Brotato

But ultimately, I find this to be Brotato’s strength. It aims to do a single thing, which is being a deep and addictive round-based bullet heaven shooter, with a ludicrous amount of items, weapons and upgrades that allow for quite literally infinite builds. It may lack the variety of Vampire Survivors, the production values of Soulstone Survivors and so on, but Brotato’s short-burst rushes of adrenaline make it one hell of a game anyway. And since it’s on Game Pass and otherwise only costs about 5 bucks… it’s hard not to recommend Brotato to anybody on Xbox.

Runs last 20 waves, which range from 20 to 90 seconds long. Each introduces new and growing quantities of enemies as players attempt to reach the boss waiting in the final wave. While the enemies do grow in complexity in their designs and abilities, the player fights on a large patch of land that doesn't fuel much for the imagination regarding story or world-building. Different environments would help inspire at least some wonder into why the egg-looking potatoes are fighting for their lives against countless purple aliens. Besides unlocking new playable characters, difficulty levels, and beat...