Kara could avoid it and stand a higher chance of staying alive, but then the aforementioned horn is a vital ingredient in several useful tools. It’s appropriately named because this giant boar loves nothing more than to gore Kara using its equally giant horn. The first creatures are harmless unless attacked - they’re more scared of Kara. Most islands have some form of fantastical animal life too. Windbound Review – Everybody on This Island Has a Role It’s just a minor visual bug, but it never got old. The animation for this amusingly sees Kara heft the boat into the air like a ragdoll before it eventually rights itself a bit further offshore. Setting off from an island is as simple as pushing the boat off the sand. As the first two chapters saw me exploring against the wind, I chose not to build a sail and row everywhere instead as it was far easier. Unfortunately once sails are built, they can’t be taken down. Boats are affected by the waves, and battling the wind can be a real challenge. Admittedly you wonder how a burning fire can exist on a bamboo deck, but this doesn’t seem to be a problem.ĥ Lives Studios has put effort into making sailing feel like a worthwhile activity, rather than just a way of getting from island to island. Eventually there’s the opportunity to craft a multi-deck boat out of sturdier materials, complete with defenses against sea creatures, sails, storage containers, cooking facilities, and many other customization options. At first only the most basic grass canoe is available. On this island she finds a magical oar that she can use to propel a boat through the waves, but now she needs to craft the boat to go with it.īoat building is another of the game’s biggest draws as you can create as spectacular a vessel as you wish. There’s no way she’d ever be able to make it across the vast distances between many of the other islands. As soon as Kara enters the water, it becomes clear that she’s not a great swimmer. The only thing that complicates it is the small inventory resources constantly needed to be shuffled around to make space.Īt the start of the game, the second island is just a short swim away.
Item icons are highlighted only if you have all of the resources necessary to create it. The inventory and crafting menus are easy to navigate and items can be crafted on the fly. Crafting is incredibly simple and is split into categories: survival, weapons, boat, and boat accessories. Windbound Review – Everything is by DesignĪs soon as any resource is picked up or harvested for the first time, blueprints are unlocked for tools or weapons that can be crafted using it. There’s not much else on the starter island, so travelling to other islands to find more resources is the only way she’ll make it off the archipelago. Ammo for this is plentiful amongst the rocks that litter the shoreline. It’s the first resource to be found and the main building block for many of the first items that can be crafted. Kara starts with just a knife that can be used to cut down tall grass. She’s washed up on the shore of an island within the Forbidden Islands archipelago. Kara’s raft is overturned by a mysterious giant monster. While the charm does play an important part in the story, your most pressing task is just to survive. To call this “ Moana: The Game” would be inaccurate, though.
There are more passing similarities in Windbound, the most obvious of these being the charm worn around protagonist Kara’s neck. It was the near-identical font and the prominence of the ocean. When I set eyes on the artwork for 5 Lives Studios’ survival title, the first thing that came to mind was Disney’s Moana.
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