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I like it, might say more later.

Since this won't be the only review you read I'll simply break this review down into a list of pros and cons and then I'll explain why I feel that this game isn't worth recommending.

• The game has a nice art style and is pleasnt to look at.
  
• The puzzles aren't too bad although they're nothing too spectacular in the way of puzzles
  
• If you aren't too concerned with stories the one here is short and sweet albeit very predictable
  
  There's honestly no other positives unless you include the music which is "ok" but it get's repetative rather quickly

• Optimization is lacking and lags on the latter levels
  
• The platforming isn't fun, it lacks any kind of features that would make it fun there's no sprinting or double jump and you can't even change how high you jump based on how long you hold the jump key down
  
• Put simply the combat is awful it's far too basic, it lacks challenge and feels awful to play
  
• Controller support is ♥♥♥♥♥
  
  You could say the games too short although the game would be worse if it was longer as you would have to spend more time with the bad platforming and horrible combat

What is comes down to is that this game isn't fun to play. On your first playthrough you may find your self enjoying the game somewhat but if you were to step back for a second to take a more objective look at the game you would see that it's rather bad.

The combat in Forward to the Sky could be completly thrown away and nothing would be lost expect for a couple of sales because they wouldn't be able to feature it in promotional images and videos. It's awful, pointless and adds nothing to the experience other then frustration at how little range and "AOE" you have in your attacks.

The platforming is trash and only has one mechanic to it... the jump key and movement keys... you get no double jump, sprinting varying height nothing. You can jump and move that's it for a platformer these mechanics are far too simplistic.

The puzzles are ok however with that said this isn't a puzzle game it's a 3D collectathon puzzle platformer with combat elements. The collectathon part of this game is pointless and is only there to make sure that you kill all enemies and solve the "optional" puzzles. Honestly though if you skipped the collectathon part of this game you could probably beat this in under 30 minutes.

In conclusion
Forward to the Sky feels like a foundation for a better game as it has ok ideas it's just that they're executed poorly. If the developers were to take these mechanics and improve on them in a new game I wouldn't complain even if it was of the same length because that's the thing I prefer quality to length but with Forward to the Sky you don't get quality or length.

So do I recommend Forward to the Sky?... No, it's not bad but it's not good even if it were free I wouldn't recommend it as the mechanics aren't good but I've said that several times.

I also did a video review if you want to watch that but I doubt you would want to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tG_W3szkDc

You're game isn't awful but you need to expand upon and improve the mechanics you have because when your being out matched by old PS2 games your not in a good position.