When the Embers Wake Review: A Heart-Wrenching Story of Grief
This game is a beautiful telling of a heart-wrenching story of loss and grief, while the narrator goes on a journey of healing and understanding throughout t...
Reviewed by Angel Ruzicka
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Rating: 85/10
The game starts on a black screen as a female voice describes a dream with two red pandas. A second, male voice responds and invites the female voice to talk about it, and you learn the narrator's name is Emmy. Then, the game begins, and suddenly, you're a small red panda following your mother. The game first introduces the controls: WASD to move, Shift to run, Space to climb, and E to interact. You follow the mother red panda around your enclosure as the story progresses. Emmy talks about growing up with her mother, since it was just the two of them. Things started out great, but unfortuna...