In the vein of the other titles from Thatgamecompany, Sky: Children of the Light, isn’t going to overload players with hour-long story inserts or cutscenes. Sky: Children of the Light is all about learning via your own ability to seek knowledge. That being said, unlike the past titles from Thatgamecompany, Sky: Children of the Light does contain significantly more elements of a narrative that reveal themselves as you dive further into this strange magical landscape. Players will be able to fly—literally but more on that in a moment—through several “realms” that each explores the concept of life. Those who love to explore every nook and cranny of a video game will no doubt love just how much there is here to discover while playing Sky: Children of the Light.

The main gameplay element of Sky: Children of the Light is exploration but instead of just walking or running, players will love that their little spirit-like entity is capable of flight thanks to a powerful cape. In the early stages of Sky, you won’t be able to soar into the heavens and fly like a master spirit but as you discover “winged light” items, your cape will become stronger enabling longer flight sessions and more abilities to experience. We had fun pushing our spirit up and around to really feel as if we were aimless birds moving from place to place. Many games have tried capturing flight in some shape or form but Sky: Children of the Light does a phenomenal job of really giving a gamer the idea of what flying would feel like.

Flower and Journey could be described as solo-themed games where mingling with others wasn’t really the central idea. In Sky: Children of the Light, social interaction is almost a secondary gameplay mechanic. As you roam the realms and lands, you will come across other individuals and you can gain gifts, learn social emotes, and other little goodies. Yes, the world of Sky: Children of the Light is immense but at least you’ll never feel like you’re in a dying world with no one.

Yes, Sky: Children of the Light is, unfortunately, not without its minor issues and that comes from connection issues we faced while playing. While it could be entirely on our end, there were a few times we got removed from the immersion of Sky: Children of the Light when a connection error popped up and seeing as how Sky is all about being connected to the internet, this might pose an issue if you want to soar while in an area with bad internet or none at all. Again, these issues weren’t constant and happened only rarely but they did arise and did sometimes remind us we weren’t spirit beings, but gamers holding a Nintendo Switch…