Winds & Leaves

Trebuchet · Jul 27, 2021

Everyone

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Stranded in a barren landscape, you are the only being capable of mastering the ancient art of growing vegetation. Journey across the Steppe to gather ancient dormant varieties. Learn to read the signs of the various climates, awaken old landmarks, and grow your own forests in this VR flora builder. · A flora builder: Grow a verdant forest from nothing and create different tree species to adapt to the various biomes and weather. · A world's past to uncover: Explore an intriguing ever-changing world on your stilts, a locomotion system specifically made for PlayStation®VR. Stumble on ancient structures and awaken them to discover their secrets. · A VR Symphony: Enjoy a stunning VR experience featuring player-grown trees backed by a living soundtrack that reacts to the world around you.

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COGconnected
Lou Sytsma · Aug 10, 2021
5.5
Wind & Leaves turned out to be a real bummer. The exploration and world history are intriguing and there’s no denying the beauty of the world as it speeds through growth when time is fast-forwarded. There is also some really good soundtrack music going on too. The intent of creating a Journey-like experience is clear but there are too many game mechanic missteps that break immersion.
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Push Square
Graham Banas · Jul 30, 2021
7.0
The game's list of issues outside of its inventory is mercifully short. Climbing trees is janky, but the basic locomotion system – a mechanic where you ride stilts hand-made for the PS Move – is exquisite, so getting around is a breeze. The bigger concern – something that may well be fixed by the time you read this – lies with crashing. The pre-release version of the game we reviewed crashed a ludicrous number of times, and as this is a VR experience, it’s especially disruptive.
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TheSixthAxis
Gareth Chadwick · Oct 18, 2021
6.0
Winds and Leaves has potential, but the waggle-to-walk controls, the constant jaggedness and morphing vegetation on PSVR, and the detached climbing mechanic cover up most of it. provided you're at peace with the issues it has, It can be a relaxing and meditative experience, but there are better options out there.
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Game Reactor
Kalle Max Hofmann · Aug 15, 2021
8.0
The bottom line here is that the game will probably only be able to realise its full potential on PSVR2. With clean graphics and proper controller tracking, this creative game could almost be considered a classic. Paper Beast fans should definitely take a look at this game, but don't forget to enable cloud upload, or to copy your only save file to an external USB device after each session.
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God is a Geek
Sean Smith · Aug 02, 2021
7.0
Wind & Leaves provides a gentle, undemanding few hours’ worth of entertainment completely at odds with some of the more high-octane romps emerging for PSVR.
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Gameblog.fr
VRSinge · Jul 27, 2021
6.0
Winds & Leaves est un jeu exclusif au PlayStation VR, un concept sympathique avec une aura artistique certaine mais dont le plaisir est gâché par un aliasing et un clipping omniprésents. Dénué de toute narration, son exploration se fait en toute liberté, en plantant divers arbres et en accélérant le temps avec notre moulin de papier, escaladant les arbres à la recherche de fruits, traversant tornades de sable et averses de pluie tout en surveillant la bonne croissance de la flore autour de nous. Winds & Leaves mériterait quelques ajustements, notamment au niveau des contrôles qui sont très imprécis, mais surtout une optimisation graphique pour faire honneur au PlayStation VR, habitué à mieux techniquement.
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