12/21/2023 0 Comments Immortals fenyx rising review switchThe presentation of the gods in Immortals is lively and fun. This sets the stage for the bulk of the game, with Fenyx running around the island freeing one god at a time, while Zeus and Prometheus watch from afar – interjecting jokes and gently bickering over the young woman’s chances. If Fenyx can rise to the challenge, restore the gods, and set things right, Zeus will free Prometheus from his liver-extracting punishment. Zeus, who somehow sidestepped the entire affair, turns to Prometheus – currently still chained to a rock for that whole fire-delivery thing – to help him set things right. The evil titan Typhon has taken over running the show from the Greek gods, stealing their “essences”, and humbling them in new forms on Earth. Washed up on shore after a storm knocks her ship around, she finds that all humans – including her beloved warrior brother – have been turned to stone. Once the player accepts that puzzle solving is the order of the day, their time in Immortals will be a lot smoother.įenyx herself (I played a blue female Fenyx, and she is the best) is a happy, lively character, all enthusiasm and light. This is not a game that will allow you to simply turn your noggin off, run around, and grind for levels. I just wasn’t ready for how much Immortals would expect me to think. It’s a lovely game, full of beautiful artwork and fantastically humorous moments. In general, Fenyx Rising is light and airy, wearing its Breath of the Wild inspirations on its sleeve, while forging its own identity through its witty writing and surprisingly deep character work. Not that the unexpected focus on puzzles was necessarily a drawback. This isn’t exactly my strong suit as a gamer. I’m perfectly capable of guiding a flaming arrow through a few hoops, but some of the more complex platforming/floor switch/levitation puzzles had me a bit stumped. I’m not ashamed to admit that I recruited my seven-year-old daughter, who showed real aptitude for such things on our recent playthough of PHOGS!, to help me with some of the more challenging sections. While the mechanics will likely be familiar to gamers, the depth of some of the solutions left my jaw on the floor a few times. The puzzles themselves are remarkably well designed. Want to get more health? Gain more stamina? Upgrade your potions? Develop your skill tree? You better be ready to go solve some puzzles. Want to challenge that area boss that has been pestering you? Hop into a rift and spend 20 minutes solving puzzles after that, you can fight him. Want to open that chest you found on the map? Better beat up some dudes, and then solve a puzzle, before Immortals will allow you to get your loot. I don’t know how many puzzles are tucked into the landscape of Immortal’s beautiful open world, but they must number at least in the hundreds.Įverything you do in Immortals Fenyx Rising is hidden behind a puzzle. I’m not trying to imply that a puzzle game is a bad thing, of course, but I was surprised when starting Immortals just how ingrained the puzzles are in the DNA of Immortals’ experience. Immortals Fenyx Rising is a puzzle game hiding in the sheep’s clothing of an open-world exploration game.
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