Flame Keeper is an motion/journey sport that takes gamers on a journey via a darkish, ominous world, and lets them management the facility of FIRE! Take management of a bit of coal named Ignis. He’s the protector of the Everlasting Flame of Orbis. The story begins when enemies descend upon the land of Orbis and steal the Everlasting Flame. After lowering the everlasting flame to mere embers, they stick round and wreak havoc on the remaining creatures of Orbis. It’s Ignis’ job to revive the flame to its former glory and “smoke” out the unhealthy guys!
Flame Keeper is simple to get the grasp of. The left joystick is used to maneuver Ignis round and the precise joystick is used to goal and shoot. Ignis is supplied with quite a lot of skills that gamers can use to annihilate enemies, in addition to a basic sprint capability and a defend capability. Attacking enemies along with your particular skills will decrease your stamina, nevertheless it restores over time. You even have a well being bar. Usually you wouldn’t have to fret an excessive amount of about this, as a consequence of enemies dropping loads of well being upon defeating them. Nevertheless, your well being bar can be used to revive fireplace to the varied lanterns and fireplace pits round Orbis.
To ignite the fireplace pits in every space, you will have to gather coals/embers which might be scattered all through the land. Yow will discover these once you shake bushes, transfer objects, or defeat enemies. After you have collected a great quantity you’ll add them to the fireplace, and as soon as it’s totally restored you may transfer on to the subsequent space. There have been just a few occasions I needed to go on the lookout for embers to finish a degree, nevertheless it was by no means a lot of a difficulty discovering them. Enemies respawn, so the sport type of offers you what you want.
The fast-paced fight system is basically enjoyable. Operating via ranges and blowing via unhealthy guys, feels nice. However there are challenges and obstacles that can check your abilities and endurance. Enemies do respawn as talked about above, and typically fight can really feel repetitive. The start ranges are fairly straightforward. However when you get far sufficient, the problem rises a bit. There are additionally bosses that you’ll want to defeat. These current some welcomed selection relating to gameplay and fight.
Between ranges you may go to the hub space, a small village the place you will get new skills and upgrades. Right here it is possible for you to to entry your talent tree. You need to use any assets you could have collected throughout your travels to improve Ignis nevertheless you see match. Skills vary from stronger bodily assaults, to elemental spells. Assets are acorns, mushrooms, seeds, and so forth. These are gained when defeating enemies or discovered whereas exploring a degree.
The world has a darker coloration palette. Nevertheless, a number of the enemies are brilliant and contrasting to the darkish backgrounds. There are a number of eye catching creatures, lurking about. The aesthetics and brief cutscenes had been good. When you’re within the temper for Halloweentown 24/7, Orbis is the place to be. I’d have preferred a extra in-depth story ,although. I’m glad for the shortage of dialogue and with the ability to get straight to the purpose, however I at all times really feel distant from a sport after I can’t actually get to know the characters or their backstories.
Total, Flame Keeper is a enjoyable, action-packed sport. It’s only a matter of how a lot motion you may take earlier than you’re feeling “burnt out” (I’m doing fairly properly with these fireplace puns). Gameplay is repetitive, and there isn’t a lot to maintain you visually stimulated, however operating round kicking butt is satisfying. When you’re on the lookout for a fast-paced, combat-based sport, you’ll undoubtedly wish to take a look at Flame Keeper.