About 40 hours into Forbidden West. I usually grow tired of open world games by this point, but there's more than enough side stuff to do to stay entertained. I got the best armor in the game and am taking my time upgrading both it and my weapons. An addicting gameplay loop.

What's the best armor? And how do you get it? I think I got the best bow this morning. I'm 60 hours in.

You have to complete all of the Oseram Scavenger Quests.

Sounds like the Gran Turismo always online situation is kind of a mess.

Grubb has leaked a lot of things over the last year+. Spartakus leaks here.

https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/24/playstation-plans-3-spartacus-tiers-for-as-much-as-16-per-month/

That’s interesting. I wonder what the % comparison is of people who pay monthly vs. people who pay it all up front.

i wonder what the upgrade process looks like for going from PS+ to tier 2 or 3? I'd consider giving tier 2 a try to see what's there.

We won't know until later this year of course but interested what kind of Black Friday-ish discounts they offer for all tiers. I re-up my subscription every year around the holidays when you can see up to 40% off the annual rate (now dubbed the Essential Tier). Did the same for Game Pass; was on sale around the holidays for $25 for 3 months vs $15 for 1 month.

I'll probably try out the second tier as soon as it's available, why not? Annually, nothing really here to me that's unreasonable compared to Game Pass from a price point (it's Sony, I didn't expect it to be cheap), just really interested in seeing what older titles they'll have available. I really wish the older titles were available for d/l too rather than streaming.

I thought I read that current Plus subscribers will automatically be grandfathered into the Essential Tier, then you have option in June to upgrade as desired.