Poll: Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Games for May 2020?

WARNING!! RANT STARTS BELOW!!

I'm personally quite disappointed with the fanbase. PS plus is a great way to promote indie games and niche games (that's how I got into rocket league) and yet they despise them and expect every month to be a AAA game. I mean these 2 games are not that bad per say and is a good opportunity to try it out even you hate it. Is called expanding horizon. I mean I don't mind having AAA title as free titles which is great but also they should give breathing room to other niche game like this. Truly entitled bunch of people.

RANT OVER.

@Leon_93 hear hear. I dont see why getting say, Horizon or God of War would be better - everyone who wants those games will have bought them already presumably.

I do think Sony should have avoided two simulation games in the same month though. Its a particular genre that doesnt have the widest appeal. Or maybe thrown in a bonus vr game this month

Not thrilled...neither of them are anything that I am remotely interested in. Do I expect AAA games, not at all. This month was just a bust for me but if other people are interested, more power to them. Gives me more time to chip at the backlog.

I preferred it when we got lots of indie games on ps+ but everyone has different tastes. I might give Cities: Skylines a go but honestly I've still got quite a backlog so I don't mind that it's not a game that I'd be jumping up and down to play.
The farming game seems an odd choice but it's something a bit different I suppose.

@Leon_93
Yes I think my kid maybe interested in those. I'm open minded and rather than AAA I already own.

@Leon_93 For me the biggest problem is that both of these games are already on PS Now, I mean you can basically try them for free...

I'm never too bothered about the free games these days as I always and I think will always have a huge backlog.However I do still like to see which games we are receiving especially if it just happens to be a game I don't already have and in this case I haven't bought either...because they don't do it for me.I'll still add them to the list though and at some point down the road I'll give them a go,after all I never thought I'd like Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing..
And hey..we got Pacman Championship Edition 2 given away and that game is awesome!

Me personally I'm happy with the selection. It's two games I've wanted to try. Wish people would stop moaning about games they want free. How about you buy the games you really want to play and support the media we all love.

I think the biggest problem is the genre of both games. Both are very similar in their structure. I think if they had swapped 1 of this months games for 1 of last months games it wouldnt be so bad. Either way i will add them both as always, even if i dont ever play them. I think the best way to approach ps+ wouls be to offer 6 games and then say take your pick of 2. Id much rather see games like Tennis world tour or other AA games over AAA games as like others have said, the majority of people that want god of war, Uncharted etc would have already made the purchase. Poor month for me but then again ive got about 40 games out of ps+ so who am i to grumble.

1 sim would have been fine, but 2? That's the real issue here, isn't this like giving mortal combat and blaz blue?

At this point I'm this point I'm thinking of putting the kids behind Battlefield 1 and calling it a history lesson - thanks for games we can play together as we are stuck together.

Thanks for the free Pacman game, though, that was well received here.

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Good joke.

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I dont think I will ever touch these games, though Im sure they are a good selection for some people. PS Plus is always hit and miss to me though.

I can't wait to thresh grain like an absolute G

My main issue is its two sim style games, I already own skylines and I'm not interested in farming simulator but I'll add it to the back log and then just get through all the other games I still play atm🤷‍♂️

I'm not exactly excited about these games but I wouldn't throw my toys out the pram about it like a self entitled youf.

Cities is great, 2 sim games is a bit much, biggest prob for me is that they are on ps now, why pay for 2 subscriptions? (I use online but could live without it) it's like when sony puts game in a sale and the day after the sale ends it gets put on plus! (Been stung with that twice!!)

Yeah I agree with others Sony probably just should have avoided having two sims in one month.

Personally I’d always wanted to try Cities as it looks decent...

@Leon_93 I'd rather have quality indie games over a farming simulator. Literally 90% of ppl dont want to play a game to farm.

Uninterested in both of these games. Releasing two incredibly niche sims in the same month was a poor choice on Sony's part. And, of course, there's going to be more scrutiny of their choices given that Sony axed support for Vita and PS3 PS+ releases, despite the rising price of the service.

I’m stoked with the selection I love farming simulator and this is great as I’ve been meaning to pick this up for ages I also love city building games and I’ve never given skylines a run out before so this is also a welcome addition- I’m always pleased with what PSN gives us add it to your library move on if you ever get bored one day go back and download it , it might surprise you - go watch a daggerwin video and tell me you don’t see enjoyment in farming simulator

Get off my land or I'll shoot that dog.

