Game Pass and Back 4 Blood are a winning combination

Microsoft created Xbox Game Pass, an exceptional service. It provides one of the best values for gamers, it guarantees that money goes into the hands of developers, and it’s a great way to keep players in the Xbox ecosystem for Microsoft. As the company has expanded its acquisition efforts, it’s also providing players easy access to some of the best games the day they launch, like Psychonauts 2.And Ori, the Will of Wisps The Back Four Blood is a game I didn’t believe in — something I was positive I didn’t want all these years later. But it turned out to be one of 2021’s best surprises, and that makes it the perfect Game Pass title.

Game Pass has many benefits. Game Pass exposes you to backward compatible older games such as FableYou can find it here. It also gives players the chance to sample games they weren’t confident buying — something like Outer Wilds, for instance, whose complexities were not easy to market, but ended up propelling it to Polygon’s No. It landed the No. 1 spot in our end of year awards. It serves games with no name recognition because players who are already subscribed can jump straight in with no penalty — kind of like how a Korean show called Squid GameYou can simply show up one day on Netflix and watch it explode. Game Pass lets players dive into games at their leisure, without having to pay a subscription fee.

How about games people are skeptical of? Oder games you like The Back Four Blood, didn’t impress during beta?

As a multiplayer zombie game that’s fine in solo but excels in co-op, The Back Four BloodTo thrive, you need return players. There’s always a risk with multiplayer games that their player base dies out. With so many players in multiplayer games, there is always the possibility of losing them. The Back Four BloodI would die upon arrival. As someone who didn’t enjoy The Back Four Blood’s beta — and spoke to others turned off by the game’s vanilla opening levels — it’s the fate I expected for the game.

Game Pass, however, guarantees players while the game remains on the service. Games that support crossplay are like The Back Four Blood (or an earlier Game Pass success, People Can Fly’s OutridersIt is possible to benefit both the PlayStation 2 and PC players. It is a good idea to ask a friend to help you install it. Four Dead Left glory days, it’s hard to say no when the barrier to entry is a simple download. If the game isn’t for you, you delete it off your console in seconds and download something else in the service’s massive library. If you like, The Back Four Blood’s, the game turns out to be great, you’ve accidentally stumbled into something that can keep you and your friends busy for weeks. Everyone wins, nobody loses.

Turtle Rock Studios is the clear winner in this Game Pass game. The Back Four Blood is a spiritual successor to Four Dead Left, and it’s built by the same people — but it’s still a new property. There’s a good chance the average player has no idea it’s the same studio behind Left 4 Dead — if anything, they might remember Turtle Rock Studios as the company behind the far less successful, if mildly interesting, The Evolution

After being absent for so many years, I am now back and instilling success to others like Warhammer: Vermintide 2Turtle Rock Studios had to show that it could again harness the lightning. Game Pass allows players to test the studio’s latest project without paying full price; It makes playingDo Not Turn 4 BloodAs easy as clicking the box art.

Game Pass is now even more valuable because it has been a good investment in time and money. 4. Back Blood — better for players, Turtle Rock, and Microsoft itself.