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Game profile
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The sequel sends Ori into an even bigger world with new abilities, a combat system and a touching farewell. Visually and musically it ranks among the very best the genre has to offer.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Platformer / Metroidvania, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Bigger world
- New combat system
- Great soundtrack
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- exploring for its own sake is the point for you
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
Look elsewhere if
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
What it costs you in time
About 13 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 91 out of 100, which puts it above 90 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 107 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Platformer averages 84 points across the database, so this one sits 7 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 578 collected ratings.
Released in 2020, so it has 6 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2020
- Genres
- Platformer, Metroidvania, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 13 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 91 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ori and the Will of the Wisps | 2020 | approx. 13 hrs. | 91 | Mid price |
| Ori and the Blind Forest | 2015 | approx. 10 hrs. | 88 | Budget |
| Owlboy | 2016 | approx. 10 hrs. | 89 | Mid price |
| Mio: Memories in Orbit | 2026 | approx. 25 hrs. | 79 | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- Ori and the Blind Forest Shared: Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy
- Owlboy Shared: Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy
- Mio: Memories in Orbit Shared: Platformer, Metroidvania, longer
- Constance Shared: Platformer, Metroidvania, Fantasy
- Neva Shared: Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy, shorter
- Psychonauts 2 Shared: Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy