#Owlboy reviews series#
Every character introduced and featured throughout the story is vibrant and eccentric in their own way, offering a series of memorable designs and enjoyable personalities that in turn leads to enjoyable dialog.ĭespite featuring such a charming cast of ancillary or tertiary characters, the proper story of Owlboy is handled with a surprisingly dour tone and is strewn together by a series of failures on behalf of Otus and his band of merry men.
In all fairness, the world and characters of Owlboy are clearly the highlights and it has every right to rely on a reliable structure such as this. That all changes after his village is inevitably attacked by a group of pirates, who in turn cause Otus to go on a journey to foil the antagonistic forces and ultimately save the world, as the old adage goes. Owlboy centers around Otus, an anthropomorphic owl child living his life in a village made up of floating landmasses and enjoying his life as best he can with his emotionally abusive father, and a group of character who enjoy mocking him for his disability. Considering I had been excited for this game since I first heard about it while in middle school, I was naturally looking forward to finally playing the game for myself. Originally announced in 2008, the game has gained something of a legacy, and just last year, it finally came out to a rather warm reception. The storied history of Owlboy is one that stretches across almost the entire time in which independent game developers rose from an offshoot novelty to a mighty force in the game industry, and then transformed into an oversaturation of developers and games on the marketplace, where visibility and attention are in short supply.
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