Kena: Bridge of Spirits

While the soulslike tag may be a bit misleading, I still do think it's a great game and many soulslike players will enjoy this one as well. The combat feels very familiar - a rolldodge based combat with simple melee attacks, plus a bow and bombs which give it some diversity. That's probably why the soulslike tag because the combat itself really is visibly souls-inspired. The game is much less punishing, even on the hardest difficulty, by not making you run back to bosses/encounters, most enemies not respawning, and what more, you lose nothing on death. The story is beautiful, and much more straightforward than soulslike stories usually are, and is also much more adult/deeper than what this game's disney-esque artstyle might suggest. Overall the game is a solid 8/10, and it's nice that you don't have to sell your soul to an eldritch entity just to platinum this game, the 100% was an enjoyable experience so I'll be definitely 100%-ing the sequel as well when it comes out

This is too bad, I love the mood of the game. But I find it too boring to play and I feel I'm loosing my time.

On the day I am writing this review, it has been 5 years and 5 days since this game was first released and exactly 4 years since this game came to Steam. I didn't play it until about a year and a half after it made its way to Steam, but it very quickly became one of my all-time favorite games. For me, this game is hyper-immersive and has an amazing visual style that I immensely adore. Modern indie games that offer such gorgeously intense gameplay and intrinsicality are what I love about gaming these days, and this game takes the cake. Now, there's a sequel approaching and I'm definitely ready for it. Thank you Kena and developers for offering what I love most about gaming. I hope there are many more fantastic adventures to come.

Absolutely loved this game! Played it twice. The pixar style mixed with a punishing combat system and a beautiful story was a mint experience!

Played on MSI Claw 8AI+ What a refreshing and fun game. Bought this game for my wife on Xbox, and also on Steam since she was having so much fun with it. It was one of her first games she ever fully completed. The graphics are very very pretty, the game is very well optimized and it runs buttery smooth. The atmosphere is very soothing and calm, like you’re really in a fantasy world. You can adjust the games’ assistance according to your liking. So for my wife I made it pretty forgiving, which she enjoyed. I also tested it out for myself on higher difficulty. Which still was fine for me, but the challenge was enough to have fun with it. I just saw that there is a sequel coming, certainly added that to my wishlist! Can’t wait! Recommended!

beautiful game but extremely boring. pretty generic action game with dodgerolling