PlayStation Plus free games lineup for January is an excellent start to 2017

MWEB GameZone writes: "Next month's PlayStation Plus free games are worth playing. Don't knock it before you try it, there are some real gems for you to enjoy."

[MakieCoco]

Own all of these :(

[Sillicur]

Hopefully you enjoyed them!

[senorfartcushion]

Yes. Hopefully you still do enjoy them, too.

[RpgSama]

Titán Souls is great, Day of the Tentacle is one of the best adventure games ever made and This War of Mine looks super fun, I see myself playing these "smaller" games in between the big ones as palate cleansers.
I understand people wanting AAA every month, we will get there, but me personally I still haven't had time to play Resident Evil Remake, Lords of the Fallen or Transformers: Devastation, to name a few.

[_-EDMIX-_]

If you've never played the Resident Evil remake before, please stop what you're doing and help yourself!

[Pennywise138]

I would also recommend playing the Resident Evil Remake asap if you never have before. It really holds up well. Even though the controls have always felt strange it actually adds to the tension in a good way.

[RpgSama]

@_-EDMIX-_ and @Pennywise138

I played the original Resident Evil on PS1 and the Remake on the GC, I want to play it again after so many years, but too many games, so little time XD.

P.s: Waiting anxiously to see what they do with the Remake of Resident Evil 2, my favorite game in the series.

[XanderZane]

Only a couple of them worth owning. Thankfully they are all FREE to try now. Was hoping for more games like Transformers Devastation. Was hoping for TLOU Remastered or Until Dawn. Something to push us into 2017 with a smile on our faces.

[Deadpooled]

If TLOU Remastered comes on PS Plus soon I would be marking out for like a week, jump on the roof and scream out my excitement to the world.

[johnddoe]

Transformer's Devastation has already been released as a free game in PS+. Think that was 3 months ago.

[XanderZane]

@johnddoe
No kidding. That's why I said, "I was hoping to get MORE GAMES LIKE Transformers Devastation for PS+. Already download this game on my PS4.

@jznrpg
That's not the point though. I don't own TLOU Remastered, Until Dawn or Knack. The point is there are still better games Sony could offer for PSPlus besides on the very average Indie games. Last month wasn't a whole lot better either.

[jznrpg]

You could have bought those games for dirt cheap. I got both for about 10$

[Sm3000]

Agreed. Your comment should be upvote dominant.
Let's seee MS offering I bet it's better. Sony Sony Sony. Getting complacent been complacent

[Crazyglues]

Garbage..... -_- They really need to step this up, the free games are becoming seriously Lame.. :(

[CorndogBurglar]

These aren't garbage games at all though.

They may not be what YOU want. But they are very good and fun games.

[JackBNimble]

You want AAA games every month for $60 a year?
You get more then what you paid for your subscription, you just got to quit being so entitled.

[CocoaBrother]

I think some people are more upset with the price hike. Look at the article with the October games being revealed and you'll see many people say the price hike is justified if Sony continues to have bigger games in their Plus lineup. Seeing only indie titles the last 2 months have bothered some people. Now what defines a 'bigger game' is subjective but many associate bigger with AAA(I personally don't).

In my personal opinion, it's hard to complain about free games being offered with my subscriptions to both PSN and Live cause the more the merrier to me at least; however, I can understand how some people want to feel they're getting their money's worth.

[Kreisen]

I think the core of the problem lies in the fact that you need Plus to play online and for many people if there is a game they really like they will just buy it.

[ASTAROTH]

I believe you are missing the bigger picture. In the early days PSPlus was a service. Similar to Amazon Prime and others. The most important things were the disccounts and early access to Betas etc. Then the price was justiffied with "free" games and people start to complained because lets be honest not all those games were great. Now the complainers are the same that just bought Call of Duty, GTA or NBA 2k every year and pay to play online. They tend to complain about games they are not even going to buy at a disccount.
The same thing happened to the xbox players who are starting to enjoy games with gold and critizice every month of PSPlus for the lack of good games and gloat about games that we played years ago thanks to PSPlus. But to finish... we the gamers who bougth the games are happy with these kind of stuff that the PSPlus subscription gave us. I am really looking forward more to play Day of the Tentacle and This War of MIne than Killer Instinct for example.
Why? Because Im no cheap gamer and KI was a game that every xbox owner needs in their collection. Why wait for MS ( if they ever ) to give it for free? Be a gamer not a complainer and if you can buy a AAA game just go and do so. Wait for the smaller indies to be released for free with the service or in the case of the supperior PSPLUS service wait for the great discounts that the GOLD seem to miss but nobody talks about that on the gaming websites.
Happy new year and happy gaming!!

