THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Stoney Mason on March 10, 2015, 03:48:01 PM

Title: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 10, 2015, 03:48:01 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjc-u8oCYmY
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 03:50:34 PM: Cutesy platformer? Pass
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: kick51 on March 10, 2015, 03:54:36 PM: Unique Artstyle™

edit: i take that back, that's a mix of Miyazaki and George Kamitani. Guess indies are finally being made by committee/paint by numbers

edit 2: i hate this game because it's trying to connect with me

edit 3: this game is gay

edit 4: like super gay

edit 5: you are super gay if you play this
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 10, 2015, 04:21:49 PM: I'll play some later this week and give actual impressions. Reviews are pretty good for it.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 10, 2015, 04:29:14 PM: Quote from: Am_I_Anonymous on March 10, 2015, 03:50:34 PM
Cutesy platformer? Pass

Game on the Xbone? Pass.

Oh wait, it's on Steam too. Day 1.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: demi on March 10, 2015, 04:39:58 PM: Dont be rude, darling.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 10, 2015, 05:29:07 PM: j/k, I'll wait for a Steam sale of course.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Rufus on March 10, 2015, 05:35:34 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWMZLH0VhuY

It's a metroidvania :leon
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Purple Filth on March 10, 2015, 05:35:57 PM: 75% Steam sale then :phil
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 10, 2015, 06:03:17 PM: Quote from: Rufus on March 10, 2015, 05:35:34 PM

It's a metroidvania :leon

and it seems to focus more on platforming over combat so that's good. but the metroidvania stuff also seems kinda light. might pick this up.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 10, 2015, 06:10:16 PM: I don't like when the map shows pickups when you haven't actually found them yet :snoop
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 11, 2015, 10:48:46 PM: I like this game so far.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 12, 2015, 03:11:54 AM: Played for maybe an hour and a half.

Very pretty game. Nice art style. Has a water color feel to everything.

Game reminds me of Dust: An Elysian Tail both a little in looks and obviously game type.

This game is much less goofy in tone than that game and more hippy earth mother Lion King kind of vibe. That may or may not appeal to some people although I'm alright with it.

It's also feels a little simpler than some other metroid-vania's although maybe it gets more tricky as it goes on.

I like it so far. I would describe it as a metroid-vania lite.

I'll maybe post again on it to see how it maintains when I reach the half-way point or beat it.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: demi on March 12, 2015, 09:08:48 AM: Gay indie shit. $20? lel. Will be GWG in a month.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Am_I_Anonymous on March 12, 2015, 09:14:38 AM: Quote from: demi on March 12, 2015, 09:08:48 AM
Gay indie shit. $20? lel. Will be GWG in a month.

You know even though you're probably kidding, Microsoft is killing their indie sales because all of us know that any idea game will be on GWG within 6 months of release.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: kick51 on March 12, 2015, 10:14:05 AM: MS and Sony both suddenly bumping indies to $20? I smell a conspiracy :derp
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 12, 2015, 10:17:01 AM: Quote from: demi on March 12, 2015, 09:08:48 AM
Gay indie shit. $20? lel. Will be GWG in a month.

Rude.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: demi on March 12, 2015, 10:43:04 AM: :'(
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 12, 2015, 08:11:57 PM: the platforming in this is super fun. it's got just the right amount of difficulty where it's challenging but not enough where it gets frustrating.

and my god it's super pretty
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Vertigo on March 13, 2015, 03:24:14 AM: Yeah first game in a while to keep my attention held for a few hours. As I want to see what comes next.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 13, 2015, 07:29:41 PM: apparently the game locks you out of your save when you finish the game or something along those lines. basically if you're trying for 100% make sure you do it before you enter the final area.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 13, 2015, 10:53:01 PM: Played for another hour and half or so. It's a legit good game. It's fun. It's relaxing in a weird way. It's never too difficult but there is still a bit of a challenge to making all the little jumps and such. I'm always curious to see what's around the next corner or in the next area. It's solid.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 14, 2015, 07:28:19 PM: Quote from: kick51 on March 12, 2015, 10:14:05 AM
MS and Sony both suddenly bumping indies to $20? I smell a conspiracy :derp

Indie is moving up to fill that mid tier hole left behind, but with healthy profit margins.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 16, 2015, 09:50:06 AM: i don't really like the lengthy sequences that require you to play perfect and have near instant fail states then you have to replay the entire thing from the beginning.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 16, 2015, 01:25:46 PM: I don't really mind it so much since you can save anywhere with those blue things.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 16, 2015, 06:20:12 PM: not during those segments. there's three of them in the game and you have to complete them in one-go.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 16, 2015, 07:34:55 PM: I am really not loving the grapple mechanic, especially when I need to ricochet some instant-kill orb with it.

I assume you're talking about the flood that happens at the end of the tree chapter that I just finished? I managed to do it on my first try but I missed a number of the yellow orbs and I could see that being super frustrating if you messed up a little bit.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 16, 2015, 09:26:32 PM: That one wasn't that bad. It was pretty fun overall. I'm at the end of the game though and it's pretty frustrating.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 18, 2015, 09:50:14 PM: This game kinda sucks. If I get killed by one more fucking projectile launched by an enemy that is hiding behind a foreground tree I'm gonna turn this shit off for good.
Title: Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 20, 2015, 10:58:27 AM: Finished it finally. Overall it's a really great game. Some of the latter sections get a bit frustrating but whatevs.