PlayStation has announced the slew of games available for PS Plus subscribers for December 2021, and it includes Counterplay Games’ formerly PS5 console-exclusive looter-slasher Godfall.
However, it’s not the base game of Godfall. Godfall for PS Plus subscribers is a new, unique version called Godfall: Challenger Edition.
(Update 06/12/21: Godfall: Challenger Edition will also be offered for free on the Epic Games Store on December 10 until December 17)
Godfall: Challenger Edition does not include the campaign. Instead, all players of the Challenger Edition skips straight to the level cap of 50, with all Valorplates unlocked and a bunch of skill points to create your builds in this character-action-RPG.
You can then jump straight into the endgame modes (Lightbringer, Dreamstones, Ascended Tower Of Trials) and play with other players via cross-play.
Matchmaking and endgame co-op is “compatible with all editions of Godfall and supports cross-gen play on PlayStation 4 and 5”, the PlayStation Blog post reads, which is a lengthy way to say cross-play should also be available on the PC version of Godfall, available on the Epic Games Store.
There are also new quests coming with the Challenger Edition’s release, though it will also be available for all versions of Godfall as well.
Should you still want to play Godfall’s campaign- the one from the base game and the one from the Fire & Darkness expansion– you can “upgrade” the Challenger Edition to the Deluxe Edition. The expansion adds more weapons, items and cosmetics.
Looks like Godfall is pulling a Destiny 2, having “free” (you still need to actively pay for a PS Plus subscription) players jump straight to the endgame where the real fun is in these sort of loot games. But it’s also an admission that the campaign may not be worth experiencing, enough that skipping the grind is the main selling point of this PS Plus version of the game.
For Godfall veterans, hopefully, you all are prepared to welcome new players who may have no idea what they are doing in co-op matchmaking.
Godfall: Challenger Edition is only available through a PS Plus subscription, claimable from December 7 to January 3, 2022.