I've squeezed out every ounce of value I could from my PS+ subscription. If I go by the dollar per hour ratio, I've gotten more than my money's worth. Anything more is just gravy on top--and let me tell you, there's no end to this train.
That said, I could afford to trim some fat. A few of the games do not appeal to me at all. It's surprising that the PS+ library is as strong as it is but there's bound to be a few stinkers every now and then. Trine 2 was one of them and Dyad is another one. Toss LittleBigPlanet Karting into that pile too and I'll probably never touch ModNation Racers.
I'm very selective with my purchases so I rarely come across a "bad game," but there are some that are dreadfully dull even if they're mechanically sound. I guess this is where "taste" comes into play. I generally don't discriminate by genre but boring is boring. Goodbye, free games. If I had paid money for them, I'd be more inclined to stick with it. Good thing I didn't.
Since my "multiple games at the same time" strategy proved successful, I'm going to double the amount. It's not as crazy as it sounds because three of those games are smaller titles but the other three are full retail. I'm playing Stealth Inc., Lone Survivor, Thomas Was Alone, Tomb Raider, Binary Domain, and Infamous 2 simultaneously. And thanks to a PSN flash sale, I added ten more games to my backlog including the Crash and Spyro series, Sam and Max, Back to the Future, Tales of Monkey Island, Braid, and Tokyo Jungle.
The first Crash Bandicoot is kicking my ass because the save system is utter trash. It's fun in an old-school "I'm gonna punch a wall" kind of way. It brings me back to my childhood when I played the demos endlessly. Even though I was a Playstation kid, I never did end up playing the Crash series. My brothers were mainly into Capcom fighters with a dash of Namco (Tekken, Soul Blade) and Arc System Works (Guilty Gear). They really dug light gun shooters too.
So I'm playing seven games at the same time right now. I've only scratched the surface of each. So far, I like them enough to continue playing. I wonder how long it's gonna take me to beat them all?
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