Developer Broken Rules has done its research here, both on the creatures themselves and the places they call home. Beyond the Trees reinforces its ecological message through its visuals and through play, and though this might not be many players’ introduction to this pressing real-world issue, it is a new way to look at it, and a new way to engender sympathy. Habitat destruction is something we’re surely all aware of – we’ve all seen the heartbreaking footage of animals left stranded in tiny patches of forest, surrounded by roads and industry.
This put me off from playing much beyond the brief but affecting 90-minute story after that you can continue to swing around and rescue other endangered animals in an endless mode that resets whenever your gibbon takes a tumble. A stuttering frame rate makes it actively more difficult and unpleasant to play as you get further through, and this time not in an intentional way. Performance, however, on the Nintendo Switch version was not great in crowded areas, something that the developer is working to fix.
0 kommentar(er)
