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I really enjoyed Syndicate, it's the only original style Creed I feel like playing through again, even if i did enjoy a bunch from before that. Must be the setting. I love the cRPGeed games though. Yeah that's probably not a word that will catch on.

I never got around to buying Dying light 2, I knew it was going to be a better game than the first one, but as I just couldn't get into the first one after trying it a second time years later, I was hesitant to buy 2. So yay me haha.

I liked Blood Omen 2 back in the day, but it was definitely a weaker Kain title, so I can't imagine it has held up well at all but still neat to take that trip down forgotten PS2 memory lane.

I've not played a Digimon game since PS1 days so will give it a go.

Overall a stronger month for me personally than the previous month.

@Dom_31 honestly, I don't think it's a good starting point, especially given it's a paintover of old an older game, it really shows in the game design. It's by no means a bad game, I just couldn't get into it and I LOVE feudal Japan themes AND Yakuza games..

I'd be interested in playing 7 out of 17 of these titles, so that's pretty good, it was about 4 titles last month that I played.

I didn't notice it but apologies if someone did mention this, but an untrackable statistic would be the number of physical games sold as second hand goods such as in cex. Given this is a statistic of how many people use their disc drives for games, I think it's an important thing to consider. Around 80% of the physical games I buy are pre-owned.

I agree about the other points people made about how digital sales are counted and how not everyone will solely buy one or the other. I buy loads of indie games digitally.

My second favourite Tales game, first being Vesperia and third being Xillia 1. A welcome remaster and appreciate the quality of life additions.

Ghostwire was a 6/10 for me too, didn't bother finishing it physically, not going to give it a second chance.

The death note game doesn't interest me in the slightest.

So that leaves Hot Wheels. I like arcade racers so I will give it a go, that's the only thing of any interest to me here, 1 is better than none right!

@Czar_Khastik Haha love your comment bud

@CielloArc Gaiden is the only DD game I actually like! Me and my wife have played a lot of side scrolling beat em ups so we're cautiously interested in this new one.

I love the introduction of a map and all that, I wouldn't have the patience I had back then to get lost a lot.

I haven't seen anyone mention it but my god I forgot how awesome the music was in those games. It has it's own feel and vibe.

Me and my wife enjoyed A Way Out, but didn't really like It Takes Two. So I'm hoping the style of game is closer to the first one.

I took most of the tabs off, the controller icon and storage space is good so I kept them on, but as a single player person I turned off friends and stuff.

Funnily enough I picked up Dishonored 2 on PS4 in a charity shop last month for £1.50. played it before but sold it when it was still worth selling.

I've been playing Star Ocean Second Story R, followed a guide to fast level because back on PS1 it was too hard.. but now there's this easy mode I've made it a breeze lol, oh well I'm still having fun.

Dead Island 2 (Already played before)
Two Point Campus (Meh)
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (Meh)
GRIS (what's this again lol)
Return to Monkey Island (got it physically)
Ghostbusters: Spirit Unleashed (Meh)
Firefighting Simulator: The Squad (Meh)
Overpass 2 (Hmm maybe I'll like it)
Tour de France 2023 (Meh)
Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Played, don't like it)
Dino Crisis (Will play for probably 5 mins lol)
Siren (I hated this game's mechanics)
R-Type Dimensions EX (Think i played it before, will try again)

So yeah, pretty underwhelming month for me.

@MrRhysReviews I played the sequel but I think it felt a bit underwhelming, perhaps it was just more of the same with nothing new about it. I can't really remember!

I'm by no means a horror fan but I'm glad I played the first 2 silent hill games just to have experienced them. I wouldn't mind playing the remake but I can happily wait a long time, like 2 years down the line when it's cheap/on a subscription.

What I'd really like, is a remake of The Suffering.

I've been very tempted but wary of buying Pathologic 2. It intrigues me but I don't know if I'd struggle to play it or not. Perhaps with a third game on the way we might see the second game put in a playstation plus library nearer release?

It's amusing that some people felt Broken Sword Reforged's initial price was too much, but this game absolutely takes the biscuit with it's price being double the amount. Oof. I enjoyed completing the original but in all this time never feltinclined to go back to it, so this remake is a hard pass for me for that reason alone, regardless of future discounts.

With those saying a review score shouldn't reflect it's price because it will ultimately become cheaper, rendering the review score outdated - doesn't the same ring true for games that receive major updates or had huge bugs squashed? Star Wars Outlaws will probably require brand new reviews by next year, for instance.

PS - I just realised I'm usually seeing votes when it's been posted for a while longer, so who can be sure it won't change..

Usually for me the votes are far more negative than my own for Plus games, but I'm more negative than most here! To be fair, I've already played the Dead space remake, else I'd be saying it's a good month. Wwe games haven't interested me since the PS2 Yukes days and as for Doki, I can't stand visual novels.

@BowTiesAreCool The original magazine called Play was from a different publisher, I was surprised they used to same name tbh.

Doki Doki might be the first time ever I don't "add to library" for a monthly plus sub game. I just can't see myself even slightly enjoying it, looks like some visual novel game with little actual gameplay, which is fair enough if anyone enjoys those, just not for me, i like actual gameplay in my games lol 😛

I would imagine the other player/s only control a character during battle and just watch player one roam around the levels? If so, my partner would pass on that, and I would be the same. Cool for those who don't mind not doing anything and watching though.

