PlayStation Plus Users are advised NOT to download a particular version of the newest free game

PlayStation Plus subscribers have been advised against downloading one particular version of a free game that is offered through the service because it potentially affects the process of obtaining your title negatively. By being a member, you are able to download and play many titles free of additional expenses.

Today, being a PS Plus member, you are allowed to get and play LEGO Horizon Adventures at no cost, but there is a problem that has appeared with the presence of the game in the subscription service. The user of Reddit Justasking027 emphasised that the game is free as a monthly game and is located in the Extra tier catalogue, asking which of these two versions they should claim.

As a reaction to the post, other users of Reddit released a warning of how they should get the free co-op game on PS Plus. In their views, it is a far preferable option to take the monthly free game included in the Essential tier instead of playing it through the access offered through the Extra tier. This is due to the licensing infraction that may occur out of it.

Under the Essential tier, when you take a free monthly game, the title is forever added to your own personal library, and you can download it and play it any time, as long as you remain a PS Plus subscriber. You can download it and play even if you are an Extra or Premium tier member, and more so, you will be able to play it even after switching to the Essential tier.

Nonetheless, when you play it using the Extra tier, you might have a couple of issues. The first is that, in case you upgrade to an Essential membership in PS Plus in the future, you will lose the right to the game.

Moreover, although you are still a subscriber of the Extra or Premium tier, in case PlayStation pulls LEGO Horizon Adventures off the catalogue, you will not be able to play it, as the license was not actually redeemed, but just borrowed using the service.

The problem that the Reddit user has raised with LEGO Horizon Adventures is a great lesson to consider claiming the free monthly games first before playing them as part of the catalogue. This would guarantee you can enjoy the game in the long term regardless of the level of membership, and as long as the game remains licensed by the PS Plus catalogue.

LEGO Horizon Adventures is an excellent co-op game to be played during the summer holidays with friends and relatives. The only one that you ought to be cautious of is the way you claim it through PlayStation Plus, so that you can be able to play it at any given time.