Posted on: December 23, 2024
aerierb
Владелец игрыИгр: 347 Отзывов: 19
Bird flight simulator and little else
Aer - Memories of old is a game where you can transform into a bird and explore a world of little floating islands. The controls are not perfect but once you get the hang of it you can appreciate the kind of freedom a bird has, or why transforming into a bird is cooler than just flying with your own body. The mechanics for this part are really well done. There's an unfortunate glitch though if you try to explore beyond bounds which can kill your game and turn it into a white screen of death though, so that must be penalized. The rest of the game is mostly forgettable. We have soothing sounds for the comfortable exploring experience, but also low poly graphics that stress the PC more than they should and that take way too long to get charming, the animals are cute but for a lot of other things in the environment it screams unpolished job. And then there's the story and the action, or the actual game. We have a story about Gods and spirit animals and faith and some great event that we can't really trace back to, only read in broken parts, so it's very easily forgettable, and we have puzzle mechanics to complete our mission as the chosen shapeshifter, but the puzzles are all done in human form so the controls are underwhelming and the results uninteresting. At least they're fairly short, so it's not a major downside. The major downside is how the game tries to have this enemy in the story that does absolutely nothing because your only threats are the glitch and the PC struggling with the graphics. It's not only poor writing, the entire game experience works against that. It's a serious conflict, the kind that makes you wonder why the game exists as it is. -1 for game breaking glitch, -1 for performance issues (aka having to disable graphic settings to have a decent enough experience), -1 for poor concept overall.
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