Toroa: Skycall

An incredibly beautiful game about a charming journey home. The music is phenomenal, the econarrative is subtle but powerful, the presentation is fantastic, and the flight mechanics were super fun even when using mouse and keyboard. A short but memorable game, crafted with love and care— my favourite kind!

stunning sound design & visuals, feels soooooo good to get those speed boost when you dip and narrowly miss hitting the water. this game should win all the awards in the world <3 [spoiler]also i managed to take the RARE kelp from the rere to whenua and it almost looked like i was feeding it to my baby, i didn't know that's what i was doing, but the dolphin said it was rare in these parts so i thought i better take it along for the ride[/spoiler]

Another would-be Journey-like, but unfortunately not one of the better ones I’ve played, plagued by clunky flight controls and uninteresting level/objective design. Maybe it gets better eventually, and I’m sure the New Zealand setting has some appeal, but I did not particularly enjoy my time with this one.

Sweet, wholesome and beginner friendly

I like the concept of the game. The premise and characters are simple but charming. I was even quite relaxed at some point, just gliding through the wind. However... The movement feels totally unrefined for a game centered on flying from place to place. If you've played any arcade/realistic flight game you'd probably feel the same way. Changing direction with any amount of precision is impossible and the low altitude caps in certain levels just ruin my enjoyment of freedom of flight. Hitting a wall causes the camera to weirdly phase through it. Flying near trees does the same thing. It's impossible to land in some accessible land areas such as tall mountains where there are no pre-defined objectives. There just isn't anything to really explore outside of the extremely linear story path. In its current state, I can't justify spending any amount of $ for this on its own, but if it's thrown in with some game bundle (like Humble), might as well give it a try.

Interesting experience. I always enjoy a little reminder that video games are art. Wish there was more flying.

I so wanted to like this. I am very fond of the idea of sharing culture through video games and nothing talks to me more than Indigenous video game, being from Canada I am aware of the lack of understanding that is plaguing the world especially nowadays. I'm not gonna ask for a refund because I believe that the people behind this work are really devoted to the culture and the sharing with the rest of us, but as a gamer, I have to say that this is barely a game. It's hard to feel involved, the game almost plays itself. Visualy, it is very repetitive and I was hoping that it was only because I was still in the starting area, but I've seen reviews of people with a couple of hours in saying they are seeing the same 3 textures again and again. It's a bit underwhelming. I have to mention that the music is awesome and easily the best part of the game for me. Still I believe these kind of games are needed and I hope more peolple will play this game, but I won't. I think for young kids it would be perfect.