![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes it would work, but a lot of times I got stuck right before getting to the next island I needed. The reason being that when you get to nighttime, your boat stops moving, and I would try to run around and get all the things I needed for the next quest before night hit. As a very indecisive person, this occasionally, and very minimally, stressed me out. You have to literally pause the game to freeze time. When you stop to either look at your inventory and quests, or buy things, time is still moving. There is a time tracker that tells you the time of day while you are moving through the game. One of my biggest issues was the way time passed. It much different from something like Stardew, where you stick in the raw material and get the finished product later, you actually have to operate the machines and create the products, and the better you did it, the more products you would get. The way you operate each one is different and feels pretty intuitive to how you would actually use those machines. Though my personal favorite was the loom, each of the craft buildings were very intriguing. Spiritfarer surprised me with how much farming and forging I found myself doing, and how much I enjoyed it. I found those to be some of the most impactful moments, because I could actually feel the bond between these characters.īut the other amazing thing about your boat is all the crafting you can do. Eventually you do see your characters to the Everdoor one at a time. Sometimes people want constant support while they go through it, and others just want to be left alone. Through these characters, you are shown multiple ways of coming to terms with your mortality, and how everyone handles it differently. Some of them are more serious than others, and each one is dealing with their death differently. You play friend, cohort, counsellor, and occasionally enforcer to the guests on your journey, and a lot of them know you from back when you were all alive. The characters on your boat help shape this as well. It’s a nice balance of “do what you want” with “do all these things” that allows you to shape the story organically based on your choices and what you prioritize. ![]() Thunder Lotus does a great job of letting you do what you want, but also making it clear that there are some things you’ll have to do if you want to continue certain stories or complete specific quests. Practically everything you encounter in Spiritfarer will come back to be useful at some point. Also, getting spirits on your boat allows you to learn more advanced moves, like a double jump, which are needed for new areas later on in the game. Their mood does fluctuate, and you need to try and improve it day to day. The happier they are, the more helpful they’ll be, plus some of them have experience with the craft shops you’ll be making on your boat, like a loom, foundry, or smithy. Both kinds can offer you quests, but the spirits on your boat are the ones you’ll need to please. Some of these spirits are regular background characters, but others are ones that will join you on your boat. Talking to more spirits unlocks more quests for you to seek out and complete. You are quickly told that your boat can and needs to be improved in order to finish your quests, and you do this by finding resources and money as you travel the ocean. ![]() Think of it as Purgatory, but where everyone is a ghost animal and everything is gorgeous. Your job is to find spirits and travel with them across the seas until they are ready to move on to the Everdoor. The convention here is that she is learning the job at the same time you are learning the game mechanics, and Thunder Lotus pulls it off in elegant fashion. You play as Stella, a spirit guide who has just awoken with her cat Daffodil to her first day on the job. Join as a partner and see your reviews here.Spiritfarer, from Jotun and Sundered developer Thunder Lotus Games, masterfully weaves the heavy topic into an immensely rich game full of beautiful visuals and three-dimensional characters. It is ranked #100 on the all-time Top Rated Switch games, with a total of 13 reviews and an average score of 8.85. Spiritfarer is a metroidvania for the Nintendo Switch. ![]()
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