Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 486 Ratings

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  1. Pickle
    Oct 8, 2022
    7
    It’s a fine adventure game, if not a little bland at times, mainly in its story, which is borderline cliché at worst, and only superficially pretty at best.

    The tale is about a corrupted land, changed for mysterious reasons by mysterious characters -this doesn’t really get resolved until, literally, the end of the game-; you’re Kena, a girl that starts collecting furballs that are    It’s a fine adventure game, if not a little bland at times, mainly in its story, which is borderline cliché at worst, and only superficially pretty at best.

    The tale is about a corrupted land, changed for mysterious reasons by mysterious characters -this doesn’t really get resolved until, literally, the end of the game-; you’re Kena, a girl that starts collecting furballs that are called rot, which help you in your journey, the game is divided in puzzles, combat, and platforming; for the most part is a very cleverly designed game reminiscent of the classic adventure titles from the early 2000’s, think of Jak and Daxter for example.

    However, there are some issues here and there in the design, mainly when it comes to the game’s sense of direction and how counterintuitive the game can be a lot of the times with how it proceeds to misguide the player, Kena is a game that has a map but it lacks direction and clarity, it has waypoints, but the ones that only point at the general direction from where you’re supposed to go, the game is doing a lot of these things to incentivize branching paths and give you a reason to collect the more rot and currency that you can trade both for outfits, which you unlock through a challenge system that you really don’t get access to until much later into the game (about hallway through), but also the game provides currency for different upgrades that are mostly combat centric, with only a few serving to ease some of the later puzzles in the game with some later abilities as well.

    The problem with the levels however, is that the game has a really poor way of guiding the player by using one of the most common tools modern games use to guide you, and that is the lighting. At one point I didn’t notice a path because the game’s lighting made it seem as if it was a pitfall, in other case, a significant detail needed to resolve a puzzle was obscured, making me have to redo the whole puzzle again, in other cases the game also has backtracking and some paths that interconnect, essentially making it so you can get fairly lost at times, thankfully it didn’t happen enough to ruin the entire experience, but it did hurt the game for me; the issue here is that the game’s aesthetic and brightness setting was all set correctly, the fact it happened reiteratively, and that I read some forums and comments of people experiencing the same, tells me this is an issue with the game, not something uniquely to me, sadly.

    Overall I liked the game though, despite its shortcomings I didn’t found it to be as bland as some people said it was, it’s a beautiful game, both because of its graphical presentation, as well as for its given art style and aesthetic, I love the way that the Rot look, and the fact that one of the collectibles that you get is a number of different hats that you can make them wear, as you progress you can even see the army of Rot following you around, each with their respective hats, it's a minor thing, but it’s also pretty cool, the combat system is also pretty satisfying, specially once that you upgrade your abilities enough for them to combine a fair bit.

    So, I would recommend the game, specially now with new game plus mode and the multitude of different difficulty settings, challenges, and unlockables. Just be aware, it can get a bit frustrating with the poor sense of direction it provides to the player, as well as with the bland story later on.    … Expand
  2. xTh-3-nDx
    Sep 25, 2021
    7
    I will start with the good stuff first the game graphics are amazing the art style is good the world is fantastic to look at so when it comes to visual i will give it and 8.
    Now i gave the game a 7 for a couple of reasons first of all don't expect a fascinating story i don't know if the dev's Were aiming for younger generation or what but its kinda childish game from every aspect for the    I will start with the good stuff first the game graphics are amazing the art style is good the world is fantastic to look at so when it comes to visual i will give it and 8.
    Now i gave the game a 7 for a couple of reasons first of all don't expect a fascinating story i don't know if the dev's Were aiming for younger generation or what but its kinda childish game from every aspect for the game play it self the combat is basic and get boring so fast which lead me to the next thing the game is $40 and you can finish it in 10 to 15 hours max so when you compare what you pay to what you get it's not worth this price because you do everything over and over again without feeling that there's any new things so if you want my advice wait for sale then buy it for half the price that way it would be kinda worth i
    t    … Expand
  3. georgievich
    Sep 24, 2021
    5
    В целом довольно средняя игра которую можно пройти за несколько вечеров. Для меня в игре есть некоторые минусы: это примитивные механики, однообразный геймплей, скучный сюжет. Пройдя треть игры в дальнейшем почти всё повторяется ничего нового и играть становится довольно скучно. Игра своих денег не стоит, цена просто неадекватная.В целом довольно средняя игра которую можно пройти за несколько вечеров. Для меня в игре есть некоторые минусы: это примитивные механики, однообразный геймплей, скучный сюжет. Пройдя треть игры в дальнейшем почти всё повторяется ничего нового и играть становится довольно скучно. Игра своих денег не стоит, цена просто неадекватная.
  4. muzmuz
    Oct 3, 2021
    6
    A beautiful puzzle-platformer game made in a kid's animated movie art style. But you wouldn't expect it to be a difficult souls-like game. The combat gameplay has a ridiculous configuration where easy mode is extremely unchallenging and normal mode is too brutal and hardcore for the average casual gamer.

