Sky: children Of The light

One of the best iOS games of the year

Free (iAPs) From thatgamecompany, thatgamecompany.com needs iOS 9 or later

Back in 2017, Apple showed off

Sky: Children Of The Light at its iPhone X keynote. Now it’s finally arrived on iOS.

On the surface, Sky is a game about saving your ancestors’ spirits and forming constellations in the heavens. But it’s much more than that, and it would be a shame to see it only in those terms.

The goal of the game is to restore stars to the sky. You play as a Child of Light, and must collect these fallen stars as you progress through the game’s various provinces. You run, slide and fly through different kingdoms, each with a different feel and style.

Cooperation is at the heart of Sky. As you meet other players you can interact with them and explore the world together, earning different gestures along the way. If you interact with enough players, you can earn musical instruments from spirits you meet, which you can play with other real people.

As the name implies, light plays an important role in the game. You use it to ignite candles and spread light back into the world, to power your wings as you fly from one area to another, and to protect you from the darkness and the creatures that lurk within.

Sky suggests you play it with headphones, and players who do will be richly rewarded. From soaring strings to gentle breezes and piano notes softly intertwining, there’s hardly a more lovely, perfectly crafted audio experience in mobile gaming.

Equally as gorgeous are the graphics, which are some of the best we’ve seen in an iOS game. You’ll want to spend hours in the Daylight Prairie soaring through the fluffy clouds and grassy pastures. It’s in these moments that Sky is a profoundly peaceful game – but not every realm is so serene. Restoring light to the sky is not an easy journey, and the darkest lands are among the game’s most atmospheric. Make sure you enable the 60fps setting for an even better experience. What’s perhaps most amazing about

Sky is that it’s free to play. There are paid– for in–app purchases that unlock extra candles, quests and rewards, but your experience is in no way hindered if you don’t buy them. Instead, you can experience a true flagship of iOS gaming without spending a single cent — and how often can you say that?

the bottom line. Sky is a masterpiece of iOS gaming that needs to be experienced.