An award-winning motion recreation beforehand solely accessible on Xbox is out now on PS5, and getting robust opinions after its launch.
What Xbox motion recreation port is getting robust opinions?
South of Midnight, the action-adventure recreation initially launched in 2025, is on the market now on PlayStation 5. On Metacritic, the sport has launched to robust opinions, scoring an 80 amongst the six opinions which were printed for the PS5 model. Many of the reward of the sport notes the improbable setting and soundtrack for the sport, in addition to its Southern Gothic Folklore-inspired story.
PlayStation Way of life’s Tyler Treese praised the sport, saying it “encompasses a well-told and gorgeously animated story that’s value experiencing. Its mythological Deep South setting is a pleasure to see depicted so lovingly, and its distinctive fight retains the sport enjoyable. Whereas it’s not Xbox’s finest PS5 outing, as it may possibly get barely repetitive, action-adventure recreation followers will wish to test it out.”
The sport follows the story of Hazel, a girl who learns she has an historical weaving energy. The sport closely incorporates numerous Deep South mythos, and sees Hazel battling in opposition to “Haints.”
The sport was initially launched on Xbox Sequence X|S and PC, and was praised for its distinctive artwork type. South of Midnight emulates a stop-motion animation type for its cutscenes, one thing that earned it each reward and awards when it was initially launched.
At The Sport Awards 2025, South of Midnight took dwelling the award for Video games for Impression. The sport additionally received the award for Excellent Achievement in Animation on the twenty ninth Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and in addition received an Annie Award for Finest Character Animation in a Video Sport.
South of Midnight is only one of a number of Xbox video games that has been making its technique to the PlayStation 5 over the previous couple of months. The sport joins different previously Xbox unique titles like Pentiment, Hello-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Halo, and extra as all making the leap throughout the console barrier.
