The Pathless Is a PS5 Open World Unlike Any Other

Go your own way

by Sammy Barker Thu 6th Aug 2020

The Pathless is an indie open world that’s taking inspiration from some of the genre’s biggest names. Clearly there’s more than a hint of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild here, but the PlayStation 5 sandbox also shares similarities with Ghost of Tsushima – navigation, for example, feels much more organic than in other comparable games.

In fact, there’s no map or fast travel here – just an emphasis on exploration. One feature we really like is the traversal, which relies on you shooting floating orbs in order to charge a boost meter. Chain these together and you’ll be able to move at intense speeds – and once your eagle gets in on the action, you can even hurtle through the air as well.

Check out the new gameplay embedded above for a deeper explanation, and let us know your thoughts on the title in the comments section below. It’s targeting a release later this year, so could yet be a launch title for Sony’s next-gen system.

[source blog.playstation.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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nessisonett
Thu 6th Aug 2020

Really think this looks great, a shame that every game that’s set in grassland suddenly is a rip off of BotW and Horizon now.

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Makina
Thu 6th Aug 2020

To me it looks like a new Journey-like game. Or a evolution of that game.
But wasn't this a mobile game for Apple devices or something like that? Why not PS4?

EDIT: Forget it, the game it's actually coming to PS4 too. Good.

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RBMango
Thu 6th Aug 2020

Sadly, that overview kind of killed my excitement for it. I expected a more linear, guided experience like Journey and Abzu. As soon as I heard "open-world", my heart sank.

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rpg2000
Fri 7th Aug 2020

It looks great. I really dig the artstyle and gameplay I saw here. I'm keeping an eye on this one.

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Flaming_Kaiser
Fri 7th Aug 2020

@nessisonett I love how it look and the gameplay looks like a lot of fun.

That is the only thing i wanna say too the developers.

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Mezzer
Fri 7th Aug 2020

I actually like the look of this. Mystical and with interesting art style.

Funny how people take to twitter to slate Sony for the State Of Play even though Sony made it clear its PS4 and VR focused.

There are millions of PS4 owners out there and also to see Hitman in VR is interesting. You can't accuse Sony of supporting their products this gen.

On a side note. Godfall seems better than I thought and after yesterday's showing I am more interested than I was before.

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FF7FoLife
Fri 7th Aug 2020

@RBMango you can't expect a game called "The Pathless" to have... Paths. The core theme and idea here requires open exploration.

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jbreez00
Fri 7th Aug 2020

The movement in this game does look llke it could be fun and aince it's focused on exploration means I'll probably enjoy doing it. That being said, I'm still a but disappointed that going on 3 generations now, open world games continue to not include a character that can actually fly, the hunter in this game somehow slides along the ground at incredible speeds after shooting those boxes and can fly for a time on that eagle, just seems weird to me the line they draw when it comes to realism.

That's one of the reasons we haven't seen a superman game (or anything similar) in 14 years, but plenty of games with horses over that time. I'd just like a break from the monotony of the way a lot of open world games have been recently.