Company Giant squid became famous for “underwater” project Abzûwho copied ideas too hard Journey, as a result of which he lost his own individuality. A new game from the developers called The pathless inspired by the ideas of a leisurely adventure with a touch The Legend Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but offers its own set of original solutions.
A banal tie with an island, struck by the darkness of a deicide who wants to reformat the world according to his own patterns, and a huntress who came to save the wonderful nature from a terrible threat, results in a rather fascinating journey in the open world. The main character can use hidden vision to find secret passages and secrets, shoot from a bow at targets hanging in the air, gaining incredible acceleration, and also use the reincarnation of the local deity – the eagle – to plan and overcome obstacles and solve simple physics puzzles. In the latter case, the eagle does not carry the main character on its wings, but special objects to activate the platforms.
Basic game mechanics involve collecting artifacts, each of which is hidden in a small puzzle. Somewhere you need to drag stones with the help of an eagle, somewhere to line up targets and make an accurate shot, somewhere to find a lever or a target that opens a lattice with a key object, somewhere to light torches.
Having received an artifact and inserted it into a cursed monolith, you cleanse the territory of filth. Often on your way there are dark idols that scare the eagle, so to further progress through the story, you need to turn them off using hidden buttons or pedestals.
Sometimes golden balls are found, which increase the capabilities of your partner, allowing her to make an additional flap of her wings and, accordingly, climb high ledges and rocks. Closer to the middle of the game, you will meet the eagle children, changed by the dark magic of the deicide, with whom you will have to fight to cleanse them.
Even in the game, there are cursed storms, when they hit the center of which the characters are separated – only the cry of a companion in the distance is heard. Here you need to stealth past a dangerous creature that forms a storm, trying to avoid red light. As soon as you get to the eagle, the world will be cleansed, and you will need to stroke the feathered one, saving it from filth.
