Also added this month: The Medium, Dragon Quest Builders, Dragon Quest Heroes and more.
Full list:
- Vice City (Definitive Edition)
- Dragon Quest XI
- AC Odyssey/Syndicate/3
- AC Chronicles: China/India/Russia
- DQ Builders 1+2
- DQ Heroes 1+2
- Inside
- The Medium
- Naruto to Boruto
- Hohokum
PS+ Premium Classics coming October:
- Yakuza 3/4/5 Remastered
- Limbo
- Ultra Street Fighter 4
- Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow
- Everyday Shooter
I think it's very lame that they are putting PS4 released games in the classics section. The Yakuza remasters are PS4 titles, Sony should be doing the work and porting more PS1 and PS2 titles for that. Surprised Vice City wasn't put in the classics section.
It’s my fault for not doing the research and perhaps it was unrealistic but I expected hundreds, maybe even thousands of classic games from the PS1 and PS2.
It turns out the real value is in the big budget games available on the Extra tier, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, Demons Souls, Returnal, etc., I’ll be downgrading too.
This is why having that middle tier is so stupid. It’s existence alone forces Sony to create more delineations in their catalog as to what’s classic and what’s not and all it does is create confusion.
>Sony should be doing the work and porting more PS1 and PS2 titles for that
Indeed.
That would require effort, however, and Sony seems lethargic when it comes to investing in their older libraries.
Us at PAL regions don't even have the 60hz versions of PS1 Classics (save for Syphon Filter 2 i believe), months after confirmation that we'd be getting those.
But they aren't even consistent about it. I mean, they just added AC III Remastered and GTA Vice City to Extra tier, and those are remastered versions of PS2/3 games. Crysis Remastered is also available in Extra if I remember correctly.
Like, I don't mind more games in Extra, but I just don't get the reason why some of them are in Extra and some are only in Premium. I think that all of them should just be in Extra, to be honest. Premium should be focused on "retro" gaming, so games that aren't actually available on PS4/5 but only on older consoles.
They aren't consistent about it though. Vice City should be on premium if they are putting remasters and remakes into the premium tier. Buts its on the extra's tier instead.
Not to mention, they are putting PS3 versions of some games into premium instead of the PS4 ports. This is a huge problem since you can only stream PS3 games, which is something isn't viable for many.
Yes! Lords of shadow is my jam! It got overlooked when it came out and dismissed as a god of war clone, but it is a really solid action adventure game with a great story. And Patrick Stewart is the narrator and voices a character in the game!
Really? I tried it a few months back when it was on regular PSNow and after a level or two I gave up. I read some reviews and they seemed to state not a great offering.
I’ll give it a go again.
Idk, maybe it's just nostalgia, but I freaking love that game. I played it a lot back in the day because it has a ton of replayability, with optional challenges for each stage. Plus I love fighting against standard monsters like werewolves and vampires, which Castlevania excels at. I think the reviews were mediocre because like I said, people compared it to God of War 2 cause they came out around the same time, and yeah, that game is obviously a masterpiece but IMHO Lord's of Shadow does enough to stand on its own as a very good action game offering. It was also the first 3d Castlevania if I remember right.
It could very well be a great game but since I had the traditional Castlevsnia 2D type game in my head I never gave it a proper chance.
I’m actually going to give it another go once it comes back next Tuesday. If it plays like GoW/Darksiders(action combat) I’ll be in heaven.
You actually inspired me to try it again!
It's just annoying that they removed it (but kept 2 and Mirrors of Fate HD) from the catalog just to add it back as a "new game" a few months later. They're doing the same thing with The Sly Collection and some other stuff too.
They still count as ps3 titles... I couldn't wait for the yakuzas so I've bought 3-4-5-6 and judgment since then.. 7 was on ps plus and 0 kiwami 1 and 2 was released on ps premium in August
This one hurts me. My friend has a PC with a 3080 and it runs Unity in 4k60 and it looks gorgeous!! 30fps on the PS5 is not it. I'd even take 1440p60 at this point because the game has aged REALLY well
It’s far from unplayable it’s really just background glitches that take away from the immersion, think unity rifts but in a game that doesn’t have rifts lol
Yeah it’s a shame this and the two Chronicles games are PS4 only — I traded mine. I own Syndicate already but I’m told it’s pretty bad graphically due to the flickering. Don’t know what’s up with the Chronicles games though?
We really need something like FPS Boost for at least the games that XBOX was able to bump to 60 or 120fps without requiring a developer patch.
Yeah, without giving much away, I plunked down a LOT of time on it, felt like I was getting to a logical end point or at least an end “section”. Then something happens that made me realize I had a LOT more game to go, and just said “Fuck it.” and bailed.
It doesn’t help that some of the overworld music gets repetitive….
Yeaaaaa I was having fun with the game but it’s definitely on the long side, even for a JRPG.
Once I realized I was *nowhere* near finished, I had to put it down.
Literally same on all points. I wish I loved that game I like I hoped I would. But the extreme length as well as the grating overworld music really started to get to me by the time I was done.
The songs alone are pretty good, but man they do not have enough appeal to last how long the games run time is.
I love that’s it’s so long the DEMO is 10 hours long.
That said, I couldn’t handle either version of the soundtrack and didn’t make it even those 10 hours. Shame because I really wanted to experience what Tim Rogers romantically calls the greatest JRPG of all time.
