Backbone's second dual-stick zombie survival shooter delivers much of the same, with scant improvements offset by difficulty issues. Full review by Chris "Wolf Man" Mitchell.
Chris Howe – PS Store and Plus Content Manager, SCEE -
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Hello everybody. We are very happy to announce that the PlayStation Store Halloween Sale starts tomorrow (24th October). There are some frighteningly good offers across a whole range of great titles but please see below for a full list of the content available.
Gonna get myself HoTD 3&4 me thinks. Kind of expected Infamous Festival of Blood to be on sale for Halloween, oh well!
Anyone in Europe who hasn't picked up Beyond good and evil HD yet HAS TO do so now. It was pretty unforgivable to not buy it for the full price but at that price you should have your console taken away for refusing to buy it.
From the PlanetPlaystation.com featured editorial:
"Last month, Sony pushed forward a new initiative for its PlayStation Plus ($49.99 a year per member) subscribers by offering not one, not two, but twelve free games for download on its service. And these aren’t just some second-rate picks (well not all of them at least). In fact, most of them are exquisitely popular games, including entries in the Infamous, Ratchet and Clank and LittleBigPlanet series. That said, some of you may not quite be sold on the dozen of games being offered for no charge right now. So, with that, we’ve got a handy little guide to talk about them, and let you know which ones are recommended, and which ones to skip. So here we go!"
nope, I'm glad people that pay for live continue to get ripped off
maybe if MS did something like this they'd charge an additional $100 a year for it.
it's called the $99 xbox - which locks you into a 2-year contract with LIVE where you end up paying close to $200 for those 2 years.
seems to be a bit of a contradiction.
Considering that in order for the games to remain free you have to be a paid member.
What is surprising is the thinking process for Plus member really believing that the two services are actually different. truth be told that once you become a paid member you really cant put yourself back into that perspective of the free members anymore.
Really only the free members can proclaim being able to game online for free. Any Plus member out there that touts that as a feature are now lying to themselves because they are paying for services and extended features and the ability to play game as well as online games they get for the price of the membership. Each and every day whether you use it or not. It's the same for live.
It may as well be a pay to play model like MS. At least MS has been up front about their model from the beginning since the original xbox. They have been adding to it ever since.
It would honestly not surprise me if sony started taking away from their initial free model and changing what they took to be part of the plus model. The thing about being a paying member of something is the feeling of being better served than those who arent members. More perks and incentives as a way to differentiate between the paying and the nonpaying.
Honestly, would anyone really have signed up for PSN if it was a paid membership model when it first started? Simple answer is no because it lacked so many things to make it worth it.
Now with plus it is worth being a paid member. Its just that paid members are such hypocrites in how they view live and dont realize they themselves are now stuck at either continuing their paid membership or risk losing all the free stuff.
@darth -
1. The main part of PSN is still free, this is an addition to it. You don't NEED it to play online, which is the case for XBL.
2. After one year, you are very unlikely to be playing the same game, and most likely you will have completed and deleted the game from your HDD within 3 months.
@darthv72
Wow! just wow! you're logic and figuring here is just, im sorry to say, retarded.
you prove my point perfectly. Here, let me expand on your comment.
"The main part of PSN is still free" only those who arent Plus members can really make that statement. It isnt like you can turn off your plus membership for a day just to play online. You paid for it and the time ticks by if you use it or not.
"this is an addition to it." Until it becomes a requirement which in some cases it is getting there.
"You don't NEED it to play online" This is where you are wrong. If the 'free' game has multiplayer then YES you do need it to not only continue the free play of the game but to ALSO play that game online.
"which is the case for XBL" There never was any question of the practice of XBL. It has been this way from the beginning. It would be different if it started off free and became a pay to play model but think back. Gold never existed. There was only 1 model and it was the pay to play.
MS didnt have to create a free silver model but they did. Sony HAD to start off free because of their lack of structure to require gamers to pay to play online. Slowly they have been changing their model to be more like live. Thing is, they cover it up with their incentives program.
Im not against that by any means. I just wish these people would be honest with themselves and see it for what it is. You are now a paying member to sony and sony will continue to improve their service like MS has done with theirs.
"2. After one year, you are very unlikely to be playing the same game, and most likely you will have completed and deleted the game from your HDD within 3 months."
