Ori and the Blind Forest - Nintendo Switch

This is a must have for the Nintendo Switch collection. One of the most beautiful games ever. Love the gameplay. Played this as a digital game and was glad to see that a physical copy became available for purchase. Also bought the sequel. However, not you can purchase a physical set that has both games in one! Still happy to have my 2 games.

Probably the one of the best games i have ever played. Wanted to experience it on the go.

This game is addicting and so much fun! I’d highly recommend it to teens and adults. I absolutely love it and I’m looking forward to purchasing the second game.

My son loves this game. He’s on it for hours. He says the graphics are great

The Positives: + Absolutely beautiful visuals that also run beautifully + Tight, satisfying controls + Very enjoyable level design + Wonderful soundtrack + Story that more or less hits the right balance between show and tell The Drawbacks: - Occasionally hard to discern some hazards in the level - Combat with enemies is quite fine honestly, but not exactly genre leading - Can encounter the occasional glitch Overview: Ori and the Blind Forest is an unlikely port to the Switch due to being owned by Microsoft, but one that is appreciated and highly enjoyable! One of the best ports to the Switch and a pretty darn great game.

I've had eye on this for years since it released on other platforms. When I finally decided to buy it, I found out about physical copies coming and glad I waited. The art, music, and story are amazing. It's emotional and endearing while being fun and challenging at the same time. This is one i conversely recommend to anyone, but Metroidvania fans should definitely add it to their collections

One of the better games live played in some time. Gameplay, story and soundtrack was great.

After hearing everyone praise this game for years I decided to try it. First off, the Switch version runs super smooth which still surprised me despite watching tons of performance breakdowns on YouTube. Anyways, the gameplay felt fresh and the visuals were gorgeous. The story for me was emotional in parts but in others I didn’t feel much when I was “supposed to”. I didn’t totally love the save feature, part of it being my fault because I would forget to save and then die and have to redo a long section. By far the most frustrating part of the game for me was the escape sequences. Though the idea of them is cool I felt they were too punishing in the sense, there is no way you could just power through it on your first try. I couldn’t just use my reflexes to get through it, I had to rely on trial and error. So after the 30th time and several breaks later I’d get through it but instead of feeling relief from the urgency I just felt angry. The controls were really tight but I felt that because kids nowadays play platformers with the analog stick the dpad got left by the wayside. A lot of the platforming involves this slingshot type of system that when you do it you need to point diagonally to get to higher ground. Well with the Switch’s dpad a lot of the time pointing at 3oclock either gave the game an input of just UP or Right, so that was frustrating. The soundtrack was phenomenal and was very Disney like. All in all it was a good time but it wasn’t without some headaches.