LOST EMBER

I tried to like this game; I really did. I've enjoyed other walking simulators and am fond of animals, but there's a problem here I can't overcome. To make up for the lack of combat and character development, a walking simulator requires two essential things: an engaging plot and an interesting world. Sadly, I found neither here. I love a good cutscene, but the ones in this game just seemed to drag. And while the world is pretty, it's also kind of generic and boring. The worst sign of all is that quite a lot of the time while playing this game I found myself thinking of other games I could be playing. -- THE GOOD -- - Atmospheric - Focus on a variety of animals -- THE BAD -- - Voice acting - Pretty but dull, generic world - Help pop-ups display the command rather than the bound key, e.g. instead of '"i" for inventory' it says 'Inventory for inventory' - No manual save, but frequent autosaves - Camera rotation with the mouse is imprecise at any sensitivity setting -- feels like driving an oil tanker in the lag before motion and the continuation of motion after you stop - Even though the pause menu displays Esc as the key to go back, it doesn't work. Have to click the Continue option instead. -- THE UGLY -- - Had to play the original version because the Rekindled edition has game-breaking bugs and even worse seasickness-inducing mouse camera movement