#MINUTE OF ISLANDS REVIEW FULL#

The narration was excellent and built to the fantastic atmosphere the game has. Minute of Islands was a beautiful experience, and probably one of my combat-free games of the year! I enjoyed platforming and puzzles that moved the story ahead rather than hindering it. The art, narration and music combined did an excellent job at telling the story of Mo, her family, the giants and the islands. I felt my heart racing and fear creeping in from the music alone. The soundtrack is also excellent, especially in the depths below.

#MINUTE OF ISLANDS REVIEW FULL#

Full of emotion, she was able to change the tone of the story with a word. She makes it seem like a beautiful, immersive book. The narration by Megan Gay is incredible. The deadly but beautiful fungus taking over in Minute of Islands It can be confronting to see them all as you journey through the islands. Less beautiful are the rotting animal carcasses and animals in various stages of dying. Especially where the fungus has been allowed to thrive. Even though everything is crumbling into decay, it’s beautiful in its own way. It can make you forget that the surface is the more deadly option of the two. The depths below are claustrophobic and eery the surface bright and detailed. Minute of Islands is a beautiful, atmospheric game.

Sometimes, in the beginning, I’d find myself getting stuck because I would forget the game is a platformer, and jumping was usually the solution. Though platforming and puzzles are usually quite simple, sometimes it is difficult to identify what platforms you can interact with. While they’re just bonus hidden items, they’re not too difficult to find and give some insight into what the world was like before the blight. There are also memories to find throughout the islands. Mo must keep the islands safe though, she is the chosen wielder of the Omni Switch and must get the transmitters working again. Along the way, Mo will run into her worried family, who stayed to support Mo but wish she’d leave the islands with them. It includes basic platforming and simple puzzles to make it to each transmitter. Minute of Islands is split between exploring the islands above and the cavernous depths below. The power is gone, from all of them! Mo must risk the blight and venture to the surface to get the transmitters working again. Mo’s life is filled with the comforting churning of the brother’s work until one day they stop. Mo is scared of the surface, so she goes underground with them, and the giants deem her worthy of being the holder of the powerful Omni Switch. Theirs is a thankless, endless task, but what other choice do they have? The four giants that roam the islands take on the enormous responsibility of keeping the islands safe, and they go deep underground to power the transmitters to keep the spores at bay. Deadly fungus spores taking over the islands where she lives and poisoning her friends and family.

Life as Mo knew it changed when the blight came.

Minute of islands review