Jusant

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Posted on: April 29, 2024

tedeee

Games: 2437 Reviews: 27

climbing was never so chill

played it on Game Pass. basically climb a mountain that was once home to the final remnants of a civilisation, while unravelling the story of the last days of the now disappeared mountain dwellers. you pass through increasingly interesting biomes with the enjoyable, but with well paced difficulty spikes, climbing mechanics. the design is thoughful, so it's immpossible to fall, and there is a nice touch of organic visual clues for finding the secrets and lore. the visuals are beautiful if typical for these types of games, but the nuances and animation work is amazing (i'd argue better than AAA games) and really grounds the character in the enviroments. the camera work does a good job of keeping you on screen. there is feeling of grandness and sadness in the gorgeous audio work and the culmination of the story does hit the feels a bit. i'm glad it's on GOG finally cause i wanted to buy to play again and prop the devs, just not from a DRM storefront.

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Posted on: August 25, 2024

user_edited

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Games: Reviews: 23

Lovely but linear

Beautiful game in both story and presentation. A great reminder to appreciate the cycle of nature we're a part of. Personally, I found it a testament to humanity's stubborn resilience and striving to make the most out of a situation, for better and for worse. Pros: - Touching story and meaningful message. Build-up in final area and ending stuck with me. - Gorgeous graphics: stunning vistas, beautiful lighting and textures, unique design and art direction - Great worldbuilding, with interesting settlements and background story that stirs your imagination for what the past must have been like. - Enjoyable puzzles and gameplay (climbing): strikes the right balance between challenge and ease for the atmosphere it's going for. - Nods to real-world rockclimbing in a fantasy/sci-fi setting was refreshing. Cons: - Very linear. - No real exploration: very rarely are you rewarded for exploring off the beaten path, and most places you can rappel to don't even let you stand there. - No interaction with majority of settlements and their many objects strewn about, other than tech used to progress. - No interaction with few animals to be found, other than startling them away. - Was longer than it needed to be, even with its relatively short playtime. Some areas felt like padding (though they were very beautiful) - Inverse kinematics used on main character sometimes janky while climbing. Some things to note: - Solitary experience. - No dialogue for present-day story. - Background story delivered entirely through letters, plenty of reading. - Isn't a realistic representation of rockclimbing (but I forgive it because of the fantasy/sci-fi setting... maybe the main character's race has super efficient muscles and hollow bones for some of those moves)

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Posted on: May 19, 2024

Arcturus Gamma

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Games: Reviews: 4

A unique experience

Incredibly fun climbing mechanics and a fairly awe inspiring finale.

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Posted on: November 1, 2025

David_Rose

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Games: 704 Reviews: 38

A calm game about climbing

Jusant is a peaceful game about exploration. There are no enemies. Even gravity isn't much of a threat; surprisingly for a game about climbing. You can't die. You play as an un-named person who is climbing a giant stone tower rising from the desert. As you ascend, you move through various abandoned sections of civilization that used to call this tower home, and piece together the story of a long drought and the reseeding waters that resulted from that. Pros: -It ran fantastic on my aging hardware (Ryzen 7 3800, Nvidia 3070) -Stylized graphics that add a charming touch. -Nice musical score -21:9 support in all but the cutscenes. -Short and sweet. -Interesting climbing mechanics Cons: -Linear progression -I got stuck on object geometry on several occasions. -Some of the letters that tell the story are difficult to find. -The last two levels are fairly short. Overall, it took me 6 hours over two play sessions to beat, and I think that that's about perfect for this kind of game. It doesn't wear out its welcome but also didn't make me feel like I wasted my money on something too short. The "game" part is obviously the climbing mechanics but I enjoyed the exploration side of it more, walking around the various areas and piecing together what that particular place was all about. There's a lot of visual storytelling going on. The ending, well, that's up for your interpretation. Some find it extremely poignant and moving, while others I've talked to thought that it was too vague. I guess that I'm somewhere between the two; finding it neither stunning nor wasteful but wishing that more would have been explained. Overall, if you have a few dollars (or your regional equivalent) and a few hours, this is a nice, peaceful, stress-free way to spend it.

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Posted on: April 26, 2025

alias0479

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Games: 155 Reviews: 6

Jusant, a fantastic journey...

The water has been long gone. You, a lone wanderer in this arid world, begin to climb an impossibly high mountain, its vertical slopes once a place where people lived and made a living. They are long gone, too, their homes deserted. It's not clear who you or your little blue companion are or why you climb this mountain together. But perhaps you will learn a few things along the way... I absolutely adore Jusant's setting, this freakishly steep, almost pillar-like mountain in the middle of a desert. An outlandish place but at the same time made familiar by the remains of a society that once called this their home. As you climb the mountain you come across dwellings and worksites, read some of the former resident's letters and journals, and start to piece together, in a sense, what happened. The story and lore are doled out with a light touch. You never dwell in one place for long, always staying on the move, always continuing the climb. Speaking of which, the climbing mechanics are well-designed and (when using a controller) intuitive. It's here where Jusant presents a gentle challenge as you have to find the way upwards and deal with stamina while shifting from ledge to ledge. However, being a non-violent and generally chill game, you cannot fall to your death as you are automatically secured while climbing. Jusant doesn't try to be too many things at once. It focuses entirely on its marvelous setting, its gentle story and thoughtful climbing mechanics. It is not very long and it doesn't have to be. A very special game.

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