Sony announced this month’s PS Plus lineup. Subscribers will be able to redeem the following games between November 7 and December 4: Mafia II: Definitive Edition, Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and Dragon Ball: The Breakers. None of them are particularly great, though.
A remaster of the original game, Mafia II: Definitive Edition launched on May 19, 2020 with graphical improvements but turned out to be a mess of glitches and low frame rate, at least on consoles.
The second game of this month’s PS Plus is Aliens Fireteam Elite. Made by Cold Iron Studios, it debuted in August 2021 to middling reviews. Our Kai Powell was particularly underwhelmed after spending some time with the game, rating it 6 out of 10:
The Colonial Marines and military types of the Aliens universe would normally be a perfect fit for the style of co-op shooter that Cold Iron Studios was aiming for but unfortunately Aliens: Fireteam Elite misses the mark by a wide margin. Instead of celebrating the sheer power of the Colonial Marines, these three-man fireteams are simply trying to survive being mobbed down by waves of mindless, fast-moving zombies with the added ability of being able to crawl on walls. The potential of building up a badass Doc was quickly ruined with the realization that there just isn’t much incentive to keep grinding away for minimal returns. I’ve played through the Aliens: Fireteam Elite campaign once and a bit more for this reviewer in particular, it’s game over, man.
Last but not least, PS Plus gamers can download Dragon Ball: The Breakers, an asymmetric online action game where seven ordinary citizens try to survive the Raider (a classic DRAGON BALL rival such as Cell, Frieza, and Buu). This game didn’t exactly have a great reception, either.
If you dislike all of these games, perhaps you’ll be interested in the 15% discount that Sony is gifting PS Plus subscribers to be spent this month to acquire or rent movies in the Sony Pictures Core app.
