Back in the day when I was just a baby noob, I played Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. Fun fact – that was my second ever Let’s Play series! I had never really played a game like it and it showed. Three years later, it is finally time to dive into Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
Since then, I have had bits of shooter experience through my Ps Plus series, but mostly, I am in full on adventure mode right now. I cannot wait to see what the game that is widely regarded as the best in the series has to offer!
I was going to play this one for Halloween but got the opportunity to jump in earlier!
Jessika is a German, Indie, FMV Detective game developed by Tritrie Games. This game first jumped onto my radar at the Steam Game Festival, where it was one of my favourite demos of the Summer Edition 2020. I was instantly drawn into the immersive UI and I have a building fascination with FMV games after working in video IRL. Join me as continue beyond ‘that moment’ in the demo and attempt to unravel the mystery of what exactly did happen to Jessika.
Unfortunately, the first two episodes I had some technical difficulties on my end. The audio of the game did not record, so I went back and recorded all of the video logs and some background noise and edited them back in. Sadly (but also obviously) it is not as effective as the real game so please don’t judge the game on that! I had so many technical difficulties through no fault of the game, I think my play through was cursed 😅 The audio issues were solved by Episode 3!
Many thanks to Tritrie Games for the copy of the game, it’s very much appreciated.
Overall, August 2020 was a strange month in PS Plus terms. The fact that we got another Call of Duty game just two months after the last, and that it was single player only was completely overshadowed by the release and success of Fall Guys. And that in itself makes it a great month.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is our second Call of Duty game this year and third in 18 months. Although it is regarded a great campaign, I – among others – am feeling the Call of Duty burn out.
I’ve heard that it is one of the best stories, which is a great thing because this game doesn’t have any online multiplayer.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout – There is no denying that it was a rough start for the servers. However, I think the majority will agree, it was totally worth it.
The amount of delight that can be had from this game is just exactly what the world needs right now. Putting it on PS Plus was a genius move from the devs, giving us an instant player base in this 60 player Takeshis Castle mayhem Battle Royale. If there is any game from any PS Plus month that I could recommend to pretty much anyone and everyone, it would be this one. I’m very happy for the devs and excited to see where they go with it, as well as what other games arrive in the future because of it, as clearly there is a market for absolutely daft fun.
Personal opinion, Fall Guys not only rescued this month, but made it a month that I will not forget.
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My first experience with Curious Expedition 2 was during the Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition. Thanks to the developers Maschinen-Mensch, I now have the opportunity to play the full Early Access game!
Curious Expedition 2 is a roguelike expedition simulator, an adventure game with board game like elements, and a bit of a story generator. Developed by a small team, this game is shaping up to be great, and it is already tonnes of fun!
I have never played the first Curious Expedition but from what I can see, they have taken everything everyone loved about the first game and developed it further, and I am looking forward to jumping in further and seeing where my journey takes me.
Early access is available to everyone on Steam now!
July 2020 marks the 10 year anniversary of PS Plus. To celebrate, they gave us an additional game Erica, on top of the regularly scheduled line up of NBA 2K20 and Rise of the Tomb Raider.
NBA 2K20 is a basketball game, made to simulate the complete basketball experience.
I can’t tell you whether it is a good basketball game or not, as I don’t know anything about basketball and I don’t play sports games. But the atmosphere was pretty good!
Rise of the Tomb Raider – I was considering not doing a video for this one as I still haven’t played Tomb Raider 2013.
I’m glad I did though. The Tomb Raider series is on my list of next Action Adventure games to play once I have finished Uncharted. It’s beautiful to look at, the action felt fun, and I’m actually pretty interested in the story. All that and I didn’t even reach a proper combat section yet.
Erica is an FMV game that takes around 2 hours to complete, which made it the first full FMV game that I’ve ever played!
Based on my one play-through, I find it a little hard to recommend as I feel I have more questions than answers to the story. However, how much of that will be solved with a second play-through to see the multiple endings is yet to be seen. The cinematography was great and the characters were fun to try and get to know.
Overall, I cannot let my saltiness at sports games alter my opinion. This was a solid month. Maybe not 10 year celebration worthy, but if every month was like this one we couldn’t really complain.
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Virginia has been on my radar for a while despite not really knowing anything about it. I knew it was short, I knew it was a narrative game, I knew it was unique, and that is it!
In Virginia we play as FBI Special Agent Anna Tarver, while she takes on a missing persons case, but that isn’t all there is to it.
Stylistically I have never played anything like it. The stills from the game didn’t attract me at all so I was in love with how much I liked the art style when I actually started playing. Not to mention the music. There were lots of things I admired about this game, but yet I am still not sure I liked it. Join me on this first person, boldly edited, expressive, strange, trip.
In my whole time of covering the PS Plus games, this is only the second game I have done a complete series of, following What Remains of Edith Finch.
Erica is an FMV mystery thriller, and in classic narrative game style you get to make choices that determine the outcome of your story.
I have only played through once and am considering another play-through, as I really don’t feel like the story resolved at all. Perhaps another play-through will give another perspective and some more answers. Let me know what you think!
When a game worms its way into your brain as much a What Remains of Edith Finch did there is only one thing you can do. Sit down and hash it out with yourself for half an hour.
This is one of the first Let’s Chat video/podcasts that I made, where I did a deep dive into the story and what it meant to me.
For context, I did a full play through of the game on my Youtube Channel, where I talked a little bit about my thoughts during the credits. This is a follow up from that, after having some time to think and get it all straight in my head.
A fantastic game that I enjoyed more and more the longer that I thought about it.
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After the relaxed month of May, June turned out to be all action. While it technically shouldn’t have been ‘my month’, it turned out to be probably the most fun month I have had since I started this project.
Call of Duty: WWII almost had my interest before I played but not too much. I had a feeling I was going to enjoy this setting more than the more modern and sci fi takes, and I wasn’t wrong.
There was so much to love. The game play was fun, the cut-scenes looked like an actual WWII movie, the game was gorgeous. Then there is both the single player campaign and online multiplayer, not forgetting zombie mode. As someone who doesn’t enjoy FPS, I wasn’t mad at this game.
Star Wars Battlefront 2, as I understand, isn’t considered to be one of the best Star Wars games. I can only give you my opinion from the perspective of an online multiplayer noob as well as a Star Wars noob.
This game was fun. I found the single player campaign boring as far as I played, but online? Oh my gosh. Epic battles with floods of characters. I only really played one mode but I am so glad I chose that one. I have never watched Star Wars but I did genuinly feel like I was in an epic Star Wars battle. It was epic. Epic.
A terrible month for my game play skills but a fantastic month for laughs.
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This month was the month of chill. Or simulation/management games to be exact. A lot of people weren’t happy. These were both games that I wanted to try but didn’t want to buy, and that makes it the best type of PS Plus month in my opinion
Cities Skylines is a game that I had already tried on PC but did not get very far. I did manage to get further this time, but alas, I don’t think this game is for me.
Farming Simulator 19 was the second game of the month. Another game that I really wanted to try. I was happy with the time that I spent with it, but I have no desire to pick it up again. I had so many ideas that would make this game so much more fun. In my opinion if they took a few years off the yearly schedule and instead focused on one ultimate, game they would be onto a winner.
Do you think this month PS Plus were trying to replicate the Animal Crossing vibes that everyone was having at this point in time?
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