One Of 2023's Best RPGs Will Reportedly Arrive On Xbox Game Pass Soon
Xbox Game Pass subscribers are reportedly in for a treat as a fantastic Soulslike RPG may soon make its debut on the platform. As a part of its promise to consumers, Microsoft goes to great lengths to ensure that its service is always stocked with dozens upon dozens of games old and new and during the quieter months of the industry, it's often a good idea to provide users an opportunity to play any games they may have missed. Given the amount of excellent games released in 2023, it makes sense that folks may have slept on this RPG.
Per Bankier.pl, a contract between publisher CI Games and Microsoft seemingly confirms that will make its Game Pass debut at some point in 2024. The excellent Soulslike, developed by Hexworks, offered plenty of action-packed combat and challenging boss encounters but was unfortunately criticized at launch for the buggy state of its launch. Now that several updates have been issued to correct the technical problems, it seems like there isn't a better time to try, especially since Game Pass subscribers won't need to pay extra for it.
Microsoft is adding several new titles to its Game Pass subscriptions in May 2024, but there are also some titles being removed.
Serving as a reboot of the 2014 game of the same name, will be instantly familiar to anyone who's played the games as it wears its inspirations on its sleeve for better or worse. With slick combat that's both faster but no less impactful and intentional, Hexwork's title boasts plenty of excellent boss encounters that are only really let down by excessive common enemies. Fortunately, many of these complaints were addressed in balance updates so the game should be significantly less frustrating now than it was at launch.
Given that the highly-anticipated expansion for is still a few months away, fans of the Soulslike genre looking to scratch that itch are in luck because doesn't deviate much from the established formula. That may be frustrating to some but it replicates the style of
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