Lost Ember

Release Date: November 22, 2019

Adventure, TPP, puzzle elements, arcade elements, indie games, exploration games, singleplayer

7.2

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An action adventure game, in which you play as a wolf with supernatural abilities and explore the remains of an ancient civilization. Lost Ember takes place within the ruins of a metropolis left by a fictional tribe, modeled after the Inca people. The civilization has gone extinct long ago, and the monuments it had built had become part of the wild forest.

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7.2

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Game is Recomended by 51% of Critics. There are 48 Critic Reviews.

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GamingTrend: 80 / 100 by Bryan Lawver

Lost Ember ties a fun, original gameplay concept to an enjoyable, if a bit unremarkable, story. It will feel too thin for anyone approaching it looking for any amount of challenge, but if you're willing to just enjoy the journey and let the story wash over you, Lost Ember is a singularly enchanting experience.

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Screen Rant: 4 / 5 by Robin Burks

Lost Ember offers a compelling journey through a beautiful landscape, seen from the eyes of various creatures, while searching for lost memories.

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Just Push Start: 3.75 / 5 by Dominic Weakland

Still, Lost Ember is a cute game that has a fair amount of variety. As long as you go in looking to play as cute animals and explore you'll have fun. Those looking for a deeper or more complicated experience will likely be disappointed, though even looking at the backgrounds can be relaxing. Toss in some performance issues and Lost Ember is fun and in some cases interesting but likely not something that will appeal to most people.

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Lost Ember is an action adventure game released for PC. The product was developed by German studio Mooneye, for which that was a debut project.

Plot

The game is set in the ruins of the Machu Kila metropolis, once a capital city of a fictional empire of Inrashi, which bears much resemblance to the Inca tribe. That civilization has gone extinct long ago and the monuments it had raised has become part of the wild forest. In Lost Ember, the player becomes a wolf, gifted with the power to control the bodies of other animals. Using this ability you must traverse the game’s world and gradually discover the truth behind the collapse of the city of Machu Kila.

Mechanics

Released for PC Lost Ember is an action adventure game, therefore, your main activity is exploration of in-game environments, which occasionally puts you against a challenge that tests your agility or dexterity. Most of the time you spend in the wolf’s skin. The protagonist is fast and strong, which makes him equally good at covering large distances as at hunting. These qualities alone, however, are not enough to complete the adventure. It is also necessary to incarnate other animals and use them to overcome obstacles and problems that the wolf would be helpless against. As you play you encounter all sorts of animals with unique features. For example, possessing a bird enables you to fly around, becoming a fish – to swim underwater, and a mole allows to dig underground tunnels.

On his adventures the wolf is accompanied by a magical entity, which resembles a red ball of light. It helps him find the way to his goal. Its power also lets you see the memories from the times before the collapse of the Inrashi civilization.

Technical aspects

Lost Ember for PC offers attractive 3D graphics. Instead of realism, it goes toward slightly cartoonish art style, full of vivid colors. It is also noteworthy that the game’s audio was designed by two veterans from Rockstar North: Craig Conner (responsible for the soundtracks in the entire Grand Theft Auto series) and Will Morton (designer of sound effects and dialogues in several installments in that series).

Last updated on July 20, 2017