Every game subscription service likePS Plusor Xbox Game Pass has the insurmountable task of providing something for all gamers. There are so many genres, so many art styles, so many game directions, and so forth that can define someone’s taste, and making sure everyone is happy all the time is impossible. Luckily, the library for PS Plus (as well as Xbox Game Pass) is so big that there’s almost always something for everyone. Then, every month that library expands. Sometimes these are more varied, other times they are focused on one certain audience or genre. ThePS Plus Extra and Premium games for Februaryare just that: there’s more for RPG fans here than any other fan.
RPGs are one of the more varied genres, as they can be further broken down in several ways. For example,PS Plushas four JRPGs on the line-up, an open-world RPG with historical elements, a Sci-Fi RPG with satirical elements, and a deckbuilding game with RPG-lite elements. One throughline for these games is that, if someone fancies themselves a completionist, there are plenty of games here to attempt to 100%. Doing all of them presents an impossible task, but still, there’s a lot here in terms of quality and quantity for RPG completionists.
How Long to Beat Every PS Plus Extra and Premium Game (February 2024)
According tohowlongtobeat.com, it would take roughly 354.5 hours just to beat all of these games. If someone even tried to fully complete each of them, then that number jumps to 1047.5 hours. In other words, beating each game would take 14.7 days, and fully completing each game would take 43.65 days. They were added on February 20, which means Sony will reveal and addthe PS Plus free games for March 2024before anyone could beat every single one of these games.
Sony would announce and addevery PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Premium gamefor March, as well as reveal and add the PS Plus free games for April 2024 before someone could fully complete these titles. This time, of course, does not account for things like work, sleep, and the average every day of a person’s life, pushing these dates even further out.
Completionists Have Plenty to Pick From Among the PS Plus Extra and Premium Games
It should be noted that the idea a game’s price should be dictated by its length is incredibly outdated. Many gamers would perhaps enjoy 11 hours withResistance: Retribution, an old PSP game, moreso than 145 hours withAssassin’s Creed Valhalla. Not everyone is a completionist, and it ultimately comes down to personal taste. However, it should be noted that part of this huge jump between time to beat and time to complete comes down to the number of RPGs on the PS Plus February 2024 Extra and Premium line-up.
AC Valhallahas 145 hours of content,Roguebookhas 156 hours (though that’s more to deckbuilding than its RPG-lite features),Tales of Ariseis 73.5 hours,The Outer Worldsis 54 hours,Tales of Zestiriais 134 hours,Tales of Symphoniais 189 hours, andTales of Vesperiais 138 hours. That accounts for 889 hours, pretty much all of the 1047 number in just half of this month’s games.
Ultimately, it’s completely unrealistic and such an unobtainable goal to do all of them for any completionist in a short time span. However, there’s definitely something here for RPG fans to pump hundreds of hours into.Assassin’s Creed Valhallais an open-world RPG at its core, with plenty to explore for history books.Roguebookhas an addictive deckbuilding loop for those, whileThe Outer Worldsoffers a fun Sci-Fi RPG experience (even if it’s the shortest). Meanwhile, JRPG fans could throw a date at any of these’Tales of' gamesand find something to enjoy; the series is truly special, up there withFinal Fantasyin terms of quality. Perhaps that’s the best part. Each of these games offers completionists plenty of content, plenty of quantity, but they bring quality too.
PS5
Sony’s PlayStation 5 is part of the ninth console generation and debuted with a launch lineup that included Demon’s Souls and Astro’s Playroom. The console comes with a Blu-ray disc, although a digital-only edition is also available for a cheaper price.
