The latter areas are full of guards known as Maano, who are made out of fabric and work for the kidnapping antagonist. You can of course be as experimental as you like as you venture from one main objective to the next, but for the most part, the missions will see you gather different items or take out various guard camps. but I would have loved to have seen the adventure do more with what is undoubtedly the best mechanic in the game. There are a few instances where you'll use Soul-Jumping as you set about completing the story.

While you do have a Soul-Meter that depletes as you control a critter, this can be replenished by eating food and increased by completing Totem Shrine challenges scattered around the islands. Whether it be sprinting across land as a deer, laying explosive eggs as a chicken to blow up walls, or climbing just about anything as a gecko, each animal has a practical skill that can be put to use to explore the world. Embodying fish or sharks gives you more speed to explore underwater, while warping into a bird or locust allows you to cover vast distances.

While you can jump into small objects and use them as projectiles, this ability really shines when it comes to the animals. Soul-Jumping is the real star of the show in the world of Tchia, though.

Tchia metacritic