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PlayStation Plus July games lineup & a thank you for 10 years of supporting PS Plus

From PS Blog: "Hi everyone! Wow, it’s been 10 years since PlayStation Plus was first introduced to the world on June 29, 2010, and we truly want to thank all of you for supporting PS Plus over the past decade. It’s been a memorable journey over the years, bringing gamers together and providing access to compelling content and exclusive discounts for our members. We wouldn’t be here without all of you, so as a thank you, we wanted to make this upcoming monthly games announcement extra special by adding a bonus game to our incredible lineup."

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Sonyslave31809d ago

Damn I owned 2k20 and Rise of tomb raider 😣 I always want to try Erica though.

sushimama1809d ago

I played through Erica. It's worth doing it with your partner. Kind of fun. But you need keep your phone in your hand the whole time.

bouzebbal1809d ago

TR is too old, but a good game.
Sony please make a new WipEout 😓

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terrorofdeath1808d ago

Sorry - never heard of Erica - why do you need to keep your phone in your hand the whole time?

GameStallion1808d ago

Know how you feel. This is the first month in a long time there were games I actually wanted (refuse to pay $60 to 2K for their microtransaction addled game, but I do love bball), but didn’t own already.

Cmv381808d ago

This year, it was a fair grind to level without needing to spend any money. Unlike years past.

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FinalFantasyFanatic1808d ago

Damn, already own tomb raider, don't care for 2k20, know nothing about Erica.

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sushimama1809d ago

But it's free. :-D I never played it. Now I can. It must be good for a 'free play' Don't you think?
I understand not buying for 60. But it's a good offering for PS Plus I think.

solideagle1809d ago

we pay for Playstation Plus, it's not free :)

sushimama1809d ago

@ ps3rider. Fair enough LMAO :-D

jambola1808d ago

"It must be good for a 'free play' Don't you think?"
no, even for free i don't think it's worth playing

King_Noctis1808d ago

The game is so ridden with microtransactions that it is not worth it even for "free".

memots1808d ago

@King_Noctis
It should be a free to play game.

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anonymousfan1809d ago

Even free, who wants to play garbage? My free time is scarce enough as it is I havent played Rise of the Tomb Raider though.

sushimama1808d ago

Yeah fair enough. I agree. I still might play through the campaign mode though

RosweeSon1808d ago

Just finished it literally 3-4 weeks ago actually really good game

Kavorklestein1808d ago

RotTR is an excellent game. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is too if you haven't played it already.

RosweeSon1808d ago (Edited 1808d ago )

That’s why it was £4 the other week, glad I didn’t buy it 😂
Solid eagle no you pay to play online like you do on the other 2 these days the games are just a bonus. Sure you gotta pay to get them. That’s what I pay for but majority will be paying it for the online access and at barely £3 a month not too shabby

lociefer1809d ago (Edited 1809d ago )

Not their strongest month

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RpgSama1809d ago

We know PS+ is a great service when a month with NBA 2K20, Tomb Raider AND Erica is considered not their strongest.

RgR1809d ago

Well it is a great service but...Tomb raider is not that great and Erica isn't really compelling to me.
Considering this follows up their event I was hoping for something more current.

But I got lots to play right now so no biggy.

lociefer1808d ago

Not really, it's been in a free fall for the past couple of months, but now we hit the bargain bin lmfao

Profchaos1808d ago

2k is hugely popular and rise was also a highly regarded game Eric's is just there to appeal to those that hate sports games

Kavorklestein1808d ago (Edited 1808d ago )

Yeah it's not, but they have had really good months for about 6 Months straight so I'll forgive them, besides RotTR is actually a really good game, and to get the Complete edition for this month means players can have a good time and a good lengthy adventure. I put lots of time into Rise and loved it even more than TR definitive edition.

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Elda1809d ago

Very meh for me. I've played ROTTR already & I have no interest in NBA2K20. I may see what Erica is about.

RosweeSon1808d ago

Same here I didn’t pay £4 for NBA, thankfully I’ll click the download option incase I get bored in future but nah not for me, prob check out Erica but busy with last of us part 2 so always next month 🤞🏻😂

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It’ll Be Fine, Right? Five Games With Unfortunate Release Strategies

Mark from WellPlayed writes about five game launches that were impacted by unfortunate scheduling.

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jznrpg767d ago (Edited 767d ago )

Zero Dawn sold really well so I’m not sure this belongs. The second game released next to a big game again and it hurt it some I forget what it was though, oh yeah Elden Ring .
But a good game is a good game to me I don’t care when they release personally but they do have to think about it when you want to get more people to buy it.

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The Tomb Raider Survivor Trilogy's Take on Lara Croft Deserved More Recognition

The Survivor Trilogy was a drastic reimagining of Lara Croft and Tomb Raider, and it provokes changes for the character that are truly fantastic.

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isarai880d ago (Edited 880d ago )

Deserves less IMO, i think the 1st in the new trilogy was a perfect 1st step for the new direction. The next 2 games were half steps at best. Not only that, every character in the series including Lara is just annoying and doesn't make sense in terms of motive, like yes they have a motive, but none of it seems proportional to the lengths they are willing to go through for it. The most annoying thing is every one of the games say "become the Tomb Raider" yet 3 games later and we're still not there? No thanks. Then there's the mess of the 3rd game, massive skill tree that serves almost no purpose as there's literally only like 3-4 short encounters in the whole game, and they took till the 3rd game to finally manage some decent puzzles even remotely close to previous games in the series. Nah, the trilogy infuriated me to no end as a long time fan of the series, i hope we get better going forward cause that crap sucked.

