About This GameNEW IN THE DEFINITIVE EDITION. Packed with new and additional content: New areas, new secrets, new abilities, more story sequences, multiple difficulty modes, full backtracking support and much more!. Discover Naru’s past in two brand new environments. Master two powerful new abilities – Dash and Light Burst. Find new secret areas and explore Nibel faster by teleporting between Spirit Wells.The forest of Nibel is dying.

After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, Ori must journey to find courage and confront a dark nemesis to save the forest of Nibel. “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios. Featuring hand-painted artwork, meticulously animated character performance, a fully orchestrated score and dozens of new features in the Definitive Edition, “Ori and the Blind Forest” explores a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

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Following from Microsoft's working relationship with Nintendo after the release of Minecraft and Cuphead for the Nintendo Switch and the Banjo-Kazooie series receiving representation in the Switch crossover title Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition was announced during Nintendo's Indie World showcase and was released for Nintendo Switch on September 27, 2019. New in the Definitive Edition. Packed with new and additional content: New areas, new secrets, new abilities, more story sequences, multiple difficulty modes,.

Dual universe wiki. September 27, 2019,Mode(s)Ori and the Blind Forest is a developed by and published. The game was released for and on March 11, 2015 and for on September 27, 2019. Players assume control of Ori, a small white guardian spirit, and Sein, the 'light and eyes' of the Forest's Spirit Tree. Players are tasked to move between platforms and solve puzzles. The game features a save system called 'Soul Links', which allows players to save their progress at will with limited resources, and an upgrade system that gives players the ability to strengthen Ori's skills.The game was developed by Moon Studios, a collective organization without a set location. The distribution rights to the game were acquired by a year after the beginning of the game's development. The game story was inspired by and, while some of the gameplay elements were inspired by the and franchises.Upon release, the game received critical acclaim, with players praising the game's gameplay, art style, story, action sequences, musical score, and environmental design.

Moon Studios co-founder said the game was profitable for the company within a few weeks after its initial launch. A Definitive Edition was released in March 2016. A direct sequel, was announced during and was released on March 11, 2020. Gameplay screenshot showing Ori and Sein (blue orb above Ori's head). The HUD at the bottom represents Ori's energy and health, as well as the progress towards the next level up.Ori and the Blind Forest is a 2D.

The player controls Ori, a white guardian spirit, and Sein, who is the light and eyes of the Spirit Tree. Ori can jump, climb, and use other abilities to navigate. Sein can shoot Spirit Flames to combat enemies or break obstacles. Ori is required to interact with their environment as they jump from platforms and solve puzzles. Ori is faced with enemies while making their way to restoring the forest.

The player helps Ori collect health cells, energy cells, new abilities, and upgrades. The game world unfolds to the player in the fashion of a, with new abilities allowing the player to access previously inaccessible areas.In addition, to save points scattered in the game, players can create 'soul links' at any time they choose to serve as checkpoints. However, soul links can only be created using energy cells collected during gameplay; the needed energy is not in abundant supply, forcing players to create them only when necessary. The player can gain ability points to buy various perks and upgrades, such as increasing the damage of Sein's Spirit Flame. These upgrades can be bought anywhere a soul link has been created and if the player has enough ability points to buy the skill they desire.

An ability point is gained when Ori collects enough experience by killing enemies, destroying various plants and finding spirit containers and ability cells (which gives Ori an ability point automatically). Each skill must be bought in sequential order from one of three ability trees to allow the next skill to be accessible.Plot The voice of the Spirit Tree in the forest of Nibel narrates the story of when Ori, a guardian spirit, fell from it during a storm as a newborn and was adopted by a creature named Naru, who raised Ori as her own. A cataclysmic event soon makes all of the forest wither, and Naru dies of starvation. Newly orphaned, Ori is left to explore the forest on their own.

After collapsing near the Spirit Tree and being revived by it, Ori later meets Sein (pronounced ), a small orb who guides Ori on a journey to restore the forest. Sein tasks Ori with recovering the light of three main elements supporting the balance of Nibel: Waters, Winds, and Warmth.Ori and Sein come across two beings in their quest: Gumo, the last survivor of the spider-like Gumon clan, who were wiped out by the forest's cataclysm, and whose home supports the Wind element; and Kuro, a giant, shadowy owl who is hostile toward Ori. Gumo initially steals the key to the Water element, but returns it after Ori saves him from a rockslide.

