The Pathless

In the game, the player controls the Hunter, who must find a way to lift the curse on an island. She must use her bows and arrows to shoot talismans scattered throughout the world, which will fill the Hunter's dash meter and allow her to swiftly navigate the game's world. Players need to return light to the obelisks scattered in the game's world, which weakens the curse spirits, allowing players to defeat them. The game consists largely of puzzles to collect ‘lightstones’ to activate the obelisks, with the puzzles consisting of lighting fires, making trick arrow shots using mirrors and targets, Simon Says games with large bells, platforming to difficult locations, and deactivating statues of the game's antagonist. Players will lose the crystals they have collected when they are defeated by the cursed spirits, though there is a short time period where they may be recovered before they disappear. A dark curse threatens the world, stemming from an ancient island at the end of the sea where the god-spirits, the Tall Ones, reside. The Hunter , a master archer, travels to the island to attempt to end the curse. There, the Hunter finds a Spirit Mask that allows her to see the world’s secrets, and takes it for her own, before meeting the creator spirit, Eagle Mother. After the Hunter cleanses Eagle Mother of the curse that is slowly killing her, the Godslayer , a powerful entity responsible for the curse shrouding the world and corrupting the Tall Ones, attacks and seemingly kills the spirit. The Eagle Mother speaks to the Hunter and bids her to cleanse her four children, the other Tall Ones who have also been cursed by the Godslayer, in order to stop his plan to destroy the world. Eagle Mother then reincarnates into the form of a regular Eagle, who joins the Hunter on her quest. The Hunter and the Eagle manage to cleanse the first three corrupted spirits: Cernos, the Elk Spirit; Sauro, the Lizard Spirit; and Nimue, the Snake Spirit.