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 43
Only one thing to say — the studio needs better level designers.
Lost Ember would benefit greatly if the locations were smaller and more dense detail-wise. There's absolutely no need to have so much space that is not inviting for the player to explore. It doesn't express much itself and doesn't contribute to the story; it only ever adds up the feeling of emptiness. The only motivator to keep lurking around is the collectibles, but they are so randomly placed, it is easier to take a day and vacuum-clean the locations with YouTube guide videos.
Other than that, I'm really on the fence whether I could recommend this game or not. This project is not, however, bad; the team just need more experience and better direction for their future projects, so I'll give them a pass.
Steam User 19
It's a nice game but if possible PLEASE PLEASE add motion blur toggle off in settings, since I couldn't find one. I have BAD motion sickness and I got it so often playing the game and took so many breaks I just stopped playing it as of this post since the gaming experience was not worth the bouts of dizziness I got.
Steam User 7
Looking at the past through wolf's eyes
Lost Ember is an interactive visual story, told with great attention to how it's presented. Players take a role of soul wandering Wolf accompanied by a lost spirit. The duo seeks through memories of their past and the remnants of an old civilisation. Plot touches on numerous issues ranging from class inequality to subtle commentary about nature and environment. This is an emotional story.
Developers focus on grand picturesque open areas: colorful meadows, lost cities, grand canyons filled with waterfalls. Game's artistic imagery is enhanced through fantastic soundtrack. Audio-visual design tells a story of it's own and is an integral part of storytelling.
Even though I have a deep appreciation towards the game's story and visual design, I found it lacking in terms of gameplay. Lost Ember's „possess” mechanic feels lackluster. The collectible hunt works against the overall feel of the game as it exposes graphical simplicity and subpar level design.
This is definetly a positive review but I cannot recommend the game to everyone. Simplicity of gameplay paired with flawed collectible hunt cast a shadow on Lost Ember. Yet, as an emotional, visually impressive story it achieves artistic heights, far above the grasp of many other projects.
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Steam User 15
You can play as a capybara
Steam User 6
Lodt Ember is an up to 5-7 hours adventure game, that is both lamentable and cute at the same time. It has interesting mechanics, hearttouching plot and a lot of cute and amazing creatures, that will help you through the story. Game graphic may look simple at the first look, but it's still breathtaking at some moments. Soundtrack composition, imo, could be little different than it is, but sometimes it still did bring feelings of joy and developers efforts.
I'd recommend to give Lost Ember a try, it surely will worth it.
Steam User 7
This game is very good, from the storytelling to the world around you. However, there are some major flaws that i'd like to point out immediately.
- I bugged the red orb at the beginning of the game so i lost him for a good bit, literally just by sticking my head in a wall.
- One of the animals can literally levitate around the map. you gain access to it at the beginning of the game.
- The game has some "quick-time" events which aren't challenging at all and mainly just serve as cutscenes.
- The levels are WAY too big for the little amount of exploration this game pushes you to do.
With that out of the way, let me just say. This game was absolutely fantastic. From the visuals to the story, this game was AMAZING all the way through (minus the bugs.) The story still sticks with me to this day, the music and OST is some of the best I've heard in a very long time, and it definitely fits the environments you'll be playing through if you decide to pick the game up. The OST is instrumental, though.
TL;DR: game good, minor bugs that stick out after first playthrough, good ost.
Would I recommend this game? yes.
MAYBE pick it up on sale if you're unsure, sale price is $20 iirc.
Steam User 11
Tears Soo many tears