A breakdown of just how bad PlayStation Plus was in 2016

6 December 2016
Playstation Plus

PlayStation Plus includes exclusive discounts, downloads, and free games as part of its service, along with being a requirement for multiplayer online gaming on PlayStation 4.

With the recent international price increases for PlayStation Plus, we thought we’d take a look at the value gained from the service using the Metacritic scores of various PS Plus games.

Online gaming is included in the cost of PS Plus, but seeing as the service offers features such as free games, it is interesting to review the games’ ratings considering the yearly subscription fee of over R700.

We broke down just how much value you received from your PS Plus subscription below:


January

Games:

  • Dragon Age: Origins (PS3)
  • Grim Fandango Remastered (PS4, PS Vita)
  • Hardware: Rivals (PS4)
  • History: Legends of War: Patton (PS Vita)
  • Medal of Honor: Warfighter (PS3)
  • Nihilumbra (PS Vita)

Combined Metacritic score: 70.2


February

Games:

  • Grid Autosport (PS3)
  • Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back Edition (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
  • Lemmings Touch (PS Vita)
  • Nom Nom Galaxy (PS4)
  • Nova-111 (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3)

Combined Metacritic score: 74.3


March

Games:

  • Broforce (PS4)
  • Flame Over (PS Vita)
  • Galak-Z: The Dimensional (PS4)
  • Reality Fighters (PS Vita)
  • Super Stardust HD (PS3)
  • The Last Guy (PS3)

Combined Metacritic score: 72.5


April

Games:

  • A Virus Named Tom (PS Vita)
  • Dead Star (PS4)
  • I Am Alive (PS3)
  • Savage Moon (PS3)
  • Shutshimi (PS4, PS Vita)
  • Zombi (PS4)

Combined Metacritic score: 74.8


May

Games:

  • Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (PS3)
  • God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PS Vita, PSP)
  • LocoRoco Cocoreccho (PS3)
  • Switch Galaxy Ultra (PS4, PS Vita)
  • Table Top Racing (PS4)
  • Tropico 5 (PS4)

Combined Metacritic score: 71.8


June

Games:

  • Echochrome (PS3)
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus (PS Vita, PSP)
  • Gone Home: Console Edition (PS4)
  • Little Deviants (PS Vita)
  • NBA 2K16 (PS4)
  • Siren: Blood Curse (PS3)

Combined Metacritic score: 79.8


July

Games:

  • Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3)
  • Fat Princess (PS3)
  • Furi (PS4)
  • Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines (PS Vita)
  • Prince of Persia: Revelations (PS Vita, PSP)
  • Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (PS4)

Combined Metacritic score: 73.7


August

Games:

  • Patapon 3 (PS Vita, PSP)
  • Rebel Galaxy (PS4)
  • Retro/Grade (PS3)
  • Tricky Towers (PS4)
  • Ultratron (PS4)
  • Yakuza 5 (PS3)

Combined Metacritic score: 73.3


September

Games:

  • Amnesia: Memories (PS Vita)
  • Badland: Game of the Year Edition (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
  • Datura (PS3)
  • Journey (PS4, PS3)
  • Lords of the Fallen (PS4)
  • Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PS3)

Combined Metacritic score: 73.3


October

Games:

  • Actual Sunlight (PS Vita)
  • Code: Realize—Guardian of Rebirth (PS Vita)
  • From Dust (PS3)
  • Mad Riders (PS3)
  • Resident Evil (PS4)
  • Transformers: Devastation (PS4)

Combined Metacritic score: 78.7


November

Games:

  • Costume Quest 2 (PS3)
  • Dirt 3 (PS3)
  • Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (PS4)
  • Letter Quest Remastered (PS4 PS Vita)
  • Pumped BMX+ (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
  • The Deadly Tower of Monsters (PS4)

Combined Metacritic score: 73.3


December

Games:

  • Color Guardians (PS4, PS Vita)
  • Hyper Void (PS3)
  • Invisible, Inc. (PS4)
  • Stories: The Path of Destinies (PS4)
  • Tiny Troopers Joint Ops (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
  • VVVVVV (PS Vita)

Combined Metacritic score: 72.2


Now read: 10 Games we cannot wait to play in 2017

  1. Nicholas Vörster
    09.12.2016 at 11:41

    I have a number of games in my PS Plus games collection that I just wasn’t getting around to finishing. I used to buy a 3 or 12 month subscription back when it was cheaper. Also stopped XBox Live subscription for my 360 when prices were increased, though at least I get to finish the games. Other than the price increase, I stopped subscribing because I wasn’t finishing what I had/wasn’t interested in the games on offer.

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