You actually have to at certain points in the game, such as when you have to wipe the ashes off your eagle pal after getting swept up in burning storms of corruption. Most importantly, you can pet the eagle with the press of a button. Your feathered partner can carry you across gaps and help you ascend high cliffs and platforms, or carry objects to solve environmental puzzles. Your other means of traversing the game’s world is your only companion: an eagle. The flow of gameplay sometimes feels like a rhythm game rather than an action game - you cruise through dense forests, finding the exact beat of hold-then-release to keep your speed constant. The Hunter will lock on to the closest icon when you hold down the trigger, so you simply need to release the button when a small progress bar fills. Thankfully, firing at targets while sprinting at top speed isn’t nearly as difficult as it sounds. Scattered liberally across the island are floating icons that, when shot by your bow and arrow, fill up a dash meter for you to move faster, and give you an added burst of speed if you shoot them while running. You navigate various areas of a sprawling open map, primarily on foot. In The Pathless, you control a nameless Hunter who must purge a terrible darkness from her island and stop an evil entity called The Godslayer.
This is a beautiful game, full of stunning visuals and polished style, that’s an absolute blast to play.
But among all the new Spider-Men and Assassin Vikings, Giant Squid’s The Pathless has dominated my gaming time and my thoughts. The end of the year is always a busy time for video games, and with the next gen consoles rolling out, this year is no exception.
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