Subscription service PlayStation Now has reloaded with three new titles today: Nioh, Jump Force, and Streets of Rage 4. As was the case with Marvel’s Avengers last month, Koei Tecmo’s samurai slasher will be the PS4 version and not the recently released PS5 remaster. It seems it’ll be a permanent addition, while Jump Force will leave on 2nd August and Streets of Rage 4 will depart on 1st November.
The good news is that these are mostly decent games: “Nioh is about as approachable as a game of this ilk can be, and while that may offend the hardcore sensibilities of some Souls fans, it's a title that will likely appeal to many players who want a gameplay challenge but are turned off by the obtuse nature of Dark Souls' storytelling and the murky explanations of its mechanics,” we wrote in our 8/10 Nioh PS4 review.
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We had similarly positive things to say in our 7/10 Streets of Rage 4 PS4 review: “Streets of Rage 4 makes a valiant attempt to drag the old-school franchise into the modern age. We've ended up with a beautiful beat-'em-up that's perhaps a little too loyal to the original games, but is ultimately a blast to play, especially with others. The appeal might wear off after a little while due to repetitive gameplay, but it's a huge amount of fun while it lasts.”
Unfortunately, our 5/10 Jump Force PS4 review wasn’t quite as glowing: “Jump Force can be fun with friends when you're just looking for a quick and easy scrap, but as a celebration of all things Jump, it's a borderline embarrassment. Thanks to a truly egregious art style and comically bad story presentation, this is an accessible and often fun crossover brawler let down by its disappointingly shoddy packaging.”
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Already played Nioh and it was great but might jump back into Streets of Rage 4 with my brother! Loved it on PC but it’ll be better on the TV.
That’s a solid month for me personally if only for Streets of Rage 4.
Gonna play with my 9-year-old and tell him all about my adventures on the previous games as a child on the Mega Drive. It will no doubt lead to me driving the family crazy with SoR2 music in the car for the next month. Haha
I still can't believe that Sony only give us 3 games per month on PS Now. Meanwhile Microsoft put like what, 10 - 15 game a month on Game Pass.
@Snake_V5 I wish more indies came on PS Now. I play a lot through Game Pass and have bought plenty outright afterwards.
@nessisonett Microsoft announced 9 Games coming to Game Pass earlier today. And that's in one announcement.
@nessisonett I want to play Rain on your parade still.
@Snake_V5
To be fair, it’s almost a third the price.
😴😴😴 Ps Now still sucks. TES IV Oblivion doesn't even have the Shivering Isles expansion. And barely any Ps2 games on there. Microsoft leagues ahead on that front.
Wow Jump Force one of if not the worst games ever made....
Sega genesis streets of rage is iconic i l💛ve those games back in the 1990s.and streets of rage 4 was and dtill is amazing.and nioh is another amazing.best souls like games ever.word up son
@Amusei to be fair Microsofts whole gaming divison revolves around Gamepass its plastered everywhere, PS Now get little to no advertising in comparison. Gamepass should be doing better.
@Shigurui
I’m sure there may be $1 deals and workarounds to those in the know. MS don’t expect people to know about and take advantage of loopholes en masse, obviously. If a significant number of people did what you suggest MS would close the option real fast.
When looking at the advertised and generally sold for price what I said is correct.
To be fair, PS Now isn’t even worth 1/3 of the price IMO.
Jump Force, one the worst crossovers games I’ve ever played. And this coming from a huge Jump fan. Can’t go wrong with SOR4 though.
Excellent, that means Streets of Rage 4 should hit PS Plus in about five weeks
Some decent games there but maybe adding a couple more games could help too. They don't seem to be competing with Gamepass, who seem to saturate their service with many games a month, which I don't feel works well.
@nessisonett How are you almost always the first commentor? It's like you are paid to comment as fast as possible lol
@ILikeStake I dunno. Looking at the article I commented 12 minutes after it was published so most likely other people just have better things to do than me.
I can go for some Jump Force. I caught it at the last week on Gamepass and I had fun with it for about 2 matches...Can't wait to try with characters I know better looks at Jotaro
@nessisonett Maybe everyone just waits for you to comment before we start commenting. Trip on that little pill sir
Now that's more like it.
I'll definitely play Nioh, the game's always looked great to me. And while I'm aware it's a poor game, I'll at least try out Jump Force for a bit just to use some of my favorite characters.
Disappointed this month
There are deals to be had for PS Now too, so it is not like you can only get Gamepass on the cheap. My current sub cost 30 quid for the year.
In terms of this months games, pretty tidy selection. Nioh most people rave about and I've been wanting to give SoR4 a go for ages now. Never heard of that Jump Force game before but may give it a go at some point.
I almost bought Jump Force, but wasn't sure if I'd like it. Now I get to try it first!
@Shigurui
Didn’t realise that. Haven’t had an Xbox since 360, but it doesn’t change the fact that the price for Gamepass is what it is. They seem to want to subsidise people’s initial transition from Xbox Gold, but likely know that most will just convert what they have rather than stacking multiple years worth of Gold first.
Temporary deals for on boarding customers can’t be termed the actual price, they are time limited deals, just like getting the first month for $1 is too.
@The_New_Butler
Yes, exactly this.
@Total_Weirdo
Yes, I had it for a year too and it was fantastic, but after this the list of games I wanted to play dropped to one or two a month so I let it lapse. I’ll likely sub again at some point, but am clearing my backlog of games first to let the catalogue populate again.
It's a shame PS Now doesn't give you PS5 versions because Nioh Remastered is incredible. Loving the 120Hz mode.
Personally wish Sony put more effort into adding games from PS3, PS2 and even PS1 era on PS now since they lack backwards compatibility.
@AndyKazama for nioh 1 even the retail version doesn't give you the ps5 version, it would be super weird if psnow actually was the ps4 AND the ps5 version
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