Emanate

Dreamy, nails hard and addictive Fully worth it

Tricky but super fun

Part of my series of one sentence reviews: Genuinely a hidden gem, simple mouse and keyboard platforming through beautiful painting-esque environments.

Emanate is a 3d foddian game that is a bit hard to control at first since you are really fast, but you get used to it and when mastered, is really fun to play. You unlock a double jump early on and a triple jump around 60%. The map is really punishing in the first half, but you can play on a "easy" mode where you can use 3 checkpoint per section, although they disappear forever once used. The game also add new game mechanic every section. However, that's where the cons start. I still liked the game but i will list a lots of cons that might turn you off. Most of the new gameplay element are in a punishing place when you first try it so you have a good chance of falling when learning the mechanic which really isn't ideal. There is no shadow under you to know where to land which is criminal for a game released in 2022 when sm64 had it in 1996. Most of the level design consist of platform that only appear when you are close, for the most part, you can guess where they are but it's still a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ way to increase the difficulty as you have to react to most thing on the first time and remember where the obstacle were to make it easier on the later try. And this will apply to falls too. When falling, you won't see the platforms unless you are really close which by then, it will be too late to aim for it. WIngs appear when you do the double jump and stay there for a while instead of disappearing when using it to know if its available or not. Overall, a lots of flaw which could have made it a great game but will stay as a recommend only if you like foddian game and 3d platformer.

totally forgot i picked this up on discount, and managed to beat it in 2 sessions. there are some odd technical issues, like your volume and inputs being reset every time you relaunch the game. lots of the platforming involves suddenly appearing platforms, so there is a lot of trial and error. the flow state in this was pretty fun though, even the super fast-paced final section. p.s. you can cheese the checkpoint system in the normal mode by simply exiting to the menu and reopening the game when you're by one of the checkpoints. current best time is 26:19

Superbe et challengeant !

everytime i fall i grow stronger