Absolutely gorgeous game, but the use of UE5 and the current price tag makes it harder to recommend. While it would've been nice to play it in 1440p fullscreen without my GPU getting cooked (RX 7800 XT) I don't regret buying and experiencing this game

An excellent evolution of what this team has been doing since Flower/Journey. Adds some really fun Tony Hawk/SSX tricks you can pull off as you make your journey through the game reclaiming the desert. Austin Wintory does it once again with a truly moving score. The final few minutes have some of the most striking visuals I've experienced in a video game.

I think I'm beginning to understand Matt Nava. I thought The Pathless marked a departure from the formulas we had seen before (Abzu, Journey, Flower), so I was confused when Sword of the Sea looked like a greatest hits album.

Simply put, treating all of Nava's projects as drafts of the same vision made me appreciate Sword of the Sea. He's clearly been working towards this vision for decades, and the game plays beautifully. It's like all of the fluff got moved out of the way of the previous games and you get pure, distilled Nava.