We select ten of the best games from among all those that make up the Xbox Game Pass catalog, with genres such as RPG, shooter, driving …
Xbox Game Pass is the great success of Microsoft in this generation, and without a doubt, a pillar on which to build the next one that will arrive at the end of next year with Xbox Scarlett, already in the hands of Phil Spencer. But while, and until some news arrives at the catalog of this magnificent service, such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Division, My Friend Pedro or eFootball PES 2020, it is again time to dive in the large number of games that Offers to find the best. In a list of 100 titles there are for all tastes, but this selection of ten games is undoubtedly a good example of what to try if you have a subscription, this being a moment as good as any other considering that it is possible to get 3 months for the ridiculous price of … 1 euro. Meanwhile, we leave you with the 10 games that we believe you have to play yes or yes from among the entire Xbox Game Pass catalog:
The Outer Worlds
Available on Xbox Game Pass from the day of its launch, thanks to the new relationship between Microsoft and Obsidian, masters of the role as evidenced in this RPG that with a little more budget would have reached very high levels. But first first Pillars of Eternity and then South Park: La Vara de la Verdad showed that this study does not need a technical section of vertigo to stand out, and it stands out in everything that has to do with the gender it represents: depth of the character editor and progression system, freedom of choice, possibilities for dialogue … If we add to this a surprisingly solid gunplay, it is able to hook us and make us forget most of its technical problems.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Before it was practically essential, for the mere fact of representing a piece – very large – of the history of the Xbox brand, with the four main deliveries of what is surely its most emblematic franchise. From a Halo: Combat Evolved that ages exceptionally until the debut of 343 Industries with Halo 4 and adding multiplayer modes and maps to stop a train for each and every one of its iterations, the initial problems of its launch have been left behind. Not only that, but this month he joins the collection no less than Halo: Reach, the last in charge of Bungie before separating his path from Microsoft to venture into Destiny. At least 3 of the 5 games in this compilation are games that must be played yes or yes.
Monter Hunter World
Monster Hunter World is Capcom in a state of grace, capable of creating a delivery that can satisfy the usual fans – who are counted by millions – and at the same time be accessible to anyone who wants to start in the saga. In spite of the latter, it is not advisable to trust, and we do not talk about a simple game, much less, since already in Astera itself – our resting place – we can feel overwhelmed by such amount of activities, things to do and previous preparations to the hunt. Once on hunting ground we find an environment of a remarkable size – it can also be called an open world – where Capcom has known how to establish rules that are adaptable to any player: hunts of, at most, 50 minutes, adaptable to long or short game sessions. One of the great wells of Xbox Game Pass hours.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Already with his years behind – four, recently fulfilled – but with the same quality as then and that Hideo Kojima has printed to each of the five deliveries of this brand that is history – not very lively, unfortunately – of the video game . The last adventure of Venom Snake brings us the iteration with more playable possibilities of the saga, which is not a little to say, including the possibility of having companions such as Quiet or Diamond Dog, but also the one that supposes a bigger jump with respect to the previous one . The open world posed by Kojima and his team at The Phantom Pain poses a variety of situations never seen before, introducing even management mechanics when it comes to carrying our Mother Base, an aspect that everything must be said, did not please everyone , as well as its plot thread. Historical for many reasons, among which is also, the truth is told, which was probably the straw that broke the glass so that Kojima left Konami, the company for which he had been working for no less than 3 decades.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
The cheetah Daniel Vavra, director of the first two and dear deliveries of Mafia, decided a good day that he was tired of magic and dragons in the current role, and for this he embarked on a Kickstarter campaign that concluded with sufficient success to be able to launch the RPG you wanted: Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Set in the Europe of the Middle Ages, we take the role of Henry, son of a blacksmith in a small town that is ravaged by the attack of mercenaries, and from there, begins an adventure of revenge, but also to do good – or not – in his land of Bohemia. With a contemporary look but a classic role, it is worth highlighting a particularly deep combat system in which each battle can mean death if we are not skilled, and this, which is usually a topic, is completely true: it does not matter your level or The quality of the equipped weapon, only your ability. Role of the old school under a modern mantle where, precisely, fighting, is almost the least.
Devil May Cry V
Again Capcom, that after the experiment – fallen for some, very worthy for many others – to leave the franchise in the hands of an external studio, Ninja Theory, for the first time in its history, decided to take the reins of one of its most prestigious brands. A Dante more in style as we know him, but more veteran, a Nero that takes center stage by full right and charisma, and a V that brings a different touch on the playable level – and also personal, is a more thoughtful uncle – they form a trio protagonist who does not let the action decline. The three have a capacity of progress not unlimited, but almost, that to squeeze requires several turns to the game, and a cast of weapons to each one more devastating and crazy, because… in how many games can you use a motorcycle as double heavy sword?
Prey
When Bethesda announced that he was recovering the Prey brand, skepticism was the general sensation, but when it was learned that the Arkane French would be responsible for bringing it back, it diminished considerably. Dishonored and its sequel – also available on Xbox Game Pass – have been enough to place these Gauls as one of the top studios of the company commanded by Pete Hines, and Prey in his hands could only improve. Indeed, we find a great and enigmatic history of science fiction, which wins integers when it comes to exploring its intricate environment – how well these people design levels – and discover the secrets of Talos 1, the huge ship where the story takes place . Unfortunately Prey is not perfect, and fails in all aspects related to encounters with enemies, either by stealth or direct combat, completing a very demanding proposal not only in this regard, but also because it gives the player such freedom that this You will not be able to feel somewhat lost without knowing what your next step is.
Metro Exodus
On board the Aurora, the train that is another protagonist of the game, we live the last? adventure of Artyom, the beloved character of Russian novels Dimity Glukhovsky who has been so well taken to the video game by 4A Games, especially in Metro Exodus. The brave – to be a not so large study – decision to go to an open world is carried out in a solvent manner, not only with the best visual section of the entire saga – and gender in this generation – but with mechanical well adapted for survival, even if it loses some weight compared to Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light. A journey difficult to forget in the company of characters – and villains – charismatic in this post-apocalyptic world that has gained a place not only in science fiction literature, but also in video games.
Gears 5
After a Gears of War 4 that did not convince 100% of the community of players, The Coalition decided to implant its seal definitively in Gears 5, change of nomenclature included, adding some a priori breakthrough innovations in the franchise. The skiff, that peculiar means of transport in the new open environment, is the most obvious, but ironically, when it stands out is when it is more conservative, since it is not easy to be groundbreaking in a franchise so long-lived and with so much identity, and less in The third person shooter genre. The story goes from more to less, but that is not an obstacle for it to be completely enjoyable from start to finish, as well as a multiplayer more extensive than ever, with traditional competitive modes plus the no less usual but successful Horde and the great novelty, Escape . One of the great Xbox in this generation that must aim even higher.
Forza Horizon 4
How easy it would have been for Playground Games to simply add more and better content to the already excellent Forza Horizon 3 base to get out of the way and launch a great driving arcade with this fourth installment of the Forza Motorsport subsaga. However, far from it, they occur to implement a system of stations that completely changes a route that we have gone through previously and make it an almost totally different game, overwhelming in content with about 500 vehicles, dozens of competitions, a online section better integrated than in the third part … The greater emphasis on this multiplayer section has made some of the tests for the individual mode below the general level, but that this does not serve to push anyone back. If Playground will have done well in this generation that Microsoft trusts them to completely change third and now develop an open-world RPG …
