A Glider's Journey

For Gameplay - https://youtu.be/f66XeNx566I FOLLOW MY Steam Curator PAGE For More - https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40613865/ Ok Guys short review : JUST GO BUY IT ASAP!!! beautiful graphics, really good music, ASMR vibe?!, relaxing gameplay. Dev's put there effort and love on it you can realize when you play the game ☑ Gameplay- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Nothing special ☐ Okay ☐ Bad Graphics- ☑ Masterpiece ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Will do ☐ Bad ☐ Awful Audio ☑ Amazing ☐ Very good ☐Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad Audience ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☑ Everyone Story- ☐ Lovely ☐ Good ☐ Average ☐ Not great ☑ None Difficult- ☐ Just press a bunch of buttons ☑ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Not so easy ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls Grind- ☑ Nothing ☐ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isnt necessary to progress ☐ A bit grindy sometimes ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ Insanity Game Time- ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ Depends on you ☐ Endless Price ☑ Just buy it ☐ Worth the price ☐ Wait for sale ☐ Maybe if you have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended

Not sure if I would pay the full price for this (I got this as part of a humble bundle). HOWEVER This game has given me a 2 valuable things so I overall recommend it. One is that sometimes you get this sense of moment to moment immersion and calm that I only remember feeling in real life (for example, when enjoying the clouds on a nice day). The second is an immense feeling of achievement after completing level 14. Level 14 will make you cry in frustration. There are 3 fairly difficult parts of the course: the top silo windows, the windmills (sometimes rng just screws you over depending on the windmill blade positioning), and a row of concrete rectangular windows. If you make it past those 3, you get hit by the game's hardest section. You have to dive into a silo, corkscrew while still diving to the right, level out, hit a bullet time buff, pull up like your life depends on it to exit out of the top of a connected silo. On that note, the frustration of lv 14 almost made me give up. I'm pretty sure I spent 3 out of my 5 hours there. So if there was one thing I wish was implemented in this game is an instant manually made checkpoint system (like in LOVE: kuso) where you can practice the sections of the levels without having to redo the whole thing. If you do get this game remember to enjoy the moments and not focus on "completing" the game.

To preface, I recommend playing this on Easy and my experience comes from playing on Normal with a controller. I loved this game for the majority of it. The first half of the game was challenging, but in a way that felt like it was helping me learn how to control the glider and get better at playing it. The second half, around the ice level, is where things ramp up to a truly annoying level. To summarize my biggest gripe with the game: IT HAS NO CHECKPOINTS. The game demands perfection out of you through rather long levels, but because there are no checkpoints a level can open up with an easy, minute-long segment then slam you with a roadblock of a challenge. For me this was the loops in the ice level that I couldn't practice because of the aforementioned minute-long easy section. If the game feels unfair on Normal difficulty, I feel like allowing players to have checkpoints would be nice. I switched the difficulty down because honestly the levels are very pretty and the music is relaxing. I feel like this is a great meditative game on easier difficulties. But if you like trial-and-error difficulty and long gauntlets where the smallest mistake means having to start over from the beginning, Normal and Hard should provide that for you easily.

This game is most definitely not for everyone, and is sure as hell ain't relaxing at times (if you're playing on anything but "very easy").. That being said, if you're looking for PilotWings-esque, "fly-through-hoops" style game, this is the perfect one to get into. The levels are pretty good, and you get into the flying physics after a while. The second to last level can eat my ass, though. Overall, a solid 6.5/10.

Truly beautiful gliding game with a moving soundtrack. However, I will echo what JDBB said in that the game feels like it should not have rings at all or only a start, two middle checkpoints, and an end ring. The first level in particular was frustrating and many times I wished I could glide through the air weaving around the trees and end up at the final checkpoint rather than ensure that I went through each ring. If you are frustrated with the game, please continue for at least another half hour because the third and fourth levels are so beautiful and fun to play that the initial frustration is worth it. Skimming the tops of the fields of grass is the most satisfying flying feeling I've had. The developer is responsive to questions and kind enough to donate to the YogsCast Jingle Jam. I highly recommend trying it out for around 30 minutes.

A nice little game that can range from nice and relaxing to frustrating but rewarding. The levels are gorgeous, the music is amazing, and I love the low-poly aesthetic! The hard difficulty is very challenging but incredibly rewarding when you complete a level, and if that isn't your cup of tea, then there are a few lower difficulties to try (useful for learning the level 😅) While completing all the levels, I didn't encounter any performance issues.

Meh...