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Ori and the Blind Forest Switch edition - Reviews
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I've been playing the full game for the last few hours thanks to MS. If anyone is worried about perf or anything like that, fear not. The game runs great on Switch.
This is the first time in recent memory I've been able to just enjoy a game without being annoyed by hitches and bizarre framerate issues. It's a great "before bed" kind of game due to the visuals and music. And by great I mean I should have been sleeping 3 hours ago but I'm too busy playing lol
Highly recommend Ori! It feels perfect on a portable.
This is the first time in recent memory I've been able to just enjoy a game without being annoyed by hitches and bizarre framerate issues. It's a great "before bed" kind of game due to the visuals and music. And by great I mean I should have been sleeping 3 hours ago but I'm too busy playing lol
Highly recommend Ori! It feels perfect on a portable.
Huh, I was always told that Ori was a Metroidvania first and foremost, so when I finally played it on PC, I did not enjoy it at all because I didn't find it to be a good one of those. Now I'm being told it's platformer with slight Metroidvania elements?
Honestly, as silly as it might sound, that designation might be enough for me to enjoy it more this time around.
Honestly, as silly as it might sound, that designation might be enough for me to enjoy it more this time around.
Got mine done! A PERFECT 10/10 from me! :D
I started playing it again with my son the other day. He loved it but a wee bit difficult for him. I'll get it for his switch when he is a bit older.
Man oh man I can't wait to play this finally. Had my eye on it since the xbox release. Hope part 2 comes to the switch not too long after the release too.
I'd say so. On average the platforming is more difficult but not Super Meat Boy/Celeste difficult. Combat is simplistic and not as involved or difficult as Hollow Knight.
Ori has more challenging platforming than HK, whilst HK has more challenging combat and navigation.
It's totally a Metroidvania. As in, you explore the world to find new abilities, and then use the new abilities to get to new places in the world where you will find even more new abilities etc. And the map layout, discovery etc. It's a Metroidvania.
I think Ori is substantially easier. Still need some reasonable reflexes, but nothing outrageous. It helps that you can effectively save wherever you want.
I'd say moment to moment gameplay is harder with Ori, but otherwise it is less complex and has more forgiving checkpoints and save system. The escape sequences are brutal though. Think Celeste but even more mechanics and powers.
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Oh, I'm not saying it's not a Metroidvania. I just didn't find it a satisfying one. I like my Metroidvania's with either an equipment screen and satisfying combat. Preferably both of those elements, but I'd be OK if one of those cores are done exceptionally well, like, for example, in the case of Guacamelee where it doesn't have an equipment screen but it does excel in its melee combat.
Now that I've watched these reviews and wired my brain to look at Ori as a platformer first and foremost with Metroid-like elements, I might just be able to enjoy it more because I'm not judging it as something I unfairly wished it were.
I'm more a platforming than combat person I suppose. But I think you'll be pleased to know that both combat and the Metroidvania aspect is a much bigger focus of Will of the Wisps, so you'll likely enjoy the sequel more. Blind Forest is one of my favourite games of all time though.
I wonder if this sells well enough on Switch whether MS will release the sequel for the system, thats the only thing holding me back on getting this version as I hate franchises being split across different platforms.
Yeah Ori I always viewed as a more platforming focused metroidvania. Like it doesn't even do traditional boss fights, it has platforming escape sequences as an alternate to that.
Unfortunately I'm going to pass on this one. I found the combat absolutely dreadful in the demo and while I understand that "it is not the focus", it is still something that exists and I would have to deal with. I don't want to deal with this.
I'm actually more motivated for a second playthrough of Hollow Knight now that I start forgetting it.
I'm actually more motivated for a second playthrough of Hollow Knight now that I start forgetting it.
Believe it or not but at the time the trailer of this games was released it hurt me in the feels so bad, as a result i never wanted to play it. Maybe it's time now.
Yup, it will! It's a bit weird to see your Xbox Live Gamertag on Switch, but yup, it's all working Day 1 :)
Wouldn't worry too much about that, it's a bittersweet story that'll not JUST make you cry. I'd like to think it's hopeful and life-confirming.
I still wouldn't quite call it one, given how you're generally just moving towards an objective marker rather than looking for where to go next. In my mind that makes it feel like a "linear" level with optional offshoots rather than an exploration-based metroidvania world.
Definitely not a knock at the game, as I still really enjoyed it, but that enjoyment was largely unrelated the vestigial metroidvania elements rather than because of them.
Does it have cross-save between the one and the switch version?
Keep in mind that we've been working with our engine for a good 10 years now and went through multiple releases and a sequel now. A lot of the optimizations we did for Will of the Wisps ended up in the Blind Forest version for Switch, so that was a nice side-effect.
Another thing people maybe don't notice immediately is that Ori's sprites were animated at 30fps on Xbox/PC, but for Switch we were actually able to update the animations to 60fps due to all the optimizations, so technically Ori actually even animates a bit smoother on Switch than on the other platforms :)
Excuse my language, but this is fucking neat. Thank you so much!
Sweet!
Umm, wat?
You guys are sorcerers. Seriously. I don't have the foggiest idea how you did it, but "you crazy son of a bitch, you did it."