10 Criminally Underrated PS4 & Xbox One Games You Must Play
2. Owlboy
Owlboy is just.stunning.
From it's outstanding aesthtics to it's pitch perfect soundtrack, D-pad studios absolutely knocked it out of the park with this metroid-vania 2d adventure. One of it's best features however isn't in how it presents itself but in how it makes you care for the team of misfit adventurers you build across your journey.
Otis must pick up and use different members of his team in order to get past specific obstacles, building relationships with them as he does, this culminates in a brilliant message of teamwork making up for an individuals shortcomings. In this game there's not just one hero who gets powered up and leaves the rest of the group with busywork, here they're all pitching in equally and it's a heartwarming sight to behold.
This couples with some truly excellent boss battles and devious dungeons makes for an adventure game that's as satisfying to play as it is to look at.