{"id":1454,"date":"2014-08-18T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2015-01-19T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T12:51:01","slug":"8-essential-xbox-one-games-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/18\/8-essential-xbox-one-games-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Essential Xbox One Games (So Far)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s gaming month here on the musicMagpie blog and to celebrate, we\u2019re giving away an Xbox One to one lucky gamer who trades in selected games this month (<a title=\"Trade any of these games in August and you could win an Xbox One!\" href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/08\/05\/xbox-one-trade-competition\/\">check out this blog post for more details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s next generation console hasn\u2019t had the smoothest of launches, but it appears to have settled into its rhythm with some amazing games released over the past year or so. If you\u2019re still not convinced you need an Xbox One, this list of essential games for the system might help you make up your mind (and enter our competition, hopefully).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Need for Speed: Rivals<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oE0s9lgXL-s\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has seen the <i>Need for Speed<\/i> movie might be a little bit concerned by this entry. If the movie was <i>that <\/i>bad, surely the game it\u2019s based on is pretty awful too?<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry; it\u2019s not. In fact, it\u2019s one of the best racing games ever. Taking place on an open-world map, <i>Need for Speed<\/i> casts you as either a cop or a racer. From here, you drive around and take part in time trials, \u201d\u02dcInterceptors\u2019 and Hot Pursuits (which are basically car chases).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not particularly original, but it is very, very fun. It looks amazing too, with Ghost Games taking full advantage of DICE\u2019s Frostbite Engine 3 to create dazzling weather effects and ultra-realistic cars.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Titanfall<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5sqPxbLmIU\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even though it was released a few months after the Xbox One\u2019s launch, <i>Titanfall<\/i> was arguably the console\u2019s first \u201d\u02dcbig\u2019 game.<\/p>\n<p>As it happened, it didn\u2019t quite live up to the massive hype although it is undoubtedly the best FPS on the system. It\u2019s more or less <i>Call of Duty<\/i> with a few new features, including the ability to switch between boring old flesh-and-bone solider and giant steel-and-guns robot (AKA titans) at the press of a button.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t break any new ground, but it\u2019s an interesting evolution of the beloved <i>COD <\/i>formula that should keep FPS addicts entertained.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Dead Rising 3<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OuDIOGatb5E\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Dead Rising <\/i>is a simple game with a simple concept: kill as many zombies in as many stupid ways as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the series\u2019 leap to the Xbox One hasn\u2019t led to any massive innovations. What it has led to, however, is a bigger open-world map, more zombies on screen, and more ridiculous ways to kill them. And that, really, is all we could ever ask for. <i><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Outlast<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrGa54rpvF4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Much has been made of the eye-watering retail prices of Xbox One games, but you can pick up some decent games at very reasonable prices \u201d\u201c <i>Outlast<\/i> being a perfect example.<\/p>\n<p><i>Outlast<\/i> is a genuinely scary indie survival horror game pitting you against the occupants of a asylum with only a camera for company. Yep, there are no guns in <i>Outlast<\/i>; you either have to run, hide or risk having your head ripped off by one of the asylum\u2019s many nasties.<\/p>\n<p>The game takes its inspiration from movies like <i>REC<\/i> than the likes of <i>Resident Evil<\/i>, right down to the night-vision-tinged first-person perspective which seems to make everything 20 times scarier.<\/p>\n<p><i>Outlast<\/i> only lasts about 4-5 hours but has a wallet-pleasing \u00a315.99 price tag (not including spare pairs of underpants you might need).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Assassin\u2019s Creed: Black Flag<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OwVe4ZNeQZk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <i>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/i> franchise is getting a bit silly now, although it might be for the best as <i>Black Flag<\/i> \u201d\u201c which, in case you hadn\u2019t guessed, casts you as a pirate \u201d\u201c is the best edition of the game since <i>Assassin\u2019s Creed 2.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve played <i>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/i> before (and, to be honest, even if you haven\u2019t), you\u2019ll know what to expect here. Just add water, pirates and some genuinely impressive graphics.<\/p>\n<p>Various reviewers have described <i>Black Flag<\/i> as \u201d\u02dc<i>Wind Waker<\/i> for grown-ups\u2019, which is more or less the highest praise we can think of.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Killer Instinct<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXuoBynMKYU\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Killer Instinct<\/i> is a beat-em-up that is 100% completely free. Kind of.<\/p>\n<p>You can download <i>Killer Instinct<\/i> in its entirety for absolutely nothing right now. Unfortunately, you only get one character: Jax. To get other characters, you have to pay for them, and you also have to pay for new costumes, new accessories and&#8230;well, you get the point.<\/p>\n<p><i>Killer Instinct<\/i> is a fun fighter<i> <\/i>regardless of the slightly convoluted payment system and is well worth checking out considering you don\u2019t have to pay a penny for the pleasure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7NUX2rG_u8w\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Tomb Raider <\/i>doesn\u2019t<i> <\/i>technically count as an \u201d\u02dcXbox One game\u2019 because it was released last year for the previous generation of consoles. Essentially, all you get for buying this is slightly nicer graphics.<\/p>\n<p>But what lovely graphics they are. Lara Croft really has never looked better. The game is still just as good as it was on the previous consoles too, which is nice.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUQ8_TQCTHw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s quite ironic that a series as associated with mobile gaming as <i>Plants vs. Zombies<\/i> has somehow spawned one of the best games on the Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p><i>Garden Warfare<\/i> is a third person shooter not dissimilar to <i>Gears of War<\/i> and sees you take control of either a plant or a zombie in their seemingly never-ending conflict. It\u2019s a welcome change from gritty shooters, at least.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What are your favourite Xbox One games so far? Share them with us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/08\/05\/xbox-one-trade-competition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1329\" alt=\"Xbox Comp\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/xbox-comp-graphic.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/xbox-comp-graphic.png 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/xbox-comp-graphic-300x67.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s gaming month here on the musicMagpie blog and to celebrate, we\u2019re giving away an Xbox One to one lucky gamer who trades in selected games this month (check out this blog post for more details). Microsoft\u2019s next generation console hasn\u2019t had the smoothest of launches, but it appears to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3365,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/3365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}