The Good Life is good fun

The Good Life first appeared on Kickstarter but has now made it onto XBOX Game Pass. You play as a somewhat desperate photographer/investigator working off a 10 million pound debt. How she got the debt is not revealed at the start, perhaps we find out later. Anyhoo, you have been despatched to the Lake District to discover the dark secret behind “the happiest town in the world”. One secret emerges pretty quickly, others will take a bit of time to emerge. While you wait you can earn money by taking photos and building up an on-line following.

Number one son says that the developers were in the Lake District taking pictures while we were on holiday there. Not sure about this, but the artwork gives a nice sense of place and the voice acting is good, if a bit eclectic. It’s a great game to pay socially, you can all watch the play and discuss what is really going on. If you’ve got Game Pass you should have a look.