Game Pass will soon have one of my absolute open world favorites

On By Garmin Philip
You should definitely try this open world game.

You should definitely try this open world game.
You should definitely try this open world game.

Sometimes I’m pretty jealous. Envious of all those who do not yet know certain games and therefore experience them completely “fresh”. With some titles I would give a lot to be able to play them again completely inexperienced. Immortals Fenyx Rising is one such title.

The open world game from Ubisoft will be in Game Pass from August 30th and should therefore be discovered by many new players. And they can look forward to a real highlight, which behind the fairly generic title is a real gem that I was quite enthusiastic about when I tested Immortals a little over a year and a half ago.

But what is Immortals Fenyx Rising about? In the action-adventure we are drawn into an exaggerated version of Greek mythology. As Fenyx, who is still quite a blank slate, we have to help four great gods on the golden island and finally put the fire demon Typhon in his place.

Tobias Veltin

Tobias Veltin has been an editor at GamePro since 2009. His favorite genres are shooters and racing games, and apart from video games, games are his great passion. He loves soccer and billiards and is constantly expanding his board game collection. Incidentally, it has nothing to do with the beer brand of the same name. Unfortunately.

A great flow

For this we move through the open game world, explore the thematically and graphically different and varied areas, follow the main quest and lose ourselves in all sorts of side tasks. The latter in particular have always made me spend more time in the game world than I had planned, because everywhere you discover a new challenge, environmental puzzles or hidden crystals, which I was only too happy to follow and climb.

The fights against all sorts of Greek mythology creatures such as hydras or hellhounds are pleasantly varied and fast-paced, so that Immortals Fenyx Rising feels like it’s all of a piece to me. In my test at the time, I described the features of the game that particularly distinguished me as follows:

“Immortals Fenyx Rising’s awesomeness lies […] in the flow of its gameplay. Rarely have we seen a game that “flows” with such ease and deserves the label “feel good game” so much. The mechanics of fighting, exploration and puzzles mesh so harmoniously and pleasantly that the title very quickly develops an enormous pull effect.”

However: The Ubisoft formula, which is frowned upon by many, is also noticeable in this game and the humor shouldn’t please everyone – just a matter of taste. So don’t expect an absolute super hit with revolutionary mechanisms.

You can get an impression of the game in this trailer:

Immortals: Fenyx Rising - First gameplay trailer shows huge open world






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Immortals: Fenyx Rising – First gameplay trailer shows huge open world

Immortals: Fenyx Rising still gets a full recommendation from me because the overall package is more than right here. So if you have Game Pass and are new to the game, I don’t think there’s any excuse not to at least give the title a try.

All August games of the Game Pass at a glance

Of course, Immortals: Fenyx Rising isn’t the only title coming to Game Pass in August. You can find an overview of which games you can also access this month in our overview article.

Xbox Game Pass in August 2022: All new games and departures


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Xbox Game Pass in August 2022: All new games and departures

Xbox Game Pass is a paid service for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC that gives you access to over 400 games. In addition to a standard version, there is also an Ultimate version, which also comes with an Xbox Live Gold membership, cloud gaming access and EA Play.

We have the most important information about the service in our large Xbox Game Pass review article summarized.

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