Need for Speed: Payback and Vampyr are your PS Plus games for October

The white-knuckle racer and supernatural horror adventure join the lineup October 6.

[Iceball2000]

Can’t be upset with this one.

[Si-Fly]

Really?

[Terry_B]

Some people are always upset..no matter what they get

[Retroman]

N4S payback was Craptastic to it's fullest.........just as Heat is.

[sushimama]

Excellent. Never played Vampyr

[FanboySpotter]

You go by metacritic so you're not gonna enjoy that game unfortunately.

[porkChop]

LOL 🤣

[CobraKai]

That’s why you don’t go by metacritic.

[Final_Aeon]

It goes both ways - it could be a warning against trying a subpar game. Or, like in quite a few cases media outlets docked it too many points for small imperfections. I'm also looking forward to playing Vampyr.

[Hakuoro]

That's funny because I remember people talking it up when it was one of the games on game pass.

I guess what console it's on decides if it's fun or not.

[sushimama]

It's above 70%.... worth a try

[sushimama]

On second thought, to be honest, maybe I won't try it out. Not the greatest month this month.

[Gaming4Life1981]

😭damn that had to be a slap in the for sushimama after their post on the xbox article.

Vampyr was on my radar and then i played on gamepass and it wasnt good to me but lots of people like it and its free so everyone should at least try it.

[Christopher]

I thoroughly enjoyed Vampyr. But, lots of people have specific things they're critical of and it's not perfect at anything. So, who knows.

I like that I can try a NFS game w/o paying more than I already do per month for it. I doubt I'll like it, but, at least it's there to try.

[Gaming4Life1981]

NFS payback sucks but hey its free so give it a try you might like .

Yea i thought vampyr was pretty bad and i love vampires but i just could not find anything good about it. We need a new legacy of kain and soul reaver.

[Kurt Russell]

It's not a great one, I played a fair bit of it myself... It's playable is all I can really say.

[ccgr]

Nice!

[Relientk77]

I absolutely loved Vampyr. It's an underrated gem. The combat can be kind of clunky, but the story, characters, setting, abilities, and everything else is great.

[RazzerRedux]

Was a very good game. Just needed more a-hole NPCs that I didn't mind killing to level up.

[Spenok]

That's the point though! They can't make it too easy to kill just anyone (unless you're just a self absorbed a-hole yourself).

[RazzerRedux]

"They can't make it too easy to kill just anyone"

And that isn't what I said. Come back after you actually played the game and then talk about it.

[Spenok]

I've been wanting to play this since it launched. Never got around to it though. So this is a really nice treat.

[TheColbertinator]

Payback was awful. Worst NFS game this gen.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Many people say the exact opposite.

[goldwyncq]

I will always associate Need for Speed Payback with the cringetastic Jesse Wellens presentation in E3 2017.

[ajax17]

awful

[Hawk198666]

Another PS Now game and another EA Access game.... Yea this is very poor imo. PS Plus games have become a joke.

[Terry_B]

For the giant majority of people that don't own ps now or EA access it does not matter that they are there... so whats the point?

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Most months are fairly good. The service can be a bit inconsistent though.

[TGGJustin]

This is one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen. All of you idiots who keep saying this need to realize there are 45+ million Plus members and maybe a total of 5 million EA Play and PS Now members combined. There is nothing wrong with them giving a game that is on either of those services to the millions and millions of other Plus members who don't have those services. Get over it.

[Mr_Luke]

I don't have PS Now and i won't never subscribe to EA Access. So...

[Gamerking82]

Not bad but as i own both no need for me to sub again next month.

[Terry_B]

There is only one really good way to avoid that you get games you bought already via ps+, games with gold or humble choice. ...don't buy any games anymore!

[Abnor_Mal]

Never played either game, so it's a good month for me.

Bad games can still have some redeeming qualities, so I will not go by other comments about NFS and judge for myself. I hope I don't have it already as I'm sure I have two from earlier in the generation.

[DarkZane]

It's terrible, but it's at least better than the trash Xbox Live Gold is getting this month.

[whateverman]

Ouch.

[Silly Mammo]

Vampyr has been on my radar since before it was released, but I never got around to buying it. Looking forward to trying it out!

[P_Bomb]

Good timing w Halloween.

[Ninver]

Haven't played a NFS game in years. Hopefully this one doesn't suck. Time is precious now more than ever.

[Epicor]

Tbh, these games are not my cup of tea. Won't bother downloading. What a disappointing month for me personally but I'm glad there seems to be many people who will get some enjoyment out of these.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Thats great. Been thinking about checking out Vampyr for a while now. Payback is pretty good

[Hikoran]

Great! Never bothered with either as EA racers are usually copy and pastes and Vampire games aren't usually that great. Definitely two titles not many people picked up, unlike the usual + games

[Mr_Luke]

Nice, good i didn't buy Vampyr :D and i could try NfS, long time since i played one.