It’s a nice balance of “do what you want” with “do all these things” that allows you to shape the story organically based on your choices and what you prioritize.
Thunder Lotus does a great job of letting you do what you want, but also making it clear that there are some things you’ll have to do if you want to continue certain stories or complete specific quests. Practically everything you encounter in Spiritfarer will come back to be useful at some point. Also, getting spirits on your boat allows you to learn more advanced moves, like a double jump, which are needed for new areas later on in the game. Their mood does fluctuate, and you need to try and improve it day to day. The happier they are, the more helpful they’ll be, plus some of them have experience with the craft shops you’ll be making on your boat, like a loom, foundry, or smithy. Both kinds can offer you quests, but the spirits on your boat are the ones you’ll need to please.
Some of these spirits are regular background characters, but others are ones that will join you on your boat. Talking to more spirits unlocks more quests for you to seek out and complete. You are quickly told that your boat can and needs to be improved in order to finish your quests, and you do this by finding resources and money as you travel the ocean. Think of it as Purgatory, but where everyone is a ghost animal and everything is gorgeous. Your job is to find spirits and travel with them across the seas until they are ready to move on to the Everdoor. The convention here is that she is learning the job at the same time you are learning the game mechanics, and Thunder Lotus pulls it off in elegant fashion. You play as Stella, a spirit guide who has just awoken with her cat Daffodil to her first day on the job. Spiritfarer, from Jotun and Sundered developer Thunder Lotus Games, masterfully weaves the heavy topic into an immensely rich game full of beautiful visuals and three-dimensional characters.
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