r/PlayStationPlus

ROUND #11

June Essential games expected reveal date: May, 27th.

Rules

• Parent comments with a maximum of 3 titles. One entry only, edit if needed.
• Posted or edited 24 hours before the announcement or a leak.
• Please, make sure to spell game names correctly. Otherwise, they might get overlooked by the search function.
• Any predictions that are not following the above points will not be included.

Scoring

• Each correctly predicted game is worth 2 points.
• Being the only person to correctly predict a game is worth 1 additional point.
• Predicting a game in the same series as one included is worth 1 point.

Round #10 Results

Star Wars Outlaws - predicted by u/abedsatarr4u, u/alldake, u/ALTRGAMING2007, u/Brilliant-Ranger-356, u/carmelgamer, u/Chemical_Detail_607, u/ChrisWestReddit, u/ConstantTitle7327, u/corydoras-adolfoi, u/criticgamer88, u/dershmoo, u/deusmon, u/dodgerbowl, u/Hubrillo, u/Illustrious-Mix-6765, u/IronTarkus76, u/iTzShanee24, u/iut044, u/Jeos_03, u/jingyjoe, u/jussup38, u/kayrakaanonline, u/kratoscheetos, u/KwartoDalisay, u/larjuinte, u/Lazysloth10, u/Lolipopkit, u/Lord_Baby69, u/Mad_Yogurt, u/MarioShu27, u/Mena1601, u/Miczaki, u/MikeRyan87, u/MooU, u/MuchAd8756, u/MyLeftNut, u/neto_faR, u/Particular-Orchid212, u/Quick_Dig8208, u/royalenfieldguy, u/Sadthrashersfan, u/sandyjizzhands, u/SeshGodX, u/ShaneTVZ, u/sidderr, u/Significant_West_250, u/Sl4m1n4, u/Some_Italian_Guy, u/Such_Jellyfish5261, u/tayung2013, u/tembelist, u/TheArbelaeZ, u/ukplaying2, u/Victor_Vcb

Red Dead Redemption 2 - predicted by u/kunaljaitly (3 points)

The Thaumaturge - predicted by u/Huge-Disaster6580 (3 points)

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn - predicted by u/Jarrams (3 points)

Previous results

Top Leaderboard

User	P	User	P	User	P
u/ALTRGAMING2007	10	u/kratoscheetos	5	u/Mad_Yogurt	4
u/royalenfieldguy	10	u/MooU	5	u/MarioShu27	4
u/alldake	8	u/vishesh01	5	u/Mena1601	4
u/dershmoo	8	u/Aecesaje	4	u/MikeRyan87	4
u/Huge-Disaster6580	8	u/ananaga211	4	u/MuchAd8756	4
u/kayrakaanonline	8	u/Brilliant-Ranger-356	4	u/nmlqx	4
u/Lord_Baby69	8	u/BrilliantSection4501	4	u/Sadthrashersfan	4
u/aristotlepoetics	6	u/Cheap_Independent_85	4	u/Sambadude12	4
u/ChrisWestReddit	6	u/Claire4Win	4	u/SoleLicker4pay	4
u/Foreign-Seaweed4285	6	u/ConstantTitle7327	4	u/Some_Italian_Guy	4
u/kunaljaitly	6	u/Correct_Address_8229	4	u/Such_Jellyfish5261	4
u/Miczaki	6	u/DarkRaider78	4	u/TomClark83	4
u/neto_faR	6	u/Error_Playz	4	u/ukplaying2	4
u/PTFX10	6	u/GaryG1988	4	u/butterbeancd	3
u/ShaneTVZ	6	u/Illustrious-Mix-6765	4	u/coolskateboardguy	3
u/sidderr	6	u/iut044	4	u/CsodalatosUriember	3
u/tembelist	6	u/jingyjoe	4	u/General-Bread-2560	3
u/TheArbelaeZ	6	u/KwartoDalisay	4	u/Jarrams	3
u/Booty0s	5	u/larjuinte	4	u/Mattx603	3
u/criticgamer88	5	u/Lazysloth10	4	u/Noxus11	3
u/ES_2wink	5	u/Lolipopkit	4	u/Sufficient_Pop_8929	3

PS Store ratings are what you see when you scroll through PS Plus and look up games.

Are there any games you really love on the platform that have gotten low ratings on PS?

For the purpose of discussion, let's say a "low score" is anything below 3.78 stars.

(I pulled that number from quick and dirty analysis of an old Kaggle dataset of PS Store ratings. About 25% of games listed on the PS store had ratings <= 3.78)

Two of mine are:

Ultros (Essential earlier this year - 3.62) - fantastic Metroidvania with a slow start. The visuals can also be a little much and benefit from slight tweaks which you can make in the settings.

