Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Aug 16, 2023

  Great graphics, great story, has a few weaknesses but these don't matter much. Highly recommend.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 14, 2020

  ok... take everything good from the first game (so, the whole game), then: <*>make it better overall; <*>add a bunch more abilities; <*>add actual melee and ranged weapons; <*>add equippable skills (think Hollow Knight's charms); <*>add more enemies; <*>add actual boss fights; <*>add NPCs and sidequests <*>add more suffering into the plot; ... and you've got Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 11, 2020

  Ori and the Will of the Wisps hit a home run and is a more than worthy sequel to the already fantastic Ori and the Blind Forest. This sublime experience combines the best of storytelling with delightful action-platforming to create my favorite gaming experience of 2020. Played with PlayStation 4 controller

  ✔️Positive:

  <+> Versatile movement in a beautiful metroidvania. As you progress and obtain more abilities (even more than the first game), Ori gradually becomes more monkey-like in their movements, opening up the world for more exploration. The whole map essentially becomes a delightful playground with hidden nuggets/collectibles in every nook and cranny. Thanks to the responsive controls, the different mechanics can easily be combined with one another to result in fast, agile, and fluid movement - which happens to be the perfect accompaniment for the exciting escape sequences and the thrilling boss fights. <+> Emotional and thrilling storytelling. The incredible writing and direction, supported by the beautiful art and the divine OST makes the whole experience feel like a fairytale brought to life. I wouldn’t dare to deprive you from such a wonderful story by spoiling it here, so do yourself a favor and get the game. I will openly admit that I cried like a baby multiple times. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2169324939 <+> This sequel makes several notable improvements compared to the first game: <*>Auto-save. Thank God they removed the manual save system introduced in the first game. <*>New combat system! Ori no longer has only the auto-lock on spirit fire attack, which I personally didn’t care for. Instead you can unlock and upgrade multiple abilities (including melee and ranged attacks), which can be assigned to the X, Y, B (Square, Triangle and Circle for PlayStation) buttons at your leisure. Combat options were lacking in the original so really appreciate this customization upgrade. Personally, I couldn’t get enough of the giant hammer and Shock Smash upgrade. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2177313275 <*>Addition of equipables! Similar to the charms in Hollow Knight, Ori can now equip Spirit Shards (equippable items that provide upgrades to you or your abilities). Again, I find that the customization options allow for a more self-tailored experience. I basically had two sets of Spirit Shards that suited my playstyle: one for exploration and one for combat. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2177313407 <*>Improvements to the map and teleportation. The map immediately displays any warpstone and collectable you come across without requiring a map upgrade first (as was the case in the original). The map also makes it abundantly clear where the objective is, which areas you have and haven’t explored yet, and it even shows your latest movement in the form of a dotted line, making it incredibly difficult to get lost or disoriented. Furthermore, you can now teleport to any warpstone from any location, which greatly reduces the necessity for backtracking and helps to keep the pace of the game up. <*>Addition of side quests is always a blessing. Several great side quests were included in this title but there was one in particular that I really enjoyed: “hand to hand”. It is essentially a trade sequence quest where you aid the next NPC by providing them with the item the previous NPC gave you. Helping the many creatures felt like I was contributing to the livelihood of the forest. <*>Addition of a main hub. Important NPCs, such as vendors, relocate to the main hub in Wellspring Glades, after you meet them in the wild. Since the land is plagued by corruption and is tyrannized by the evil Shriek, NPCs will immigrate to this safe haven, inadvertently creating a diverse community. By offering resources, such as Gorlek ore and mysterious seeds, found during your journey to Grom (builder) and Tuley (gardener), you are also able to upgrade the main hub until it turns into a lively village. Investing in the community felt rewarding, and encouraged me to search for all the collectable items and help all NPCs. <+> The game provides the necessary tools to unlock everything without relying on external help/guides. If collecting everything is your cup of tea (it certainly is mine), then you will probably appreciate this point. There are map upgrades you can either buy or obtain which mark the location of all missing collectables, making them much easier to obtain. Furthermore, if you need to farm for more currency, Spirit Shards can be used to speed up the process; for example, by combining Consume (Enemies have 70% more Life and deal 70% more damage, but drop double currency) with Turmoil (Enemies respawn faster). <+> Perhaps a minor detail but the game automatically pauses if your controller disconnects. Kudos, Moon Studios.

  ➖Neutral:

  <-> I enjoyed playing it so much that finishing it felt bitter-sweet. As much as I loved the game, I felt sad knowing that it would be a while before another game would blow me away like this again. I’m sure most of us have at least one game that we wish we would wipe from our memories and replay again - Ori and the Will of the Wisps falls under this category. Can’t wait for the next installment!

