It’s time to give thanks to Sony PlayStation for this month’s PlayStation Plus essentials free games! This month’s games take players to ancient Japan to battle demons in Nioh 2, the Wizarding world of Harry Potter in the Lego Harry Potter Collection, and deep into the quiet void of space with Heavenly Bodies. Gamers can Download or save the games to their library for later download via the PlayStation store or the PlayStation app.
The Lego Harry Potter Collection
The perfect mashup of one of the worlds most favorite stories and One if it’s most beloved toys comes to the video game universe in The magical tale of the Lego “boy who survived”. The 
The Harry Potter Lego collection features a birds eye view gameplay in a 3D environment with animated cutscenes to advance the story line. If players just want to relive their favorite Harry Potter momenets they can skip through all of the extra goals and side quest achievements available in the game.
Hogwarts wouldn’t be much of a school if they didn’t actually hold any lessons to teach it’s students. Players can learn new spells by going to class and taking a lesson from Professor Flitwick. Once learned players can select the spells they want to use by accessing the “spell wheel” which holds all of the characters learned spells.
Wingardium Leviosa is one of the first and most important spells players will learn as it’s used quite a bit to helps move objects that are blocking the players path. Just like in the books and movies, Harry Potter can’t do it all alone and sometimes needs the help of his best buds and fellow Gryffindors for help. For instance, Ron can use Scabbers, his pet rat, to access hard to reach areas or Use Wingardium Leviosa in each other to help lift their party members to new heights.
Unlocked characters Harry and his pals run into a lot of students, wizards, and Muggles in trouble while fulfilling their destiny. If the players can manage to figure out how to help their fellow academics and adventurers, they might be able to unlock that character for play in free roam. There are over 90 different known playable characters some of which have special abilities.
What are Some of the playable characters in Lego Harry Potter?
- Alastor Moody
- Albus Dumbledore
- Argus Finch
- Arthur Weasley
- Bellatrix Lestrange
- Bloody Baron
- Charles Weasley
- Cho Chang
- Cornelius Fudge
- Dean Thomas
- Death
- Death Eaters
- Dobby
- Dolores Umbridge
- Draco Malfoy
- Dudley Dursley
- Fang
- Fat Friar
- Fenrir Greyback
- Filius Flitwick
- Fleur Delacour
- Fred Weasley
- Garrick Ollevander
- Godric Gryffindor
- Goyle
- Gringotts Dragon
- Griphook
- Helena Ravenclaw
- Helga Hufflepuff
- Kreacher
- Lily Potter
- Lord Voldermort
- Lucius Malfoy
- Luna Lovegood
- Tonks
- Prof. Sprout
- Rowena Ravenclaw
- Crabbe
- Severus Snape
- Salazar Slytherin
- Sirius Black
- Many more…
House symbols, Gold Blocks, and Rivets. As the characters make their way across their adventures players will notice that they have been collecting different colored rivets. These rivets can be used to purchase new costumes and items. If the player dies or takes damage they will lose some of the rivers they had collected. Players can also collect hearts to replenish any damage taken. Players can also collect House seals, 4 per level one for each house, by breaking items or building. Players should collect any gold bricks to take part in another in-game achievement.
Nioh 2
What weapons are available in Nioh 2?
- Switchglaive— 3 in 1 melee weapon that changes depending on the players stance. It can be either a sword, spear, or scythe.
- Spear- a long thick stick. Hits hard and keeps enemies at a safe distance.
- Dual Swords- two swords are better than one, obviously. These are great for combos.
- Katana-the classic Samurai weapon. This sword has great all around stats.
- Odachi- it’s like the Katana but supersized.
- Kusarigama- the ranged weapon of the game this weapon is a blade attached to the end of a chain that the players can swing to cause lots of damage. It is a slow moving weapon.
- Axe and Hammer- a slow attacking weapon that causes a lot of damage and gives the player the advantage of physical damage reduction and toughness.
- Splitstaff- a fluid flowing fast weapon that can vary on the damage dealt depending on the type of attack executed.
- Tonfas- not the best weapon in the game it drains the enemies Ki or magic power. Players may have to switch weapons often to cause proper damage.
- Hatchets- hatchets are tough to use in early levels but gain damage as skills are unlocked. Players need to be good shots if they are thinking about using this weapon.
With weapons of choice at the ready they can select their yokai spirit. The wolf, the shark, or the phoenix all have different attributes and benefits. The player can invoke this Yokai spirit periodically for a momentary transformation and boost to their ability.
Once in game of the player can make their way across the map collecting soul stones and experience by defeating demons and bandits they meet along the way.
If players activate the soul shrine they can heal their character from damage as well as apply any skill points at the amount of earn from gaining and level. The player is able to customize their characters strength, courage, dexterity… In order to best fit their fighting and playing style.
Players also are given skill points and they can assign to specific moves, weapons, or magic that allows them to unlock fighting combos which allow them to dispatch enemies even faster.
Overall this is a very fun extremely beautiful and entertaining game! I highly recommend it and hope you enjoy.
Heavenly Bodies
