Guardian of lore switch review12/27/2023 The performance was pretty standard across the board smooth transitions between screens is always a positive, and I suspect the slight jerkiness I sometimes spotted in the cutscenes was related to the graphics rather than how it was running. The combination of fully voiced characters and appropriate sound effects for various elements aided immersion and really helped make the game a nice distraction. The sound design is a little basic but adds a nice atmosphere to the game. Unfortunately, this is a perfect example of the quality of the cutscenes. They’re blurry and a little jerky, and a sad departure from the clean aesthetic found elsewhere. Unfortunately, all that brilliant work is spectacularly let down by the animated cutscenes. The landscapes are vivid and unique, the characters are beautifully designed, and the minigames are so colourful that finding the objects is a genuine challenge. ![]() Graphics, Sound, and Performance As much as I loved the gameplay graphics, this has to be my favourite shot of the whole game.Ĭrisp, vibrant graphics are always a lovely thing, especially in a Switch port of a PC or mobile game, and for the most part Myths of Orion doesn’t disappoint. It was definitely a bug, and annoying, but fixed itself after a save and reload so wasn’t exactly game-breaking. Sometimes I’d open my inventory and it’d flip back down instantly, then stay open when I retried, other times the lock icon would disappear from the inventory removing my ability to keep it open. I only noticed one genuine problem with the gameplay, and that was that sometimes the UI bugged out. ![]() I must have redone the same one 4 different times to get items, which grew boring very quickly and unfortunately ruined the otherwise enjoyable pacing of the game. This variation, however, was ruined by the requirement to persistently redo the minigames to acquire different advancement items. I didn’t have a problem with things being mixed up a bit, and quite enjoyed the variety offered by the minigames as you didn’t always have the same type of list to work from sometimes it was a list of objects, sometimes a list of shadows, I never knew how the list was going to present itself, and that kept it interesting. These types of hidden object games pop up frequently on mobile, and but in this instance thankfully aren’t accompanied by a timer. Some special timed puzzles mixed up certain sections of the game, but any further details would ruin the fun of discovery! There were also, unexpectedly, mini locations to search in which I was required to find a number of objects. There was the standard finding hidden objects, puzzles, and locations – some of which were actually really hard to spot, I was stuck on one section for ages because I just couldn’t see the bit I needed to click. Myths of Orion mixed it up a bit and unfortunately, I wasn’t entirely impressed with what we ended up with. It’s a timeless style, and really doesn’t ever get old. Find the hidden puzzle or objects, and use them to progress. Point-and-click puzzlers are wonderfully simple to play. Gameplay That’s a hint if I ever saw one… I don’t want to dive into the story too much, as part of the joy of these games is discovering what happened as you make your way through the world. It was nice to encounter a small list of characters there were only a handful, but each one was fully voiced and felt purposeful – no-one was there just to fill the character list out. It may be an old story, but there are so many possible variations that I don’t mind seeing it over and over. Then, one day, tragedy struck…Īh, saving the world again. ![]() They hid there for years, hoping that the wizard wouldn’t find them. The enchantress, Salina, managed to steal the books and escaped with her daughter, Meredith, to the very North edge of the world. Unfortunately, he used his power to incite chaos. Years ago, the evil wizard gathered knowledge from all over a Realm of Orion into 3 books that gave him ultimate power. Review code used, with many thanks to Ocean MediaĪnother Cateia puzzler ported to Switch! These can be a bit hit and miss, but did this one live up to expectations? Story and Characters Not the worst place in the world to hide! System: Nintendo Switch (also on Steam, iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS)ĭeveloper | Publisher: Cateia Games | Ocean Media Game: Myths of Orion: Light from the North
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