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The best Final Fantasy games among 25 titles departing PlayStation Plus

The Tidus turning.

Close up of raven-haired Rinoa from Final Fantasy 8 with black feathers in the wind
Image credit: Square Enix

There are 25 games leaving the PlayStation Plus subscription service next month, including some of the best Final Fantasy games.

They are: Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy 10 and 10-2, Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, and Final Fantasy 15: Royal Edition. There's also spin-off World of Final Fantasy.

The 25 games will all leave on 21st May and includes the brilliant Abzu, The Artful Escape, The Messenger, Jotun, and more.

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Notably, many of the games leaving are for PS4. Is this a shift from Sony to push more recent PS5 games on the service?

The full list of games leaving is as follows:

  • Abzu (PS4)
  • Adr1ft (PS4)
  • How to Survive 2 (PS4)
  • The Artful Escape (PS5, PS4)
  • Ashen (PS4)
  • Last Stop (PS5, PS4)
  • I Am Dead (PS4, PS4)
  • Absolver: Downfall (PS4)
  • My Friend Pedro (PS4)
  • The Messenger (PS4)
  • Jotun (PS4)
  • Sundered (PS4)
  • World of Final Fantasy (PS4)
  • This Is the Police (PS4)
  • This Is the Police 2 (PS4)
  • ELEX (PS4)
  • Monster Jam Steel Titans 2 (PS4)
  • Minit (PS4)
  • Observation (PS4)
  • Final Fantasy 9 (PS4)
  • Final Fantasy 7 (PS4)
  • Final Fantasy 8 Remastered (PS4)
  • Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age (PS4)
  • Final Fantasy 15: Royal Edition (PS4)
  • Final Fantasy 10 10-2 HD Remaster (PS4)

Of course, you could always try and rush through these before 21st May. At least the Final Fantasy games have boosts to speed-up gameplay.

Earlier this week, the latest games joined PlayStation Plus, including Dave the Diver as it debuts on PlayStation.

Next week, Tales of Kenzera: Zau will join on day one of its release, which will be followed by Animal Well as another day one release.

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