Coming to PlayStation Plus in March: Broforce, Galak-Z, more

PS Blog:
This month saw the epic return of Vote to Play that gave power to you, the players, to choose the game you wanted to join the monthly games roster. You voted in your masses to support your bros in what could very well be called a MMBRO (massively multi-player bromance).

[ZaWarudo]

Nothing for me. I still have Super Stardust HD when Sony gave it away after the 2011 hack.

[Eonjay]

I actually wanted both of these games but wanted Assault Android Cactus even more. Guess I got to buy it now. So for me its two games I don't have to pay for now. Thats my logic. I'm satisfied.

[nyctophilia13]

Yeah I wanted AAC. Definitely buying it regardless.

[nX]

Both Galak-Z and Broforce are solid titles that I considered purchasing but never really came to it. From my point of view March has a good PS+ lineup.

[Hoffmann]

Loved Skulls of the Shogun by the 17-BIT developer team, which was part of ps+ last year, bet Galak-Z is similar fun.

Dunno about Broforce but seems many people like it

[Phunkydiabetic1]

Yaaaaay more indie garbage.

[PiperMCFierceson]

There is a huge sale on ps+; I believe there is no way of satisfying some. I.e. You.

[vork77]

broforce is good

[IamTylerDurden1]

Excited about Broforce.

Galak-Z is phenomenal, one of the best games of 2015, better than Skulls of the Shogun. It's a rogue-lite with real time ship and mech combat. It has a gorgeous Saturday morning cartoon/anime aesthetic with cutscenes and reactive dialogue. The combat is stellar, its has a beautiful hand drawn art style, and the difficulty is addictively challenging.

Super Stardust HD is a win

I'm glad to try Flame Over

I'll play Reality Fighters, as fighters are generally very enjoyable on the VITA.

I'm pleased with this month, Broforce, Galak-Z, and Super Stardust HD are all fantastic games. This can not be denied, even by the most shallow of AAA-heads.

[MajorLazer]

Absolute wank offerings.

[Neonridr]

BroForce for sure, maybe Galak-Z.

Vita titles are seriously lacking this month though. Reality Fighters might just be one of the dumbest titles I have seen on that system. And Flame Over looks a little bland for my tastes.

[PhucSeeker]

Didn't they say something like "We only add games with 60+ score on metacritic to ps+ library" ? What happened ?

[Skate-AK]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthr...

[PhucSeeker]

Cool, mate. Thanks for the info.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Why is Reality Fighters dumb? Bc it has AR? Isn't ms designing a headset around AR? This is an average fighting game with loads of character customization and a platinum trophy. It doesn't redefine the genre, it's not a tight master crafted experience the likes of SFV, but it's a fighter on VITA that you can probably have a few hrs of fun with.

[Neonridr]

average fighting game? I think that is a stretch Tyler.

While Metacritic is only a small sample of a game's true potential it still gives us a pretty good idea if the game is any good or not.

Games that are proven good like MGS V, TLOU, Mario Galaxy, Zelda, GTA etc all have pretty high Metacritic scores. That is no coincidence, they scored high because they are great games.

Reality Fighters clocks in at 54. That is barely passable. Now if you want to tell me that it's a good fighting game outside of the AR elements, I would love to hear why. Maybe even share a link to a review that said that the controls were tight or it was a solid fighting game.

There are a TON of better games they could have given us on Vita. DOA 5+, SF x Tekken (which may have already been a PS+ game), King of Fighters, Mortal Kombat, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom, the list goes on.

And a headset that is built around the ideas of AR vs a fighting game that uses it are terrible comparisons. The world of AR stretches way beyond gaming, in fact gaming would represent a smaller component of what can be accomplished with Hololens. Medicine, Science, Construction, Home Decorating... all huge markets for Hololens to be applied to.

[Blastoise]

I honestly can't remember a worse month. Reality fighters on Vita? That terrible launch game that got critically panned? You spoil me Sony

[itsjustexuma]

It's called September 2014

[admiralvic]

If you think this...