After the Wind element is rekindled, Ori and Sein find Kuro's nest, empty except for a single egg, and they learn the source of her wrath and the forest's cataclysm: when Ori was lost, the Spirit Tree released a flash of light to look for them, which burned and killed all of Kuro's recently hatched offsprings when she was away from her nest looking for food. Determined to prevent this from happening to her yet unborn child, Kuro took away the core on top of the Spirit Tree, which is actually Sein. Without its core, the Spirit Tree could not sustain the three elements, and Nibel lost its balance.

Meanwhile, Gumo overhears Ori and Sein's intentions to restore Nibel and uses his clan treasure that stores the light from the Spirit Tree to revive Naru, and takes her to where Ori is.After the final element, Warmth, is restored in the volcano Mount Horu, Kuro attacks Ori and Sein as the fire from Horu starts to spread. Naru, who had been separated from Gumo, arrives to protect Ori from Kuro.

Kuro softens, remembering the pain of losing her children. As the fire spreads and is about to reach her remaining egg, Kuro takes Sein back to the Spirit Tree, which emits a flash of bright light that dissipates the fire and restores the forest, but Kuro is destroyed by the light. Time passes as the forest begins to flourish once more, and Ori watches new spirits being born in the field at the foot of the Spirit Tree.

Gumo and Naru watch together from afar, before the latter goes home, where Kuro's last egg now rests, just in time to see it begin to hatch.Development Ori and the Blind Forest was developed by Moon Studios, a worldwide collaboration of designers and programmers who have been working on the game four years before it was released, with Microsoft acquiring the game about a year after development started. One of the lead team members is, an artist formerly working with. According to Microsoft producer Daniel Smith, Moon Studios is not located in any one location, but instead staffers are working from around the world, including, and the.

Gameplay programmer David Clark described the team as being inspired by current and classic adventure games, notably the and franchises, and that Ori is intended as a 'love letter' to those games.The designers say they were guided by works such as and and that it is a 'coming-of-age story'. The designers were heavily influenced by the work of, particularly with one of the levels 'Valley of the Wind', being a nod to. The art style is meant to appear hand-drawn, similar to the more recent Rayman titles that utilize 's UbiArt graphics engine; the game instead uses the engine.

The game takes place in one large map, rendered at 1080p and 60 frames per second with no visible loading time as the player explores. According to Mahler, the game's backgrounds are all individual components, with none duplicated as in other similar titles. As an example, Mahler explained, 'You see this tree in the background and this mushroom and this rock?

That's the one and only place you'll ever see those assets.' The game was unveiled at during Microsoft's pre-show press conference at the; E3 was the first time a number of Moon Studios employees actually met face-to-face. Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi, in charge of marketing for Xbox One, stated that they considered opening the conference with Ori, but instead chose. During E3, attendees waited in long lines to play a demo version of the game, often waiting in queues 7-8 people deep for each of the four consoles featuring the game.Sometime after E3, Moon Studios announced on the game website that an version of Ori and the Blind Forest was in development and planned for release sometime in early 2015. In November 2014, Moon Studios updated the status of the game and announced plans to push back the launch of the title into 'early 2015' for Xbox One and PC, but no further mention of the Xbox 360 version was made at the time.

Asked to clarify the status of the Xbox 360 edition, Moon Studios confirmed it was still in development and would be released later in 2015. As of January 2018, there has been no further announcement on the status of the Xbox 360 release, and has been considered cancelled.A 'Definitive Edition' was announced at. The expansion contains new areas, mechanics, and artwork. Specifically, it adds in an 'easy', 'hard', and 'One Life' difficulty levels, and enables fast-travel between spirit wells to help traverse the game's world. This version was released on March 11, 2016 for Xbox One, on the one-year anniversary of the game, while the Windows version was released shortly afterwards on April 27, 2016. Those who have already purchased the original game are able to upgrade to the Definitive Edition. In May 2016, announced that they had partnered with Moon Studios and Microsoft to release a retail version of The Definitive Edition for Microsoft Windows.

