![]() Some games do a few memorable things in an otherwise disappointing package, and some games are greater than the sum of their parts. If you’re after a racing game that you can easily dip in and out of or spend hours hooning around in, look no further than Forza Horizon 5. Not that much has changed in the gameplay department, but why mess with a recipe that already produces such delicious cakes? That’s not to say there isn’t anything new here: you’ll find a bunch of new interesting stories and activities, as well as the new Accolades system, which will keep completionists busy for hours on end while providing a decent sense of progression. If you’ve played the previous entry into the series, this one will feel very similar. How Playground managed to get the game to look this good without tanking performance, I’ll never know. ![]() Visually, you can’t fault Forza Horizon 5 - it truly is a stunning game, and Playground Games has really put a lot of love and effort into putting together a game world as detailed and varied as Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico. This time around, the Horizon Festival takes us to the diverse land of Mexico, where we have deserts, canyons, swamps, farmlands, towns, jungles, and a volcano to thrash some of the world’s most expensive cars around. Once you remove EA Play titles from the mix, the number of racing games included with Xbox Game Pass is actually pretty slim, but that doesn’t matter when you have one of the best sim-cade racers taking up pole position in the service: Forza Horizon 5. Doom can be extremely challenging - especially if you’re brave/stupid enough to crank up the difficulty - but it’s oh-so-rewarding when you manage to carve a path through a horde of Hell’s finest while barely taking a scratch. Mick Gordon’s metal soundtrack is brilliantly brutal, and for anyone familiar with the older games, grabbing the shotgun as the familiar chugging of At Doom’s Gate kicks in will have you punching the air in delight. It may have come a long way from its humble sprite-based beginnings, but this reboot perfectly captures and expands on the tone and feel of the 1993 original. The breakneck pace of the game, the heavyweight punch of the varied arsenal, the visceral close-quarters finishers that allow you to replenish on the fly… everything about Doom just feels right. The slightly more methodical gameplay loop of sequel Doom Eternal might be more to some people’s tastes, but for us, the purity and chaos of 2016’s Doom reboot still takes some beating. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is just sheer fun to play - and is just one of many great RPGs on Xbox Game Pass - and it’s a safe bet that you won’t regret starting this up while it’s in the Game Pass library. Soon you’ll be running a business (where your best employee is apparently a chicken?) or fighting to stay awake while REM rams (creepy sheep-men) attempt to lull you to sleep. It’s nearly impossible to go from point A to point B without getting sidetracked by side missions, minigames, or random snippets of conversation. That, technically, is what the game is about, but you might forget that after you stumble onto the sheer amount of stuff there is to do in Like a Dragon. He then sets out on a mission to figure out what happened. It’s all about Ichiban Kasuga, who’s just been released from an 18-year stint in prison (for a crime he didn’t commit) only to realize his clan is gone, and he’s been betrayed by his idol. If you ever wondered how much random ridiculousness you could fit in a game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon has the answer, and it’s fantastic. Draw the head, fold and pass the paper, draw the body, fold and pass, and so on.What a game to have on Xbox Game Pass. If that sounds like too much writing for your wee one, you can also play the game with drawings instead. Batman met Ariana Grande in the supermarket… Godzilla met Mr Tumble in the P1 classroom… and so on… Finally, write “And the consequence was…” and make up an ending.īecause no-one knows what the other players are writing this can have some very funny outcomes. Next you write “She said” and something the girl could say. Next you write “He said” and something the boy could say. Next you write “in” and a place – this could be anywhere. Everyone folds the paper and passes it on. Everyone now writes “met” plus a girl’s name. Then everyone folds the paper over so you can’t see the name and passes it to the player on their right. This can be anyone’s name – a friend, a famous person or someone from history. Without anyone else seeing what you’re writing, everyone writes a boy’s name at the top of the paper. This is a great game for practising their writing and spelling – and can be hilarious too! Each player has a piece of paper.
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