Sable

This game wants to take you on a journey. Let it. Stay for as long as you want, and leave when you are ready.

i really really love this game. it's cosy, the dialogue is well-written, the story and worldbuilding are engaging, the artstyle is special and pretty, the music is soooooo good. i also just like deserts :]. my only complaint is i played 95% of the game without realising i could raise my max stamina.

Felt a bit too tedious and boring for me. Why? I think it's because a game about exploration should have an immersive and satisfying exploration [b]process[/b], and there are too many ubiquitous things here that make it unsatisfying: - FPS stuttering - Slow, wobbly-wonky, and unsatisfying hoverbike. It doesn't even make a cool noise or anything. - Kinda wonky climbing mechanic, particularly on not-exactly-vertical walls. Every time Sable's climbing animation freaks out breaks the immersion. - Mostly not particularly breathtaking views, making exploration feel aesthetically unrewarding.

relaxing exploration, great worldbuilding, and a lovely coming of age story in a gorgeous game. also light on hardware requirements.

Sable... I was ALMOST, almost gonna give this game a bad review in my first hours playing through it but it seems I overestimated the game overall. It's okay in general. I like the music (although not memorable but pretty chill), the atmosphere combined with the different sound design from insects, the environment, clothing etc., I love the world in how diverse it is with its regions and the story behind it (even if I wished for more), the customization option for both our character and our hoverbike and I like the idea behind the "self discovery" part of the story, kind of "choose your own adventure" journey sort of thing. Of course, it doesn't mean that this game isn't lacking flaws. For starters, some quests are boring and not that satisfying, nor enjoyable to do. I know the game is sort of a "fetch quest" game, but if all the quests aren't captivating, then what's the point (outside of the outfits and the necessarily badges). The same thing can be said about the dialogues. They feel so generic they're not that important to read through all of them (unless it tells you what to do for a quest), and because of this it makes almost every single character we meet so bland and uninte…

This is definitely more of a game that you 'feel' rather than 'play'. It only has 3 main mechanics: climbing, gliding, and your hoverbike. You tell your own story through exploration and it is surprisingly compelling. i personally found the best moments were speeding on my hoverbike between quest points when the music kicked in. that being said .... Sable has some problems. performance tends to drop even on high hardware, the mechanics are a little too derivative of BOTW with not much else to show, and some stuff (like the mask caster cutscenes) just seem unfinished; this game should have stayed a little longer in the oven