Annapurna Interactive is bringing Large Squid’s mythic journey recreation The Pathless to Swap and Xbox consoles this winter.
At present out there for PC, PlayStation, and Apple Arcade customers, the open-world action-adventure recreation has you taking management of the Hunter, who should discover a option to raise the curse from the world. This curse stems from an island the place historic gods reside. These gods are referred to as the Tall Ones.
When the Hunter arrives on the island, she finds a Spirit Masks that reveals the world’s secrets and techniques. Right here, she meets the Eagle Mom and cleanses her of a curse earlier than the entity referred to as the Godslayer assaults and seems to have killed the spirit.
Answerable for the curse and the corruption of the Tall Ones, the Godslayer is intent on destroying the world, and it’s as much as the Hunter to cease this from taking place.
Touring to the sky land referred to as the Floating Isle, the Eagle Mom asks the Hunter to cleanse her 4 youngsters, Tall Ones cursed by the Godslayer. She then reincarnates right into a dwell Eagle and joins the Hunter.
A grasp archer, the Hunter might want to use her expertise to shoot talismans scattered all through the land to fill her sprint meter, which can make it easier to rapidly discover the world. Her eagle companion may also carry the Hunter whereas flying over sure distances.
As a result of the sport doesn’t function a mini-map, navigating the world requires Spirit Imaginative and prescient which can make it easier to discover numerous places. Spirit Imaginative and prescient will even come in useful in different areas of the sport.
Whereas out exploring and fixing numerous puzzle varieties, you’ll gather crystals used to improve the eagle’s talents. The eagle can help in these puzzles by interacting with totally different objects within the atmosphere.
In your quest because the Hunter, cursed spirits will try to separate you from the eagle, and to keep away from detection, stealth is so as. To defeat these spirits, you’ll first have to weaken them by returning gentle to obelisks positioned all through the sport.
Do you have to be defeated by a cursed spirit, you’ll lose any crystals collected. There’s, nonetheless, a brief window of alternative to get better them earlier than they disappear.
The sport is at each instances fascinating and beautiful, and one it is best to significantly contemplate enjoying. In our evaluate of The Pathless, we known as it a “PS5 launch gem” you shouldn’t ignore – and we imply that wholeheartedly.