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Nice. I hope the gamelists can appear on the home screen, I feel like them being tucked away in the library would be slightly self-defeating, but that's just me.

@Ravix Mix of both! A good selection from what I recall, and many of the classics are there.

Story updated, it's confirmed

@AdamNovice Definitely agree the gold rewards are too small.

@AdamNovice I just logged in to check this as I thought there’s no way they’d lock out characters you’ve already progressed. Turns out I was wrong! How frustrating!

Edit: On reflection I do understand the decision - if they kept the original free characters unlocked then players wouldn’t have to engage with Gold or Gleamium, they could just wait long enough and all the characters would eventually be playable. Still, it feels kinda nasty to have something taken away from you. Very strange.

@rjejr We reviewed it on PS5 but it's on PS4 as well, yes. As far as I know, you can use PS4 controllers on PS5, but only to play PS4 games. So if you wanted to play MultiVersus on PS5 and use your DualShock 4s, you'd need to nab the PS4 version.

I'd say it's pretty easy to pick up and play for most people, controls are fairly simple (very similar to Smash) but there's plenty of depth too.

@tabris95 The sci-fi.

@Elodin Hope you enjoy!

@Relygon It's a pawssibility!

@Relygon I’ve just double checked, and you’re right - I could’ve sworn it had HDR support, but alas it does not! Apologies.

@daveofduncan There is not a photo mode, unfortunately.

@somnambulance Enjoy!

@thefourfoldroot1 That would've been excellent!

@frankmcma Runs at 4K 60fps, never noticed any drops from that. There are some amazing reflections in puddles etc. but I'm not sure whether that's ray tracing or some other technique. Supports HDR too. Visually the game is really nice, apart from some textures that look a little naff if you're too close.

Fire any questions my way!

Something I didn't get to in the review is DualSense stuff. It's actually pretty decent here — when you curl up and take a nap, the controller will purr, and vibrate to match. There's also good feedback on landing from jumps and that sort of thing. Not the greatest implementation but fairly high effort.

I'm going to have to play this. I'm not so keen on any horror elements but everything else seems so interesting.

@darkswabber F1 22 released on 1st July

@somnambulance

From what I've seen, the cards seem more just a way to present all the moves available to you rather than you actually building a deck. I don't think you're swapping cards in and out of a deck, I think each character has a moveset and you draw a hand from that pool at the start of each turn. Not sure if that's a useful distinction for anyone but I think the importance of the card aspect is generally being overstated.

Since writing this I’ve been playing it on a regular controller as I needed to pack the wheel away to save space, but I’m enjoying it a lot all the same. 🚗

Normally not really my cup of tea but I loved The Messenger so I’m down to give this a shot.

Hell yeah

@bindiana Hi! So your comment made me curious about those South Park games. I've made some changes and now Fractured But Whole has populated this list as it should! Stick of Truth is trickier, because the version you mention is actually the PS3 version; the PS4 version (the one on Plus) has zero user ratings!

As for the Yakuza games, they are indeed not on Plus anymore, and so aren't in this list.

Appreciate the feedback!

I have to admit I feel much the same way. I haven't finished Elden Ring, I'm maybe half-way through, if that. I can't quite recall what brick wall I came up against, but I realised that I just wasn't having fun anymore. The game had beaten it out of me. I think there are many things to commend about Elden Ring, but personally speaking, none of it is enough of a draw for me to see it through to the end.

@Milktastrophe Man of Medan's on Extra, so putting it on Essential gives it away to a lot more subscribers who are on the most basic plan. And based on what I played of Arcadegeddon a while ago, it'll be well worth a try.

@Rjak I think they've confirmed crossplay is coming at some point post-launch.

@Vovander There isn't really a tutorial, it's similar to the previous games. I will say that last year's story mode was a good in-road for new players, but that's not here this time.

@riceNpea Reviewed using a DualSense (the haptics and triggers implementation is fine but not mind-blowing, in case anyone is wondering). Totally hear you with regards to a wheel, though! We may have something on that front soon.

Updated!

Played some of this a while back, cool game. Would be nice to see it available on more platforms

@TowaHerschel7 If you’ve actually bought anything you will be able to keep it.

@Th3solution Nah.

@Titntin It is all a little messy right now, no question. I'm sure it'll settle into a groove once it's been going for a little while.

@Titntin If you just do a general search for it, you should find it. The various sections of the new Plus tiers are in a bit of disarray right now.

Edit: Read your comment properly! So aside from just doing a search, I've managed to find it. In the Games tab along the top, it then shows you every game on PS Plus, so sort by Z-A and then scroll down until you see it.

@xDD90x No use of haptics or adaptive triggers, I'm afraid!

@xDD90x I reviewed this natively on PS5. It's on both!

@Vix I don't think there are any alternate options on that front

@Mauzuri My thinking there is just it would be nice to have the option, as it's something you're able to do in older Sonic compilations (I believe). Not a huge negative either way!

@Sinton As far as I understand, Classic mode uses the same version of the game as the Anniversary mode, just modified to reflect the originals (4:3, no drop dash, limited lives etc).

@nomither6 It's out in a couple of days, on the 23rd!

@ChromaticDracula That's a fair perspective!

@Voltan Programming is golf, got it.

@Voltan Pretty much — I didn't go into crazy detail above but they created and used a heavily customised version of Lisp named GOAL.

This looks pretty great!

@Ryany By the way - double checked regarding the six-player thing. Turns out we were both half-right.

To clarify: Shredder's Revenge on PS4 supports up to 4 players locally and up to 6 players online.

@BartoxTharglod Yeah, it's an odd inconsistency!

@Ryany @BartoxTharglod I mean, it'll be available in a matter of hours, and the PS Store won't run out of copies! As to why some games get pre-orders and some don't, no idea.

@Ryany Not every game goes up for pre-order — it'll go live on PS Store when it launches tomorrow. No conspiracy here.

Also, the PlayStation version definitely has six-player. No idea where you've heard otherwise, but that's false.

@messimagician There's crossplay between PC and Xbox, but it's not supported on PlayStation or Switch currently.

@RudeAnimat0r I'd say combat is less complex in TMNT but one thing it has over SoR4, in my opinion, is a dedicated dodge. That alone makes it more enjoyable for me.

This game isn't really about chasing high scores, although you can, but there aren't leaderboards or ranks. There are optional challenges and collectibles in each stage, and the story mode displays your best completion time for each level on the map screen.

Cool logo, though disappointingly un-bendy.

Hell yeah

If this has the substance to match the style, this could be proper good.

Updated!