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Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an outstanding – if too safe – sequel to the already great Blind Forest, boasting the same mesmerizing aesthetic, haunting soundtrack, and engaging platformer mechanics. It’s an impressive adventure that, despite all its strengths, still doesn’t do much to evolve the series: it develops more the combat aspect of the game and introduce some sidequests and characters to help flesh out the world, but these elements pale in comparison with the others.
The story in Will of the Wisps revolves around the search for a cute baby owl called Ku. She was frustrated that she wasn’t able to fly, so after Ori helps her do it, they are caught in a fierce storm [...]
Developed by Moon Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest is a competent Metroidvania that tells a beautiful fable about the importance of compassion. It’s a formidable game, but one that would have benefited from a greater connection between gameplay and story.
The moving introduction of Ori and the Blind Forest follows Ori, a white guardian spirit, as he falls from the Spirit Tree during a storm and is found by a creature called Naru. The developers quickly establish the relationship between the two creatures in a brilliant scene: they appear working and having fun together at different points on the screen, but the images keep moving to the right, which suggests the passage [...]