This is a very general statement to which there is no basis. Maybe for you, you would delete the old games after beating them but there are many who would do better to keeping them and knowing they would be able to play them anytime they feel like it. So long as their membership was up to date.
MS has given away free games. And the beauty of it is....they really are free. You can continue to play them even after you choose to go silver. You would obviously lose out on the multiplayer portion of the game but being able to play the single player side is better than not being able to play the game at all like what happens if you let Plus lapse.
I just find it funny how people will criticize those who pay for live and yet dont realize sony is adopting the same idea. When they said online would be free they really backed themselves into a corner. Because now they know gamers will hold them to that. So they had to try and figure out a way to get people to pay while at the same time create the fine print they hope gamers wouldnt see.
The core of PSN may be free to those who don't pay, but everything else from new features and services to 'free' games are being geared towards the paid members and will continue to do so as long as you keep paying.
Bottom line is, once you are hooked it becomes that much more harder to simply walk away from it.
Well once you've played a game, you can delete it. It is still linked to your account, so you can download it whenever you want again. Also, so far, I don't think there has been a game for PS Plus that has multiplayer online that would keep you going for a long time i.e. MW-like.
I get what you are saying, but the simple fact is, you don't need to pay for PS Plus if you don't want, and the online is free. Once you've bought a subscription, then of course you've paid in advance, but there is a world of difference between XBLG and PS+. One you need to have to play online, one you don't.
I really don't understand what you're paying for with xbox live, MS nickel and dimes you for EVERYTHING on that service. I only had it so i could play with friends. Its ridiculous that people pay for things that should be free and are free on other services (psn)
Your reason for paying for it is pretty much everyone's reason too. You paid for it because you had to in order to play with your friends. Everyone basically has to pay for it to play online. They don't really have a choice unless they don't want online play.
If MS ever gave the option to play online with a silver account subscription numbers would plummet.
PS+ is a frequent user rewards program.
XBL...requires you to pay for online access for online game features, network communication and some media features other services allow for free.
Edit:
Sadly I do have to add that PS+ also makes digital over physical games - something I'm actually against - more appealing.
Don't you have to pay for PSN+ and when you stop paying don't they take the games away?
That's what I thought
Saints row 2 made me buy Saints row 3. Good series.
Is it really good advice not to get a free game???
edit: also great selection of games. I have been kept busy
There are free games worth skipping (check out the Android app store for countless examples)... but in this case I think the author it talking more about time than "cost"....
Not all free games are worth downloading. I got Flow and Dead Nation for free and after playing them for a couple minutes I quickly deleted them to make room for Saints Row 2/Infamous 2...games that I can actually enjoy.
It's like an average guy winning a years supply of red lipstick. Yes, its free, but its useless.
well logically you could sell or trade that lipstick. maybe your mother or female friend would appreciate that lipstick. maybe you might even like the lipstick if you wear it longer then a couple minutes...i don't know.
logically speaking of course.
I've been enjoying Infamous 2, it's a good idea because I wouldn't have bought that because I thought the first one was ok but not great.
Now I might buy number 3 if there is going to be one.
I got it for the same reason. I actually liked Infamous 1 more than Infamous 2. Will also get part 3 if there is one.
Saints row 2 doesn't age well at all, did people think it was a good looking game when it was released?
Downloaded it and played it for a bit. It's really not a very good looking game at all and I didn't enjoy playing it much either. Saints Row 3 is a big improvement IMO gameplay wise as well as visually.
+ Posted by Morgan Haro // Community Manager, PlayStation Network -
Starting with today’s PlayStation Store update, PlayStation Plus will deliver an instant game collection to all members!
You guys know PS Plus is not worth it. C'mon, why would anybody want to play these games...SMH! /s
Are you trolling? LBP2, JC2, Infamous 2, these are some of the best games in the past few years.
/s = sarcasm, welcome to the internets Snookies.
The only way this isn't worth it to someone is if they have all of the games, which seems unlikely.
Its offers a great value...assuming your interested in all these games. I played through Infamous 2 and Saints Row 2 last year. Both great games, but I don't give a crap about LBP 2. And I've had extensive time with JC2, cool concept, but the game is unpolished/repetitive as hell. The point is, Sony's BIGGEST fans, people who probably already own all these games are benefiting the least from these top tier games. Value is useless if ur given items that you don't want. Its like winning a lifetime supply of peanuts...but ur allergic to peanuts. Great value, but its useless.
