Today marks the last day of this current batch of Xbox Game Pass titles (it's been a busy week to say the least!), and what better way to end it than with Phoenix Point arriving on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
The turn-based tactical shooter plays out in a similar vein to games such as X-COM, requiring you to smartly plot out every advancement on the battlefield. You'll battle a looming alien threat on earth as a member of a secret organisation aptly named Phoenix Project. As you work through the campaign, you'll align yourself with various factions and expand your arsenal. There are even multiple endings begging to be discovered through future replays.
Phoenix Point puts players in the midst of a desperate fight to take back the Earth from a mutating, alien menace. Featuring turn-based tactical combat on procedurally generated maps, and resource management on a global scale, Phoenix Point offers endless replayability and a brutal challenge.
The game received a Metacritic rating of 74 on Steam when it launched back in 2019, and the user rating currently sits at Mostly Positive. It seems fans of the genre may be in for a good time with Phoenix Point on Xbox Game Pass.
If that wasn't enough, yesterday saw a huge drop of new Game Pass additions, with titles such as Marvel's Avengers and Scarlet Nexus joining the service. This weekend is going to be a busy one for Xbox fans!
Will you be checking out Phoenix Point? Let us know in the comments below.
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This one is good! Not as good as Xcom 2, but very much worth to play! Especially now after updates!
Looks like I'll be downloading another game!
I was really looking forward to this but now I find myself fully engrossed in Marvels Avengers that it may have to wait, I have heard the single player isn't that long though. Downloading anyway.
Love the Xcom reboots and Christopher Odds current YouTube campaign has got me itching for more turn based strategy.
I’ll be trying it. The original X-Com is one of my favourite games ever made (not the dumbed down newer ones) so I’ll give it a shot since it’s from the creator of them.
I kickstarted this game way back when, and played it on the PC when it first released, but after a fair few hours of play, I then read about all the DLC they had planned and decided to stop before finishing the vanilla game, as I wanted to play the full experience, rather than dip in and out of the game. Really looking forward to diving back into this on the Xbox (starting afresh, obviously). I loved the ability to target limbs, etc; it was a really cool mechanic. As a heads up, the missions that are time limited are particularly problematic in the game, as there are often more than one on the map, plus the red mist is an absolute nightmare! The game had a really good foundation when I first played it, so with all the new additions, I think this could well be up there with the second Xcom game. Really cannot wait!
When is this available on GP? Still not showing for me (in UK)
I played some last night, I know it’s not patched for next gen yet but the graphics ain’t that great and the environmental destruction looks awful, like a game from the 90’s. Might give it another chance once the upgrade is out but I was massively underwhelmed.
That's disappointing to hear, @Fenbops. I was hoping that they had sorted all the bugs by now. I don't recall the graphics being much of an issue when I played it on the PC, but it might be prudent to await the Series patch that I believe is coming later this year...
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