February 2023's PS+ Essential games announced

[Abby_TheLastofUs 4,737]

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OlliOlli World (PS5|PS4) - 84 Metacritic Score | 7.6 User Score

Mafia: Definitive Edition (PS4) - 76 Metacritic Score | 7.4 User Score

Evil Dead: The Game (PS5|PS4) - 72 Metacritic Score | 7.5 User Score

Destiny 2: Beyond Light (DLC) (PS5|PS4) - 77 Metacritic Score | 6.0 User Score

 

 

 

 

 

Trophy Hunting

 

The OlliOlli World trophy guide by nukillerstar gives the game a difficulty rating of 7/10 and an estimated platinum time of 50 hours. Known Round Here and Pro-motion require online. Masteriest and Radside are listed as buggy. While not as hard as OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood, you're still looking at a challenging platinum. The game also has two DLC packs.

 

The Mafia: Definitive Edition trophy guide by MLGBIackbeard gives the game a difficulty rating of 6/10 and an estimated platinum time of 25 hours. This is mostly due to having to finish the game in classic mode, including the infamous racing mission. Other than that, Not Classy is the only missable trophy in the game, and several collectible trophies.

 

The Evil Dead: The Game trophy guide on PowerPyx gives the game a difficulty rating of 4/10 and an estimated platinum time of 60 to 100 hours. The PlayStationTrophies.org guide by LuffyBuggy gives the game a difficulty rating of 3/10 and an estimated platinum time of 100+ hours. The platinum is achievable but Out of the cellar, Armageddon, Groovy, We Shall Be Again, and One by one we will take you have been reported as glitchy.

 

Destiny 2: Beyond Light does not come with any trophies. The base game is free and the trophy guide by NCSFan001 gives it a difficulty rating of 6/10, with an estimated platinum time of 100+ hours. The Forsaken DLC was vaulted but you do not need it to achieve the trophies that came with it. 

 

 

Edited February 1 by Abby_TheLastofUs

[MRTheChez 123]

Isn't Destiny 2 already free-to-play? Rest of it looks decent though.

[Larzz 349]

That’s a really good month. 

[BlackCatBurrito 401]

Insane month for me personally, if true. 

[archangeltw_ 56]

2 minutes ago, MRTheChez said:

Isn't Destiny 2 already free-to-play? Rest of it looks decent though.

They are giving you the paid dlc beyond light for free this time.

[mega-tallica 768]

I'll definitely pick up Mafia, I've been waiting to play the first one for awhile. 

 

I'll claim Evil Dead and OlliOlli World but knowing me, I'll never end up playing them judging by all the other free monthly games I've claimed and never played. 

[PooPooBlast 16,744]

Only played Mafia from this list. One of the best games I've ever played. 

 

When the orchestral music is blasting your ears with a bajillion Tommy gun-wielding crooks firing at you; there's just nothing quite like it. 

 

[the1andonly654 452]

Wasn't Mafia DE on extra/premium tiers until recently? Great game but I played it back when it was on PS Now, so nothing for me this month. 

[sephiroth4424 4,174]

Is Evil Dead anything like Predator Hunting Grounds?

[Bumperklever 2,296]

Mafia is/was already on extra so meh, beyond light is already a 2 year old expansion, but I guess its kinda a bonus.

 

I saw olli olli world and evil dead kinda coming, but those are nice ones to get 'free'!

Edited January 29 by Bumperklever

[RedDevil757 987]

It better let me claim mafia after playing it on the subscription part

[NetoStyle 1,127]

That's a nice month. I already own Mafia and Evil Dead... both games are great!

 

I can already see some people raging with the race in Mafia: Definitive Edition on Classic difficulty haha 😈

[diskdocx 2,995]

4 minutes ago, the1andonly654 said:

Wasn't Mafia DE on extra/premium tiers until recently? Great game but I played it back when it was on PS Now, so nothing for me this month. 

I was sure the whole trilogy was on Extra. It's no longer there.

 

Mafia is great. I played and thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

Rest of the month is utter shit.

[LastMinuteSavior 2,990]

PS+ Essential. Where online games go to live a second life.

 

[Helyx 9,573]

Evil Dead is great, especially if you enjoy games like Predator Hunting Grounds, Friday the 13th or Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed.

[SpaceIsDandy 134]

All the mafia games were 100% on plus until they were removed a few months ago. Evil dead is a weird choice for feb though 

[IntroPhenom 3,233]

OlliOlli World has a fifteen-dollar expansion pass. 🙄

Edited January 29 by IntroPhenom

[KenjiCBZ 2,283]

Nothing for me. 😶

[GUDGER666 3,154]

Absolute garbage imo. Mafia looks great but I deleted it after 60sec due to input lag. No interest in Olli, Evil Dead no thanks sick of getting dead online only games. And a 2+yr old Destiny 2 DLC wtf. Essentials is more like an advertising service now. 

[JAK-KRIEG 624]

Already played Mafia and it was pretty decent. I'm probably just gonna nab Evil Dead as I have zero interest in destiny or olliolli. At least one game is better than none.

[papert0wng1rl 676]

I have all three main games on my wishlist, so this is the best month for me in a long time. I had a feeling they’d be added to PS+ at some point. Very excited. Destiny 2 DLC is of no consequence for me.

[charxsetsuna 2,906]

OlliOlli world looks fun, I'll play that one.

 

Why are we still calling these leaks, no way this isn't intentional 

[visighost 1,619]

Olliolli World is SO GOOD! I bought the deluxe pack myself, and the DLC is well worth it.

[Ghost-Zeus514 174]

Not a bad list 

[zizimonster 5,147]

37 minutes ago, GUDGER666 said:

Absolute garbage imo. Mafia looks great but I deleted it after 60sec due to input lag.

What inpug lag? I platted it, and had no such experience.

 

58 minutes ago, PooPooBlast said:

Only played Mafia from this list. One of the best games I've ever played.

Yeah! 👍

 

The racing section on the highest difficulty setting was quite a challenge as well.