I was under the mistaken impression that I could play Ori and the Blind Forest on easy and it would be … well, easy.
Instead, I played it for several days in 10 minute increments, and quite honestly, didn’t get very far. Having been a PC gamer from a pretty young age, I never really worked on my platforming chops as a kid, and now that I’m over 40 and my reaction times aren’t what they once were, it’s really challenging to get to a place where most platforming games, even on easy, are something I can tackle without getting frustrated.
Instead, I decided to redirect my efforts. Although I’d still like to participate in #platformonth with the Community Game-A-Long, I’d like something that I have a chance of completing before the month is out. So I dug through my Steam library and came up with another option.
Not only is Type:Rider totally my aesthetic, it’s also gloriously simple. Maybe too simple, because it gets reviews like this one.
But it’s lovely. And easy. And short. I will ride the inertia and gape at the stunning visuals, and any letters I miss on the way by will stay missed. I’m very okay with that.
Nerd Girl Thoughts 
Ori is certainly difficult in parts. Trying to get through the tree that floods had me rage quit it more than once. Put it down for quite a while, actually, then one day on a whim came back and it just clicked. But then I have found that on occasion. When practice is getting nowhere and achieving nothing but more anger — then coming back later, perhaps counterintuitively to an extent, can be really beneficial.
For reference… THIS blasted bit. lol
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I agree that there’s definitely a range from “I can’t do this.” to “I can’t do this right now.”
I may or may not go back to it; I wasn’t really captivated by the game the way I thought I would be. I was playing it through XBox game pass, so nothing even really invested except a few hours of my time.
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