Sable

Very nice :)

honestly, I should have gotten a refund when I could have. it's pretty, but... yeah, not much else here. not gripping enough narratively or game play-wise for me to be remotely interested in it anymore. the soundtrack though? AMAZING. it was the reason I wanted to try out this game in the first place.

[i]Sable[/i] is a coming-of-age exploration game about finding your place in the world. Much of the gameplay consists of either finding places to explore and how to navigate to certain points you want to delve into, and interacting with the world's characters. The standout in this game is the art style as it is very unique and striking. You get lots of pretty vistas to look out throughout your time in the game. As for the weaknesses, my main complaint is that there's not much in the way of substantial upgrades. This results in the rewards to exploration feeling a bit minimized as you don't feel your character getting significantly stronger. Though you can argue that successfully formulating a plan for then exploring a place is the reward in itself. Overall, I enjoyed my time with [i]Sable[/i] and I would recommend it to fans of collectathons and exploration-focused titles.

Le jeu est très rafraîchissant, la majorité de l'exploration se fait assez naturellement. On remarque des trucs au loin, on suit les chemins naturels... on pourrait dire que c'est un peu vide mais justement c'est agréable de se balader sans devoir s'arrêter toutes les 30 secondes. C'est joli, il y a des collectibles, que demander de plus ?

I give this game a positive review though I quit from frusration. It is a relaxing easy game played as an early adolescent girl and her coming of age through the tribal ceremony of gliding through the world. Despite this she, the player, often must scale the desert and tower walls. Increasingly, these climbs become very difficult as she loses energy just before she reaches the top, causing her to fall back down and try again. This is where the game fails the spirit of the thing. The art and music are fine in crfeating the relaxing ambience of the game. The designers should never have added this artificial difficulty. Big mistake. I see that only 40% of players got as far as I did, which was not much. 55/100

This is an amazing game that kept on bringing me in day after day to play. From the awesome soundtrack, whether zooming around on your bike or exploring ancient ruins of an old society, to uncovering the truth about how you and the land around you came to be, this game will make you lean back and ponder your decisions. To anyone looking for a cozy game about exploring without the stress of enemies, this is for you.

Genuinely amazing worldbuilding and environmental storytelling - I played this over a year ago and I still think about it regularly. This game is all about the journey and not the destination, with a unique and beautiful artstyle as well as an absolutely amazing soundtrack. At several points I found myself in awe just taking in the view. As other reviews have stated it has bugs, but in my whole playthrough I had maybe 5 or less instances of this happen and all I needed to do was exit and reenter the game to fix it. These bugs included entities not spawning, music not playing or two different songs playing over each other, and in one case the player model going invisible. None of this particularly halted my gameplay though, I found the world and its story too compelling for these small issues to bother me. I bought it on sale but after playing it I'd happily have paid full price! This game is a labour of love that probably just wasn't given the budget it deserved, but it's still an amazing experience!