Have you played Ori and the Blind Forest or are you going to play Ori and the Will of the Wisps? I think you should, but don't take my word for it. Judge the game after you've seen its enticing story.

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

I can't say I'm surprised

@GeorgHaeder

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't played it but I'll get both.

@TheStoryMode

4 жыл бұрын

Kind of came across this via Xbox game pass and was pleasantly surprised. It’s a sleeper in my book and a change of pace from my regularly played games so it’s very cool to see you do a story/lore vid on it.

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgHaeder Awesome

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheStoryMode Nice. I loved it. As you said, it's something different.

It's amazing how well you can convey emotion with little to no dialogue between the characters involved. It reminds me of what Pixar's WALL-E was able to do.

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

I think Moon Studios did it amazingly.

4:16 Wow I never realised Ori was thinking of those memories. I thought it was just a thing the developers put there for us, but it totally makes sense that Ori is remembering the good times. Omfg thats so beautiful.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I think so too.

Nothing but tears the whole way through

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

It's a great story

@morpheussomnus1292

Жыл бұрын

That's one of the reasons why I'm scared to play the sequel.

@a.q.2330

Жыл бұрын

​@@morpheussomnus1292did you play it? I am curious. I have a negative opinion of the sequel mostly because of the story and ending.

@Elenyen

4 ай бұрын

​@@a.q.2330oh i thought I am alone. I personally hate that ending. Story wasn't bad but ending was awful 😞

I cried like a little girl at the end of will of the wisps, and I’m not afraid to admit it.😭

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

There is no shame in that. You're in a safe space.

@a.q.2330

Жыл бұрын

That ending was so bad. Forced and rushed. That's why wisps isn't canon to me.

@3ternal33

Жыл бұрын

@@a.q.2330 it was good, great even. just very hard to agree with

@a.q.2330

Жыл бұрын

@@3ternal33 how is it great? Ori died for no reason. There was no threat left, no immediate danger and Ori already did so much for the forest. They killed the main character at the last second by reusing a scrapped ending from the first game so they couldn't make another sequel.

@3ternal33

Жыл бұрын

@@a.q.2330 for no reason? for NO REASON?

So technically it was the Spirit Tree's fault. I mean if it could see that Ori was alive well and happy. Then it would have no reason to claim him. But that's just my opinion.

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose it couldn't see him, which is why he reached out - unknowingly killing Kuro's hatchlings. I suppose you can't blame the three if it didn't know.

@coolbeans3752

4 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD True, very true.

@Gribs11

4 жыл бұрын

That moment when your neighbor can not find one of his thousands child so he decides to explode a little nuke and accidentally kills three of your kids. You decide to take all uranium from that neighbor, so no more nukes, but it turns out that his household, powered by nuclear reactor, does not work. But this child that was missing at the beginning steals back uranium and tries to start the nuclear reactor, causing flood, freeze, and huge fire.

@Doomlovesearth2

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't the Spirit Tree have formed search parties to search for Ori in the forest?

@darkelysium2187

3 жыл бұрын

@@Doomlovesearth2 Well the lack of communication would make that difficult because the tree only talks as narration and Sein.

God right in the feels ;~; never got to finish the game because of reasons, but wanted to see the story. Damn its well written, and you told the story in such a good way, creds to you :)

@odding3472

4 жыл бұрын

btw if you see the comment, will you make a video on the new one?

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I will also create a video on the new one, but haven't had the opportunity to play it.

I definitely teared up playing this. Both Ori games are so amazing, two of my favourite play throughs ever

Such a beautifully made video! I very much appreciate how you allow us to see the story unfold with just enough narration to make sure that we understand the story but also experience it, thank you!

@MastermindsHD

10 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

No words can describe how good this game is... it literally helped me to get out of depression...

I'm currently playing Blind forest and this story is amazing *^* I'm crying when Naru dies even though I know she is revived by Gumo TwT

@oasisbeyond

2 жыл бұрын

Masterpieces.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece indeed.

