December 26, 2023 - Day 360 - NewPlay Bonus Review
Total NewPlays: 384

Game: The King's Bird

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Aug 24, 2018
Installation Date: Dec 26, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 21m

The King's Bird is a 2D platformer that utilises a "momentum-based flying mechanic".

You play as a young girl, who explains in the introduction level how she's always dreamed she could fly, and has always been caged.

From there she goes on to gain the gift of flight (in a sense), and you're off to explore. Her gift of flight is less "flight" and more "momentum activated short-term gliding".

The controls are simultaneously simple and frustrating. Movement instructions are presented as pictograms, and even when following them exactly, results can vary.

When everything comes together, movement feels glorious; however, it's not entirely clear on what makes everything come together.

The game's atmosphere is gorgeous, all silhouettes and varying monochromatic colours, and the score is beautiful.

If only movement wasn't so inconsistently frustrating; at this point in the game, The King's Bird is:

3: OK

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