PlayStation Plus Premium Gets 2-Hour Baldur’s Gate 3 Trial and a 1-Hour Gollum Trial
Two new time-limited trials are on offer to PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers, although you may be interested in one more than the other.
Larian’s sweeping Dungeons & Dragons role-playing adventure Baldur’s Gate 3 has a new two-hour trial, exclusive to PS Plus Premium subscribers on PlayStation 5. “With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs,” we said in IGN’s Baldur’s Gate 3 review, which returned a 10/10.
Meanwhile, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum now has a one-hour trial, exclusive to PS Plus Premium members. This one’s a bit of a head-scratcher. Gollum was panned upon its launch, and is considered one of 2023’s most disappointing games. “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is filled with dull stealth, bad platforming, and a pointless story, and does little to justify why anyone should take the time to play it,” we said in IGN’s Gollum review, which awarded the game 4/10.
A contrasting due of trials, then, although it’s worth noting you won’t get much done with just two hours of Baldur’s Gate 3. If the character creator alone doesn’t rine your trial time, then you’ll barely make it out of the prologue. Still, as a sip of perhaps the greatest RPG of recent times, the trial will no-doubt whet players’ appetite for more.
One hour of Gollum, though, is enough to get a sense of what that game’s all about. According to HowLongToBeat data, Gollum’s main quest takes around 13 hours to complete. We’re not talking about the Fellowship’s journey to Mordor here.
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