AER Memories of Old

Hello everyone hows it going today we talk about AER Memories of Old, this game has been in my library for a few months now so I decided to play it to try and make a dent to my backlog I admit I didnt know what to expect I dont play very many indy games since they never really catch my attention but I made sure to go into the game as open minded as possible and to finish it and man the game really made me love it I also admit that most of the story of the game left me a bit lost since it’s not really talked about much.

The story of air I will do my best to explain it from the segments I saw of it. You play a human girl named Auk who sets out on a pilgrimage to save the world from the impending evil like most games you have no idea what evil is chasing you or how to defeat it.

The game opens with you and your grandfather exploring a cave where you find a mythical lamp after saying a prayer to the lamp nothing happens so you turn away to leave as you do the lamp lights up and floats to you after it floats to you the cave your in starts to collapse making you run to the exit once outside your grandfather is waiting for you relieved that you made it out safe and sound he tells you where to go that he will catch up to you officially setting you off on your journey.

Now this little area introduces you to my favorite aspect of the game… Flying, yes you read that right flying you see your character Auk is a shape shifter with the power to transform into a truly majestic eagle at least I think it’s an eagle might be a falcon dont quote me on it lol as you take off you see the beautiful world open up around you flying high in the sky as you see floating islands and clouds everywhere my favorite part is the fact you can fly through the clouds which just adds to the fun of being able to fly and I will admit there where times where I wanted to forget the game and just fly around the map enjoying everything since not many games let you transform to an animal and fly around.

So after you learn to fly you make your way to the settlement the little area where the rest of the humans are waiting there also the ones talked with helping you on the way to complete your pilgrimage and seeing as theres no waypoints in the game you have to make sure you remember all the key details of what they say so when you leave the settlement you can fly away to continue.

The art style for this game reminds me of journey a calm relaxing game with amazing music that’s what memories of old delivers and it only gets better as you progress through the story.

Now the story is a bit weird it takes place in a dying world after the great divide where land was shattered and sent floating to the sky the gods who were charged with watching over the land disappeared no reason no clues nothing explaining why but it’s your job to find out what’s going on by finding 3 temples hidden around the world where more mysteries and questions await you see each temple has a guardian tasked by the goddess karah with protecting a stone fragment which our player needs to make there way to the end and it happens that these guardians are also gods who only connection to the world is the key fragment which once you take they disappear after the first fragment is where you get the glimpse of the evil that awaits you as you only see a pair of glowing red eyes walking towards you.

This game offers lots to explore which I sadly admit didnt do any exploring as I wanted nothing more then to figure out the story and what happened and why, now this game i promise you is not religious in any sense at all even tho one would probably think it was with the game talking about a creator and life being born from his actions but I for one never found any religious acknowledgements in the game.

Later on as you keep progressing more of the story is found as many areas have stone tablets with writing on it that talks about the past you will also see some white floating symbols if you approach them with the lamp turned on they show human sillouets and many of them will be accompanied by some writing giving some small details to either the area or of things happening to the world of humans.

This game has a big story hidden in the world and it’s worth playing and exploring to find what is going on and what happened if your into indy games and love to explore then this game is for you I was left blown away with this game and ending that left me with so many questions and I hope that you give this gem a try thank you everyone and have a nice day.