It's mostly all about getting your spirit pal to pump you full of energy, using your abilities until you're fresh out of spirit juice, and then going to the nearest collection of blue flowers to refuel. While later puzzles do amp up the difficulty a bit, it never gets all that challenging. Most puzzles are solved by just gathering up energy and inserting it into stone slabs. Spirit Of The North mostly had me wanting to see what was next, but while it might have a deep meaning in terms of spiritual beliefs and nature, gameplay-wise it's a little shallow. There are only so many songs within the game, but I thoroughly enjoyed the score throughout the entire adventure The music is utterly beautiful and emotionally stirring with piano notes and swelling violins making everything feel majestic and epic, like the fate of the entire planet was left up to this oblivious fox. Walking to the next locale would feel rather empty if it wasn't for the game's incredible soundtrack. You'll head over snowy tundras, frozen-over caves, lush green fields, plague-ridden settlements abandoned under a scarlet sky, and other scenes well worth discovering. The red streak across the sky actually looks like an artist just took their paintbrush and made one giant stroke across the entire world. The graphics have an almost watercolor-esque look at times as if things have been painted over. There's a lot of walking to do in Spirit Of The North, so thankfully it gives you some lovely scenery to take in. Hopefully, you get some kind of jaunty hat to adorn your fox with. I didn't find all the Shaman staffs so I'm not sure if there's some kind of reward for getting each one. You can find various staffs around the levels, and by bringing them to the Shaman's remains you can allow their souls to rest easy. As morbid as it sounds, these are essentially the game's collectible items. There's also the previously mentioned corpses of Shamen scattered about.
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