Other times, Owlboy leaves you in the dark, both literally and figuratively, during some of the later segments that make it challenging to work out where you need to go next. The game provides some clues during various segments a few cut scenes cut the screen away to show specific areas on the map where new areas open up. The boss fights are well designed, enjoyable and challengingįor all of its positive attributes, Owlboy does slip up with some of the level design, making it unnecessarily confusing to try and figure out where to go next.
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While there’s certainly a linear narrative and progression system in place, with the difficulty becoming increasingly difficult the further into the game you get, the way Owlboy keeps all of its levels connected helps to make this feel like a large, connected world rather than a series of disjointed levels. From the starting area you’re guided into travelling in various directions to connected but aesthetically different areas that progress the story forward. As you progress through the various areas, you recruit a few other characters to your cause including a disgruntled pirate and another character which we won’t divulge here for spoiler purposes.Īll of this would account for nothing if the levels weren’t fun and challenging to navigate and thankfully Owlboy nails this component too. Otus can also perform a spin attack with square and a dash with O that also helps to break up the gameplay. You begin with recruiting your best friend Getty who has a simple gun that fires bullets to detract enemies with R2 while you zoom around the levels. While the main playable character is still the silent Otus, the switched characters cling to his talons and can execute different moves that help you navigate the world. The general gameplay revolves around you flying through each level, switching between various characters on the fly with L1 and R1. Owlboy’s aesthetic is dripping in visual splendour from the opening hour to the final credits While this all sounds very formulaic (and it is), what really sets Owlboy apart is the way it fuses this into a pixelated platformer with well written, charismatic characters and a rich lore around the history of owls that’s left up for interpretation when the final credits roll.
What follows from here is a globe-trotting adventure that sees you take to the skies and depths of this beautifully rendered world in search of relics to prevent the pirates from taking over the world.
You take control of Otus, a trainee owl who’s thrust into the midst of a battle between the owls and pirates. The story is relatively straight forward but there’s enough here to keep you playing through to the end of this 9 hour adventure to find out what happens. With some genuinely tough segments and a smattering of time-based and logic puzzles, Owlboy is an impressive Indie title, tapping into the old-school nostalgia of a by-gone platforming era making it one of this year’s surprise best game on PS4. Originally released back in 2016 on Steam but eventually receiving a 2018 release this past April, Indie platformer Owlboy is a tightly refined, charming platformer that manages to tell a story rich in lore with a handful of colourful characters to control. A Beautiful, Tightly Refined Platform Game
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