KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS is a beautiful world, an impressive debut title that's not without it's flaws

KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS is a beautiful world, an impressive debut title that's not without it's flaws

Author: SIFTER October 4, 2021 Duration: 29:21

KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS is the debut title from visual effects company turned game developers Ember Lab exclusive to Playstation and PC where you play as Kena a spirit guide who helps the deceased move from the physical world into the afterlife.

A beautiful unparalleled visual feast that feels like you're playing in an animated feature film and an impressive debut, KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS is not without it's limitations

James Morrison speaks to Adam Christou about what they loved and what left them wanting on this episode of our podcast Mainstream.

A copy of this game was provided to SIFTER for the purposes of this review.

SIFTER is produced by Scott Quigg, Sarah Ireland, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is our Senior Producer, Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Brian Fairbanks from Salty Dog Sounds composed the Mainstream theme music.

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