Thanks! This was a very good recap, I just bought Will of the Wisps and now I remember the whole story. Tyvm!

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This looks like a really great story. Have heard of the game but never played it. But after watching your video I am thinking to give it a try.

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

It took me a while to get into, but once I did I was hooked. It was nice, because it's something different from all the FPS games.

@oasisbeyond

2 жыл бұрын

your missing out, masterpieces.

Dude this is an amazing video. Game looks cool too but damn you tell a good story man!

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Always good to see you return.

I got the sequel on sale recently, and I’m so excited to play it! I love this world and story.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Will of the Wisps is amazing too. I just finished it a few weeks ago.

@a.q.2330

Жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD what did you think of the story and the ending

4:22 ah, i see what you did there

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Did you now?

I accidentally bought Will of the Wisps without knowing Ori actually had a story and was just a pretty game. So now I’m watching this video 😅

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

The look and sound of the game was what originally drew me in too, but the story is what made it all worthwhile.

Here after my third playthrough. The sequence at the end of the Ginso tree gives me CHILLS

@MastermindsHD

5 ай бұрын

It's truly gorgeous. I agree.

Needed this before playing Will of Wisps & letting my friends watch me play it! Thanks!

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

I just finished The will of the wisps. Im 36yr old and i whept like a child. I was touched emotionally so deeply, I was emotionally wounded. My family asking me why im so sad. I cant tell them they will not understand. Thats why I came here. I cant stand the thought that Ori and Ku will never hug each other or play together. Ku, Ori... I love you 😢

@MastermindsHD

5 ай бұрын

I love these games too. They are two of my favorite games, if not my absolute favorites.

Few games have a soul like this one ❤

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@TsuriaDragon

Жыл бұрын

Journey

Such a powerful opening. I think a huge part of why it's so effective is that the player is given some control, which helps build our connection to Ori without even realizing it. Great recap! Now I'm ready to will some wisps.

15:06 I felt sorry for the kuro losing his children. Amazing video!

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

I think we all do. This fucking tree... Also, thanks!

@Chrisdish

4 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD couldn't Kuro just move it's kids?

@terrypennington2519

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chrisdish Kuro had no idea the spirit tree was ever going to do that. When the light ceremony happened, Kuro flew as fast as she could to protect her children, but was too late by the time she had reached them.

@bhargavb4857

3 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD lol you can’t blame the tree that much. It was just worried and wasn’t aware of what it would do to the owl species. It was pretty stupid though. BTW just beat Ori and the Blind Forest one hour ago and am about to get will of wisps. Thanks for the video, I remembered everything again.

@Lucivius27

Жыл бұрын

@@bhargavb4857Nahh the tree is even sentient enough to be a narrator in this story. It's BS to think it is stupid enough not to realize it's power. It didn't just kill Kuro's children it decimated the entire forest and cause the apocalypse in the first place which resulted in more dying. Kuro merely gone berserk and kill anyone near enough her territory to protect her last egg.

I just beat the game and am excited to actually understand the lore!

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely. The second game is even better (story is just as awesome).

Daw :,3 that was a nice tale, thanks Mind

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment

I'm still not sure how it is possible for beings of the Dark to coexist in a forest of seemingly dominating Light. Especially when such enormous and deadly (to the Darkness) events like the Light Gathering can happen.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose there is a difference between natural light and light from creatures like the Spirit Tree. I suppose it's never as black and white.

The only series ever to make me cry, truly a masterpiece of a game, same for will of the wisps, for some reason i still feel incomplete with the story of will of wisps and only hope for a movie to be made about this MASTERPIECE

I love stories like these and the music alone got me hooked it the story truly is an masterpiece.

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

the ori games are… just SO fun I havent stopped playing the sequel all day, really enjoy the game

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

They're amazing. Among the best in the business.