I still don't see a reason to get PS Plus. What happened to cloud gaming? I would thrown my money at the screen if that was announced.
@LOGIC
you don't sound like much of a gamer.
If we got 24 FREE games you would still complain.
You mentioned 4 games, what about the other 8? are those crap too? do you have them all? Are they not worth your time?
having an allergic reaction is not the same as acting like a stuck up brat about things that have been ADDED to a subscription.
what happened to cloud gaming?.....YOU believed in rumors.
edit...actually, why don't you just share your PSN ID. I can check out your trophy list to see how many games you actually play or are you just talkin out your booty.
@FunandGun
dont waste time reasoning with ''Logicwins'' he claims to have a ps3, but he probably doesnt. Like you said, he is likely talking out of his ass.
And you are right about that part of him not being a gamer-- Who says 12 games (that Sony is basically giving away) 'useless'?
@Funandgun- Give some random kid on N4G my PSN ID, just to prove to him that I have a PS3....HAHAHAHAHAHA! Your opinion ain't that important to me buddy. N4G never ceases to amaze. I'm not interested in playing certain PS3 games because I've either already played them(Infamous 2, Saints Row 2) or the genre isn't for me(LBP2)...and the first thing that pops up in your brain is "WOW...that MUST mean he doesn't own a PS3!"
LMAO...thats some pretty good deductive reasoning you have there /s
Applying your logic, anyone who isn't interested in PS Plus doesn't own a PS3...you realize that right?
@logicwins
"Its offers a great value...assuming your interested in all these games."
Seriously?!
Playstation plus is a yearly subscription that works out to $4.17 a month if you pay for the entire year.
I have some of the games on the list already. For me I'm interested in Little Big Planet 2, Warhammer 40,000, Saints Row 2, and Ratchet and Clank.
I'm not interested in Virtua Fighter (don't care for fighting games), inFAMOUS 2 (own it), Just Cause 2 (own it), Lara Croft (own it), Hard Corp: Uprising (never heard of it), Choplifter HD (never heard of it), Zombie Apocalyspse (never heard of it), and Sideway NT (never heard of it).
It's possible that the games I've never heard of could be fun. Since they're included why wouldn't someone who is subscribed try them out?
If I add up the cost of the games that I'm interested in the yearly subscription is worth it just from this one update.
I find it really difficult to believe that someone can't find $4.17 worth of value in this single update to justify the cost for this month. I think for most people this single update contains enough content to justify the yearly subscription price.
Sony you've convinced me. I'm signing up for playstation plus today.
This offer isn't for hardcore gamers. This is for the casual crowd.
You buy the console and plus and then BAM you have a bunch of games to play without spending anymore money.
Anyone that finds a fault with this should have themselves put down or at least neutered so as not to breed.
I own Infamous 2 and LBP, but you telling me I get to download VF, Tomb Raider, and Saint Row??
Man, I am sooo glad I have a new 500gb hdd coming today :D
Heck, I almost bought JC2 last week because it was a steal. But now I get to play it for free!
This makes up for the torture that was the Wonderbook showing. lol
Can't wait to see what else will be revealed the next couple of days. Awwww yeah
i love plus. it's so worth it. Free games even if I played some of the games, there are other games I would like to try and i get to get for free.
"are you just talkin out your booty."
Yea...he is.
@Logicwins
For someone called logic wins your logic sure went out the window with that comment. Yes I understand what you mean about PS Plus. I own all the good games in my eyes on that list and I haven't had a PS Plus sub in nearly a year but you can't argue that that isn't great value.
I mean I never had any interest in Warhammer, R&C all 4 one,LBP2 or VF5 and I also never played any of those PSN titles either but come on for 15 euros you get to try them out for 3 months and the way the post sounds those games are just for starters. It sounds like Sony will be offering other full retail games each month when the plus update comes so why all the hate.
This is a good thing for gaming. Something like this comes with many perks. Like introducing new people to franchises they over looked due to other games releasing along side them, bringing people to the online parts of those games that are most likely dead by now and it increase the chances of getting sequels to those games due to more people liking them.
Sony give away free games to all PS+ members, and he still find a way to spin it as negative and bash it! well done TROLL!
I guess $60 for online play, xgame chat, FB, Twitter, Netflix, Hulu etc is too hard to pass for him even over free games! PATHETIC!
@LOGIC
"Great value, but its useless."
