Meditative is a good word for it. Passive, or chill. Relaxing.
These are all strong ways to describe a particular style of experiential title which drop players in a location, pipe in soothing music, and let them drift through a world with no goals, objectives, checkpoints, or foes. Fugl‘s particular angle on this is to capture the thrill of flying. Despite quite a few technical issues at the moment, it’s well on its way.
HIGH Knocking down a kitchen wall and finding…
LOW The game apparently thinks I’m the height of a baby?
WTF Is no one concerned about this fissure to hell in the basement?
HIGH Wiping out 2000 enemies in thirty seconds during an invincible rush.
LOW No Fist of the North Star characters? What gives?
WTF Hanging out in the spa with a robot and a couple of serial killers.
HIGH Tossing my gun thirty feet into the face of a bear riding a bomb.
LOW There’s just 15 levels and a boss.
WTF Every part of Franklin’s plan.
HIGH The secret ending.
LOW Missing the color-changing conversation five times in a row.
WTF Oh, there’s a mutilated corpse in this closet. Huh.
HIGH Super-combining to wipe out a giant viking cat thing.
LOW Spending an hour trying to evolve an ice Digimon to complete a quest.
WTF So he went from being a set of floating gears to a fire-breathing dragon, huh?
HIGH Taking my first trip inside someone’s subconscious.
LOW Spending twenty minutes getting killed by a Cybogre over and over again.
WTF This is the second game I’ve played this week set in 2084. We get it. You like Orwell.
HIGH The dragon vs spaceship boss fight.
LOW That damn monster cave boss.
WTF My suit’s change of attitude after (REDACTED) happens.
HIGH Solving every floor of the tower in quick succession.
LOW Grinding the same level over and over again to get strong enough to fight the boss.
WTF I’m supposed to click on the boss to kill it? How could I have guessed that?
HIGH Watching a boar get into a fight with a giant spider in the background.
LOW Trying to make consistent headshots from a football field away.
WTF Oh, exploding sheep… I’ll always love you.
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