Another month, another PS Plus games reveal. August's lineup was actually leaked days before the official announcement, by none other than Sony itself. As such, it feels like people have had additional time to moan and groan about what is, in all fairness, a pretty dull month. Well, at first glance, anyway.
So, just to recap, subscribers are getting access to Hunter's Arena: Legends on both PS5 and PS4, as well as Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborvllle and Tennis World Tour 2 on PS4. Again, it's quite easy to see why some people might complain. Being a new release, Hunter's Arena: Legends could actually be really good, but the fact it's of the battle royale genre will immediately raise a red flag for many.
Plants vs. Zombies, by all accounts, is a fun, well-made 'shooter' — but it's not the kind of game that's going to blow people away. And lastly, Tennis World Tour 2 is, well... Tennis. If you don't already like the sport, chances are that you probably won't be checking it out.
As always, though, we want to know what you think. Are you happy with your PS Plus games for August 2021? Vote in our polls, and then give us a very honest opinion in the comments section below.
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I will be the first to say. I am not happy at all!
Appalling month for sure. Two mediocre games and one that would have surely been free to play.
Usually when I'm unhappy, I can say that the selection isn't necessarily "bad," it's just not for me.
This time, it's just a terrible selection of games.
Wouldn’t mind a good tennis game, but haven’t played one of those since Everybody’s Tennis, and before that Smash court Tennis. I need a proper arcade game, not these games with terrible “realistic” controls that simply aren’t fun.
And I couldn’t care less about online multiplayer games.
Still, a rare poor month for ps plus, so I won’t complain as I’ve definitely received my money’s worth.
I will try the tennis game, but other than that...no. Still, it beats an episode or Qore.
https://blog.playstation.com/2008/06/03/introducing-qore-taking-you-behind-the-curtain-with-playstation/
I'm interested in Hunter's Arena but its steam score makes me a bit cautious.
This is the worst month in a long time. Usually their game selections are just ok but this time it's BAD. Thank goodness my subscription ended won't be renewing in the near feature.
And please don't recycle this trash to PS now.
I would be happier if I asked my wife what was for dinner and she told me hotdogs and then proceeded to eat a hotdog and vomit it up on my plate
Not happy at all. I'll just enjoy GwG offering this month (which is stellar for a change).
Pass few months have been great. Usually have at least one game i want to try. Nothing for me this time tho
Looking forward to Tennis World Tour 2, will be the first plus game I try straight away after a few months of adding straight to the library or already owning
Well those are pretty damning figures in the poll 😂
One of the worst months in recent history.
@nessisonett haha exactly! Never seen such negative poll results here.
Hunter's Arena seems cool, don't get all the hate tbh
I don’t understand people. Plants vs Zombies is a good game. I’m happy to have two games I haven’t played.
People bash Arena due to its name yet I thought the name Rocket League was horrible, yet I end up loving that game.
I guess everyone expected to get Ratchet and Clank or Returnal.
Sony, your customers have spoken and it’s a dreadful month. Please give us WRC9 for September
I would rather turd on a brick then eat it than play any of these games. Garbage month.
One persons perfect month of games will be another's worst. Can't please everyone.
One of the worst line up ever lol how sony expects us to get "excited" over these games is laughable
I think of this months options, and as bad as they are, I just remember back to when they gave us hzd complete edition for free.
I guess they have to throw a bad month every now and then. Games are expensive people! And Sony is no Microsoft.
Only game I will add to my library........... The Tennis game, not played a tennis game on PlayStation since PS3
@kingbreww I personally think the selection sucks, but ok. Also, this isn't the place to discuss our fetishes.
Not sure why the hatred for this month's games. They're meh for me personally, but that's mostly because I'd prefer an arcade tennis game, rather than a realistic, complicated sim (although I'd still try it) and I'm not a big fan of Battle Royale games. PvZ I bought for my kids when it came out, and they've been playing it and loving it ever since, and from what I've been watching of them, it's a fun game. So while this month it's a meh for me, I appreciate that it's just not my cup of tea, as opposed to being crap titles.
Horrible month.thats a fact black.word up son
After this months nonsense September better have at least two bangers!
very happy lately getting so many games I do not own with PS+
@OmegaStriver this site loves to moan so whatever they are whining will follow I'm afraid.