We have been dealing with an absolute ton of action adventure games, some we will never even try, then 2 sim games come along and all of a sudden having 2 games in the same genre is a bad idea?

Also how is Cities the best game In it's genre trash? If anyone can come up with a reasonable answer I am all ears. Cities is brilliant. If you are unwilling to try a city builder that's more on you than the selection.

The elephant in the room as @Cornaboyzzz points out is both games are on PS Now.

I'm playing devils advocate a touch here, last year I already owned at least one game from the selection every single month for about 6 months. It was disappointing. The problem is the games per month has dropped to a paltry 2. There will always be losers.

No interest in Farming SIM but Skylines is good.

I'll be giving both a go.

Well both are supposed to be good games in their own right, but I think Sony dropped the ball putting them on Psplus in the same month.

All the farming done on Destiny et al and no one wants an actual farming game.. 😂 😂

Seriously though, I have Cities which is decent and farming is quite niche I would assume, so its easily argued that these could have been split up somewhat to give something different,with a different pace and style but not the end of the world for me personally and I do like the curve balls plus throws at times.

To be fair I'm too busy on Streets Of Rage 4, Stranded Deep and last months Dirt 2.0 among others at the moment, so the farming will hit the back catalogue and I may have a look at some point....

Another month down the drain. At least we're getting those sales...

Not interested in either one bit, but I never end up playing any of the games I get free. The ones that I find interesting I end up always already owning.

Only reason I honestly even pay for PSN are the cloud backups (something XB gives me for free) since I don’t even play games online.

I wouldn't go as far as to say these games are crap, they're good in their niche which is totally cool. Still is a huge misjudgement
on part of sony on their own community.
New indie games made way more sense! You always had some great pallet cleansers and you would actually have the time to be able to play those games since they're usually 3-10 hours. On top of RE3 and FF7, where is the time for two big psplus games.
Maybe Sony could introduce a choose 2 from 4 option with different genres. If you wanted more than 2 you could get them discounted. Or they could do it like audible, get 1 credit monthly where you can pick one game (of course not a fully priced one)

Nah, I'm not interested.

To be honest I’m too busy anticipating ESO’s next chapter in order to care about anything else.

@Ken_Kaniff 99% of people games don't any gaming.

I just got my PS4 a month ago, so I've already gotten two selections of PS+ games so far: Shadow of the Colossus and Sonic Forces, and Uncharted 4 and DiRT Rally. I can understand why people are upset--these are niche enough titles that pairing them together is gonna leave a lot of players uninterested--but I see the service as giving me access to games I maybe never would have tried, and for that, it seems like this is successful. I dunno how much I'll play either, but I'm looking forward to trying both.

Where's the option for "I have a PS+ subscription because it's the only way to get online play and cloud backup of my saves, and I literally couldn't care less about what random games Sony would like to stuff into my already-full backlog without letting me actually own them outright?"

Wow what a crap shoot of a selection for may...xbox has been on point lately surprisingly and playstation has just been releasing junk, or already released for free stuff...so sad...i will put these games in my list just to say this month isnt a waste i highly doubt i will play either...i hope they fix this soon or atlesst make up for it next month with some extremely great games...i would have rather had the leaked games thsn these...it feels like a legit april fools joke especially after having last of us 2 delayed anothet 3 weeks for the "cornavirus" that wouldn't have changed anything for it to be released this month instead of next...

@Leon_93 You see, I don't get your point... or better said, I get it, but then why only 2 games? When we had 6 games/month, with 1 or 2 indie almost always cross-buy, we had a chance to get at least :

• a very good game (that we almost always had bought before)
• a meh/weird game (good to try)
• 1 or 2 indie games (things we generally wouldn't have bought, but they were some really good surprises)

So the problem is not with the choice of these 2 games, it's the fact that they reduced their offer (at the same price, or even higher in some regions).

So you're right on one point : if they give us 2 great games, most of us already have them. But if they give us 2 "not that good" games, nobody will really play them.

Then we should ask Sony to get back to the 6 games (or least 4 games) routine... Then, everybody should get what they want more often, even if the games are older/less known.

Looking forward to having cities Skylines on ps4. Playing it on the laptop is effert

@Vapor xbox games been terrible 😂 just old games

Great selection of games... for the people that like the genre.

@Olmaz we never had 6 games for ps4. We use to get 3-4 and they were cheap indie games +Ps3 Games + vita

PS3 n vita is dead and we getting #PS5 Games at the end of the year

Quite bad month.
Sony should have mix those two games with something else:
May = Something Else + CitySky
June = Something Else + FarmSim 19

I genuinely couldn't be happier. We very rarely get sims for PS+ and simulation fans rarely come online to complain about it. This month is our turn, is all.
I'm sure we'll be back to action and explosions next month. And that's fine too.

People should try to remember that what makes a game good or bad is extremely subjective.

The categories are really "games I like" and "games for other people".

Tbh I have not downloaded any Free games from PS for months the offerings seem to be very poor. The only real reason I have PlayStation Plus is for Multiplayer games. I’d rather pay less for a subscription and have no games offered. Or to get more people into VR. Offer a VR game once in a while. Maybe allow players to pick A game of their choice from a selection Of games.

To conclude will I be downloading. NO

Nope they are a crap selection and have gone back to why I hate the free games offered by Sony because they offer a crap selection, well I say free but you pay for them in your PSN subscription, but the games this month are crap..

Rubbish selection I feel like ps plus doesn't really look at its fan base sometimes and Tbh feel a lil peved off that would select 2 games to simulate going outside when we can't talk about kicking us while we're down

Both games would probably be reasonable additions on PS Plus ... just not together in the same month.

I'm personally not happy with the games but it's not the games that make me mad about this. Back on ps3 days you at least got 4 games for some variety. Then it was 2 games on ps4. 2 games on ps3 and 2 on psp or vita. Now you get 2 in general for the whole month. So if both games you're not into, guess you have to wait or just go but a game you want to play. Not sure where they're going with this because even xbox give you at least 4 a month even if it is indie games

@fluggy agreed

I’ve been meaning to try Cities, so great to be getting that as a freebie. And in this current climate of being at home in self-isolation, the thought of playing a farming simulator is refreshingly welcome. Ahh, to breathe the fresh virtual air...

@Fred_Red We had a few months of 5-6 games playable on PS4 (it was rare, I agree, but it happened). And generally it was 3-4 games playable on PS4. And a lot of these games were games I wouldn't have bought, but end up being fun or even great for some. (and I own a PS3 and Vita, so it was always good to get free games on those consoles too)

Also, I will wait for the official announcement regarding PS5 games on PS+, seeing how Microsoft is going the GamePass way, there's a good chance Sony decides to make "free" PS5 games available only for the premiums (be it PS Now or something new)... let's hope not...

@SkelitorVisari This

First, the people saying dont complain cause it's free: How is it free? It's not free, it's a compensation for gouging us to play online with friends. So yeah, please complain away.

Second, I have had PS Plus since Day 1, maybe some of you havent had it that long. Back when it first started the games WERE AAA EVERY MONTH. It was amazing, they put Bioshock Infinite as a "free" game out within months of its release. They also offered monthly themes, avatars, & short indie games. Once PS4 launched the quality in games nosedived from 90% amazing to 20% amazing, and the yearly price went up. The decent avatars, indie and themes vanished. They offered both Boderlands 1&2 previously and now we get Farming Simulator???

There is no shortage of amazing games that are not recent they could release, they just choose not to because they can.

Your paying $60+ tax just to play with your friends/strangers online, when a console as recent as PS3 didnt require it.

Everyone paying has a right to complain.

@Kidfunkadelic83 but whats the difference? We'd still have all 4 games and people would still moan

I own Cities Skylines already, and its a great game, with the exception that the DLC costs an arm and a leg. I think that they've included it in PS+ for that reason, same as I feel about The Sims 4 earlier. Get people the game free, then have them buy the add ons. That being said, you can still really enjoy it in vanilla mode.

I get to see why my father loves farming so much i guess.

I agree with the first poster. This we have gotten quite a number of AAA games:

Borderlands
Bioshock
Uncharted 1-4

We were due some indie games.

While I have no interest in these games personally it's hard for Sony to find games that not everyone already has and without breaking the bank to secure newer titles. I already have loads of games from ps plus that I do want to play in my backlog so I am not bothered if one month the games aren't to my taste

It's not just the game's budget or even the fact that they've gone niche. It's the fact they're chosen two niche titles from the same genre.