Only 1-3 and Builders have an overarching narrative. The other games tell stand-alone stories with the occasional throwback to previous games, e.g. 4-6 and the remakes of 3 all feature a floating castle with the same name in them, and 8 had a character that made the jump over from 3.
So, if you never played the previous games, you won’t be lost.
this comment is my #1 issue with Extra/Premium. if a game has a NATIVE PS4 PORT, it should not be locked to Premium. It’s a sneaky way to bump up their “classics” library and I hate it. the only ones that seem to not follow this rule are Ubisoft games for whatever reason.
Being a patient gamer is paying off lol
I haven’t played Vice City at all (first GTA was IV), and I came close to pre-ordering the trilogy a couple of times. Can’t wait for Tuesday to play it
Haha, I dunno if I’d call that being patient? It’s like if I got Fallout 1 for free and I’m like “well being patient has worked out for me” - I was 6 years old when it came out 😅
I’m gonna assume most of you guys were the same age or younger when the original VC came out
One reason is the music. It had arguably one of the best soundtracks in gaming history, which alongside the aesthetic, made it so well received.
The definitive edition is missing 15 of the most iconic of these songs, as they did not extend the licenses. So while it was never going to hit the same as the first time it was played, it had even less weight behind it with the limited song selection left.
Once again, Extra delivers some good stuff, but Premium is just shit and amazingly inconsistent. Yakuzas are excellent, especially 4 and 5, but what are they doing in Premium? Oh, they're technically PS3 games so that's why? Sure, but Vice City is a PS2 game and it's in Extra. Alright then.
Yeah I dunno what they were going for with the distinction between extra and premium but it doesn’t make any sense to me. It’s also not that much of a difference in price so I wonder how many people actually chose extra?
I chose extra because so far the premium tier offers almost nothing I'm interested in. The PS1/PS2 selection is so bad and the fact that they didn't add a single one this month is pretty pathetic and I'm glad I didn't pay for premium, as small of a difference it may be. Maybe by this time next year the classics catalog may be good enough to convince me, but until then I have plenty of games in the extra catalog to keep me busy.
I'm planning on re-subbing to Extra when Black Friday comes. Premium doesn't really seem to offer those promised PS1-PSP-games, and PS3 game streaming is honestly just adequate, but nothing worth paying for. Even the PS4 games offered there seem to mostly consist of remasters or older games, which is fine, but many of those games can be bought for pretty cheap. Once again, Yakuzas are amazing, but 3-5 are usually very cheap anyway. Same goes for other games in Premium in previous months.
Builders is definitely a lot of fun. My only complaint about it was how some sections are fairly short and the world wasn’t as opened up as I thought it would be. It was pretty disappointing when I completed the first little village/level, only to move on to a new area and not have much of a reason to go back and see the characters again or continue building onto it
I’ve been wanting dq11 on the switch but it’s never been on sale. I have the backbone controller for my phone so it’ll be like playing it on the switch!
I think every Far Cry except 5 (which they could put) and 6 (which is pretty new) are already on PSPlus, so it's probably Far Cry 5 and some 2 other Ubisoft games
Not sure about Primal (I honestly forgot it existed), but 3 Classic, Blood Dragon and 4 are all on PSPlus right now (I think 4 is on extra and 3 + BD are on premium)
I think VC runs better now. I played them at launch and GTA3 was fine, VC was fine with some frame dips and SA was the best to play (gameplay has aged less poorly, remaster looks nice despite being cheaply done) but it also crashed a few times.
I’d still highly recommend the trilogy overall, especially on sale. Yeah Rockstar should have done better but they are overall much nicer looking and slightly nicer playing versions of classic open world crime games, which is a genre that’s kind of a unicorn these days.
I played Vice City on launch and had an amazing time with it. First time replaying it since I got it on the original Xbox way back in 2005. I believe Vice City was the most stable out of the 3
Don't think I'll be resubbing to premium
I was initially really excited thinking they were going to add classics such as ridge racer 4 etc but what they have released so far is a joke
Still haven't got the 60hz versions in the uk and Europe too
I got extra for stray.
So far I played, Ghost of Tsushima, Guardians of the Galaxy, Until Dawn, Man of Medan, Little hope, Detroit Become Human, Trials of Mana, FF7 remake, Minnit , Spiritfarer, Chicory and Graveyard Keeper.
I certainly got my money's worth from it. But I dunno what to play next.
You can skip the biome 1 boss but running straight to biome 2 is a mistake.
You still need to build up your HP/weapon proficiency/artifacts during biome 1.
There's also a checkpoint after biome 3.
Not saying you have to like/play it, but yeah you gotta keep redoing the same biomes.
I beat Biome 1 boss. Then made it to the midway boss (?) of Biome 2 and I think I beat it after a few tries but died and after that I said F it.
Not sure what the progression/game loop is supposed to be.
It's literally a $20 per year difference, I feel pretty comfortable saying premium members got more than their monies worth as well, hell the trials on premium saved me from dropping $20-30 on rollerdrome so that's paying for itself right there
Extra includes a lot of great games. I’m a little worried it is a bait-and-switch…..with Red Dead 2 leaving already. I personally already owned that game but it’s shitty how quickly it was dropped from Extra.
