![]() Outerloop Games provided us with a Falcon Age Switch code for review purposes. Plus - and this can’t be overstated - you really do get attached to that falcon. It certainly has its share of flaws, but it also features some pretty great moments, and on the whole the latter outweighs the former. Still, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy my time with Falcon Age. It’s pretty repetitive, and once you figure out that the key to victory is keeping your falcon close by until you need it to take out flying drones, it’s really more a matter of hoping you stumble across where you’re supposed to be going than anything else. Throughout multiple campaigns, you will experience life from many different perspectives and loyalties as you embark on a journey of discovery, and solve the. You wander around a planet that all mostly looks the same, every so often shutting down refineries and battling native wildlife. Its one-note gameplay ensures that its waterlogged setting isn’t the success. The story is that you’re embroiled in desert rebellion against a big corporation exploiting a planet’s resources, and…well, that’s more or less it. The Falconeer is an aerial combat game against a backdrop of acrylic-painted skies and Game of Thrones-style intrigue. Or, at least, it would if the rest of the game weren’t so forgettable. Falcon Age makes your falcon one of the game’s real stars, and it helps the game stand out. And for aerial combat being one of its main selling points, it is easily the worst aspect of the game. ![]() You can send her to take down flying robot and other enemies, but also to capture desert animals and uncover buried mines/treasure. The Falconeer: Warrior Edition is an enhanced version of the base game with some DLC included for good measure. The Falconeer is an aerial combat experience. ![]() While The Falconeer was basically a flying game with falcons instead of planes, here you use your falcon as partner and a weapon. I’ll also give the game credit for incorporating the falcon in a way that makes sense. Not only are you raising it from a little baby falcon to a full grown adult, you can pet it! And feed it! And bump your knuckles against its little claws in a gesture of friendship! If that’s not a way of making you feel emotionally attached to your pet, I don’t know what is. Of course, if Falcon Age is remembered at all, it’ll probably be entirely thanks to the fact the falcon in this game is so cute. The Falconeer certainly wasn’t, and even though Falcon Age is substantially better, I don’t think it’s going to be a game too many people are playing - or even remembering the existence of - six months from now. Mind you, it would do even more for falcons if the games in questions were actually good. Given that I can’t think of any other games starring or about falcons, that constitutes a pretty significant shift in representation for the Falconidae family. I mean, they’re not in the same league as cyberpunk, but this year we’ve had both The Falconeer and Falcon Age. Falcons have had a surprisingly big fall when it comes to video games.
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