Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 486 Ratings

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  1. WellEvil
    Dec 31, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game with a huge focus on story, characters, and world-building. I don't remember the last time when the story absorbed me so much. Yes, there are a few bugs here are there, but nothing game-breaking. Usually minor visual glitches.… Expand
  2. hardkot
    Jan 7, 2022
    8
    Сolorful
    Great game and visual for me feels nostalgic, like games from my childhood - rayman, sonic.
    Visual (10/10) Magnificent graphic and atmosphere, very colorful and magic, I've played on ultra settings and optimization for all of this is also great. I don't have any problems through the whole game. Good job! Gameplay (6/10) OK, the most controversial part - first few hours gameplay    Сolorful
    Great game and visual for me feels nostalgic, like games from my childhood - rayman, sonic.
    Visual (10/10) Magnificent graphic and atmosphere, very colorful and magic, I've played on ultra settings and optimization for all of this is also great. I don't have any problems through the whole game. Good job!
    Gameplay (6/10) OK, the most controversial part - first few hours gameplay is really good and challenging, you actively explore the world and use all new features, but somewhere in the middle of the game balance in game crushes and no new features will be presented. I also mixed all useful upgrades at that time and since this part - game is boring and instead of exploring the world you want to rush to the final boss. Also the game has problems with balance I've played on different difficulties and sometimes on normal difficulty simple mini boss can be terrible nightmare, but final bosses are too easy. That's frustrating.
    Story (7/10) Story is simple - we are good and want to defeat evil, so everyone (evil also) is happy. That's all main story. We have some additional stories for characters, but they are too simple and don't add any understanding of word mechanics. Such stories we can see in cartoons and for me it's kind of spin off for Raya and the Last Dragon.

    II like the game only because the visual is so great (IMHO). Other staff in the game is decent, so I can recommend this game for young gamers, or if you like me want to feel nostalgia from this colorful game cartoon.    … Expand
  3. LordJudge
    Feb 14, 2022
    10
    Juste un mot pour le décrire, parfait! Une claque visuel du début à la fin, un gameplay super agréable, une magnifique découverte, c'est la que je me dis heureusement qu'il y a des pépites comme ça!
  4. Ghostofscenario
    Feb 16, 2022
    10
    I did it after finishing Mortal Shell. Normally don't like this kind of art Dir. But, how delightful to find theses grim dayzs for the industry a game that is beautiful, tech achieved, 25GB, where the female character is not there by chance, where the art direction, the OST, the narration and the gameplay are mastered, and that does not martyr for free the player. Plus treats a seriousI did it after finishing Mortal Shell. Normally don't like this kind of art Dir. But, how delightful to find theses grim dayzs for the industry a game that is beautiful, tech achieved, 25GB, where the female character is not there by chance, where the art direction, the OST, the narration and the gameplay are mastered, and that does not martyr for free the player. Plus treats a serious subject (the mourning of our dead) with so much love and kindness. In this grim darkness of our world and games, there is not only apo and axes.… Expand
  5. Proxy_1m
    Mar 4, 2022
    8
    Fantastic scenery, story, details, and especially characters. However, the bosses and enemies weren't designed as they should be. It was like copying the concepts of a boss and pasting them on another boss, not creative enough. Other than the enemies, the game was perfect.
  6. Syuzeren22
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    Лучшая игра последних времен с сочной картинкой и интересным сюжетом. Надеюсь на продолжение.
  7. Obscurial1998
    Mar 22, 2022
    9
    es un juego increible graficos muy buenos un mundo muy original y el combate y mecanicas interesantes el mejor juego que he jugado en 2022 por ahora.
  8. Wannabehonest
    May 10, 2023
    10
    I read the negative reviews here on metacritic and was afraid that my purchase of the game was as bad as I was told. But my surprise is that it turned out to be a satisfyingly fun and challenging game!

    I love the soundtrack, especially during the tough boss fights. The animation is very fluid and spectacular to look at, even on low graphics it doesn't look bad. It's a full-fledged    I read the negative reviews here on metacritic and was afraid that my purchase of the game was as bad as I was told. But my surprise is that it turned out to be a satisfyingly fun and challenging game!

    I love the soundtrack, especially during the tough boss fights.

    The animation is very fluid and spectacular to look at, even on low graphics it doesn't look bad.

    It's a full-fledged dark souls game, so the fights are hard but they are fun, besides having a difficulty selector for those who don't want to break their backs so much (even the easy mode is not so easy haha)

    I read somewhere that the combat was repetitive and you didn't have a lot of movement repertoire, which is weird because in reality you have many ways to face a combat and a skill tree that makes everything more dynamic, I don't understand what they meant by repetitive.

    The map is linear but also lets you explore at your leisure, it is semi open world and there are unlockables that can be very useful if you are curious enough.

