#KARA WINDBOUND HOW TO#

#KARA WINDBOUND HOW TO#

Now the crafting side is a double-edged sword in Windbound as not only will you need to learn new crafting designs to make new weapons and tools but also how to upgrade them including the boat you make. Of course, to get that animal meat you will need to go hunting so observing and hunting the various animal life in Windbound is not only keep to keeping Kara fed and ready to go at any time but the by-product of using the remains of the animal as more advanced crafting tools and boat upgrades. But food can spoil, and with limited inventory space, cooking food such as animal meat. So, learning to gather basic food like berries is essential right from the start. Running, jumping and fighting all use up the stamina bar and as Kara becomes tired or hungry, this bar is reduced limiting just how much running and fighting Kara can do.

The survival aspect really comes down to the health and stamina bars in the top left corner of the screen with the stamina bar being an interesting way to focus the player on the elements of hunger and tiredness that are the backbone to any survival game. The mysterious beacons are connected to Kara’s clan in some way and as you progress through the game more and more clues as to what that connection is becomes known to Kara and you as the player.īut helping Kara to survive long enough to complete this journey really is the main focus and it will require the player to do some work to make this happen. Each set of islands has three mysterious beacons that must be activated by Kara in order to open the sea tunnel which will enable the player to move to the next group of islands and so on. Other than weapons, the most important and crucial thing Kara will need to build is a boat as this is the only way to travel between the set of islands you are on and ultimately, moving between the five groups of islands that make up the game. To this end the game has a crafting and inventory system that enables Kara to carry around crafting materials on her in order to at any time craft what she might need such as a new spear or rope needed as component to build another item. Naturally, different islands will have different materials meaning you will have to go further exploring to find the components required to make a particular tool or weapon. You will need to find materials to build the many tools and weapons Kara will learn to craft throughout her journey, which can all be found on the island Kara explores. This is the mode I played through first and I am glad I did as this is really how the developers wanted the player to experience this procedurally generated experience. However, the other and default game mode is Survivalist which is how the game advises it to be played. The core of Windbound is really in the survival element to the gameplay and here the game offers two different playing modes to choose from, Story Telling mode which as you expect is more focused on allowing the player to progress through the game without the survival element being too punishing to not hold them back. I did feel at times that the inspiration from Breath of the Wild did run dangerously close to copying, such as the use of a glider in the later parts of the game but there is no denying just how beautiful Windbound looks.

The world continues this visual feast as the wildlife you encounter and new islands you explore. Visually, the art style of Windbound is very much taken from Breath of the Wild and it is beautiful from the opening cutscene to the moment Kara wakes up and you take control of her on the very first set of islands. Now this is not a terrible thing to do as Breath of the Wild is considered by many to be a contender for game of the generation and you can really see how more than just the art style has been inspired by Nintendo’s juggernaut success story. I pretty much need to start with the elephant in the room and glaringly obvious thing about Windbound from the start, just how much this game has clearly been inspired by Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Kara has a will to survive and ability to adapt to her surroundings and as the player, you will need these skills as you explore this mysterious and strange world to Kara and she not only fights to stay alive but to also return to her clan. Kara wakes up to find herself alone and on a strange set of islands with no food, no tools and no means of sailing away from the islands. Windbound is a Survival Action game, in which you play the main character Kara, a young woman who during a storm at sea, is separated from her clan.

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