Just finished this game...it's so great
I do wish there was more of a resolution for Shriek though, I thought that was sad
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps |OT| Give It Your Owl [Now Updated for Series S|X!]
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I just finished it two days ago.
It was very sad. The first game dealt with unresolved pain and self-destruction too but dang...it hit me hard at the end of this one.
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Interview on the game/port that touches on a variety of subjects including content cut from the game:
www.thegamer.com
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Interview — Art, Cut Content, And The Pressure Of Making A Sequel
We recently sat down with the Ori and the Will of the Wisps art team to discuss gorgeous visuals, cut content, and the pressure of making a sequel.
www.thegamer.com
Any word from the developer addressing the crashing issues? I was really enjoying this game but put it down out of frustration from the constant crashes.
Thomas said a patch is coming and will be out in time to be on the retail cart as well.
After putting this down upon arriving at Luma Pools on my OG Xbox One back in March, due to the still unresolved and persistence stuttering issues, I decided to buy this on the Switch last week after reading up about the Switch version being a fantastic port, crashing issues notwithstanding.
Although I openly admit that this feels like a more complete and well rounded experience, I think I prefer both the journey and story in The Blind Forest. Gameplay wise, The Will of the Wisps is more refined, and the new combat shares inspiration from Hollow Knight, and manages to pull it off very well.
I know not everyone liked those escape sequences in the first game, and I had particular trouble with one of them, which consequently lowered my enjoyment of the game. To see them back again pleased me, and outside of the one with Kwolok, I had comparatively fewer issues to The Blind Forest.
In fact, I somehow managed to complete the one before the Willow's End on my first attempt!
Although I was more invested in the journey and story of the Ori-ginal game (ho ho!), I have to say that the ending in The Will of the Wisps left a big lump in my throat for a number of reasons:
Although I openly admit that this feels like a more complete and well rounded experience, I think I prefer both the journey and story in The Blind Forest. Gameplay wise, The Will of the Wisps is more refined, and the new combat shares inspiration from Hollow Knight, and manages to pull it off very well.
I know not everyone liked those escape sequences in the first game, and I had particular trouble with one of them, which consequently lowered my enjoyment of the game. To see them back again pleased me, and outside of the one with Kwolok, I had comparatively fewer issues to The Blind Forest.
In fact, I somehow managed to complete the one before the Willow's End on my first attempt!
Although I was more invested in the journey and story of the Ori-ginal game (ho ho!), I have to say that the ending in The Will of the Wisps left a big lump in my throat for a number of reasons:
- Ori was the narrator all along! What a stunning little twist — realising that Ori was recounting his own adventure from before he became the new Spirit Tree blew my mind.
- Shriek's story ending like that was... so heartbreaking. It is kind of the opposite of the first game in which Kuro eventually, if belatedly, realised the connection Ori shares with others. Kuro saw the light and changed, whereas Shriek went back to the darkness and curled up in the wing of his long gone parents.
- Seeing Naru and Gumo spending the rest of their days in the company of the new Spirit Tree, looking after it with the same love and affection they had always shared with Ori was so touching to see.
- The white leaf separating from the Spirit Tree makes me ponder about this games ideology of reincarnation, and a way to continue Ori's adventures. Perhaps we won't play as Ori anymore, but a new light spirit creature with a different design would be a worthwhile idea.
Just beat this a minute ago, and man, what a story.
I choose to believe that the faces of Ku, Gumo, and Naru on the tree mean that they are in there and a part of Ori's spirit now. Also, what a sad character Shriek is, and what a sad end. These writers are great at making you feel bad for the villains and not want to actually defeat them but befriend them instead.
Just finished the game. Overall it was alright though I wasn't a big fan of the combat since there were too many effects going on for me to keep track of what was going on sometimes.
The way the Shriek character was handled soured me on the ending as a whole. We basically find out this character has been treated like shit all it's life and it gets a pretty cruel end to top it off.
Art book announced
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Art book announced for the game:
www.future-press.com
The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps | FuturePress
www.future-press.com
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Here's hoping a Canadian option is incoming!
I guess it's kind of an Ori day in general? Fangamer is releasing more items for the series as well.
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Will of the Wisps will be enhanced for the Series X|S launch day:
news.xbox.com
30 Games Fully Optimized on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S Launch Day - Xbox Wire
The launch of a new generation of games is the culmination of epic creative and technical endeavors from developers around the globe, all focused on a single goal: delivering immersive new experiences and rich new worlds to explore. The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S day one lineup reflects...
news.xbox.com
Wow, thanks for this! Ordered immediatly!!Art book announced for the game:
The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps | FuturePress
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No problem!
Book is also listed on Amazon now if other folk were waiting on that. Still nothing on Canada yet though.