Enjoyed their selection last month and their Play at Home initiative was very well received; even if it seems they may have mitigated the cost of that gesture with May's games. Lulz.

It's a pretty pants selection. They may be decent games but two of a similar genre, which is pretty niche is going to leave folks unimpressed. Hoping psnow gets rolled into plus for next gen, I'd pay more for sonys catalogue Netflix style plus online. One of the single biggest things they could do to make up any gaps with teraflops. Also it's not self entitled to get disgruntled at these offerings given what your really paying for is often peer to peer online with sony closing servers early for some online games.

@themcnoisy They're very niche though. Anyone who wants Farming Simulator probably has it too. If one was a city builder, that's okay. Both isn't. If somebody might get into the genre, than one of them is enough given how niche it is. We don't need triple AAA game always, my favorite time for Plus was early for the PS4 when indie games were being given out. It's also the fact that we only get two measly games. If this was 2 out of 6 games no problem. There's something new to try out. If we had a neat indie game like Hands of Fate 2 to balance it out, I'd be more excited than usual.
And again, Farming Simulator. We have two offerings and they choose farming simulator.
But by only giving out only two games, Plus has just put itself in a bad spot frankly. Gone are the days of little gems being discovered through Plus.

@Acidpants only shoot small fast dogs, no sport in big slow dogs🦮

2 Sims are the only issue..otherwise both a damn decent games.

@Leon_93 No one wants to play these games. So, I mean, sure. Release unknown games. I'm cool with that. Just pick a genre that actually has fans. Barely anyone plays these types of games. If your into them, that's cool. I truly hope you enjoy them. But the reality is, most people simply aren't interested. They don't have to release an Uncharted level AAA game every month or anything, but you can't tell me there wasn't an older, lesser known action game or RPG they could have released in place of one of those two.

@Jaz007 Hope you are doing well mate. I agree with the little gems earlier this gen. It was great, I remember one month having 5 games for the PS4.

However I don't get the hate towards either of these games frankly. I also don't believe people prefer yet another long forgotten 3rd person action adventure or mediocre RPG. If Sony changes these games like they did with pro evo soccer I won't be happy, I will play both of these.

City Building or running a farm is both fun and educational. Ahhh wait now I understand why people don't like them, it's the fun isn't it?

Very happy myself as I've recently gotten back into simulators in a big way as side games and I have neither of these. Looking forward to Skylines the most for the Sim City 2000esque nostalgia, but always fancied giving the Farming Simulator series a try too and never pulled the trigger on any sales as I'd heard it was too realistic in its slowness 😉 Surprised at Sony for this selection though, as it will put many off as simulator is such a niche genre and most simulator fans go for PC versions where available. Haha, never a better time to learn how to grow crops and tend the land though! Also some sims are perfect for relaxation...I keep expecting Sony to pull a last minute change though, but I personally hope not.

The only reason I'm disappointed is because I already have both of these games so when I found out the games I was a little shocked and disappointed as I weren't getting anything

yawn. That's the only word that's appropriate for me personally .

it would have been interesting to see some statistics over how many of these psplus games get added to the library and what psplus games get played, and how long the psplus games get played.

lol The games are fine. Complain all you want, Sony does not care and you will still subscribe to PS Plus because you need it to play online. Haha.

I think you've entirely missed the point here mate. It had nothing to do with people expecting too much or 'AAA' games. The issue is the painful stupidity of PS plus releasing 2 games and making them BOTH simulator games in the same month (a niche market at the best of times).
If they released these 2 games over 2 months, giving another game of a different genre each time to cater for a wider range of players, then I doubt people would be that bothered... But as it is, they've wasted this month for many players.

It doesn't help that these games are hardly what consoles were designed for. If I wanted to play simulators I'd play them on my phone/tablet/laptop...

Tbh this month was insulting

There's honestly nothing to complain about, Play Station gives out hundreds of dollars worth of games every year, a couple indie sim games won't hurt in the collection. Not to mention these are very well received games, they aren't God of War but they are decent.

Tbh I've wanted to try both of these but never felt like dishing out the money, now I don't have to.

@Cornaboyzzz That's a good point. I wonder how much consideration Sony lends to their decisions to make the games available on PS+. I know if I had PlayStation Now, I would feel as though I was getting little value this month. Sure, if you drop Now or if the game is removed from the service, you'll still be able to play it with PS+. But, still, that's kind of a one-off scenario.

