The starting boat that can be created is bare-bones, being controlled by Kara’s oar. Crafting is an incredibly simple process, and there’s usually more than enough resources to make what you need.īoats are where crafting becomes somewhat more interesting.

For Kara, some of the things you’ll be making include bags to increase the meagre starting inventory, better weapons to fight large enemies, and armour to help with survivability.

The items you can craft generally fall into two categories: items that Kara uses directly, and parts for boats. Acquiring a material for the first time will unlock new crafting blueprints, so you’ll usually know what items can be made later on. Gathering is quick, which is nice considering how much of it you’ll be doing during Windbound. Grass is the most important resource to gather early on, as it’s used for most crafted items. Starting out on the first island, you’re given a swift tutorial on the game’s basics. More lore and story sections can be found by exploring certain areas and finishing chapters, but there isn’t much here overall despite the cinematic opening. Using her survival skills and knowledge of sailing, Kara must make her way through randomly generated islands to reunite with the tribe. Protagonist Kara is separated from her tribe, due to a giant creature that appears from the sea. Windbound has both of those problems, coming across as a game that wasn’t initially intended to be a roguelite.Īs a roguelite, Windbound’s story is kept to a minimum, mostly limited to short scenes between chapters. Sure, there are still decent games being made that fall under these subgenres, but many others feel artificially padded out by permadeath, or lack the content needed to make multiple runs interesting. I’m probably not the only person who’s a little burned out by roguelikes and roguelites by now. Nintendo Switch Developed By : 5 Lives Studios

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