For such a venerable name in racing video games (Aaron Paul starred in a 2014 movie about this franchise, remember?), Need for Speed really hit the skids over the past half-decade. Unbound is a relief as much as a delight — it shows there still is a lot of fun to be had in the open-world racer format, if a studio is willing to think about some of the smaller things differently, rather than try to revolutionize the whole shebang.
Need For Speed Unbound is set to be removed from the PS Plus Extra/Premium game catalog alongside other games in August 2024.
Been meaning to play Trials of Mana. At least they give us a month's notice. I think I'll start it today.
Yea, I've held back bc I wanted to play through the OG JP (translated version) on Mana Collection first.
That's fine, I'll just jump into this one. I played Secret of Mana back in the day, so I'm sure I'll appreciate it. :)
Atleast I think Heat was on essential, and that's a better game than Unbound imo. Very similar games, just think the overall gamedesign makes more sense in Heat.
Agreed! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so :)
I tried hard to love Unbound (I paid full price, so I wanted my monies worth), but it just didnt do it for me....
I’m from Southwest Florida and the thing I loved about Heat was it really reminded me of my hometown (which I know it was more on the opposite end of the state, but it still hit me with nostalgia). I actually enjoyed the game, but I felt the cops were a little crazy. Like they will rubber band you and are just terminator levels of relentless.
Paying for your games to play only for them to get removed? Good job people lol. At least some of those games on PC can be kept forever. As the old saying goes if buying isn't owning pirating isn't stealing.
It’s back! Need for Speed Unbound will receive another year of fresh content and game modes, starting with this month’s Vol 6 update. Three new cars and an online game mode are some of the new features.
February’s Game Catalog lineup for PlayStation Plus brings together racing thrills, sci-fi adventure and a selection of entries from a classic RPG series. Take to the streets in Need for Speed Unbound, blast off into space in The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, then experience some acclaimed RPG fantasy action in the Tales of… series. These and many more titles are playable from February 20. Let’s take a closer look at each game in turn.
Finally, Resistance: Retribution 🔥
It's an alright month overall. I think Sony should try to more consistently get some high quality indies Day 1 in the service, e.g. Ultros would have been good. Those have usually been some of the better months, e.g. Stray, Sea Of Stars, Tchia.
Shame that for this version of Outer Worlds, you can't import your save. 😔 Truly Spacer's Choice
retribution was a cool game. It's the only one that allowed you to link a DS3 controller using Resistance 2 to play it (as far as i know). It was an interesting experiment that didnt offer 2nd analog support though but Im betting this version does.
Joke’s on Outer Worlds Spacers Choice. I quit after the first planet in Outer Worlds.
Unbound lol. N I got it for 15 physical, 🤷🏽. I'll take it. Jus got extra this year for $80, which is a great deal. If I can pay $80 on sale every year I'd stick with Extra. I don't mind buying a game but then it shows up here cause then I can download it to have it digitally but still have MY copy. Once they take it off I can still play it.
You can say what you want about day one purchases but besides that Plus really blows GamePass out of the water.
NFS, Outer Worlds and 4 different Tales of Games... and Retribution. And you throw the monthly games on top of that... its no competition.
BTW... how is it that no one realized that Microsoft could just put its games on Plus. No one seems to realize that Microsoft and Sony are now working to enrich each other. (Console ware is over)
Sadly, Retribution is only for premium users... not us extra folk. I do have the original UMD, but it would be nice to get it digitally like i did with killzone liberation and stardust. Both of which i already owned digitally on my Go/Vita and it was cool when those were made available for the PS5 as then i could dl them.
How can Game Pass be the best deal on gaming when it is more expensive than PS+?
Gamepass PC is way cheaper to PS+ and even way cheaper if you use MS rewards points
Is that Jet Moto 2, under Resistance? As of writing, it's just an image and no text.
Why is the Killzone series still M.I.A? I still love playing splitscreen co-op of KZ3.
They did release the psp top down shooter a while back. So it's not completely forgotten.
I disagree.
Better than Heat? Honest question, because I've almost picked up Heat several times but never pulled the trigger. It has to really be good for me to give my money to EA again.