The Falconeer

 Xbox Series X
User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 63
  3. Negative: 29 out of 63
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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    The Flaconeer
    My kind of wing fighting
    The Falconeer is a 3rd person flight combat game that starts by you choosing a character and hearing the stories of that character in each of this games different chapters.. Each chapter telling a story of each different island… a really cool concept... and in each of those chapters you do missions, gaining cash for upgrades, and by the way youre    The Flaconeer
    My kind of wing fighting
    The Falconeer is a 3rd person flight combat game that starts by you choosing a character and hearing the stories of that character in each of this games different chapters.. Each chapter telling a story of each different island… a really cool concept... and in each of those chapters you do missions, gaining cash for upgrades, and by the way youre riding a huge falcon with a gun attached to it… taking down other falcons, and pirates, flying through this absolutely gorgeous and breath taking ocean... however... the falconer is so repetitive that it stops being fun after maybe one hour… there just sadly isn’t much going on here.. each chapter takes place in the same open world area, and you’ll basically be doing the same thing, fly to this checkpoint, shoot all the bad guys, go to the next point, do the same thing, or go grab this and protect it.. Rinse and repeat, and it just gets so boring... ontop of that, controlling this falcon isn’t much fun either... It can be frustrating at times trying to battle in the skies and you and your enemies are all just flying in a frustrating circle trying to get one another...
    The flaconeer is a beautiful game, it really is... but after the charm of flying around and seeing this beauty wears off, it becomes a bit of a boring grind where nothing cool ever happens…
    I give the Falconeer
    a 5.5/10    … Expand
  2. Caldan
    Nov 14, 2020
    7

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 29 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Meristation
    Mar 5, 2021
    65
    The Falconeer tries to fly so high from very early, but as the hours go by, its structure ends up holding back any hint of excellence and it is reduced to simplicity, which is a shame considering how interesting its planning is. The control is precise, the narrative context is rich and absorbing, but flying is not as satisfying as it could be, clouded by a mission design with repetitive and insistent patterns. The magic is short-lived, despite being a brief and enjoyable experience on the artistic level.
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  2. XboxAddict
    Jan 19, 2021
    80
    The Falconeer has some smaller issues, but those are easily overlooked when you take into account this was made by one person. The story is pretty interesting even though the missions aren’t, and the voice acting can be a little annoying at times. But exploring The Great Ursee for new locations, dogfighting with challenging opponents and discovering that thin line of balance between offense and defense is all very rewarding. I was expecting the game to be beautiful, but I wasn’t expecting the combat to be so challenging and deep. It was a wonderful surprise.
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  3. XBLA Fans
    Dec 21, 2020
    60
    With all of the good, there ends up being just as much bad. It’s easy and hard to like this game. Having a mission that hinders your ability to progress the story because it’s entirely luck-based is also a real shame. If given a few tweaks, it could have really shined as an outstanding flight combat entry. The heaviness of the bad mechanics is too much to allow it to soar high.
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