{"id":12101,"date":"2023-11-02T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/jusant-review-a-skyscraping-climbing-game-with-the-gift-of-perspective\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:37:19","slug":"jusant-review-a-skyscraping-climbing-game-with-the-gift-of-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/jusant-review-a-skyscraping-climbing-game-with-the-gift-of-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Jusant review \u2013 a skyscraping climbing game with the gift of perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox Series X\/S, PC; Don\u2019t Nod<\/strong>
The mostly wordless adventure tasks you with ascending an exquisitely rendered mountain with a troubled past<\/p>\n

Jusant <\/em>doesn\u2019t so much do away with the cliche of the video game vista<\/a> as reorient it. Instead of giving you a stirring panorama to gaze upon, it fixes your view on the vertiginous mountain stretching above and below, your task being to guide a quiet, androgynous character across its rocks and ridge-splitting crevasses. This climbing game isn\u2019t about the expansive possibilities of its space (as with Starfield<\/a> and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a>). Instead, it homes in on the challenge of navigating in the here and now, one dusty handhold and firmly lodged belay at a time.<\/p>\n

The magic of Jusant lies in its ingenious control scheme. It foregoes the straightforward one-button climbing of other action games for something more dexterous, equipping your character with a handful of carabiners, a generous length of rope and a strong stomach for vertigo-inducing heights. Each outstretched hand is controlled by one of the shoulder buttons; hold and release the shoulder buttons in tandem and you start to build a thrilling sense of fluidity, scaling the cliff at a considerable rate of knots. At other times, you\u2019re required to proceed more slowly, planning your next move while gripping on to a ledge with both hands (the correct way forward is often the longest way round). Quickly, Jusant finds a pleasing rhythm of tension and release, the drama of climbing punctuated by safer moments of more grounded exploration.<\/p>\n

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\nPlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox Series X\/S, PC; Don\u2019t NodThe mostly wordless adventure tasks you with ascending an exquisitely rendered mountain with a troubled past
\nJusant doesn\u2019t so much do away with the cliche of the video game vista as reorient it. Instead of giving you a stirring panorama to gaze upon, it fixes your view on the vertiginous mountain stretching above and below, your task being to guide a quiet, androgynous character across its rocks and ridge-splitting crevasses. This climbing game isn\u2019t about the expansive possibilities of its space (as with Starfield and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild). Instead, it homes in on the challenge of navigating in the here and now, one dusty handhold and firmly lodged belay at a time.
\nThe magic of Jusant lies in its ingenious control scheme. It foregoes the straightforward one-button climbing of other action games for something more dexterous, equipping your character with a handful of carabiners, a generous length of rope and a strong stomach for vertigo-inducing heights. Each outstretched hand is controlled by one of the shoulder buttons; hold and release the shoulder buttons in tandem and you start to build a thrilling sense of fluidity, scaling the cliff at a considerable rate of knots. At other times, you\u2019re required to proceed more slowly, planning your next move while gripping on to a ledge with both hands (the correct way forward is often the longest way round). Quickly, Jusant finds a pleasing rhythm of tension and release, the drama of climbing punctuated by safer moments of more grounded exploration. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PlayStation 5 (version tested), Xbox Series X\/S, PC; Don\u2019t NodThe mostly wordless adventure tasks you with ascending an exquisitely rendered mountain with a troubled past Jusant doesn\u2019t so much do away with the cliche of the video game vista as reorient it. Instead of giving you a stirring panorama to gaze upon, it fixes your …<\/p>\n

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