When we first meet our pregnant fox mum, she almost gets burned to death in a forest fire, is inches away from being run over by a truck, and is chased off the side of a cliff by a stag that’s caught fire (yes, you read that right). Smoke chokes the planet and toxic waste pollutes rivers and forests, making survival extremely difficult and wow, the game doesn’t wait for a single beat to remind you of that struggle. Set sometime in the not-too-distant-but-kind-of-distant future, Earth is in serious trouble thanks to, you guessed it, us being greedy goblins.
What can I say, I see an animal in distress and I’m a weepy mess.
After playing through the game in two evenings, Endling didn’t end up being the emotional gut punch I had braced myself for, but its story of scrappy survival did have me reaching for the tissues by the closing credits. You play as a fox mother trying to keep her four cubs alive in a post-apocalyptic world, and from that premise alone it definitely feels like developers Herobeat Studios are deadset on making me cry. Ow.Įndling - Extinction Is Forever is one such game. It shoots right between the ribs and straight into the heart. It’s the maternal connection that gets me, the pang of loss for something you were supposed to protect. Ever since the first Shelter game where my sweet baby badger got snatched up by the claws of a giant eagle, I’ve learned that these adorable animal games can be pretty ruthless. It’s been a hot minute since a cute animal adventure scarred me for life. From: Steam, GOG, Humble, Epic Games Store.A scrappy survival tale with moments of tension and tenderness. Play as a mother fox looking for her missing cub in a post-apocalyptic future where Earth is slowly dying.
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