Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

released on Sep 20, 2021

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

released on Sep 20, 2021

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a 2021 action-adventure video game developed and published by Ember Lab. The story follows Kena, a young spirit guide who uses her magical abilities to help deceased people move from the physical to the spirit world. The game is presented through a third-person perspective. The player uses Kena's staff for attacking enemies, and her pulse ability for defending against attacks. They are tasked with collecting small spirit companions known as the Rot, who help to complete tasks and battle against enemies.


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Kena: Bridge of Spirits tiene unos efectos visuales impresionantes, una música fantástica y unas animaciones que parecen sacadas directamente de películas de Pixar. Esto no es de extrañar, ya que Ember Lab, desarrolladores de Kena empezaron siendo un estudio de animación.

La aventura de Kena es sencilla, pero se las arregla para ofrecer una historia no muy brillante, pero sí conmovedora. Trata temas como la culpa, la desesperación y la muerte de una manera bastante sutil. El combate se conforma con ser cumplidor, transmitiendo poca sensación a los mandos, pero añadiendo nuevas mecánicas durante la aventura, haciendo así que siempre se sienta fresco y consiga alejarse de la monotonía.

Inoffensive but really boring for me. I played it expecting a playable Disney movie but what I got was a bland and empty world with gameplay typical to a modern PlayStation game - simple uninteresting platforming and climbing, simple action combat with a hint of Pikmin but not enough. All the story and intrigue for this game happens inside cutscenes so honestly I would’ve preferred a version of Kena I could watch rather than play. Another problem when trying to emulate Disney is that when something feels off it drags it down a lot such as the loading zones sometimes, weird death (or lack there of) animations especially for fall damage. Kena as a character doesn’t do anything interesting there’s no story there that’s ever unpacked just the tiniest of threads. There’s things to find most of which is a cosmetic or the currency for said cosmetic. Just really disappointing but in fairness if they were going for Disney the music and cutscenes sold me on that much - similarly to Raya and the last dragon I don’t know what they were thinking but I guess it looks right sometimes.

Genuinely the most underrated game I know, it's so gorgeous and feels amazing to play.

I'm pretty sure this game changed my brain chemistry forever.

EMBERLAB I LOVE YOU FOREVER PLEASE LET ME WORK FOR YOU ONE DAY

Tava indo tudo bem, até ele começar a travar do nada

Forse gli darò una seconda chance.

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Really nice game that is reminiscent of games from 20 years ago in a great way. The end sequence brought this down for me as I had to bring the difficulty down just to beat it, but the music and presentation are the standout here.