Sony has provided PlayStation Plus members quite a memorable year. With big hits like Stardew Valley, Lies by P, Cyberpunk 2077and Diablo 4 October came to PlayStation Plus earlier in the year, and then a batch of major horror and related titles hit the service for the Halloween season. Alan Wake 2, Until Dawn, Silent Hill 2 Remake and Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 were all added during the month for the various levels of PS Plus.
PS Plus' Essential titles for November have now been officially announced and subscribers will be able to add Stray, EA Sports WRC 24and Completely accurate combat simulator to their collections when the latest batch becomes available on November 4th.
The well-known insider and leaker Billbil-kun had already confirmed that Silent Hill 2 Remake would be on PS Plus for October as well Stray for this month.
Stray
Read Game Rant's review of Stray
Stray first released on PS Plus as a day one for the Extra tier a few years ago, joining the Essential tier for November. The title sees fans playing as a resourceful feline searching for his missing companions (with the help of his own cute drone) in a cyberpunk-style underground where people have apparently disappeared due to a mysterious mutant bacteria. In the aftermath, android servants have become the inhabitants and adopted their own culture based on the isolated city's past. Players must navigate the titular wanderer through both urban and more natural levels with some platforming and light puzzle solving, all presented in a charming art style. Stray is a captivating experience that is equal parts heartwarming and thought-provoking.
- Genre: Third-person adventure
- Developer: BlueTwelve Studio
- Original edition: 2022
- OpenCritic Top Critic Average score: 84
- Average time to beat: 6 hours
Stray
9/10
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19 July 2022
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E10+ for all 10+: Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence
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BlueTwelve Studio
EA Sports WRC 24
With the official license of the World Rally Championship attached and the developer Codemasters is well known for its previous work with Dirt Rally and F1 franchise, WRC 24 is one of the most robust and accurate racing sims on the market. Fans can design and extensively customize their vehicles, participate in famous historic races and tracks, and work their way to the top of the charts in career modes. Earlier this year, Codemasters said it would not be developing further WRC titles for the foreseeable future, that is WRC 24 Hitting PS Plus gives racing game fans (and beyond) a chance to check out what is the latest and final entry in the series for now.
- Genre: Racing sim
- Developer: Codemasters
- Original edition: 2023
- OpenCritic Top Critic Average: 78
- Average time to beat: 15 hours (main case mode)
EA Sports WRC
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2023-11-31
- ESRB
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e
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Electronic Arts
Completely accurate combat simulator
As a more light-hearted and frenetic approach to traditional strategy sims, Completely accurate combat simulator (LOSS) has players recruiting and controlling groups of “wobblers” and sending them into hectic battles with a similar “wobbly-based physics engine”. Completely accurate combat simulator features a variety of entities from wizards to woolly mammoths and a variety of time periods and settings for them to encounter, including the Middle Ages, the Stone Age, the Wild West, and more. As Goat Simulator 3 coming to PS Plus in October, LOSS offers players tons of ridiculous fun with tons of strategy still built into its core gameplay.
- Genre: Strategy sim
- Developer: Landfall (known for Peak)
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Original edition: 2019
- OpenCritic Top Critic Average: N/A
- Average time to beat: 10 hours (main campaign)
PlayStation Plus has had an excellent year so far, and November's picks continue to offer a range of experiences that hit a variety of genres and preferences. The Extra and Premium inclusions will be announced in the coming weeks and members of these tiers can look forward to what PS Plus has in store soon.