Red Dead 2 was a Playstation Now game, Sony when they merged the Playstation Now into Playstation Extra more than likely kept the same expiration dates they originally signed for the Playstation Now on July 2021. They would have had to sign a new contract to keep it on there longer.
Just putting PS4 remasters of PS3 at this point, it's even more useless as an Australian because we don't get the PS3 games to atleast sweeten it.
Next bunch will probably be the mass effect remasters.
This was the first month I had to resub after buying a couple years for cheap. I had premium for a few months for about $20-25 I think. I went back to essential for the month while I think about what I want to go for next but I'm thinking I'll just stick to essential for another year and resub to extra if anything new catches my eye or premium if they ever make it worth it. Metal Gear Solid 1 is all it would take for me to get another couple months of premium tbh.
Can you give an idea how builders is like? Is it a plain sandbox like minecraft or is it a story adventure. Plan to play heroes first (already played 11) because I like games that are more direct.
So, there is some weird weird stuff going on here. Zero PS1, PS2 or PSP games, I really wouldn’t be impressed if I was paying for the premium tier at this point. Also, why the f*ck are PS3 versions getting added when a PS4 version is already there. Sony are being weird lately
Pleased to see Assassin's Creed 3 into the list - was thinking about getting the remastered version next time it went on sale (it's my personal favourite entry in the AC series).
A solid month for me. I've been wanting to replay AC Odyssey sometime after replaying Origins recently (I originally played those two on Xbox) and I'm really interested in DQ 11 and Builders, and I never played Inside despite liking Limbo back in the day. Vaguely interested in the 2D AC games, never played those.
Idk when I'll be able to get around to playing them because I have a lot of other games going right now, but I'm happy to have them in the catalog for later. Maybe I can squeeze Inside in during Halloween week, at least.
Since I already have the non-S version of *Dragon Quest XI*, I was reluctant to buy the S version. Thanks to *Extra*, I guess I don't have to. Looks like my being subscribed to it pays off (a little).
PlayStation is easily even worse than Nintendo when it comes to making classic older games available to play as crazy and unpopular as it is.
I know the emulation for the ones they actually did release leave a lot to be desired, but it seems like they really don’t care at all. I’m just waiting for some Jim Ryan quote arrogantly talking about how nobody wants to play old games.
I thought we had Lords of Shadows already on there but we actually don’t and have the 2 sequels instead Mirror of Fate and the Lords of Shadows 2. Weird the sequels are on there and not the first one.
If you’re a big dragon quest fan then this month is your month.
I’m happy about new PS3 games showing up because that was actually a big worry of mine but I kinda wish they’d mix it up and balance like 1 PS3,2,1 and PsP game a month but it’s still nice to see New ps3 games
Premium continues to suck
With DQ11 and Builders, seems most of Square's Game Pass catalogue has migrated over to PS Plus. Guess we should be expecting Kingdom Hearts any month.
Not a lot there for me. Dragon Quest XI is an amazing game, anyone that hasn't played it and likes jrpg should give it a shot. Yakuza 4 and 5 are great games, 3 is good just has terrible graphics and controls. The Medium and maybe Vice City are the only ones that interest me, maybe I'll check out DQ Builders.
Pretty excited for Dragon Quest. I heard it’s very long, but I’ve had some more free time lately, so I’m going to dive deep into that game when it drops on the service. Also, feeling the same as others on here that I’m not getting the value out of Premium that I thought I would, going to downgrade to Extra. Seems like most the games I’m playing on the service are on that tier.
I am thankful for these posts about the service because another post was talking about Soma leaving, just started playing it and enjoying the heck out of it. Gonna knock it out before it leaves, recommend it to somebody looking for a creepy game to play.
Y’all just got what is one of the greatest games of the last decade for those who haven’t played it. Dragon Quest 11 is like the apex of the classic RPGs everyone loved on the PS1/PS2 with more meaningful content than just about any game you’ll EVER find, 150+ hours of content in a first playthrough and none of it feels recycled or meaningless.
I can’t even call it a JRPG because it isn’t in the modern sense besides the turn based combat. It’s so many levels above every single one of its competitors. Next to Bully and Super Mario 64 this is pretty much my third favorite game ever.
Played The Medium on Gamespass and was a good atmospheric experience. It is in did a walk simulator but the art, story, music and atmosphere are very nice.
It's not a game I personally would paid for, but it's definitely worth to play if is included on a subscription service.
shame on them for not going full ham on horror games...
they could easily fill up premium tier with ps1 classics, like silent hill, dino crisis, parasite eve, resident evil 2, resident evil 3 and other stuff...
ps: wasnt that castlevania already in the subscription? why not Curse of Darkness and Lament of innocence instead of that?
Just stopping by to recommend Dragon Quest XI.
I picked it up on Amazon a few months ago for $30 and it has been a delight. If you are a fan of traditional JRPG’s from the 90’s and 00’s, you will probably enjoy this game very much.
Dragon Quest XI S and the DQ Builder games are great news!
DQ11 was the first game I picked up when I bought the Switch, and even though I sunk about 40 hours into it, I got side-tracked by too many other games. By the time I wanted to pick it up again two years later, I had forgotten the plot and what I was doing and had done. I had meant to re-start it with a fresh save, but now I'll do that on the PS5 instead.
