Something went terribly wrong in the magnificent forest. Lush green changed to sharp thorns. Instead of friendly animals, dangerous creatures are lurking around. It seems like only Ori can return water, wind, and warmth to revive the forest.
In short, this is an initial story of the game Ori and the Blind Forest. It’s a very good Metroidvania with unique art style and super various mechanics. The game is available for PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
The game develops:
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The story on background
Ori is a small guardian of the Spirit Tree. His mission is guided by the tree itself - through rare cutscenes, in which the voice explains the story.
The game plot is touching and beautiful. Still, it doesn’t take too much attention of the players. Here we have a platformer with some puzzles, and the story only gives a background to the main playing process - the action (unlike Life is Strange, where everything is about the story).
Mastering Ori
This game is mostly about various mechanics of controlling Ori - in fact, like in many platformers, such as Rayman Adventures. At the beginning, the guardian is very weak and vulnerable. It takes quite a lot of effort to avoid shoots and attacks, to not fall into deadly water, or not to smash into thorn bushes. Then, Ori gets additional health and learns new tricks. He can make double jumps, his energy attacks become stronger, and the save points (Soul Links) restore some amount of health. But the game doesn’t become easier - new areas contain much more dangerous creatures and much more difficult environments to keep the adventure very challenging.
Each new skill introduces totally new mechanics. When Ore becomes able to push off the opponents or their shots to jump higher, this turns to be a crucial ability to go deeper into the forest. When Ori learns to glide with a big feather, this feature helps him to reach new areas and just survive there.
During the whole game, developers introduce something new and unusual. It’s not like repeating the same pattern, making it more difficult. The adventure is filled with awesome gameplay innovations, which make Ori and the Blind Forest an exceptional experience - it's nice to learn from such an attitude even if you only create levels in Super Mario Maker 2.
At the same time, the game is quite hard to play. Time after time, I faced awfully difficult parts and spent a lot of time repeating the same actions again and again to polish my technique to (almost) a perfect level. Such periods remind even the Dark Souls kind of games - of course, with much less intensity. And in the case of Ori, this high difficulty is absolutely justified! You play as a small spirit, a sparkle of light in the huge dark forest, where even an owl-like bird is enormous. In the Definitive Edition, you can choose an easy difficulty level, but the whole atmosphere of the adventure will be different.
The game has a very good replay value. After completing the story once, you can return to the same world and develop some other skills of Ori or explore all the hidden locations and find all power-ups. The most enthusiastic gamers can prove their skills in the hard mode.
To play Ori and the Blind Forest, buy the game for your device:
The developers have returned to this small hero with a new game Ori and the Will of the Wisps. It’s available on PC and Xbox One:
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Probably, people don’t make their choice on the gaming device just to play the Ori games. Still, this is definitely one of the titles to enjoy if you have a PC, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch. Check out more info on the devices for playing games in the article “PC vs Consoles, Consoles vs Consoles…”
If you like platformers, take a look at the game Adventure Pals. It’s not so difficult as Ori. Here players delve into a colorful world with super fun creatures and hilarious story:
