Embers of Mirrim

It looked great in the screenshots and all, the mechanic seemed interesting, but honestly, it's rather just tiresome and tedious. And from what I could gather, it only has 5 actual levels, which drag on for way too long. It's not a platformer. Not at all. The steam tag is highly misleading if you ask me. Yes, there is running and jumping in the game, but those things barely qualify as that. The main "feature" of the game is to split your character in two and solve a series of puzzles. In itself that wouldn't be terrible, but if you're repeating basically the same puzzle over and over again, because the game just likes to bombard you with the same crap, then it just gets boring very quickly. Yes, there are new mechanics being introduct regularly, but they don't change the gameplay loop much imho, at least not so far. That in itself might be something to overlook, but the controls of the two "embers" is also kinda wobbly, with a lot of drag. The main creature controls okay-ish. Since precise platforming is not really a requirement that's not too bad, still. Graphics-wise the game is not impressive. The sound track is okay, but the sound effects are pretty bad. And the story? Yeah,…

A bit rough at times, but you get use to it and plays quite nicely. Hitboxes are a bit larger then I think they should be as well. I found a couple bugs during the playthrough and have contacted the developers about it, but was able to beat the game without any real trouble. Played on Hard mode, even though I learned afterwards there's no achievement for beating it on this mode. ------------------------------ Control Scheme I Used: Gamepad, using Sticks and D-Pad. There are sections where you need to use both sticks, quite difficult at first to get the hang of actually but very fun when you get it. ------------------------------ Worth the current price (CDN$ 17.49)? Probably wait for a sale... it's a bit buggy. What I actually paid: $4.94 ------------------------------ Completionist Review: DLC Achievements: No DLC Rating: Medium, has collectables and secrets to find. Can be completed in one run: Yes Chapter Select: Yes, with clear indications on which levels need to be replayed, and order of items missing. Selecting chapters doesn't overwrite previous saves. Did I need/use a guide? No.

It looked neat and the idea felt cool but sadly it quickly became very repetitive and tiresome. The game isn't very long but every session felt like a marathon. I've never felt this exhausted after mere 45min session of anything, surely tracking and controlling 2 things at once does a number on you. It's a puzzle room over a puzzle room with pretty much no breather sections which could be rather easily fixed with some exposition segments as the game has 0 tell but also almost no show either in terms of its story or lore. We know we crashed on a planet, had two creatures merged together prolly against their will and then move along clearing some corruption. But why? To what end? Who are we? Are we stuck fused together forever? What's up with the ending saying it's a cycle? There are simply no answers to any of these while a few rooms with wall-paintings could hint this and that immediately adding a lot of depth to it. It really looks like they tried to go for what Ori and the Blind Forest did but didn't quite grasp why it was so great. Surely it's pretty but that's all I can give it. It has one beaten to death mechanic that enforces a controller (keyboard wouldn't handle that many i…

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Pretty short but very fun! and sometimes frustrating. Much dexterity required. Easy to beat the whole game in less than 4 hours. 7.5/10

As a fan of the Game Junk Podcast, I had to play the FULL game in support of Frank. ITS SO CREATIVE! Just when I think the game-play will stay the same it pulls a 180, or switches up the controls I'm use to. The art, music and cinematography just kept me immersed in each level and cinematic. I really did not like platforming games, but after playing this incredible work of art...I love platforming games. Embers of Mirrim showed me how a genre can be innovated just with a little creativity. SKIP THE DEMO AND GET THE FULL GAME!