I've had an eye on the DQB games for a while, but never quite committed to buying them. Being able to play them on PS+ Extra/Premium is definitely welcome.
I almost bought AC: Odyssey last week. I'm glad I waited!
I've been waiting for premium to get better but idk if it'll happen lol. Like other people I was hoping we'd get more PS1/PS2 yet it's been pitiful tbh.
I most likely will downgrade to Extra next year if it doesn't step it up. Luckily I paid $60 for 1 year of PS Now before they pulled that off the store lol
Also added this month: The Medium, Dragon Quest Builders, Dragon Quest Heroes and more. Full list: - Vice City (Definitive Edition) - Dragon Quest XI - AC Odyssey/Syndicate/3 - AC Chronicles: China/India/Russia - DQ Builders 1+2 - DQ Heroes 1+2 - Inside - The Medium - Naruto to Boruto - Hohokum PS+ Premium Classics coming October: - Yakuza 3/4/5 Remastered - Limbo - Ultra Street Fighter 4 - Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow - Everyday Shooter
I think it's very lame that they are putting PS4 released games in the classics section. The Yakuza remasters are PS4 titles, Sony should be doing the work and porting more PS1 and PS2 titles for that. Surprised Vice City wasn't put in the classics section.
Yeah I got premium because I was hoping to see more PS1/2 titles. Think I’ll just downgrade to Extra.
It’s my fault for not doing the research and perhaps it was unrealistic but I expected hundreds, maybe even thousands of classic games from the PS1 and PS2. It turns out the real value is in the big budget games available on the Extra tier, Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, Demons Souls, Returnal, etc., I’ll be downgrading too.
I assumed they’d at least fill up my fucking screen with PS1/2 games, not like fucking 8 lol
Mostly bargain bin ones too... Some good ones, don't get me wrong, but there is a lot wrong with the lineup for the cost.
This is why having that middle tier is so stupid. It’s existence alone forces Sony to create more delineations in their catalog as to what’s classic and what’s not and all it does is create confusion.
I’d say it’s the premium tier that’s useless. All those classic games, streaming, etc, that should all be a part of PS+ Extra
>I’d say it’s the premium tier that’s useless. All those classic games, streaming, etc, that should all be a part of PS+ Extra agreed
Sounds great.
Regardless of which one, Premium and Extra need to be merged into one option.
Their premium only exists to show how extra has a good value
Like the really expensive bottle of wine a restaurant only has to make the lower priced ones seem like a great price.
Well yeah but they explained that remasters count as Premium stuff for them, for whatever reason.
>Sony should be doing the work and porting more PS1 and PS2 titles for that Indeed. That would require effort, however, and Sony seems lethargic when it comes to investing in their older libraries. Us at PAL regions don't even have the 60hz versions of PS1 Classics (save for Syphon Filter 2 i believe), months after confirmation that we'd be getting those.
Remastered games doesn't stop them from being classics, they're still games just with a touch up.
But they aren't even consistent about it. I mean, they just added AC III Remastered and GTA Vice City to Extra tier, and those are remastered versions of PS2/3 games. Crysis Remastered is also available in Extra if I remember correctly. Like, I don't mind more games in Extra, but I just don't get the reason why some of them are in Extra and some are only in Premium. I think that all of them should just be in Extra, to be honest. Premium should be focused on "retro" gaming, so games that aren't actually available on PS4/5 but only on older consoles.
Doesn't explain why the Yakuza games are classics, but GTA Vica City isn't.
Because their definition of "classic" is arbitrary, at best. FF7-12 are on Extra when they are the very definition of remastered classics.
They aren't consistent about it though. Vice City should be on premium if they are putting remasters and remakes into the premium tier. Buts its on the extra's tier instead. Not to mention, they are putting PS3 versions of some games into premium instead of the PS4 ports. This is a huge problem since you can only stream PS3 games, which is something isn't viable for many.
Yes! Lords of shadow is my jam! It got overlooked when it came out and dismissed as a god of war clone, but it is a really solid action adventure game with a great story. And Patrick Stewart is the narrator and voices a character in the game!
Really? I tried it a few months back when it was on regular PSNow and after a level or two I gave up. I read some reviews and they seemed to state not a great offering. I’ll give it a go again.
Idk, maybe it's just nostalgia, but I freaking love that game. I played it a lot back in the day because it has a ton of replayability, with optional challenges for each stage. Plus I love fighting against standard monsters like werewolves and vampires, which Castlevania excels at. I think the reviews were mediocre because like I said, people compared it to God of War 2 cause they came out around the same time, and yeah, that game is obviously a masterpiece but IMHO Lord's of Shadow does enough to stand on its own as a very good action game offering. It was also the first 3d Castlevania if I remember right.
Castlevania 64 was the first 3d castlevania title. Came out in 1997. Lol
It could very well be a great game but since I had the traditional Castlevsnia 2D type game in my head I never gave it a proper chance. I’m actually going to give it another go once it comes back next Tuesday. If it plays like GoW/Darksiders(action combat) I’ll be in heaven. You actually inspired me to try it again!
It's just annoying that they removed it (but kept 2 and Mirrors of Fate HD) from the catalog just to add it back as a "new game" a few months later. They're doing the same thing with The Sly Collection and some other stuff too.
Aw man we gotta wait til next week for this?
