Godfall released last year alongside the PlayStation 5 and it wasn’t well-received, with criticism placed on the amount of content in the game. Now though, it’s been added to the PS Plus December 2021 games lineup, which is usually good news for developers looking to up their player counts and get people interested in their game.
However, it will be joining PS Plus as Godfall: Challenger Edition, a brand new version of Godfall that only includes three activities that make up the endgame. With the Challenger Edition, you can only access the Lightbringer, Dreamstones, and Ascended Tower of Trials modes, with everything else that is available in the regular version of the game not accessible.
Counterplay, the developer behind Gearbox Publishing's action role-playing game Godfall, has been hit with layoffs, based on the latest information.
Godfall had potential. I bought it on launch day along with Demon’s Souls and Miles on PS5. One of the biggest issues I had with this game was multiplayer was not convenient and the combat system would not allow you to cancel a string which limited the combo potential. I still have it on my hard drive but haven’t played in a couple years. Maybe I’ll check it out. As far as the layoffs go it’s to be expected at this point.
Gearbox: "In our last blog we revealed Valorplate Shards – a brand new feature that lets you truly live out your ultimate Valorplate power fantasies!
Valorplate Shards are powerful new abilities that are thematically tied to each Valorplate, setting their playstyles apart in fresh and exciting ways.
We’ve been thrilled to see the excitement and discussion from the initial reveal which is why we’re happy to be back with a new blog post to cover some of the more nuanced mechanics behind Valorplate Shards."
All available December 7.
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They are usually quite enjoyable. I had thought about getting one of the Lego Avengers games to see if my son would take to it but I'll give this one a shot instead
Yes! And if you jump over to the PS store right now, the season pass for DC villains is on sale for $3.00. Take advantage!
I thought they were going to start handing out VR games every month. Was that just a one time thing?
"Continuing from last month and as part of PS VR’s 5th anniversary. "
Just an aniversary thing.
No way, I am so shocked that these are the PS+ games. They have not been leaked like 5 times already.
I know, but imagine a future where we don't get an article thinking what they might be, followed by a rumour leaking what they are going to be followed by confirmation from Sony that indeed that's what you're getting.
All the leaks do is allow people to complain about the content a little earlier. It's laughable.
Was looking forward to Godfall but reading up on what the Challenger Edition actually is making me wonder how anyone could approve that and think it's something acceptable to put out.
Sales tactic is all.
I was close to buying GodFall over the sales through November but held out. Then decided not to when the PSplus leak came out.
Honestly I won't ever give them a penny now. Seems childish maybe but I'll just use my money elsewhere, there's still plenty of choice on the market and I won't support this stupidity.
I understand why they would do it but something like this usually goes up for free to everyone, not as a part of a service.
Just makes both Gearbox and Sony look bad, not to mention gives their fans the short end of the stick.
Literally nobody wins in this interaction.
They put out multiplayer only content all the time with only a few modes. Fortnite, CoD, halo multiplayer, splitgate, apec legends. Why single out Godfall?
I think the difference for me in this case is that it's a PS Plus game and they are just giving me a demo instead of an actual game
If this was just on the PS store I would be fine with it, people have more choice, fantastic. As is stands right now, it's just a demo to get me to buy the rest of the game.
They had a perfect opportunity here to give out the full game and then get you hooked for the DLC and future content.
@Nakiro ain't wrong. The idea of basically a demo being the FREE offering is a bit shady at best.
The problem with that theory is, this isn’t a demo. The three modes they give is the endgame grind. The towers are chalked with challenges. The dream stone modes are full on boss rush. You can unlock all suits and you get to play light bringer.
If you played Godfall you’d know a lot of the story is just fluff. They are actually doing you a favor letting you jump straight into co-op and letting you unlock and customize off the jump.
And if you want the dlc as far as I can tell you can buy it. This is a great entry to get people in that didn’t play before which is apparently a lot.
So how about actually try it instead of knock it?
People have done nothing but claim the story is shit, this just allows people to play the end game content without dealing with the story people claim to hate anyway. Now all of sudden people are upset they can't play the story, gotta love the gaming community. That's a general comment not necessarily aimed at you so don't get mad.
I don't know about that. I'm not sure I'm buying that Gearbox was nice enough to take out the story to spare my feelings from being hurt because a certain portion of their players weren't too fond of it.
As opposed to them creating this (which they had to actively put in extra time and work to produce) in order to get you to buy the Delux version of the game.
People are going to be upset about the story regardles of what they put out because you simply can't please everyone but they are not even giving me a chance to enjoy it without paying. Not only are the people that hated the story still going to be upset but now you lost the people that might have enjoyed it as well.
This would have been a great addition to the Plus lineup to get people excited about their DLC and future content but as it stands right now, I will not even be trying out the game.
@Nakiro
Well I guess at the end of the day Gearbox isn't obligated to give us anything at all. Its free so seems like on odd hill to die on but its your choice if you don't want to play it as some sort of protest.
It's not free, it's part of the service that promises to give you 3 games each month. Right now there are 2 games and a demo. This sets a precedent where it's now fine to put a demo on Plus and count it as a full game.
You shouldn't just roll over and accept it since it's Godfall because next time it might happen with a game that actually has a good story.
@Nakiro
"It's not free"
Oh we're still doing that, lol ok.
"might happen with a game that actually has a good story"
Highly doubt it.
Absolute horse shit! Don't go including borderline demos as my PSPlus games please
So the PS5 game we’re paying for, at a now increased price, is actually a demo!?
PS5 Game is actually the demo of a PS5 game, fascinating sales tac.
Scummy move on both Sony + Gearbox.
Merry Christmas =)
Well that sucks, at least will be able to try it to some degree, and if is good I might purchase , but yeah I think this shouldn't be offered like a PS plus free game, the developer could it handle this offer totally separated from PS Plus and this would it be seen more positive.
I ranted about this in the other article so I won't go I to it again. Just a really disappoint way to end the year for Plus.
I wonder if they plan to sell this version of the game on the PS Store as well.