[Death]

Superior is probably a relative term. I let my PS+ sub die a couple years ago. I'm not a fan of indie games on console and don't like not having anything but indies in the subscription. When Plus was an option and not mandatory for online play, the games were in my opinion much better and a better value. I'm not sure why people still refer to the games as free, they are what the subscription is for. It's like bragging about all the free movies a Netflix sub offers or all the free music when you subscribe to a music streaming service. For the gamers that don't like/want/appreciate indies, what do they get besides the ability to play online for $60? As for the gamers that say, "I know some people want AAA every month", what are you talking about? Why try to make it sound like AAA comes every month and once a year indies sneak in? It's indie month after month and year after year.

How about a choice instead?

[admiralvic]

"I believe you are missing the bigger picture"

I get the feeling you're the one who is missing the bigger picture.

When Plus released the service was pretty lackluster, but then they created the instant game collection. At this time PlayStation Plus was getting countless big games, in addition to small ones, and people were generally happy. The issue is when PlayStation 4 and the paid online came into play.

Unlike the Vita, where Sony needed to do things to boost the sales and quickly offered Uncharted: Golden Abyss, WipEout 2048 and Gravity Daze, they never needed to do a big marketing push with the PlayStation 4. As a result, the service went from offering notable and exciting games to various small and indie games. This isn't a knock at indie titles, as some of them are quite good, just that we went from several large budget retail games to generally six low budget indie games after that point.

"Why? Because Im no cheap gamer and KI was a game that every xbox owner needs in their collection. Why wait for MS ( if they ever ) to give it for free?"

Another thing is that you don't seem to get the strength of PlayStation Plus' service. I don't make enough to have the ability to run out and buy anything and everything I "should" or people suggest. In the case of things like the Souls series, offering one of them from Plus will give people who might not want to spend $20+ on a game that people call frustrating, but it is enough to get them to try it. Maybe they like it, maybe they don't, but at least people will try it and could potentially become fans.

This is also true for hidden gems like Vanquish, which Plus allowed a number of people who likely wouldn't have experienced it a chance to experience it. But I digress, so much of this is the service offering less value than anything else.

[derkasan]

Even then, it's just an extra $10. A year subscription for PS+ has been $50 on Amazon for the last couple of months, so people can always buy it there.

[bluefox755]

I would have been okay with the price hike if they had bumped the quality of the free games. I know a lot of people are happy with the indies and smaller games, and I am too, it's just that having been a long time PS+ subscriber, and being used to the awesome freebies given out during the PS3 gen, it's hard to not see a downgrade here in the offerings.

[Tankbusta40]

Its a matter of opinion, I personally haven't played a ps plus game in ages. More people are angry that ps plus is required to play online, and the selection every month seems to be similar for the games given

[TKCMuzzer]

It's about paying to play online. On the other hand people would be more upset if the PSN got hacked again. Thats what the cost is covering, to constantly keep hackers at bay, I doubt it's cheap and thanks to hackers all they have done is make gamers pay more.
In general, game prices have not gone up much in 20 years, the cost of making them has dramatically, the cost of staff goes up etc. At some point companies will always need to make money to cover these costs as they are not adding it to the price of the software (because that would cause an internet breakdown).
It's a balancing act, put the price of games up to cover the cost of production, people will moan, so Sony (and others) have to get back this somewhere else. At the end of the day we have to except we can not have loads of AAA exclusives at £40 ($60), top security to protect our details, servers running 24/7 and not pay anything extra for it. Companies need to make a profit in order to secure investment for the following year, you can't create profit if you give away everything for free, unfortunately that's not how the real world works.

[Imalwaysright]

PSN hack? People were upset and rightly so because Sony was NEGLIGENT in protecting PSN

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...

Also keeping Sony's network safe isn't our responsibility just like keeping your nearest mall safe isn't your responsibility. Why on Earth should I or anyone have to pay for it?

" At some point companies will always need to make money to cover these costs as they are not adding it to the price of the software (because that would cause an internet breakdown)."

When we buy a PS4 game that was developed by Sega/EA/Ubisoft... Sony receives a cut from it and they receive even more if the game is bought from their store because they're the ones distributing it. They make profit each time a 3rd party game is sold. They make money on the things that they are SELLING to us.

"you can't create profit if you give away everything for free, unfortunately that's not how the real world works."

What are they giving away for free?

[FallenAngel1984]

It would be if it had Shovel Knight

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol I'm still waiting for Shovel Knight

[Phunkydiabetic1]

Why don't you just go buy it if you want it that bad?

[_-EDMIX-_]

@phunk- to what degree do you know I want Shovel Knight? Lol

Slow down buddy, the gun..... you've jumped it.

[DarkZane]

To the people who want AAA games, if you didn't buy an AAA game yet and you wanted to wait for it on PS Plus, then you clearly didn't want to play it that much anyway.