@MistressTonberry I almost feel as if they would just add a game to the lineup before they choose to replace one of them. If they do that, people would soon forget and continue to complain as they often do.

I look forward to trying City: Skylines. But I've also had similar thoughts in the past, and never played them. Too many games.

Hey! The leak was out but as predicted not true.
I think PlayStation SHOULD honour it. Due to it being someones @#!$*% up and us, the people who pay your wages, are left disappointed, let down but saw it coming. Not great guys....(Sorry! Just being honest!)

Hey! Well as expected the leak was bulls**t. Disappointing to say the least. I think PlayStation SHOULD honour it. We we, The Players, are loyal supporters and in a way, pay your wages. You should honour it as its not our fault someone dropped the ball. We are left disappointed but suspected it....Not great huh. Sorry just being honest...as a PlayStation fan for nearly 30plus years, it's pretty poor 😪

I personally am looking forward to these games. Something different to try.

This year has been excellent so far so we can't complain. I'd rather have these games than some indie crap.

Its a little reductive, kind of insulting, and massively generalising to pretend that people are always complaining about the PS Plus games. Most of the time people don't. Remember, we absolutely are paying for them, they are not free - without membership, you cannot use them even after downloading, ergo: not free. So if you are also paying for PS Now, then you are not getting anything out of one or other of the subscription you are paying. This is the issue. Never mind that they are both the same genre and the entirely subjective opinions of how good they are.
Out of 2565 total games, ~500 are on PS Now, and ~250 PS4 titles have been available through PS Plus. That's much less than half the total output of games, even accounting for previous subscription crossover games, that have been available. Is it inconceivable that they could choose at least one that isn't also available on PS Now? And is it really that unreasonable to suggest we would expect that as part of a service we pay for? There have been numerous months where one of the games has already been available of PS Now, but never before have both - and I've not felt the need to complain simply because that isn't to my taste before... I have never felt so entitled to. But both games being part of another subscription shows poor planning on PlayStation's behalf, and it seems that some of those being surly towards those of us who take an issue with it are merely doing so because they're okay, while blatantly disregarding the objectively unfavourable-to-the-consumer practices.
It's not being 'entitled', it's paying for a service and not getting it.

Both game are S**T but still better than the leak dark souls is trash ok for these sweaty no life's but I prefer games I can enjoy without losing all my progress in if you die.

@TheoriginalJet I don't understand how people can say games are "s**t" without even trying them and despite the fact that they got very good reviews.

What is this for may.were all stuck indoors are they taking the pixx out of us.
Plus what a real boaring solection unless you four years old or a farmer builder geek living in the basement of there mums house.
Come on PlayStation sort it out.

@Eran I have tried them and I dislike them its called a personal opinion if the play style is good but it's too unforgiving if you mess up and die which is what makes it s**t In my opinion.

@Leon_93 I agree with you and I might be in the minority but I'm really happy with both games as I love these games. Bought nearly both a couple of months back so glad now I saved money 😉

If 2020 was a PS Plus May 2020 Game line up...

The games themselves are not bad. I own City. But to give us both games in the same genre is just weird.

I'm disappointed, people really out here complaining about free games. They are free u should be grateful that psplus is even offering free games. They don't owe us anything. We should be happy with what we get.

@Netret0120 You forgot Dirt. 😆

I usually wouldn't complain about free games but during these current times, under lockdown I'd of liked a game that was a little bit more Spicy than this!

I had hopes on the rumours being true. I own and have finished Dark Souls, many times.. So I was hoping to play some Dying light to pass the time.

In the words of Kevin Sorbo in Hercules.. DISAPPOINTED!

That lineup is an absolute joke. They cloud pick way better games and I am not referring to God of War or HZD.....Dying Light would be pretty nice to add....or maybe a game like Subnautica...

@Leon_93 and all of y'all saying we shouldn't complain, I disagree with complaining to PlayStation about what they give away for free but we can dislike getting crappy games. I've played that city game before, PlayStation has already given either these games or earlier iterations away before and I didn't like either series whatsoever. They're not good games, and not something I'd pay for personally. That said, I don't pay for Plus for the games anyways right now. I've been playing online a lot, that's why I'm still paying for plus even if I don't like the games.

I'm not saving them to my library, I'm not playing these games again. They suck.

I'll give Cities a try but I am not sure about Farm Simulator.