Platforms
- PCAug 27, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 Critics6.3161 Players
- PlayStation 5Jan 23, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.5191 Players
- PlayStation 4Aug 27, 20216.9playscore5.94 Critics7.7160 Players
- Xbox OneAug 27, 2021NAplayscore5.13 CriticsNA0 Players
- Nintendo SwitchAug 27, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
15 critic reviews · 2 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
Baldo: The Guardian Owls may have had a rocky launch, but the issues have been cleaned up to such a degree that the low scores earned months prior don’t necessarily apply anymore. I’d recommend caution before jumping into it, however — even in a perfectly playable state, Baldo: The Guardian Owls is still a polarizing title.
Heather Johnson Yu · Feb 11, 2022 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewThere are a lot of main quests and side quests to complete in this game, a lot of rooms that’ll lock you in until you defeat all the enemies, and more often than not, no matter how difficult the activity, your reward is a pitiful amount of coins. The further I got into this game, the more annoyed I became with how little it thought of the time and effort I put into tackling the challenges it put before me.
CJ Andriessen · Sep 19, 2021 Reviewed on XB1Read full reviewBaldo: The Guardian Owls looks great, but major issues with everything from combat to puzzles to exploration and more ensure that it's consistently a chore to play.
Shubhankar Parijat · Sep 09, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewBaldo: The Guardian Owls is a beautiful looking Ghibli-esque adventure that draws you in with its wonderful art style and atmosphere and then beats you into submission with its bewildering gameplay. This is an excruciatingly frustrating game filled with bad design choices, clunky combat and traversal, a terrible UI and map and instant, unfair death waiting around every corner.
PJ O'Reilly · Sep 07, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewBaldo: The Guardian Owls is an audacious release that struggles to find its own identity. Although the Studio Ghibli-esque visuals are stunning, the issues with the gameplay make this a laborious plod through a gorgeous world. With a map that lacks clarity, you will spend hours of your time haphazardly wandering the terrain in search of objectives. Fans of traditional Zeldas will enjoy the interconnected, puzzle-filled dungeons but will be left annoyed and irritated by the inconsistent combat and odd design choices.
Jaz Sagoo · Sep 02, 2021 Reviewed on XB1Read full reviewBaldo is a mixed bag of delights and disappointments. I don’t think it will ever become the game it should have been, but for those willing to overlook or approach with an open mind, there’s a decent game here.
Shaun Hughes · Oct 02, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewIt’s so infuriating, because there’s a fantastic game here, somewhere. The puzzles are good, the dungeons are huge, and the game is massive. But when you can’t find the good stuff because Baldo won’t tell you where it is, gives no pointers on how to interact with it, makes it incredibly difficult to use, and then punishes you harshly for failing it, well, you begin to lose enthusiasm.
Dave Ozzy · Sep 03, 2021 Reviewed on XB1Read full reviewBaldo: The Guardian Owls tries really hard to mimic the best games in the genre but fails to conquer its glaring flaws. Combat is unfairly difficult and the camera is absolutely atrocious. The game's quests and puzzles are also frustrating due to the lack of any real direction to follow and no types of hints for puzzle solving. Thankfully, Baldo's art style is fantastic and for the most part, exploration is a joy.
Garri Bagdasarov · Jan 12, 2022 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewBaldo The guardian owls is the sort of game that you'd dig out of a bargain bin but that's not necessarily a bad thing because some of my fondest gaming memories came from such bins. In other words, it may be clunky but you'll still appreciate what it has to offer.
A.J. Maciejewski · Sep 10, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full reviewDie Führung des Spielers in der Welt, das sanfte Hinstoßen auf interaktive Dinge oder den richtigen Lösungsweg, das kleine Belohnen steter Neugier. Stattdessen denke ich mir bei im Ansatz interessanten Haupt- und Nebenquests jedes Mal, wo zum Teufel ich da wohl wieder hin muss und warum ich mir den Kram überhaupt geben sollte. Mein Tipp daher: Gebt eure sauer verdienten Dindis für ein anderes Spiel aus und macht ein Bogen um Baldo!
Matthias Schmid · Oct 27, 2021 Reviewed onRead full review
Community Reviews
- Rated on PS4
- Rated on Switch
About the game
A journey into a magical land full of mysteries to discover. Baldo is an action adventure rpg, full of puzzles and intricate dungeons to solve. Travelling around the world, Baldo will interact with many weird and funny characters scattered everywhere, to complete the main story quest and many other sidequests.