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Ori and the Blind Forest

Ori, like much of my backlog, was purchased for dirt cheap during a Steam sale and not given a second thought afterwards.

And I'm kicking myself for it. It's proving to be a phenomenal experience so far. The simple-to-learn, difficult-to-master platforming is superbly balanced with a manual checkpoint system.

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But it's here, and so adorable. And bigger than I thought.

Since I'm continuing to play Dead Space 3 episodic-style (no more than 30-60 minutes at a time) I returned to Ori for a third time, and set out to complete the game without spending any Ability Points for the Elite achievement.

Didn't really think I'd do it in one night.

Clocked in at 3 hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds.

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That... That was absolutely beautiful, almost beyond words.

Ori and the Blind Forest beaten at 100%. My hats off and congratulations to Moon Studios; your game joins only two others (Halo 4 and The Last of Us) to bring tears to my eyes as the credits began to roll.

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As Brady began to make his way through Ori and the Blind Forest, I quickly realized that instead of moving onto my next backlog title, I hadn't had enough yet. So I started over on Hard.

Another 100% run, this time on Hard. Brady has also completed his Normal run at 93% and is intent on going back and getting the last 7%.

Needless to say, we're both clamoring for the sequel, which is due out this year.

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