3.5/5 ★ – brudanos's review of The Pathless.

Full Review + Trophy Review and Tips Below The Pathless is a beautiful and fun puzzle/action game that I would recommend for anyone looking for a smaller experience in between the big AAA blockbuster releases. The story of the game is engaging and full of lore that you can pick up as little blue orbs. Your goal in each area is to complete puzzles with your eagle and bow and arrow to gain lightstones that you shine on 3 obelisks that trap the area boss. You then enter a two part boss battle where you are first zipping through the arena giving chase and taking out the weak points of the boss. The 2nd phase puts you in an arena facing off with the boss 1 v 1. The boss fights are easily the best part of the game, each encounter unique and visually stunning. The rest of the game revolves around purifying the land by completing puzzles and mopping up all the collectibles. You use talismans that work as boosts to run, jump and climb areas. Your eagle gives you the ability to glide and fly upwards with designated "flaps" that you earn to easily reach high locations. None of the puzzles are all too challenging and it can easily feel repetitive. This is a game to be played in small sittings as a nice palette cleanser. Trophies Difficulty: 2/10 Time: 12 hours Trophy Guide: Not Needed Trophy List Score: 7/10 Pretty standard trophy list that is not too challenging and the majority of the trophies are easily attainable as you play through the story. The puzzles in the game won't give you any trouble neither will mopping up the collectibles. I wish the developer would have added some fun little challenges to make the trophy hunt more entertaining. There is a trophy for getting 10 trick shots in a row, which is achieved by timing your arrow show to when the talisman is half full vs all the way full. This specific trophy was fun to attempt as you zoom through the map chaining together perfect shots. Other trophies that looked like they may provide a similar distraction such as "bouncing an arrow off two mirrors", "gliding for one minute" or "hitting 5 talismans without touching the ground" are achieved without you even realizing it. So as easy as the trophy list is, they missed the opportunity to add some fun challenges. For this list your goal is going to be to beat the game and purify each of the 4 areas by locating all the lightstones. Along the way most of the misc. trophies will pop on their own and you just have to keep an eye out for lanterns to upgrade your eagles flaps. Upgrading flaps not only makes later sections easier you also need to get 10 for a trophy. Tips: - Purify each of the 4 areas before tackling the final boss so you don't have to beat him a second time to get the extended ending. You can only get the extended ending if you have received the animal gift from each area. - Some areas will have a building surrounded by black smoke and you won't be able to use your eagle. I thought my eagle would die if I was in the smoke but he doesn't. You just have to complete the puzzle without the use of your eagle. - Each time you enter a new area there will be the boss surrounded by a red storm. Avoid this storm so you don't have to perform a small stealth mission. Also if you are seen the boss will knock you out and you will use some of the progress towards a new eagle flap. If this happens enough times it will make getting the required flaps more of a pain. - When clearing out the collectibles in an area, climb to the top of one of the obelisks which will give you a great view of the area allowing you to easily see where there are still collectibles to be found. - There is a trophy for obtaining all the lore in the game. This is misleading. Although you should read every lore you come across to get to the 45 needed for 3 of the trophies, the lore they refer to hear is specific to one location in each of the 4 areas. - You will typically recognize the area with the lore because instead of 1-2 there will be 8+. Just make sure you comb that location to ensure you got all of them. Happy Trophy Hunting!