
Save your energy?
I think you'll be surprised ;-)
I have decided to make the swap over from PS4 for sure!
I personally think it's great value for money and Zombi looks pretty awesome!
Sure, you might try some indie games and find that they are fun to play for a bit of a laugh but they are only good for casual plays (for me anyway). A lot of people are sick to death of indie platformers, shooters, and puzzle games from the 16 bit era.
I still have a Mega Drive and SNES back in England, if I want the old school/modern indie experience I'll dig one of them out and play Speedball, Streets of Rage, Desert Strike and the like. Sorry but I did not buy a current gen console to play antique looking games regardless how good they are. Off the top of my head the only two indie titles I do play were bought because I missed both of them when they was on PS+ for whatever reason.......Rocket League and Hotline Miami.
As this pic below demonstrates in the four or so years I've been marooned out in Europe I've accumulated just as much as I have always done at home in blighty. Oh and please forgive the mess but I am packing everything up as I am finally moving back home in a fortnight, all the more reason that Mrs Loyal is having proper palpitations about all this extra clutter that is returning to Essexshire with me.
So I would appreciate it if you were to take your slanderous accusation back my ickle flower because all I expect from Sony is a good online service which they continue to fail on and the same standard of games they used to put in the IGC before the launch of PS4 which again they've also failed on persistently month after month after month.
Perhaps others want 'free' games because they are too tight or unable to put their hands in their pockets but not me, hello if I want something I do "pay for it" #justsaying
At least give it a chance.
I don't waste my time playing most of the indie games anymore. Why would I play indie games when I have a backlog of proper AAA titles to play? I have tried games such as Shove Knight, Rogue Legacy and Transistor but I find that I never go back to playing them because they don't offer anything that pulls me back into it.
I have enjoyed playing Rocket League for a bit but it got repetitive as well.
By who's definition is Witcher 3 an indie game? Yours? LOL It's hard to call a massive RPG in its third instalment an 'indie' game.
I also take your rather catty "impressive collection of admittedly mediocre AAA games" comment as grudging acknowledgement that you did in fact slander me with your rather ill thought out assumption that I'm some kind of scratcher who expects everything for nothing.
Without wandering down Freud Street, which of course a working class nomark like me who has no GCSE's would never do, it's crystal clear you formed some prejudiced opinion of me being someone that does not buy anything.
I'm glad I reminded you to keep that 'never judge a book by it's cover' policy in mind for the next time you decide to go on some socially, intellectually or financially superior trip on someone you perceive lower than you, though I'm sure you won't want to thank me for it in public :man:
As for the pros n cons of indie v AAA bla bla bla I'd like to leave you with a simple observation. Why would someone so obviously infatuated with games developed by smaller devs with no corporate backing have a console anyway, never mind start suggesting those of us who prefer big budget titles should game on PC?
Last time I looked at the same old tired slurs n insults that my fellow console peasants lob at the PC master race and vice versa it's actually always the PC posse who claim console gamers are corporate slaves to the same few genres whilst PC gaming is all about hundreds of different genres developed by thousands of various indie devs dotted around the planet?
Just please don't play the graphics card again, no pun intended, every single console owner knows PC's blow our wee boxes away in that dept. Truth is the vast majority of us though bought those wee boxes because they can still handle the big pretty games we like to play, not a load of titles that wouldn't look out of place on the original NES.
No doubt you'll come back at me with something or other trying to mug me off once more and good luck with that. Just bear in mind though that by your own logic in your previous post you totally contradicted everything you've just said in this one by telling us we "ought to have bought a PC" :smirk:
Everyone else does :smirk:
I own all three current gen consoles so I 100% honestly don't have any fan baby agenda, I am actually very anti EA for all sorts of reasons and have as good as boycotted them for years now. Buying FIFA for my two boys each year has left me traumatised because I am so #AMF but it is how it is.
Although all that said n done I still got a year's EA Access for around 14 quid before Christmas, sorry but that's proper value with the games in their 'vault'! It puts PS+ to shame and when you also consider you can get a year's XBL Gold from people like cdkeys at around the 20 quid mark from time to time there's nothing else needs to be said.
