

Unfortunately, the game still finds a way to stumble over itself. The commands are simple to understand and laid out in a way that's comfortable, without ever getting in the way of the onscreen activity. This bond is mirrored by other relationships you discover in the game, as well as the duality of innocence and hope in contrast to guilt and despair.Īs intense as the story in Endling is, the gameplay is anything but. Getting caught and killed by the crazed furrier, for example, sends a chill down your spine as the realization hits of the fate that presumably awaits your cubs. That's what makes it all the more intense when things go wrong. As you move though the remnants of the world with your cubs, watching them grow and learn, adapting to the environment they were born into, you can't help but get emotionally invested in their safety. The game's story is both beautiful and bleak, heartwarming and heartbreaking. As the mother of the last generation of foxes on the planet, it's not only your family's survival at stake, but the survival of your entire species. Endling – Extinction is Forever spotlights this and amplifies it against the backdrop of a global ecological disaster.

As your challenges increase, so will the stakes of your decisions of how to protect your younglings from looming perma-death.Being a parent can be rough, especially in the animal kingdom.

But as progress is made, the fox and her cubs will learn new skills, get stronger, and grow. This is a journey that will prove hugely troublesome and on her journey to find the last safe haven, the vixen will have to be sly to avoid hunters, find and gather food for her family, and overcome all dangers that lie ahead.

And this means that it will be your mission to safely guide a fox mother, the last of her kind, and her three vulnerable cubs through the dystopian future of an exploited Earth, where there is barely enough room or food for them to survive. See, in its never-ending effort to ravage the planet, man has brought even the beautiful and cunning foxes close to extinction. Coming to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC (Steam) in 2021, Endling – Extinction is Forever sees you playing as the last fox on Earth, all due to the carelessness of mankind.
