Because Microsoft clearly didn’t think that its Xbox Game Pass offering was decent enough already, the company has just added a surprise three more games to the service in the form of the gorgeous, hand-drawn puzzles of Gorogoa, the shipwrecked action-adventure of Olija and the 2.5D side-scrolling puzzle-platforming of The Pedestrian.
If you’ve managed to snag yourself a new Xbox Series S/X, or a decent PC, over the holidays we say godspeed to you in trying to keep up with all these games.
The title is inspired by swashbuckling tales and cinematic adventure games of generations past, so if you’re into old LucasArts games, for example, this may be one for you.
The gameplay of Gorogoa is wholly original, comprised of lavishly illustrated panels that players arrange and combine in imaginative ways to solve puzzles.