Sony are creaming it big time and it is what it is.
By the way, why did you edit your comment omiting my quote and replacing it with my username?
It's only I still had it copied when the thought police decided to wipe all our previous banter, why they did that I have no idea because you don't get anyone more anti censorship than me. People should be allowed whatever they want to say in my book.
I've always maintained if you don't like it don't get involved, blimey ain't rocket science. I am more than able to give back with interest anything that someone lobs at me, so not guilty if you're suspecting it's my doing because it ain't mate.
So they deleted your posts too? I would post mine again but they'd probably just get deleted too (as this post may, who knows). Sometimes the mods here seem to employ a very strange system of deciding what is and isn't reasonable discussion/banter.
In summary: 1) I wasn't suggesting you are a scrounger, I don't know you, I think my meaning didn't come across properly, 2) I wish people would give all kinds of games a chance, 3) I often take opportunities to counter those suggesting that indie games are automatically bad for whatever reason (some may object to the tone/words I use), 4) I have a PC and consoles all co-existing in perfect harmony, 5) good luck with your move and 6) vintage cheddar is probably the best cheese.
So I have no idea what the method is behind their moderating either but when comparing someone to the most vocal 'fan boy' youtuber is deemed hate speech I am truly at a loss.
I take all your points onboard and even when I don't agree with people I'm all for them voicing their opinions any way they like. Every 'free' indie game I've tried after downloading it to my IGC has not floated my boat, it just hasn't, so I have tried but not for me.
My gripe is far more with Sony than indie games, it's absolutely shocking that when online gaming was free on PS3 the service wasn't really any worse than it is now where we're shelling out a sub for it on PS4. Of course I say that bar that mega outage of whenever it was hmm so we get no better online service and inferior classification games for our dough now compared to then.
And thanks for the kind wishes, I really would not ever recommend moving but from Europe back to England oh brother :disappointed: and I didn't even want to come out here, it was family commitments and having put nearly five years of my life in to it I've had enough so had to force the issue and demand we go home.
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As for PS+. I am a fan of Sony and have owned every Playstation device there has ever been but yes, I can't defend them when you put it up against the competition. They are outselling the competition and seem to think that they have a free rule over how much they charge and what they give away. I really can't see myself stepping over to XBOX but Sony could well lose allot of users if they don't open their eyes soon.
I'm not sitting on a pro Microsoft propaganda lecture, in fact I only bought an Xbone in the run up to Christmas a few months ago but facts are facts.
Sony are taking the pxxx out of their subs because they're so far ahead this generation, there can not be any other explanation for it.
As for EA, well I still would put Road Rash, Desert Strike and EA Hockey on the Mega Drive in my all time favourite top ten games so it don't give me any pleasure to dig them out. Alas I hate the FA, never mind the premier league, UEFA and FIFA so that's all I'm saying on that front.
I understand it's money but if others are happy to buy in to something endorsed by such a corrupt dreggy organisation as them well that's up to them but I'm not so EA Access actually gave me a pass there and I have to admit I am well grateful it did.
Back to the consoles in general, perhaps the NX will give PS4 the competition Xbone clearly hasn't but who knows....I hope so but ain't holding my breath.
Maybe next time you have your quid's worth you'll use your regular username, oh unless you've had your quid's worth in this debate already :smirk:
Yeah I saw the demo gameplay during a E3 before and it looked like the gamepad was essential for inventory and map management. Still going to give it a spin as I have nothing to lose except disk space!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Instant_Game_Collection_games_(PAL_region)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Games_with_Gold_games
What Sony really should do is allow loyal PS+ customers who subscribe for over 12 months access to the entire catalogue, but these kinds of deals between game studios and content providers are one off endeavours - otherwise no one will make money... the industry is already set back through piracy / 2nd hand games market, so DLC and subscription based business models are the only things keeping game developers and hardware makers alive and investors happy.
Yeah course it's your regular username duh dinlow
I can't really comment on Xbox happenings but you're probably right.
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-gb/monthly-games/cid=STORE-MSF75508-PLUSINSTANTGAME
You have doubled your previous two years' worth of comments in two days sniping at me, wow I feel epic :man: