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Xbox Game Passhas addedKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, a new day-one title from Capcom, to its content library. This is the 11th game to reach Microsoft’s subscription service in July 2024, and the 95thXbox Game Passrelease since the turn of the year.
Capcom originallyannouncedKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddessin June 2023, having immediately labeled it as a day-one addition to the XGP library. Its title literally translates to “great deity of the Earth” or “great god of the land,” which is a reflection of its Japanese folklore inspirations. The game itself is a unique genre hybrid that features hack-and-slash action, strategy, and tower defense mechanics.
Following over four years of development,Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddesshit the market on July 19, launching for PC and the latest two generations of Xbox and PlayStation consoles. While its introductory price is set at $49.99, it’s also playable via Xbox Game Pass and can even be streamed via the Ultimate-tier-exclusive Xbox Cloud Gaming service. Capcom’s latest release is roughly 18GB in size, depending on the platform, and comes with 48 Xbox achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore points in total.
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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess Is Getting Excellent Reviews
The game itself has received a lot of positive pre-release buzz, with manyreviewers praisingKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddessfor its varied gameplay, memorable boss fights, and an intuitive control scheme. Its average score on OpenCritic currently sits at 81, based on nearly 50 ratings. The game also boasts a whopping 85% reviewer recommendation rate on the aggregator platform.
While not exactly the most graphically intensive title ever made, this unique genre hybrid is elevated by its strong art direction, which heavily leans into traditional Japanese painting styles from the Edo period. Admiring its vivid palette and brushwork is made all the easier with theKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddessphoto mode, which offers a robust set of options conducive to creativity. Capcom fans should feel right at home with this feature, as its interface and capabilities are fairly similar to the photo modes of the company’s other recent games, such asDragon’s Dogma 2and theResident Evil 4remake. That’s ostensibly because all of the above are powered by the studio’s proprietary RE Engine.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddessis the eighth day-one title to reach Xbox Game Pass since the turn of the month. It’s also the final previously announced July 2024 addition to Microsoft’s subscription service, whose next confirmed game isCreatures of Ava, which is scheduled to arrive on August 7. However, there have been some industryrumblings about Xbox Game Pass adding two more surprise titlesin the final stretch of July, one of which is said to beCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
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