Ori The Blind Forest: The perfect 2D game
Four years of development have gone into Ori and the Blind Forest, a game that can easily be completed in eight hours. Anyone who thinks that all the effort hasn't paid off is mistaken: Ori may not be too long, but it can already count itself among the most beautiful games of the year. Fantasy fairy tale with a lot of feeling In the touching intro we experience how Ori - a small, radiant spirit being - gets lost in a fairytale forest. But a chubby, caring creature discovers the strange ghost child and takes it into his care. The game surprises with wonderfully idyllic scenes in which small gestures instead of big words ensure that we immediately grow fond of the two characters. They have to, because after just a few minutes the family happiness is over again: A catastrophe shakes the magic forest and Ori - now on his own - has to find a way to save his homeland. Hot on his heels: A gigantic, angry bird chasing after Ori in dramatically scripted scenes. We don't find out why he&…