{"id":224311,"date":"2024-04-16T12:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/xbox-game-pass-gets-new-quirky-gorgeous-looking-day-one-launch-title\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:33","slug":"xbox-game-pass-gets-new-quirky-gorgeous-looking-day-one-launch-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/xbox-game-pass-gets-new-quirky-gorgeous-looking-day-one-launch-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Game Pass gets new quirky, gorgeous-looking Day One launch title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/harold_hallibut-900x506.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As one great Xbox Day One title departs exclusivity today when <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/playstation-gamers-finally-get-one-of-xboxs-greatest-exclusives\/\">Grounded makes its way<\/a> to Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation, the oddly named Harold Halibut lands on Microsoft\u2019s subscription service today.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be put off by the name being a bit leftfield though, Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean and it looks stunning.<\/p>\n<p>Using a unique stop-motion aesthetic that is quite unlike anything much we have seen before the game\u2019s light puzzle aspects are set to charm anybody looking for a slightly less stressful gaming experience than say Helldivers 2.<\/p>\n<p>Harold and his fellow characters have all been sculpted using traditional model-making techniques and this lends HH a look that you want to watch more of even aside from the engaging storyline. It looks that good.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a fan of quirky adventure games this is one you will definitely be trying, it can be a little frustrating with a lot of back and forth to complete tasks but the claymation-style animation takes away some of the chore.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out Harold Halibut on Game Pass today or it goes live on Steam in an hour or so.<\/p>\n<h2>Harold Halibut features<\/h2>\n<p>Harold Halibut will be unlike most things you have played before, certainly in terms of looks, but what else does it include?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unique Stop-Motion Aesthetics: Every element in Harold Halibut is a tactile and meticulously hand-crafted using traditional sculpting and model-making techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Full Voice Acting: All of the Fedoras\u2019 wonderful inhabitants come to life with full English voiceover, elevating the game\u2019s narrative to cinematic proportions.<\/li>\n<li>An expansive Character Ensemble: Meet a variety of unique characters and get to know their personalities, quirks and stories through meaningful conversations.<\/li>\n<li>A riveting cinematic storyline: Journey through a captivating narrative, underscored by a carefully orchestrated script that blends drama, humor, and suspense.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/xbox-game-pass-gets-new-quirky-gorgeous-looking-day-one-launch-title\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] As one great Xbox Day One title departs exclusivity today when Grounded makes its way to Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation, the oddly named<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}