Army_of_Darkness879d ago

The first in the trilogy was my favorite. I thought they were going into the right direction with that one until the second one came out and seemed like a graphical downgrade but the gameplay was okay. As for the Third, Graphics were really nice but it was kinda boring me to death with its non-stop platforming and exploring with not enough action! Well, for me anyway...

DeathTouch878d ago

Graphics on the 3rd one were abysmal. It’s more colorful and has more variety, but everything else was a noticeable downgrade.

The more open world with NPC quests was also handled very poorly, to the point I missed Angel of Darkness.

thesoftware730878d ago

I know it is your opinion, but she did progress as a character in each game, she even got more muscular and seasoned.

That is the thing, people first complained that there was not enough platforming and actual tomb raiding in the first and second games. Shadow remedied that and kept the combat elements.

3-4 encounters? huh? did we play the same game? there was plenty of combat and, the skill tree did matter, like being able to hang enemies from trees, set explosives traps on bodies, being able to counter, and that are just a few of the combat skills. The skill tree also had things like being able to hold your breath underwater longer, crafting upgrades, zipline upgrade, and climbing upgrades that all changed how you can approach situations.

Not knocking your opinion, but we definitely had different experiences. I had 98% completion on the shadow.

SoulWarrior878d ago (Edited 878d ago )

Sorry but i'm with him about the low number of encounters, the game throws loads of weapons and skills you're way with a comparatively low amount of places to actually use them, so they felt under utilised.

-Foxtrot880d ago

Yeah...no

It was awful, for THREE GAMES it was "become the Tomb Raider" where she went back to square one after each game. Not to mention after a huge reaction of killing someone for the first time she then becomes Rambo straight after and goes on a slaughter spree without a single other reaction. Her development was all over the place.

She was whiney, weak and in later game a little arrogant and selfish

Oh and the voice actress compared to the previous ones was not as good

Lara Croft deserved better and while they are decent games as they are, we deserved actual Tomb Raider games, we could have had better survival games if they just stuck with the original Lara Crofts origin about her plane going down. Surviving 2 weeks in the Himalayas...I'd have liked to seen that, who knows what mystical threat she could have faced in the mountains or underground some secret concealed cave.

Tacoboto878d ago

I thought Shadow of the Tomb Raider had better gameplay than Rise, but it annoyed me the most of the trilogy when I stopped to think about the story.

It's like they deliberately decided to make her unlikeable and did nothing to make the character you're playing as likeable or have even one sign of humility.

SoulWarrior880d ago

2013 I thought was a fine entry, but Rise and especially Shadow were painfully mediocre follow ups imo, I really didn't like how selfish and angry her character was in those two.

Terry_B879d ago

No. Please forget the crap completely.

northpaws879d ago

First one was decent, played through it twice.
Second one was okay, played through it once.
Third one was really bad, tried twice a year apart, still can't get through the first two hours, it is just really bad.

thesoftware730878d ago

Honest question, what did you find bad about it? the opening 2 hrs of Shadow were fantastic imo.

The opening was very similar to the first 2, what did you find really bad?

Not looking for an argument, just an honest question.

Starman69878d ago

3rd one just didn't feel like a tomb raider game. Possibly because the development was passed to another development team. Big mistake! Microsoft killed tomb raider making the first game a timed exclusive. Never recovered after that.

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Get three Tomb Raider games free at Epic Games Store

Starting today, Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Rise of the Tomb Raider are free at Epic Games Store. The free game offers run until January 6 at 11 AM Eastern. Once you claim them, they’re yours to keep.

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CrimsonWing691259d ago (Edited 1259d ago )

They're all solid games, but nothing quite matched the epicness of the first one for me. I think the 3rd one started off strong but once you got to that Peruvian area it took a massive nose dive for me.

lelo2play1259d ago (Edited 1259d ago )

You got to be kidding!
The first one was great at the time... but this latest trilogy of Tomb Raider games are also great.

LiViNgLeGaCY1259d ago

I think he means the first one in the new trilogy.

CrimsonWing691259d ago

I meant the first of the new trilogy.

Furesis1259d ago

yeah i remember liking the first one when it came out, so i tried the second one sometime after release and i just could not get into it, i couldn't finish it. So i might try the 3rd now that i got it for free but ehh. But i do remember enjoying the first one, i wonder if i'd feel the same way if i played it today? Better not taint those memories lol

ANIALATOR1361259d ago

I was the same for some reason. Never finished the second one. I got like half way through maybe.

ActualWhiteMan1258d ago (Edited 1258d ago )

The first one of the latest trilogy is a masterpiece

Fishy Fingers1259d ago

I'll take a copy of Shadow... Cheers.

Profchaos1259d ago

Great games I've played them all on ps4 but it'll be good to finally try shadow on my rtx card.

Double_O_Revan1259d ago

Trying to claim them and the store keeps crashing. lol.

gamefreaks3651259d ago

EGS has been having issues all day.

RedDevils1259d ago

Weird I don't has that issue.

Double_O_Revan1259d ago

I finally got it after a while. But it was real bad for a while.

PeeShuter1259d ago (Edited 1259d ago )

Claim games by going to the website and login using ur credentials. I did the same as i couldnt use epic launcher. Also try reinstalling Epic Launcher I did it and it worked.

Double_O_Revan1259d ago

I always go through the website. It was all just down for a while yesterday it seems.

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