Thanks to subscriptions to services like Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, I’m lately discovering some very interesting gems that at one time or another had caught my attention, but I had never dared to try them. This is what happened to me recently with Tinykin, who completely conquered me, but another great game that I found fascinating from start to finish it has been FAR: Changing Tides.
This is the sequel to FAR: Lone Sails that Okomative developed and was published a couple of years ago. The first title already seemed very curious to me, hence when I saw that this sequel was part of the catalog of PlayStation Plus Extra I knew I wanted to download it and give it a try, something I deeply appreciated. For that reason, if you are also subscribed, don’t hesitate to get it from PlayStation Store.
In this second part we have tried to maintain a proposal very similar to that of the first installment with A 2D puzzle platform adventure in environments that are set in a post-apocalyptic world. The difference is that this time they have left aside the scenarios succumbed to arid plains and opted for places that have been completely flooded.
Since it is impossible to live in these conditions, the protagonist of this odyssey sets himself the goal of finding a new home in which to start a new life. Luckily, he has a ship that allows you to navigate the waters without problemsalthough it is not enough to simply get on it and wait for it to move from one side to the other. First you have to raise the mast and hoist the sails and orient them in the right direction depending on which way the wind is blowing.
Said like this it seems very simple, but you could say that the ship is like another character on this journey that must be taken care of, because sometimes it may happen that there are elements on the map that must be avoided so that the mast does not collide with them and the ship is not damaged. That means that sometimes it will touch fix defects to be produced and to look for new parts that will improve their capabilities.
Thus, not all of the game takes place inside the ship, although a good part of it does, such as the moments when everything seems to be in order. In these cases, although I loved witness the landscapes and enjoy how magical the environments aredespite being in a completely lonely world, I also have to say that sometimes I found it a little tedious until something relatively important happened that didn’t involve having to sit idly by.
But, as I said, sometimes you have to get out of this huge means of transportation and explore on foot or through the water another series of very ingenious puzzles that are generally not very complicated and will not make you rack your brains until you guess what. you should do next. In general The adventure is usually very intuitive and entertaining with very varied puzzles, so the situations in which our little protagonist finds himself involved are not always the same.
In this sense, there are times when the wind and the mast are not enough to keep going, so you have to locate materials that can be converted into coal as a resource to move forward at full speed. Therefore, whether on the ship or off it, the journey is not completely lateral, but exploration becomes very verticalwhich has made me feel an enormous sense of freedom of being able to go wherever I wanted and to control the ship as I wish.
There are no enemies and monsters here to fight. It is simply a charming journey between a human and his ship that does not have dialogues of any kind, but it is not necessary, because with the events that are taking place on the screen it is more than enough to get an idea of what is being experienced. . For this reason, The visual section is so essential and one of the best that makes the game so special.
Don’t expect something extremely complicated that will keep you glued to the controls for an abysmal amount of hours. That’s not what it’s intended to be. FAR: Changing Tidessince its objective is to make us enjoy a memorable experience and that can be perfectly completed in an afternoon or on a weekend. One of those titles that you already think you might like and in the end it ends up being an even more pleasant surprise.
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