Spirit Of The North Enhanced Edition Review (PlayStation 5)

Play as an ordinary fox whose story becomes entwined with The Guardian of the Northern Lights, a magical spirit fox. As you journey over the mountains and under red-stained skies, you’ll discover more about your companion and a land left in ruin. Uniquely designed to purposefully have no dialogue or narration. Players must breathe in their surroundings to solve various puzzles and speculate the meaning of a lost ancient civilization.

Pros:

• Gorgeous graphics.
• 5.14GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Beautiful locations and vistas.
• Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Rewards-unlock new skins for your Fox.
• Photo mode with filters and settings.
• The story is told through music and actions.
• Fox like features from the animations to drying yourself off with a good shake.
• Puzzle elements.
• Wide-open areas to explore.
• The way the snow forms and moves with you.
• Orchestral tranquil soundtrack.
• Autosaves constantly.
• You can kind of interpret the story yourself.
• Well implemented haptic feedback.
• A visual treat with the designs and colors.
• Powers-you gain charge from special flowers and as you progress you can get new powers.
• On-screen button prompts for interactions and new powers.

Cons:

• No tutorials and just chucks you in.
• The shaking yourself dry after leaving water gets old fast as you do it every time.
• No matter how small the water source, once you touch it you cannot jump.
• Jumping is hard to master thanks to its delayed like jump and short distances.
• Some real horrible jump animations.
• Bad checkpoints.
• Slow-paced sections with you are only able to walk through long areas of the game.