As a subscription service,PS Plushas seen its fair share of ups and downs, triumphs and controversies, as any other service. Usually, the receptions deal with the quality of the games, but since the launch of the PS Plus tier system of Essential (Free), Extra, and Premium games, fans have not had to worry about that so much. Where this emphasis on quality, not just quantity, is most obvious comes down to thePS Plus free games of December 2022.
Because of the expanded service, PS Plus' December 2022 was always going to be better than December 2021. That’s a safe bet, even if the PS Plus Extra and Premium games have yet to be announced. But in a direct comparison ofPS Plus free December 2022 selection to December 2021, it’s not only clear that Sony is giving away double the number of games but keeps the strong, varied appeal it’s known for.
PS Plus Free Games for December 2022 Gives Fans Five Games
The PS Plus free games for December 2022 includeMass Effect: Legendary Edition(which includes remastered, improved versions ofMass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, andMass Effect 3),Biomutant,andDKO: Divine Knockout. Mass Effectis an amazing IP to end the year with, while the others are not lackluster but instead varied.DKO: Divine Knockoutis a title many fans may not have heard of before, but it is a platforming fighting game.PS Plus is a big boon for lesser-known multiplayer gamesas it provides that instant community who check it out just because it’s there.DKOmight not make the same waves asRocket League, Fall Guys, orDeep Rock Galactic, but it still reaps the benefits nonetheless.Biomutant, meanwhile, is a second chance for the action RPG to impress PlayStation players. Its launch was severely undermined by a host of technical issues, but with those mostly out of the way now, fans may find something they can thoroughly enjoy.
Indeed,PS Plus ends 2022 with a selection of five games, three of which are among the best the industry has to offer, an audience-building multiplayer release, and a second chance at redemption for a once highly-anticipated game. It’s a strong ending that bodes well for PS Plus free games in January 2023 and the tone of the tier next year.
PS Plus Free Games for December 201 Gave Fans 2.5 Games
But the success of the PS Plus free games this month comes in stronger because of how December 2021 came to an end. One can argue thatLEGO DC Super VillainsandMortal Shellare on par, if not better than,BiomutantandDivine Knockout,and that would be true. But the headliner is often the big draw, and the headliner here drew nothing but controversy.Godfallreviews set it up as a mediocre game, one that would only exist in the shadow ofanyMass Effectgame(though that could be said of a plethora of games). It’s not necessarily the quantity or quality here that makes it worse; it’s the “completeness” of it, or lack thereof.
It wasn’tGodfallfans got onPS Plus, butGodfall: Challenger Editionwhich was a watered-down version of the game, a “cut-price limited feature edition” that basically gave fans endgame content and nothing more. A looter where loot is given, not earned, even to head into endgame content to earn it left a sour taste in many mouths, especially because, again, it was not a full game. But the past is in the past, and Sony is now looking to the future. Seeing as how December 2021 was headlined by half a game, but December 2022 is headlined by three games, it seems safe to say lesson learned.
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