82 PCWorld APRIL 2020REVIEWS
IMAGE: HAYDEN DINGMANOri and the Will of the Wisps: A
lively adventure in the shadow of
the forest of death
Increased mobility and a bevy of beautiful environs carry the day, but Ori’s second outing
is a familiar adventure with some awkward middle-chapter pacing. BY HAYDEN DINGMANS
kitter. Skitter skitter. It’s time to
move. Paws padding across the
sand dunes, Ori scampers out from
under the log, leaping up into the
air and rebounding off the wall, grabbing a
pole and flinging himself upward—and then
movement. The owl turns its head. Ori
freezes, pressed behind a scrap of fabric.
The owl looks away. Skitter skitter. Up and
over this time, then leaping across agap—mere feet from the owl’s head. If it turns
around...best not to think about it. Clinging
to a crumbling wooden log, Ori stops for a
moment. The owl screams, frustrated it can’t
find its prey. It nudges the log, to no avail.
Again, it looks away. Ori sprints towards a
small cave, a place where the owl can’t follow.
It was a ploy though. The owl hears him,
turns, takes flight, its talons closing. Ori makes
a last desperate dive for the entrance, and