Ori and the Blind Forest
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| Studio |
 Moon Studios
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| Publisher |
 Microsoft Studios
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| Senior Developer | Thomas Mahler (Creative Director) | ||
| composer | Gareth Coker | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Xbox One , Windows :  March 11, 2015 Definitive Edition : March 11, 2016 (Xbox One) April 27, 2016 (Windows)
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| platform | Windows , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch | ||
| Game engine | Unity engine | ||
| genre | Jump 'n' run | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Keyboard and mouse , gamepad | ||
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| medium | Download | ||
| language | English , German | ||
| copy protection | Without ( GOG.com ) / Steamworks |
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Ori and the Blind Forest is a Jump 'n' Run game which is of Moon Studios was an independent development studio from Austria, develops and Microsoft Studios is sold. The game was released on March 11, 2015 for Xbox One and Windows as a downloadable title. The release of a version for Xbox 360 was announced for the end of 2015 .
On March 11, 2016, a Definitive Edition of Ori and the Blind Forest was released for Xbox One , which has some new content. There are alternative ways to explore the surroundings, solve the puzzles and take down adversaries. An easy mode has also been added to the game. The new edition was also released for Windows on April 27, 2016. It will also be released for Nintendo Switch on September 27, 2019 . The genre is known as metroidvania .
The sequel Ori and the Will of the Wisps , planned for February 2020, was presented at E3 2017 . It was released on March 11, 2020.
action
The player controls Ori, a white guardian spirit of the forest. Long ago, in a storm that started a chain of disastrous events, Ori was separated from the Spirit Tree and adopted and raised by the bearish creature Naru. The prologue shows how the ghost tree calls to Ori many years later and then the Nibel forest (the place where the game takes place) is dying. Naru dies for lack of food, which makes Ori an orphan again. Ori goes out into the forest full of sadness and without hope until it loses its strength and it dies. With the last of its strength, the ghost tree revives Ori so that it can go on a search to restore the Nibel forest to its former glory. Right at the beginning Ori finds a being of light called Being, which reveals itself as the light and eyes of the spirit tree, and from then on guides and protects Ori on its mission. Ori is very weak at first and cannot attack enemies herself, so this part is taken over by Sein. As the adventure progresses, Ori gains more and more skills, making it possible to explore new areas.
Gameplay
The player has to maneuver the little forest spirit Ori through visually very differently designed, interconnected areas such as a forest, a grotto, various tunnel systems and swamps, a volcano etc. in order to save the individual areas of the game world from decay. To do this, the player must find an element in each sector and bring it back to its place in a shrine. This becomes more and more difficult due to increasingly complex passages and demanding movement sections as well as puzzles. At the beginning of the game, Ori has next to no skills other than a simple jump and the weak beam of light from his floating companion, but gradually the forest spirit receives a variety of upgrades through story progress, collecting skill points and activating elemental artifacts. Save points can be freely set - except in a few insecure or moving sections - and also serve as access to the talent tree. However, using memory points costs energy.
The focus of the game is on challenging puzzles and tricky level sections. The most important unique selling point of the game, however, is the acoustic and graphic representation of the course of the game. Moon Studios wanted to create an audiovisual experience. The story is clearly in the foreground and ultimately represents a playful but dark fairy tale to play by yourself, which should be experienced as coherently and atmospherically as possible. Best times, records, scores or other interests are clearly in the background.
The game can be played on the PC with the keyboard, but a gamepad is recommended for an optimal gaming experience.
reception
The game received mostly positive reviews, Metacritic determined a rating of 88 points, based on 73 (Xbox) and 12 (PC) reviews.
Web links
- Ori and the Blind Forest. Official website. Retrieved June 16, 2018 .
- Wikia page on OATBF. List and explanation of the core skills in detail. Retrieved July 10, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ori and the Blind Forest - Definitive Edition will be published in March 2016. insidegames , accessed on April 11, 2016 .
- ^ Ori and the Blind Forest. XBL Seniors , accessed April 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Felix Schütz: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - Now also for Switch! , PC Games , October 2, 2019
- ↑ Ori And The Will Of The Wisps' Emotional Trailer Is Gorgeous - E3 2017 . June 11, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ↑ Ori And The Will Of The Wisps for Xbox and Windows 10 . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ↑ metacritic.com: Ori and the Blind Forest Xbox One. Retrieved June 16, 2018 .
- ↑ metacritic.com: Ori and the Blind Forest PC. Retrieved June 16, 2018 .