PS Plus January 2022: Persona 5 Strikers (PS4), Dirt 5 (PS4/PS5), Deep Rock Galactic (PS4/PS5)

[Kadzork]

what is the elevator pitch for Deep Rock Galactic? The summary makes it sound like a L4D type horde game but is there base building stuff too?

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Various objective based missions in fully destructible procedurally generated levels.

4 classes with different toolsets and a bunch of new equipment and cosmetics to earn with in-game earned currency.

*edit* No base building - you select your mission from a hub before dropping in via the same drop pod that you use to extract when the mission is over. There are certain things such as resupply pods for ammo/equipment and ziplines a certain class can place but the missions are one and done.

 

[SilverX]

This will be fun

 

[vivftp]

Maybe a sign of things to come as we lead into the Spartacus launch?

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Pretty solid month.

 

[watdaeff4]

I already own Dirt 5 and Strikers but this is legit in the running for a GOAT months

guys don't sleep on Dirt 5 it's very fun

 

[FantasticMrSnake]

Better frame rate iirc

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As in stable or do they have a 60fps mode or something?

 

[Angie]

Great month

 

[HylianSeven]

Definitely recommend P5 Strikers. Reminder that it's not actually a musou/warriors game.

 

[modiz]

Does P5S have any advantage on ps5?

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It essentially loads instantly and from what i read it runs at a very solid 60fps on the resolution mode on PS5.

 

[Gavalanche]

Does anyone know if Deep Rock is solo-able?

 

[Nahbac]

As in stable or do they have a 60fps mode or something?

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Stable 60fps, pretty sure the 60fps mode is on all versions

 

[Kadzork]

Does anyone know if Deep Rock is solo-able?

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Will be a lot tougher as you can only be a single class and therefore lose out on other options - no drills if you aren't digger for example - but you do get a robot buddy that you can direct to drill out minerals in hard to reach places.

The game is very drop in drop out friendly with randoms though.

 

[Jamie]

Horrible month for me personally, but those are quality titles.

 

[werezompire]

Persona 5 Strikers has by far the best story of any of the Persona spin-offs, but I didn't really care for the gameplay. It wasn't terrible, just didn't feel as good as other Action/RPGs like Tales. Only got about halfway through before dropping it, although I'd like to finish it sometime just to see where the story goes.

With that said, "Game I already own on another platform that was not bad" is still a huge upgrade in quality from the past few months which has been "Games I have absolutely no interest in."

 

[KevdotL]

Great month!

 

[Spinluck]

These months alone make Plus worth it. Some insane value here.

 

[jeelybeans]

Ooh, I skipped Strikers so I will give it a shot.

 

[Mafro]

No cross-play in Deep Rock Galactic is a nope.

 

[Zebesian-X]

P5S is big for me, can't wait. How does the music compare to the original game, is it largely the same?

 

[Radarscope1]

An arcade racer with great next gen visuals and Dual Sense haptics? Sure, I'm in!!

 

[Xtortion]

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?

 

[Rosur]

Reminds me I should really get through Royal before playing Strikers.

 

[Incubuster]

Banger month, I've skipped the past couple months but this is great!

 

[Soap]

Very strong month. I guess they decided to give us something to stop the moaning, but let's see if it is a repeat of last time where we had 3 amazing months and the rest of the year was shit.

 

[Kadzork]

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?

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[Daimon]

P5S is big for me, can't wait. How does the music compare to the original game, is it largely the same?

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The music is great in P5S. It's as good as P5/P5R.

 

[Fisty]

Might check out DRG, looks pretty fun and could be great with a strong community

 

[Bansai]

Ahahaa, I was saying in my LTTP Persona 5 thread that Strikers is next on my "to play" list.

*removes it from PSN wishlist*

 

[AgeEighty]

I admittedly bounced hard off of P5S. I have no patience for repetitive button-mash action RPGs these days.

 

[Cess007]

No cross-play in Deep Rock Galactic is a nope.

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Its a shame the game has no cross-play at any level. I mean, Steam people cannot play with Windows Store people :(

I'd a friend on PC who has the game and she will be missing out when my other friends and I play.

 

[G_O]

A football Persona game?

 

[Bigg]

P5S is a game I've wanted to try but wasn't sure if I'd like or not so I'm happy to see it on PS+.

I've already played Dirt 5 and DRG via Gamepass but they're both well worth checking out. DRG is very fun co-op and Dirt 5 is just a very solid no-frills racing game with great visuals.

 

[Diablos]

Great month, great games demonstrating an eclectic spread of genres. It's about damn time…

 

[Zebesian-X]

The music is great in P5S. It's as good as P5/P5R.

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oh yeah, that second one hits. Thanks!

 

[sn00zer]

Royal has an entire new semester that takes place after the original P5 ends. But it's not referenced in Strikers at all.

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If you miss the endgame stuff in Royal (the main bulk of new stuff) then yea the endings the same as Vanilla.

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They are completely different endings. If you got the same ending than the original P5 is because you didn't meet the requirements to unlock the new semester that takes place after the events of the original.

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I did finish the extra semester but I mean literally the ending scene is pretty similar. Not mentioning the last semester in P5S was the answer I was looking for.

 

[Kroz]

I literally got P5S as a christmas gift lol


It's fine I prefer physical anyways

 

[Bishop89]

Decent month

 

[Nugnip]

Reminder that P5 Strikers is a sequel to Persona 5 (not Royale).
- It's a direct story sequel to Persona 5
- It will ignore whatever happens in Royale
- It's easy enough to understand what happens without having played Persona 5, but it WILL spoil major plot points.

 

[Durden]

Does Strikers spoil all of Persona 5? I'm still planning on playing P5R someday, but I really wanna check this out.

 

[Mafro]

Its a shame the game has no cross-play at any level. I mean, Steam people cannot play with Windows Store people :(

I'd a friend on PC who has the game and she will be missing out when my other friends and I play.

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Any multiplayer these days without cross=play between PC and console is an easy pass for me these days.

 

[Mary Celeste]

P5S is one of the best games of 2021

 

[Abrasion Test]

Is Dirt 5 good? Could go for a solid non open world racing game before GT.

 

[Mass Effect]

The little platform tabs are always an indication of which platforms they're natively available on. P5S has some nice benefits for being on the PS5 (faster loading and 60fps), but there's no native version which is why there's just a PS4 tab.

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Thanks! Didn't know this.

 

[lilty]

Does Strikers spoil all of Persona 5? I'm still planning on playing P5R someday, but I really wanna check this out.

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Don't play Strikers before playing P5 (either version).

 

[ravnelis]

If you haven't tried it somewhere else, Deep Rock Galactic is fantastic. It's a blast with a group of friends.

I almost bought P5S earlier this month but saw the rumour and held off. I'm sure glad I did!

 

[Deleted member 16876]

Great month

Sucks I bought P5S though. Haven't even started it yet.

 

[bes.gen]

Is Dirt 5 good? Could go for a solid non open world racing game before GT.

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its great for that,
though its also pretty arcadey compared to previous dirt games, which might be a turn off for some.

 

[Aly]

Finally gonna play P5S!

 

[Deleted member 13798]

Strikers alone is a get because even on sale I feel like it never drops below $35. Great month.

 

[Smoshow]

Almost bought strikers, but held back. Happy I didn't now. Looking forward to it