What happens when you swim without the upgrade?

[chouia]

I rushed to the "swim without health loss" upgrade (and "triple jump" upgrade [n] ), because I thought it would be the most interessant to explore early and more easily.
However, the swimming upgrade didn't work with polluted water... and I never found clear water before I took the upgrade!

So what happens when you swim in clear water without this upgrade?
Thanks!


[n] As regards the triple jump, maybe it was not a good idea to take it quickly. Isn't it a little bit "game breaking" when you take it early? I feel that everythins was more easy with that...

[iNeegma]

You get a refillable oxigen (if that what Ori breathes) bar without it.

[Waffle]

http://i.imgur.com/tfONCsj.jpg

That happens.

[Dread Arkive]

Originally posted by Some Other Guy:

http://i.imgur.com/tfONCsj.jpg

That happens.

Aww....you mad me sad :(

[Waffle]

Originally posted by Dread Arkive:

Aww....you mad me sad :(

It gets worse; when that happens, Ori makes this pitiful little squeak that you don't hear otherwise.

...There's a reason that my avatar is of Gendo Ikari in his natural state.

[chouia]

Thank you for answers and screenshot.

Hum... I have to hear this squeak! If I don't find a video, I will have to start the game again. ;)

Oxygen bar can be fun, it's weird you can totally skip this kind of gameplay. Anyway, there is not a lot of water in the game, I guess I didn't miss a lot.

[Waffle]

Originally posted by chouia:

Hum... I have to hear this squeak! If I don't find a video, I will have to start the game again. ;)

"Hm... Time to listen to the sound of an adorable little snowball creature as I watch it drown! For science (and for kicks)!"

A man after my own heart, aren't you?

Yeah, it is a bit odd, considering that I've gone through the whole game without that ability or even coming close to really needing it to help me progress. And well, don't worry, the only thing you missed is the one type of death in the game where Ori doesn't pop like a magic balloon.

[chouia]

I found video with the oxygen bar, but no drowning yet. I'll have to play again! ;-)

I admit that it's the next ability I would really miss, the triple jump...


With underwater, I guess they have a gameply opportunity for... "Ori 2 and the mute Mountain", or somethnig like that...

[Lynaida]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHZL1dq_fA

here you go :P our cute little furball drowning

[chouia]

Thanks a lot!
So cute.. ;)

Like 20 seconds, it's short!
For the ability improvement: maybe that 40 (or 60) seconds would be enough? So you would have a good improvement, but you would keep an (unecessary) underwater gameplay. Anyway, the game is still fun, of course! :)

[mrozdoba]

You could always hold your breath during those sections?

[chouia]

I got the underwater ability before I finished the Tree escape. So yes, I did never see any oxygen bar. You can stay underwater as long as you wish.

[mrozdoba]

No, I meant if you missed the gameplay mechanic you could actually hold your own breath during those sections; medical caveats aside. I'm heading up the tree atm & as I'm inept I suspect I might set a record on number of deaths. I'm also generally extremely slow, so I've had water breathing for a while; still haven't encountered any clean water though. Failures like myself need all the advantages they can get ;-)

[aub]

I do feel bad for finding it adorable when Ori struggles for breath after swimming.

[Waffle]

Originally posted by Binky:

I do feel bad for finding it adorable when Ori struggles for breath after swimming.

Eh, you're not alone in finding it morbidly cute. I don't feel bad about it though, but then that's likely due to ten years back, when me and my middle-school class would gather around in the evening and watch as this one guy took these small lizards he caught out in the woods and drop them into buckets of water. He'd sometimes hold them under by their tails and laugh like a hyena when they stopped struggling.

[mrozdoba]

Sounds like the kind of guy who might get his own tv movie later in life. Glad you're some other guy & not this one guy.