Poll: What Free PS4 Games Are You Most Excited to Play?

All of them.

Subnautica because it has 2 stacks so can get 2 platinums.

There are only 3 I don't already own! Lol

Out of that list, I had to go Horizon complete edition, Enter the Gungeon, and Subnautica as games I either haven’t tried or completed yet.

Assuming PSVR 2 is backwards compatible though, then it will probably be Moss, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, and Rez Infinite in the future.

ABZU
Subnautica
Moss

I voted for Subnautica, but I really want to play The Witness as well. Enter the Gungeon has been recommended to me a lot by a certain friend and Thumper is a game I started but never finished on a different system, so I'll definitely take this chance to do so on PS4.

Horizon Zero Dawn is neat too, but I already had that ready to go on PS Now. As for the rest, I don't know much about them, but I'll at least check them out for sure.

So yeah, this initiative is looking like a huge win to me.

EDIT: Oh, and I already 100%'d ABZU. It was one of the first things I played after buying the system, actually.

@DeepSpace5D
I think it's very unlikely PSVR 2 will be backwards compatible because they would have to somehow emulate the old tracking system through the new one which utilizes a very different method and tech. The games are still playable on PS5, but you'll need to continue using PSVR 1 to play them. I imagine we'll see a few of the more popular titles get native ports for PS5/PSVR 2, however.

Subnautica looks amazing. Gonna give that one a go

@xDD90x You make a good point. Admittedly I don’t know much about VR-tech. Would it be possible to do something like release a future patch for a PSVR 1 game that allows it to be tracked in the same way that PSVR 2 uses tracking?

I picked the only 3 I don't already own but Moss really has me excited!

I'm excited to play Astrobot... when I get that new VR set in a year or so

I may or may not try Thumper, but, of those games, the only ones I've not tried that I want to are the PSVR games because, y'know, I don't have a PSVR.

It would be Astro bot if I hadn’t already experienced that masterpiece. So I voted Paper Beast and Rez Infinite, plus Enter the Gungeon

@DeepSpace5D I don't think so because PS5's backwards compatibility seems very limited.

Developers have explained that PS4 versions of games can't utilize PS5 hardware, e.g. Rocket League can't run above 60fps via back compat even though PS5 supports up to 120hz. The games aren't "aware" that they're running on different hardware. The games that have received patches with enhancements simply allow for unlocked frame rate or dynamic resolution scaling, so they're basically unleashed due to the overhead of extra compute power.

Contrast this with Xbox's back compat solution which does allow for old games to be patched so they can utilize new hardware (software is in Microsoft's DNA while hardware is in Sony's, so we see this reflected in their strengths and weaknesses respectively).

So I can't say 100% for sure, but I doubt PS4 games could be patched to enable the use of PSVR 2, unfortunately.

The Witness I imagine, might stick some Roots Manuva on the CD player while it installs

Horizon zero dawn. Looking forward to the dlc, as well

I do like rhythm games, so Thumper. Enter the Gungeon also looks fun, and maybe Subnautica too.

Rez Infinite, Subnautica and Enter the Gungeon because everyone recommends this game

It’s cool that they did this but none of these games appeal to me besides Horizon which I have a platinum on.

Horizon zero dawn complete edition.word up son

Abzu, Enter the Gungeon, and Subnautica. So glad I never bought any of them throughout the years when I considered it.

I already have HZD and Moss. I'm looking forward to Astrobot and my son wants to try Thumper.

To be honest I don't understand this hype. I am glad they are giving games for free but they are mediocre at best (March games). I will try Witness but only because it had amazing reviews. Went through reviews of all games multiple times and tried to choose another game to try but didn't like anything. Not even for trying.

HZD is amazing to be for free but I already own that game and finished it 2 months ago.

What excites me more is waiting for "free" PS+ games for next/future months.

Enter the Gungeon has been out for how many years and I never played it. So this is a pretty good excuse to give it a try.

Also looking forward to giving the DLC to Horizon a shot.

Subnautica is the one I voted for, but also have interest in ABZU and Moss. The others just don't do much for me or require a system I can't buy yet. HZD I've already played to death.

Been thinking about getting Rez Infinite when it goes on sale again, so pretty happy to get it for free. It will give me nostalgia of owning one of the rare copies of the original Rez on PS2.
I didn’t bother buying HZD because I thought I would never get to it before the sequel comes out, but always happy to add to the backlog if its free.

