Talking Point: What Do You Think Of Insurgency: Sandstorm On Xbox Game Pass?

Enjoying it so far?

by Ben Kerry Sun 4th Dec 2022

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Insurgency: Sandstorm has been playable on Xbox Game Pass for a few days now, having arrived on the service as one of November 2022's biggest Game Pass additions. Here at Pure Xbox, we've been enjoying this one since it first released on console, and we're glad to see the game opened up to a whole new audience.

Sandstorm is a pretty intense FPS experience; it's certainly unique in the console space with its unforgiving mechanics and extremely fast time-to-kill. Once you really learn the game though, Sandstorm is a super rewarding experience in our opinion - getting a kill or capturing an objective is always a thrill in this game!

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It certainly won't be for everyone though, so we're incredibly curious to find out how you've been getting on with Sandstorm over the past few days. Have you been enjoying it as much as you expected? Has it surprised you? Finding it tough so far?

Vote in the poll down below and let us know your experience in the comments section!

Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that's far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.

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StylesT
Sun 4th Dec 2022

Tried it and was shocked how bad it felt personally...felt and looked like a not particularly good 360 game to me lol

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Tasuki
Sun 4th Dec 2022

I actually haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but it looks like I will have a chance today.

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InterceptorAlpha
Sun 4th Dec 2022

Absolutely fantastic game. The graphics are serviceable, but won't blow minds.

The gameplay is where it is really at. If you're wanting modern milsim, this is the game to play. Only other shooter close to the same feel is Hell Let Loose which is the tactical WW2 FPS to play.

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VisitingComet1
Mon 5th Dec 2022

Its really good I think the team effort brings back memories of some ghost recon glory days. I have four or five friends that we have played this until 3 am several times now its just great that a game can bring you back together.

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gollumb82
Mon 5th Dec 2022

If you go in expecting Call of Shooty Bangs then yeah, it's disappointing. I suppose that's why consoles never got ARMA 3. It's a sim so the realism and shooting mechanics are the stars of the show. I have already made my voice heard on this one- fantastic milisim where cooperation and tactical gameplay pays off.

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LonelyMuthaShutYo
Mon 5th Dec 2022

After playing this, I immediately thought to myself that these 'optimized for series x|s' games are bs because this game looks bad.

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Japer83
Mon 5th Dec 2022

Meh. I see how the ideas in it could be interesting. Gameplay didn't feel realistic to me, just clunky.

Graphics were bad. I have a series s, maybe it looks better on series x.

Keep in mind this is just my opinion on it. Not worth my time. However if it leads to a more polished insurgency 2 or something, more power to them.

The genre could certainly use the competition.

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