What September’s PlayStation Plus drop lacks in Xbox Day One-style drama it makes up for with style and charisma.
Playstation Plus members will surely be charmed by the multi-award winning Stardew Valley, the quietly artistic and reality-bending Viewfinder, and the brash, sharp and witty Psychonauts 2.
PlayStation Plus members have until Sept. 4 to add August’s picks Lies of P, Day Z, and My Hero One’s Justice 2 to their game library.
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STARDEW VALLEY | PS4
Lose hours to this adorable farming and life sim. You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home? Hone skills in farming, foraging, fishing, mining, and even combat! Meet your neighbors. Build relationships with your neighbors. Befriend and even marry them. Or stay enemies. It’s your game! Start building your tiny adorable legacy now.
VIEWFINDER | PS4, PS5
One of 2023’s more original titles. Viewfinder challenges your perception, redefines your reality, and reshapes the world around you — by means of an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
The player is tasked with mapping images and shapes found in photographs and other two-dimensional works onto the three-dimensional space of the game’s world to solve puzzles and move on. Later, you can use a Polaroid-style camera to take your own photos. If you enjoy reality-bending games like Superliminal, then this one’s a must.
PSYCHONAUTS 2 | PS4
The quirkiest of quirky platform adventures! Psychonauts 2 combines missions, mysterious conspiracies, cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Just like the first game, players control Raz, a young acrobat training to become a Psychonaut — an agent using psychic powers to thwart villains. Following Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, Raz and the Psychonauts investigate their leader’s kidnapping, uncovering secrets about the organization’s origins and Raz’s family. Raz navigates characters’ mindscapes, using new and returning psychic abilities to solve puzzles and fight a series of truly mental creatures.
