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Endling: Extinction is Forever - A Hauntingly Beautiful Survival Journey

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Endling: Drawn or No Drawn, Extinction is Forever is a sorrowful and environmental-sensitive game that puts the player into the very shoes of the last mother fox on the planet. Largely focusing on survival of the remaining human population after exploiting the world and its resources it puts the player into a role of a fearful character surrounded by deadly landscapes while having to protect his cubs – all of which make it a brutally emotional journey.

It is deeply philosophical, something, which can be noticed immediately as soon as one takes a closer look at the game’s plot. As the mother fox your aim is to make sure that your children have to survive in the world where everything natural has been almost wiped out. All through out the game the players are presented with decisions that challenge their ration-ale and ethical reasoning. The difficulties are not only concerning the physical ones the game reflects the important issues such as environment degradation, loss and preservation.

This game was developed to provide players with some excitement, but I want to highlight that Endling is a very beautiful game. The painted scenery is rather rather gloomy and deserted, at the same time the charming and whimsical. The changes of night and day and changes of weather give you extra realistic setting to the cruel world you are in and every trip is different.

The gameplay is easy to follow but very challenging all at the same time. Hunting for feed, escaping from predators and decision making are activities that always occur under time pressure. There is clear kinship between the mother fox and her kits, and every decision just seems very important. You are also flooded with the experience of the cubs’ development and applying what they learn on the way, which adds a very strong feeling of attachment to the content of the game.

As most end games come with their short span of playtime, Endling is truly one of the most touching and poignant ones that are worth your time. Symbolically it represents one of the incidents that will help people realize that we have to protect our planet and species living on it. All in all, if you are the kind of player who wants more than just hoping against the odds and if you want that experience to be fully engaging – Endling is a game that shouldn’t be missed.

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