@Major_Player Yeah, I am pretty sure they did the same thing for the Wii Fit. At the time of its release, I ran a videogame shop and I was so tired of repeatedly answering the same questions to every other customer that we don't have any in stock and we don't know when we'll have more stock, that I wrote it down on card and cellotaped it to the counter.

I forgot this game existed, and I owned it for a while. So that's the impact it had on me. Always pleased to see games stuck on PS3 generation get ported over though.

@AstraeaV Fair point about Defiance but Blood Omen would require a different kind of graphical upgrade, and maybe the development team aren't good 2D artists, or it requires a lot more work.

While I'd prefer remakes, remasters are better than nothing, at least I can play these games easily again with some spruced up visuals. One good thing about a remaster is that a remake would likely have new actors voice the lines, and I can't imagine it without Michael Bell, Simon Templeman and Tony Jay.

@DrVenture69 Same, although I have stopped trying to collect everything on the maps and go through the story now, I'd like to move on to another game soon! As great as Rebirth is.

@Netret0120 yeah it's made me wanna download them again and get those plats

@dskatter yeah like my £3.99 game on consoles has been more successful.. heck, one of those awful stroke an animal shovelware games have probably had more "success" haha

@sanderev Given that I don't think Revolution have done DLC for any game in their entire existence, I wouldn't hold your breath.

@johncalmc Aye! I do not need to see the trailer, the title of the game has sold me already.

That it's not turn based is even better! I don't mind turn based combat but in a Like a Dragon game I want the hands on approach!

@johncalmc Awesome! And thanks for playing! I did another game after that, a comedy detective game, but it's only on PC - Detective Boiled-Hard.

If anyone has played my game Trails and Traces on PSN (or xbox, switch), this game was a huge inspiration. (I was never going to come close to it's brilliance, of course.)

@Ward_ting I wish Curse of monkey island would get the same treatment as Broken Sword! Shame Revolution can't buy that ip and source code etc and give it the same treatment!

If you want to experience the original work of art as intended, don't play this version, it's messing with the original art by making it look nicer. Like really? The voice actor is different too, more "censorship" oh no!

If i was to remake Only Fools and Horses, the old TV show, I would remove all the racist words used in the earlier seasons. Times move on, so should we.

This review is pretty much exactly what I expect I'll feel about it, so that's good.

@playstation1995 if i finish a game on the subscription and there's a physical version and I think I'd like to replay that game again, there's a high chance I'll buy the physical game at some point. Even that new game the Plucky Squire, if I absolutely love it then I'll buy the game.

I shall be downloading them again then!

8/10, I've also never gotten that high a score. I didn't play that Tales game for very long so couldn't remember his name. I also got the Space Marine one wrong.

Oooh thanks for mentioning this Sammy! I saw the name and thought it was a different game, which I just looked up - Sky Odyssey.

This sounds a LOT more interesting. Just when I think I've heard of most PS2 games!

@zhoont Yeah true, another good example would be the Yakuza/Lost Judgment games. Going back to the first Yakuza on PS2 and hearing it with English actors speaking is just so bizarre, even if I did originally play it back then, I've gotten used to the Japanese and it's just more authentic that way.

The Plucky Squire - Awesome!!
Under the Waves - Damn i bought this a couple of months ago and it was boring.
Night in the Woods - played on gamepass. It's okay.
Chernobylite - Damn again, about 2 months ago I bought this, and I really wanted to like it but I really didn't.
Wild Card Football - the heck is this
Space Engineers - intriguing.
Road 96 - i may have played this on gamepass? Was decent.
Ben 10 - One for the kids, I guess.
Far Cry 5 - Meh.
Pistol Whip - Good game, already own it.
Secret Agent Clank - I don't seem to enjoy these old psp platformers even as someone who likes ratchet games.
Sky Gunner - Forgot this existed. Doesn't really interest me. Never did.
Mister Mosquito - Blimey, I loved this on PS2! I can't imagine it's aged well. Needs a remastering.

@zhoont I changed the language from English just because I couldn't stand the main protagonist's voice, didn't seem like a good fit lol.

@elvisfan1 I believe it's a case of getting used to a certain frame rate. Why else was I completely fine with 30fps for years and years but now 30fps hurts my eyes, but if that's all the game offers I can eventually get used to it again.

@get2sammyb While I have the special edition of monkey island modded with speech in classic mode on PC and Day of the Tentacle on PS4 (Physically, hoorah!), I love Pinball Dreams and some of it's sequels, so that's cool! I remember how awesome it was to be able to play them on the Vita and not on an Amiga emulator!

I'm on a limited budget so i don't want to plonk £55 on a game, and I could buy it physically, play it, and sell it and get a good portion back for it, but I think this will be a game I'd want to keep for the collection, so it would make sense to wait for the game to drop to around £30. It's gonna be a long wait 😭

@LordFunkalot So sometimes.. a game is best left in the past. Or the future!

Oh dear, I'll get my coat. Time to split!

@LordFunkalot When I first played it as a brand new game, I would have agreed with you on your score. Playing it now, I would give it a 4/10. The layouts of the levels are confusing, there's zero story, the gameplay is so behind Half Life 1 that came out what, 2 years before? But I don't think I played HL until it came out on PS2. I wanted to enjoy it like I did back in the day but it's aged terribly imo.

I guess I'm in the minority here, I give it a 5. Even when I found myself getting addicted to it, I let myself die and turned it off so I could play something more meaningful than move a badly drawn sprite around without pressing any buttons other than x to make a selection when levelling up and don't get hit by other badly drawn sprites around a badly drawn field. But you guys do you lol.