@Jayofmaya cool story bro, needs more dragons and sh it
Sports games are already niche, but Tennis?! That's next level niche.
I can see PvZ being good for those with young kids though so I'll cut that choice some slack.
I've not got a PS5 yet as I can't get one so hunters is out for me.the other 2 are OK but everybody moaning pisses me off as for what u pay for a years ps plus your getting quality games but eery now and again there's going to be a crap month so stop whining and just look forward to next month
@Rocky1972 @David187 @OmegaStriver there's really nothing wrong with disliking these titles.
Also, it's not all about financial cost. There's some anticipation related excitement associated with each month's announced "freebies." Naturally, people are going to feel let down when it's revealed to be a trash month because regardless of who you are, no one is looking forward to a trash month.
Or to put it another way, I think everyone understands not ever month will be stellar, but it's still a slight let down when it's not.
Also you people have really got to stop taking criticisms of Sony/PlayStation so personally.
@Rocky1972 All games available on PS4.
I am hoping Sony is planning something big for September after this crappy month.
I'm mostly happy, played PvZ while I had EA access, remember quite enjoying it, so will be happy to give it another go.
@Rocky1972 There’s no reason for the month to be so bad. I paid money for this. Also, I’m still unhappy about 3 games. It was better with the selection, almost never this bad, when we got 6 games every month.
One bad month and everyone's crying lol, you expect blockbusters every month?
Yeah... the only way it could have been worse is if there were no games. But I’m still wondering if that might have been better 🤣
It's so bad, I cancelled my PS+ subscription so I could choose the bottom option on these polls!
Big disappointment the last couple of months have been the same ps plus as gone down hill
I'm not happy with them, I'm also not complaining about them. A couple times a year I get a game that I wouldnt have bought otherwise and I might actually play, that and the online features are why I pay for plus. So a bad month now and then doesnt keep me awake at night
Yes but that's probably because I don't sub to Plus any more 😄
Sublime line up end of story.
Who chose these, Nintendo? Pretty bad compared to the last several months.
@Flurpsel agreed! Actually looking forward to Tennis, something me and my mates can have a bash on. If we like it, great. If not, none of us have paid anything extra for it. Then we go again next month. Until then we stick to our tried and tested games that we did buy.
Looking forward to the tennis game but that's it. Could be the first time I switch over to PS NOW for the month.
@gollumb82 lol, no it not! Huge Xbox fan here but aug games with gold is utter tripe this month too.
@gollumb82 LOL no it's not.
@zupertramp is not personal just pointing out people whine & moan on this site free to call it how I see it too.
Isn't it time that PS Now PS+ were made into one subscription?
With these games I am only using PS+ for multilayer.
Nothing for me really this month, but it's fine. I've had at least one Plus game for the last few months I liked so I was due a month in not too interested in. That said I actually do like tennis so I might give that one a go at some point.
Pretty poor month...theres usually something that i'll try out but this month sucks..
Can we have an option for "Beep boop I have no emotional response to this months selection. Beep.
Absolute garbage month, that is beyond doubt. That said I feel if there's 3-4 good PS+ games I like in a year the subscription has paid for itself, which has already happened for me.
@gollumb82 So what is on your plate this month with GwG?
Hopefully not hot dogs.
Will my comment be removed again if I call everyone entitled cry babies?
Hopefully Sony is in the midst of restructuring the entire online services package (PS+, PSNow, Anime) to offer gamers a competitive online subscription service. As of now, it just feels like the end days for this current PS online subscription model.
@DrJames I'm really surprised Sony has not done it yet to curtail gamepass. Needs to hopefully happen soon or they are going to lose completely when it comes to any type of competitive service.
Forgot to put. I haven't played them yet so I don't know if I'll like them as an option.
I've been wanting to check out Hunter's Arena: Legends, though... Aren't Battle Royale games normally free anyway even without being on PS+?
The other two I don't have any interest in myself but it's not like they're low-budget/terrible games. I don't any already so I guess there's that too lol.
Games with Gold is the better selection this month.
