To preface this review a bit, I'm an avid platform and RPG gamer. I've played nearly all of the most famous platformers, even stuff like Kid Chameleon and never have I ever broke a sweat trying to beat them all the way through. Therefore, I do think I know a little bit of what I'm talking about, when I tell you that Ori and the Blind Forest is the game that breaks spirits. Sure, the story is nice and the music and artwork are beautiful. But as of this writing, my wrist is now throbbing from a solid three hours of trying to finish the last part of the second level, and even then, I still don't know how I did it.
Never before has a platformer about a cute little forest sprite been so misleading. This game is going to make me cry literal tears. Not just from the story alone, but from the sheer, relentless difficulty of it all. I thought I was good. I thought I was a pro. But then I played Ori and the Blind Forest. This game is not hard. It's not even challenging. It's like staring at a sheer brick wall looming over you with a clear path to the top, but that path is on fire, radioactive, covered in arsenic and the ladder itself is made of deadly venomous snakes. This is the game that will kill your family in front of you, then punch you in the face until you cry tears of blood. And then it will kick you in the balls and suplex you into the ground.
Gameplay Review for Ori and the Blind Forest, the Game That Almost made me Instantly Regret buying a Desktop to Play it on.
To preface this review a bit, I'm an avid platform and RPG gamer. I've played nearly all of the most famous platformers, even stuff like Kid Chameleon and never have I ever broke a sweat trying to beat them all the way through. Therefore, I do think I know a little bit of what I'm talking about, when I tell you that Ori and the Blind Forest is the game that breaks spirits. Sure, the story is nice and the music and artwork are beautiful. But as of this writing, my wrist is now throbbing from a solid three hours of trying to finish the last part of the second level, and even then, I still don't know how I did it.
Never before has a platformer about a cute little forest sprite been so misleading. This game is going to make me cry literal tears. Not just from the story alone, but from the sheer, relentless difficulty of it all. I thought I was good. I thought I was a pro. But then I played Ori and the Blind Forest. This game is not hard. It's not even challenging. It's like staring at a sheer brick wall looming over you with a clear path to the top, but that path is on fire, radioactive, covered in arsenic and the ladder itself is made of deadly venomous snakes. This is the game that will kill your family in front of you, then punch you in the face until you cry tears of blood. And then it will kick you in the balls and suplex you into the ground.