Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

Ce jeu dépeint le voyage initiatique d'un shaman, Zau, à la suite d'une perte tragique qui l'affecte au plus haut point. Il décide alors de passer un pacte avec le Dieu de la Mort afin de surmonter ce chagrin, ce qui constituera le contenu de notre aventure à travers les décors africains. Je tiens à avertir les gens les plus sensibles que, comme précisé, le jeu aborde la perte d'un être cher (basé sur l'histoire personnelle du créateur). Si vous traversez une phase similaire, peut-être patienter un petit peu avant de le lancer (?). Les points forts selon moi : 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 Environnement très coloré, on en prend plein la vue 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 Les musiques sont entraînantes, j'ai voyagé 🩷🩷🩷🩷 Histoire touchante, jamais dans le trop 🩷🩷🩷 Difficulté adaptable tout le long du jeu si vous ragez sur un passage Quelques aspects négatifs : ❌❌ Jeu assez linéaire, y compris lorsqu'il s'agit de faire le 100% pour les succès. Les points négatifs n'ont en rien entaché mon envie tout le long de jouer au jeu. J'ai fait de grosses séances sans voir le temps passer. Je recommande ce jeu qui est une belle surprise à mes yeux (mais ce n'est pas un jeu qui se compare à d'autres de type Metroidvania, il se prend à part pour son histoire).

This game reminds of me both Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and the Ori games. I absolutely loved those games, and while this isn't quite as polished as either of those, it definitely scratched the itch they left behind. Minor criticisms: - While this looks, feels and (mostly) plays like a Metroidvania, the areas are all progressed through in a very linear fashion. There's rarely ever a story-based reason to return to a previous area. I only ever went back to find collectibles and upgrades that were previously blocked by obstacles. - It's pretty easy to lose track of your player while in combat with many enemies that look similar to you, on a zoomed out screen far away. I died many times just because for a second I wasn't sure which character on the screen was mine. - The story. I understand that the story came from a very personal place from the creator, but most of the time I found it hard to connect. Needed a little more show-don't-tell, something the Ori games excelled at. None of those issues, however, were deal breakers for me,. I had a great time unwinding to this game after work. . Loved the Afrofuturistic-inspired aesthetic, addictive gameplay, and swift pacing. Overall a very fun title. A good one to pick up on sale.

Beautiful game with a great story, great voice acting, great soundtrack and fun mechanics. I loved how the game incorporated various common aspects of Bantu culture and I hope to see more games in the future that incorporate more African cultures. P.S. I saw that some people were reviewing the game badly not because of the game but because EA sold themselves to the Saudi's. I do agree that is bad but, review a game like this with how small the developer is only hurts the developer and not the publisher.

If you like metroidvanias and a personal story, this is a good choice. Also nice to see so much of the game is inspired by a culture that doesn't get much attention in western media. Admittedly it is relatively short, the story beats are somewhat predictable, and the mechanics just aren't as polished as the presentation... or other games in the genre. But overall a good game.

Game is short but it has a touching story and interesting visuals. It's weaker in the gameplay department than some of its contemporaries, but it has the makings of something much more interesting. I think if this studio makes a follow up, whether a sequel or a different game in the same genre, they will be able to add the polish it needs to really make the mechanics shine. I highly recommend this game, very worth the handful of hours it'll take you to 100% it

game too easy even at hard. platforming is very repetitive. Combat is forcing you to switch between the 2 forms and not in a fun way red shield for red mask, blue shield for blue mask... story is kind of boring and easy to predict.

Really enjoyable game. Also very cool to get something based on African mythology. Great fit for Steam Deck too. There is a Deck preset, but I found you can get even higher settings playable by disabling AA and Vsync. Buttery smooth and very pretty