On November 2, PS Plus subscribers will get access to 6 new games. This also means there’s only a couple of days left to claim the PS Plus free games for October 2021, which include Hell Let Loose for PS5, PGA Tour 2K21 for PS4, and Mortal Kombat X for PS4. In contrast, November’s line-up has a wider range of genres and styles, if because PSVR is thrown in.
At a glance, the six PS Plus free games for November 2021 include First Class Trouble, a social deduction game for PS4 and PS5; Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, a remaster of a classic action RPG for PS4; Knockout City, a competitive multiplayer dodgeball game for PS4 and PS5; The Persistence, a rogue-lite where players aim to restore a ship and get back to earth (PSVR—VR optional); The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, a PSVR game set during the zombie apocalypse; and Until You Fall, a VR sword fighting experience.
Each PS Plus game, of course, is a bit more involved than that, so for those who want a more complete breakdown, here’s what everyone needs to know about these games.
PS Plus – First Class Trouble (PS4/PS5)
First-Class Trouble is a social deduction game in a vein similar to Among Us. In it, humans are trying to take down CAIN (the Central Artificial Intelligence Network) and its Personoids, with the latter pretending to be human and killing off players. Six players are in a match of First Class Trouble: Four Residents, Two Personoids. Residents must completely objectives around the map, while Personoids lie and deceive players, aiming to kill them in all the unique and fun ways First Class Trouble allows.
PS Plus – Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (PS4)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a remaster of a classic high fantasy 2012 game. As a remaster, it’s pretty middling in terms of applied improvements and the like, but it does come with the DLC and is expected to receive a new one soon. It follows the adventures of the Fateless One, who can be either Civilized Humans, Dark Elves, Light Elves, or Nomadic Humans, expanding their class trees and abilities down the fighter, rogue, or mage paths (mixing and matching as they please). Destinies, which are unlocked by in-game actions, add more buffs on top of that.
Combat is pretty straightforward: button pressing, QTE events, a slow-motion mode known as Reckoning mode that allows for Fateshifting enemies and quickly defeating them, and more. There are a ton of weapons that players can utilize to make the most of their build and aid them on their journey to defy fate.
PS Plus – Knockout City (PS4/PS5)
Knockout City is a team-based multiplayer dodgeball game, and it’s about as straightforward as it seems. Players must attack enemies with balls that spawn around the map, and there are multiple types like the Moon Ball (which allows players to jump higher) or the Bomb Ball (explodes on enemy contact). Throws are a matter of skill, focusing on accuracy, precision, positioning, and strategy—even allowing for other aspects such as fake throwing and tackling opponents with a ball.
Progress through the game unlocks Knockout city’s Holobucks to purchase customization items or their characters during their missions in all of the game’s futuristic maps. Some game modes include Team KO (TDM), Diamond Dash (players have to collect what players drop), and more. Knockout City is also getting a KO Royale mode soon. Overall, it’s a fun, if silly, multiplayer title.
PS Plus Free Games for November 2021 – PSVR Titles
To celebrate PSVR, PS Plus subscribers get three free PSVR games this month too alongside their traditional line-up. These three games are The Persistence, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, and Until You Fall. The Persistence, notably, can be played with or without VR, and in it players—as a clone of security officer Zimri Eder—attempt to survive, move through an ever-changing ship, restore its functionality, and get back to earth.
Each adventuring into The Persistence changes thanks to the swapping decks, with stealth being a solid option for dodging the new creatures aboard the ship. DNA material can be used for various upgrades, which are retained every time the player begins a new run in The Persistence. Death only forces the clone into another body, and it is not the end.
The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners’ VR gameplay puts a different spin on death not being the end, as players must fight the living and the undead to survive a New Orleans at war. One mystery arises that could end this war, putting all of this pressure on the player to set things right.
Gameplay consists of crafting, exploration, important choices, and bloody combat (as should be for a Walking Dead game). In VR, layers can use physics-based objects composed of melee, ranged, and makeshift weapons; knock a walker’s head clean off with these weapons, sometimes having to rip the weapon stuck in their skull out; creep through streets and old mansions, in search for supplies and more; and climb buildings, cars, and walls to get all of this done.
The emphasis on choice in how to get all of this done is interesting too, as players can choose to go in guns blazing or sneaking, rely on different factions for missions, protect people or murder them, and make choices that impact the city of New Orleans forever.
Until You Fall wraps up the PS Plus and PSVR game offerings this month, and it is a VR sword fighting experience. Players can utilize melee and magic as they fight hundreds of enemies and form their own style of combat, sometimes adapting it for one monster or another. Until You Fall is described as a rogue-lite except where, as players die, progress is kept through the game. Overall, the focus on combat makes this a fun if straightforward experience.
PS Plus subscribers get a handful of free games every month.