If you enjoy playing the action-adventure type of games on your Xbox, the chances that you have heard or played at least one of these 4 games are pretty big. We are going to recommend you some of the most popular Xbox games in the genre.
4. Devil May Cry 5
The latest game in the Devil May Cry series is Devil May Cry 5, released on March 8, 2019. Capcom, the developer of all the Devil May Cry series, has announced that their latest game DMC 5 has surpassed five million sales worldwide on all platforms including Xbox.
The action-adventure game features 3 playable characters which are Dante, Nero, and a new exclusive character V. The 3 playable characters are teaming up in order to take down their main enemy, the Demon King Urizen.
Devil May Cry 5 takes place a couple of years after DMC 4. Dante and Nero are working as devil hunters for hire when one day a guy that calls himself V hires them to hunt Urizen, the Demon King. Urizen shows up at Nero’s garage right before that and manages to rip apart Nero’s Bringer arm which brings all 3 main characters together in one mission, to stop Urizen.
3. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
The latest game from the Assassin’s Creed series is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The game is an open world action-adventure game.
The story takes place in 873 CE. Valhalla has a much more centralized story compared to the previous Assassin’s Creed games. Following Evior’s journey from Norway to England where the Vikings are looking to settle a new home, forming alliances to take over and fight the four kingdoms in England.
An interesting fact is that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has generated over $1 billion in revenue, which makes the game the most financially successful in the whole Assassin’s Creed series.
2. It takes two
Slightly different from all the other games mentioned in this post, It Takes Two is a co-op game where 2 players can embark on one of the craziest journeys in the action-adventure world.
The game is developed by EA Games, and it is considered one of the best co-op multiplayer games ever made. The main characters in the game are Cody and May, a married couple planning to get a divorce. After hearing this news, their daughter Rose takes her handmade dolls that look like her parents and tries to imaginary repair their relationship by play-acting.
It has won multiple game awards in recent years including The Game Award for Game of the Year 2021, The Game Award for Best Family Game, BAFTA Games Award for Original Property among many others.
1. Elden Ring
Elden Ring was released on February 25th, 2022. The game is considered to be one of the best games of 2022 and our team definitely agrees with that. The challenge that the game offers is one of the main reasons for its popularity.
The game is developed by FromSoftware. One interesting fact is that the Game of Thrones creator George R.Martin is part of the writers team and is associated with the early stages of the game development.
Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional landmass ruled over by several demigods. There are many unique bosses that are very difficult to beat and require a lot of skills that prologue the in-game attention spent by the players.
The reviews of Elden Ring are as high as they can get. The game gets praises for the perfect graphics, visuals, sound effects, and difficulty level. As one review states “Everything about this game is beyond perfection”.
