Ori and the Blind Forest

During a storm Ori is whisked away from the Spirit Tree in the forest of Nibel and ends up in a place far away adopted by a bear-like creature called Naru.

An event with the bird Kuro causes the forest to wither however and Naru dies, leaving Ori alone.

The guardian spirit gets to explore the environment to find a way to restore life to the forest, by locating the three elements that bring balance to the forest: waters, winds and warmth.

Early on in the game Ori meets Sein, a being that provides help.

Ori also uses Sein as a homing spirit flame to attack enemies.

In the tradition of the metroidvania games it consists of a large location that can freely be explored in any direction, with many optional paths and sections that can only be visited after acquiring certain abilities.

For instance, water is initially harmful but after mastering the right ability it opens up many new areas to explore.

Spirit light can be picked up through containers or by defeating enemies.

With a certain amount an ability point is provided that can be spent on an ability tree with three different paths, providing more options and perks for Ori that often provide access to new areas.

Health is replenished through life shards and energy cells filled up with energy can be used to create soul links as well as for certain attacks.

These links act as custom checkpoints but as energy is limited they cannot be used constantly.

Energy can also be replenished at scarce spirit wells that act as checkpoints.

While exploring there are various puzzle elements involving platforms, switches, rotating blades, falling blocks and moving objects.

The difficulty gradually increases as new abilities can learned, such as wall jumping, double and triple jumping and air dashing.

Ori and the Blind Forest for Xbox One is currently worth €21.30 loose. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Ori and the Blind Forest has only a handful of tracked market sales, suggesting relative scarcity compared to more common Xbox One titles.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. These are tracked as separate market values because the price gap between them can be significant, especially for older releases.

The PAL version of Ori and the Blind Forest is currently worth €21.30 loose, versus €17.56 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.