
Enlarge / Don’t let this image fool you— Kirby ‘s 3D adventure is far from an open-world game.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land was the first game I played for review after sinking dozens of hours into Elden Ring . That’s a bit like jumping from an ice bath straight into the pool heated precisely to your body temperature.
Like a warm pool, Kirby ‘s first fully 3D adventure is so inviting that you barely notice you’re engaging with a game in the first place. In true franchise tradition, the game offers little resistance and loads of guidance through a veritable theme park filled to the brim with a new wide variety of pleasant distractions and secrets to uncover.
In a sense, it’s the anti- Elden Ring , a perfect palate cleanser for those who have overdosed on video sport punishment lately.