![]() What’s more, the changes you wreak on the landscape also affect where you can go, so that waters purified by the cleansing of a sacred tree can be swum in safely, opening up new tunnels and chambers. These powers enable you to reach new areas, or uncover new sections of areas you’ve previously explored. Ori the sprite starts off weak, barely able to jump, but by discovering the remains of older sprites he develops new powers, learning how to blast foes with sparks or unleash an explosion of energy, stomp, double-jump, bash and a host of other moves. However, there are no discrete levels to be found, just one enormous scrolling map, while the wider game is classic Castlevania with a dash of Metroid and a pinch of Zelda. Ori looks and plays like a 2D platformer, with a suitably acrobatic hero and no shortage of platforms, spikes, deadly brambles and pouncing, shooting enemies. All is good for a while, until the forest and its fruits wither and die, followed shortly by Ori’s foster mum, leaving Ori and his spirit guide, Sein, to go out into the forest and do battle with a hostile world. Moon Studio’s debut game begins as a stream of interactive cut-scenes with a distinctly Studio Ghibli vibe, following the arrival of the titular glowing sprite in the forest, the destruction of a magical tree and Ori’s adoption by a gentle bear-like creature. It looks like it should be a nice, cheerful family-friendly game, but beneath the cartoon surface it’s as hardcore as Super Meat Boy or N+. Its luminous, hand drawn-style of 2D art pitches it as a platform adventure in the Rayman Legends vein, yet it’s actually closer to an old-school Metroidvania. Don’t let your eyes deceive you: it really isn’t what it seems. Head back past the timed door and stomp on the rock barrier to enter the next area.Ori and the Blind Forest is brilliant, beautiful and strangely bewildering. You can also unlock the Spirit Well here. The Map Stone is to the top and the pole that you just stomped opens a barrier to another Spirit Light Container. ![]() ![]() Avoid the boulder and stomp on the wooden pole at the end. Pull the lever until the door is completely open and then dash around to the door. There is a lever here that opens a timed stone door. Test out your new skill by dashing across to the right to pick up a Map Stone Fragment.ĭrop down and clear out the winding passage of purple slimes. Go to the Ancestral Tree to the right to learn the Dash ability. Drop down and place the Light of the Spirit Tree into the statue to light up the area. You can now jump up the last barrier and pull the switch to lift up the statue. Drop the Light on the second last platform and then jump across to the right. As you do the Light from the Spirit Tree will reveal barriers that will block the lasers. Drop down and run across to the right to the statue. This will open a wooden door down below.ĭrop down and go right through the door you just opened. Hop over the moving platforms to the top and when you get near a lantern you’ll light it with the Light from the Spirit Tree. Bounce up through the lasers to the top and go through another light door. Hop over the pedestals as they come up, to the other side. Hop across to the right and through a light door to grab a Spirit Light Container.ĭrop down to where you began and go right, through another light door. Go through the light door to the left and hop up the moving platforms all the way to the top right. You can’t use your abilities when you’re holding onto it but you will be able to get through the light doors. ![]() Jump across to the left and pick up the Light from the Spirit Tree. Drop down and then continue dropping down to the left, until you have reached the bottom of the burrows. You can reach this content early on in the game but the area is quite tricky.Īs you enter the Black Root Burrows you’ll notice that it is very dark! You’ll need to find a way to light this place up. You can get to it by jumping up the wall to the east of the first Spirit Well. The Black Root Burrows is part of the additional content for the Definitive Edition. Back to Ori and the Blind Forest Walkthrough
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