The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps: Future Press: 9783869931067: Amazon.com: Books
The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps [Future Press] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Art of Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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Switch update live
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Switch update is live:
www.orithegame.com
Ori and the Will of the Wisps Switch Patch is live!
Last month, we surprised everyone by fulfilling the number one community request since the launch of Ori and the Will of the Wisps: Bring it to the Switch! We heard you loud and clear and are so…
www.orithegame.com
Just picked this up on the Switch and glad to hear there's a patch. I gotta download it and try it out. Loving the game but the few crashes are annoying. Something about this game makes me want to explore and get 100%. I usually hate exploring in other games, maybe because the map isn't too big.
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Here's hoping things go smoothly with the patch!
Very jealous, WotW will definitely be my first 120fps title when I get a screen for it.
Would love to hear some user feedback as well - the patch should make the game very stable, you shouldn't experience any more crashes. Feel free to chime in :)
I've had two instances now after updating where the sound effects glitch out. I can hear some audio like the bgm but things like the slash sounds from my spirit arc go away. They come back at random times later. I also feel like I'm experiencing momentary frame drops more often
Just had another crash on the new update. To be fair it's been a long time since my last one though lol
Patch Notes for PC, Xbox One and Next Gen
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If you're on a high end PC or SX we can't wait for you to try the new high quality audio and graphics modes! The super sampled image quality and 120fps are bananas!
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Can you offer any details on how the audio enhancements of "Dynamic Range and Convolution Reverb" translate into moment to moment gameplay? Is it something like better simulating the audio bouncing around the environment?
With the extra CPU power we were able to throw a lot more processing at our realtime audio mix and did a big pass on everything to beef things up, add convolution reverbs and more complex realtime mixing techniques that lead to a cleaner, punchier and more dynamic mix. As well as higher quality source assets to top it off.
The game should sound more immersive, the ambience richer, the spaces are more realistic and the combat is a lot more tactile. The soundtrack sounds detailed as ever.
We then brought it over to PC as well as a new high quality audio option.
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Ah, that's awesome. I still want to hold off on my hard mode replay until I have a 120hz screen, but I'll be excited hear those enhancements come through my headphones when the time comes.
Hello, I have a question, in your experience is ray tracing something you have to design the game around early on for it to be worth it (performance wise), I know the next project is at an early stage and I am not sure if you can answer this, but have you guys considered it for the next project already? Has it been talked about?
Also curious on your instance on DLSS and the AMD equivalent if you could chime in on that.
Thanks, I like your work, I think you guys are very efficient, patiently wainting foe the next project.
Thanks if you can answer anything.
Thank you and Moon for the improvements!
I have a question if you don't mind: Should I expect an improvement on the image quality on PC at 1080p with the new high quality mode if I already ran the game with the resolution scaler at 200% prior to this patch?
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Absolutely. We have improved how the super sampling works internally and you will be able to go even higher now becuase in High Quality mode there'll be even more additional magic to make the image quality sharper.
Awesome, trying it again shortly with my 3080 and 1440p ultrawide!
For someone using a combination of High Quality Mode, and 200% Resolution Scale what is the recommended sharpening?
Our rendering pipeline will adjust the sharpness internally based on the amount of super-sampling.
We usually take time to make sure that the defaults are as good as they can be, so ideally if you like what you see you don't need to change anything :)
But you can always nudge the slider and see if you like less or more sharpness! The default is at 33% so you can always go back to that.
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I just started playing this on PC with a 2080ti and I could swear the first time I played it the game was smooth. I booted it up again and now the frame rate seems to be stuttering despite my FPS count showing 100+. I have graphics on high and the sliders at the default setting. Any way to fix this?
On a PC this could be due to the swap chain / windows shennanigans and Gsync. You can try disabling Vsync and or trying different full screen modes - Exclusive might help.
The optimizations are excellent since I last tried this on my GTX 1660, had to drop down to 1800p before to get a solid 60, now at 4k it's locked in balanced mode and my GPU is rarely even bothering to boost up to max clocks. Nice work guys.
That did the trick. Thanks a lot! I didn't even notice that option. I'm used to seeing resolution and window mode in the same "Display/graphics" section.
Basically the only game I want from Microsoft atm
Unfortunately I'm on PS4 :'(
Don't really feel like streaming it with input lag and what not..
Unfortunately I'm on PS4 :'(
Don't really feel like streaming it with input lag and what not..
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Ran around a bit in the Glades just to take a peak at the changes and, even on my 1080p set, the difference was immediately noticeable compared to the One X. It's real sharp stuff, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it on a proper "next-gen ready" display.
It's also on Switch and PC (Steam, XGP), and doesn't take a beefy PC to run.