So in a nutshell this tree has some really confusing life and death properties.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

It does indeed.

people who played this first time : hope i can have a good time *a couples of hours later*: *depresion increase to 100 *

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Depression or frustration. It's one of those two.

This game... it never ceases to make me tear up.

@MastermindsHD

5 ай бұрын

I understand why

The reason I discovered this game is because of delfy video on Rick May’s death Mann I hope he’s happy up there

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure who they are, but same.

Thanks for this explanation. I was completely lost this entire game

@MastermindsHD

5 ай бұрын

I had the same thing the first time.

You should do one for Will of The Wisps

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

I will do one for Will of the Wisps (once I finish it).

amazing video, i loved it extremely well made :DD

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I just started playing this and it’s such a complete game. The story, the art, the music, then the gameplay is fun. Just an amazing game and it’s so relaxing

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I know, right? The second one is even better.

@eric21881

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD and the way the prologue pulls you in, when youre walking through the memories i was like "oh no" then she dies in the cave and it happens so fast i was on the couch and i said "yo what the fuck" it got so deep so fast and fucks you up, really makes you invested in whats happening

whoever talks about this game im subbing

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

Just make this into an anime. Moon Studios, you have nothing to loose.

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

It would make a good one.

@ashtaylor4107

2 жыл бұрын

Or at least a movie

Great video! The only problem is that Ori needs the ability Stomp in order to access the Lost Grove, which can only be unlocked after restoring the Ginso Tree.

Definitely recommend the game to anyone, also good recap!

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, same here.

The only game that has ever made me cry at its ending.

I don’t think im going to play the first game so this really helps, right now im playing the will of the wisps. If i did play this I would probably cry lol

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

What's holding you back from playing the first one?

the theme song still makes me cry

Truly a beautiful story!

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

I want a new ori game so bad

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I have yet to play the second one. Definitely on my to-play list.

I barely understood it earlier. Thanks for the video!

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I’ve played this game before this is a great comeback and sends it was ripped off my grabbing because it was removed from Xbox game pass

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know it was on Xbox Game Pass.

@dragonfly20502

3 ай бұрын

It came back

This game made me almost cry

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful story.

Masterpieces of gaming.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

This hit me right in the feels

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

So it did for many.

I wanted to skip directly to will of the wisps but now I think I will play this game before.

@MastermindsHD

10 күн бұрын

It's not necessary, but I definitely recommend it. Will of the Wisps is quite the improvement, it'd be hard to go back to The Blind Forest after playing it.

beautiful game, beautiful story, and you summarized it beautifully

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. I loved the second game too.

@quinnlim5104

Жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD I still need to watch that

Ori and the blind forest is an Amazing game

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Thank you for the Story lore of the first game, is there any chance that you'll be able to cover "The Story of Ori and the Blind Forest"?

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Ori and The Will of the Wisps? If so, I was planning on it until a lot of stuff came up. I might do it someday.

@vagueshade8197

3 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD Yeah, sorry for confusion. Glad to hear it)

Gumo is the real hero

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Why not both?

Oddworld Abs Odyssey will forever be my favorite game!

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I love that you said that. The biggest reason I chose to play the Ori games is because I used to play Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey on the PlayStation 1. One of my favorite games and childhood memories too.

We named her... Ku.

Gotta say the story is not the strongest aspect of the game, while its presentation is top notch the script is a little weak. One thing that's never made clear is why was Ori of all light spirits so important to the Spirit Tree? It's never explained in what way Ori is so special and why searching for him/her warranted spreading deadly light all through the forest, which no doubt killed way more than just Kuro's owlets. The tree still had dozens of other spirit guardians by its side, maybe sending some of them to search for Ori would have been a better idea. The nature of the light being as deadly as it is kind of contradicts the idea of it sustaining life and harmony. Naru's father was probably onto something, creature of darkness or not, that light was already proven not safe to be around no matter who you are. At close proximity it _vaporized_ Kuro, a strong, giant adult owl, if anything it's more terrifying than the Decay. There's also the question of how the last surviving egg seems to go unhatched for so long. Supposedly it's been years between the events of the light ceremony that killed Kuro's hatched chicks and the egg finally hatching in the end, even though it was laid around the same time as the others so it should have hatched soon after Kuro broke the Spirit Tree.

