Navigated via skiff, the flooded areas around LA lack the allure of, say, Wind Waker’s open sea. Elsewhere, you’ll use ballistae to fire handholds into gaps between broken ladders: a promising idea that in practice adds busywork
C all it the power of the cloud. From wispy cirrus to pillowy cumulus and thick nimbostratus, pulsing ominously with blue lightning, their presence above the archipelago formerly known as Los Angeles is purportedly the reason why Burning Shores is a PS5 exclusive. True, with another avian machine introduced here, you’ll spend more time airborne than before; the old 2D clouds were thus deemed unfit for purpose. Even so, it’s hard not to wonder whether they were essential enough to exclude PS4 players.