Endling Extinction is Forever Review (PC/Utomik)
For this ending Extinction is Forever Review, we play As the last mother fox on Earth, our cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them, and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award-winning experience.
Endling Extinction is Forever Review Pros:
- Beautiful looking graphics.
- 2.75GB Download size.
- Utomik Achievements.
- Full controller support.
- Graphics settings – quality preset, display mode, resolution, resolution scale, v-sync, fps cap, brightness, anti-aliasing, view distance, shadows, and textures.
- Can change the controller button icons used for in-game prompts.
- 2D gameplay with full 3D animated backgrounds.
- Action adventure gameplay.
- You can change direction as if it was a 3D game but the action is always side on.
- Opening tutorial section with ongoing pop-ups.
- Powerful soundtrack.
- In-game cutscenes with seamless transitions.
- You can change the color of each baby fox cub.
- Puzzle elements sprinkled in and around the world.
- Your actions include climbing, digging, tracking scents, stealth, and pounce attacks.
- The goal of the game is to protect and feed your cubs at all costs.
- The map fills in as you play.
- A full day and night cycle.
- Uses the environment to hide.
- Slight visual cues for food, enemies, etc.
- An amazing yet devastated and dilapidated world to explore.
- Fast loading times.
- You have to be home before the night ends.
- A handy hunger bar shows for your cubs.
- Some truly memorable set pieces and sequences.
- A fixed camera angle but you can move it ever so slightly in front and behind.
- You can lose cubs.
- Getting hit by a trap will temporarily make running or climbing difficult, if at all.
- Play and explore how you want.
- Over time you will unlock or lock a route enabling shortcuts.
- It’s a stressful yet chilled-out experience.
- You have multiple options for traveling around and solving puzzles/obstacles.
- A game you just put on and zone out on for a few hours.
Endling Extinction is Forever Review Cons:
- Touching any of the graphics settings really messes up the game and makes getting the screen or even the menu functioning again a real pain. Fixed it by uninstalling and reinstalling the game.
- The issue above can be triggered by nearly any menu.
- Hard to see the points with which you can interact.
- The initial tracking part is not as clear as it needs to be.
- Had a lot of times when I wasn’t sure where to go or what my objective was.
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Endling Extinction is Forever:
Developer: Herobeat Studios
Publisher: Handy Games
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Summary
Endling: Extinction is Forever is an action-adventure game that offers a unique blend of 3D and side-on gameplay. The game features an opening tutorial section with ongoing pop-ups, a powerful soundtrack, and in-game cutscenes with seamless transitions. The goal of the game is to protect and feed your fox cubs at all costs, with actions including climbing, digging, tracking scents, stealth, and pounce attacks.
The game also includes puzzle elements sprinkled throughout the world, a full day and night cycle, and an amazing yet devastated world to explore. However, the game has some drawbacks. Touching any of the graphics settings can cause issues with the game’s functionality, and it can be hard to see the points with which you can interact. Additionally, the initial tracking part is not as clear as it needs to be, and there can be times when it’s unclear where to go or what the objective is. Despite these issues, Endling: Extinction Forever offers a stressful yet chilled-out gaming experience where the story is the main focus and for the most part the gameplay doesn’t detract from the experience.