

It’s a fairly standard story and there are no real surprises along the way, although some of the characters and writing are above average, if a bit twee. This game is gorgeous with an absolutely exquisite level of detail. You start out at home preparing for your adventure. He ends up entering a magical area called the Deep Wood and meeting an old man named Gray Coat who explains that the world is in danger and the guardians are losing their power yada yada yada. The game starts out with Wake in the normal world and gives some hints about his difficult home life before he packs up some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and runs away from home, intending to meet up with his best friend. You play a pair of kids, named Wake and Kirby, who find their way into the Deep Woods where they are tasked with saving this magical place and ultimately the world from a shadowy presence known as The Never. I soon found that it is sort of an adventure game, in that you walk through some gorgeously rendered 2D levels talking to people and solving puzzles, but it is really a Pikmin-like.


From the short bit of the trailer I watched I thought it might be an adventure game, though I wasn’t sure. The Wild At Heart is a game that I went into knowing only that I liked the graphical look and that it was “free” on Game Pass.
