Following the recent announcement of Sony's Play at Home initiative to combat the Coronavirus, the two PlayStation 4 games being made available for free can now be downloaded from the PlayStation Store. Those being Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey. Players residing in EU territories can grab the two titles right now, while US users will have to wait a few more hours until 8pm PDT.
You can trigger those downloads through the store's online page, with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection available for free via this link and Journey through here. Sony has chosen two excellent games to give away, and here's what we thought of them at the time.
In the 9/10 Push Square review for Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, editor Sammy Barker called the collection one of the best PS4 remasters.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is probably the best PS4 remaster thus far – and the system's had more than enough of them to give that statement weight. While there are small elements of all three bundled titles that have failed to stand the test of time, this is still a stellar trilogy, with stories and set-pieces that generally tend to better most modern games. Of course, existing fans will already know what wonders await them – but newcomers should brace themselves for 30 or so hours of solid gold.
Meanwhile, deputy editor Robert Ramsey was the one to review Journey for the site, awarding it a rare 10/10.
Journey remains one of the most cohesive titles to grace PlayStation. A sumptuous art style and a stunning soundtrack fuse to create an experience that's flawless from start to finish. Its story never utters a word, yet it has more to say than most scripts, and its handling of social interaction eschews tradition in favour of eye-opening anonymous bonding. Enhanced visuals and a silky smooth framerate made possible courtesy of the PS4's power make this the definitive edition of the release, and put simply, Journey is still one of the greatest games ever made.
Which one of these two phenomenal PS4 games are you going to download and play for free first? Don't forget that you don't even need an active PlayStation Plus subscription to add the titles to your library -- available until 5th May 2020. Trigger those downloads in the comments below.
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I would like to replay UC2, but not 1 and 3. Can the 3 games be downloaded separately?
Just a heads up. The Link for Journey is currently the wrong one. That's the Collector's version with Flow and Flower which is still £19.99.
Both amazing games. Both of them I already own.
If you have PS Plus copies of these it'd be good to pick 'em up again anyway.
These copies are free forever regardless of PS Plus status. Excellent move on Sony's part.
@SirRealDeal I'm not sure how you would make that work if you have an active Plus account. If you go to download, wouldn't it just say "Purchased" instead of Add To Cart?
What about Australia? Are we included in this deal?
@DiddyWahDiddy Use another account.
Thanks, Sony. Very cool.
Finally. I tried yesterday when the first article went up. I tried again a couple of hours ago b/c today is the 15th. Too late to try again now, will have to wait until tomorrow.
Thanks for the update article though, I know you guys try your best.
@NoCode23 You can only download the Uncharted Trilogy as a bundle on PS4.
If you want to download them separately, use a PS3 but you'll have to pay for them then.
I assume HDD space or bandwidth limits are your main concerns?
@KidBoruto,
Thanks for your response to my question. My reason for asking is hdd space, slow internet, and not wanting lots of GB's on my hdd that does not need to be there.
It's good of Sony to do this. It's just a shame I already have them both.
We got Knack 2 in Germany instead of the Drake Collection. Knack 2, baby! But it’s nevertheless a nice move from Sony. Now they need to stop releasing exclusives on PC and cancel their censorship policies - and I’d fall in love again.
About 14 hours ito FFVIIR which is brilliant (chapter 8), lovely gesture by Sony I may play them again as I played Them on PS3 before I met my now wife. so nearly 10 years ago now😲
Those Uncharted remakes have a 'very easy' mode right? Cool - maybe I'll finish Uncharted 2 without frustrations after all.
Although Uncharted 4 just goes on too long, and I haven't even started the last game, even though it's on my console for a year now.
@Dange I've swapped that link out now, thanks for the heads up!
I have the Uncharted collection but I never played journey. Thank you Sony.
I wonder will Microsoft feel obliged and do something similar?
I got the first UC bundled with my PS3 and left in the seal for years. When I finally got around to playing it I ended up really enjoying it. Played the second one many years later but didn't like it that much. The pattern of shooting guys followed by a puzzle got a bit stale. Also I didn't feel much like a good guy after murdering a couple dozen museum guards in the first mission.
Never got around to the 3rd of 4th and don't think I will.
Got the Nathan Drake Collection in PS Plus a couple of months back. Journey, however was on my wishlist, so very happy to have it for frizzle!
Don't forget to create a German account if you want Knack 2 as well people 🤔
I'm going to have to get a German account to get knack 2 I already have uncharted collection from ps plus
@SirRealDeal Where does it or did it say it will be free forever, and I added them when they were free on Plus, it shows UCT as free but it says download which means the system
1) is giving it me anyway cause I claimed it under Plus
2) it would say add to account then purchase through the basket again to guarantee confirmation it's added to my account.
3) Sony surly could just add it all to everyone's account anyway.
We'll see when my sub runs out and see if it's still free
thanks sony. ive played them all on ps3 but chance play them on ps4 is apreciated
@Nakatomi_Uk i dont have ps plus and its free
@DiddyWahDiddy
Reminder: Claim Your Free Copies of Uncharted, Journey Even If They're in Your PS4 Library
https://flip.it/ot12Hh
@Nakatomi_Uk
Reminder: Claim Your Free Copies of Uncharted, Journey Even If They're in Your PS4 Library
https://flip.it/ot12Hh
@SirRealDeal Saw it this morning, but thanks anyway man.
@DiddyWahDiddy
👍
So was pleased to get a chance to journey for free and... well, erm, not entirely sure what the fuss was about. Pleasant enough and decent music but surely if you're giving away a game because everybody's stuck inside - one that lasts more than a few hours would be a better option. Sorry to be another internet whinger but meh.
@NoCode23 You're welcome! I hope you get better internet service and more HDD space eventually.
Enjoy your free games. Looks like I get the last laugh.
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