Since Windbound is a game in which you will be on the water you’ll also have to craft your own boat which come in various forms and there are sharks and various other creatures in the water that can not only easily kill you, but also can take out your boat in one hit. That’s right, this game also takes a page from Breath of the Wild in the sense that you will in fact be having to craft items such as an axe to gather wood or a a pick axe for stone and various other materials. Fights in the game are very risky in the sense that you won’t be very powerful in this game and you’ll end up risking your health and your hunger which also serves as your stamin where you’ll end up having to take these risks in order to gather food and other supplies along the way. The gameplay itself takes a lot of hints from Zelda such as being able to lock on to enemies and move around them as well as being able to dodge, however, I felt that Kara’s movements were rather slow and sluggish especially when using weapons such as a spear of which you’ll have to get in quite close to attack any creatures along the way. On my playthrough I opted for Storyteller and for those looking to appreciate the story without fear of starting all over is what I would absolutely suggest. Windbound has you playing as Kara, as she tries to find out what happened to her tribe. For those wanting a more Roguelike experience, the Survivalist difficulty is where you’ll want to start as once you’ll die you’ll lose all of your equipment and is rather brutal in the sense that you actually have the start the entire game over from the very beginning. The game provides you with two difficulty settings, Survivalist and Storyteller with the latter being without a doubt a much more casual gameplay experience. The game is incredibly beautiful and does an excellent job of creating a very delightful to the eyes environment. Windbound has you playing as Kara, who eventually ends up washing ashore on The Forbidden Islands attempting to piece together along the way what exactly has happened to her tribe. I’ve yet to ever try and find another game that is remotely similar to it until I was provided with an early copy of Five Lives Studios Roguelike game, Windbound on the Xbox One (also available on the Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia and Microsoft Windows) where I realized that maybe, just maybe, a game trying to be like Wind Waker in some ways, isn’t necessarily a very good idea. As much as I am a huge fan of the Legend of Zelda series, there has always been one game that stood out above the rest, Wind Waker.
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