Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

I am on a bit of a metroidvania stint recently after Hollow Knight/Silksong, and Ori was next on my roster. It's no Dark Souls, but I don't think every metroidvania needs to be. Honestly, if it wasn't for some pretty intense escape sequences, I'd say the game is the perfect metroidvania for younger kids to get into, but still engaging enough for adults to enjoy, and that's a great thing -- games like these are great ways to introduce the genre to the younger audience. As for those escape sequences, I personally found them to be frustrating to the point of annoying. I love some good parkour, but there were no check points and the camera kinda moves slowly at times, I think to cinematically highlight stuff that is happening (often behind you, from whatever you are running away from), so you can't necessarily see what's coming all that well. The foreground/background elements can also get confusing (for me at least), so it's hard to understand what will kill me and what won't during those sequences. It ultimately ended up being a lot of death loops as I slowly got a little further each time, died to a mechanic that I didn't know was coming, over and over until the whole sequence was memorized and could be done in one go. This all being said, I'd still give the game a solid 8/10 at least. Lovely music, beautiful artwork, touching story, engaging mechanics and decent (if somewhat simplistic) combat. I'm assuming the in-game timer is paused, as my save file says I have 11 hr 30 min but Steam says I've played for 17 hours at the time of this review (and it's my only save file). I got 100% completion on the save file, though I'm missing a few achievements (mostly ones related to killing enemies in unique/tricky ways, as well as speedrun/hardmode/etc achievements). I enjoyed it enough that I could easily see myself revisiting at some point to try and get those remaining achievements, but for now it's on to the 2nd Ori game and the rest of my very long list of games to play!

Lloré y-y

Es un videojuego muy unico tanto por su mundo como por su gameplay. Es un metroidvania centrado sobretodo en el plataformeo, cuando desbloqueas todas las habilidades es una gozada moverse por el mapa. Tiene secciones muy chulas, aunque según la tolerancia a la frustración que tengas puedes llegar a desesperarte mucho. Sus puntos fuertes son el arte, el movimiento y la música. El sistema de combate consiste en spamear un rayo, lo he visto un poco limitado en ese sentido pero tampoco le doy mucha importancia ya que comprendí que su punto fuerte son las plataformas. En definitiva, muy recomendable si te gusta el genero y le das importancia a la musica y la parte artistica.

Fantastic game !

Excellent, addictive platforming, wonderful art style. Quick resets and generous save system encourages overcoming challenging platforming sequences that ultimately feel rewarding to get right instead of tedious. Played in anticipation of the 1.0 release of No Rest for the Wicked. Ori is a good time!

Не для казуалов

This was an awesome platformer, with less focus on combat and more on the platforming. Really enjoyed being able to save whenever, making the game quicker to play and to finish. Would play again, 10 out of 10.

майкрософт корпорейшн дьяволы

Por indicação de um amigo, comprei esse jogo e, sinceramente, ele deveria ser muito mais conhecido e jogado pelos players. Ori conta a história de um pequeno espírito resiliente, um dos últimos de sua espécie. Após uma grande tragédia envolvendo uma coruja gigante, Ori precisa enfrentar desafios contra o ambiente e inimigos muito mais fortes do que ele. Ao longo da jornada, seu objetivo é restaurar o equilíbrio da natureza e salvar a floresta. Os gráficos do jogo são simplesmente perfeitos. Cada cenário é deslumbrante e transmite a sensação de estar assistindo a uma animação de cinema. A direção de arte entrega muito mais do que se espera e torna a aventura inesquecível. Falando da trilha sonora, só resta aplaudir. Cada música acompanha perfeitamente a gameplay, criando uma atmosfera emocionante do início ao fim. É como assistir a uma orquestra em perfeita sintonia com a aventura, tornando cada momento ainda mais especial. *Selo de obra-prima*

how can you make something so perfect and pure?