I sat and played this game in one sitting, completing it after 3 hours, however i went afk for dinner, adding an hour of time. i was curious going into the game as its artwork had intrigued me. my initial impressions were mixed, i liked the initial atmosphere that the game had started building but felt ultimately that the game fell flat. it is clear the developers had some good ideas for the world they wanted to make, but lacked the ability to finish what they had started. PUZZLES: the games puzzles were very basic and similar to that of Skyrim and Zelda, however where you could possibly get lost and have to really think in some of the harder zelda games, this game felt almost linear in its design, with a couple branching paths in the dungeons that ultimately led to the same location MECHANICS: The game featured a pretty fun flying mechanic for the 'open world' it was easy to pick up and get used to, with a clear sense that flying in later segments would prove challenging and rewarding, however the sense of worth that i had thought at the start of my playthrough never materialized as the mechanics served as nothing more than a way to get from point A to B. there was only one time where the player is required to fly through a couple rings, however they were so easy it seemed impossible to fail. There is no state of failure in the game, falling off the map via transforming into a human and falling into the void merely resets you to the nearest checkpoint/safe area, this itself would have been fine, however it took little to no time to get back to where you were and imo there was no lesson to learn. there is no combat in the game as there are no enemies. there is an enemy esque figure shown throughout the game but there is no confrontation that affects gameplay. CONCLUSION: A lacking game in every sense, with some music tracks i liked and some i didnt. the game finally started getting my interest but quickly ended, sending me back to the menu. VERY disappointing