    While I found the puzzles, platforming mechanics and exploration to be a fun    A beautiful puzzle-platformer game made in a kid's animated movie art style. But you wouldn't expect it to be a difficult souls-like game. The combat gameplay has a ridiculous configuration where easy mode is extremely unchallenging and normal mode is too brutal and hardcore for the average casual gamer.

    While I found the puzzles, platforming mechanics and exploration to be a fun activity to go through, the combat difficulty settings sucks a big portion of the fun in this game.

    If you don't like hardcore souls-like games and don't like playing extremely easy ones either, then this is not for you for its lack of in-between, no matter how good I think the rest of the game is.    … Expand
  5. Mahdiar
    Oct 1, 2021
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 8
    Story : 8
    Sound : 9
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    Overall : 7
  6. DreamCore
    Oct 3, 2021
    7
    The Bad:

    * $50 (in my country) for a game that can be completed in 9 hours is a stretch. * The pre-rendered cut-scenes run at 24fps so it feels like the whole game is stuttering and makes your eyes bleed when the rest of the game runs at 100fps (RTX 3090). * Some boss fights have piss poor balancing. Even when playing on difficulty 2/4 you can get 2 shotted. * Some really annoying    The Bad:

    * $50 (in my country) for a game that can be completed in 9 hours is a stretch.
    * The pre-rendered cut-scenes run at 24fps so it feels like the whole game is stuttering and makes your eyes bleed when the rest of the game runs at 100fps (RTX 3090).
    * Some boss fights have piss poor balancing. Even when playing on difficulty 2/4 you can get 2 shotted.
    * Some really annoying bugs. Sometimes you can't upgrade abilities even though the ability is unlocked and you have eniugh resources. Sometimes you can't save even if you go to "Save" in the menu och select a slot (nothing happens and no explaination why). Sometimes the fast travel stops working (I use a shrine but nothing happens when you select a warp point). Restarting the games fixes these issues but it happens very often which is really annoying.
    * Everything takes place in a forest so the environment feels a bit too "samey".
    * The majority of the chests etc contain hats or currency for buying hats for the Rot. I personally don't care about cosmetics, which means there's very little value to explore for chests etc.

    Verdict:

    Had it not been for the annoying bugs, the cutscene fps and the boss balancing I would have given it a 8/10. It's a good game, even thought it's not a game of the year contender.    … Expand
  7. sommojames
    Sep 25, 2021
    5
    Graphic, art style and music are 10/10,l but... gamplay is kind of boring, there is no enemy variety, story is boring and there is no character development (the protagoniust is cute but barely speaks)
  8. Zquaranteneuf
    Nov 4, 2021
    5
    The game looks gorgeous, but does a very poor job of giving you a sense of agency. What you're doing and why you're doing it is unclear at best, and the Rot mechanics become repetitive and boring extremely fast.

