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PS Plus vs. Xbox Games With Gold: Which Free Games Win March?
It’s easy to get carried away singing Sony’s praises, but Microsoft has certainly continued to impress with its consistently decent lineup of freebies too. March is no exception, with Trials of the Blood Dragon and Superhot available for Xbox One owners. If you enjoyed Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Trials is sure to pique your interest. There’s all the same flashy neon colors, amusing pop-culture references, and raging techno score. Except here, there’s a dose of motorcycle madness added to the mix, in which the best aspects of the Trials series’ stunt riding is mashed together with the tongue-in-cheek Michael Bay-style 80s action of the Far Cry spin-off.
The action is a little more measured in Superhot. The futuristic shooter features a unique time-pause mechanic which places the emphasis of its gameplay firmly on the tactical. Superhot flips traditional shooting mechanics on its head by pausing the action whenever you stop moving, making every player action a critical choice. Each level becomes a time-bending puzzle as you pick a path between incoming bullets and dispatch enemies along the way. Nailing each with a perfect run is sure to bring out your inner-Neo.
Over on Xbox 360, there are are two free titles to download too, which are also available for Xbox One via backward compatibility. For the first half of March 2018, there’s Brave, an action-adventure title based on the Disney license of the same name. The twin-stick shooting and melee combat is actually super well done, which makes it worth a play even if you aren’t a big fan of the IP. Later in March, there’s Quantum Conundrum, the puzzle-based first-person game from Airtight Games and Kim Swift, one of the key developers behind Portal and Left 4 Dead.
