Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Another Unreal Weekend!

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Made more progress on Kena: Bridge of Spirits! Discovered a few more Rot, some hats for my Rot, fought with some Curse Chests, and purified a shrine or two along the way. I streamed some gameplay to a friend earlier, it was a fun experience to share!

The Sunday Wonderlands adventure was productive! Despite going back and forth on shopping trips to dump the mountains of loot we were sucking up in our travels. I’ve made it to Level 40, and have started playing with Myth Ranks. I’ll probably play with that more on our next Sunday Wonderfest.

Kena: Photo Mode Edition

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Another adventurous evening was spent in the Pixar-Perfect looking world of Kena: Bridge of Spirits! I discovered Photo Mode and it all went down hill from there.

Hanging With The Fam

I’ve made more rot friends, destroyed the Wood Knight, and slowly mastering archery!

I’ve mostly been playing it on Desktop. It runs ok on Steam Deck, if you don’t mind playing at 30FPS. 99% of my gameplay has been with a controller, but for some of the trials I had no problems playing keyboard and mouse.

It’s nice to have the option to choose between the two.

Piercing The Soul

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Got to learn archery tonight in Kena: Bridge of Spirits. It was a fun reward for beating a boss battle.

The bow also allows you to grapple to unreachable places if you happen to notice a large blue flower. It helped me reach a nice meditation spot. Great for permanently increasing your health, AND a good spot to call it a day. There’s another boss up ahead that has convinced me to call it a night.

It’s Been Another Unreal Weekend With Kena!

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Back during the Steam Lunar New Year Sale I picked up Kena: Bridge of Spirits. I saw gameplay for it over the holidays and it immediately caught my attention. So far this game has managed to suck about four hours out of me, and what a glorious four hours it was! It features beautiful cinematic visuals that could compare to a Pixar film, a beautiful soundtrack, and top notch voice acting. I played this on my TV today and it felt like controlling a movie.

Kena builds up her fanclub.

Kena (pronounced Kay-nuh)is a young Spirit Guide, who makes use of her magic to help souls that are unable to pass on. She’s on a journey to find a sacred mountain shrine, and befriends creatures known as “Rot” along her travels. Her little friends can aid her in purifying the forests of evil, and are strong enough to lift objects for Kena.

 

Adventure Awaits!

The game features a giant world to explore, souls in need of saving and a forest in need of magical intervention. When exploring it feels like a modern Tomb Raider game, but when fighting it feels like Dark Souls without all the cursing if you die in battle. Then it finishes off with a touch of Okami, thanks to the Rot aiding your spiritual power to cleanse the forest of evil.

ALL HAIL THE FOREST TEAR

In some areas you can unlock what are called “Forest Tears”. Forest Tears enable the Rot to unlock their full potential – allowing you to clean up the area and uncover areas you couldn’t access before.

Feelin’ Blue

I might play a bit more on Steam Deck before bed; it was nice to play it on the couch earlier, though. And even nicer, the cloud saves going between the two. 😀

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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Adding Kena: Bridge of Spirits to my list of new games to try, and so far I really like it! It’s like a mix of souls like, Tomb Raider and Okami to it. You play as a young Spirit Guide named Kena, and you’re on a journey seeking a mountain shrine.

You discover these creatures called Rot, dark creatures that are as powerful as they are adorable. Once you collect enough Rot you can harness their power to free trapped souls in the forest, and restore tainted areas.

I didn’t have time to get that far into it, but I’m already liking the visual style, the music, and the gameplay. So far I’m liking what I see! Going to have to look into this one again soon!