{"id":903078,"date":"2026-05-03T01:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/talking-point-have-you-been-playing-the-new-dont-nod-title-on-xbox-game-pass\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:12:31","slug":"talking-point-have-you-been-playing-the-new-dont-nod-title-on-xbox-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/talking-point-have-you-been-playing-the-new-dont-nod-title-on-xbox-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Have You Been Playing The New Don&#8217;t Nod Title On Xbox Game Pass?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<article id=\"article\">\n<header>\n<section>\n<p>What are your first impressions of it?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/users\/302914\/avatar.jpg?v=1641467957\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Entertainment Kezelpaso\">by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/authors\/Kezelpaso\">Ben Kerry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><time data-days=\"5\" datetime=\"2026-05-02T17:30:00+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:30pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<figure data-uuid=\"adb37ad500862\"><a title=\"Talking Point: Have You Been Playing The New Don't Nod Title On Xbox Game Pass?\" href=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/adb37ad500862\/talking-point-have-you-been-playing-the-new-dont-nod-title-on-xbox-game-pass.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/adb37ad500862\/talking-point-have-you-been-playing-the-new-dont-nod-title-on-xbox-game-pass.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Entertainment Talking Point: Have You Been Playing The New Don't Nod Title On Xbox Game Pass?\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>This past week, the makers of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-one\/life_is_strange\">Life is Strange<\/a> \u2014 Don&#8217;t Nod Entertainment \u2014 released their latest game in the sci-fi adventure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/aphelion\">Aphelion<\/a>, and it&#8217;s gotten off to an <em>okay<\/em> start on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/guides\/xbox-game-pass-in-2026-the-full-list-of-everything-announced-so-far\">Xbox Game Pass<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n<p>We haven&#8217;t got around to playing this one for ourselves just yet (it&#8217;s been pretty busy lately!), but we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2026\/04\/roundup-heres-what-the-reviews-are-saying-about-aphelion-on-xbox-game-pass\">did cover some reviews from across the web in our recent Aphelion roundup<\/a>. It&#8217;s safe to say that the game has received a <em>mixed<\/em> reception so far, but it still has its fans!<\/p>\n<p>From what we&#8217;ve read of the reviews, Aphelion sounds as though it has a solid enough base, but it&#8217;s just missing a little bit of that &#8216;special sauce&#8217; that some of Don&#8217;t Nod&#8217;s past material had. The likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-series-x\/banishers_ghosts_of_new_eden\">Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/games\/xbox-one\/vampyr\">Vampyr<\/a> have gone on to become cult classics somewhat, and the jury&#8217;s out as to whether Aphelion will fall into a similar bracket.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, with this being a day one XGP launch, we&#8217;re curious to know if you&#8217;ve been playing it yet &#8211; and indeed what you think if you&#8217;ve given it a go! We&#8217;ll include a rating poll down below so you can give us a quick snapshot of your feelings, and feel free to talk more about your thoughts on Aphelion in the comments underneath.<\/p>\n<p><em>Comment down below and let us know what you think!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.purexbox.com\/users\/302914\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Entertainment Ben Kerry\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin&#8217; in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he&#8217;s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that&#8217;s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/authors\/Kezelpaso\"><span><\/span> Author Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a onclick=\"return replyTo('Kezelpaso');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/#\"> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/talking-point-have-you-been-playing-the-new-dont-nod-title-on-xbox-game-pass\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Michele Howe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your first impressions of it? by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 6:30pm This past week, the makers of Life is Strange \u2014 Don&#8217;t Nod Entertainment \u2014 released their latest game in the sci-fi adventure Aphelion, and it&#8217;s gotten off to an okay start on Xbox Game Pass so far. We haven&#8217;t got around to playing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1209,1798,22255],"tags":[7316,6934],"class_list":{"0":"post-903078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-talking","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-point","10":"tag-point","11":"tag-talking"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}