There’s something amazing about the idea that there are so many games out there, so many titles across so many platforms, that the near-perfect game for every situation seems to already exist. How the imposter tries to get away with it, and talk their way out of it when emergency meetings are called, is half the fun.
It’s basically a goofy take on The Thing, but weaponized as a social game with multiple levels of strategy.
You can play with up to 10 players, running around each level trying to finish tasks while an imposter (or several) tries to kill everyone else without being found out. And more importantly, it gives gamers a chance to sample a far greater range of games from developers of all sizes, solving one of gaming's greatest discoverability problems.Among Us was originally released in 2018, but it took the events of 2020 to make it a phenomenon. A 12-month subscription costs the same as three major new game releases (or even less, now that a lot of new games have jumped to $70). Now it's the default release platform for major games from Microsoft-associated publishers such as Bethesda, and hit series like Halo and Forza.Īs it evolved into the multiheaded hydra that is Game Pass Ultimate, it's hard to rationalize even buying an Xbox without also subscribing. When it launched, Game Pass felt a lot like Netflix in its early streaming days: an interesting idea, but a thin catalog. For example, on the PC you still need to install yet another launcher and family settings in XGPU don't apply to EA Play. While it's great that EA Play is included in the subscription price for XGPU, it's not integrated that closely. Like many subscription services, the game (or movie or TV show) you want always seems to be on the service you don't subscribe to. It offers a notable number of new games and Day 1 launches, but the library also sheds games regularly.
For instance, its cloud gaming stream is still limited to 1080p at 60fps, while Stadia can do 4K and GeForce Now 1440p at 120fps.Īnd there are few things more rage-inducing than settling in to play on your PC and discovering that the game won't launch until you update Windows because the Xbox app is too enmeshed with the Microsoft Store - a major buzzkill that has frequently impelled us to move on to other, non-Game Pass games. Dan Ackerman/CNET Where it falls shortĪs a jack-of-all-trades, XGPU doesn't master every aspect.
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