The price tag is pretty low on this one, clocking in at $5.99. On my own, it was an average but neat experience. The gameplay isn’t for everyone, certainly, but I can see myself playing through the game with my daughter – if she were old enough – and having a lovely time. It’s a sweet story of a bond between child and animal, and the visuals and sound help drive that story home. Overall, your experience with Storm Boy is going to be a quick affair. The music isn’t exactly memorable, but the atmosphere the sound creates is permeable. It’s something that works behind the presentation as a strong accompaniment, and it serves to enhance the experience.
The sound in Storm Boy is a mixture of soothing sea tones and atmospheric melodies. Still, if you’re looking for a simple and pretty experience (and maybe an easy trophy or achievement), Storm Boy might fit the bill. If you haven’t read Storm Boy, you wouldn’t know that it’s actually a pretty complex children’s book, so the oversimplification of the presentation does seem to take away from the final product. It appears hand drawn and looks much like a moving children’s book. Visually, Storm Boy is a simple yet effective presentation. There’s a neat sequence where you have to control the pelican as it attempts to rescue men on a vessel during a particularly nasty squall.
Fortunately, these ones are the most entertaining and provide the most ‘value’, I suppose, as far as gameplay is concerned. Major events, like the rescuing and feeding of the three stranded pelicans, must be played. One sees you sledding down the side of a sandy hill, while another sees you playing catch with your pet pelican. The biggest drawback from this particular method is that if you move too fast, the text disappears, so you’re required to stop in order to read the sentences that appear.Īs you wander the beach, you are given the option of partaking in a number of ‘mini-games’, if you will. As you walk along the beach, text scrawls across the screen in exposition, and you’ve given the majority of your narrative through this experience. In Storm Boy, you control Storm Boy and explore the beach between the Coorong and the sea outside of Adelaide. The game setup reminded me a lot of That Dragon, Cancer, an incredibly emotional interactive visual novel (biopic, more like). I wondered how Storm Boy would translate into game form and found it to be pretty much what I expected. It’s been made into a major motion picture with a new film launching in 2019, and it sees a release across all platforms, so anyone can enjoy this adaptation of the timeless classic. It’s a classic boy and his pelican tale decades old, telling a beautiful story about the relationship of Storm Boy and one particular pelican he rescued – along with his vivid imagination, adventurous spirit, and daring rescue. Storm Boy is a classic Australian children’s book written by the legendary Colin Thiele.
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