It takes a cue from IGN 2012 Game of the Year winner Journey, of which Giant Squid’s founder is its art director. And The Pathless’ island encourages natural exploration, so you’ll want to be as mobile as possible. It’s enthralling to chain together marker hits, all without worrying about precise aiming, so that you can run, jump, and glide with both style and precision. And without needing to really worry about aiming - if your generously zoomed out camera spots a marker, it will automatically be highlighted - that lets you put all your focus on the Hunter’s path. In the closest approximation to playing as The Flash in a video game, The Hunter’s dash offers a sense of graceful, smooth movement I’ve rarely seen, letting you cover vast distances in short order. The Hunter’s base walking speed is relatively slow, so you’re going to want to shoot down any of the plentiful markers regardless, but even without the need for speed, Giant Squid’s sense of movement could make for something really special.

If you release at the halfway point, you actually get more bang for your bow.

Timing is the main concern - you can see a meter fill up around the marker as you hold the right trigger down to shoot. Rather than aiming it’s all about timing - hit a marker as you’re running to continue your boost, then jump, shoot another marker, and use the momentum from that shot to glide further than if you had just initiated it from standing still. You can drain this meter to launch yourself into a smooth, speedy sprint, shooting down other markers as you go to keep your bar from totally depleting and, more importantly, keep your momentum up. Hit them and your boost meter – present at the bottom of the screen – will start to fill up. And sure, you could plod along at your basic running speed, but all throughout the island are these red, diamond-shaped markers floating in the air. 5 Images May Your Aim Be TrueTaking on the role of the Hunter, players navigate The Pathless’ open-world on foot, or by gliding through the air with a newly met eagle companion.

The pathless forest plateau