Sable

il y a du potentiel pour du lore mais le jeu n'est qu'exploration. pas de réponse aux questions qu'on se pose en explorant se monde

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This game is unpolished, and at times, feels woefully incomplete. So why is it that I can wholeheartedly recommend Sable? It's because, despite its many flaws (which I'll get into later), at its core this is a game about exploration, stepping into the unknown, and taking a long, meandering path through a transitional stage in life, all with the goal of figuring out where your passions lie and your future belongs. And it is this concept which is so masterfully conveyed in every second of this game. Let's start with the negatives. Like I stated at the beginning of this review, the game doesn't feel quite complete, and this is its biggest flaw. Sable develops an engrossing world but never takes full advantage of this setting. There is lore which attempts to be developed but never sticks the landing. Points of interest are relatively sparse and one-dimensional. A lot of the core gameplay mechanics are slow and clunky and occasionally prone to bugs (i.e. climbing, gliding, even hoverbiking). One of the core concepts in this game is the idea of deciding on a path for your future, and at the end of the game you are given a choice from a variety of different "masks" or careers/roles that you have experienced or done quests pertaining to over the course of the entire game. But only a few of these pathways were ever truly fleshed out in the game itself, making many of the paths feel like non-options. Why would I choose to be a merchant, for instance, when I never did anything even remotely merchant related in the game itself. This is just an example. On the other hand, characters in the game have masks/careers that aren't even an option at the end of the game, when they feel more essential to your journey than some of the others that you can choose. But then there are moments in this game-moments like when you leave the tutorial region and set out on your journey-where you really feel what Sable is getting at. There is no right answer. No path you have to choose. No place you have to visit. Only sparse desert and blowing wind and you riding on the back of a hoverbike. These are the moments where you realize that despite its flaws, its one-dimensional quests and concepts that weren't ever quite fully fleshed out, Sable works. In works not in spite of these flaws, but perhaps because of them. It provides a strangely realistic feeling to this coming-of-age story, and at the end, you cannot help but be taken by this game's charm. Is it the best game ever made? Not even close. But is it a game worth playing, one that provides an experience unlike any other game I've played? I believe the answer is a resounding yes.