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[Draugoth]

Splatoon-like PS5 exclusive Foamstars will enter open beta today, giving players a chance to try out the game for free. Sony and Square Enix have confirmed that a PS Plus subscription is not required to jump into the party online.

In case you missed it, Foamstars is a 4v4 party shooter for the PS5 and PS4. However, the open beta is exclusive to the PS5. Players will be able to try out two modes: Smash the Star and Happy Bath Survival. Each will come with eight characters to choose from, with different play styles, specialist weapons, and unique skills.

The open beta will also give PS5 owners a chance to experience console-exclusive features like shooting foam with adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. Foamstars also supports motion sensor and gyro aiming.

As for when the party will kick off, here are the beta dates and times:

• Friday, September 29, 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET – Sunday, October 1, 11:59 p.m. PT / Monday, October 2, 2:59 a.m. ET

 

[Crayon]

I didn't take to splatoon though I thought I would. I'll try this out tonight.

 

[dotnotbot]

Soa

 

[Trekinspace88]

Will give the beta a go.

 

[reinking]

My one and only goal for gaming this weekend is to wrap up the main quest in Starfield and park NG+ for a major update or expansion. Once I have that wrapped up, I will try to jump into SploogeStars FoamStars and give it a shot.

 

[stickkidsam]

Can't for the bikini babe dlc so we can get some real foam in this jam.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Happy Bath Survival would be a great band name.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Ps5 AND Ps4.
DOH!

 

[Little Chicken]

"Splatoon-like" is very diplomatic.

I might give it a go if impressions are good.

 

[March Climber]

My one and only goal for gaming this weekend is to wrap up the main quest in Starfield

I'm nowhere close myself.

 

[Draugoth]

"Splatoon-like" is very diplomatic.

I might give it a go if impressions are good.

Cant wait until it becomes another genre like "Souls-like"

 

[RagnarokIV]

no

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Is there preload before release or just going in raw at 9pm?

 

[Kabelly]

Good thing there is gyro. I wonder if it's a good implementation. Too bad I don't have a PS5 though so I can't try it out but something about it still looks off to me.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Guess it won't hurt to try it out, but I'm not expecting much.

 

[reinking]

I'm nowhere close myself.

I think I am pretty close but I have to stay on task. I get easily distracted.

 

[Punished Miku]

Will give it a shot for a few minutes.

 

[Hestar69]

is the beta up yet?

edit: NVM see that is downloading now.

 

[Barakov]

It's actually fun.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Destruction Foamstars

 

[tmlDan]

the games fun confirmed, i hope more people give it a try

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Can't for the bikini babe dlc so we can get some real foam in this jam.

Would just get censored

 

[Zuzu]

I just played through the training stage but there doesn't seem to be anyone playing in Australia because I can't find a match

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Would just get censored

 

[Crayon]

Lobbing snowballs at someone half blind over a foam dune is not that easy for me. This is pretty fun, though.

Visually it's a cluster fuck. But it kind of seems okay because you are tromping around in mountains of this shit and it's flying everywhere. You get cut off from seeing the state of the terrain behind any big mound that forms.

The surfing control is simple but set up well. Turning is very quick but they got a little carving feeling in there so it's fun to swish around.

 

[Kakax11]

Probably why Jim Ryan left Sony

 

[Fabieter]

Well I tried it today and I prefer the controls and game greatly to splatoon.

 

[Crayon]

Finally won a match.

 

[Ronin_7]

Is it any good?

 

[Crayon]

Is it any good?

It plays nice. And it is different to get literally buried when you're losing.

 

[Hestar69]

any way to check how many kills you have to unlock the beta Soa skin?

 

[TheTony316]

It's actually pretty good

 

[bender]

Feels like it takes too much time for your foam to paint the ground once your projectile lands. Accumulation is a nice touch. Not really digging the aesthetic as it feels like it is going for the vibe of something establish but ends up feeling rather flat and generic.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I don't understand why "free" games with microtransactions do not require a Plus subscription. They are "free to play", so suddenly there is no cost of running the servers? They no longer need to contribute to "bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits"?

 

[Hudo]

I don't understand why "free" games with microtransactions do not require a Plus subscription. They are "free to play", so suddenly there is no cost of running the servers? They no longer need to contribute to "bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits"?

It's a compromise Sony et al. are making. If they were to paywall free-to-play games, they'd torpedo the whole business model of these games. They finance the operating costs with the microtransactions (at least that's the hope).

 

[Moses85]

Can't for the bikini babe dlc so we can get some real foam in this jam.

 

[adamsapple]

I wanna try it just to see the trainwreck myself

 

[Fabieter]

I wanna try it just to see the trainwreck myself

That tweet is a lie. Its a decent mp game.

 

[TVexperto]

its fun imo

 

[StealthGoblin]

Genuinely amazed at how much I like it. I could stick with this.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I don't understand why "free" games with microtransactions do not require a Plus subscription. They are "free to play", so suddenly there is no cost of running the servers? They no longer need to contribute to "bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits"?

It's easy. The more players, the more money can be earned on microtransactions.

 

[adamsapple]

I don't understand why "free" games with microtransactions do not require a Plus subscription. They are "free to play", so suddenly there is no cost of running the servers? They no longer need to contribute to "bringing high-quality games and value-added benefits"?

Microtransactions. It's why 'free games' like Fortnite, do exponentially more business than most full priced retail games.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

It's easy. The more players, the more money can be earned on microtransactions.

Microtransactions. It's why 'free games' like Fortnite, do exponentially more business than most full priced retail games.

This doesn't explain why full-priced games with microtransactions (e.g. Diablo 4, Gran Turismo 7) still require a PlayStation Plus subscription.

 

[Aenima]

This doesn't explain why full-priced games with microtransactions (e.g. Diablo 4, Gran Turismo 7) still require a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Because most full priced games like GT7 are not designed around MTX to make money. F2P entire business model is about selling MTX.

When Sony made the PS+ mandatory for online gaming they decided that F2P games should remain free, otherwise defeated the porpose of a "Free to Play" game. Also games that already charge you a subscription, like FF14, dont need a PS+ subscription to play.

 

[adamsapple]

This doesn't explain why full-priced games with microtransactions (e.g. Diablo 4, Gran Turismo 7) still require a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Those examples aren't free to play games though. They have a very different model, the F2P games' entire revenue model is around MTX.

Both XB and PS have the policy that if a game is free to play, it should not need PS+ or Live to play its online features, but if it's a paid product, you need the sub.

 

[SmokedMeat]

This doesn't explain why full-priced games with microtransactions (e.g. Diablo 4, Gran Turismo 7) still require a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Because they want to have their cake and eat it too.

There's also the fact that far more work and money went into making Gran Turismo and Diablo, than your run of mill simple ftp game like Foam Stars.

 

[Crayon]

Something like gran Turismo has pretty unintrusive mtx. Compare to Warframe where its like 2/3 store and 1/3 game.

 

[Barakov]

I wanna try it just to see the trainwreck myself

Letting the normies out of the COD/Madden corral was a mistake.

 

[L*][*N*K]

Splatoon-like PS5 exclusive Foamstars

Splatoon-Rip off PS5 exclusive Foamstars*

 

[BbMajor7th]

It's easy. The more players, the more money can be earned on microtransactions.

Also, free-to -play games on PlayStation normally have free packs for PS Plus subscribers, which seems to be part of the compromise.