The Falconeer

"The Falconeer absolutely has its high points, and all of the elements of a great game are there. It’s just disappointing that they don’t gel enough to be wholly satisfying. Visually, the game is stunning, without caveat. The combat can …"

"The Falconeer is an interesting aerial combat game which, however, is weighed down by several burdens that do not allow it to shake off the monotony that arises from its own ambition as an open world."

"There is a great game buried somewhere in The Falconeer, but it&s;s trapped behind an open-world structure that does it no favors. Every choice beyond the aerial combat seems to backfire in one way or another, and while there are …"

"The Falconeer is an ambitious title developed by one person. It aims to be an open world air combat title but doesn&s;t completely stick the landing."

"It would be ungenerous to deny Tomas Sala&s;s work good basic qualities, such as to ensure this peculiar "bird&s;s eye" combat simulator a certain solidity at least on the technical-artistic front. What emerges after a few hours in the skies …"

"Falconeer is able to reach extreme heights. Blasting airships in a thunderstorm is nothing short than epic... but more often than not you are doing mundane jobs in lackluster locales."

"The Falconeer boasts an intriguing story and a hauntingly beautiful setting, but is hampered by repetitive missions in an empty open world."

"The Falconeer is an interesting take on the aerial combat genre putting players in the saddle of large birds and setting off across a flooded world in search of balance between warring factions. While the story and world do feel …"

"I don&s;t hate The Falconeer. I don&s;t even think it&s;s a particularly terrible game. There are great ideas here, and in the aesthetic department, it&s;s a resounding success. However, it just needs more. It needs more polish, more reason to …"

"The Falconeer starts off as a fun, original take on aerial combat but quickly turns into a boring exercise in repetition that even a mysterious and interesting world can&s;t save."

"The Falconeer tries to be a legit dogfighting game and it plays the part to an extent; but there isn&s;t much holding it all together. I feel like I&s;ve said this often in 2020, but I wouldn&s;t mind seeing the …"

"The Falconeer is a beautiful game that offers a necessary freedom and escape that is much needed right now. It looks incredible, and flying around The Great Ursee feels excellent, but sometimes the combat can be tricky."

"The Falconeer: Warrior Edition is largely the same game that I already enjoyed when it first launched, but experiencing it on PS5 has made all the difference. The DualSense&s;s features are well implemented, and the gameplay flows in such a …"

"The Falconeer is a beautiful indie game, full of promising ideas, but gets too repetitive after a couple of hours. There´s a great story behind the aerial combat, but it feels underdeveloped."

"The Falconeer blends aerial exploration with dogfighting, but doesn’t stick the landing. It delivers an interesting, but middling, action-fantasy experience that&s;s filled with gorgeous sights and clunky combat."

"I find myself a little perplexed by The Falconeer. I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game, but it almost felt like I was doing so in spite of how I felt about the gameplay. I do think The …"

"The Falconeer is a resounding success in every major area."

"A generic fantasy setting, confusing story and boring gameplay means The Falconeer fails to impress."

"The Falconeer sets players in a gorgeous setting with a storyline that keeps you entertained and intrigued, but falls short on both the amount to do and in keeping the gameplay as interesting as the story."

"Far more than the combat-whose charm ebbs away on a tide of repetition after the first few hours-the draw of The Falconeer is its suggestion that, while we may be shaped by our stories, they don&s;t pin us down, that …"

"The Falconeer is a small but surprisingly ambitious game that will impress those that are curious with its artistry, and if you are willing to pack a little extra patience and tolerance of its more glaring flaws, you&s;re likely to …"

"The Falconeer is a gorgeous game with some meditative elements to its gameplay. But with the good comes the bad, and repetitive and frustrating elements removed any zen the game had conjured."

"Despite a little turbulence, The Falconeer takes you on a memorable ride."

"The Falconeer is an exciting flight sim/air combat game set in a water world that stopped growing somewhere during the Victorian/Industrial era."

"The Falconeer offers up an incredibly well-crafted world with a deep mythology that&s;s begging to be explored further. Gliding over the open sea on the back of a falcon is pure fantasy, but while the game’s dogfights can occasionally be …"

"The Falconeer is an undeniably beautiful game with unique storytelling and jaw-dropping environments, but repetition ultimately keeps it from being great."

"The Falconeer doesn&s;t do anything glaringly wrong, and yet, the overall experience doesn&s;t really click. The game looks lovely, controls well, and offers surprising depth considering it was created by a single developer, but an uninvolving world, repetitive missions, and …"

"The single greatest oversight in this game, aside from the controls, is the inability to interact with your bird. You can inject it with mutagens to power it up but you can’t pet it? If I had been given the …"

"While it has its fair share of flaws, a compelling world that is rich with secrets and lore, alongside beautiful graphics and engaging flight controls, help The Falconeer stand out and stake its claim to your attention."

"In a world of compromised visions, The Falconeer is dazzlingly original. An aerial combat game unlike any other."

"The Falconeer is a commendable production that, despite being considerably repetitive, has interesting ideas and an attractive general proposal. Although boredom and monotony are its main threats, the video game of the admirable Tomas Sala manages to put aside its …"

"Developer Tomas Sala has created a unique and engaging aerial combat game with The Falconeer."

"This is in spite of how great the game looks, runs, and also how it sounds. The presentation package of The Falconeer is quite good, especially on XSX, but that alone couldn’t overcome the struggles I was having with the …"

"What The Falconeer offers is a remarkable open-world-ish experience, one that&s;s all the more impressive given that it&s;s (almost) entirely the work of one person. It&s;s gorgeous to look at and polished as all-get-out, with a warmth and sense of …"

"It&s;s a satisfying experience as you glide gracefully over the ocean, but too often the dogfighting and bombing runs play out as erratic scrambles"