The game is helmed by Tomas Sala, of Moonpath to Elsweyr fame, featuring his unique visual style perfected in previous work. The game is helmed by Tomas Sala, of Moonpath to Elsweyr fame, featuring his unique visual style perfected in previous work. The Falconeer is ocean world RPG in which you take to the skies on top of a giant bird of prey, set in a vast aquatic world with four distinct factions vying for supremacy. That's why this is fine if you're looking for a relaxing flight, but if you're looking to mix things up, sorry, but The Falconeer is kind of for the birds. The Falconeer is ocean world RPG in which you take to the skies on top of a giant bird of prey, set in a vast aquatic world with four distinct factions vying for supremacy. Warbirds never use their claws or beak to scratch or peck each other, and the bad guys sometimes just give up and fly away. Though even when you do finally arrive at a fight, you never feel like you or your bird is in any real danger. Not only is your bird easily distracted, and will often veer off course, but unlike most aerial combat games, this one has a static navigation map, and can't be changed to reflect your new objectives when you turn. That's also assuming you went the right way. They're often preceded by long stretches of flying. While there's fun to be had when you're going mano-a-mano - or should that be birdo-a-birdo - those moments are not a frequent or as frantic as they could've been. It's still pretty nimble, even if you do need to juice it up by picking up speed to do barrel rolls. There's lots of footage online, and I think there was one of a giant Fish eagle or something, at 10,000 frames per second - really nice slow mo flight - so I looked at. You can even pick up mines and drop them on targets, though this requires a subtlety that your bird doesn't always have. 'The counter intuitive thing with birds and birds of prey is that they actually flap forward, so their wings are going like this arm movement instead of just going up and down. Flying around an open world - which is largely water but with a small smattering of islands - you engage in mid-fight fights, shooting at other giant birds and aircraft. In The Falconeer, you pilot a giant bird into battle against other warbirds, as well as ground-based targets, all in the hopes of restoring the Empire to its former glory. Thats not Big Bird as in an 8 foot tall canary who hallucinates furry elephants, but actual giant birds of prey with weapons and armor strapped to them. While aerial combat games can provide seat-of-your-pants action when done well, this one isn't nearly so exciting.
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