"It’s fair to say that ReCore bears the burden of great expectations. Touted as one of Microsoft’s big exclusives, and with legendary Mega Man game designer Keiji Inafune at the helm, it stood to head off the fall release calendar for Microsoft with a bang." -- Xbox Enthusiast
Of course Sunset Overdrive gets a nod. It's Insomniac!
I personally think there's better on gamepass then what was listed. State of decay imo is better then anything listed. Recore seemed alright for what I played on there also.
Odd that he specified 'Game Pass Ultimate' instead of just 'Game Pass' just so he could include a relatively weak choice comparably in 'Alice: Madness Returns' which is available with EA Play. SoD was a far better overlooked game to have listed.
Omar Banat: Xbox Game Pass is one of the most ingenious services that Microsoft has come up with, but for these five games, it didn't come soon enough.
Game Pass certainly could have helped Sunset Overdrive which was underrated, imo.
"But the focus of the day is Remedy’s 2016 critically acclaimed Xbox exclusive, Quantum Break, and how Game Pass could have given it a much-needed bump."
Quantum Break received overall good reviews. Not great, but good. Critically acclaimed? Sorry, no. That's hyperbole.
"And fast-forwarding a few years, we saw what a boon Game Pass was for Gears 5. Not only did Game Pass help get the game into the hands of more Xbox and PC players, but it also helped it exceed Gears of War 4 in sales."
Gears 5 was launched on Steam day one. Gears of War 4 still isn't on Steam. I think that's important to point out if you are going to allude to reasons why one game outsold another.
There’s no denying how good Gamepass is but I’m still foggy on how it benefits developers/publishers. Like, do they just get one lump sum of cash to put the title on Gamepass? I mean, I personally canceled my pre-order for Outriders when I saw it’s going to be on Gamepass day 1. Judging by that I’m not sure Gamepass helps with the sales of games, rather it does expose games to more players, but how much of that equates to sales down-the-road?
Article on the story of Recore which includes new information on cut characters and covers its rumoured development hell. "Recore’s always been a title that’s fascinated me, as it's clearly a game that never fulfilled its potential for whatever reason. It's filled to the brim with bugs and glitches and yet, despite that, still managed to charm many who played it. It’s the first game that I wanted"
A game for the Xbox fans that is best on PC. No doubt.
This is a real shame. Why did Microsoft not invest more into the game, it used the crappy unity engine and obviously has a marginal budget. Some people praise Phil Spencer, but it is becoming more obvious that he really isn't investing into non heavy hitter games as much as he states.
We got a low budget Conker built with spark engine and a low budget ReCore. Spencer teases old IPs like Battletoads, Perfect Dark, and Battetech,and when they do materialize it's in an abstract manner. Rare IPs, guest characters in other games, Battetech kick starter games.
If I was Inafune I would go back to Capcom and beg for my job back.
When a site who is filled by people who love Xbox and are real enthusiasts about that console rates it 6.5....You know the game is really mediocre.
I had a feeling. This game looked mediocre from the first trailer.