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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2025!!!
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45. Jusant [PS5] - finished July 6th, 2025

Jusant is one of those cute little indie "engines that could" games of the PS Plus games monthly world. But rarely do they throw a home cooked meal feel type of masterpiece like this. That I am honored to have grace my screen. What a warm experience. Take on traversals as you climb beautiful sun soaked mountain scapes, abandoned ruins and wild plants through gloriously beautiful open air. The world becomes your playground with each trigger tap and it's quite BEASTLY.
You are accompanied by a companion called a ballast. The sole way to describe them based on the letters you collect throughout the game are fabled demi gods that use sound waves to make mythical use of environments. Plants respond to the cries of the blue ball of cuteness on your back allowing vines to pertrude and then you climb. The backstory of the ballasts unravels itself as you read diary journals left behind and letters from a woman named Bianca. Who I suppose climbed the path you are before you did. They act as a sort of guidance into the unknown.
The climbing elements are similar to say Uncharted but far more quick, light and varied. The game relies on environmental changes to vary the climbing. Wind will blow a windmill that you are climbing changing its position. Some plants wither in the sunlight meaning you must rush those sections. It's so fluid, it's non newtonian, the gentle breezes vibrate the dualsense. It becomes intertwined in your fingers as you feel you and the main protagonist become one. It's a zenful experience and doesn't do anything to sway your focus from its beauty. Its clean cut perfection in terms of 3d platforming.
Throughout the world are collectibles. Cairns which essentially are rocks that someone decided should be stacked. Letters from bianca. Frescos. Which are pretty glow paintings. And the spinny rock pillar things. Shells to listen to echos from nature itself. It all is so peaceful. The earl grey tea of video games. A warm mid evening sip of a hot cocoa that leaves you wondering if a hot cocoa becomes cool is it a cool cocoa or does it remain hot in name despite coolness in it's tempatural existence. Every plant, every rock. It all just feels booming with calm. Which is neat considering the game is packed with action. It's meditative beauty.

One of 12 Frescos in the game. Colorful murals for the player to find
The games soundtrack is very amazon nusic calming sounds sorta vibe mixed with games like Ori and the blind Forrest. And considering its free to play right now if you have the subscription for ps plus extra (I believe its for extra subscribers but it may be for standard ps plus members too) it's just impossible to not chase a platinum trophy on this one. It's concise but not too much. It does just about everything right. Tbh. One of my favorite games of all time. Which is shocking but its just simple, quick, clean and perfect. Which is my favorite experiences now a days.
Rating - 100/100

Jusant is one of those cute little indie "engines that could" games of the PS Plus games monthly world. But rarely do they throw a home cooked meal feel type of masterpiece like this. That I am honored to have grace my screen. What a warm experience. Take on traversals as you climb beautiful sun soaked mountain scapes, abandoned ruins and wild plants through gloriously beautiful open air. The world becomes your playground with each trigger tap and it's quite BEASTLY.
You are accompanied by a companion called a ballast. The sole way to describe them based on the letters you collect throughout the game are fabled demi gods that use sound waves to make mythical use of environments. Plants respond to the cries of the blue ball of cuteness on your back allowing vines to pertrude and then you climb. The backstory of the ballasts unravels itself as you read diary journals left behind and letters from a woman named Bianca. Who I suppose climbed the path you are before you did. They act as a sort of guidance into the unknown.
The climbing elements are similar to say Uncharted but far more quick, light and varied. The game relies on environmental changes to vary the climbing. Wind will blow a windmill that you are climbing changing its position. Some plants wither in the sunlight meaning you must rush those sections. It's so fluid, it's non newtonian, the gentle breezes vibrate the dualsense. It becomes intertwined in your fingers as you feel you and the main protagonist become one. It's a zenful experience and doesn't do anything to sway your focus from its beauty. Its clean cut perfection in terms of 3d platforming.
Throughout the world are collectibles. Cairns which essentially are rocks that someone decided should be stacked. Letters from bianca. Frescos. Which are pretty glow paintings. And the spinny rock pillar things. Shells to listen to echos from nature itself. It all is so peaceful. The earl grey tea of video games. A warm mid evening sip of a hot cocoa that leaves you wondering if a hot cocoa becomes cool is it a cool cocoa or does it remain hot in name despite coolness in it's tempatural existence. Every plant, every rock. It all just feels booming with calm. Which is neat considering the game is packed with action. It's meditative beauty.

One of 12 Frescos in the game. Colorful murals for the player to find
The games soundtrack is very amazon nusic calming sounds sorta vibe mixed with games like Ori and the blind Forrest. And considering its free to play right now if you have the subscription for ps plus extra (I believe its for extra subscribers but it may be for standard ps plus members too) it's just impossible to not chase a platinum trophy on this one. It's concise but not too much. It does just about everything right. Tbh. One of my favorite games of all time. Which is shocking but its just simple, quick, clean and perfect. Which is my favorite experiences now a days.
Rating - 100/100