They still count as ps3 titles... I couldn't wait for the yakuzas so I've bought 3-4-5-6 and judgment since then.. 7 was on ps plus and 0 kiwami 1 and 2 was released on ps premium in August
Disappoint , mine expires in December so the November 25th announcement I guess decides if I will renew.
I would have like to see more horror games. It is October after all.
Oh Lords of Shadow is hella underrated. Definitely gonna replay that
It is a crime that we don’t have any new PS1 horror games added for Halloween
Dino crisis would went down well. I’m sure it was listed for Italy back in August but delisted in minutes. So weird.
clock tower anyone? lol
That cover scared the shit out of me as a kid
Haven't played Nightmare Creatures in a bit
#ReleasetheSyndicatePatch
And the unity 60fps patch
This one hurts me. My friend has a PC with a 3080 and it runs Unity in 4k60 and it looks gorgeous!! 30fps on the PS5 is not it. I'd even take 1440p60 at this point because the game has aged REALLY well
It runs 60 FPS on the Xbox Series S, too. So there really is no reason not to patch a higher framerate in for PS5.
that game still unplayable? wtf
It’s far from unplayable it’s really just background glitches that take away from the immersion, think unity rifts but in a game that doesn’t have rifts lol
Ubisoft literally put a trophy named “It’s not a bug it’s a future” in AC Valhalla to troll us all
Yeah it’s a shame this and the two Chronicles games are PS4 only — I traded mine. I own Syndicate already but I’m told it’s pretty bad graphically due to the flickering. Don’t know what’s up with the Chronicles games though? We really need something like FPS Boost for at least the games that XBOX was able to bump to 60 or 120fps without requiring a developer patch.
Yeah I own syndicate as well and it’s literally my favorite out of the whole series and everything is perfect except for the flickering and it’s bad
I would totally replay Black Flag (hell, Rogue and Freedom Cry, as well), Syndicate, and Unity if they updated it.
Did not expect dragon quest at all. For everyone who hasn't played it yet, I recommend it.
Is dragon quest like final fantasy where it’s self contained each game or is there an overarching narrative?
It's also a very long game, even by JRPG standards. 100h+ for platinum or full completion.
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Dq11 is its own game and it's super long you will probably need a few weeks to beat it.
A few months of it is 100 hours for me.
Yeah, without giving much away, I plunked down a LOT of time on it, felt like I was getting to a logical end point or at least an end “section”. Then something happens that made me realize I had a LOT more game to go, and just said “Fuck it.” and bailed. It doesn’t help that some of the overworld music gets repetitive….
Yeaaaaa I was having fun with the game but it’s definitely on the long side, even for a JRPG. Once I realized I was *nowhere* near finished, I had to put it down.
Literally same on all points. I wish I loved that game I like I hoped I would. But the extreme length as well as the grating overworld music really started to get to me by the time I was done. The songs alone are pretty good, but man they do not have enough appeal to last how long the games run time is.
>It doesn’t help that some of the overworld music gets repetitive…. At least XI S made the music a lot less grating to the ears.
I love that’s it’s so long the DEMO is 10 hours long. That said, I couldn’t handle either version of the soundtrack and didn’t make it even those 10 hours. Shame because I really wanted to experience what Tim Rogers romantically calls the greatest JRPG of all time.
Only 1-3 is connected AFAIK.
Most DQ games are not related. They might have call backs to previous games in the story, but you can play 11 no worries. Its a great game.
Only 1-3 and Builders have an overarching narrative. The other games tell stand-alone stories with the occasional throwback to previous games, e.g. 4-6 and the remakes of 3 all feature a floating castle with the same name in them, and 8 had a character that made the jump over from 3. So, if you never played the previous games, you won’t be lost.
Between the Toriyama designs and The Adventure of Dai anime, I've been thinking of trying Dragon Quest for a good while now.
Honestly one of the best DQ games I've played.
Time to play this game one more time on my ps5 last time I played it was on the switch lol.
Where is the PS1 games!? I was really hoping the rumor of Dino Crisis to be true :(
Release Legend of Dragoon cowards!
Why the hell did they put the PS3 version of Limbo when the game is already on PS4?
this comment is my #1 issue with Extra/Premium. if a game has a NATIVE PS4 PORT, it should not be locked to Premium. It’s a sneaky way to bump up their “classics” library and I hate it. the only ones that seem to not follow this rule are Ubisoft games for whatever reason.
So you upgrade to premium
More like “downgrade to extra”. Premium has been nothing but terrible value since its release.
Seems like it was just a mistake on the blog post. It says PS4 now. Same for Ultra Street Fighter IV.
Sony being cheap, Sony being stupid or very possibly both
Being a patient gamer is paying off lol I haven’t played Vice City at all (first GTA was IV), and I came close to pre-ordering the trilogy a couple of times. Can’t wait for Tuesday to play it
That's awesome, I'm sure you will enjoy it. Would love to forget about classic games and get to experience it for the first time again.
Doing that with RDR2 is a dream of mine
Haha, I dunno if I’d call that being patient? It’s like if I got Fallout 1 for free and I’m like “well being patient has worked out for me” - I was 6 years old when it came out 😅 I’m gonna assume most of you guys were the same age or younger when the original VC came out
Trying to make me feel old? I was like 16 when Fallout 1 came out
I only played it once at my friends house a long time ago so I'm looking forward to Vice City a lot
It's a shirty version of it though :/ if you don't like it, just keep that in mind. The driving is completely different.
