16 Essential Video Games Worth Buying An Xbox One For

3. ReCore

Keiji Inafune may be responsible for making a huge, stinky splash with the turgid Mighty No. 9, but - in theory - that's simply because he was too busy working on ReCore; his first Microsoft-exclusive release directed by Metroid Prime's Mark Pacini, set to drop in September.

Playing as Joule, a colonist who wakes up out of cryo-sleep to find her planet beset by A.I. lifeforms and monsters, its unique hook comes from swapping a handful of personalised A.I. cores between various bodies and frames. These different cores then dictate the abilities you'll have on-hand, and you'll need them to explore the various structures of the world, swapping to fit your needs and delving into the ramifications of what looks like a very in-depth crafting and levelling system.

Basic gameplay is over-shoulder third-person shooting, its visual flair coming across as a mix of Destiny's number-popping damage readouts, with character and robot designs that look like an un-cel-shaded Borderlands. Simply because this is the legendary mind behind Mega Man, Onimusha and Resident Evil's game-changing fourth instalment, you can hopefully expect to see huge things from ReCore.