HZD was the first game I bought for PS4, so Subnautica is my next runner-up. I've heard so much praise for it.

And then ABZU and the Witness for some chillout time.

Having finished Horizon and not having VR set, only Subnautica seems remotely interesting, at least for a couple of hours. I was quite happy with Ratchet and Clank though.

Subnautica mostly but also Abzu and The Witness at some point.

@Wavey84 I've never been one to have a problem with 30fps except when on transport with a portable system, but to me it still looked amazing when playing through HZD and the expansion.

Already got horizon on disk but be nice to own it digitally aswell

I already own all of the ones I've had any interest in playing so not too excited but a solid list nonetheless.

Be nice to have a digital copy of HZD, as mentioned above.

@DeepSpace5D of course it would ,after all the pc vr of the same games run off different tech, its whether they could be bothered doing it,anyway I'd wait to see what Sony have to say before listening to some dude off the Internet 😁

@xDD90x Erm... dude... Xbox doesn't even have a VR set. That is not a good comparison at all.
All ps4 games work on ps5 with a rare list of 10 that don't and many have been patched for enhancements. It's up to developers to "unlock" the enhancements though. I don't think it's massively different from what Xbox offers.
These games will work with psvr on ps5. We obviously don't know if they will work with psvr2 yet, but it's not out of the question.

Good to see ABZU on the list. Been looking at that one forever but never took the plunge. Will give subnautica a try too but i own the rest/no interest /dont own a VR

Well, probably not the VR titles for lack of hardware.😅 I already own some that are left, others are on my Switch wishlist... that leaves Paper Beast, I suppose? Depending, yet again, on how well it controls.

Subnautica and ABZU.

A word of warning to anyone who can suffer motion sickness The Witness is one of the worst titles for triggering it. The anti-sickness patch didn't really help either.

For me it is Abzu, Subnautica and Rez. As it is the year of the back log I am hoping to jump in and enjoy these as they are quite regularly referred to in articles/podcasts etc.
For those who have yet to try them Moss and Astro are essential VR games, Astrobot is still my favourite and you will not be disappointed.

None of them but that's only because I have the ones I want already. The picks of the bunch for me would be Horizon Zero Dawn, Astro Bot and Rez

@Mostik Rez is one of the best games I've played and I've been enjoying it since the Dreamcast days

@xDD90x Too translate we dont want too do any work and get good press anyway.

@Wavey84 It played perfect on a 30 FPS i loved it every second i played it more then 100 hours never had a second of motionsickness or any idea a unplayable game. It has a rocksolid FPS on PS4, fun gameplay and a fantastic story and it looks phenomenal on the base PS4.

@Wavey84 Coming to think of it I played my copy of CTR (30fps) in my Switch that I bought to a friends and he had some sort of new curved tv. It literally ran so far behind on button inputs and looked horrible, maybe it needed some sort of game mode on or refresh rate fix but I think it still would have been trash haha

Rez Infinite, if I had a PSVR Astro Bot would also be one I'd look forward to.

None of those as I already own the ones I care about, and the rest I obviously don't care about.

That being said, I chose Abzu, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Subnautica. I would have chose the Witness, but I found it to be boring AF. A disappointment for sure as I love puzzle games.

Everyone I meet won't stop singing Rez's praises so it's a great way to see it for myself. I love Abzu so I'm looking forward to Subnautica. I'd download Horizon Zero Dawn but I have it on disc and when I entered the code to get the free theme, it somehow unlocked the digital version of the game as well.

@Nem I think you completely misunderstood my comment.
I was responding to a question about updating PS4 games to utilize PSVR 2, i.e. PS5 hardware. So I extrapolated from what developers have stated about PS5's back compat implementation and its limitations that updating PS4 software to utilize hardware designed specifically for PS5 is not currently possible. I mentioned Xbox incidentally to show that this is possible on that device. The two implementations are indeed very different. Check out NX Gamer on youtube; he has done in depth analysis on this topic.

I did state that PS4 games work with PSVR on PS5, which is simply a fact. And as I acknowledged, it's not out of the question that PSVR 2 will be compatible with games designed for the original, but I am pretty confident it won't be. If I end up being wrong, I'll be sure to come back and admit it here.

@Milktastrophe how does this work?

@Mhoney download the Japanese version with a Japanese account and download the world-wide version with a non-Japan account. Play both.

Does anyone know if you can download the VR games if you don't have the PSVR gear but are planning on getting the PS5 VR gear when it comes out?