There’s something enchanting about hand-painted or drawn visuals and backgrounds, and indie games often paint interesting characters, silhouettes, and contrasts that I seem drawn to. I looked the game up, saw the colourful character in the thumbnail, clicked through, and then watched the opening cinematic from there. Visuals are what initially drew me to Unbound: Worlds Apart. They’re the only one that can do this, and hopefully save everyone along the way. Apparently the creature that killed our hero’s parent was a Demon, and there’s a Demon Lord named Arawen that’s going to corrupt the entire Sea of Reality unless we can help defeat him. They offer insight into what once happened to their world- and apparently what’s about to happen to Soli’s. The animal companion that came through the portal at the beginning meets with Soli periodically as our hero adventures. Queue the gameplay, and the story progressing from there. Soli is their miracle, however, and they seem determined to stay alive despite all that they’ve witnessed. The village starts to burn, and Soli runs back to see Karra telling us to run and then being stomped on by some giant, spider-like creature. That crystal splits during a ceremony meant to help “spread the word of Rhy across the sea”- which is another word to talk about the collective space across multiple worlds. One of our parents is named Karra, and they tell Soli to go and play and that they’ll be right there one our hero gets back- which constitutes one of the most obvious warnings ever. For one reason or another, this stopped around the time Soli came to the village, or so we are told. The place that Soli is from has a large crystal that powers a magic gate, one that used to be used to travel to other worlds. It’s unclear precisely what caused this, but it seems our player character (Soli) is the one responsible for the portal opening somehow? Or, perhaps, it’s simply a side-effect of what happens next.
Our little be-robed hero wants to play with the other children, then a portal opens, and then a strange creature appears. The game opens with a well-animated short-cutscene.
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