The PS Plus thread

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2015 17:59

Rouge Legacy sounds like some kind of expensive makeup.

It's ok, but didn't grab me all that much. The rest looks shite.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jan 29, 2015 18:27

zaphod79 wrote:

Transistor I thought was a little meh (that might just be me),

Yeah, wasn't really a patch on Transistor.

Still worth playing for free though.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Apotheon seems to be getting some good reviews :

Destructoid 9.5/10

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It's sure to capture the attention of anyone who sees it in action. Thankfully, the game more than backs up its aesthetic prowess with rewarding combat and exploration systems in place. While the combat hardly changes over the course of the adventure, Apotheon asks the player to apply their knowledge in such a wide variety of ways that it constantly feels fresh and exciting. The ancient Greeks valued balance and harmony in their art, and Alientrap has accomplished just that.

Game Informer 9/10

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What impressed me most about Apotheon is the variety and constant freshness of the levels. Every stage is built completely around the theme of its associated god. Poseidon’s area has an ocean to sail around in, allowing you to visit dungeons on various islands or swim around in underwater cave networks searching for hidden treasure. Ares’ temple is soaked with gushing blood rivers, and its berserk inhabitants are forced to kill each other constantly. Athena resides in a massive spinning labyrinth loaded with traps and clever puzzles requiring dexterity and brain power. My favorite area is Artemis’ forest, which is populated with rare creatures to hunt topped off with a creative boss battle. As part of a hunting challenge, you take turns as the hunter and the hunted, trading off between human and deer form. The constant shakeup in themes prevents things from getting stale and always had me looking forward to the next surprising stage.

Softpedia 8.5/10

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The action feels satisfying, combat is fun, and there are also a few nice surprises when it comes to gameplay, both as far as boss fights are concerned and in the presence of puzzles, particularly in the levels involving Athena, making the whole package even more attractive.

IncGamers 8/10

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A combat-heavy, side-scrolling jaunt through the wonderfully unhinged realm of Ancient Greek mythology. Apotheon unites presentation and theme to tremendous effect through its stylised, Grecian pottery worlds.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

I've downloaded it. Might have a crack on that later then.

I've just started Infamous: First Light from last month. It's a bit boring, init?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Saturnalian wrote:

I've just started Infamous: First Light from last month. It's a bit boring, init?

It is - the main Infamous Second Son was a much better game

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

I'll remove that from the playlist then. Not difficult seeing as I'm seemingly unable to stop playing Last of Us Factions more than I ever was CoD.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Rogue Legacy: Me likey!

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Transistor: Me likey!

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Apotheon: Me likey!

Blimey some games I actually fancy playing. I can't decide what to start for reals first.

Oh yeah, Far Cry 4... Tch. Better get back on with the slog.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Saturnalian wrote:

Rogue Legacy: Me likey!

This is my game of choice at the moment. It's facking aces. Short 5-10 minute blasts through the castle soon turn into an hour or two. Cross-Saves as well so if you do it on the big telly and then pick up the Vita on the loo, you're exactly where you were. Marvellous.

Insanely difficult though. I can rattle the castle for gold no problem but everywhere else is rough as nails.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

Cannot. Stop. Playing.

Cept to type this. This shit is like crack.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:04

Saturnalian wrote:

Cannot. Stop. Playing.

Cept to type this. This shit is like crack.

I enjoyed it to a degree, but it didn't click with me in the same way Spelunky did.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

I loved RL to begin with, then I realised it was a game about mindless grind, rather than an actual roguelike and I realised I was playing it, without really enjoying it.

Meanwhile Kick and Fennick on the Vita for PS+ this month is one of the best platformers I've ever played. I cannot recommend it enough. Almost finished it already.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

In fact, I'm double posting. This is one of those games I'm going to be screaming about all year. It is superb.

There is something really primal and entertaining about parabolas. Must be evolution getting us to enjoy chucking rocks at mammoths. Or the use of urinals. Or something.

But whatever the reason, a 2D platformer based on the recoil from a sniper rifle sending you flying in beautiful parabolas across the map is just superbly enjoyable to play. Binged it all weekend, and hope to finish it on my train home tonight.

PLAY IT YOU FOOLS.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:25

OlliOlli 2 included on PS+ today! See you all on the leaderboards.

There are some other games too.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16559

Is that Oddworld game any good? I think I played about thirty seconds of one about twenty years ago or whenever it was, it was hilarious because it made fart noises.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

BTW my PS gamer tag is 'Bobbyaro' if anyone wants to befriend me.

krazywookie · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:14

I will befriend you when I get home. Untill then we are NOT friends.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:20

Bobbyaro wrote:

BTW my PS gamer tag is 'Bobbyaro' if anyone wants to befriend me.

I can't find you on the phone app.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:27

MaliA wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

BTW my PS gamer tag is 'Bobbyaro' if anyone wants to befriend me.

I can't find you on the phone app.

Me either.

Sure you created a PSN ID and not just a local account, Bobs?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

markg wrote:

Is that Oddworld game any good? I think I played about thirty seconds of one about twenty years ago or whenever it was, it was hilarious because it made fart noises.

I hear it's a pretty good updated port - new graphics and everything. I had a copied version for the PS1 eons ago but it came on two discs and the second disc didn't work. I recall it was pretty good back then though.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

Future Warrior wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

BTW my PS gamer tag is 'Bobbyaro' if anyone wants to befriend me.

