Thanks to indie developers, video games don’t always fall into the typical video game convention. Some developers don’t evoke a challenge with the gameplay and instead favor exploration and/or story. Journey is perhaps the epitome of such a game that focuses solely on exploration and yet has a rather deep story buried within. However, Journey has so many other elegant pieces that it all comes together beautifully, including the game’s score, the gameplay, the silent characters, and the simple yet breathtaking environments. Bound attempts to tap into that same magic that thatgamecompany created with Journey, and while the team at Sony Santa Monica was successful with creating beautiful and unusual environments and building a deep story, they failed in one crucial element. The gameplay is sadly incredibly boring. Can’t Deny the Beauty
Bound tells the story of one girl’s journey to save her kingdom from a monster via the art of dance (no, really), but the question is, what is the monster" Is the monster this giant who screams as the girl approaches" Is the monster her mother" Is the monster herself" The answer is never clear, but that is part of the beauty of Bound. The levels can be played in any order after the first one, and each level introduces a completely separate element of the overarching story. Playing the levels in one order gives one interpretation of the deeper story, and playing them in a completely differe...