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It's a straightforward set of movement mechanics that works, and the controls feel responsive, giving you just enough control mid-air to aim for the next grapple point or to land on safe ground. You can either ride it all the way and attach yourself to the grapple point, or you can jump while being pulled, which will fling you above/to the side of the object you're attached to. The controls are simple – you aim the cursor as you would in any first person shooter, and when it hovers over a wooden surface (the only surface that can let you attach), you press the left mouse button to shoot the grapple and it pulls you forward with great momentum. There's no health system of any kind – the levels take place above either an abyss or water, so your only means of failure is just falling into them. You can sprint and jump fairly long distances, and as mentioned, take no damage from hitting walls or falling. You'll likely be reminded of a low-key Just Cause experience, or A Story About My Uncle.

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The Free Ones is a first person platformer where your only tool is a grappling hook.

Thankfully, the gameplay does manage to stand on its own. Everything about the narrative just seems to be here because it has to be, not because the developers actually wanted to tell a story or tie it into the gameplay convincingly. The game doesn't suggest that anything supernatural going on, and yet from the outset Theo can run and jump great distances, and takes no fall damage regardless of height. The game takes place at night to 'avoid suspicion', but again, it feels like a retrofitted excuse for the visual design. The characters keep speaking of their own few escapees, as well as potential other groups, but the scope of the story never feels greater than a couple of people involved. The kidnappers are only referred to as 'they'. We never see any enemies, or guards, or anyone apart from other workers, nor any security systems. We know of 'the island' that the mine is on, and 'the continent' where everyone is apparently trying to return to. The story is rather thin on details, to the point where it feels lazy rather than purposefully ambiguous. Still, the game only lasts about 3 hours, depending on your skill and desire to grab collectibles, so it doesn't outstay its welcome. Lana is the only person you talk to via radio, and both these lead characters are rather generic and the dialogue leaves much to be desired.

While doing so, you also discover that the island has a deadly secret which eventually comes to a head. To do so, Lana sends you out on a few different missions to restore the power and activate the train tracks. He meets Lana, the only other voiced character in the game, and together they decide they can escape this place and return to the continent. One day though, he follows a bird that leads him to an encampment of escapee workers, who are trying to get back home. He was kidnapped at an early age and brought to an island to work in the mines. The Free Ones lets players assume the role of a man named Theo.