If you are fortunate enough to use Game Pass for your Xbox console, you have probably found yourself a little overwhelmed at times, scrolling through all the titles that are available to you.

For us, somewhat unusually, is the size of the title, because we have yet to expand our system’s hard drive, due to the extortionate pricing of the SSD’s available. And as you have probably found, there are a few titles that just sit there, for regular use, such as your FC 24 – formally known as FIFA – and with the recent arrival of Call of Duty, which now takes up a majority of the hard drive due to its extreme heftiness.

So smaller titles are more appealing.

With a title of Dungeons of Hinterberg, that evokes a Netflix documentary on some recently discovered Nazi camp in Hinterberg, that lays south west of Vienna, Austria, with harrowing imagery throughout.

But thankfully it’s nowhere near that bleak, in what is a colourful and entertaining action RPG.

You play as Luisa, a young woman suffering a bit of an early life crisis; she’s a law student who’s become disillusioned with her studies, and has decided to take time off at the resort of Hinterberg, that has become synonymous for monster hunting with its plethora of dungeons to explore.

It’s a tourist hotspot, but there’s no denying the attraction of the various dungeons for the serious slayer.

As a newbie, you start off at level 1, naturally, and therefore have only the basic dungeons open to you. But as you fight your way through them, using weapons and magic, you level up, progressing through the game with new dungeons for you to explore.

The term dungeon usually denotes fairly dingy, dark caves to explore, but Hinterberg’s are far from it. Its striking art style, that of cel shading, lends itself to some vibrant environs, with the caves split into four distinctive locales, with each one with its own look and feel. On top of that, they also have their own specific skills too, which adds an extra level of variety to proceedings. So one area, for instance, will have you using a hoverboard to get around, while others with give other abilities to either help with combat, or with exploring your surroundings.

It’s no surprise that the name Zelda has often cropped up in regards to this title, as the puzzle side of the game certainly has echoes of Link’s dungeon adventures. Some of them are quite cerebral too, which makes a nice break from all the slaying that takes place.

But the game reminds you that slaying creatures is only an activity, so forces you to enjoy the resort to some degree every day. This allows you to interact with characters, make friends, who can then, in turn, help you on your quests. You can also go shopping to improve your kit, such as weapons and armour. All of which will aid you in some way through your adventure.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact you're staying at a resort, but there is a fairly leisurely feel to proceedings in Hinterberg. And although there are plenty of creatures to slay, it isn’t the be all and end all mechanic of the game. You will never find yourself overwhelmed with enemies, so once you have sent them on their way, you can explore the rest of the area in safety.

It is then, a really balanced experience, with more of a focus on exploration and building relationships, rather than just wave after wave of killing monsters.

There are of course, plenty of opportunities to collect things, upgrade powers and weapons, giving it a real RPG sensibility, but it has more depth than that.

It is a game then that, it has to be said, took us by surprise. It’s not a triple A title, and we didn’t know much about it, but as it sat on our Game Pass new arrivals panel, we decided to give it a punt, and we’re so glad we did.

It is an action rpg, but with its other elements make it a surprising package, that will not only put Hinterberg on the gaming map, but make it a destination that is most certainly worth checking out, where you can relax, see the sights and get your slay on.