It was released on June 14, 2016.Following from Microsoft's working relationship with Nintendo after the release of and for the and the receiving representation in the Switch crossover title, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition was announced during Nintendo's Indie World showcase and was released for Nintendo Switch on September 27, 2019. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScorePC: 88/100XONE: 88/100XONE ( Definitive Edition): 88/100PC ( Definitive Edition): 88/100NS: 89/100Review scoresPublicationScore9.5/109/109.5/109/108.6/108.5/1087/1009/10VideoGamer.com9/10Ori and the Blind Forest received generally favourable reviews, according to video game, with praise particularly directed to the game's story, visuals, gameplay, music, exploration, and environmental design. Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version 88/100 based on 12 reviews, the Xbox One version 88/100 based on 73 reviews and the Nintendo Switch version 89/100 based on 18 reviews.Writing for, Andrew Reiner gave the game a 9.5/10, praising its accessible yet challenging gameplay, well-designed controls, strong storytelling, surprising plot twists, rewarding exploration, orchestrated music, breathtaking and mesmerizing environmental design, as well as the wonderfully scripted challenges, which require players to utilize creative thinking. However, he stated that the combat system in the game is not as refined as the platforming. He named the game 'one of the best games of the year' and claimed that 'There isn't a bad moment in Ori and the Blind Forest'.

Chris Carter from also gave the game a 9.5/10, praising its well-executed and light narrative, satisfying upgrades as well as the visuals, which he compared to the series, but he stated that 'Ori easily surpasses them in quality.' He also praised the game for allowing players to set their own checkpoints anytime.

He summarized the review by saying that 'It succeeds in being both a great introduction to the genre and a rewarding experience for the hardcore audience' and called the game 'a new classic as a Metroidvania'Ray Carsillo from praised the huge variety of environments, the delicate hand-drawn art style, remarkable and memorable story, and the quick save system, which has effectively avoided annoyance and frustration. He also praised the game for putting emphasis on platforming, puzzle-solving, and exploration instead of combat as it allows players to fully appreciate the level design. He also praised the game for capturing the balance between too forgiving and too punishing. However, he criticized the framerate issue as well as the game for forbidding players to re-enter certain areas.

He stated that ' Ori and the Blind Forest is polished enough to rarely break the immersion it inspires. It's one of my favorite titles of 2015 so far and an unforgettable debut for indie developer Moon Studios.'

Kevin VanOrd from gave the game a 9/10, praising its vibrant visuals, carefully designed levels, thrilling and exciting escape sequence, terrific pacing, rewarding challenges, as well as the narrative, which he compared to. He also praised the game's opening sequence, calling it 'among the best story sequences of any game.' However, he criticized the occasionally frustrating levels.Lucas Sullivan from gave the game a score of 8/10, praising its exquisite animation, phenomenal atmosphere, uplifting music, and intuitive gameplay, which he stated 'has conveyed a real sense of lightweight agility.' However, he criticized the save system, which may lead to constant death, and the difficulty spikes during the escape sequences. He summarized the game by saying that 'Completing Ori 's six-to-nine-hour journey will certainly leave you feeling warm, fuzzy, and accomplished – just be ready to dig in for some particularly trying segments.' Nick Tan from gave the game a 4/5, praising its presentation and platforming but criticizing the short length, meaningless health bar, low replay value, and lack of direction and guidelines in escape sequences.The game has been considered an example of video games becoming closer to. For example, commented that the video game audience was not used to seeing the 'dreamlike sensitivity' of its style of art, 'usually reserved for high profile animated films'.

Sales According to Moon Studios', Ori and the Blind Forest became profitable for Microsoft within one week of the game's launch on Xbox One and PC; and, co-founder of Moon Studios, said the game was profitable for the studio itself within 'a couple of weeks.' Mahler described Microsoft as being 'super-happy' with Ori and hinted that the franchise may see a future installment, eventually leading to. He stated that the Xbox 360 version of the game was still in development and was at the time expected to launch later in the spring (Q2) of 2015. Although no official statement has confirmed it, the Xbox 360 version has been cancelled and was never released.

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