Ori and the Blind Forest

Joao Sapiro · Sep 2014

I Think this game deserves far more exposure as it looks , plays and feels amazing , ill just leave the first 10 min gameplay video here :

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFxUSxtSSOQ"]ORI and the Blind Forest - First 10 Minutes Gameplay Prologue [1080p] TRUE-HD QUALITY - YouTube[/ame]

Neox created a topic regarding the Art here , wich needless to say looks stunning imo.
So yeah , im kinda pissed i wont be able to play it on Playstation but oh well...

Spudnik · Sep 2014

I can't wait, fingers crossed that it'll be available on Steam.

littleclaude · Sep 2014

Is there a break down video? I would love to know more about the project? I will have a read of this later -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ori_and_the_Blind_Forest

radiancef0rge · Sep 2014

Theres a thread of this somewhere already, airborne studios is working on it

Neox · Sep 2014

thats what he wrote tho

anyways someone wants to see his art in the credits? there is a fanart contest going on atm

http://www.gameinformer.com/themes/blogs/generic/post.aspx?WeblogApp=news&y=2014&m=09&d=24&WeblogPostName=want-to-see-your-art-in-ori-and-the-blind-forests-credits-submit-your-creations&GroupKeys=

little claude: i can understand people wanting to see how it is done, but the game isnt even finished yet. give it some time

Neox · Jan 2015

and a cross post from the 2d forum

Neox wrote: »

it has a releasedate!

http://www.oriblindforest.com/#!news/

bam!

and some new gameplay stuff, gravity riddles

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3QIQseu_44[/ame]

marks · Jan 2015

marks · Jan 2015

Neox wrote: »

... my body is ready.

Neox · Jan 2015

dustinbrown wrote: »

It hurts me deep in the feels that this will be an XBox One exclusive. Game looks beautiful though.

adjust your goggles and look at the image again

Neox · Feb 2015

not even a month less

and here is a little something about the music

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFAf0-EsuZ4[/ame]

Torch · Feb 2015

ME EXCITE

reverendK · Feb 2015

Lamont · Feb 2015

Will buy (Steam version

)

Neox · Feb 2015

http://store.steampowered.com/app/261570

SOON!

SuperFranky · Feb 2015

Color me interested

Zocky · Feb 2015

Breath in, breath out, breath in.....

Yes, i'm totally getting this game. :P

mats effect · Feb 2015

Didn't know it was this soon! Can't wait. Think I will be getting it for Xbox One though.

Clark Coots · Feb 2015

So soon! Is this best played with a controller? Hows the keyboard controls feel? Nothings stopping me from picking up the game just curious!

Mask_Salesman · Feb 2015

Ooo so soon, yay!

Tekoppar · Feb 2015

So I saw on steam that people have added the tag metroidvania to the game, and I think that's gonna do you a disservice as people are gonna judge the game on merits it might not even have or never was intended to have.

Neox · Mar 2015

Thanks everybody!

Tekoppar wrote: »

So I saw on steam that people have added the tag metroidvania to the game, and I think that's gonna do you a disservice as people are gonna judge the game on merits it might not even have or never was intended to have.

And which merits do you mean?

Ori is a metroidvania title with a bigger focus on level traversal.
It has a big seamless open world which you only move in freely if you have all the needed abilities/skills/powerups.

but lets ask the wiki http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Metroidvania

Distinct features associated with the Metroidvania formula are side-scrolling, exploratory, action-adventure gameplay, power-ups, and a map that is filled in automatically as the player progresses through the game.

A strong element of this genre is that the map is largely contiguous, offering no breaks in play aside from the occasional load screen.

besides loading screens which ori doesn't have, this is Ori

but lets go further

Typical gameplay involves exploring the games world and discovering paths that can not be accessed with the players' current abilities. Finding an item (either a key or a power-up) later on grants the ability to traverse the obstacle, allowing the player to backtrack and explore the new area at their leisure. Some power-ups are needed to obtain others, lending a sense of structure, sequence, and linearity to the game. This structure is often vital in creating a coherent plot by ensuring that events that progress the storyline are triggered in the proper order. An integral part of the experience is in the exploration of the game world: It is rare for the player to be told exactly where they have to go.

Instead, the player must rely on their own sense of exploration to discover new areas and goals within the game. This can lead to frustration for even experienced players as sometimes the proper path to take to trigger the next event or gain a new power-up to avoid an obstacle is not readily apparent, requiring the player to traverse the majority of the games world in search of an item or path they've overlooked.

check check and check, i can go on.
Ori is no child of light and also no mariostyle left to right jump&run.

@coots7: yes you can play with keyboard and mouse, but as with any of those games, i suggest using a controller. As i would suggest playing a fps game with mouse and keyboard - but that might be just me. Halo showed it can workwith controller

Tekoppar · Mar 2015

Neox I'm just talking as someone who only knows what the steam page info says and what I can see from the screenshots, from that the game doesn't look anything like a metroidvania. And don't get me wrong, I'm loving what I'm seeing.

Neox · Mar 2015

Tekoppar wrote: »

Neox I'm just talking as someone who only knows what the steam page info says and what I can see from the screenshots, from that the game doesn't look anything like a metroidvania. And don't get me wrong, I'm loving what I'm seeing.

thanks a lot

it is, what it is, why hide it?

littleclaude · Mar 2015

Neox wrote: »

little claude: i can understand people wanting to see how it is done, but the game isnt even finished yet. give it some time

Yeah, sorry jumping the gun a bit on that one

Looks great, can not wait to pick up a copy.

