Lost Ember
A breathtakingly beautiful world holds the secrets of its past for you and your companion to uncover in this 5-hour journey. Experience the contrasting stories of the fall of mankind and the lush life in a world reclaimed by nature with a wolf as your main character and a determined companion at your side. Explore the land, sea, and air, as you possess any creature you come across to experience life from a whole new perspective. Fly through gargantuan canyon valleys as a parrot! Tumble through the grass as a wombat! Swim through shimmering lakes as a fish! Your journey will take you from densely wooded jungles, to lush rainforest canopies, to barren desert plains and archaic temples. Ultimately, you'll discover a tale of loyalty, despair, and betrayal, as echoes of the lost Yanrana culture come to life in a lush wilderness devoid of man.
Game Discussion
Steam User 17
I recommend people looking to play this game go into it with the following knowledge:
1. That this game is more of an interactive movie than a full game.
2. Minimalist mode is preferred and allows for many story beats to land better.
3. This game is best purchased during a sale.
Overall, I really liked this! The game was a short and sweet experience with good ost and very good art design. I have a couple of nitpicks (i.e the VA being a little goofy and the art sometimes having an "uncanny valley" feel, and also the price probably being too steep, etc.), however those have already been covered by other reviews.
I also tried to Fish% this game (where you play through the entire game as a fish. Don't try it for your sanity), and failed royally because you're not supposed to play the entire game as a fish.
Steam User 15
This "Game" is a wonderful cinimatic story, while i use quotes around game as its more of an interactive movie pulling you in, the levels flow so naturally that my brain sorta autopiloted my character it felt so natural that it was almost like i'd played it before! i have 10,000's of hours in gaming and this game was a story i will never forget the world building and the detail are something words dont describe, while not a game in the conventional sense, truly it is much, much more. thank you for making this story
Steam User 46
Lost a friend to suicide about one and a half year ago, she was not close but we were in relatable situations.
I donated to the trevor project then, and got this through a humble bundle.
In that light the story hits hard, and when push comes to shove, they were much the same.
Check up on and support your friends, there's a guilt in being the person they last talked with.
Steam User 7
Level design 7/10 sometimes you feel too rushed to get all the collectibles (Waterslide Portions)
Music 10/10
Art Style 10/10
Story 10/10
this is my new Favorite Singleplayer-Game
Steam User 6
I backed this on Kickstarter way back when, and I'm glad I did.
Lost Ember really has the zen-vibe successfully combined with exploration and a more-than-decent narrative. It's also really pretty, even on the toaster of a computer I first ran it on. It's best enjoyed with maxed out settings, though—everything pops!
The only downside for me is the implementation of collectibles, which will have you replaying levels just a tad bit too many times. Lost Ember is a world and a story I ideally want to return to eventually, just not scour every corner of it.
Steam User 7
I have actually Kickstartered it back in the day, because I really wanted to play a wolf and this kind game is something I love to play just to get out of the stress of RL and I wanted to support a new Indiegame company at the time with their first game. I do like story orientated walking simulators, even better if you play an animal. They are soothing, even if the stories are often quite sad.
This one isn't any different. It still hit me the same the second time I played it. First time was on console (which I got through the kickstarter) so I bought it later on for Steam as well, since I'm mostly playing on computer now anyway and I really wanted to play it sometime in the future again (this time with trying to get everything, since I still missed quite a lot in my first playthrough, even with going through all kind of corners).
I played it now, obviously, and like I said I still love it. Pretty sure I will come back to it at some point in the future to play it again, just for the soothing aspect of running around as all sorts of animals. It definitely has replayability for me, who loves these kind of games, even with having 100%-ed it now. I know it may not be the same for others, but this is my personal opinion.
Though the macaws were sometimes a little harder to control than any of the other animals XD
I don't mind the price either, since even 5 hours of story in a game (if you ignore everything else) is quite a lot and if you're interested in playing it, but the price is too high, there are always discounts at some point or another.
Steam User 5
This game is amazing. I can't even begin to describe the graphics are so wonderful not too realistic but not too simple. The story is even better then I thought it was going to be, this game is a journey in which you receive different pieces of of the puzzle which all comes together at the end. Recommend Playing the game