Game Pass Grab Bag – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Join Andrew, Aaron, and Keith as they discuss Watch Dog: Legion by Ubisoft. Watch Dog: Legion is a third person action game where you are trying to rebuild your hacker group after it was framed for a horrible crime. Recruit random citizens, each with their own unique perks as you try to take down a tyrannical goverment.

Do you think steam charts tell them complete story on a games success? Does a game launch on Steam and Game Pass at the same time change this?

Join hosts Andrew, Liz, and Keith as they take you on a thrilling journey through the frozen world of Wild Frost, a deck-building roguelike by Deadpan Games, available on Game Pass. This week, our trio explores the game's mechanics, unique tribes, and story centered around reigniting the sun amidst an icy apocalypse. Discover if Wild Frost gives the trio a gaming chill or warms their hearts, as they share their experiences and insights on this frosty adventure.

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This week Andrew and Keith wanted to visit an old childhood game, Civilization 6 by: Firaxis and Aspyr studios. Civilization 6 is a top down civilization management game. Take control of different civilization each with their own unique perks and units, and bring that civilization from the nomad age to the space age. Win the game in various ways like technology or culture. Make deals with other civilizations or betray them at the last minute. Civilization is game that can suck up a lot of your time. This is the game that defined the term "Just one more turn!". 

This week we decided to check out the survival horror game Signalis by; Rose-Engine. Signalis is a old school style survival horror game that gets a lot of its inspirations from Resident Evil and Silent Hill. You play a replicant who has lost its memory, but you know you need to find the girl in a photo. Travel deeper and deeper in this mining facility on a distant planet and uncover the horrors that are buried underneath.

This week we played the first person shooter Atomic Heart by; Mundfish. Atomic Heart is a first person shooter that takes place in an alternate 1950's  where the Soviet Union has advanced in technologies to help create a robot utopia, but as it is in all games so things wrong and the robots turn on their human masters. You are tasked with infiltrating a research facility and fix the issues with the robots before it becomes an international issue. Take control of a Russian commando with a talking glove that grants him powers to help fight the robots. Crispy critters.

This week we played our most requested game, Ark: Survival Evolved by: Wild Card studios. Ark is a first person survival builder where you wake up on a strange island with nothing at all. Punch trees and rocks to start a shelter, but you will need to quickly evolve that shelter to progressively more advanced structures if you hope to survive the island that is inhabited by dinosaurs. Start from sticks and slings and continually advance technology to be able to build guns and explosives. Conquer the boss and discover the mystery behind the island. This is of course a very very very small part of this gigantic game. Thank you to our sponsor of this episode Magic Mind. Go to www.magicmind.co/gamepassgrabbag and use promo code GAMEPASS to get 20% off a one time purchase or 56% off a subscription for a limited time!

This week we played the listener requested Ghost Song by; Old Moon. Ghost Song is a 2d metroidvania where you play a recently reactivated Dead Suit. Explore a strong sci-fi world as you uncover the mystery surround your world. Explore new areas as you gain new abilities which will help you recover parts of a crashed space ship. Thank you to our sponsor of this episode Magic Mind. For more details to go www.magicmind.co/gamepassgrabbag and use promo code GAMEPASS to receive 20% off a one time purchase or for a limited to 56% off the subscription.

This week we played Age of Empires 2, originally from Ensemble studios but remastered by Forgotten Empires. Age of Empires 2 is the classic real time strategy game where you relive some of the great empires from the past. Manager your peasants as they gather you resources so you can mass an army and crush your enemies. The latest version now is available on console with full controller support, or you can connect a mouse and keyboard to your Xbox and challenge your friends online. Thank you to our sponsor this episode Magic Mind. Go to https://www.magicmind.co/gamepassgrabbag and use promo code GAMEPASS to receive 20% of a one time order or for a limited time a 56% discount with the subscription. 

This week we played the listener requested Generation Zero by; Avalanche Studios. Generation Zero is a first person scavenger game, where you play a young character who has returned home to Sweden to find out that hostile robots have taken over. Scavengers guns and ammos from various locations as you try to uncover the mystery behind the machines. Play with up to 3 friends online or with random people. Sorry about Liz and Andrew's audio this episode we are not sure what happened, but we still blame Keith.