GAMETECH: It’s worth sailing on Oceanhorn - it's fun than Zelda has been in years
This is a game that makes no bones (except the skeletons) about copying Nintendo’s legendary franchise. The thing is – and here is where Nintendo might start blushing for real – Oceanhorn is more fun than Zelda has been in years.
Oceanhorn was first released on Android and IOS in 2013 and was last week ported to PS4 and Xbox One. It’s a simple, independently-made adventure game that costs just E15 and is only 500 megabytes in size. It will probably finish downloading before you even remember the name of next year’s Zelda. Yet that smaller scope is exactly what makes Oceanhorn so enjoyable – this is a game that wastes no time and has no filler. Yes, it feels like old green slippers, but those slippers have been given a modern fit and are more comfortable than ever.
