True to his name (well, almost) The god slayer has set about the world, corrupting its inhabitants while also enslaving the guardian deities that protected the land. In The Pathless, you play as a lone hunter who has travelled to a cursed land to cleanse it of a corruption that has been brought about at the hands of the god slayer.
Not only as a great game, but also as a sign that indie efforts deserve as much time in the spotlight as the bigger budget releases on the radar. Squeezing their latest effort into the same list as Demon’s Souls or Spider-Man: Miles Morales as a launch title may seem a bit foolhardy, but considering the quality on display here, I feel that The Pathless deserves the attention. Instead, The Pathless comes from Giant Squid, an indie developer previously famous for scuba-em-up Abzû, a rather tame and contemplative game by usual gamer standards. The thing about the previous three examples I provided is that they all come from the triple-A, the guys that act as the big-dogs of the gaming industry, the ones you expect to release an amazing experience with a bit of hardware mastery.
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So, while The Pathless makes for a great launch title for the PS5 (for reasons we will get into), it can also be considered one of the late shining examples of the PS4 generation. Only this time, the games are also readily playable on the new hardware, with a ton of visual and performances bells/whistles straight out of the box. This is when you would see late bloomer examples such as your God of War 2’s, your Resident Evil 4’s and Shadow of the Colussus(‘s). This is around the time in a console generation where the previous machine gives off that last hurrah. We are also seeing just how much easier it is for developers to bring their titles to the new platform, without any of the proprietary nonsense that plagued gaming in the past. This generation change has been smoother than most, with the PS5 being capable of playing/upgrading PS4 experiences as opposed to leaving the previous console and the wealth of experiences in the dark in favour of a clean slate. The current generation is in its handshake period, gracefully stepping aside as the newer, shinier thing comes forward to take both the contents of our wallets and time in equal measure.
This is one of those times in the generation cycle where I absolutely love being a gamer. There’s some subtle signposting going on but the main intention is that you should explore essentially at random, using a sort of detective vision to spot puzzles you haven’t solved and check on the current location of the possessed Tall Ones.Novemin PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged Abzu / annapurna / Giant Squid / The Pathless by Grizz Overall though, there’s not much narrative in The Pathless and, as you might gather from the name, it attempts to be as non-linear as possible. It soon becomes clear that in order to set things right you’re going to have to have rescue all of the ‘Tall Ones’ by activating special shrines dotted around the four regions of the game map. The graphics aren’t very detailed, and the limited colour palette of cursed areas does get a bit monotonous, but the sense of exploring an untamed wilderness comes across well and feels very cohesive.
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At full pelt you move at a blisteringly fast pace and the open world map design means there’s plenty of space to just max out and enjoy the silky smooth movement. When you’re running and shooting at the same time your character skids along on her knees, and cartwheels in the air, in such a satisfying manner we still haven’t got tired of it all these hours later.
We’re not sure that really makes much sense even when you’re dealing with magic but it’s perfect video game logic because of how much fun it makes merely moving around. The rest of the time though you’re running around on your own, which uses up a quickly disappearing stamina bar, which in turn is refilled by shooting special targets that litter the island. This leads to you gaining an eagle companion who enables you to glide around for short distances and scope out the world below, a necessity given there’s not a proper map to help you.
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