Anodyne (Extra - 3.76) - creepy 2D Zelda-like that has great vibes, decent gameplay, and somewhat weird writing. I think it gets punished in the ratings for pixel graphics and occasional jankiness. I don't love this one but I do think it could really scratch an itch for the sort of person who likes quirky, vibey, creepy games and enjoys 2D Zelda puzzles and gameplay

Recently I've played a few games that I'd passed on because I completely misunderstood what they were.

Pretend the likes of Sony first party games, Red Dead Redemption, and Hollow Knight don't exist. Focus on the games you see recommended much less often.

1. Blue Prince, I had no idea this was a roguelike. I'm not far into it, as I'm yet to even get a trophy, but it's incredibly moreish. It's unlike anything I've played before and honestly I probably wouldn't want to play anything like it again, but at the same time I can't wait to win.

2. Frostpunk, I have my frustrations like this but again it's like nothing I've played in the city builder scene, with the focus being on survival rather than thriving. Really challenging but satisfying to ultimately win

3. Puzzle Agent, a point and click without the pointing or clicking. Super relaxing time where "exploring" is simply holding R1 and selecting an option. Interactions are whimsical and nicely voice acted, the meat and potatoes of it all is traditional style puzzles. Don't find something in one screen and use it 3 hours later, walk into a room, click on the puzzle and solve it Professor Layton style.

Exploration is so much fun. Boss fights is cool, great weapons and skills. Blurry mess at times but still a decent experience. 20 hrs in it and I can’t put it down. Shame there won’t be another game from these developers.

Just saw this go live, so it is all 3 tiers.

I grew up playing Time Crisis 2, Time Crisis 3, and later Time Crisis 4 in the arcade. I thought going back to the first one, especially on console, would be painful, but it's actually incredible and the gyro aiming on the controller feels like a groundbreaking feature that's still surprisingly underutilized, we need a lot more lightgun games on the store, including the sequels to this game.

It's literally better and more accurate than playing any of the 50 lightgun games released on the Nintendo Wii. I was playing far away from the console and my aiming was still accurate, the cursor moved exactly where I wanted it to move, and it kept up with the speed of my aiming/swaying in real life.

It's an arcade game, so it's short and sweet, but they are generous enough to give you two completely different campaigns. The second campaign can be found under special mode, which has a different storyline with multiple branching paths and choices that affect the ending. The speed that you get through it also affects the ending you get, which was ahead of its time. I only ran into one bug that forced me to restart the game, my cursor randomly disappeared in the first stage, but only happened once.

Not quite the masterpiece that justifies the price hike, but it's one of the most entertaining classics Sony made available yet, something that actually takes full advantage of one of the dualsense's most underrated and underutilized features.

So I just got the extra subscription and I saw red dead redemption two and I saw download to library and then install but what does it mean when it says download to library? I asked ChatGPT and it was saying that I could still play it even though it's off monthly games but I'm not sure to trust it or not so I'm asking you guys.

There was this weird bug where if you had the game in your library, you couldn’t even download the PS5 version from the catalog and were stuck with the PS4 version. Now that the game is gone from the catalog, you can go to the store page and add the PS5 version to your library.

Here's a candidate for dumbest question of the day:

A game i own on disc but haven't installed yet just showed up in the game catalog. If I add it to my library through plus, install it, and play it that way, I can still use my disc and play it after it leaves the catalog with no issues, correct?

I have 2 friends coming over just for a day and we are gonna play ps5 the whole day we have 3 controllers. Suggest some fun couch multiplayer games that we can play that are also available on ps plus extra. Currently, I am thinking FC 26, Stick Fight and Trackmania Turbo. Please suggest some more games available on ps plus extra right now we can play. Even better if all 3 can play at the same time.

“Control” was a monthly game in  2021  but 5 years later the game is not available to play…  it currently appears with a padlock just because PS network decided to remove it from the catalogue…

How is it possible?, if the monthly games are ours meanwhile we are paying ps plus... and today we can play it although paying the subscription.

Been playing a lot of Soulslikes lately and my brain needs a vacation. Looking for something relaxing in the PS Plus catalog; cozy vibes, low stakes, no need to memorize 47-hit combos or panic-roll for your life.

Doesn’t have to be zero challenge, just something where dying (if it even happens) doesn’t feel like a punishment. Exploration, crafting, story, chill atmosphere — all welcome.

What are your go-to “decompress” games on PS Plus?