Review: Far: Lone Sails (Xbox One)

Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?

Pros:

• Really nice graphics.
• 2.6gb download size.
• 1000 Gamerscore.
• Dark color palette with your character in red.
• Survival gameplay.
• Ship/craft is used for traveling the land, on it, you must control speed, fires that break out, storage of goods and maintaining the equipment.
• Light puzzle elements.
• Upgrade your ship with new parts like a vacuum to pick up items or sails so you can save energy.
• Strong orchestral soundtrack.
• Camera-you can zoom in and out.
• Lamps are used to illuminate the ship compartments.
• Hooks on the ship can hold fuel.
• All controls on the ship are buttons.
• Thought provoking.
• Energy and steam build up need to be monitored, you feed energy into it and have a clear bar whilst steam builds up again with a clear indicator and you need to release it.
• Minimal but powerful story.
• Fantastic locations.

Cons:

• No tutorial.
• No real story.
• Can’t lock controls on meaning you need to keep pressing buttons.
• Easy to fall off the ship.
• Very slow paced.
• No guidance/tips.
• Basic puzzles.