Video game characters aren’t often big on show don’t tell in 2023.
I loveHZD’s Aloy, but does she ever just stream-of-consciousness her way through life.
There are no other NPCs.
You are climbing up through the ruins of an old civilisation.
You’ve got to have faith in your environmental storytelling if you’re making a game like that.
And Don’t Nod have nailed it.
And at some point that water began to disappear.
As the game progresses, extra things are thrown in.
This holds true the further you climb the spire, although the environment changes as you get higher.
You might even reach the snowline, eventually.
It all contrasts very well with the solid, real feeling you get from the climbing.
Because even if you do play it, you don’t know anything for sure.
Jusant is a very lovely game that asks you to meet it half way.
It’s worth the leap.
This review is based on a copy of the game provided by the developers Don’t Nod.