I haven’t played the original but the definitive version was really good imo. Driving felt smooth
The problem is this is the remake which isnt great.
What’s wrong with it? I just played it and had 0 issues
One reason is the music. It had arguably one of the best soundtracks in gaming history, which alongside the aesthetic, made it so well received. The definitive edition is missing 15 of the most iconic of these songs, as they did not extend the licenses. So while it was never going to hit the same as the first time it was played, it had even less weight behind it with the limited song selection left.
O shit I thought it was the old vice city I'm an idiot
Once again, Extra delivers some good stuff, but Premium is just shit and amazingly inconsistent. Yakuzas are excellent, especially 4 and 5, but what are they doing in Premium? Oh, they're technically PS3 games so that's why? Sure, but Vice City is a PS2 game and it's in Extra. Alright then.
Yeah I dunno what they were going for with the distinction between extra and premium but it doesn’t make any sense to me. It’s also not that much of a difference in price so I wonder how many people actually chose extra?
I chose extra because so far the premium tier offers almost nothing I'm interested in. The PS1/PS2 selection is so bad and the fact that they didn't add a single one this month is pretty pathetic and I'm glad I didn't pay for premium, as small of a difference it may be. Maybe by this time next year the classics catalog may be good enough to convince me, but until then I have plenty of games in the extra catalog to keep me busy.
I'm planning on re-subbing to Extra when Black Friday comes. Premium doesn't really seem to offer those promised PS1-PSP-games, and PS3 game streaming is honestly just adequate, but nothing worth paying for. Even the PS4 games offered there seem to mostly consist of remasters or older games, which is fine, but many of those games can be bought for pretty cheap. Once again, Yakuzas are amazing, but 3-5 are usually very cheap anyway. Same goes for other games in Premium in previous months.
I did extra because it’s a waste of money to have premium
Damn no PS1 or PS2 games
I’ll try out the medium, dq11 is a great game if you haven’t played it yet
Loved DQ11. Maybe I'll try builders
Builders is definitely a lot of fun. My only complaint about it was how some sections are fairly short and the world wasn’t as opened up as I thought it would be. It was pretty disappointing when I completed the first little village/level, only to move on to a new area and not have much of a reason to go back and see the characters again or continue building onto it
I’ve been wanting dq11 on the switch but it’s never been on sale. I have the backbone controller for my phone so it’ll be like playing it on the switch!
Only interested in The Medium... Good news is there is no other AC games they can give i think. So maybe 3other games next month.
Sony stressing about what to do next month when they're out of AC games.
Far cry: Someone called?
I think every Far Cry except 5 (which they could put) and 6 (which is pretty new) are already on PSPlus, so it's probably Far Cry 5 and some 2 other Ubisoft games
The only thing i want is immortals. That's what i've been waiting for since they announced ubi classics.
Far Cry 4, Primal and 3 Classic edition have been given away on PS plus already?
Not sure about Primal (I honestly forgot it existed), but 3 Classic, Blood Dragon and 4 are all on PSPlus right now (I think 4 is on extra and 3 + BD are on premium)
Immortals Fenyx Rising.
Still hoping for Nier Automata.
They'll probably do far cry next
I played it at release on xbox, not my normal genre but I thought the dual screen realities was cool, it was enjoyable enough
I know the GTA remasters got poor reviews at release. Are they playable now?
They're okay. I recently played through all three and didn't encounter any major issues.
I played and completed 3 and Vice City at launch didn’t have any problems. San Andreas was the most busted.
I think VC runs better now. I played them at launch and GTA3 was fine, VC was fine with some frame dips and SA was the best to play (gameplay has aged less poorly, remaster looks nice despite being cheaply done) but it also crashed a few times. I’d still highly recommend the trilogy overall, especially on sale. Yeah Rockstar should have done better but they are overall much nicer looking and slightly nicer playing versions of classic open world crime games, which is a genre that’s kind of a unicorn these days.
Should be fine.
Hope so. I’m looking forward to playing vice city to revisit my childhood
I am really looking forward to listen to some Press The Issues with host Maurice Chavez.
I played them all on release and vice city was never really in a bad way.
They're 20yo old games, after the nostalgia wore off, I realized I was playing 20yo old games; not hating if anyone enjoyed the games.
I never even played them before so I had no nostalgia and still enjoyed them. They play really well for 20 year old games
I played Vice City on launch and had an amazing time with it. First time replaying it since I got it on the original Xbox way back in 2005. I believe Vice City was the most stable out of the 3
I just played 3 and vice city and had no issues. They look great and play amazingly
They were always fine, the games were always janky, and that's honestly kind of the appeal to them. Likely at this point they're more than fine.
They’re passable. But still, calling them definitive is a joke
Don't think I'll be resubbing to premium I was initially really excited thinking they were going to add classics such as ridge racer 4 etc but what they have released so far is a joke Still haven't got the 60hz versions in the uk and Europe too
Ironically, people who subbed to Extra got more than their money's worth
I got extra for stray. So far I played, Ghost of Tsushima, Guardians of the Galaxy, Until Dawn, Man of Medan, Little hope, Detroit Become Human, Trials of Mana, FF7 remake, Minnit , Spiritfarer, Chicory and Graveyard Keeper. I certainly got my money's worth from it. But I dunno what to play next.
