This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Wild, fast, and kind of stupid, Sunset Overdrive is Insomniac Games' love letter to pop-punk nonsense and shallow teen rebellion. Which, OK, doesn't sound that great as a subject matter for a video game, but believe me: Sunset Overdrive rules. Its movement system and creative combat options, combined with its bright color palette, anoint it as an unlikely child of Jet Set Radio , while its engine and creative energy became the bedrock for Insomniac's later take on acrobatic open-world action in Spider-Man.
If you like open worlds, goofy aesthetics, and acrobatic movement, Sunset Overdrive is the cult classic you've been waiting for. It's included with Xbox Game Pass. Casting you into blood-soaked feudal Japan, you take on the role of Wolf, a shinobi with the power of resurrection, seeking revenge on the samurai clan that shamed you.
This action-adventure is notoriously difficult, but mastering the combat and laying waste to your dreadful enemies is enormously satisfying. Slower stealth sections provide relief between challenging one-on-one fights to the death, and Sekiro is all about the fight. You play the role of a colonist left adrift by one of many greedy corporations that rule the outer reaches of space.
You can stick with the companies seeking to tame and colonize space or band together with dissidents seeking a life outside corporate chains—or forge your own path. Bringing one of the finest game series ever created together in a remastered release that includes the three original games with DLC , Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a must-have title.
Take on the mantle of Commander Shepard and battle to save the galaxy from certain doom with your hand-picked crew of colorful characters. If you somehow missed the trilogy, you are in for a treat, but even if you completed the originals years ago or never stopped, replaying Mass Effect is good for your mental health.
The Legendary Edition isn't in Game Pass, but the individual titles included are. This game is as charming as it is gruesome. You take on the role of a gleeful, always-dancing Grim Reaper named Felix. Your job is to arrange circumstances to end the lives of poor mortals, and this plays out against a background of funky beats and thoughtful puzzles.
While you dance around the environment, positioning everything just so , you have to avoid the sun and stay in the shadows. Also, Patrick Stewart is in it? After 's macabre platformer Limbo proved to be one of the most enjoyable indie titles available for the Xbox , people wondered—OK, we wondered—if Danish studio Playdead could meet its own bar for the following generation.
We needn't have worried. Inside begins with the same gloomy monochrome that made Limbo so affecting, and adds a healthy dose of danger; it's not just the treacherous environment you have to worry about as you navigate the world, but people and things that are actively looking to kill you. You will die, and you will die often. If you've ever wondered what a Shawshank Redemption game might feel like, this is it.
You must execute a meticulous plan to escape from prison, and you do it entirely with a partner. Just one of you needs to buy the game, and it's playable over Xbox Live or locally via split-screen.
The focus on cooperative play leads to some tense and exciting scenarios, including but not limited to climbing a shaft together and hiding in a laundry hamper.
It's not a flawless game, but couch co-op is all too rare these days, and the camaraderie you'll build with a friend is worth the admission. It's included in Game Pass. Styled after old black-and-white cartoons, Cuphead is fast, tricky, and beautiful in motion. It's a sidescroller that proves that 2D isn't out of style just yet. Developed by a small team, it is also one of the most aesthetically impressive games of its generation.
And if you think getting into fights with a bunch of cartoon pastiches will be easy, you are sorely mistaken. Cuphead will be a struggle, certainly, but it'll be a charming one. This creative, comical, carefree adventure melds dungeon exploration and gentle puzzles with slick combat and inventive boss battles.
You play as a crow employed as a reaper and tasked with collecting the souls of the dead. Combat is a mix of hack and slash and ranged fire as you cut through the seriously weird and wonderful creatures standing in your way.
Boss battles present layered challenges that get increasingly tough but stop short of frustrating. Shades of old Legend of Zelda games poke through here and there. More Information. Skip to main content. Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. Follow Statista. Florian Zandt. Description This chart shows the estimated sales figures for best-selling original Xbox games.
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Genshin Impact tasks players with venturing across the vast terrains of Teyvat, but there's a big tip to make it a lot easier. Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age.
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