  🏅Verdict:

  ★★★★★ Marvellous

  A practically-flawless sequel and a must-have if you enjoyed Ori and the Blind Forest. Highly recommended to everyone else.

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• gamedeal user

  May 5, 2020

  For anyone who didn't play the predecessor Ori and the Blind Forest, I highly recommend playing that one first! It's cheaper, it's shorter, it has fewer abilities to get used to, and it's generally less difficult. If you like the first Ori, you'll probably like the second one too (I did)! For anyone who played Ori and the Blind Forest, you'll probably love this one too! But just in case, here is what changed / was expanded upon: - It's roughly twice as long (100% completion on hard without hardcore achievements like one life) - It has all the original movement abilities and multiple new ones, which lets you zip through the air more than ever before. :) And that becomes necessary too in many sections - There is much higher focus on different combat abilities: Fast melee, heavy melee, fast ranged, heavy ranged, and they're all viable to play too! This is the biggest change, so if you absolutely dislike platformer combat, check out some gameplay videos first. No, it's not as difficult as Hollow Knight! - Another big change: no more manual saving (!) That really took getting used to, but the autosaves are very frequent, so you never lose considerable progress, no worries. Also, there are multiple autosaves, so you shouldn't be able to softlock your save. - There are escape sequences again, one of which is far more difficult than any in Blind Forest but has been supposedly toned down a bit since a day before writing this review - There are now bossfights alongside the escape sequences (but they're not awful, you don't get oneshot or anything) - Spirit light is now a currency and you can use it to buy upgrades (basically like before), get new combat abilities, and upgrade your upgrades+abilities. No, you will never get stuck if you skip everything, the progress-required abilities are all free - There are now collectibles which you can equip to give you some passive effects (risk-reward combat effects, upgrades to your ranged abilities, movement abilities etc.) - There are also collectibles to make your haven prettier, the place where you can buy stuff - There are multiple optional quests which reward you with equippable upgrades or spirit light to buy stuff - There is a way to see all secrets on the map by the near end of the game, which is great for anyone who wants to 100% without an external map (like me) Highly recommended, one of my favorite platformers :)
• gamedeal user

  Apr 4, 2020

  ~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ✅ Normal (can vary depending on which difficulty you play on as well as how good you are at video games) (And to clarify, i played on normal difficulty) 🔲 Hard 🔲 Dark Souls 🔲 Understanding Dark Souls' story ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics don't matter in this game 🔲 Good (nothing special) 🔲 Beautiful ✅ Masterpiece ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special 🔲 Good ✅ Beautiful ~ Audience ~ ✅ Kids ✅ Teens ✅ Adults ~ STORY ~ 🔲 Bad 🔲 Text or Audio floating around 🔲 Average 🔲 Good ✅ Lovely ~ PRICE ~ 🔲 Free 🔲 Cheap ✅ Acceptable price 🔲 Could be cheaper 🔲 Overpriced 🔲 Complete waste of money ~ REQUIREMENTS ~ 🔲 You can run it on a microwave ✅ Average ✅ High end 🔲 NASA computer ~ LENGTH ~ 🔲 Very Short (0 - 4 hours) 🔲 Short (4 - 10 hours) ✅ Average (10-30 hours) 🔲 Long (30-50 hours) (if you go for everything in the game) 🔲 Extremely long (50-100+ hours) 🔲 No ending ~ FUN ~ 🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry 🔲 Hard to enjoy 🔲 Repetitive 🔲 Actually pretty amusing ✅ The kind of fun you'll remember 🔲 Ride of your life ~ REPLAYABILITY ~ 🔲 It's a one-time experience ✅ Only for achievements 🔲 If you wait a few months/years 🔲 Definitely 🔲 Infinitely replayable ~ Bugs ~ 🔲 Never heard of ✅ Minor bugs 🔲 Can get annoying 🔲 ARK: Survival Evolved 🔲 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ~ WORTH BUYING ~ 🔲 No 🔲 Wait for sale ✅ Yes
• gamedeal user

  Mar 12, 2020

  Better than the first one, and the first one was perfect.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 25, 2022

  steamdeck users! this game is fully supported for sd. works like a charm. don`t understand why its tagged unsupported.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 3, 2020

  This isn't a game, this is a work of art. An absolute masterpiece. 100/10
• gamedeal user

  Mar 13, 2020

  I cried 5 times 10/10
• gamedeal user

  Mar 11, 2020

  I wish I didn't have a job