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The Pathless Review | ‘Does nothing to carve its niche amongst its peers’

By Jason Faulkner

The Pathless review for PS5, PS4, and PC. Giant Squid scored critical acclaim with its first game Abzu. The simplistic narrative and gameplay of that title, and the success that stemmed from it, influenced the studio’s latest title, The Pathless. This time around, players must go a bit more hands-on, as The Pathless takes more influence from Breath of…

  • Boss fights are epic.
  • Looks good, runs good.
  • Story never really takes off due to silent protagonist and "implicit storytelling."
  • Having to shoot talismans constantly throughout the whole game to keep your character at full speed is infuriating.
  • Very little interactivity with the world outside of puzzles.

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Jason Faulkner
Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner is Evolve Media's Evergreen SEO Manager. On a typical day, you can find him working desperately trying to get late-1990s/early-2000s PC games working at 4K and 16:9 ratio without crashing.

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