@Diwasho

2 жыл бұрын

Also, Kuro's reaction to the fire spreading close to her nest was not to immediately relocate the egg to safety but to return Sein to the tree. Sure it's more dramatic and impactful but it's not very logical. I don't think she was THAT much closer to the tree than to her nest anyway so her sacrifice made little difference, she could have just left Sein and Ori alone to let them finish their quest while swiftly saving the egg and staying alive to care for the baby later.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I like the way you think. I suppose when you really take a look at it, the story isn't amazing. It's a good story, the rest of the game is amazing, but the story on its own isn't amazing in itself.

I can't say I see the game the same way ever again, not after wotw was relaesed. Now I even questioned the story's fuctionality.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Why's that?

@vanngocthien

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD Plot holes, useless story arks (such as Kwolok's), useless NPCs (such as mkst of the Moki's that are spread throughout the game), so so much more.

the baby owls died of sleep deprivation caused by the intense light

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

That must be it

The graphics in the first Ori game is so much better than the second game. In the second game, there is so much going on, on screen, it's difficult to tell apart what is going on

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree, I think I see your point about the second game. There were times I had trouble distinguishing what was the fore- and background.

@diligencehumility6971

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD Yes Exactly. Didnt have the problem in the first game. Everything else is much better. Fantastic game 9.5/10

@Diwasho

2 жыл бұрын

Some locations in Ori 2 are stunning but yeah, I actually preferred how the first game feels less 3D and more painted. I guess it's a matter of preference, they both look great in slightly different ways.

@diligencehumility6971

2 жыл бұрын

@@Diwasho Exactly. 2. Game is stunning. But couldnt tell apart foreground from background sometimes. It was easy to tell the difference in the first game. They added too much detail

I mean, this story would be very beautiful if it made any sense.. I had to watch this to make some sense of it, and even now it still doesn't make sense.... I mean the light of the spirit tree which kinda symbolizes the life of the forest and everything in it, "accidently" kills little hatchlings with its light? what the heck?

@MastermindsHD

5 ай бұрын

That's because the light of the spirit tree keeps the balance between light and dark, but creatures of the dark can't come into too much contact with it. That's what I understood of it. I wouldn't think too hard on it.

Amazing Video❤️

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

i am watching this while waiting for it to download

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Awesomeness

didn't get, why Gumo steals the artifact? to resurrect Naru?

@MastermindsHD

5 ай бұрын

To resurrect his own kind.

I really wish I could play this 😔

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

How come you can't?

@faeriedragon348

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD pc is unfriendly to my accessibility needs 😥

Im confused... why did gumo revive naru?

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

Out of compassion as he knows what it is to lose your family.

what song did you use in the first 5 s?

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure the exact name, but it's the credits song.

@Drekalo

4 жыл бұрын

@Zerebrat Eightyseven i meant the humming song right before the light of nibel starts, but thanks anyway

@Drekalo

4 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD thanks

@lilixpictures6128

4 жыл бұрын

@@Drekalo It's the last few seconds of "The Sacrifice"

By the way, I think Ori is a gorl 😮

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. After editing the video I heard Ori is female, but I've also heard Ori doesn't have a gender.

@ashtaylor4107

2 жыл бұрын

I think there’s a confusion here. When the tree mentions a her, I’m pretty sure it’s talking about Naru. But ori’s gender is never specified, I mean, they are a being of light, so it would make sense for the gender to be nonspecific.

So a evil demon tree starts killing every thing in forest. A mom seeks justice.

I love you.

