Lost Ember

I feel quite dispirited typing this. I wanted to play LOST EMBER for a long time, and, regardless of any problems, I was happy to pay for and support such an indie effort.

The game is gorgeous, and I'd love to know the Wolf better and her back-story. But in 2019 the devs promised to do something about the camera issues, and ... people today in 2023 are still unable to play the game for more than 20 minutes maximum, if like me they suffer motion sickness effects.

There are camera adjust settings that remove some of the extraneous camera movement - but not ALL of it. And that's the problem. Any zoom or sway or anything that is not a direct result of user interaction, is going to produce nausea. In my case the nausea is so severe I have to put the game down and walk away.

Devs. I'm not going to take Quell just to play your creation, it's your job to fix things. But the game is old now, and that won't happen. I see there's a VR version of the game out, which would be fantastic, but the same questions have been raised.

Perhaps there'll be an anniversary issue with the camera motion fixed? That would be truly lovely.

As to the game itself, it's a walking simulator, and a very fun one. You run everywhere as a beautiful wolf with a spirit companion, and you can possess other animals (that are all outrageously cute and have individual abilities) to solve particular tasks along the way.

It's not perfect, and it's good that there are online walkthrough videos. You can get stuck in places due to game logic, and have to start from an earlier point to get past them. Also it's often quite difficult to tell where you're supposed to go next. The 'smoke columns' in the game point the way, but often there is more than one and you have to hit them in the right order with little clue as to which way to go.

Still, it's beautiful. I'm glad they made it, and I'll just hope for a fixed edition of it one day. Like I said, I'm glad I paid for it and dont want my money back. It was a cheap price to support clever indie projects.

Not only, that the 'world' and characters, as well as the Wombats and other adorable animals make you want to experience more of the story - the story itself is sad, interesting and thrilling too. Not meaning to put any spoilers here, so... Just find out yourself and give it a try. Definitely worth playing. In my opinion this is an outstanding masterpiece. The soundtrack is sending shivers down my spine, too! Well done, hopefully more like that to come.

Games may never be perfect in the aspect of movements and physics, but what makes it great, especially this game, is the emotions the game provokes.

The story was touching, the environments were beautiful, the animals were adorable, the music was well fitted and felt on a soul level, I also loved the character designs and the originality of the game. Originality is rare find nowadays!

I loved how the overall game flowed very well, turn off your brain and play with the heart, that's the best way for this!

The video game industry does not have enough games like this, this is just beautiful beyond words.

Well done Mooneye, and if you can, not stop making games like these 10/10!