Kena: Bridge of Spirits

1. FelicityFenwick

   Sep 22, 2021

   10

   Pretty amazing first effort from a new team... Kudos, from a lover of Zelda-type games and all things cute.

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2. ForbiddenFruit

   Sep 30, 2022

   10

   Great story, graphics and new content as well. The devs of this game surely do show passion and dedication towards this beautiful game. By farGreat story, graphics and new content as well. The devs of this game surely do show passion and dedication towards this beautiful game. By far the best indie I've played.… Expand

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4. Perroperuano

   Sep 22, 2021

   10

   Buen Gameplay, excelente animación, excelente diseño de personajes , excelente actuación, excelente historia y excelente precio. noBuen Gameplay, excelente animación, excelente diseño de personajes , excelente actuación, excelente historia y excelente precio. no esperaba éste producto final por parte de emberlab. Un juego para disfrutar cada segundo… Expand

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5. camushyoga

   Oct 7, 2021

   9

   Excellent and beautiful game. Great graphics and story. Amazing. Totally worth it.

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6. timeslider

   Sep 26, 2021

   9

   Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a great game but it has some flaws.
   Pros
   • Art style The cuteness of this game is almost unbearable. The RotsKena: Bridge of Spirits is a great game but it has some flaws.
   Pros
   • Art style
   The cuteness of this game is almost unbearable. The Rots look so cute! I love how the voice actress sounds when she’s interacting with them. It’s so adorable. Like a dog lover interacting with a puppy.
   The art style reminded me of Jak and Daxter from the PS2 era in the best possible way, as if there’s another way. You meet some sage guy early on and he reminds me of Samos Hagai, the old man from Jak and Daxter 1 who had logs strapped to his head and feet.
   
   The layout of the environment is beautiful but it gets complicated towards the end. Sometimes I was frustrated because there wasn’t a clear sense of which direction to go. I did notice that I did better when I calmed down and let the spirits of the forest guide me. No joke, there was a puzzle that somehow I just knew how to beat but I don’t know how or why I knew it. Other puzzles were more challenging but often the environment will give hints. Sometimes things will need to be done in order but there will be a subtle hint that might be hard to pick out. Once you understand one of them, subsequent puzzles are easier.
   I personally loved the character designs. Kena was very charming. Her animations and voice acting made her an adorable character. But don’t let her cuteness fool you. She is an absolute beast in combat. I was a little shocked with how aggressive her voice acting was but it was fitting.
   
   The animations were top notch. I remember the first time I climbed up a ledge and Kena spun her staff around, I was thoroughly pleased with how satisfying it was.
   
   •Story
   I’m sad we didn’t get to explore Kena’s past as much as I’d like. The story overall was very sparse on details. A lot of things were left up to interpretation. It was very short in scope. Literally three spirits are trapped in this world because of grief and whatnot and they’re not being able to move on which causes corruption. Kena shows how their grief was the wrong attitude and they understand and move on. The music and animation told me my heart strings should be plucked but I just didn’t get as emotionally attached to the characters I was saving over the roughly four and a half hours it took to save them. I was more emotional during the first 20 minutes of The Last of Us than at any point during this game. I’d say the story was the weakest part of the game but it wasn’t enough for me to stop playing or lose my motivation.
   
   •Gameplay
   But I don’t play games because of their story. I play games for the gameplay and always have and this is where Kena really shines. It reminded me of a lot of past games: Jak and Daxter, Uncharted, God of War, Ratchet and Clank, and Final Fantasy X. All the mechanics were smooth and satisfying to play. My biggest problem with gameplay was the progression system. You get Karma to upgrade your abilities which is fine. But there are also crystals that are only used to buy cute hats for the Rot. I would have loved to see more uses for the crystals. I understand this is their first game so I can’t knock them too much.
   
   •Cons
   Some of the environments are bugged but the latest patch fixed some of them but I haven’t confirmed. There was an invisible hole in the ground that you could fall through and get stuck. I found a board that looks like you can walk over but Kena will stop at it and you have to jump over even though there’s another board right beside it that you can walk over. I found a ledge that has some strange collision geometry making jumping across difficult. I could have loved to see better collision geometry overall. You can't stand on many things that look like you can. I’ll report all this stuff to the devs eventually and hopefully they’ll fix it. The initial release had a few game breaking bugs but many of them have been patched. I think with a few more updates I could remove this cons paragraph completely.
   Overall, I’d say the experience is worth it. I played on the Deluxe Edition but I don’t think the Golden Rot and Staff was worth it unless you want to support the devs. I would love to see them make more games like this. Hopefully this will be financially successful and they can fund much larger games.… Expand

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7. marvsfontanilla

   Dec 5, 2021

   8

   Story: 8
   Graphics: 8
   Sound: 9
   Gameplay: 8
   Game Time: 13 Hours (Main Story + Extra)

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8. Chain_Affinity

   Feb 19, 2022

   0

   Kinda overrated............................................................

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