Admittedly, it's difficult to get a full sense of this style of game in just 90 minutes. They bear the weight of the broader experience well enough, although there were long-stretches of time where Windbound felt exhausting rather than exhilarating. This is a survival game built around four core pillars: Explore, Hunt, Craft, and Sail. In Windbound, it's clear that success won't just be reflected in your enduring survival, but in the quality of the equipment on your back. You'll also be responsible for grappling with the elements too, as you do your best to manage your hunger and mitigate your dwindling stamina.
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With little instruction, you'll need to learn how to navigate the procedurally generated world and wrestle with controls that are desperately in need of a fine-tune. Resources must be gathered to craft weapons and tools, although combat should be treated as a last resort given how floaty and imprecise it can feel, particularly against fast moving foes with poorly signalled charging attacks. While there is a tinge of adventure to the broader strokes of the story, the focus is on survival. Windbound might convey a strong Legend of Zelda vibe through its trailers, but the reality is that it has far more in common with Don't Starve. I awaken on a new island, the same as before but ever so slightly different. I hoisted the mainsail and swung it around into the wind… only for it to get caught in a large gust swooping in from an opposing direction, capsizing the boat in seconds. I fiddled around in the finicky menus for a little while, eventually crafting a large sail and snapping it into place easily on the hull – there was no way in hell that I was going to row against the violence of the waves if I could avoid it. I pushed the boat out into the water, swam to meet it as it got caught in the coastal current, and hastily clambered aboard.
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