Flock review: flying high and creature collecting

I first played Flock at Summer Game Fest 2024, and of all the games I tried at the event, it was the one I was most desperate to see more of. It’s a simple premise: you create a bird rider and fly around the world, identifying and cataloging all of the weird and wonderful creatures you find. You might be taken in by the tiny, wingless Sprugs, or the giant, whale-like Drupes, but what I loved personally were the floating, legless sheep. You recruit different creatures into your flock by charming them, and they follow you around, helping out with tasks. Creatures will help you by pointing out hidden beasts of the same species that you might not have spotted, and the more creatures in your flock, the easier it is to recruit more. As you find rare creatures, it will trigger a cloud fall, where the cloud layer gets lower, and you’ll be able to access more areas of the world. This, in turn, opens up more creatures you can charm and catalog. The sheep are the most important creatures in your flock. They eat the gra