September 2014 - 6 Games
Hoard - PS3 - 9/2/14
Joe Danger - Vita - 9/2/14
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - PS3/Vita - 9/2/14
Sportsfriends - PS4/PS3 - 9/2/14
TxK - Vita - 9/2/14
Velocity 2X - PS4/Vita - 9/2/14
PS4: 2 - PS3: 3 - PS1: 0 - Minis: 0 - PSP: 0 - Vita: 4

is worse than this month, then you're simply out of your mind.

[RedDevils]

It's seem there lesser games every month we usually have like 3 games now it down to two.

[AG6686]

What!? The was a good month... Velocity is a good fun game, PS all stars which was cross buy and another good game... Joe Danger another fun game.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Nah, you just have casual taste. Broforce and Galak-Z are phenomenal games, it's undeniable. Super Stardust HD is fantastic, Flame Over is a fun rogue-lite, and The Last Guy was well received by critics. Tbh, Reality Fighters is probably pretty fun to mess around with for a couple hrs on VITA.

I'm sure u panned Nom Nom Galaxy last month, but did you play it? Fun games come in all shapes, my friend.

[ebounce88]

Boring garbage not worth the time and energy I put into those f****** Nintendo games

[nick309]

why dosent the community do anything against this horrible selection?it wil never get better this way. the ps4 selection isnt too bad but the old and mediocre games that appear on ps3 and vita is really disappointing every month.

[SegaSaturn669]

Broforce + Flame Over are great. The rest are kinda disappointing.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Have you played Galak-Z? No, i didn't think so. Ppl need to educate themselves if they want to have a respected opinion. The reason why so many ppl complain about the IGC is bc the vast majority of them are un or ill-informed regarding the content. Galak-Z is a gem, tell me why it isn't phenomenal. Break it down. Super Stardust HD is one of the finest games in the genre. Tbh, The Last Guy was a critical success. If a game is good it shouldn't matter what it's classified as, AAA, AA, indie ect.

[Simco876]

PS3 gets great games dude. Where have you been? I will be keeping my PS4 well after PS5 just for the free good games I missed.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Wth? Recently, PS3 and/or VITA have gotten Dragon Age, Helldivers (crossbuy), Freedom Wars, Yakuza 4, Beyond Good & Evil, SSX, Twisted Metal, Medal of Honor, Rocket Birds, Geometry Wars 3, Dishonored, Thief, God of War Ascension, Grid, Persona 4 AU, Castle Storm, Grim Fandango, Broken Age, Super Time Force, Xeodrifter, Deadly Premonition ect.

[brettyd]

Crap...all crap...waste of space on my HDD.

[TKCMuzzer]

Like any game could be, dependent on taste.

[ThunderPulse]

Not even going to add these to my library.

[bleedsoe9mm]

yes galak-z ! first time in 6 months i'm excited for a ps+ game . really great month on both consoles !

[S2Killinit]

I've never been the type to complain about the free monthly games. But I have to say, Galak Z is a game I've been meaning to play. I'm glad its being offered.

[bleedsoe9mm]

ya me too i've almost bought it several times , i'm not meaning to complain if i get 3 or 4 games a year i might have bought i'm happy .

[Overload]

I'm pretty excited for Galak Z.

[Mr_Luke]

The PS community has spoken!! But we didn't listen, so we decided to let them choose among 3 games that probaly noone would buy and they we add another retro game, just to piss them off!

Yes, right, and in March my subscription ends, i don't care so much about the garbage that they're throwing at us.

PS+ is dead, long live PS+!!!

P.S. no misunderstandings here, i'm talking about the old, good, fabulous PS+, with €100+ value each month, with 3 PS3 games and so on. Since the PS4 came out, it started getting worse and worse..

[IamTylerDurden1]

Drako

Are you joking? No one would buy Broforce? It's a bonafide hit already, both critically and commercially. I'm sure even you've heard of it.