    For all its amazing visuals, the game unfortunately does nothing more than copy the most overdone 3D-animation style that Disney and Pixar had already perfected 10 years ago.    The game looks gorgeous, but does a very poor job of giving you a sense of agency. What you're doing and why you're doing it is unclear at best, and the Rot mechanics become repetitive and boring extremely fast.

    For all its amazing visuals, the game unfortunately does nothing more than copy the most overdone 3D-animation style that Disney and Pixar had already perfected 10 years ago. The overall look, the tropes, the little creatures, the bouncy stuff everywhere... the game is DESPERATELY SCREAMING at you to find it cute. It really comes across as pandering more than actual creative intent.

    Controls and combat are decent; quite standard but they certainly do the trick. The music is repetitive and annoying though. Also I got softlocked during the first two hours of gameplay.

    Very average experience. Other AAA or indie games have both done far better.    … Expand
  9. tontonac
    May 16, 2022
    5
    Beautiful art, but very generic gameplay. Took ideas here and there but everything gives a feeling of déjà vu.
  10. MikefromAngus
    Mar 11, 2023
    5
    Graphics are very nice, but I found the game to be very boring. Gameplay is Okay. I was expecting a lot more from the game. It was a disappointment for me.
  11. p1menta
    May 5, 2022
    7
    It was an animation turned to game, yes, but in a good way. a bit repetitive, but it's not too long to bore you, it's pretty, fun and cute. Worth enough if you play it on gamepass or somthing like that
  12. raorian
    Oct 5, 2022
    6
    It's like a Ghibli movie but without the soul. metacritic wants 75 letters.
  13. boeph
    Jan 13, 2022
    7
    В общем и целом, получилась хорошая и увлекательная игра. Особенно хотелось бы выделить главное её достоинство - шикарный дизайн и отличную графику. К сожалению, остальная часть игры реализована на среднем уровне. Впрочем, не поиграв в неё, Вы ровным счётом ничего не потеряете.В общем и целом, получилась хорошая и увлекательная игра. Особенно хотелось бы выделить главное её достоинство - шикарный дизайн и отличную графику. К сожалению, остальная часть игры реализована на среднем уровне. Впрочем, не поиграв в неё, Вы ровным счётом ничего не потеряете.
  14. Willod
    Oct 31, 2021
    6
    Bu oyunu sevemedigim icin o kadar uzgunum ki... Her sey guzel de, yani en azindan fena değil, ama combat mekanikleri olmamis yani becerememisler resmen. Yetenek gecisleri yeterince akici sekilde degil ve bu oyunu cok baltaliyor. Akici olmamasindan kastim ise su diyelim r1 e basip saldirdim ve sonra da block yapmak icin tusa bastim, karakter once saldiri animasyonunu bitiriyor sonra idleBu oyunu sevemedigim icin o kadar uzgunum ki... Her sey guzel de, yani en azindan fena değil, ama combat mekanikleri olmamis yani becerememisler resmen. Yetenek gecisleri yeterince akici sekilde degil ve bu oyunu cok baltaliyor. Akici olmamasindan kastim ise su diyelim r1 e basip saldirdim ve sonra da block yapmak icin tusa bastim, karakter once saldiri animasyonunu bitiriyor sonra idle duruma geciyor sonra block animasyonu basliyor. Bu da dedigim gibi combat in akiciligini baltaliyor ve oyundan alabilecegim butun zevki olduruyor. Oyunu 4 saat civari oynadim ve bitiremedim. Bosslar anlamsiz zor. Zordan kastimsa bir vurusta %80 can gidiyor ikinci vurusta niyeyse cok daha az gidiyor ve olmuyorsunuz. Yani toplam 3 kere damage yiyebilirsiniz. Daha once bahsettigim o hantallik olmasa bu cok sinir bozucu olmazdi ama boyle olunca 3 vurusta olup zevk almadigim combati defalarca yapmak zorunda olunca iyice sinir bozucu oluyor. Yuvarlanip uzaklastigimi zannediyorum bir bakiyorum damage almisim ve her damage aldiginda da kizcagiz ucuyor resmen. Bir dokunuyorlar kiz 50 metre geriye gidiyor. Neyse oynanmayacak kadar kotu degildi ama niye zevk almadigim oyunu israrla oynamaya calisayim ki dedim ve biraktim.… Expand
  15. PewPewMcP
    Oct 5, 2021
    7
    Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a great game. It charms you in with gorgeous, picturesque vistas and a pretty, likeable protagonist, and delivers a competently designed linear action adventure game. The environments are expertly designed to tease your navigational skills, rewarding your meticulousness with powerups, currency and cosmetics, all of which are a joy to collect. The combat has youKena: Bridge of Spirits is a great game. It charms you in with gorgeous, picturesque vistas and a pretty, likeable protagonist, and delivers a competently designed linear action adventure game. The environments are expertly designed to tease your navigational skills, rewarding your meticulousness with powerups, currency and cosmetics, all of which are a joy to collect. The combat has you managing your health and your special meter against enemies who hit hard but go down equally quickly against your special abilities. This creates some very intense, high stakes, almost puzzle-like and tactical combat scenarios which encourages you to switch up between melee and ranged options that feel very well design and very rewarding to clear. The story feels a little hit-or-miss and is dependent on your ability to connect with the characters, which I unfortunately didn't owing to the brevity of the script. Overall, I do recommend. One of the gems of 2021.… Expand
  16. watchm824
    Dec 27, 2021
    6
    It's hard for me to rate "Kena: Bridge of Spirits". Oddly enough, but this game caused more negative emotions in me.
    Pros: beautiful graphics and sometimes interesting gameplay.
    Cons: the story and characters are very boring (the story may not be bad, but the presentation of the plot is terrible, interest appeared only at the very end). Character leveling is not very interesting. The    It's hard for me to rate "Kena: Bridge of Spirits". Oddly enough, but this game caused more negative emotions in me.
    Pros: beautiful graphics and sometimes interesting gameplay.
    Cons: the story and characters are very boring (the story may not be bad, but the presentation of the plot is terrible, interest appeared only at the very end). Character leveling is not very interesting. The difficulty of the game varies greatly. The world is not interesting to explore. For what? What to buy stupid hats?    … Expand
  17. Sepherim
    Jul 8, 2023
    6
    Kena: Bridge of Spirits es un juego que está bien pero nada más. La historia es la típica historia infantil donde el equilibrio con la naturaleza, aceptar las cosas que vienen y manejar la pérdida cuentan un relato genérico pero que cumple lo que promete. La jugabilidad del combate está bien aunque le faltan opciones para hacerlo verdaderamente interesante ya que al final hay pocas cosasKena: Bridge of Spirits es un juego que está bien pero nada más. La historia es la típica historia infantil donde el equilibrio con la naturaleza, aceptar las cosas que vienen y manejar la pérdida cuentan un relato genérico pero que cumple lo que promete. La jugabilidad del combate está bien aunque le faltan opciones para hacerlo verdaderamente interesante ya que al final hay pocas cosas que hacer y el sistema se acaba haciendo algo simplón; al menos la variedad de enemigos es decente. Las secciones de plataformeo y puzzles son lo estándar en el género y cumplen bien, aunque son un poco simplones. Le falta, eso si, mucha profundidad al sistema de progresión del personaje: la mayoría de las cosas que desbloqueas son irrelevantes cambios estéticos, y las cosas de mejoras son todas bastante limitadas en su utilidad e interés, haciendo que esa parte del juego sea muy floja.

    Gráficamente el juego cumple, con una estética básicamente mona que es genéricamente bonita sin nada particularmente especial. El sonido está a mejor nivel, con buenas voces y una música y efectos que cumplen bastante bien. En cuanto a bugs solo se me salió una vez a escritorio y algun enganche del personaje en el escenario; pero la IA es malísima y los controles están fatalmente optimizados para PC bajo la excusa de que "se recomienda jugar con pad", haciendo que cosas como el autotarget sean automáticas aunque tengamos ratón. Y, en general, los controles son un poco caprichosos de más aún quitando eso, con algo de input lag entre lo que ordenamos que el personaje haga y que realmente lo haga, lo cual unido a las ocasionales trampas de los monstruos y su facilidad para cambiar de objetivo si te apartas, hacen que el máximo nivel de dificultad sea extremadamente frustrante porque te mueres muchas veces porque los controles no responden como deberían.

    Por todo ello, Kena cumple si quieres una aventura cortita y para todos los públicos, y no esperas nada especialmente inspirado, innovador o memorable. Un 6.    … Expand
  18. MeatGrindeR
    Jun 25, 2022
    5
    Прекрасная картинка, музыка - это все плюсы данной игры.

    Дешёвая пародия на соулслайк, анимации дёрганые из-за чего парировать и уклоняться от некоторых ударов нереально. Сложность несбалансированная - это вы в полной мере ощутите на последнем боссе, когда у босса огромная полоска хп, при этом он тебя выносит за пару ударов, а тайминги этих ударов запомнить и парировать очень тяжело. Но    Прекрасная картинка, музыка - это все плюсы данной игры.

    Дешёвая пародия на соулслайк, анимации дёрганые из-за чего парировать и уклоняться от некоторых ударов нереально. Сложность несбалансированная - это вы в полной мере ощутите на последнем боссе, когда у босса огромная полоска хп, при этом он тебя выносит за пару ударов, а тайминги этих ударов запомнить и парировать очень тяжело. Но если сменить сложность на лёгкую, то оказывается и хп у Кены в 2 а то и в 3 раза больше, у босса наоборот полоска хп в 2 раза становится меньше, из-за чего вы пройдёте его закрытыми глазами.

    Сюжет ничем не цепляет и не интересный. Проблема также в том, что в какой-то момент игроку нужно будет найти 3 реликвии, чтобы впоследствии встретиться с боссом. Игрок это делает, а потом оказывается, что такую же цепочку действий придётся выполнять ещё 2 чёртовых раза, только мол сюжет продвигается, потом финальный босс, вот и вся игра.

    На протяжении игры встречаются большое количество сундуков, за которые даются кристаллы. Только потратить их можно на шляпы для так называемых тленышей и всё. Никакой косметики здесь нет, при этом эти кристаллы попадаются в каждой подворотне. Так какой смысл их собирать, если не на что потратить, так как шляпы стоят копейки?    … Expand
  19. aes23
    Oct 3, 2021
    6
    Kena Review

    Pros Beautiful Magnificient music Cons : The story makes no sense and is completly cryptic especially when you finish the game. The acting is really bad,Kena actress is out of touch everytime she speaks and so are many of the others. It’s mainly due to a poor dailogue writing and bad directing. The combat camera is unaceptable. If you look at the Witcher 3 or Ghost    Kena Review

    Pros
    Beautiful
    Magnificient music

    Cons :
    The story makes no sense and is completly cryptic especially when you finish the game.
    The acting is really bad,Kena actress is out of touch everytime she speaks and so are many of the others. It’s mainly due to a poor dailogue writing and bad directing.
    The combat camera is unaceptable. If you look at the Witcher 3 or Ghost of Tsushima or any other melee combat game, you’ll notice that in combat, the rotation of the character is no longer oriented to the direction of the movement, the character is strafing to move, so that you have less work on the camera and can more easily focus on the opponents.
    This is not the case here, even in combat the rotation of Kena is still oriented to the direction of the movement and even though you have an option to re orient the camera toward the opponent, it does not always work or has some jitter and not pleasing movement. This is a big problem making combat hard to read, making combat harder, not because it’s more challenging, but because it’s more cumbersome.

    The dodge animation does not cancel the attack animation, meaning that if you were making an attack and suddenly need to dodge, the attack needs to finish first before being able to dodge, this is really cumbersome because you can’t dodge and therefore take damages that you would not have taken because you were trying actually to dodge...Same for parry.

    Some puzzles are hard to read also, like the fishing shrine that can be confusing even when you think you have understand in what order to shoot the different elements.

    Some part level are badly designed in the way that you’re looking for your path which is a sign of unreadable level design.

    If you’re moving and opening the map at the same time, your move input will move the map cursor, so you need to stop moving inputs before opening the map, cumbersome.

    They made a huge mistake made by other dev sometimes : forgetting that they are other games that exist.
    For instance, the double jump. In this game you need to put a delay between the first tap and the second one to double jump. The problem is that, since Mario, double jump has always been engaged by quickly tapping the jumping input two times, this has become a reflex, this is how any game should make a double jump and actually how all games make double jump except Kena, so, when you arrive to a platform, you have a high chance of dying because you did not make the double jump the way this game wants it to be done. This is really not good, you have no right when you make a game to try to change something that has been here for years. It’s the same mistake that Rockstar did in RDR2 when at some moment you need to use the right mouse button to shoot and the left one to aim......
    On top of that, plateforming is sometimes not precise enough, you jump to a ledge, she’s suppose to grab it but she doesn’t and you die, cumbersome.
    This problem becomes infuriating when you combine it with the timed puzzle platforms engaged by the bombs and you then have to wait for the platform to get back to their original position as you won’t have the time to climb them again. Unaceptable. (The 90’s want their gameplay back by the way)
    I don’t know why they decided to put so much timed platforms at the end of the game but it just not fun to play, it’s been a long time that I have not seen a timed thing in a game because everyone knows that it’s just cumbersome and not fun to play except the people at emberlab.

    At the end, the game feels very long, you just can’t wait for it to be over, I think that despite the fact that the game is short, it should have been even shorter actually.

    The platform and timed platform gameplay is really really really cumbersome and destroys all the other good things in the game, I really don’t understand who had that idea but it’s really bad. The game would have been better without the timed platforms, they are not challenging, they are cumbersome and overdone. I spend litterally 30 minutes on one of them at the end as it was nearly impossible to reach the end on time.

    6/10 mostly for the graphics and because it’s a small dev making their first game but please, fire all the designers that had the time plateform idea and that decided that the rotation stays orientend to the direction of the movement. Fire also some of the level designers that created some unreadable levels.    … Expand
  20. SlowManual
    Sep 29, 2021
    5
    First, let me just say that I only played about 25 minutes of the game. In that short time, I can say that there is promise here for sure in terms of gameplay. My rating of 5 is based solely on the fact that the game does not support ultrawide resolutions out of the box.
  21. iwasdropped
    Nov 26, 2021
    7
    Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a difficult game to score, mainly because giving it a recommendation is highly contextual. If it were possible to rent this game for 3 days, I would give it a 10/10. However, as much passion and skill that is evident went into this game, there is no way it is worth the full asking price.

    The story/character development are completely void of substance. I    Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a difficult game to score, mainly because giving it a recommendation is highly contextual. If it were possible to rent this game for 3 days, I would give it a 10/10. However, as much passion and skill that is evident went into this game, there is no way it is worth the full asking price.

    The story/character development are completely void of substance. I felt no investment in the story.

    The combat is impressive, with a variety of difficulty levels and extremely entertaining boss fights (15 total).

    There were several annoying bugs (not being able to open certain chests).

    The game was too short.

