{"id":40215,"date":"2020-11-16T13:02:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=40215"},"modified":"2020-11-16T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T21:24:48","slug":"ps-welcomes-the-playstation-5-with-quality-free-titles-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/ps-welcomes-the-playstation-5-with-quality-free-titles-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"PS+ Welcomes the PlayStation 5 With Quality Free Titles in November"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the time being, the folks at PlayStation have made the future of their PS+ subscription platform much more concrete. The big news: Sony has made a \u201ccurated\u201d lineup of 20 PS4 games available to play on the scarce, unsurprisingly popular PlayStation 5 for subscribers of their legacy service. From God of War<\/em> and Bloodborne<\/em> to Fallout 4<\/em> and Mortal Kombat X<\/em>, the titles are massively attention-grabbing and can be seen as a huge boon for both new adopters and longstanding subscribers, and will be available as free downloads in all territories by November 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s great and all, but what\u2019s in store for the folks who can\u2019t manage to find or get a PS5 right now? Turns out, Sony\u2019s on top of the ball by also offering a noteworthy AAA open-world title and a fantastic 2D action game, putting forth a substantive effort to satisfy its audience in the month leading up to the holidays.  Let\u2019s take a closer look at the PS+ titles, and be sure to Grab a Year Subscription Card for PlayStation Plus at Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PS4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Middle-earth: Shadow of War<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

While video game adaptations of Tolkein\u2019s universe \u2013 perhaps more accurately, of the movie universe \u2013 had been executed marginally well a time or two beforehand, it\u2019s with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor<\/em> that the industry figured out how to really do \u201ca LOTR game\u201d. Granted, the folks at Monolith Games generously borrowed from the Batman: Arkham <\/em>series in their execution \u2013 both are underneath the WB Interactive Entertainment umbrella \u2013 but the comfort-zone aspects of that familiar open-world stealth framework made it easy for players to relish the new environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shadow of Mordor <\/em>was a roaring success, so it\u2019s no surprise that a sequel would come along, and thus enters Shadow of War<\/em>. Continuing in the Hobbit-era stage of the narrative, the game once again follows Talion as he sets out to craft a new Ring of Power in his continued battle against Sauron. Critics weren\u2019t as kind to Shadow of War<\/em>, though, notably to the turns taken by its seemingly manufactured narrative and the prevalence of loot boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Five years back, Team Cherry launched and successfully managed a Kickstarter campaign for a \u201cbeautiful and mysterious 2D adventure through a surreal world of insects and heroes\u201d, designed with PCs in mind but with a clear eye for eventual console \u2013 and mobile \u2013 releases.  Almost immediately upon release, the game began forming its reputation as darkly atmospheric in its world-building, exhilarating as a Metroidvania title, and challenging enough for it to frequently show up in the same conversations as the Dark Souls line of games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It only took about a year and a half for Hollow Knight <\/em>to make it onto all consoles, and during that time several add-ons were released that have been included in the Voidheart Edition of the game. Critics and players can be somewhat hesitant with their praise dur to the simplicity of the control design and the unrelenting difficulty, but that doesn\u2019t stop folks from acknowledging that it\u2019s one of the best modern platformers available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PS5 (!)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bugsnax<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

And now, we\u2019re entering somewhat uncharted territory.  Sony hasn\u2019t really made it clear where they\u2019re headed with additional freebies in the PS5 generation, whether they\u2019ll try to regularly slip in a new next-gen title \u2013 small as it may be \u2013 alongside the 2 other PS4 free downloads on a monthly basis. Perhaps we have an answer with Bugsnax<\/em>, introduced as the \u201cvery first PS5 game to join PlayStation Plus\u201d, which suggests that it\u2019s the first of more to come. Bugsnax<\/em> looks to be a charmer, utilizing an energetic, yet somewhat casual design space as the player controls a reporter who\u2019s collecting the titular critters \u201cbugsnax\u201d with various devices, reminiscent of the sidequests in the classic game Beyond Good and Evil<\/em>. It\u2019s a release-date indie made free to PS5 owners, and that in itself is exciting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the time being, the folks at PlayStation have made the future of their PS+ subscription platform much more concrete. The big news: Sony has made a \u201ccurated\u201d lineup of 20 PS4 games available to play on the scarce, unsurprisingly popular PlayStation 5 for subscribers of their legacy service. From God of War and Bloodborne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":40217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1262,401,2266,25],"class_list":["post-40215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-ps-plus","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40215","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=40215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40220,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40215\/revisions\/40220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}