Also, one of the boss fights went on a bit too long when I struggled to hit multiple weak spots in a row. I know this is meant to build a bond, but it also becomes annoying after a while. Secondly, once you've got your bird back, you need to cleanse it by simulating a stroking motion all over until all of the curse juice is gone. This becomes tiresome after just a few times. You then need to slowly creep over to rescue it, periodically stopping whenever the big bad’s gaze falls your way. Firstly, before you're ready to face them, an area's boss will sometimes trigger an event whereby you’re separated from your eagle. (Image credit: Giant Squid/Annapurna Interactive) Find your way Sometimes, I'll get the best views soaring through the air, hanging from the feet of my remarkably strong eagle as we gently drift down to our next destination. Outside of puzzles, I enjoy finding the thoughts of dead soldiers frozen in time, and admiring the abandoned temples, curious structures, and skeletons of huge, unknown beasts that have been left lying around. This caused me a bit of a head scratch when I found a weight on the ground, and a pressure plate about a hundred feet in the air. He's only able to carry one thing at a time, so he can't lift you into the air while he's already got something in his talons. Keith will need to move targets, perhaps, or lift weights to bring to pressure plates. You'll need to shoot arrows through consecutive targets, for example, but lining them all up will often involve asking Keith, your eagle (that’s not its name, but let's pretend) to help. Your eagle and your bow tend to be of equal importance in these puzzles. This isn’t an indication of puzzles that are too easy, rather another sign of the game’s dedication to constant, smooth motion. They test your brain without being obnoxious I never got stuck for more than a minute or so, and even that was rare. The world offers puzzles in place of enemies, and I enjoyed all of them. I think at around 30 the game is worth the buy and I would personally give it an 8 to 8.5.(Image credit: Giant Squid/Annapurna Interactive) Eagle aid I can recommend the game although for its quite repetitive content and the around 6-8hrs I find that 40 euros are too much in my opinion. Some bosses are clearly inspired by other well known games but I dont want to spoil much. If you get the 2-4 moves every boss has, it is very easy. You traverse the world, solve puzzles, cleanse altars until you fight a few bosses up to the end.
The combat itself is okay although most of the game is not around fighting at all. The puzzling is pretty good although I m mostly not good in such things I did most of the stuff without much frustration. It has something to do with the story too but that doesnt make it better for my personal liking. The movement is fluent, the visuals are nice but a bit too bland for my liking, same goes to the general boss appearances. I finished the game at around 7hrs and did quite some sidetasks too. You cleanse the world from an evil spirit is basically the one-sentenced-plot. The Pathless is to me a great puzzle platformer that combines quick combo movement with smart puzzle and a simple but visually amazing world. Overall, this is a hard recommend, especially if you like games like Journey, Abzu and Shadow of the Colossus. It does have some really good tracks, but a lot of them weren't for me. Soundtrack was a mixed bag for me, unlike Journey's soundtrack which I outright loved.
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There plenty of awesome viewpoints, where you can see points of interest miles in the distance, and you given plenty of options in how to get to them. All the bosses look amazing, and the environments are lovely to explore. The colour palette is amazing, with the bright blue and dark red clashing. The art direction is pretty much perfect. The game is one of the best looking I've ever played. But beating each boss is really satisfying, as it's nice to bring it back to it's pre-corrupted form. The boss fights are really cool, with the chase sequences being the highlights, whereas the arena sections can be a bit hit or miss. It's not complicated and is boiled down to timing when to shoot an arrow with no aiming needed, but it made traversal fun to the point where I was happy enough to just travel aimlessly. The movement system is very unique and involves shooting talismans to keep up momentum as you run across the landscape. The puzzles are needed to gain tokens to cleanse towers, that allow you to fight the boss of each area.
It is much more action packed, but does have a lot of slow paced puzzles similar to that of Abzu. The Pathless is definitely reminiscent of Abzu, but is very different game altogether.
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