    Overall, if this game had a longer more compelling story / character development, it would be hard to fault it. It is an impressive first at bat for this developer, with amazing presentation value and impactful boss fights; but, at the end of the day, this game is too short to pay full price.    … Expand
  22. Ps5-reviews
    Sep 28, 2021
    5
    Kena, a young Spirit Guide, has arrived in an abandoned village in search of the sacred mountain sanctuary. He will strive to discover the secrets of this forgotten community. The flaws of the game are immediately noticed by a little varied gameplay, it is only reduced to fighting against enemies that are also not very varied. The combat system suffers from the same problem, really tooKena, a young Spirit Guide, has arrived in an abandoned village in search of the sacred mountain sanctuary. He will strive to discover the secrets of this forgotten community. The flaws of the game are immediately noticed by a little varied gameplay, it is only reduced to fighting against enemies that are also not very varied. The combat system suffers from the same problem, really too simplistic to parry and launch attacks against enemies with few special abilities. Another problem of the game is the lack of indicators to mark the point where you want to go, in fact the indicator can only be seen by opening the map. are the many references (especially to the map and art design) to horizon zero dawn. The game, however, is not a total failure. view of the animations ember lab did a great job of development. Finally, artistically, although as mentioned previously, there are a bit of copy from horizon zero dawn convinces also in this field. soundtrack is also good but well ....... only immersion works in this game.… Expand
  23. Zeneko90
    Jun 3, 2022
    7
    Nettes. Spiel es hat echt viel Spaß gemacht. Mehr davon! Nicht zu lang, nicht zu kurz. Genau richtig.
  24. ZzTopNemesis
    Nov 5, 2022
    6
    Score: 6.2

    Soo i bought this without big expectations, but i tought i was gonna like it, i tought it would be a AA game, with a small and cool story, and ok gameplay.
    However, despite an interesting gameplay, the story was just boring... i really couldn't care less for any character, i honestly don't even understand our own goal in the game... so yeah disapointed
  25. 3rone
    Jan 11, 2022
    5
    One of best game i played in last 5 years. Graphics, gameplay, almost No bugs. Everything great
  26. wemilord
    Jan 23, 2022
    5
    Beautiful game. Awful controls. Not finished it. I don't like being thrown into a boss fight every five minutes.
  27. Dudeman15
    May 5, 2022
    7
    This game represent the perfect 7/10 note. Everything is good but it's missing something you can't tell. The over world could've been a little more open and explorable. I really hope they are making a sequel to expand the universe and make it a real 10/10.

    The difficulty is good until the boss at the top of the tree. Pissed me off. Should you play it? Yes.
  28. Kilrathy
    Jan 29, 2022
    6
    Un jeu mignon qui propose un challenge avec les boss mais la réactivité et certaines commandes peu réactives et mal combinées engendre parfois des soucis dans la réalisation de mouvement comme le tir à l'arc lors d'un saut qui ralenti le temps qui se solde par une attaque marteau pilon à la place. En dehors des boss résistants et qui vous envoient au tapis en 3 coups, le reste du jeu seUn jeu mignon qui propose un challenge avec les boss mais la réactivité et certaines commandes peu réactives et mal combinées engendre parfois des soucis dans la réalisation de mouvement comme le tir à l'arc lors d'un saut qui ralenti le temps qui se solde par une attaque marteau pilon à la place. En dehors des boss résistants et qui vous envoient au tapis en 3 coups, le reste du jeu se résume a des séquences de sauts basiques, de combats contre des mobs plutôt facile avec de l'habitude et des casses têtes qu'un enfant de 5 ans pourra résoudre en 2 minutes. Si vous cherchez un joli jeu mignon et enfantin pour jouer avec votre enfant de moins de 10 ans, je ne pense pas que ce jeu soit bien adapté mais si vous cherchez un jeu avec des boss difficiles et que vous n'avez pas peur du die and retry, vous pouvez y aller!… Expand
  29. tukez
    Feb 7, 2022
    5
    The graphics are amazing. Gameplay is alliright, maybe bit too simple. Difficulty levels are bad, the easiest difficulty is way too easy and the next one is too hard.
  30. eri41205
    Mar 23, 2022
    7
    Great visual.
    Questionable difficulty choice.
    In general I enjoyed my time playing it.
  31. sepam21
    Aug 22, 2022
    5
    Very cute graphics and nothing but that. Take away the visuals and it's a pretty average game.
  32. bokarsh-z
    Dec 23, 2022
    6
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    Only worth 30 dollar
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    - 7.30 - 14 hour long. -before I give it 3/10 because frame drops and annoying gliches but anniversary update fix those and add new things. -repetitive loop gameplay fight same enemies and same puzzles over and over
    -useless secret cosmetics and game only forest.
    -only good music, main bosses, pixar characters design and cutscence.
  33. kinsang
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    เกมน่ารัก ภาพสวย คอมแบทน่าสนใจและสนุก เนื้อเรื่องเรียบง่ายแต่ก็น่าติดตาม...
  34. jirny
    Nov 6, 2022
    7
    игра красивая и идея вроде понравилась, но сам сюжет скучноват и немного однообразен
  35. z3th
    Nov 16, 2022
    5
    It could've been really great. Instead, you get a game with a real identity crisis, as if a group of inspired, driven, and talented people got together to create this wonderful, beautiful Pixar-like game, but then the boss barges in the day before shipping to tell them this game will now play like a poorly-done, unfair Souls game. That is Kena.

