- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Action
IGDB84OpenCritic82
Kena: Bridge of Spirits: a story-driven, action adventure combining exploration with fast-paced combat. Untangle the past as Kena, a young Spirit Guide in search of the sacred Mountain Shrine.
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Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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DualShockersRachael FiddisSep 202110/10I really can’t recommend Kena: Bridge of Spirits highly enough that will see players partake in a meaningful journey absorbed in a vibrant world filled with fluid animations that cries out to be explored. With the game’s added photo mode, expect to add on a few more gameplay hours as you fill up your gallery with lots of cute Rot pictures, too.
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ImpulsegamerOct 20215/5Kena: Bridge of Spirits should take most gamers around 10 to 12 hours to complete, depending on the amount of exploring and the level of difficulty. While the blockbusters games of 2021 continue to deliver the same ho-hum experience of 2021, Kena is a much needed ray of sunshine to the current choices of titles available and more importantly, looks fantastic on the PlayStation 5. Additionally, the story and characters creates an enjoyable fairy-tale experience from start to finish on this next-gen console that is definitely a must play game of 2021. Kudos to the development team of Ember Labs for delivering a truly immersive experience, not to mention those surprising twists along the way.
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GameSpewKim SnaithSep 202110/10Kena: Bridge of Spirits truly is something special, and I can’t wait to see what Ember Lab does next.
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Paste MagazineGrace BenfellSep 20215/10What pleasures Kena provides are intrinsic to most videogames: clicking buttons and finding trinkets. Eventually I did fall into that groove, but it was distracting, not compelling. When all the game's darkness dissipates into bright green, when all wounds can be healed with determination and kindness, when death itself is a collectible friend, it is difficult to feel that distraction was worth it.
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Metro GameCentralSep 20216/10Highly impressive on a technical level but the throwbacks to PS2 era game design feel less like a homage and more an indication of the developers' lack of experience and imagination.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Developer
- Ember Lab
- Publisher
- Ember Lab
- Released
- September 21, 2021
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Time to beat
- 9 h rushed · 13 h main story · 17 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.1/10 from 236 ratings.
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