Dustborn

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. Xbox Tavern
    Aug 23, 2024
    70
    Where Dustborn works – its characters and story – it really works. Leaden combat and side-missions leave it a little lacking.
  2. SomosXbox
    Sep 2, 2024
    63
    Dustborn is an ambitious game that manages to excel in several ways, especially its narrative and visual style. However, it suffers from pacing issues, repetitive gameplay, and certain technical glitches that prevent it from reaching its full potential. Additionally, I feel that Red Thread Games has tried to please all gamers by including a combat system that pales in comparison to the rest of the game. This is a game with a powerful message, but you have to turn a blind eye to several aspects in order to fully enjoy it.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Sep 5, 2024
    60
    It's well-meaning, but unserious. [Issue#402, p.108]
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  5. Gamer.no
    Aug 14, 2024
    60
    Uneven dialogue and somewhat trivial activities drag down an otherwise great experience, but Dustborn's strength still lies in the quiet moments around the campfire and the interpersonal stories that unfold there.
  6. New Game Network
    Aug 14, 2024
    52
    Dustborn grabs the generic modern day adventure game formula and adds a bunch of cliché and often annoying characters, a subpar story, some low-grade music, along with a heavy-handed dose of politics front and center, resulting in a middling and overlong road trip that's more concerned about its poorly delivered message than anything else.
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  1. Xboxygen
    Aug 15, 2024
    Setting off on a journey with Pax and all her gang was undoubtedly a superb adventure thanks to a good-looking artistic direction with a perfectly transcribed comic book theme and a gameplay that knows how to renew itself. The experience was fun and entertaining, with colourful, engaging characters with strong personalities. Thanks to a touching story that sometimes dabbles with difficult themes, the title remains captivating throughout the chapters, despite moments that drag on a little and combat phases that are enjoyable at first, but quickly become repetitive. The experience is marred by a few bugs that sometimes require you to restart the game, but there is nothing blocking it or that a patch cannot fix. Dustborn is indubitably a title not to be missed if you like narrative games with a story dealing with strong, committed topics, original gameplay, an alternative punk rock vibe and, of course, comic books.