At least with indies, people get to try something they haven't yet.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

To back up your comment , most triple A games from 2013, to early 2016 on the PS4, people can buy for 20 dollars or less .

My only complaint is not having enough time to play them all . I guess that is a good complaint to have.

[Servbot41]

"To the people who want indie games, if you didn't buy an indie game yet and you wanted to wait for it on PS Plus, then you clearly didn't want to play it that much anyway."

That's how stupid your comment is.

[CrimzonRazor]

the problem isnt the games being indies the problem is most of them are just not good

[TKCMuzzer]

I don't have time to complete all the games I have now let alone what appears on plus.

[bluefox755]

Were you a Ps+ subscriber during the PS3 era? If you were, then you should understand our disappointment.

[Pantz]

3,746 likes to 14,360 dislikes. do the math

[moegooner88]

The math is that Youtube is filled with idiots.

[Pantz]

D-

[dougr]

yes, because your opinion is more worthwhile than others..

[CrimzonRazor]

like you?

[rainslacker]

Looks like 74% of the people who voted disliked the video.

Now that I've done the math, being the math major I am and all, perhaps you can explain why that is somehow relevant to the topic at hand.

Not really sure if people around here want to establish YT like/dislike ratios as a metric for quality or consensus.

[Pantz]

I give up, you are the math teacher after all. I'll give myself a D-

[TKCMuzzer]

True, you only have to read some of the comments sections in Youtube and you realise exactly what your dealing with.

[butchertroll]

Disliked and likes are not measure for good games. That'a a IDIOTIC theory, dude

You should try War Of Mine and Day Of The Tentacles before spewing some shit

[Pantz]

math is not an opinion @dougr also D-

[DigitalRaptor]

Who's complaining?

Are these people adverse to quality or something?

[G20WLY]

No, they're adverse to PlayStation... Lol

YouTube: that wonderful success measure for confirmed PS Plus members/S

[bluefox755]

No, I love my playstation. So much so that I have fond memories of PS+ during the PS3 era, and the awesome offerings we'd get each month. It's hard to deny that the quality of the free games has dropped considerably since PS3. Most of us thought: "Well, of course they'll give indies for a year or 2, the system hasn't been out long enough to give AAA games!"
But now it's been over 3 years, and they're still giving mediocre indies almost every month? Even after a price hike? At what point do the offerings start to mirror those that were on PS3?

[Death]

The people complaining are the ones that don't care for indies. Quality is a subjective term. I don't see indies as "quality", I see them as cheap budget games that not many people want over "quality" retail releases. It's inflammatory to refer to indies as "quality" since that would mean any other game is less. How about a choice between an old retail release or two indies once in awhile. I'm not sure what is more offensive, not getting a better mix of games or the people that defend the lack of a choice every month.

[admiralvic]

"The people complaining are the ones that don't care for indies."

I really think the complaints are deeply rooted in the service going downhill. At one point Plus was offering multiple retail games, but then around the time the PlayStation 4 released they started offering less and less to the point where the difference is noticeable. In terms of releases, 2016 saw 18 retail titles, where as 2013 saw 36 (twice as many). Even this would be fine if 2016 had anywhere near as 2013. Like 2016 did give us Yakuza 5, but 2013 gave us Vanquish, Disgaea 3, Demon's Souls, Sleeping Dogs, Uncharted 3's story, Battlefield 3, Ico HD, Rayman Origins, Shadow of the Colossus, Soul Sacrifice and Borderlands 2.

The sad thing is that even this would be excusable, but Sony keeps piling it on. Not only is the service offering games that are generally seen as worse, the price has gone up and is now required for online... This is not the direction you want your program to go.

[Relientk77]

I just started Final Fantasy 15 four days ago, and I'm getting Tales of Berseria in January

Needless to say I have no time for any of these PS+ games

[rainslacker]

I'd suggest trying to squeeze in Day of the Tentacle. It's a great game, and you can probably complete it in 8-12 hours depending on your proficiency with point and click adventure type games.

[Imalwaysright]

Which is why you are anyone else that does not want to play them, shouldn't be forced to pay for them.

[captainexplosion]

Weak month imo. I don't want major AAA games because if I had any interest in playing it I already would have. But a game like Rayman Legends would be perfect. It's an amazing game that most haven't played.

[ONESHOTV2]

as someone that pay his hard earned money on this is it so hard to give us games that's worth the ps+ price.

[Angelin]

I don't have a problem with games being indie but with the fact that most of the games we get for "free" with a payed multiplayer service are single player.

[NotanotherReboot]

Make Ps Plus + XBL optional. Putting online gameplay behind a paywall is just absurd. The worst business practice in the industry for sure.

