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Ori and the Blind Forest |OT| A Soft Heart for the Hard Core

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The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage, and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Join Ori, the last spirit guardian, as he discovers the mysteries of a dying forest while escaping the evil clutches of Kuro, the dark owl. Play through a beautifully created environment while combating Kuro and completing in-game puzzles to help Ori save the forest of Nibel.

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Ori - The last spirit guardian of the forest. Ori journeys to discover the cause of the forests dire condition and stop it.
Sein - A small sprite who joins Ori as an ally early in the game. Sein is able to attack enemies and open new passageways as his abilities grow.
Naru - Naru finds Ori unconscious in the forest after he is separated from his home and raises him from that point on as her child.
Kuro - A mysterious dark owl whose actions will propel Ori onto his journey.

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Ori and the Blind forest is a game very much in the classic Metroid style. You explore a large interconnected world that is gated by your current abilities, the more abilities you unlock the more areas you are able to explore. While exploration is a significant part of the game you are not left without any idea how to progress. The game will give direction to where your goal is located but uncovering the route there is up to you.

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Ori’s skills are governed by a energy meter, with that energy Ori is able to use powerful abilities in combat and to open up new locations. While the game does have infrequent checkpoints you are given the option to use up some of Ori’s energy to make a Soul Link, leaving a respawn point that you can return to if you meet an untimely end. Depending on where you are in the world it may be difficult to refill said energy meter leaving you to balance combat resources with checkpoints.

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Throughout the game Ori will come across orbs and defeat the monsters with both actions bequeathing experience that can be spent to grow Ori’s abilities via three different branches of the skill tree: efficiency, utility and combat. Some examples of those abilities include making collectables visible on the map, being able to breathe underwater indefinitely and increasing the power of Ori’s attacks. These abilities are not crucial to the completion of the game’s story however and can be skipped entirely if you wish to challenge yourself and go after the achievement for completing the game while not unlocking a single skill.

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Review Thread

GameInformer 9.5/10


Gamespot 9/10


GamesRadar 4/5


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Special Thanks to Levi Szekeres for the font and VlaudTheImpaler for the thread title.
 

Head.spawn

Junior Member
That soundtrack is legit.

My only complaint, 'Breaking Through the Trap' needs a guest guitar solo from John Petrucci.

Joking of course, but that song gave off some majorly awesome Dream Theater vibes, it's just a shame that song is on the short side.
 

AngryMoth

Member
I'm really excited to play the it looks amazing. Only found out it was coming to PC today (thought it was Xbox only) which was a very pleasant surprise
 

TRios Zen

Member
This game flew under my radar until yesterday but now, I can't wait to play it. Strange release time though I think, available at 7:00 PM Central time?
 
I'm so excited for this game and recent reviews have me hyped even more. Hopefully MS already has Moon Studios locked down for a sequel.
 

no maam

Banned
Pretty excited for this game. Looks and sounds gorgeous. Glad that micosoft is putting it on windows and Xbox so that more people get to enjoy it. More the better!
 

StudioTan

Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Great OT!

So excited for this game, have been since the first reveal.

For those that are interested the soundtrack is available now on Spotify and Xbox Music as well as for purchase in other places.
 

Azlan

Member
Nice OT. Looking forward to grabbing this tonight when I get out of work. In the meantime, I have been listening to the soundtrack on Spotify. Is pretty awesome, and excellent work background music.
 
Great job on the OT!

Soon... I will get to play this game. I have been waiting patiently since the initial reveal. Congratulations Moon Studios!!! Hope the game is a success for the team!

Will be buying the soundtrack, just can't decide for which platform.
 

StudioTan

Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Hopefully it releases on more platforms so that more people can enjoy this beautiful game.

It's a MS IP, it's not going to other platforms.
 
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