{"id":538021,"date":"2026-04-18T16:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538021\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:12:14","slug":"xbox-game-pass-users-blown-away-by-new-exclusive-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/538021\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Game Pass Users “Blown Away” by New Exclusive Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox Game Pass<\/a> users are \u201cblown away\u201d by a new Xbox Series X exclusive game that was added this week at day one of its release. The new addition has a lot going for it as an Xbox Series X exclusive, a day-one Xbox Game Pass game, and the fact that it\u2019s a long-awaited release for Xbox fans. The best thing the game has going for it, though, is that it is good. To this end, it has a solid 76 on Metacritic, 4\/5 stars on the Xbox Store, and it\u2019s blowing away the Xbox Game Pass Reddit page. <\/p>\n

This week, on April 14, Belarusian developer Sat Cat Studios, with the assistance of Thunderful Publishing, debuted as a studio with the release of Replaced, a game announced in 2021 and originally supposed to release four years ago in 2022. And since the game\u2019s long-awaited release this week, it has been a common subject over on the Xbox Game Pass Reddit page, with mostly nothing but high praise for the 2.5D cinematic action platformer. <\/p>\n

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Xbox Game Pass Users Are \u201cBlown Away\u201d<\/p>\n

Over on the Reddit page dedicated to the subscription service, one of the top posts<\/a> is a post noting the user is \u201cblown away\u201d by the game, and, in particular, its visuals. <\/p>\n

\u201cBest looking indie game of the year so far? I did not expect this level of visual fidelity \u2013 extremely impressive (with a killer OST to boot),\u201d reads the post in question. <\/p>\n

\u201cReplaced is awesome. What a game, love it already, great IP, and love the old tech,\u201d reads another post<\/a> on the Reddit page.<\/p>\n

Of course, a few posts in isolation aren\u2019t that noteworthy, but the comments suggest a consensus, which is that Xbox Game Pass subscribers are really enjoying the new day-one game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was an easy 100%, but I am so sad that it\u2019s over,\u201d reads one of these comments. \u201cI was genuinely blown away by how it felt. I cannot wait to see what they do next!\u201d Another comment adds: \u201cI\u2019ve never been a fan of pixel graphics on next-gen systems, but this one looks pretty amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, there are a few comments that express a common critique of the game, which its gameplay. There isn\u2019t much to it, and there is not a lot of it. Replaced is about cinematics, its narrative, and mostly its atmosphere. Gameplay takes a back seat. Those who prefer gameplay first, and everything else after, this one may not be for you. Meanwhile, those who do decide to check it out \u2014 whether via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate\/PC or via a $20 purchase \u2014 the game is available on Xbox Series X and PC only, and is about 10 to 15 hours long.<\/p>\n

All of that said, and as always, feel free to leave a comment or two letting us know what you think, or join the conversations happening over on the ComicBook Forum<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xbox Game Pass users are \u201cblown away\u201d by a new Xbox Series X exclusive game that was added…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,1180,1092,86,56,54,55,183,1174,694],"class_list":{"0":"post-538021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-pc","10":"tag-regular-news","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-xbox","16":"tag-xbox-game-pass","17":"tag-xbox-series-x"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}