Despite its minor bugs, Windbound is like a great, narrative-driven introduction to the world of survival mechanics and something that is infinitely replayable. So that’s a nice, extensive list of good-looking indie games releasing in August. Accessing the crafting and inventory menu is easy, but it never quite felt comfortably intuitive. Windbound will launch on August 28th and will be available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Using the wind and waves to traverse feels real and incredible when you hit a great current, and the minimalist inventory structure makes you hunt and gather out of necessity rather than hording everything you can find. Its art style is absolutely stunning and the soundtrack – while occasionally sparse with periods of silence – is moving and invigorating. Windbound is a beautiful, relaxing experience that uses its survival mechanics not to force tension, but encourage you to keep moving forward. While not game-breaking, it was hard to take the fearsome creature seriously after that. One such encounter saw a rather nasty lizard creature attack me with its tongue at long range, yet the tongue was unable to retract even when it walked around.
While adventuring I encountered a few bugs here and there (not just the kind you hunt) such as Kara not displaying movement animation for a few seconds after collecting ingredients or – stranger still – predators being frozen in place. The game is paradoxical in that its beautiful, peaceful nature and serene music is calming, yet the ever-encroaching threat of starving to death is a very real and anxiety-inducing fear. While it is easy, it isn’t the most intuitive control system, though thankfully it’s difficult to accidentally craft something you didn’t intend.ĭespite its survival mechanics being a constant concern, I found myself almost always able to discover enough supplies to keep me going. Bringing up the menu for crafting and exploring through your supplies is easy enough, but I found myself consistently hitting the wrong buttons even after a few hours. While slow going, everything went well… up until I encountered a massive shark who obliterated my tiny boat and left me to die… I did eventually make an exemplary boat and the difference between that and a canoe was night and day. On my second run I prepared to build a much larger raft out of bamboo, but found myself just shy of enough ingredients to make a vessel, and instead relied on my trusty canoe to get me through the adventure. Trying to move into the wind was absolutely impossible. Crafting is easy and logical, but my first time exploring Windbound I found the use of a sail on a raft to be terrible.
You’ll be able to start with a simple canoe and build into an impressive raft to race across the water in no time. Of course, the big draw for Windbound is crafting your own vessel and sailing from island to island.
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