It's your last chance to play these games before they leave Xbox Game Pass
It's that time of the month, folks. The one where we scrabble to play through those Xbox Game Pass games that have been taking up space on our hard drives for months before they inevitably became unplayable.
According to the Xbox App, four games are getting off the Xbox Game Pass train this month; Donut County, Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master, Telling Lies, and Worms WMD. All are set to leave the service on Tuesday, January 31, so you have a mere 11 days to get through them or buy them at a 20% discount before they are set free back into the wilds of the Xbox Store.
It’s not all sad news, though, especially if you are a fan of JRPGs, as the Xbox Game Pass January lineup has you covered with the addition of brand new HD ports of Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Monster Hunter: Rise.
2023 is shaping up to be a cracking year for the service too. Microsoft has recently confirmed more than 40 titles heading to Xbox Game Pass in 2023, including first-party exclusives like Arcane’s Redfall and Bethesda’s highly-anticipated space opera RPG Starfield. Now, all we need is a Scalebound revival for the service and it'll be perfect.
I’m not Telling Lies. Play them before they’re gone.
If you haven’t played Donut County yet, you really should. A hilarious and cathartic romp that sees you use an ever-expanding hole to swallow up a small mid-western community – because you can. Scratching a similar itch to Katamari Damacy, Ben Esposito’s Tex Avery cartoon with a social conscience is the kind of light-hearted indie fare you can play through in an afternoon, but that still makes you chuckle when it randomly springs into your head months later.
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However, If you’re looking for something a little more high-brow to play, especially if you enjoyed the superb Immortality, I would recommend jumping on Telling Lies while you still can.
Another modern FMV game from genius narrative designer Sam Barlow, Telling Lies is an engrossing thriller that sees players sucked into an evolving drama via video clips and messages they discover while exploring the contents of a hard drive stolen from the National Security Agency.
The way Barlow successfully marries simple gameplay mechanics with complex narratives is a joy to behold, and the performances by the principal cast are incredible – Telling Lies is fantastic., and you should go and play it now. What are you doing reading this dross? Go play Telling Lies whiles you still can. What do you mean you're at work? Go already. Just go.
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