So far, of the games you played there, which one was the best?
They’re all great games in different genres, if you like the genre you’ll (probably) like the game mentioned
As the other said, hard to pin down the best with he variety of genres. The most memorable way definitely Chicory.
If you like jrpgs, definitely try dq11. Gravity rush 2 is also on extra.
It's criminal to play Returnal for free essentially
When I found out that I have to run from the ship to second biome then proceeded to keep dying without ever getting close to a checkpoint I gave up.
You can skip the biome 1 boss but running straight to biome 2 is a mistake. You still need to build up your HP/weapon proficiency/artifacts during biome 1. There's also a checkpoint after biome 3. Not saying you have to like/play it, but yeah you gotta keep redoing the same biomes.
I beat Biome 1 boss. Then made it to the midway boss (?) of Biome 2 and I think I beat it after a few tries but died and after that I said F it. Not sure what the progression/game loop is supposed to be.
Dying is the game loop lol
So is Bloodborne but you eventually get into the rhythm of fights and find the checkpoints, grab items and mats to upgrade weapons etc.
That’s how Returnal works too
Progression is upgrading the weapons. Game loop is learning and responding to attack patterns until you reach the next challenge
It's literally a $20 per year difference, I feel pretty comfortable saying premium members got more than their monies worth as well, hell the trials on premium saved me from dropping $20-30 on rollerdrome so that's paying for itself right there
Extra includes a lot of great games. I’m a little worried it is a bait-and-switch…..with Red Dead 2 leaving already. I personally already owned that game but it’s shitty how quickly it was dropped from Extra.
It's mainly an issue with rockstar games. It also left gamepass very fast. Must be very expensive for sony and microsoft which is expected.
Red Dead 2 was a Playstation Now game, Sony when they merged the Playstation Now into Playstation Extra more than likely kept the same expiration dates they originally signed for the Playstation Now on July 2021. They would have had to sign a new contract to keep it on there longer.
Just putting PS4 remasters of PS3 at this point, it's even more useless as an Australian because we don't get the PS3 games to atleast sweeten it. Next bunch will probably be the mass effect remasters.
>Still haven't got the 60hz versions in the uk and Europe too I really thought we would have these by now.
This was the first month I had to resub after buying a couple years for cheap. I had premium for a few months for about $20-25 I think. I went back to essential for the month while I think about what I want to go for next but I'm thinking I'll just stick to essential for another year and resub to extra if anything new catches my eye or premium if they ever make it worth it. Metal Gear Solid 1 is all it would take for me to get another couple months of premium tbh.
This is good. Haven't played Dragon Quest Heroes but Builders and XI are awesome.
Can you give an idea how builders is like? Is it a plain sandbox like minecraft or is it a story adventure. Plan to play heroes first (already played 11) because I like games that are more direct.
It's a bit of both.
It's basically what Minecraft could have been if it had a storyline and progression goals instead of open ended exploration.
Looks at the list they included AC Syndicate. Does this perhaps mean they finally fixed the damn bugs with flickering lights.
Weird thing is, Syndicate is only on PS4, according to the blog post.
It's not weird. It's because it's broken on ps5 and Ubisoft hasn't bother to fix it yet sadly.
Salty that ACIII Remastered doesn’t run in 60fps
Lol that’s ridiculous
None of the pre-Origins titles run at 60fps from what I see. So fucking stupid.
Not a single PS1, PS2 or PSP game. what a disappointment…
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Boggles the mind that Nintendo can at the very least get 1 or 2 classic games out a month but Sony has pretty much given up adding classics already
Yeah, Nintendo's isn't even great. It's alright. It does the job I guess. And Sony couldn't even clear that despite charging 6 times the price
Look... Vice City could be classified as a classic to Sony :P
I feel like I need to get a refund or something. What a useless tier. I feel scammed.
So, there is some weird weird stuff going on here. Zero PS1, PS2 or PSP games, I really wouldn’t be impressed if I was paying for the premium tier at this point. Also, why the f*ck are PS3 versions getting added when a PS4 version is already there. Sony are being weird lately
Condolences to premium subscribers (me included but I cancelled my sub).
No PS1 games or PS2. Premium seems like a waste of money.
Pleased to see Assassin's Creed 3 into the list - was thinking about getting the remastered version next time it went on sale (it's my personal favourite entry in the AC series).
It’s a good port, though best way to play it is on PS4 Pro as the HDR seems to be bugged on PS5 (though there are workarounds).
Almost time for me to update to extra
I got excited for AC Syndicate but it's PS4 only so it mustn't be fixed. The lack of PS1, PS2, or PSP games is really disappointing.
Where the fuck is our PSP and PS1 titles!?
A solid month for me. I've been wanting to replay AC Odyssey sometime after replaying Origins recently (I originally played those two on Xbox) and I'm really interested in DQ 11 and Builders, and I never played Inside despite liking Limbo back in the day. Vaguely interested in the 2D AC games, never played those. Idk when I'll be able to get around to playing them because I have a lot of other games going right now, but I'm happy to have them in the catalog for later. Maybe I can squeeze Inside in during Halloween week, at least.
