Endling - Extinction is Forever
Last updated: 2025-04-06
- 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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% |