You can also tweak the difficulty by reducing incoming damage, and speed up combat sections by increasing outgoing damage on a multiplier. There are options for how your character will turn in different situations, and options to help reduce nausea or motion sickness if you’re someone who is prone to it. The variety of settings in the accessibility tab is extensive. Find another target roughly the same distance away and if it’s not highlighted, no matter how hard or accurate your throw, it’s not going to land. Have a target and put no strength into your throw and it effortlessly sails through the air. Throw the dart without a target and it falls around a meter from your feet. The distances the gadgets can be used at seem to fluctuate significantly depending on circumstances and the general will of the developers. The vertical rope dart is particularly irritating as you’re often directly below the point you’re trying to throw it to, meaning you have to lean all the way back to see it. There are too many and each one is slightly cumbersome to use, bringing an unnatural break in the otherwise fluid and natural movements.

One criticism of the climbing is the gadgets.

While they are quite unnerving, you’ll be back in the action in no time due to the fast loading times of the PS5, and if you find it happening too much, there’s an option to turn off falling while climbing. The first few falls – and you will fall - in these sections are extremely unnerving, especially if you’ve been playing for a while and feel totally immersed in the game. Although you don’t actually have to lift yourself, simply having your arms out for a few minutes and stretching to try to reach the next hold still feels like a bit of a workout. The climbing mechanic is excellently executed and will feel very familiar to anyone who has been bouldering or rock climbing. You’ll be thankful for these moments as they’re usually at the end of a lengthy vertical climb and you’ll need a rest! The Fall There are no quest markers vying for your attention, no boss battle music keeping your heart-rate high, there’s just you and the view in these moments.

You’ll often find yourself taking time to look out over an expansive vista with no real urgency to progress. Surprisingly, tranquillity is frequent in this game.

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