[Bruh]

Or make it so that there is a cheaper option for only MP gaming and no IGC or discounts or cloud saves

[Liqu1d]

PS+ was optional last gen but gamers on the 360 let be known that they don't mind having online behind a paywall.

@Number_9 If you want to do online gaming on console then you now have no choice but to pay. XBL and PS+ are mandatory and Nintendo's network isn't even comparable nor do they have the 3rd party support.

If people didn't want to pay to play online then they should have rejected it last gen. PC gamers rejected and MS backed off.

[Number_9]

And now the same people who swore up and down that they wouldn't pay for online are ponying up the cash to Sony while blaming others to make themselves feel better

[bluefox755]

@Number_9 Well, they don't really have a choice, do they? Unless they want to fork over the money to build a gaming PC. Did you expect them to just give up gaming to stand on principle? What an absurd comment.

[Bronxs15]

honestly speaking, in my opinion those games look lame.

[CrimzonRazor]

they really are

[CrimzonRazor]

Ive got all these games and none of them are very good its another poor month for plus. PS now charges you more gives you less then great games and dont let you play online unless you pay monthly. Hm plus dont seem to add up to a very good value anymore

[JokerBoy422]

If you like indies and garbage maybe...

[Bruh]

This is the definition of an amazing line-up, Sony needs to keep giving us this and I'm willing to dish out an extra $10 a year easily

[AnubisG]

Yeah ok. :D

To each their own I guess. For some this might be amazing. To me, this is bad.

[About30Ninjas]

Excellent my ass

[Pyrofire95]

It's still incomparable to, I believe, the start of 2011 when we got DMC and Bioshock Infinite.

[MagicBeanz]

Might not use the word "excellent" but they're free and certainly worth checking out at that price.

[Galdusaren]

Really excited that This War of Mine is one of them. Been looking at this game since it was released and wanting to try it out but never had the spare cash for it.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

Sony still won't release knack for free after 3 years? I just don't get it.

[Crazyglues]

-_-

[rpvenom]

i'm hoping they will give the new rachet and clank game as a free game this year.. hoping...

[bellyboy]

Not in my opinion, tim schafer's games dont appeal to everyone, me included, i was hoping sony would kick of the year with at least one stellar AAA title, ill be using my january playing rayman origins and killer instinct season 2 on my one s... hope sony buck up their act with ps plus for 2017, ps4 is 3 years old now, launch year titles should be available to ps plus now especially for the price of the service, its the one department i feel sony is really struggling in, im happy with my pro, but plus will be ditched if this quality continues.

[Segata]

Nothing of interest for me

[senorfartcushion]

Jesus. Like it much?

It's just ok but again, it's psplus and not Xbox or Nintendo. The list is ok but at least the quantity alone outweighs the lack of exciting months of freebies.

To me this is Sony and MS exploiting indies for their own gain. A 10% boost in recognition until the obviously indie title is forgotten about in the autolibrary of games for both consoles.

[pyroxxx]

I've been quite lucky with not dubbling games I already own ,...

[ChronoJoe]

I feel like every time you own a game on Plus they should give you a small discount coupon (maybe 10-20%) to use on PSN for any game under $20 in that month. Not necessary but it would be nice, since a lot of people complain about owning the games already and I admit it does suck if you don't get anything new out of the service.

[admiralvic]

While many people hate the direction Plus is going, I would argue that you're less likely to own a Plus game at the moment than in the past when they were offering retail games. Like December 2016 I had 0/6, where as December 2015 I had 3/6 and back in the Instant Game Collection days there were multiple months where I had more than half. Sadly, I don't think there was a month where every release fell into my wheelhouse and they didn't offer something that most people would never buy, a sports game or a day one release. For instance, I had 5/6 of January 2013, but things like Foosball 2012 prevent me from having all of them. At least with the indie/new releases being more common you're far less likely to have them, ultimately eliminating this problem.

[ChronoJoe]

It doesn't bother me personally, I feel as though I get enough out of it. I definitely get a few games every month, but I get why people feel like they're getting less when they get a bad month and already own the games.

Personally I'm happy to give anything a go so Plus is always good for me. Even if I don't like a game all the way through I usually have fun trying them out for a few hours.

[Danoidus]

g

[Weapon_of_choice]

Titans Souls and Day of the tentacles for me.

[GamerGT]

I don't mind the PS plus games. Sometimes I get them. Most times I am busy with other games. But I also see PS plus as a battleground for indie developers and developers as a whole to compete and get their game and studio attention. They'll get paid anyway with the proceeds for PS plus. But once they are known then they can risk getting involved with a AA or AAA type of game that adds to Sony's lineup in the future. Just think what the makers of Rocket League are up to now? Although it is now multiplat it got attention because it was announced as free on PS Plus.