    The story is pretty simple but the game is unpretentious and doesn't pretend to be, so it delivers pretty well. Perhaps my only negative point would be that I feel that there are several loose ends that should have been answered.

    Anyway, I recommend 100% this game, it deserves it. It doesn't need a sequel either but I wouldn't mind having one haha.    … Expand
  9. turgaysenturk
    Jun 17, 2023
    8
    Graphics and art style were amazing and sometimes i just wanted to keep watching cut-scenes. Gameplay was decent and i think they shouldn't hide the useful abilities for too long. Boss fights were brilliant. They made my life harder most of the time but I kept going with recommended difficulty. Story was good but I wanted to care about the characters more but they weren't detailed enough.Graphics and art style were amazing and sometimes i just wanted to keep watching cut-scenes. Gameplay was decent and i think they shouldn't hide the useful abilities for too long. Boss fights were brilliant. They made my life harder most of the time but I kept going with recommended difficulty. Story was good but I wanted to care about the characters more but they weren't detailed enough. Overall, it was a really good experience.… Expand
  10. Shay1391
    Dec 22, 2022
    10
    graphic:100
    Story:100
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  11. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
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  12. Ocmah_
    Sep 6, 2023
    8
    Eğlenceli, düşünceli, önceden özen ve ilhamla yapılmış ara sahneleriyle bireysel alanlarında orijinal bir şey sunmasa bile, Ember Lab'ın ilk eseri olduğunu düşünürsek, puanım 10/8.
  13. APolChrome
    Jun 28, 2023
    9
    (Reseña sacada de mi cuenta de Steam: APolChrome)

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits me ha encantado. Eso es verdad. Pero es MUY corto. Vamos a analizarlo para ver más en profundidad todo. Kena: Bridge of Spirits es un juego muy bueno. Tiene un mundo interesante, una historia con momentos que pueden hacer llorar a más de uno, un sistema de combate increíble, secciones de plataformeo que si bien    (Reseña sacada de mi cuenta de Steam: APolChrome)

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits me ha encantado. Eso es verdad. Pero es MUY corto. Vamos a analizarlo para ver más en profundidad todo.

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits es un juego muy bueno. Tiene un mundo interesante, una historia con momentos que pueden hacer llorar a más de uno, un sistema de combate increíble, secciones de plataformeo que si bien no son la gran cosa están bien... Podría estar mucho tiempo diciendo todo lo bueno que tiene el juego. Pero luego ves el precio (40€) y la duración (en mi caso 11,5 horas) y puede no merecer la pena. Pero a mi parecer, si los merece.

    El sistema de combate es genial. Haciendo una especie de Souls-like, el juego tiene muchos combates contra enemigos de todo tipo, pero la joya de la corona se la llevan los jefes. Son sin ninguna duda lo que más me ha gustado de todo el juego. Los primeros intentos son para aprender el moveset del jefe, ver cómo esquivarlo y averiguar sus puntos débiles. A partir de ahí, a derrotarlo. Además, todo el juego (sobre todo en los jefes) muestra una dificultad bastante desafiante en todo el juego, por lo que completar un combate muy difícil es muy satisfactorio.

    Al combate se le suman los rots, unas criaturas que dan nuevas habilidades al combate. No se quedan muy lejos de ser lo mejor del juego. Tienen muchísimos usos en combate, desde recoger plantas de curación hasta hacer ataques más fuertes, y todos muy útiles. Pero lo que más me ha gustado es que son un coleccionable. Si bien el juego cada cierto tiempo te da unos cuantos para que puedas progresar en las técnicas de Kena, tú eres el responsable de ver cuando las consigues, cosa que me ha encantado.

    Otra cosa que quiero destacar es el mapa. Si bien no es un mapa lleno de NPCs y cosas por hacer, es bastante bueno, ofreciendo coleccionables y algunos secretos esparcidos por todo el mundo.

    Visualmente, puede ser uno de los juegos más bonitos que he jugado. Los gráficos son increíbles y en algunas cinemáticas puede parecer que estemos en una película de animación. Aunque in game también son muy bonitos. Tiene un estilo artístico muy bueno y un diseño de enemigos/jefes espectacular. El soundtrack es (como dijo en Titan Souls) "hacer un BotW", pero a Kena le funciona.

    Y la historia me ha gustado bastante. Si bien no me ha enganchado, si que tiene muchos momentos que impactan y también se subdivide en historias más pequeñas relacionadas con los espíritus a los que ayudamos que están bastante bien.

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits me ha gustado muchísimo, aunque entiendo que sea muy caro para algunos por lo que ofrece. Recomendadísimo    … Expand
  14. Majjod
    Apr 27, 2023
    8
    The game is great but kena's voice acting wasnt that good and the missions gets repetitive but the enemies are great i always liked there disign there is always new enemies to fight and not get bored and i like the graphics and the music the sound effects i liked how difficult the game is even in spirit guide mode .
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
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  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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