When you have finished exploring and tomb raiding you can witness the vast open-world, This is where the low poly graphics truly show how beautiful this title is. Jumping forward was fine but when you wanted to change direction mid-air it was very slow to react and made the character feel heavy and lethargic. I found the controls to be quite fluid and respond well, my only issue being the jump mechanic. When you are traversing the caves and temples the Y button can be used to turn your lantern on, The lantern will help you see and interact with items that can’t be seen by the naked eye. You use the left analogue stick to move Auk around and the right stick to move the camera angle with A being jump. They are pretty straight forward with only a couple of buttons to remember. This is your first taste of gameplay and a chance to get to grips with the controls. Once the lantern is in your possession the cave starts to crumble and collapse in on itself like a scene from Indiana Jones. The story starts with the protagonist walking through a cave into the Hall of Memory, as you approach the shrine of Karah you are given Karah’s Light, a lantern that only shines for you. Auk’s spirit animal is a bird letting you transform and take to the skies, as you fly from island to island to unearth the secrets. It’s time for Auk a shapeshifter to go on a pilgrimage and explore the temples of the gods to find out the truth.

A tragic incident called the great divide shattered the ground in which the ancient inhabitants called home into fragments of rock later to be known as the islands in the sky.

AER Memories of Old tells the story of a once majestic land where gods were worshiped and idolised.

Aer memories