That's good that your sub ends in March, now it's one less person we will hear spitting their redundant drivel about their sub ending. Obviously your going to have a ball with Uncharted 4's stellar mp.

You do realize that since the PS4s inception Sony has given 6 total games every month with PS+. Many of which are crossbuy, meaning at times we get 4-5 PS4 games, or 3-4 VITA games ect.

Do you also realize that PlayStation has been giving free games for much longer than the competition. Thus, shrinking the potential pool considerably.

Even with these difficult factors i personally have been extremely satisfied with the igc these past two years, quality is quality. We got Resogun the day the PS4 launched, Rocket League Day1, OUTLAST, Injustice Ult Edition, inFAMOUS 1st Light, Transistor, Oddworld New n Tasty, TWD S2, Grim, Helldivers, Driveclub, Guacamelee, Strider, Broken Age, Valient Hearts, Velocity 2x, OllieOllie 2, STFU, Towerfall Ascension, Fez, Gauntlet, Ether One, Apotheon. That's just PS4, off the top of my head.

Many of the games we get are new releases as well. I relish this, but i can see why the uninformed masses would not.

PS+ is alive and well, it's thriving and will continue to thrive. You want to know why? A variety of quality titles and this little spark called the PS4. This spark has turned into a wildlife, and it's devouring the known world by the minute. All things PlayStation are juiced atm. I'll send your concerns to Kaz.

[Mr_Luke]

Happy that you're happy with the service.
Like i'm happy that my service ends. I'm more of a single player person, i like Uncharted for the single player part.
You know, i'm a Sony fan, but i can't shut up in front of this month games, at least. And no, i didn't press "Disagree" on your comment, since i respect your opinion and i don't care about this agree/disagree thing. But with the PS+ money, i buy Uncharted 4 (well, part of it) and i'm sure i'll be 100% satisfied from it and my decision, something that i can't say if i use that money for Ps+, every month is a (bad) surprise lately. Will i renew PS+ in the future? Yes, probably, when it gets decent or at least half as good as the old PS+.

[OldGuyStillGaming]

At this point I really don't regret my decision not to renew my ps plus subscription..I'll eventually renew again in a couple months to get some U4 mp but I'm definitely not getting the full year sub.

[TripleCs]

Mines ran out in December and I still haven't renewed either. I don't mind the indies and I don't expect AAA's every month but jesus christ.. the lack of AAA's on PS Plus for PS4 is ridiculous. There needs to be a little more variety between AAA's and indies. PS Plus is overly indie centric and indie focused now. Hell, even a remaster here and there will do but I digress.

Man.. at times it almost seems like Sony isn't even trying anymore..

[barb_wire]

Man, I bought 'The Last Guy' on my PS3 when it was released back in August 2008! Terrible month for the PS3/Vita on PS+.

[Steptoe]

My ps plus ran out about a week ago. Don't see any reason to renew. I just don't like the games.

[ParanoidFreak]

Pure trash. Completely insulting.

Won't even add these to my download list.

[Chaosdreams]

I already own Galek-Z, since it's incredibly difficult, however I didn't vote for the winner so naturally it doesn't necessarily appeal to me.

Do I think ps+ is lacking in value? I'd say it's certainly up for debate. However I wouldn't go as far as to say the service is horrendous.

Truthfully however, I dislike paying for the service. Never was convinced by its need to be a mandatory (ok, almost mandatory) thing.

[souljah45]

By the looks of they'll keeping pumping out garbage games consistently to the point where no one will really care about them and boom they'll stop them alltogether because ps+ is now a requirement so they dont need the extra selling points to get people on board

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I personally can't see that.

[UltraNova]

I second that, since MS got on board with GWG, Sony wont stop PS+ free games.

[derkasan]

Seems like they're all over the map when it comes to PS3 titles. Last month was pretty good with P4AU, but this month has a game they gave away for free before (Super Stardust HD) and an obscure game from 2008.

