{"id":33572,"date":"2018-11-08T17:17:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T01:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=33572"},"modified":"2018-11-08T17:17:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T01:17:58","slug":"xbox-propels-novembers-games-with-gold-with-twists-on-history-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/xbox-propels-novembers-games-with-gold-with-twists-on-history-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Propels November’s Gold Offerings With Twists on History, Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With freebies like this all month long on the Xbox, who needs Read Dead Redemption<\/em>, am I right? Okay, yeah, that\u2019s a pretty obvious exaggeration, but it\u2019s genuinely surprising to see the Xbox deliver some comparatively impressive titles leading up through the month of November, while surrounded by stiff competition. If you can pull yourself away from the Wild West \u2013 or ancient Greece, or webslingin\u2019 across New York \u2013 there\u2019s a versatile array of classic action and shooter games scattered across both Microsoft\u2019s system in this go-around, from a historical shooter to a hack-\u2018n-slash delight and the first entry in a longstanding stealth franchise. Let\u2019s dive into the games.<\/p>\n

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Xbox One<\/h3>\n

Battlefield 1 (November 1-30)<\/h4>\n

The title Battlefield 1<\/em> was a little confusing at the start.\u00a0 Conventional wisdom and a lack of research would lead some to assume that it might be a remake of the very first game of the series, which was set during World War II, or a reboot of sorts. As it turned out, the \u201c1\u201d in the title refers to an alternate iteration of the events of World War I. \u00a0EA\/DICE\u2019s first installment in the enduring franchise designed with current-gen hardware in mind obviously scales back the technological advancements in its jump backwards in history, a brave decision that was met with resistance from EA\u2019s higher-ups. Luckily, the top-notch execution of the historical shooter aspects make it so the scaled-back weaponry captures its own intensity, utilizing the period\u2019s restraints to its advantage. An exceptional audiovisual presentation, well-thought map layouts, and versatile online play come together in what\u2019s considered one of the essential shooters for the latest consoles.<\/p>\n

Race the Sun (November 16-December 15)<\/h4>\n

Gotta love a game with such an on-the-nose, explicitly descriptive title. In this indie from Flippfly, the player pilots a hovercraft that\u2019s powered by solar energy \u2026 and wouldn\u2019t you know it, the sun\u2019s going down.\u00a0 The objective, of course, is to get the craft to its destination before the sun completely sets, in the process creating an incredibly novel timer to follow as it descends in the distance. Chaotic geometric obstacles block the way across the fast-moving levels, creating a uniquely beautiful racing experience that feels a little like a hybrid of Star Fox<\/em> and Wipeout<\/em>. A killer electronic ambient soundtrack also fuels the racing experience, and clever use of the atmosphere \u2013 especially shadows as momentum dampeners \u2013 adds intelligence to the endless flow of Race the Sun.<\/p>\n

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Xbox 360<\/h3>\n

Assassin\u2019s Creed (November 1-15)<\/h4>\n

Ubisoft\u2019s original Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> has an unusual reputation.\u00a0 Despite being the initial foundation for a decade of entries \u2013 yup, since 2007 \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have nearly the warm-\u2018n-fuzzy feelings generated around it as the Ezio trilogy (AC2 – Revelations) or Black Flag<\/em> and its flipped-perspective clone, Rogue<\/em>. All those have been remastered, yet Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> hasn\u2019t. Why? Well, some cite Altair being a dull protagonist as one of its handicaps, while the chaptered structure and stiffness of the proof-of-concept execution also receive mention. Thing is, the original\u2019s rendering of a Crusade-era Holy Land sandbox feels like one of the most grounded and substantial of the lot, and there\u2019s something about the slower, heftier combat that gives the whole experience a more realistic feel, even if it\u2019s less \u201cgamey\u201d. It\u2019s far from perfect and certainly deserving of an updated remake disguised as a \u201cremaster\u201d, but the story of Altair \u2013 and of Desmond, the guy controlling him through a virtual-reality, DNA-hacking machine in the current era \u2013 is still certainly worth diving into in the current era \u2026 especially in this spit-polished Xbox One X Enhanced iteration (4K, HDR).<\/p>\n

Dante\u2019s Inferno (November 16-30)<\/h4>\n

When God of War<\/em> roared onto the scene in the PS2 era, the rapidity and grandeur of its action-RPG stylings made it one of the hottest properties out there, one that could only beplayed on Sony\u2019s console. Therefore, after the success of its original and a sequel, the race was on to create a reasonably disguised \u201cclone\u201d of the hack-\u2018n-slash intensity of Kratos\u2019 journey through mythology, one that could be enjoyed on all current consoles. \u00a0In terms of directly mirroring that experience, Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em> probably comes the closest, in which the player controls a knight of the Templar, Dante, as he descends through the circles of Hell.\u00a0 Replacing chained short swords with a whirling scythe, Dante engages in quick combat and environmental platform puzzles as he progresses further down into the depth of hell, and the influences are unavoidable throughout.\u00a0 Whether Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em> copies too much can be a divisive topic, but those looking for a similarly intense experience will find it in the fiery depths of the world that that the now-defunct Visceral Games had created.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With freebies like this all month long on the Xbox, who needs Read Dead Redemption, am I right? Okay, yeah, that\u2019s a pretty obvious exaggeration, but it\u2019s genuinely surprising to see the Xbox deliver some comparatively impressive titles leading up through the month of November, while surrounded by stiff competition. If you can pull yourself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":33574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1261,25,372,378],"class_list":["post-33572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-games-with-gold","tag-video-games","tag-xbox-360","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33578,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33572\/revisions\/33578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}