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

At least buy me dinner first

Game 1 : Seir the spirit that powers the tree narrates the story and you must save that tree Game 2 : Ori from the future narrates the game and becomes the tree

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

I have yet to complete Will of the Wisps.

I finished the game but I slightly didn't understand what was going on, I'm just in pain with my fingers.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

But it was quite a simple story.

@laplue

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD 😅

This game has a beautiful story, but the gameplay is ridiculously hard even on easy. I wanted to play it, but there's no point in playing it if I cant get past a level.

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

I think on easy it should be doable, but without opposable thumbs I can imagine why it's hard.

@InsaneTarot

Жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD ok smartass lol. I have them. It's called fast fast reaction time with the boulder part.

slight spoiler It seems weird to me how the light killed those birds. Can anyone explain pls?

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

It's not necessarily weird, although I can't explain the science behind it. The Spirit Tree casted light to reach out to Ori (The Light Ceremony). Kuro and her chicks are creatures of the dark, so the intensity of the light destroyed them. That's what I think at least.

The intro to this game messed me up man

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

I can imagine.

played thru the blind forest, finished it, i dont like the game too much, cause there is only escape boss fights that really pissed me off...the story tbh is simple and bores me...its a childrens book

is this a disney movie

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

It's better than today's Disney movies.

@chadpanuncilloakaachad2396

Жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD agreed

Lol I'm just watching this so I can play wotw because apparently it's similar to hollow knight

@Zyp1c

2 жыл бұрын

But after I might play blind

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I would first play Ori and the Blind Forest, since Will of the Wisps is the sequel. Both are amazing.

Ori is a female but sure...

@MastermindsHD

Жыл бұрын

I'm quoting: "A Moon Studios programmer later clarified in a Reddit Q&A that Ori is intentionally left ungendered, and that "it's open for everyone's personal interpretation!". So, we're both right.

@OpenMindMinistries

3 ай бұрын

Yea, don't call me a guy lol seriously

@robinofhsr

23 күн бұрын

Ori is literally genderless

ori is a girl

@MastermindsHD

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I discovered that after I recorded the script :|

@Deni-mt9bj

4 жыл бұрын

Prodigee Da Tru the creators said it doesn’t matter. They said that his sex depends on your choice, how you want to see the character.

@SnekFangz

4 жыл бұрын

Ori's gender is unknown

@Chrisdish

4 жыл бұрын

@@SnekFangz the Spirit Tree calls Ori a girl, or "she" around the beginning parts of the game.

@Edgeperor

3 жыл бұрын

oof watee when?

Wait isn’t ori a girl?

Ori is a girl.

@MastermindsHD

3 жыл бұрын

So I discovered after creating the video. Also, I heard Ori doesn't have a gender.

@hinditime8034

3 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD hmmm in the first game ori is mentioned as "her" so that's why I though. Well its good to know the fact, thankyou.

@fenko309

3 жыл бұрын

Ori diesn't have gender

@ashtaylor4107

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure the her is referring to Naru. I was also confused at first.

@streetgum_

2 жыл бұрын

Ori doesnt have a gender although you can reffer their pronoun as "they/their"

dude, why do you have to ruin your own video with those obnoxious messages? you get a thumbs down from me and I definitely won't be subscribing.

@MastermindsHD

2 жыл бұрын

I'm assuming with 'obnoxious messages' you mean the calls to action (i.e. like, subscribe etc.)? That's fair enough. Did you like the rest of the video, though?

@CymruCreator

2 жыл бұрын

@@MastermindsHD I would not have complained if I didn't like what you were doing overall. It was all really nice and that's why I got upset.

@TheOneAndOnlyMal

2 ай бұрын

?

I remmember getting an Xbox one when i was like 7. It came with a digital copy of ori And the blind forest, i remmember booting it up And playing with my dad, we would laugh And Take turns trying to complete parts of the levels. Life was more simple 🥹