5 best RPG games to play on Game Pass in January 2022

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Role-playing games (RPGs) are one of the best things the video game medium has to offer players when it comes to the sense of immersion. A sprawling world full of quirky new characters and factions, and an engaging storyline are among the most appealing aspects of this genre.

Once you delve into navigating yourself into the alternate world of RPGs and molding them as you go through a compelling journey of building your character and sometimes their party members, there’s no going back.

Xbox Game Pass and its PC counterpart, which Microsoft rebranded as PC Game Pass, has a huge library of quality RPG titles - including the all-time greats from Bethesda, BioWare, and so forth.

The subscription service is, without a doubt, a great product to play the best Western RPGs from the last decade. Here five top recommendations.

Note: This article reflects the writer's opinions.

It has been 12 long years since this game came out. Yet nothing comes as close to capturing the magic as this Obsidian title did. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland surrounding retro-futuristic Las Vegas, Fallout: New Vegas will offer Game Pass players immense roleplay opportunities in navigating the game’s world and story.

This 2020 title was released as a refresh of the Yakuza series with a new protagonist and setting. Departing from the beat-’em-up style of combat of older Yakuza titles, Like a Dragon features a turn-based battle system.

This is also a great time to jump in and play through the Yakuza series through Game Pass, as the titles are rumored to be leaving the subscription service later this year.

Released in May last year, Mass Effect Legendary Edition packages all three titles of BioWare’s famed Mass Effect trilogy and all of its single-player DLCs