


Gameplay is a combination of exploration with lightweight environmental puzzles and standard light/heavy attack + bow combat. TBH, I would have paid full AAA price for the game. Hard to believe this is an Indy game from a studio of 15. What Kena sets out to do, it does very well. Incredible work and I really hope Ember Lab can make a franchise out of Kena.

For a new developer (of video games, they've worked in commercials and other forms of media) I am blown away and wish I played this much sooner than I did. Checkpoints can be frustrating, the dodge and parry I never got used to and I think I might have maxed out my expletives this year with Kena and Dread. That's a blessing and a curse as I think it might scare a lot of players away from an otherwise really fun game but it also makes it all the more rewarding for getting past these bosses. It could use some tweaks, the gameplay can be quite frustrating even on "normal" difficulty it demands a lot from you and explains very little in way of combat. That's a blessing and a curse as I think it might scare a lot of players away from an otherwise really fun game but it also makes it all the more rewarding I went into this game not expecting it to be nearly as polished as it was. I went into this game not expecting it to be nearly as polished as it was. Nothing inherently bad, just nothing to keep you wanting to go on other than maybe "to get your money's worth" since you can't sell this digital-only game. This game might have had a review score of 7 or 8 from me had it came out a decade or two ago but right now I don't see how anyone could play this and think anything other than this is a "blah" game. Add to this the same repetitive gameplay, the boring obtuse puzzles, and the enemy difficulty that is all over the place and it doesn't make for a very fun game. Kena adds nothing new to the mix and it is hard to keep on going. Everything the game does has been done by a thousand other games. Add to this the same repetitive gameplay, the boring obtuse puzzles, and While I was fairly excited for this game, ultimately I didn't really like it and I quit after an hour or two and I have no plans to go back. While I was fairly excited for this game, ultimately I didn't really like it and I quit after an hour or two and I have no plans to go back.
