The Pathless has no minimap (or map of any kind, really), relying instead on very smart visual cues to propel the player forward. While The Pathless plays nothing like Zelda, there are some design ideas that are shared between the two. The Pathless is by no means a clone of that classic Zelda title, but there is some common DNA deep down inside-in the very best ways. The Breath of the Wild is at the forefront of my mind for good reason. In the case of The Pathless, having played both versions extensively, I’ll just say that a good game is a good game, regardless of how you experience it. I’m one of the three people that played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Wii U, so I’m perfectly happy playing a game on an older system. The Pathless is a great experience on both systems. But PlayStation 4 players should not feel shorted by the PS4 version. Some very nice fog effects add depth to the world.
The DualSense Controller adds some extra depth to the traversal system with its superb use of haptic feedback, and the graphics look cleaner and more detailed in 4K on the new console. I’ve had the opportunity to check out The Pathless on PS5 now as well (and again found that I had a hard time calling it quits), and I’m pleased to report that players on both systems are going to receive a stellar experience. And before I knew it, I had played the whole thing. The game is just so good, I could not stop. After one four-hour session, I thought, “Okay, that’s it, I’ve got to stop.” But the next day when I sat down in front of the TV, I found my hands moving of their own accord and booting up The Pathless again. Once I started The Pathless on PS4, I found that I could not pull myself away from it. I received The Pathless well before my PlayStation 5 arrived, and my intention was to just dip briefly into the game on PS4, then play through most of it on PS5. And that soundtrack, that amazing soundtrack-double lovely.
Boss fights, level design, the fact that most activities are optional, so you can just wander away if you are stumped-lovely. The fantastic and delightful environmental puzzles, strewn about the forest waiting for the player to discover them-lovely. The use of color and shadow to make The Pathless’s world feel mysterious and alive-lovely. The moment when The Pathless’s fantastic traversal system clicked with me-lovely. But that is the word that kept circling around in my mind while playing The Pathless. The sort of word that a housekeeper on a British television drama might use to describe a cup of tea. If someone held a bow and arrow to my head and forced me to describe Giant Squid’s new game The Pathless in one word, that word would be: Lovely.
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