There are as many types of shooters as there are game developers, but in broad terms they tend to fall into a couple of categories. Bullet hell is all about geometric explosions of pure pattern, challenging the player to wind their way through the insanity. Twin-stick leans towards only a little bit of firepower directed against the player but hordes of enemies constantly crowding the screen, horizontal shooters tend to fill the screen with environmental obstacles, and more classic-styled vertical shooters are more methodical. Sky Force Anniversary is from that last category, and while its enemy patterns aren't as flashy as a bullet hell shooter, there's something to be said for enemies smart enough to aim at you rather than shoot like they're suffering from diarrhea of the bullet emitter.
COGconnected: Sky Force Anniversary is slick-looking and easy to pick up and play, but you'll need patience if you want to make it to the end of this air raid intact.
TBG writes - I’ve been playing sky force on mobile for hours and was bubbly at the chance to play it on Switch. The console variation offers a widescreen view with different takes on gameplay that are all around better for the player and keep you coming back for another round.
James writes - The Xbox Game Pass keeps on going from strength to strength with a regular influx of new games, but sadly for us, some of them seemingly have to leave. So, which of the current titles have outstayed their welcome and are getting removed at the end of October?
Oh wow, I can't believe they are removing Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty on Xbox One, Resident Evil on Xbox One, Sky Force Anniversary on Xbox One, World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap on Xbox One, & MEGA MAN 9 on Xbox 360. That sucks!
they add games and remove games from gamespass every month. This month added Forza horizon 4 and Sinner sacrifice Redemption on release date this month, along with other games, I expect them to announce more games in the next week or two.
If you really love those games, you can buy them at a 20% discount before they leave the service as well
you can't make the 1st party titles part of your equation since those are slated to debut and stay on gamepass indefinitely....all other games do have a time frame for removal.
@optimus
It’s still a brand new game that would cost me $79.99 if it wasn’t on gamepass, so it definitely counts
you said that they add and remove games every month and put forza in there as one of those games. I'm saying it doesn't belong in that group because 1st party titles aren't slated to leave gamepass. what i mean is if 3 games go out and they get replaced by 3 other games then forza doesn't count towards that number as it's a 1st party NEW release. (it's not 2 + forza =3)...it just so happens to be released in the same month as the games that get added.
I still see no reason for this. They better add the game later but never remove it than add it on launch and remove it couple months later
I really want to believe that you actually meant they're removing those games from Game Pass and that sucks and not the actual console like your comment states.
You are reading too much into it. I was just trying to save everyone a click without getting my comment flagged. haha and yeah, you are right, I meant from game pass.
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Not a big deal, most of these games can be bought for cheap prices at $5 or less when on sale. Gamepass seems to keep exclusive and high performing Xbox one games permanently though.
They license these games for a set period of time. I suppose they could extend those terms with the publishers. but it's probably better they keep a good rotation. And I wouldn't say all the games on there are high performing.
Been seeing these articles for a while now. It’s got me wondering, do games ever leave PSNow?
They used. For example you used to be able to play the older Assassin's Creed games but they are no longer available last I checked. Not sure about the newer ones. I beat the first one is all. So recently I just purchased the Izio Collection from the PlayStation Network.
The games actually do leave PS Now. I was a subscriber and there is no real warning if when and what games are leaving as far as I know.
Here's is a list of some of the titles that were removed from my PS Now library back in the Summer:
Final Fantasy 13
Kane & Lynch
Warhammer
Assassin's Creeds
Child of Light
Raymans
A bunch of Neo Geo Games
Jeapordy
Wheel of Fortune
They do. I don't know if there are ever press releases about it though. I rarely see articles about it, and certainly not a monthly update of a list....at least not on N4G.
They are taking out some gems there. Why not just leave these old games? Not like they are gonna sell solo any more.
...actually, it has the opposite effect. by removing these "gems" and letting people know ahead of time; it gives people an incentive to buy before it's too late...personally, I'm inclined to buy oddworld (a game i've been looming over) at the gamepass discount now that i know it's on its way out.
