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The independent developer Linthar is back in the space of two-dimensional games, this time with the adventure game Owlboy, a game that fulfills the dreams of human beings to fly and fly into the sky. The game was released a year ago on the personal computers after a long struggle and many hardships and finally come to the household appliances and we are reviewing it to you.
This game is directed by Simon Stafsnes Andersen, who worked as a director, painter and stage designer for this game. In fact, it has been working on this game for very long years. It started developing in 2007 and stopped many times before it was finally released in November 2016 on the PC For the first time, game developer Simon suffered a lot of depression during the development of the game and no doubt this was clearly reflected on the story of the game and the character of Otus.
First of all, let us introduce you to this game. This game belongs to the Adventure category. It is not a platform game as some may think and no kinetic game. Although it contains elements of the two, the game is inspired by many elements of games such as The Legend of Zelda The game designer through temples, artifacts and puzzles, as well as the game of Super Mario Bros III game, which is popular among fans of platform games to this day, as well as Kid Icarus and flying in the world of the game two-dimensional.
The game is composed of an interconnected or interconnected world similar to the metroididine games, but exploring this world is not an essential element of the game and no map exists in it. The world of the game is designed vertically with horizontal areas representing the temples which are in turn vertical, horizontal and intertwined design.
At the level of game mechanics, this game depends on flying Otus, and exploring the areas, in the ordinary islands you can not do much and there is only one store in the game has some of the tools that you will get when you collect cash during the progress of the game, the heart of the entire game Is embodied in caves and temples that rely on exploration and solving puzzles in addition to fighting and shooting, where our hero Otus carrying a personal assistant and flying, and there are 3 main help characters in the game with different abilities. Unfortunately, the third and best character among these characters only join in the late stage of the game and do not get enough time to use, and usually ends the exploration of the temple or cave fighting for one of the leaders, and with progress in the game will need to rely on more than a personality Help to meet leaders.
Well, solving the puzzles in the game was fun, and there are smooth and funneling particles as well, but the game unfortunately suffers from the Big Palace and will be able to finish it in maybe five or six hours, making its price ($ 25) With a lot of independent games competition, but the game and at the same time maintain a high level of output and strong for the game independent, there is great intelligence in the use of music, or just the effects of the weather such as the breeze and the sound of trees, there is the skill and knowledge of the director of the game in How to portray the atmosphere he wants to create while playing, and play the game Ge solid until the end. However, the gameplay was not quite perfect. Perhaps the most difficult experience for us was the control system and the distribution of buttons, which made us make mistakes even after hours and hours of play.
This game has a lot of interest in the story and the story and will recognize that from the first moment, the game tried to build a world and history of its own related to the album and the history of the world of the game and its floating islands in the sky, the effort is relatively good for the game independent and while the game dialogues are intelligent only It is a promising attempt at these games. However, if you do not like reading a lot of texts, you may not like it in the game because there are a lot of dialogues and storytelling in the game. The story of the game is not new at all and is consumed a lot like many stories of fantasy, but it will be saturated with those who favor the presence of storytelling in the games.
This game is really a painting and is one of the most beautiful independent games we have ever seen. The backgrounds are painted in a pixel style. Many efforts have been made in drawing the sky, clouds, islands, caves, waterfalls and giant plants. And all that you see on the game screen has been carefully moved with many fine details such as affecting the water when touching it, or how Otus flies when it receives hits to hit the nearest wall and falls to the ground. , This is one of the most beautiful independent games show and m The most beautiful 2D games in general, especially for those who like the style of 16-bit graphics and classical games in general.
Even on the level of music this game offers many beautiful tunes ranging from the piano to the fresh music that creates recovery and satisfaction and tickle the feelings of love of fantasy and imagination, and melodies that create a sense of danger in other areas of the game.
Owlboy is a fascinating adventure game full of stunning touches and wonderful backgrounds, but it ends as fast as we wanted, and we have encountered some technical errors that have led to the game completely stopped working. If you want to fly on a fantasy trip and enjoy storytelling, this beautiful game may be right for you. If you are a fan of games that are entirely based on the mechanics, creative design and great content of the game, Owlboy is not the game that will meet these demands. However, this game is a living example of the progress of the independent developer and his great ability to design games.
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