The comparisons with super meat boy make me very excited, I absolutely love that game!
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Ori and The Blind Forest | Review Thread
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The comparisons with super meat boy make me very excited, I absolutely love that game!
Kenzodielocke
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wonder if Ori or Bloodborne will get the highest metacritic in march. Is this a timed exclusive or is it never coming to PS4 ?
User 479360
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It's certainly a tough game. I didn't expect it to be as challenging as it is.
I'm hoping to beat it before launch, so as to put up a review. I just made it to the second 'dungeon,' though.
I'm hoping to beat it before launch, so as to put up a review. I just made it to the second 'dungeon,' though.
It's published by Microsoft. It's on PC though, so there's that.
True exclusive, MS owned IP.
Two friends have beaten it, both took eight hours - one has 326 deaths, the other 125. So it doesn't seem like dying slows you down too badly.
Kenzodielocke
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User 479360
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I'm looking forward to seeing how many I'll end with. It'll probably be closer to your first friend's, because I'm not great at these types of games and have also caused myself to perish quite a few times in order to restart with more health.
Some of the platforming can be pretty damned tricky, though.
Miles Quaritch
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I've read this a few times and I still don't understand what it means...
Sounds like he's basically saying it doesn't innovate have new ideas to add to the metroidvania mix.
Resting on the shoulders of giants rather than paving its own path.
Anyways, sounds like they knocked this out of the park in pretty much every other way. Length, challenge, controls, beauty. It sounds magnificent. I wish I could get it but I've simply got way too much on my plate right now, especially with Cities Skylines coming out today.
I'd wager the reviewer's trying to say that what it pulls from other games in this style it does great, but what little it attempts to do that's original it doesn't handle as well. At least that's how I read it...haven't played it myself, so can't say for sure, but I liked what I saw of the...recoil? mechanic, which is the one thing I've seen in Ori footage that I can't say I've seen in another game. Not sure I'd dock it that hard for polishing those old ideas with a mirror sheen after applying a beautiful paint coat, but to each their own.
Spacecowboy77
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Congrats to the team at Moon Studios!
I'll be picking my copy shortly
I'll be picking my copy shortly
Zvonimir Boban
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Glad to see that the game plays as wonderfully as it looks. Will definitely pick this up when I get some free time from uni
Sodding_Gamer
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Congrats to the devs. Looks to be receiving very well and I can't wait to play it. Surprised about the difficulty though! Not that I mind at all, in fact it makes me even more interested. I just wasn't expecting it to be a difficult game. Hurry up Steam I need to put my money down!
SensibleSucker
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Thomas, I would like to help your children (born or as yet unborn) get through college.
To the tune of $19.99.
To the tune of $19.99.
Digital only. And i believe it was arround 8gb. Saw it on the xbox store a couple of days. Cant find it now anymore for some reason.
lifeexpectancy
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Austria apparently gets a retail disc in the bundle.
I am cry. Ebay here I come.
Too expensive? It's 20 bucks lol. That's chump change for a 12+ hour first run and plenty of additional runs to nab the more challenging stuff.
Even if you JUST spend 12 hours in it, that's just over $1.65 per hour for your entertainment. That's a damn steal.
Found it again. Its 7.68gb
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-O...d-Forest/0bb3a78d-ea8a-48e2-9049-eec15e61c078
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-O...d-Forest/0bb3a78d-ea8a-48e2-9049-eec15e61c078
lifeexpectancy
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It won't be unfortunately, not all games are. AFAIK it goes live at 8pm pacific for download (at which point it will be playable as well).
Never Alone did not receive this level of praise. There was that *one* 10/10 review(which had its own thread and may be coloring your impressions), but other than that, its reviews were only lukewarm.
Shocking
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Coin Return
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Great reviews! Can't wait to download this on XB1 tonight, though I really wish there was an option to pre-load.
You almost being positive.
I don't really get the Never Alone comparison. That is a (optionally co-op) short and linear platformer (with a wonderful art style). This is a single player Metroidvania which is quite a bit longer judging from all reports. I guess it has the fact that the art style is wonderful in common (even though the actual styles are very different).
Banjo-Kazooie
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Here is my site's written review from our other reviewer: http://www.xboxgamer.me/ori-and-the-blind-forest-review/
10/10
I'm working on some video content that should be up soonish
10/10
I'm working on some video content that should be up soonish
Great work Banjo.
Miles Quaritch
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It's a comparison that's meant to diminish the games worth, appeal and critical reception.
Never Alone is seen as a wonderful, yet short and ultimately forgettable experience that perhaps received more praise than it truly warranted.
That's what the comparison means. I expect Percy to claim otherwise, that pretty much goes without saying...
Well a 89 is pretty hard to beat.
I do expect Bloodborne to be in the high 80s but no one knows if it will reach 89 or even 90+
Kenzo pls. Not like this.
Both are two completely different games which are (going to be) reviewed for what they are. Bloodborne is a 60 dollar action RPG a la Souls and Ori is a 20 dollar Metroidvania which is meant to be a "somewhat" bite sized game (even though it's pretty long for what you pay imo)
These scores make me eager to try the game out, tomorrow can't come soon enough.
lifeexpectancy
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I fully expect some salt to show up here eventually (did it already?). Can't use imgur at work or I'd break out a pic of the street crew salt trucks from our lovely winters of late.
A lot of times the reviewers and gamers disagree, at least to an extent. But so far I haven't spoken with a single person that has played it early (sometimes via questionable methods, which peeves me a bit) that didn't love it. Just over 12 more hours...
A lot of times the reviewers and gamers disagree, at least to an extent. But so far I haven't spoken with a single person that has played it early (sometimes via questionable methods, which peeves me a bit) that didn't love it. Just over 12 more hours...