@Jaz007 yeah we got 6 games when the ps3 was active but no more.£50 a year seems fair to me and I expect couple of bad months as Sony can't please everyone
@Big_Hat_Logan it has already happened for me and then some.sony can't please everyone every month.yes this month is bad but I feel Sony have really knocked it out of the park this year.
We are now back to the old Sony and their crap games. They looked like there were actually trying for a bit, but it's clear now they don't want to actually spend any real money on titles for plus right now. I can think of so many more games that wouldn't have cost relatively much and given gamers something ok to play. Hopefully they are budgeting for a massive game next month, but this is Sony, the company who extends a middle finger to gamers regularly so I won't be holding my breath.
@David187 yeah they do.sony can't please everyone every month.yes this month is bad'ish but I feel Sony have really knocked it out of the park this year
@Jacko11 yeah I have noticed that they seem to remove negative comments. Weird hand holding going on...
I don't think people give plants vs zombies enough credit but yeah, apart from that I don't see much value here.
Tbh I'd prefer they start tossing us some indies again if the quality is going to dip this low.
Hunting Tennis Plants sounds fun.
@gamiller1978 I read that hunters was only ps5 but thanks for the tip
@Jacko11 If you do it without saying anything constructive besides that, yeah probably. Saying something without any reasoning behind it makes it sound like you're just looking to flame people.
A resounding crap/don't care vote as predicted
No, one of the worse PS Plus months in history.
Complete trash and the worst month I’ve seen.
I'll play the tennis game, but It won't be anywhere near as good as virtua tennis.
Shame.
Not really, but it's an off month in what has been a fairly good series of months for a while now. I'll still play Tennis World Tour 2 at some point since it's been a while since I've played a good tennis game.
Also, I still haven't played A Plague Tale Innocence from last month, so it's not like I'm hurting for things to play either.
@Amusei Who’s crying? They asked for opinions and we’re giving it.
Quite happy with these as not normally things I would choose. Quite often I already have the games so it's nice to have a few games to try.
Not usually an arena player but looking forward to giving Hunters a spin.
If we have to have a tennis game at least release it just before, or during, the French Open and Wimbledon. Ppl might see the tennis on the TV and fancy a game - in their house! Don't give us a tennis game in the middle of the Olympics and just before the football season starts FFS! No one's interested. I love a good tennis game, I just can't remember the last time I played one. It definitely wasn't on the PS4! PvZ is garbage. The other game I've no interest in. So, yeah, a complete pile of poo this month.
Not too bothered . Ps+is for online . Free games is a bonus. Plus I have loads of backlog. I'm very just reaching the end of trails of cold steel 4 and got smt3 to play plus new samurai warriors
i'm at least going to try out the tennis game , normally they are pretty fun to play.
Wow, some strong responses in here. Obviously I agree the selection is no where near as good as recent months — which have been really strong for a while now to be fair — but I think some of the comments are a bit harsh.
I understand the poll is asking for your opinion, but anyone would think you're being kicked in the shin.
So many games to play right now what this isn’t even a bother at all. Still deep into ESO, still playing R&C, just bought Miles Morales, and me and my buds have fun playing Avengers and Red Dead 2 Online. There’s just so much more out there than the monthly PS+ games.
@get2sammyb can’t please entice sammy. The chance that all 3 of these games excite anyone is slim to none. I’m betting some love the Tennis game and others love Hunters. Kind of odd to see people go nuts over this every month.
In the past year, no PS Plus pull has had more than 43% rate it crap (October 2020, Vampyr & Need for Speed Payback).
The negative rating this month blows that out of the water.
@ATaco i’ve said it multiple times since the leak with explanation and all get removed. Yet its entirely true statements being made
Absolute trash month. Might be the worst in PS Plus history!
@nessisonett Oh my gosh, really though. I don't know if I've seen a poll this negative on Pushsquare... freak, I don't know, ever?
I love playing tennis video games and almost bought this game so I’m very happy!
Not happy or sad it just a nothing month for me. Still going to ad them to my library even with no intent to play them ever, but ya never know. I never have expected every month of PS+ to have something I want. Over all I still love all the good to great game I have gotten over the last 8 years as a member.
@Saucymonk
Come on, man. You can't tell me Darksiders 3, Yooka Laylee, Lost Planet 3 and Garou aren't leagues better than what PS+ has for August.
