Good game

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Ori and the Blind Forest is beautiful. It’s pretty rare that a game is so jaw-droppingly gorgeous that it’s the appearance, rather than the mechanics that lay beneath, that takes precedence. Ori is just that wonderful to look at. That says a lot, given the near perfection that lines the interior of what the game has to offer....

Ori and the Blind Forest doesn’t make much of an effort to complicate its combat. It works off of a one-button-press system that allows players to tap away until your foe’s health has been exhausted. There are various upgrades available to Ori, a small “guardian spirit”, but most of the combat related ones (which occupy one of three skill branches) simply strengthen your power. It’s the first design choice that really sticks out: the game never intends for you to agonize over its combat. Instead, it makes it all about the rapid and intricately designed platforming.