That happy time of the month - October 2015 PS+

Last week there was an exciting announcement that I look forward to every month, the Playstation Plus announcement! It's the build up of a month's worth of rumours which these days unfortunately usually ends up with a gigantic outpouring of complaining and disappointment from legions of Playstation fans.

I can definitely understand some of the complaints, the most common of which is that PS+ is full of indie games and there are hardly any big AAA titles. If we compare this month's offerings to the last two years you can really see that we do seem to be missing some of the big titles...

October 2015
Unmechanical Extended (PS3, PS4)
Kickbeat (PS3, PSVita)
Chariot (PS3)
Kung Fu Rabbit (PS3, PSVita)
Broken Age (PS4, PSVita)
Super Meat Boy (PS4, PSVita)

October 2014
Batman Arkham Asylum (PS3)
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara (PS3)
Rainbow Moon (PS3, PSVita)
Spelunky (PS3, PS4, PSVita)
Dust: An Elysian Tale (PS4)
Pix the Cat (PS4, PSVita)

October 2013
Far Cry 3 (PS3)
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS3)
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (PS3)
Street Fighter X Tekken (PSVita)
Touch My Katamari (PSVita)

The question that I have for readers is is this really such a bad thing? What I really value about the PS+ is the fact that it gets me to try out games that I wouldn't ordinarily think to purchase.

PS+ has always had indie games, in October 2014 we had Rainbow Moon and Dust both of which are games that I absolutely adore but it's unlikely I would have played them if they hadn't come to PS+. I love the fact that PS+ gives me access to a varied range of games. Sure there are months where there is nothing that's really to my taste but if I'm honest there are only so many hours that I can devote to gaming so if there were 6 games every month that I liked the look of then I'd never get round to playing let alone finishing them! Everyone has different gaming tastes so I think people need to accept that as PS+ is catering to a wide range of gamers. What's in the monthly selection isn't always going to appeal to you but give some of them a go anyway and you may surprise yourself.

I'm really happy with this months selection, 3 of them in particular. Broken Age is a point-and-click game that I have been meaning to buy now for a while. I've seen some trailers of Unmechanical Extended and think it looks like a pretty fun little puzzle game, and finally there's Super Meat Boy which seems to have quite a lot of people online singing it's praises.

In fact I'm so happy with this month's selection that I've made some super tasty meatballs for my household to celebrate Super Meat Boy!

So what do you think of this month's selection and of PS+ in general? let me know in the comments!