Review: Windscape (Nintendo Switch)

In Windscape you play as a young girl living on your parents’ farm, set in a lovely world made up of floating islands in the sky. As you discover the world you learn that something has gone terribly wrong – islands are breaking apart and falling from the sky!

Pros:

• Bright colorful graphics.
• 2.6gb download size.
• Adventure gameplay.
• First person view.
• Invert axis and sensitivity slider.
• Legend of Zelda vibes.
• Big open world.
• Simple combat model. You can block and attack.
• Gather resources by killing enemies, chopping down trees, mining, hammering rocks.
• Play how you want.
• You get story missions and optional side missions.
• Crafting tables to make weapons/armor/magic/brew potions etc.
• Big boss fights.
• Light puzzle elements.
• Wide range of enemies.
• Secrets to find.
• Compass with a marker for missions.
• Can farm/grind materials.
• Discover towns, castles, and dungeons.
• Loot chests to find.
• Simple enough to get into.

Cons:

• Long initial load.
• No tutorial as such, you get simple signpost hints and tips.
• Characters get stuck in the scenery.
• The story has a lot of immersion breaking choices, first off your parent’s names are used in some parts but not in others.
• No touchscreen support.
• Uses a small cursor for navigation.
• Can’t toggle the jump button.
• Spongey enemies.
• No clear weapon/armor stats.
• Guilty of been very handhold.
• Basic combat.
• Slow pace.