Neox · Mar 2015

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDt-5mLafqk[/ame]

last trailer is up

4 more days!

also

Joao Sapiro · Mar 2015

Yes pls. Artbook pls

SuperFranky · Mar 2015

This game is so damn good looking, easily rivals Rayman Legends.

The first review is here, btw

https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://gamer-network.fr/actualites/reviews-item/test-ori-and-the-blind-forest-event-presse-microsoft

4.18/5 :poly142:

JacqueChoi · Mar 2015

Looks amaze!!

Neox · Mar 2015

embargo is lifted

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1007365

boom!

Aaaaand the soundtrack got released on all major music plattforms

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=ori%20and%20the%20blind%20forest&c=music

[ame="http://www.amazon.de/Ori-Blind-Forest-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B00TV83EGO/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1425973033&sr=1-1&keywords=ori+and+the+blind+forest"]Ori and the Blind Forest (Original Soundtrack): Gareth Coker: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads[/ame]

https://play.spotify.com/album/7xPc1OsC2R0siZKMlzRBIo

Oh what is that on 0:53?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpLFF9vTm00[/ame]

Tekoppar · Mar 2015

Man can't wait to play it, only 1 day and 16 hours left.

gavku · Mar 2015

congrats everyone!!! Will be picking it up as soon as steam will let me

Torch · Mar 2015

This looks great Neox, can't wait to check it out

Kwramm · Mar 2015

cograts! Especially to the Airborn Team and Johannes! Really great art direction and artwork!

SuperFranky · Mar 2015

Great scores, congratulations

stabbington · Mar 2015

Managed to grab a quick go whilst I was on the Unity booth and man, such a beautiful game. Really glad it's getting such great reviews, well deserved!

CapableWizard · Mar 2015

Listened to the soundtrack at work today, its beautiful! Congratulations on the scores I can't wait to try it out for myself!

Noren · Mar 2015

Congratulations everyone! Those xbox boxes look rad!

Tekoppar · Mar 2015

Apparently you can buy it on steam now and play it. Did steam time it wrong or something?

Avanthera · Mar 2015

I don't know, but I just bought it, can't wait to dig in guys!

Tekoppar · Mar 2015

Heh, found the

green pipe from the Mario series

(spoiler is a reference to another game, just in case anyone wants to find that on their own)

Neox · Mar 2015

there are a few more of those

HAVE FUN GUYS IT IS RELEASED!

Tekoppar · Mar 2015

Neox wrote: »

there are a few more of those

HAVE FUN GUYS I IS RELEASED!

Yeah just found the

Triforce

one. So far the game is easily a 9/10, amazing work Neox.

bounchfx · Mar 2015

played a few hours already.. I'm in love.

Outside of the art I knew next to nothing about the game itself, wanted to keep it a surprise for myself. What a lovely surprise it has been - one of my favorite game genres. SO GOOD.

Lamont · Mar 2015

Will get it tonight.

mats effect · Mar 2015

The start screen is now my wallpaper

Link if anyone else wants it

Torch · Mar 2015

Been playing a little this morning, its a remarkable achievement in games! Really impressed, great work guys

SuperFranky · Mar 2015

Just played for a few hours. This game is awesome, I love Metroidvanias and this definitely scratches that itch big time.

And the art looks amazing, especially that intro, wow.

Tekoppar · Mar 2015

So I've finished the game, and it was an amazing experience. It's a clear contender for GOTY.

Soundtrack is amazing, it fits perfectly with the art style and none of the tracks sounds out of place.
Graphics/Art Style are gorgeous, there really is nothing to complain about here, except that the foreground sometimes gets in the way
Story is good and does the job. It's mostly told trough the environment and the characters with the narrator doing the rest. Which is how I think stories in games should be done . The narrator is a 10/10.
Gameplay is tight and as responsive as you could ask for. The abilities are extremely fun to play with and execute and it works perfectly to play with mouse and keyboard, there are a couple of hiccups here and there where the game doesn't do what you expected it to do. But it's nothing major that ruins the game in anyway.

I found two negative things with the game, the first one could get patched out and is the biggest one. Being that once you've beaten the game you can't access your file anymore. So you can't get any of the statistics. The second one is a bit of a spoiler, but if you attempt to do 100%

you get locked out of 3 areas once you've completed them, which is really annoying. Mostly because near the end I was gonna go and collect everything I had missed or couldn't reach, but noticed that the first "temple" had 99%.

But beyond that I didn't really find any major flaw with the game.

It's a clear must buy, whether you like platformers, metroidvanias or action games in general. BUY IT!

Beats · Mar 2015

Will be picking this up today, got the soundtrack on spotify in preparation.

Such a beautiful looking game! Not been this excited to play a game in ages.

Joao Sapiro · Mar 2015

just putting these here as i think they deserve more exposure

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2078714

EbolaV · Mar 2015

Okay played it now for about 3 hours. Awesome, just awesome. Soundtrack, visuals and gameplay is super fun. Almost burned my food because I just wanted to get into this one more not discovered area... and another one

Great job to everybody who worked on this.

Ori and the Blind Forest

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