Kena: Bridge of Spirits Reviews
Ember Lab deliveries a unique experience with stunning artwork and epic gameplay.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
An amazing adventure in a magical world with an extremely nice heroine. A title whose completion brings great satisfaction.
Review in Polish | Read full review
if you're more into Beautiful Visuals and an amazing adventure but you don't care that much about engaging Puzzles and Challenging combat, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a game worth exploring which is full of Beauty and mysteries.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a great game. Beautiful graphics, good gameplay and interesting mechanics. It has some minor problems, but nothing that affects the whole title.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Ember Lab's very first project is a beautiful adventure set in an even more beautiful universe, and while it's borrowing a lot of its core components from different games of the genre, it still feels fresh and stands on its own. The future surely seems bright both for the franchise and its developer.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Kena: Bridge of Spirits truly is something special, and I can’t wait to see what Ember Lab does next.
After playing a couple of great AAA 3D platformers earlier this year, I'm absolutely blown away that I enjoyed Kena: Bridge of Spirits even more. With thoroughly challenging fast-paced combat, rewarding puzzles, and a breathtaking world; it's one phenomenal game.
Whether it’s on PlayStation or the newly released Xbox version, Kena remains a captivating experience that is a beautifully crafted adventure that blends a heartfelt narrative with stunning visuals and engaging gameplay. This is a game that excels in storytelling and visual artistry, making it a must-play for anyone who appreciates a meaningful adventure.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits shines brightly in some areas while falling short in others. Its visuals and art direction are among some of the best in the industry, creating a world that is as enchanting as it is beautiful. The game’s audio design, particularly its soundtrack, is also top-notch, adding to the overall immersion and emotional impact of the experience. However, when it comes to gameplay and narrative, the game plays it too safe. The combat, while competent, lacks the depth and variety needed to keep it engaging over the course of the game. The story, while touching, does not delve deep enough into its themes to leave a lasting impression. While the game offers a solid and enjoyable experience, it simply does not push any boundaries or offer anything particularly new or innovative. Ultimately, Kena: Bridge of Spirits will appeal to fans of action-adventure games, particularly those who appreciate beautiful visuals and atmospheric worlds. It is an easy to recommend game based on presentation alone, but it is also a one that could have been so much more. With a bit more ambition in its gameplay and storytelling, Kena: Bridge of Spirits could have been a genre defining masterpiece.
I went into this game with no expectations. I felt continually impressed with what independent developers Ember Lab cooked up for players with Kena: Bridge of Spirits. What few misses there are, Ember Lab makes up for it with a bright and colorful creation, wrapped around some dark narrative moments.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits continues to convince in a satisfying way, despite not innovating anything. On Xbox Series X, the console on which we conducted the review of this porting, Ember Lab's video game presents a satisfactory technical compartment, with excellent image quality and presenting granitic sixty frames per second.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Kena: Bridge of Spirits offers a beautiful and engrossing adventure that Xbox gamers will no longer have to look upon enviously from afar. I had a wonderful time uncovering the game world, battling enemies in satisfyingly strategic showdowns, and using The Rot to help figure out each enigma in my path, whilst the tough but fair difficulty makes each piece of progress all the more rewarding. And sure, it does have a bit of a slow and simple start, but once it gets going, it’s easy to find yourself completely captivated by Kena: Bridge of Spirits’ gorgeous and tantalising adventure.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a beautiful and ambitious title from the new studio Ember Lab that mixes action, adventure, exploration and puzzle solving in a more than remarkable way. After three years since its release on PlayStation and PC systems, and without knowing the reason why Kena has taken so long to reach the Xbox ecosystem, we can only strongly recommend that its users get the game immediately, it is a great and nice experience that deserves to be played.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Fans of third person action adventure games should definitely consider playing Kena: Bridge of Spirits, with accessibility options and a story mode difficulty allowing even newcomers to videogames to enjoy this colourful, cartoon-esque journey.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is a top-quality adventure, capable of providing many hours of fun for a wide audience. A game that makes the essentiality of the control system, the beauty of the puzzles and the increasingly articulated exploration its strong points, all enhanced by an extraordinary graphic realization and a simple storyline but, at the same time, capable of touching on important themes.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is one of my favorite games from the last few years. It’s dynamic and colorful; it has a story and heart. It makes you think and care about its characters and story. The only thing I don’t like about this game is that it still has no sequel.
Though not without its shortcomings, Kena: Bridge of Spirits excels thanks to its exhilarating combat and breath-taking visuals.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is an incredible debut effort from the clearly talented team at Ember Lab. It’s stunningly gorgeous, has a great cast of characters, varied enemy types, has a well paced story all backed by an engaging soundtrack. It certainly has me excited to see what could be implemented into a future sequel if that’s what the team decides to do next, but regardless I’ll be there to check out what Ember Lab launches next.
Kena: Bridge of Spirits is an interesting case where presentation and overall beauty go a long way in masking its faults, rather it be an outdated platforming system or unbalanced difficulty.