Song in the Smoke: Rekindled

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  • Summary: Song in the Smoke is a single-player survival adventure game set in a vast, beautiful, and deadly world outside of time.

    Your skill is the key to survival as you stalk and hunt prey with hand-crafted primitive weapons and tools. Forage for food, medicine, and supplies by day and remember    Song in the Smoke is a single-player survival adventure game set in a vast, beautiful, and deadly world outside of time.

    Your skill is the key to survival as you stalk and hunt prey with hand-crafted primitive weapons and tools. Forage for food, medicine, and supplies by day and remember to keep your campfire lit throughout the dark, dangerous nights. Establish camps wherever you deem fit as you explore and survive this immersive world created from the ground up exclusively for VR.

    Song in the Smoke: Rekindled has been completely remastered to take full advantage of all new PlayStation 5 features, including high-fidelity graphics, 4K HDR with 120fps performance mode, headset rumble, haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, gaze tracking, and a new free-jump locomotion mode.    … Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PlayStation Universe
    Mar 5, 2023
    85
    Though the somewhat ho-hum resource management and survival mechanics are a little shop-worn at this point, Song in the Smoke: Rekindled nonetheless soars as the best survival adventure on PSVR2, thanks in no small part to its evocative world, endlessly clever procedural design and stunning improvements made possible by Sony's latest lump of VR tech. If you missed Song in the Smoke the first time round, this is your chance to right that mistake definitively.
  2. PLAY
    Apr 5, 2023
    80
    Satisfying tactile crafting and combat systems, made all the better by PSVR2. Rekindled is a prehistoric survival adventure you can fully immerse yourself in. [Issue#26, p.80]
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  3. Push Square
    Feb 24, 2023
    70
    Song in the Smoke Rekindled brings one of virtual reality's top survival experiences onto a platform where it can be enjoyed at its best. If you're willing to muscle through some run-of-the-mill resource management, you'll be rewarded with delightfully tense sequences punctuated by superb sound design.
  4. SECTOR.sk
    Jun 19, 2023
    70
    Song in the Smoke is an excellent example of how games can effectively evoke strong emotions with just a few words. Cinematic effects and similar elements are not necessary. All that is required is a good idea and a compelling narrative, which is precisely what this game delivers. However, the gameplay itself is the game's downfall. While not inherently terrible, it may not be as enjoyable over time. Despite this, it will undoubtedly find its fans.
  5. Edge Magazine
    Mar 24, 2023
    70
    The genre brings something new to VR, too, the constant cycle of long-term goals and short-term urgencies making it one of the few games that can keep us playing for hours. [Issue#383, p.116]
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  6. Video Chums
    Jul 11, 2023
    60
    Your enjoyment of Song in the Smoke: Rekindled will entirely depend on your patience but if you have plenty, there's a lot to love here.

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