AlthoughFinal Fantasy 7may be the most well-known game in the series,Final Fantasy 9is frequently listed as one of the best and even one of thebest RPGs ever made. The game features an Active Time Battle system and a class system that helps its diverse cast of characters become a strategic fighting team, soFinal Fantasyfans who haven’t yet tried this one out should grab it while it’s free.
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Another strategy game leavingXbox Game Passthis month isPlebby Quest: The Crusades. This turn-based game set during the crusades of Europe and the Middle East tasks players with keeping a kingdom running while dealing with scheming neighbor countries and the demands the religious elite.Plebby Quest: The Crusadesrecently received its second DLC bundle calledThe Promised Land, which offers two unique stories for players to follow in both the Middle East and Europe regions.
The third strategy game leaving Xbox Game Pass isBattlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Fans of theWarhammer 40Kuniversecan enjoy epic space battles with some great visuals as they command spaceship fleets in a quest to become the dominant power in the universe. Also leaving this month isDungeon of the Endless, a roguelike tower defense game that shares a loose connection to the 4X strategy gamesEndless SpaceandEndless Legend. Players will make their way through procedurally generated levels with the imminent threat of permadeath as they guide survivors of a spaceship crash out of an alien planet.
The last two games to leave Xbox Game Pass are the action-adventure gameAlan Wakeand the frantic top-down shooter classic,Hotline Miami.Alan Wakewas awarded the title of best video game of 2010 by Time Magazine, and although a direct sequel never made it out of development, developer Remedy Entertainment was able to take inspiration from the failed sequel to create theXbox console exclusiveQuantum Break. Conversely,Hotline Miamigot its sequelHotline Miami 2: Wrong Numberin 2015, which takes place partially before and after the events of the original game and has the same stylish shooter gameplay.