    Insane "difficulty" spikes that come in    It could've been really great. Instead, you get a game with a real identity crisis, as if a group of inspired, driven, and talented people got together to create this wonderful, beautiful Pixar-like game, but then the boss barges in the day before shipping to tell them this game will now play like a poorly-done, unfair Souls game. That is Kena.

    Insane "difficulty" spikes that come in the form of mindless, save-die-reload-scum gameplay to memorize cheap boss attack patterns (read: uninspired dodge baiting) over and over so you can poke holes in them between attack frames. Talk about breaking immersion in what looks like a very immersive game! Your own strategy and style is of little consequence -- you have to learn and adapt to enemy fights; there is no learning and adaptation on your foe's part, which offers very little expressivity and flexibility in what could've been a great, fluid combat system.

    All in all, garbage repetitive gameplay that leaves you feeling as if a whole lot of "something" of each part of the game -- exploration, interactivity, combat, progression, and difficulty -- is missing. All that's left is disappointment.    … Expand
  36. SrKano
    Jan 19, 2023
    7
    It has lights and shadows. Beautiful world and animations with not the best gameplay/combat.

    Narrative 6/10 Characters 5/10 Graphics 9/10 World 8/10 Gameplay 6/10 - The story is exciting and the final message is great but doesn't keep me playing for hours. - The characters are okay but the Rots are adorable. I just wanted to buy new hats. - The graphics are amazing, it's    It has lights and shadows. Beautiful world and animations with not the best gameplay/combat.

    Narrative 6/10
    Characters 5/10
    Graphics 9/10
    World 8/10
    Gameplay 6/10

    - The story is exciting and the final message is great but doesn't keep me playing for hours.
    - The characters are okay but the Rots are adorable. I just wanted to buy new hats.
    - The graphics are amazing, it's beautiful.
    - The open world is not too big, not too small but is empty. You will want to explore and is not crazy about exploring everything, which is good.
    - The combat is... The problem, IMO. Normal enemies are too easy but the bosses are unnecessarily hard. Why is so difficult to parry? The rest is fine, it has a good set of abilities, the enemies have unique attacks and the combat is fluid and fun. I tried to play with parry because I like to play like that, but in the end, I learned to play without parry because it was easier.
    - The puzzles are just fine. You have to explore, look around and think a little bit. You will not need a guide.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#35 Best PC Game of 2021
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#27 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Gamersky
    Dec 2, 2021
    87
    The strongest feeling I got from Kena: Bridge of Spirits is that it is "eclectic". It extracts the folk culture and religious culture, and then injects them into the Disney-like art style, creating a wonderful chemical reaction that is shocking enough.
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  2. GameSpace
    Oct 4, 2021
    90
    From the very first moment till the very end of your journey, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a heart-warming experience and a real pleasure between the visuals, puzzles and combat. Atmospheric music, beautiful lively graphics, believable heroes and cute little Rots - each little element is woven into the amazing whole that is the gaming experience provided by Kena.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Sep 29, 2021
    86
    Kena: Bridge of Spirits is "to the point": visually it's a feast for the eyes and with an interesting percussion-based musical score. It's fun, thoughtful, made with care and inspiration, even if it doesn't offer anything original in its individual areas. Especially considering that this is Ember Lab's first effort, the future is bright, and we can already imagine an even better sequel.
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