Ori and the Will of the Wisps Tops 2 Million Players - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 June 2020 / 2,332 Views
Developer Moon Studios announced Ori and the Will of the Wisps has surpassed two million players since it launched on March 10.
14.5 million hours have been played by the two million players, with 240 million total deaths. 7,100 players have beaten the game without dying and 9,000 beat the game in under four hours.
To everyone who has explored, battled, escaped, raced, and collected light throughout the Forest of Niwen, we thank you. #OriSpiritWeek #OritheGame pic.twitter.com/o8yDV8dZzK
— Ori the Game (@OriTheGame) June 24, 2020
Our own Evan Norris reviewed Ori and the Will of the Wisps and gave it a 9 out 10. "Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a perfect sequel," said Norris in his review. "It takes the already-great template from Ori and the Blind Forest, builds upon its strengths, and addresses its most obvious weakness: fighting. By delivering fluid, death-defying platforming, a large, interconnected world populated with charming NPCs, rewarding side-quests, versatile combat, a bittersweet story, and stunning art direction, developer Moon Studios has turned in one of the best Metroidvania titles in a decade."
Here is an overview of the game:
From the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest—the acclaimed action platformer with more than 50 awards and nominations—comes the highly-anticipated sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Embark on an all-new adventure in a vast and exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s true destiny.
Key Features:
- Immerse yourself in a hand-crafted narrative experience. Unravel Ori’s true destiny in this emotional and engaging story driven adventure with a stunning soundtrack. Explore a vast, exotic, and strikingly beautiful environments.
- Master new skills. Guide Ori through a journey of untold danger using newly acquired spirit weapons, spells, and attacks. Utilize an all-new shard system to power-up Ori’s newfound abilities and customize your style of play.
- Face epic enemies and challenging puzzles. Encounter larger-than-life bosses and seek help from an expansive cast of new characters who will help you uncover Ori’s mysterious fate.
- Experience a new thrilling mode. Race to the top of the leaderboards in the all-new Spirit Trials mode where players dash, burrow, grapple, and leap to high scores in unique speed-run challenges throughout the game.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is available now for the Xbox One and PC.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Great game. Everyone should play it.
They need to do a physical release of the Blind Forest in PAL regions.
It's a fantastic game, everyone needs to play it.
Congrats, but would like to see the sales for once.
My Game of the year.
Lots of people really seem to like Ori. I haven't played the new one, mostly because the first one, while fun, seemed to have some problems. I don't remember if it was because of a difficulty level that I chose, but I remember that saving the game costed resources, and death came quickly, and as a result, it felt like I was not getting a chance to relax and play, but instead was playing a Super Meat Boy-vania game of sorts. I enjoy hard games, and even prefer them, but that's not what this is about. It's that playing the game often required me to purposely die if I did not feel I did well enough, as it was easily possible to find myself stuck with low resources in some areas. This was years ago, and it's possible my memory of the game has skewed a bit over time. Like I said, the game was fun to play, and very pretty. At some point I think I'll give the sequel a try.
A game i truly wish it was on Playstation so i can play it! Congrats on the much deserved success.
Have they fixed the performance issues? I was a massive fan of the first game - played it on PC
I played the first one for 4-5h and just couldn’t get into it. But I’m interested in WotW.
This isn't neccessarily the type of game people subscribe for. So if millions do play it on Gamepass eventually, I think that's fine.
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