Ori and the Will of the Wisps

---{ Graphics }---
☑ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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Is it really a perfect Metroidvania?
I had a good time playing it. This game is one of the first-class ones in the genre but sadly far from the best. I really love the first Ori it is just a well-rounded, unique and standout game. Someone says it lacks fighting but why on the Earth there should be a complex fighting system. The Blind Forest has an obvious focus on platforming and you never doubt it. Its fighting just makes your runs alive in between major chasing challenges and does it ideally. The fighting system in the first Ori is just the very sauce that makes your dish delicious. It's not the weakest aspect but the perfect supplement. A player is never confused what that game is all about.
On the other hand, the Will of the Wisps for sure has an existential crisis. Thomas Mahler said
A lot of what we’re doing with Will of the Wisps is trying to perfect the genre, perfect Metroidvania. We looked at a lot of games that have come out since the first Ori - Hollow Knight, Axiom Verge - and studied them and researched them
I don't think they made it. They preserved the atmosphere and diversified platforming but I can't say they improved fighting system. It is clearly inspired by Hollow Knight with these Spirit Shards which makes the game very flexible. However, how am I supposed to fully experience all of these with only SIX!!! bosses even on the highest difficulty? It doesn't make any sense.
The next thing is the matter of taste - fight animation. The second Ori inherits from the first some intended animation clumsiness and inertness which are good for platforming challenges. Another quote:
“We really wanted to take it to that level where it’s like, ‘No, it’s actually an animation-based combat system.’” You input an attack and have frame vulnerability, but you can interrupt, dash in or out, and continue your mini-combo. “My idea for Ori is always that you have to feel like a super ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool ninja.
But you can't cancel combo-animation in the middle and even some attack animations are just too slow and can't be cancelled. I adapted but for me it feels wrong not to have full control over your character in a fight as opposite to the Hollow Knight. It gives me some Witcher II vibes.
Furthermore, the Will of the Wisps is weaker story-wise. Generally it seems like they used the template from the first game and changed variables. Gladly, they added non-linear development about halfway through but playthrough still perceived very guided.
Despite all that has been said I undoubtedly would recommend the game to everyone. The music is great as expected, the one in Inkwater Marsh (A Shine Upon Inkwater Marsh) just pulls the strings in my soul. Also it's one of the most visually beautiful game it's Ori after all. Don't mind minor shortcomings it's not the ideal one but definitely very enjoyable!
P.S. Unfortunately I have a weird and rarest bug. In my first launch of the game in steam I started to get all achievements till the last one. I tried to clear them through steam console in many ways but they didn't stop popping when I launch. I asked here and there and it seems no one knows how to deal with it. Anyway, I still completed on 100% on the highest difficulty but "perfect game" badge in my profile is not legit.
Review of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
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I was 16 when I first played this game, this is back when I had an Xbox One X. I was bored out of my mind, and could not find anything good to play, I was burned out on most of my games that I played back then anyways. I saw Ori and the Will of The Wisps on Gamepass and thought, "This looks like a little kids game, but I guess I'll give it a try." That thought was ironically the best decision I made during the 16th year of my life. 5 years later, I have bought this game on every platform I have that has this game available. Right now, I'm trying to earn every achievement (Not easy). I really appreciate the fact that this game is a "painted" game, it just adds more to the game for me, it's very unique. The water visuals, the music, the story, the flow of the animation is flawless. Gareth Cocker did an amazing job with the soundtrack for this game.

If anybody sees this game, wondering if they should give it a try, GIVE it a try, you will NOT regret it.
I'm hoping to this day, we'll get a continuation of the storyline

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a true masterpiece. It touched my heart in ways very few games ever could. The story, the visuals, the music – everything fits together so perfectly it almost feels unreal. This isn’t just a game, it’s an experience that stays with you long after you’ve finished it. Honestly, I feel sorry for anyone who hasn’t played this work of art.

This is how you make a proper sequel
The first Ori game is amazing and I wouldn't necessarily feel like anything needed to be updated or improved. If it ain't broken, why fix it, right? Wrong.
This game is an improvement in almost every way. But it's still that first Ori we fell in love with with beautiful art style, breath-taking music, fun gameplay and, well, lots of traversal challenge. Even some of the boss fights are gonna take a few hours (if you play it on hard like I did). Played it with my 2 kids and they loved it, my 3 year old daughter cried at the end.

Ok, this one is bajillion times better. I really recommened playing this one. They improved everything in the sequel. Everything I didn't like in the first one is done better here. Traversing is really fun and enjoyable, different variety of abillities, better progressing. 10 out 10

This is definitely one of the best video games every created. I prefer the first one, though. This one has all these side quests and feels a bit gamey, compared to the first one which just feels pure and simple.