I can't find you on the phone app.

Me either.

Sure you created a PSN ID and not just a local account, Bobs?

Err, no. But I can log in to the website: secure.eu.playstation.com/psn/mypsn/account/
and the name is Bobbyaro

edit, err, spellcasting: convert to BB code!

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

I can't find that name either (tried on Vita).

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

I don't really know what to do then! I can't even figure out where to add a friend!

Ramsea · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 963

Bobbyaro wrote:

I don't really know what to do then! I can't even figure out where to add a friend!

You've got no frieeeeennnds. You want some? I'll give it to ya.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 14:31

Bobbyaro wrote:

I don't really know what to do then! I can't even figure out where to add a friend!

Tbh I don't have a clue what you've done.

Ramsea · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 963

Future Warrior wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

I don't really know what to do then! I can't even figure out where to add a friend!

Tbh I don't have a clue what you've done.

In all seriousness I find the website to be totally useless for friend stuff. While the phone app works quite well, you're probably best of doing it through the actual console.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 14:50

He's not showing on the phone app, though. It's the first thing I tried.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

I've just been on the phone app. Assuming that've you've got at least 1 BeeX friend you can click on their friends (scroll to the bottom of their profile and click on friends) and then send requests my clicking on whatever names and "send friend request".

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 14:55

Saturnalian wrote:

I've just been on the phone app. Assuming that've you've got at least 1 BeeX friend you can click on their friends (scroll to the bottom of their profile and click on friends) and then send requests my clicking on whatever names and "send friend request".

He's got no friends as he's just set it up.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14358

What a loser.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

Stupid Sony, you don't get these problems with Xbox!

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I've just grabbed a three month membership as I quite fancy some of the free games this month. I went through adding them to download and it seems, rather fucking stupidly, that it just tries to download all of them at the same time. So instead of getting Valiant Hearts downloaded and playable before it starts on the rest I've just got four games crawling down at the same time. That's a bit stupid.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Bamba wrote:

I've just grabbed a three month membership as I quite fancy some of the free games this month. I went through adding them to download and it seems, rather fucking stupidly, that it just tries to download all of them at the same time. So instead of getting Valiant Hearts downloaded and playable before it starts on the rest I've just got four games crawling down at the same time. That's a bit stupid.

You can go into downloads and pause the others - however you can also add them to your list and manage it all from the website while your at work then come home to find you actually shut down the machine last night instead of putting it into standby so it has to download it all anyway :-)

FYI I've found it slightly quicker to download '4 things at once' than 4 things one after the other (in total time)

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I did check the options on each of the downloads and all I can do is either cancel them our check the status (i.e. how much has downloaded and how much is left); there doesn't seem to be any way to pause the downloads on the PS4. And I would've queued everything up from the website but I only finally decided to spring for PS+ when I got home tonight. The console was properly off anyway as I don't leave it on standby as there's no real point when you don't have a PS+ membership.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Bamba wrote:

I've just grabbed a three month membership as I quite fancy some of the free games this month.

You know you can't play the games once your three months are up, right?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Bamba wrote:

there doesn't seem to be any way to pause the downloads on the PS4.

On the PS4 go to Notifications / downloads has a list of all the downloads - move the cursor to one of them and click 'x' to pause it

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 20:17

On my actual PS4.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Bamba wrote:

I've just grabbed a three month membership as I quite fancy some of the free games this month.

You know you can't play the games once your three months are up, right?

I've no idea why you would think I would think otherwise but yes, I realise that.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

Try with a capital 'B'

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 21:26

Bobbyaro wrote:

Try with a capital 'B'

No dice.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Future Warrior wrote:

OlliOlli 2 included on PS+ today! See you all on the leaderboards.

There are some other games too.

I beat you on the first level.

Now I'm going to turn it off and never go back to it again because just once I was at the top of a friends leader board like in the olden days before I became Ann Oldman.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2015 23:38

Trousers wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

OlliOlli 2 included on PS+ today! See you all on the leaderboards.

There are some other games too.

I beat you on the first level.

Now I'm going to turn it off and never go back to it again because just once I was at the top of a friends leader board like in the olden days before I became Ann Oldman.

Just had a quick go now I've finished the game on Amateur. Reckon I can top a million with a more judicious choice of tricks and reverts.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I played the first few levels and then uninstalled it, it's just not my kind of thing at all. I'm amused to see myself on your scoreboard there though, that's the first and probably last time that'll happen. :-)

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:44

Bamba wrote:

I played the first few levels and then uninstalled it, it's just not my kind of thing at all.

Yeah, tried it, didn't much like it.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:11

Yeah, best to stick to easy games like The Last of Us.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

Future Warrior wrote:

I am SilentElk.

This is my new favourite Dimlie: :insincere:

There are two 'SilentElk's! wtf?

myp · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:46

Bobbyaro wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

I am SilentElk.

This is my new favourite Dimlie: :insincere:

There are two 'SilentElk's! wtf?

Are you sure you haven't been scammed and you've given all your personal info to the PirateStation Network?

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

One of them is xSilentElk, but because I searched for 'SilentElk', it highlighted that and greyed out the 'x'.

I have sent a friend request to 'SilentElk'.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:56

I haven't got it.

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