I guess that's true... if you either have just about every game out there, or just hate everything.
I've got 130 or so PS3 games. Around 40 or so PSN games, including ones I've gotten from PS+. And even I can find something I like here. For me, it's Warhammer and Zombie Apocalypse.
You know how much the average game goes for, don't you? Even if you buy games as dirt cheap as they get at $10-$15 like I do, it only takes three or four retail games you end up liking to get your value's worth for an entire year.
I'm guessing most people aren't as frugal as I am, so if you buy games for around $20 or $30, and you find just two or three games that you end up liking, you've gotten your money's worth.
There's twelve games here. If the US PS+ sees at least three games a month replaced like the EU version, that's an additional 36 games over the course of the year. Factor in discounts and all the other goodies, and if you can't find $50 worth of value over the course of a year, you're either in the wrong hobby, or you're buying way too many games.
Amazing list, to bad i have the better games on this list already, will download the others. Cant wait to see whats for the next update lol.
Man, LogicWins ALWAYS says the stupidest stuff. I wonder if N4G keeps track of how many dislikes a persons comments have accumulated entirely. He would have the most amount of dislikes out of every member here. The man has no logic, yet is so delusional, that he assumes everyone else is void of said Logic simply because no one ever agrees with him. Ever. such delusion. That "peanut allergy" analogy was one of the dumbest, non-logical attempts at a correlation I've ever read on N4G (and there's plenty of stupidity already found here). SMH...
As of me writing this, he has only TWO comments on this articles, yet has 48 dislikes and ZERO likes. It's like that on every article he comments on. People enjoy hearing his numb-nut rants just about as much as they like hearing from that Pratcher game analysis guy.
Just deny him bubbles, folks.
Good luck with that Mista. He says some silly stuff, but he's bubbles fluctuate more then anyone's here.
So much love. I haven't been able to play any of these, and I've had this 320gb HDD just waiting to serve a greater purpose... Signed up last night, and downloaded all the May free stuff before it expired. Cannot wait to get home and see the new lineup.
Sucks for those that just bought the infamous 2, lbp2, 'just cause 2 ultimate bundles!
i guess you can be cynical about it in a way because they kinda deeply discounted most of this stuff the week before. i almost bought just cause 2 and infamous 2 last week with their ultimate deals but then i never got to it now this makes me happy :P feel sorry for people that had plus and paid for some of these titles last week. anyways loving my plus stuff and curious there is no vita integration stuff out yet.
That is freaking ridiculously amazing... Wow Sony, you really do know how to keep customers happy putting out free games like these, not to mention getting other games in the future.
Now would be the time to go buy a 500GB hard drive to put in your PS3.
I have this in my PS3 and it works flawless:
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...
Overall this is an insane deal PS+ has gotten to the point that their is no reason anyone should not own it.
i also have one of those in my ps3, its amazing! The only disadvantage is the extra heat it produces.
Hey just for shits and giggles I found this gif everyone needs to see its to funny.
aw damn internet got me to double post :(
Here is the gif: https://i.minus.com/iCXX1fH...
People really can't take a joke on this site, that was funny as hell. +bubs for the laugh.
Hey for shits and giggles I found this gif everyone needs to see its to funny.
Tell me about it. I just bought PS+ before the EU store updates with this months PS+ content to take advantage of last months free PS Plus games and after Downloading the original Max Payne my hard drives full lol. If a PS2 game is 4.5 GBs then how much will some of these blu ray games be.
I have no interest in these games because I've already played them but the talk last night got me interested in subscribing. Shame the stream rumour wasn't true.
Thats my concern too, if you have PS+ there is a high probability you regularly play PS3, in which case you already own or played through these games.
Still, all of these games for free? No complaints, if you have played them then sure you dont gain anything but you certainly dont loose anything either so there really is no argument.
Of the 10 games coming to the EU this month, I only own 3 of them and I regularly play PS3 and these sort of, shall we say, mid-reviewed games like Warhammer 40k Space Marine and Motorstorm Apocalypse are games I would like to see on the service. The AAA games, like the ones I already own, I would still buy.
I still think PS+ will benefit some more than others and, at least, this way it's easier to play ahead for the content.
The question isn't really what they are giving away now...it's whether or not this will continue? There are so many games that I pass on because of conflicts with other games. This deal is perfect for that. Warhammer and VF 5 won't be bad for free.
