Pumpkin Jack arrived on Xbox One last year and was a surprisingly fun platformer with a wonderful spooky mood. Now, the game is heading to Xbox Series X|S in the form of a free next-gen upgrade on October 27.
Inspired by games such as MediEvil and Jak & Daxter, the next-gen version will be bringing two new graphical options for players to check out. A Performance Mode will target 4K visuals at 60FPS, whilst an impressive Quality Mode will see 4K / 30FPS bundled with ray tracing.
Having played the game last year, we thoroughly recommend it. It genuinely feels like a modernised original Xbox title come to life, with some challenging platforming, fun mini-games and fast-paced combat.
If you're looking for an enjoyable little adventure this Halloween season to distract from the other horrifying games on the market, you can pick up the Xbox One version now ahead of the next-gen launch. It will be a free upgrade when it launches on Xbox Series X|S and is currently on the Microsoft Store for £24.99 / $29.99.
Will you be checking out Pumpkin Jack this Halloween on Xbox Series X|S? Drop us a comment and let us know.
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Ahhhhh. MediEval and MediEval 2 were a couple of my favorites on the original Playstation.
@InterceptorAlpha I was hoping we'd get medievil as a ps plus game for October but nope
I was looking at this game the last time that it was on sale, didn't quite bite, will do so next time there's a sale.
This is a wonderful game, got it on PC and Switch.
Burned through this one back when it released on PC. I was extremely disappointed by it and still don't understand the positive reviews. I found it painfully basic and easy the whole way through. It felt like more of a student project than anything, and I've played far more enjoyable student project games. The only reasons I played it through were that I was hoping it would get better and more challenging as I got further along, and that I hoped I'd feel I got my money's worth out of it. Neither came true.
@flighty I picked it up on sale for both platforms I got it on, I thought it was a great game for the price, but I don't think I would rush into paying full price for it though. I though it was a much higher quality production than most of these 2D platformers I see.
@JayJ I suppose if it had been on sale I wouldn't have been quite so disappointed, but yeah, while visually it's surprisingly good (especially for what I assume was a very small dev team), the gameplay disappointed me greatly. I think I got Suzy Cube right around that time, and found that to be a much more enjoyable 3d platformer despite its visual simplicity and clear budget constraints. It also asked a more reasonable price.
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