Welcome to our review of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, we played this great game and think you should too!
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From the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest comes the highly-anticipated sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Embark on an all-new adventure in a vast and exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to discover Ori’s true destiny.
Immerse yourself in a hand-crafted narrative experience with deeply emotional storytelling, strikingly beautiful environments, and a stunning soundtrack.
Master new skills to guide Ori through a journey of untold danger using newly acquired spirit weapons, spells, and attacks. Utilize an all-new shard system to power-up Ori’s newfound abilities.
Face larger-than-life bosses and seek help from an expansive cast of new characters who will help you uncover Ori’s mysterious fate.
Race to the top of the leaderboards in the all-new Spirit Trials mode where players dash, burrow, grapple, and leap to high scores in unique speed-run challenges throughout the game.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps really teaches you how to tell a story without actually telling it. The entire intro is a basic showcase of how to tell the story without really putting it to words. The grandeur shown in the intro really makes you forget that you are watching a game intro rather than watching an animated short.
When I first heard this game was coming out on the Nintendo switch, I was very happy that Microsoft decided to allow this game to be ported over. Being a fan of the original Ori game, I have to say that the ability to take a masterpiece like this on the road is what the Nintendo switch is all about. Having already played the game on Gamepass, I knew what to expect and how great the game really was. Moon studios made a marvelous game.
As the intro unfolds itself , so does the story and before you know it you are drawn into the game. Much like the previous game Ori and the will of the wisps it’s all about exploration and in a certain way survival. Like the original game even the easy mode this provides it’s challenges. Though I must also say, it is never unbeatable even in the hardest setting. A lot depends on your ability to really learn how to play the game an abuse its mechanics to your advantage.
As you progress, obviously you will get more and more abilities the pace at which they are given, is damn near perfect. Early in the game for example you will get a torchlight, but as you progress you have to go through a waterfall . As we all know water and fire, we know what happens and you lose your torchlight ability. Birth the next torch you find, you can light that fire once again. This is a mechanic I really enjoyed.
graphically, this game is just so so incredibly beautiful like when you are inserting keystones to advance to the next part of the game, at times you can notice the backgrounds moving or even a giant Wolf appearing. It’s details like this that always gets me going. I cannot stress enough that’s despite it’s basic approach 2 graphics, maybe the worst simplistic comes to mind, it still looks incredible.
Even friends and enemies look the part, example here being the Messenger birds named Tokk, who is a real help at first in the game. Take for example that aforementioned giant Wolf, when you do encounter him in the game , the very first time he tries to hunt you down. Nearly getting his paws into your skin, you escape just narrowly. You find a new torch to light and the fighting starts. Do not worry however, he turned out to be easier than I expected him to be.
Right after I beat him, the pathway to the next part of the story opened up after some initial searching, knew bits and pieces of the storyline appears. It should not surprise anybody as I will now spoil the fact that I was only 30 minutes into the game when all this had already happened. There is just so much action going on, that despite its easygoing nature, Ori and the will of the wisps is more of an adventure rather than reading review.
I simply adore this game as much as its predecessor, and there is just so much I can still bring up, combo attacks , spirits, abilities, … but our regular Gaming Boulevard readers will know that I dislike spoiling storylines And that I do think that the best stories are better off experienced rather than read. Personally speaking, I am glad to be able to share at least the first 30 minutes of the game and hope they enticed you enough to go out on the Nintendo E shop and buy this amazing game for yourself .
In conclusion, Ori and the Will of the Wisps came to switch as a big surprise and those that will buy it without having played the initial game are in for an equally big surprise. This game will rock your pants off , it is that great!