@Dr-M
Nah. I'll gladly try Darksiders 3 as I've never played it. My daughter will love Yooka Laylee for sure and I might revisit Lost Planet 3 some day (played it on PC a while back and really liked it). Garou is one of the best Neo Geo fighting games, too. So that's way better than PS+, end of story.
Like most here I think this is the worst month I've seen in recent memory, is not that big of deal but yeah it's wall to wall trash.
@B_Lindz you should have read the comments about the harry potter game before push square rightfully took it down..
My kid loves PvZ so yeah, I'm mostly happy
Nah, not really but they've done pretty decent this year thus far with PS Plus games so i'll cut them some slack. Not every month is going to be fire.
Very bad month but in general, PSplus is a good service so cant complain too much.
Ps+ should put on one game for kids and one sensible game for adults
Like I said before, completely indifferent for once - I don't subscribe to the local buzz that tries to denigrate the games themselves (even though I'm not really into battle royales either), but they're still two games I can access much more conveniently elsewhere and one game I can't access at all. Still adding them to library, though, because why wouldn't I?
I am so glad that I only pay around $40 USD for PS Plus, because more often than not I find the games to not be of my taste. I mean, I'll try them out at least, put an hour in, and just not be interested. This month though... Just no.
It’s pretty bad. There’s typically at least one game I like most months, so Sony gets this off-month as a pass from me.
No.
They're crap.
About on the same level u get every mouth the xbox live ! But them are opinion's !
Nope, I think it's a garbage month. I can't honestly say I'm annoyed because I have enough to play as it is, but I'd still rather get games I might actually want to play at some point than these. I don't play multiplayer online really, and not in to sports games, so a bit of a disappointing collection this month.
As an Xbox Gold subscriber, I'm used to being subjected to this kind of abuse.
Kinda funny that while Plus has its worth month maybe ever, Gold has its first good month in like 2 years.
When they don't have anything to offer they should just hand out a fee month of Now or something. It's certainly better than this.
@Jaz007 It was definitely way worse on average when they gave out 6 games. Nearly all ps plus months were bad until about 2018
Fighting battle royal sounds pretty cool as I'm a big apex player and love fighting games
@ViolentEntity I actually Platinumed the firs PvZ GW. The others I have but never invested that much time, but they are great games!
Bad month but I will prob claim Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.
Excuse my language but august ps plus games are a load of ***** 😣😣
I don't know how many people agree with me but the playstation plis games are getting worse.
@James_42 PS Plus was much better when the PS4 launched.
Those were some good months back then.
PlayStation are just taking the games from PlayStation now these pass few months are from PlayStation now, at least xbox has throw backs in there games every month, PlayStation plus games are just ***** tbh
Trash games for a trash a month . I hate August so this was expected .
To all the "people" complaining this is what you sound like.
"Oh no I'm getting free games but my small brain can't appreciate them"
Sony don't have to give you free games, you are paying for access to their network, the games are a bonus so get over it you entitled pieces of excrement.
Shocking selection an to think we pay 50 pound a year for a subscription to be given crap games time sn time again don't think il be renewing my subscription what's the point
Nothing in it for me this month. I may have a go at PvsZ, but I doubt that will be for more than an hour or so. It doesn't bother me though. I got a year of PS+ reduced to about £35, and to be honest I would not have been upset it I had spent £35 just on PS5 version of A Plague Tale. I can forgive a few bad months quite easily.
@gollumb82 all games you mention are crap.
@Saucymonk
Then we agree to disagree 👍
Think we've been spoiled the last couple of months. As always, will add to the library just because I can, but not sure whether any will get touched. Maybe the Tennis game at a push.
@thefourfoldroot
Yup, I'm a huge fan of tennis and miss the days when we were spoiled for choice. Would love to see Sega return with a proper Virtua Tennis entry, it was a great the series. The one on Vita is still extremely fun to this day and better than any more recent tennis games.
@Jaz007 I've had a ps4 since January 2014, so I've gotten every ps plus month except for the first 2. The first few months were ok but still way worse than what we usually get nowadays
Not a great month, but 2021 has been a pretty good year for PS Plus games so far.
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