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Ori and the Blind Forest Switch edition - Reviews
- Thread starter Theorry
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I mean thats kinda Ori its story. One of the best games this gen and it has "only" has a score of 8.8 on MC
It is a little funny how it's 88 across all 4 platforms/releases. Maybe the Switch release can break the trend.
Still holding out a torch for an XB1X update. Will of the Wisps already has me on the cusp of making that jump to a 4k set.
You did an awesome job. The game is truely impressive technically.
I never played the original version, but i loved the Switch demo.
It's just another overrated game like Hollow Knight. 8.8 is fine, Hollow Knight is 8.7 (on PC anyway - which people say is also too high / overrated).
Yes, there's also a new difficulty option that adds checkpoints to those sequences.
I absolutely love Ori, but I get why it doesn't fit some people's idea of what a metroidvania should be due to how linear it is, you always know where you have to go and you rarely revisit locations or do any backtracking. Exploration is really not its forte, it's more like a tour through (amazingly looking, beautifully designed) locations in an interconnected world, which can lead to disappointment if you're expecting having to do any deep exploration or any sort of branching path decision-making. It's the same "issue" some people have with Metroid Fusion (also an outstanding game, IMO).
That said, again, I adore Ori. It has some of the best traversal mechanics in any game ever. Can't wait to replay it, and specially can't wait for the sequel.
That said, again, I adore Ori. It has some of the best traversal mechanics in any game ever. Can't wait to replay it, and specially can't wait for the sequel.
You can't see how to get to the objective markers though, because there's no map showing around them. So you have to explore and uncover more of the map to figure out how to get there, and it's never an obvious or direct route. It's no less "linear" than other Metroidvanias. In all of them your progress is still bound by your abilities and the set order you have to retrieve them by design. And as with other Metroidvanias, you will still need to do plenty of exploration and backtracking for other aspects of the game, like increasing your ability tree to power up and make it easier to get past the more difficult sections of the game.
It's been a while since I played the game, but I do remember thinking that after I finished and not having had to do much backtracking or exploration or ever being lost, and it stands in contrast with some of my favorite "exploration-heavy" metroidvanias like SotN, Super Metroid and Hollow Knight. Again, it absolutely is a metroidvania, I wouldn't ever argue against that because of the way progress is gated based on abilities, just it's a somewhat linear one. I wouldn't even call that a pro or a con for buying/playing the game (which everyone absolutely should), just an observation.
I mean compare Ori to Hollow Knight, where many of the upgrades can be gotten in any order or are even optional, there are large sections of the game that are completely optional and are just there for exploration's sake, there are real boss battles, and the only time a character takes your map and marks objectives on it they give you three choices. I just don't think it makes sense to label those two games as the same genre when they're going for such different things.
For the record, I also struggle with labeling Metroid Fusion and Order of Ecclesia as "real" metroidvanias (despite also enjoying both games) for similar reasons, so maybe I just have very high requirements for the genre.
Fair points, all subjective I suppose.
It could be argued that the term "Metroidvania" at this point isn't used as a genre at all in itself, but merely used as a way to describe the level design. After all you can have pure platformers, shooters, FPS games, even potentially driving games which could use the Metroidvania design template. I've seen some people even calling "Control" a Metroidvania (albeit I think that goes too far) and obviously Respawn describing the upcoming Fallen Order as such.
If Ori isn't a Metroidvania that's fine, but it's certainly not a traditional linear platformer either. Perhaps it could be argued it falls nicely in the middle.
Yes instead of boss battles. Personally I like the change :)
(my controller didn't to begin with though...)
This come out tomorrow, yeah? This month is flying by. I'm still torn on waiting for a physical release, just like Cuphead. Surely it's happening, even if things are hush at the moment.
The demo ran like a dream. I really want to get this on Switch but I think I'll hold out for a sale since I've already beaten it multiple times on Xbox. I'm also very excited for those who get to experience this for the first time!
Oh yeah, I'd definitely call it a cinematic platformer with metroidvania elements or something like that. I'm glad we've reached the point where tons of games pick and chose aspects of other genres to use where ever, but it makes classifying these games increasingly esoteric and involved. Thankfully my favorite past time is arguing about semmantics on the internet.
(Note to self: future post idea, giant map of all the big genres with sub-genre regions and games peppered throughout, like those political axes graphs)
It was hard enough to see what was happening on a big TV with all the visual effects and indistinguishable elements of foreground/background layers. I can't imagine how difficult it'll be to see everything clearly in handheld mode.
The engine I imagine. It was posted earlier in the thread by the dev that they'd be working on the engine for the last decade or so, sounds like its super duper optimised and they'd naturally be ultra familiar with it by now.
I can't wait to get the game, I've played it on Xbox One but like Cuphead I'd love to own the game on my Switch as well. Its such an amazing game that I don't mind double dipping on it.
this has microsoft budget, bloodstained was a super delayed kickstarted project with a troubled development.
also if i'm not mistaken this game uses pre-rendered 2D graphics, bloodstained is 3D.
Loved the first game. Can't wait for the sequel. Ori is a masterpiece. Keep it up.