Endling - Extinction is Forever

Item: Endling - Extinction is Forever
Rating: 89
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-06

Summary

Emotional story about environmental destruction.
Beautiful and distinctive art style.
Survival, care, and resource management gameplay.
Excellent and atmospheric soundtrack.
Repetitive and monotonous gameplay.
Overly sad and depressing story.

Reviews (sample size): 1005
Helpful reviews: 71%
Unhelpful reviews: 29%
Protest reviews: 0%

89%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
11%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1661
Negative points: 692
Gameplay points: 286
Perf. points: 31
Rec. points: 529
Misc points: 95

Point	Description	Importance
Emotional story about environmental destruction Description The game delivers a powerful and emotional narrative centered on environmental destruction, human impact, and the struggle for survival. It evokes empathy, encourages reflection on humanity's relationship with nature, and highlights the importance of conservation. The story explores themes of loss, resilience, and maternal love, often leading to strong emotional responses from players. Importance 95%	The game delivers a powerful and emotional narrative centered on environmental destruction, human impact, and the struggle for survival. It evokes empathy, encourages reflection on humanity's relationship with nature, and highlights the importance of conservation. The story explores themes of loss, resilience, and maternal love, often leading to strong emotional responses from players.	95%
Beautiful and distinctive art style Description The game features a beautiful and distinctive art style, often described as reminiscent of Impressionism, with smooth lines, rich colors, and detailed environments. The visuals are complemented by a well-crafted soundtrack, enhancing the game's atmosphere and emotional impact. The combination of art and music creates a captivating and immersive experience for the player. Importance 46%	The game features a beautiful and distinctive art style, often described as reminiscent of Impressionism, with smooth lines, rich colors, and detailed environments. The visuals are complemented by a well-crafted soundtrack, enhancing the game's atmosphere and emotional impact. The combination of art and music creates a captivating and immersive experience for the player.	46%
Playing as a mother fox Description Players experience the game from the perspective of a mother fox, tasked with protecting and caring for her cubs in a dangerous world. The fox family is portrayed as adorable, with detailed animations and charming interactions that create a strong emotional connection. The game effectively conveys the challenges and responsibilities of motherhood in a hostile environment. Importance 15%	Players experience the game from the perspective of a mother fox, tasked with protecting and caring for her cubs in a dangerous world. The fox family is portrayed as adorable, with detailed animations and charming interactions that create a strong emotional connection. The game effectively conveys the challenges and responsibilities of motherhood in a hostile environment.	15%
Excellent and atmospheric soundtrack Description The game features an excellent soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional impact of the experience. The music is described as beautiful, pleasant, and well-timed, with unique cues that complement the gameplay. Many reviewers enjoyed the music so much that they sought it out separately, even purchasing it to support the developers. Importance 10%	The game features an excellent soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional impact of the experience. The music is described as beautiful, pleasant, and well-timed, with unique cues that complement the gameplay. Many reviewers enjoyed the music so much that they sought it out separately, even purchasing it to support the developers.	10%
Encourages exploration and replayability Description The game encourages exploration and rewards multiple playthroughs, revealing new details, side stories, and connections within the environment. The world changes over time, adding depth to the experience and making it feel more alive. The game also features a flexible pathing system that enhances the sense of freedom and immersion. Importance 8%	The game encourages exploration and rewards multiple playthroughs, revealing new details, side stories, and connections within the environment. The world changes over time, adding depth to the experience and making it feel more alive. The game also features a flexible pathing system that enhances the sense of freedom and immersion.	8%
Generally good story Description This cluster expresses general positive sentiments about the game's story, with reviewers calling it lovely, impactful, and amazing. While enthusiastic, these points lack specific details and constructive feedback, reducing their overall importance. Importance 7%	This cluster expresses general positive sentiments about the game's story, with reviewers calling it lovely, impactful, and amazing. While enthusiastic, these points lack specific details and constructive feedback, reducing their overall importance.	7%
Immersive and atmospheric experience Description The game creates an immersive atmosphere of hopelessness, enhanced by a soundtrack that perfectly complements the tone. Reviewers experienced a range of emotions and found the story development, environmental changes, and interactions with different characters to be thought-provoking. The post-apocalyptic world is described as beautifully depressing, drawing players into the game's emotional journey. Importance 4%	The game creates an immersive atmosphere of hopelessness, enhanced by a soundtrack that perfectly complements the tone. Reviewers experienced a range of emotions and found the story development, environmental changes, and interactions with different characters to be thought-provoking. The post-apocalyptic world is described as beautifully depressing, drawing players into the game's emotional journey.	4%
Moderate and well-managed difficulty Description The game offers a moderate level of difficulty that gradually increases as players progress, requiring them to find food and avoid dangerous situations. The difficulty changes with every decision, and the more players progress, the more they understand the message. The game starts small and ends big, with challenging objectives that provide a good level of difficulty. Importance 3%	The game offers a moderate level of difficulty that gradually increases as players progress, requiring them to find food and avoid dangerous situations. The difficulty changes with every decision, and the more players progress, the more they understand the message. The game starts small and ends big, with challenging objectives that provide a good level of difficulty.	3%
Personal connection to the game Description This cluster contains personal anecdotes and subjective opinions about the game, such as the reviewer's fondness for foxes and their experience raising a cat. While these points express enjoyment, they lack specific details and constructive feedback, reducing their overall importance. Importance 3%	This cluster contains personal anecdotes and subjective opinions about the game, such as the reviewer's fondness for foxes and their experience raising a cat. While these points express enjoyment, they lack specific details and constructive feedback, reducing their overall importance.	3%