[Elda]

The Last Guy is pretty fun..you should give it a try.

[admiralvic]

Not that it matters, but The Last Guy was actually a welcome back game in Asia/Japan like SSHD was in NA.

[cfc83]

Games look fun but not enough reason for me to renew plus. I havent since December.

[Relientk77]

I'll keep playing the games I'm already playing, none of these grab my interest

[Summons75]

Great...so glad the worst game of the 3 won. Now PS+ members who voted for that trash can't complain when they realize it's a pretty boring game. Why didn't the runner up get the second slot? I was much more excited for the other two titles than Broforce.

[Christopher]

The two losers are going on sale at least. Would be funny to see either of those sell more even though they lost the "popular" vote.

[Knushwood Butt]

Broforce did have quite a funny trailer.

I voted for Cactus.

[BossBattle]

This month sucks again for PS+.

[DualWielding]

just be honest and rename it to indie plus

[Utalkin2me]

They could not offer you anything....

[Black0ut]

...and give another one up to the competition... That sounds like a great idea.

People have a right to voice their opinions, whether they're pleased or disappointed with the selection of games.

[Utalkin2me]

Ms didn't offer games with live last gen and we see how well that worked for them.

People that want to play online on PSN is going to pay 30-50 bucks regardless and the games whatever it may be is a incentive.

He voiced his opinion and i voiced mine back. The thing is his voice is landing on dead ears. If he wants his voice to be heard he need to go where it matters.

[admiralvic]

"Ms didn't offer games with live last gen and we see how well that worked for them. "

Apples/Oranges. XBL started as a paid online service that eventually offered games, where as PS+ was a service that offered "free games" and other minor perks and then became required for online.

The biggest difference here is, not only did PS+ start by doing this, Vita/PS3 gamers are pretty much just paying for the free games. So by removing it, they've essentially alienated anyone without a PS4.

"People that want to play online on PSN is going to pay 30-50 bucks regardless and the games whatever it may be is a incentive. "

This is true in theory, but in practice it might not be the case. If Sony was to do something like that you'd probably see a lot of people legitimately consider an Xbox One. Especially since a lot of people like Plus for the games, not the online or other services.

[Utalkin2me]

@admiralvic

Its very simple logic. Sony offered online for free on the PS3 so PS+ had to have solid titles in order for people to jump on, or it wouldn't have been worth it to them.

Now that PSN is tied into a paid service for PS+, they dont have to offer as solid of titles. Cause it is really designed around people that play online, not the people that are wanting PS+ games.

I mean would it be wise for Sony to try to cater to the few that doesn't play online or buy online games? Im sure they see more returns from a active online gamer then somebody that is not. If you're solely looking for extra games to play on just the PS4 and not worried about online, then PS+ is not for you.

[cyber_daemonx]

Galak-z is pretty good, quite challenging, broforce reminds me of super time force. Voted for aac meself ah well.

[S2Killinit]

GalakZ! Awesome.

[gamer7804]

i think i'm going to just let my ps plus expire, hardly any good games in a long while, for me anyways

[cmd]

Bro!!

[DynoMiteLaserCat]

Bro, bro, bro, bro, bro, BROOOOOOO!!!!

[Corpser]

Another horrible month

[Gorilla_Killa_X]

This is a very lackluster month for PS+ games.

[waltyftm]

Poor month, very poor indeed.

[theshredded]

*claps* 2 good PS4 games that's a great month!

[towelie1288]

and another Mehhhh month for PS plus......

[Elda]

PS+ games for the PS3 is pitiful for March,the games are 8&9 years old.Looking forward to playing Broforce & Galak Z.

[Highatus]

Almost bought Galak-Z. Patience is paying off.

[Elda]

Agreed!..Almost did the same.

[AstroCyborg]

awesome more indies

[FreakyFox]

People are not happy at all on the blog.

" Greatness Awaits " and " For the Players " are 2 very powerful slogans , at least try to make it resonate.