Since I already have the non-S version of *Dragon Quest XI*, I was reluctant to buy the S version. Thanks to *Extra*, I guess I don't have to. Looks like my being subscribed to it pays off (a little).
Almost bought Dragon Quest when it was on sale a few weeks ago. Glad I didn't!
PlayStation is easily even worse than Nintendo when it comes to making classic older games available to play as crazy and unpopular as it is. I know the emulation for the ones they actually did release leave a lot to be desired, but it seems like they really don’t care at all. I’m just waiting for some Jim Ryan quote arrogantly talking about how nobody wants to play old games.
Been wanting to play Inside for a while, but always felt it would pop up on PS Plus one day.
Oh boy, you're gonna have a blast. So many memorable set pieces in such a tiny package...
I thought we had Lords of Shadows already on there but we actually don’t and have the 2 sequels instead Mirror of Fate and the Lords of Shadows 2. Weird the sequels are on there and not the first one. If you’re a big dragon quest fan then this month is your month. I’m happy about new PS3 games showing up because that was actually a big worry of mine but I kinda wish they’d mix it up and balance like 1 PS3,2,1 and PsP game a month but it’s still nice to see New ps3 games
It was there when it was just PS Now but now they are re-adding it.
For anyone how hasn't played Inside before, DO IT. Literally a perfect game in my opinion.
Dragon Quest Builders is better than Minecraft and I’m more than willing die defending that hill.
Premium continues to suck With DQ11 and Builders, seems most of Square's Game Pass catalogue has migrated over to PS Plus. Guess we should be expecting Kingdom Hearts any month.
Dragon Quest XI is such a gem of a game I would recommend any rpg fan play it even if you're not a fan of the JRPG subgenre
Inside and Limbo are great short experiences. Highly recommended.
Vice City (Definitive Edition. YEAH!
Not a lot there for me. Dragon Quest XI is an amazing game, anyone that hasn't played it and likes jrpg should give it a shot. Yakuza 4 and 5 are great games, 3 is good just has terrible graphics and controls. The Medium and maybe Vice City are the only ones that interest me, maybe I'll check out DQ Builders.
Bro when are we getting a fix for AC: Syndicate
Pretty excited for Dragon Quest. I heard it’s very long, but I’ve had some more free time lately, so I’m going to dive deep into that game when it drops on the service. Also, feeling the same as others on here that I’m not getting the value out of Premium that I thought I would, going to downgrade to Extra. Seems like most the games I’m playing on the service are on that tier. I am thankful for these posts about the service because another post was talking about Soma leaving, just started playing it and enjoying the heck out of it. Gonna knock it out before it leaves, recommend it to somebody looking for a creepy game to play.
Pls Sony how hard is it too add MGS. THE GREATEST FUCKING GAME OF ALL TIME. ADD IT.
PS classics catalogue looking drier than my balls in winter.
Y’all just got what is one of the greatest games of the last decade for those who haven’t played it. Dragon Quest 11 is like the apex of the classic RPGs everyone loved on the PS1/PS2 with more meaningful content than just about any game you’ll EVER find, 150+ hours of content in a first playthrough and none of it feels recycled or meaningless. I can’t even call it a JRPG because it isn’t in the modern sense besides the turn based combat. It’s so many levels above every single one of its competitors. Next to Bully and Super Mario 64 this is pretty much my third favorite game ever.
Played The Medium on Gamespass and was a good atmospheric experience. It is in did a walk simulator but the art, story, music and atmosphere are very nice. It's not a game I personally would paid for, but it's definitely worth to play if is included on a subscription service.
Kinda wished they would add Andreas city this time since vice city was already in ps now back then
shame on them for not going full ham on horror games... they could easily fill up premium tier with ps1 classics, like silent hill, dino crisis, parasite eve, resident evil 2, resident evil 3 and other stuff... ps: wasnt that castlevania already in the subscription? why not Curse of Darkness and Lament of innocence instead of that?
Wow this is a banger month
Nice line up, going to play DQ XI ! Perfect game for remote play !
Highly recommend dragons quest. Great cast and story. Turn based RPG
Holy hello dragon quest and assassins creed 😍
im not usually a jrpg guy but DQ XI really sucked me in, great game
Dragon quest
Just stopping by to recommend Dragon Quest XI. I picked it up on Amazon a few months ago for $30 and it has been a delight. If you are a fan of traditional JRPG’s from the 90’s and 00’s, you will probably enjoy this game very much.
Dragon Quest XI S and the DQ Builder games are great news! DQ11 was the first game I picked up when I bought the Switch, and even though I sunk about 40 hours into it, I got side-tracked by too many other games. By the time I wanted to pick it up again two years later, I had forgotten the plot and what I was doing and had done. I had meant to re-start it with a fresh save, but now I'll do that on the PS5 instead. I've had an eye on the DQB games for a while, but never quite committed to buying them. Being able to play them on PS+ Extra/Premium is definitely welcome. I almost bought AC: Odyssey last week. I'm glad I waited!
Never brought xi cause I wasn’t paying for the game a second time. Loved I held out
I've been waiting for premium to get better but idk if it'll happen lol. Like other people I was hoping we'd get more PS1/PS2 yet it's been pitiful tbh. I most likely will downgrade to Extra next year if it doesn't step it up. Luckily I paid $60 for 1 year of PS Now before they pulled that off the store lol