Review: Oure (PlayStation 4)
As a unique child born with the powers of the ancient dragons, your parents cast you from the stricken surface into the land above the skies.
Pros:
- Charming graphics.
- 2.08gb download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Controller options- Invert axis and sensitivity slider.
- Gallery area.
- Beginning tutorial with ongoing pop-ups.
- Autosaves regularly.
- Massive open world.
- Exploration gameplay with puzzle/platform areas.
- Transform from a little girl into a Dagon!
- Tatoo on your Dragon is your stamina bar. You use stamina by flying up or down and using the boost.
- Replenish stamina by flying through the clouds.
- Blue orbs- 100s of them to collect around the world.
- Nothing is really explained in great detail so you can interpret the experience.
- Red orbs are rarer but once collected increase your pick up the radius of orbs.
- Hidden collectibles contain lore excerpts.
- Land on bright squares usually on platforms to turn back into a human.
- An orchestral soundtrack that is both chilled and impactful.
- Dragon- You can roll, fly up or down and do circling. Circling is where once you have done a circle you reveal orb locations for a short time.
- Chilled out gameplay.
- A lot of fun.
- Full of wonder and adventure.
- Spend blue orbs in terminals to trigger puzzles or open gates or interact with the world.
- Can upgrade your abilities like circling to show other orbs.
- Puzzle variety for both Dragon and human puzzles.
- Gallery images unlock after you collect certain orbs from certain places and fill the square.
- Clouds also form cave and tunnel systems.
- No loading once in the game.
- Collectible counter.
Cons:
- Controls are really hard to grasp at first.
- Camera sometimes has a mind of its own.
- Hard to see/judge platforms as the game does a lot of darkness.
- Orbs don’t stay up that long at all in the beginning.
- Can have moments of feeling lost or stuck.
The Numbers:
- Graphics - 9/109/10
- Sound - 9/109/10
- Fun Factor - 9/109/10
- Accessability - 8/108/10
- Length - 8/108/10
Summary
oure will be grouped under the Journey banner and that is by no means a bad thing. It is, however, a bit more engaging than Journey from a gameplay point of view. The flying around uncovering set pieces and working out routes is an absolute blast, I love the whole look and feel of the game. Yes, I struggled a lot with the controls, Its for me, The way the dragon moves I tend to input a control when I think I should but in fact shouldn’t. It is just a weird early game thing that soon passes. For me I would say its only like Journey in the way that it is a must play the game and full of emotion and adventure. Play how you want and go where you want but marvel at the puzzles you find and solve. A true gem of a game and everyone needs to play it.