I can get these sort of games on my Andriod for free.

[captainexplosion]

I think it is apparent that Sony is not including 1st party PS4 games as Plus games because they are going to add them into some sort of membership. My bet is Sony will add PS4 games to Now with the ability to not only stream them but to also download them.

[admiralvic]

Possible, but unlikely. Perhaps the biggest kicker of this whole situation is that Japan has gotten a number of pretty awesome titles from Plus.

These include...

Kill zone (why this is unlikely) /Natural Doctrine - http://www.gamefaqs.com/boa...
Toukiden - http://n4g.com/news/1845376...
Guilty Gear Xrd - http://www.siliconera.com/2...
etc

[captainexplosion]

I think it is very likely. And I'm not sure what those games being available in Japan make it likely. Now still isn't available in a lot of countries.

[gangsta_red]

Will definitely be getting these two games for Plus.

[FlexLuger]

I agree its not a GREAT selection, but its nowhere near as bad as some of you lot make these games out to be. You CAN always go out and buy the games you really want to play....just a thought.

[memots]

For those calling it a bad month again. Bro force is pretty Epic, i bought it on steam sale and the multiplayer coop is so much fun.

Galak-z i am very happy about it because i also almost picked it up on steam sale. Glad i didn't.

[Drakul]

Bro Force is good but we are tired of indie games Sony.

[Orionsangel]

Playstation Indie Plus? You don't get older triple A PS4 games like Knack. No, enjoy mostly Indie games. Meh! I won't be subbing again after this.

[MAULxx]

I really wanted to play AAC but I'm glad to get Galak-Z.

[mister_zolos]

FAIL!!!

[Lord_Kaname]

This is disappointing for me (I own a ps4/Vita, don't own ps3 but still download) 😪 good thing my 1-year sub ends March. Been disappointed for a good 6 months and I am a Sony fan.

[Angel911]

Absolutely shit lineup compared to GwG.

Sherlock and Lards of the fallen on XO and this indie filth on ps4 lol

Iam not gonna even add these indie garbage into my library.

Sony is getting arrogant now..They just don't care about giving away good free games like they used to give lastgen for ps3...They know ps4 will sell regardless and ppl will buy ps plus for m.p..So, they have stopped going after big publishers to get AAA games for Plus..

MS on other hand is in 2nd place and trying very hard to get quality stuff for Gold users and keeps on improving the quality of GWG

GG MS.

[ebounce88]

Looks pretty awful for ps this month again. Mean xbox is outing out pretty good month. .

[wheresmymonkey]

I actually like Sony giving us indies. I get a bunch of interesting new game's each month that don't fill my HDD in five minutes that i otherwise probably wouldn't have played.

Meanwhile i'm safe in the knowledge that the games I've got on disc will probably not be simply given away for free (completely destroying their trade in value) a couple months after launch.

[philm87]

The PS Plus games just get worse and worse. Xbox live Gold actually get decent non-indie games. I get PS Plus for online play really so not overly worried.

[H1t_Monster]

More tablet games my sub ran out more than 6 months ago and refuse to get ps plus because its garbage I can get these games free on my tablet and now you guys see why they added multiplayer behind a pay wall,they knew that they could not offer the same quality free games like on ps3 so they made shour that they made multiplayer behind the plus forcing u to buy plus if you want to play with friends and then made it look like a ps plus feature.FU sony and your tablet freebees I'll continue paying 4 live as I'm getting a way better value from xboxone for free games.

[DarXyde]

There are some pretty angry gamers over at the PlayStation forums. I can't say I'm surprised.

It's cool that Sony is basically promoting indie developers that otherwise would not have gotten much attention, but they're forgetting why a lot of us got into their subscription service. I think they should have went with their old idea: keep online free and have Plus stand alone.

At least throw us a AAA PS2 game. Speaking of, update your PS2 catalog, Sony.

[jznrpg]

Ive almost picked up Galak-Z s few times.I am glad I waited!.