{"id":32919,"date":"2018-09-11T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=32919"},"modified":"2018-09-11T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:28:43","slug":"appeal-ps-free-games-september-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/appeal-ps-free-games-september-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal of PS+ Free Games in September Driven by Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not much else probably needs to be said about Sony\u2019s PlayStation Plus freebies for the month September beyond Destiny 2<\/strong><\/em>, but that\u2019s not the only trick up their sleeve this time around.\u00a0 Along with such a heavy-hitting AAA title, they\u2019re also offering a remastered edition of one of the absolute best third-person action RPG-ish games from the previous generation, something that\u2019ll satisfy the lingering hunger of those who recently completed one of the PS4\u2019s finest exclusives released to date.\u00a0 As has become the custom for the subscription service, the other legacy titles are footnotes and obligations, a cluster of legacy platform and puzzle experiences.\u00a0 PS4 owners should be very happy. Let\u2019s explore \u2018em further.<\/p>\n

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Click Here to Grab\u00a0a 1-Year PlayStation Plus Subscription\u00a0at Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"destiny

Bungie<\/p><\/div>\n

PS4<\/h3>\n

Destiny 2<\/h4>\n

A lot of pressure fell on Bungie at the announcement of their newest creation, Destiny. How could they possibly follow up on the lore, gameplay formula, and popularity of Halo? Turns out, they weren\u2019t entirely sure of how to do that either: the first game in the series received lukewarm reviews upon release, and it only really started to jibe with its playerbase after numerous updates and expansions. \u00a0But once the shooter-RPG roots of Destiny took hold with its audience, it really started to appeal to \u2018em, and that\u2019s the lessons and foundation Bungie tries to take over to Destiny 2. As is so often the case with big releases like this, the sequel earned a broad range of both highly positive and damningly negative reviews: encouraging impressions center on its advancements over the original, the scope of both its story potential and gameplay setting, and how it focuses on better laying out what the game\u2019s really about; the criticisms center on its threadbare content, sameness to the original, and other common dings like balance issues and loot disappointment. That just comes with the territory, though.<\/p>\n

God of War III: Remastered Edition<\/h4>\n

One of my fondest gaming memories occurs in the very first scene in the original\u00a0God of War<\/em>: the moment when you\u2019re given control of Kratos as he starts rapidly slinging his glowing chained blades on the surface of a rainy boat. \u00a0It\u2019s exhilarating, sinking its hooks into the player almost immediately as the antiheroic story of vengeance sprawls across several chapters, which made the final installment, God of War III<\/em>, an essential PS3 system seller for console fence-sitters. \u00a0As the franchise continues to be a driver for Sony with its recent Norse-inspired reboot, they\u2019ve also offered the previous timeline\u2019s final installment in a remastered version for the PS4. \u00a0It\u2019s a little awkward that first two games aren\u2019t backwards compatible and playable on the new hardware, but luckily each of the games have been designed to be relatively self-contained, so that anyone could pick up and relish the precise, chaotic, absorbing action that flowed through the series. God of War III<\/em> is a dazzling finale, but it\u2019s also a brilliant experience on its own.<\/p>\n

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\"another

The Digital Lounge<\/p><\/div>\n

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PS3<\/h3>\n

Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition<\/h4>\n

Reading over the list of systems that Another World<\/em> has transitioned to since its creation in \u201991 is overwhelming, numbering over 20 (!) if you\u2019re counting its 20th<\/sup> anniversary release. Even in its earliest blocky and pixelated version, it\u2019s easy to see why the cinematic atmosphere strikes a strong-enough chord to be constantly re-released across platforms, which only gets enhanced \u2013 but not \u201cchanged\u201d — by the polished visuals of the anniversary released. \u00a0The consensus among both critics and players, however, is that as soon as someone starts navigating the game\u2019s challenges and trying to get used to the frustrating controls, the whimsy and nostalgia surrounding Another World<\/em> quickly evaporates.<\/p>\n

Q.U.B.E.: Director\u2019s Cut<\/h4>\n

Take the sensation of figuring out how to get from Point A to Point B in the Portal<\/em> series, then picture it done in a similar fashion with color-block slide puzzles and physics-based manipulations of an environment. Essentially, that\u2019s what Q.U.B.E.<\/em> aims to accomplish.\u00a0 Originally created as a student project by the game\u2019s developers, the game has been expanded into a narrative of sorts, in which the player deciphers chatter from two different comm channels explaining what they\u2019re actually doing: either solving the ship\u2019s puzzles to prevent the destruction of Earth, or doing so in an Aperture Laboratories-esque series of experiments in a vague location. \u00a0Critics have praised the straightforward but effective narrative and the elegance of the puzzles, though some dissatisfaction can come in the simplicity of its puzzle-solving and the potential futility of where the narrative goes.<\/p>\n

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\"sparkle

10tons<\/p><\/div>\n

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PS Vita<\/h3>\n

Sparkle 2<\/h4>\n

This is yet another of those touchscreen puzzle games designed to function well enough on consoles, but are mostly engineered for portable devices. It owes a tremendous amount to games like Zuma<\/em>, Bejeweled<\/em>, and Luxor<\/em> in its mechanics, with a little modernized spit-polish for visual allure.<\/p>\n

Foul Play<\/h4>\n

Ever feel like an audience member watching the events of a side-scrolling game take place? Foul Play<\/em> takes this concept and runs with it, in which the characters controlled by the player are performers on a stage in the midst of a play gone wrong. Standard 2D beat-\u2018em-up controls are in place, but they\u2019re tied to a somewhat unique mechanic, in which visible audience members under the stage need to be amused by what\u2019s going on. The visual presentation, the novelty of entertaining the audience, and the general charm of Foul Play seem to entertain both critics and players in progressively less-enthusiastic stages, as the enjoyment dries up once they see the lack of variety in this production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not much else probably needs to be said about Sony\u2019s PlayStation Plus freebies for the month September beyond Destiny 2, but that\u2019s not the only trick up their sleeve this time around.\u00a0 Along with such a heavy-hitting AAA title, they\u2019re also offering a remastered edition of one of the absolute best third-person action RPG-ish games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":32920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1292,1303,1302,401,25],"class_list":["post-32919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-playstation-plus","tag-ps-vita","tag-ps3","tag-ps4","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32919"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32932,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32919\/revisions\/32932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}