Well, without spending many pennies [Mr Bond? – ed]. To play most games online, you’ll need a PlayStation Plus Essential subscription at the very least. But as far as the games themselves go, we’re only considering the ones you can nab for free from the store, not which you get as part of subscriptions you have to pay extra for.
Plenty of games across most genres have embraced the live-service model as part of their free-to play offering, opening the gates to all, so we’re taking a look at the variety on offer to play right now across PS5 and PS4.
Shooters
Two teams go in, one goes out
As a genre, team-based shooters live and die on their personalities. Sometimes these are classes, but usually they’re unique characters, each with their own gameplay quirks in a way not dissimilar to fighting game characters. You might click with a particular one because of their personality or design as much as because of how their special abilities change the feel of the game.
This story is from the November 2022 edition of PLAY Magazine UK.
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