'The Last Case Of Benedict Fox' Is Getting Mixed Feedback On Xbox Game Pass

Where is the Pure Xbox review?

While I agree it could use some patching due to glitches and stuttering, the issues in no way made this unplayable as some have mentioned.
My wife and I absolutely loved playing through this one and highly recommend it. I finished yesterday evening with one missing achievement which appears to be broken as I have found all the anchor points. I gave it a 9/10.

Visually impressive, wonderful atmosphere, distractingly flawed writing and voice acting, and too glitchy at present to keep me immersed. Sigh.

@Texel Considering that some claim 30fps is 'unplayable' and any minor glitches/bugs completely ruin the ENTIRE experience, its not surprising that some will be making it seem a LOT worse than it really is.

These are often the same people that will 'rave' about Dark Souls or Elden Ring, games that can't hold a consistently frame paced 30fps and/or don't hold a locked 60fps on Consoles.

At least with Game Pass, you can 'try' games and decide whether they are 'playable' or better to wait for inevitable patches. I expect to be playing Redfall, so I can 'wait' to try LCoBF if it needs a patch or two.

The game is unfinished. Its probably the most disappointing game pass addition this year. I had very high hopes. The controls are broken, the animations has problems, the story is disjointed at best, the combat so many flaws. It's honestly very disappointing.

Honestly, I can understand the lack of reviews, as I have tried out the game and am not sure what to think of it. Setting and mechanics should be tailor-made for me, but there are performance issues and odd delay in controls.. it just feels off. Doesn't help that introduction to the world has been basically skipped.
Anyway, I found it hard to connect and immerse into the experience and everything else is irrelevant at that point. I might give it another go after few patches and tweaks

It crashed and i lost 4 hours of progress. Im not going back to it

Where's the Redfall review??

Played for a couple hours before I uninstalled it, bad controls, poor combat, stiff animation, I was stuck in a place where 3 enemies waited for me to fall of a cliff then they attacked me at the same time removing 3 of my health, then next attack I was bannished.

I like it so far. The combat is mediocre but the puzzles and exploration are top. If you're having problems with stuttering close it completely and restart.

My progress is too limited to judge the game. It is still too early. The performance is less than would be expected. I switched to performance mode fairly soon after starting play. Even then, it is not as smooth as I would like. The devs need to optimize the game and push out a patch.

Was very intrigued by it when it was first showed off. But the reports of performance issues and bugs made it an easy decision to put it on the backburner with so many big games coming out.

Feel like a broken record saying this, but it sounds like it could have done with a couple more months polishing.

@Bmartin001 Probably embargoed until 5/2. The game releases on Game Pass tonight at 8pm EST.

I have been enjoying The Last Case of Benedict Fox.

Yes, the voice acting is pretty lackluster and the stuttering is a touch distracting, but it's not "unplayable". I too encountered the bug where the D-pad controls seem to just stop working and it requires a full game reboot.

Combat is the weakest point. Sometimes it feels like the encounters are harder than they need to be. I probably should use Smoke Bombs more than I do.

I don't like that once you get a new ability, there is no video clip or screen prompt on how to do it. Yes, all you have to do is go to the Journal to find out what button to press, but a little "demonstration video" along with how to use the ability when you are selecting abilities to unlock would be a nice QoL improvement.

I love the puzzle solving here. Some of it feels very Myst-like in complexity and requires actual problem-solving skills. It makes this stand out against other Metroidvania-style games.

Since this is an indie game, I am willing to cut the developers a little slack (plus...Unity engine) - the game has a great vibe and I like environmental storytelling. I do think this is a patch or two away from being a 7/10 game - really just fix the performance and the D-pad control glitches.

There were also couple of dialog issues where Benedict spoke before another character finished during gameplay, but those are minor issues to address (or maybe they aren't issues and that's just how it's supposed to go, but it did seem like he was "early" given what was being said).

I've been saying the game feels a little janky and clunky. Combat is way to slow and methodical. And I don't know if it's intentional or not. I'll still continue on because the exploration and visuals are grade A top notch.

I want to add also that it plays better on quality mode, way snappier than performance.

"critics are on board" is a very rich statement, considering that the game only has literally two reviews from very random unknown sources.

It just didn't hold my interest at all. The framerate was all over the place on my Series S in parts, and the jump animation felt really janky. Maybe patches will sort that out, but I won't be returning.

If you played on a series x, changing a system resolution to 1440p improved the stuttering problem in many scenes.

Never been a fan of the Metroidvenia so I saw myself out.