Endling - Extinction Is Forever Will Start Its Quest For Survival In Spring 2022

Actually looks like a compelling game - not for the gameplay itself, but for the setting. The worlds looks like it's highly detailed which is always a plus in my book.

The visuals in this look lovely! But gameplay-wise it sounds like Shelter but with preachy overtones. And it's a political a stance I am very much for but from the presentation it sounded just like "humans are bad, we're all bad look at what we are doing".
But the average human isn't bad and the impact we can make as individuals, whilst not nothing, is limited. The best things we can do is force the large corporations and corrupt political officials to be held accountable for the massive damage they are doing. I didn't get the sense that the game was approaching that side of it. I hope I'm wrong about that though.

I'll likely give the game a go anyway at some point. It looks beautiful and very heartfelt.

Tbh, I want to get this game. It seems to have a good message and weighty subject matter. As a dad, I think about it very often...

@Ogbert you make a very accurate point about where the onus falls to find a solution. I, too, hope that it isn't just a game that places the blame on individuals (who really can't make the same difference as Governments and massive corporations). But I will concede it looks like it doesn't really convey the message of who should solve it/is the primary segment of humanity to blame.

No interest. They really went for pushing the hard-truth message that their pitch just left me feeling completely hopeless. Saving the babies isn’t enough for a game, there needed to be something more to give the viewer hope in my opinion.

@RupeeClock Shelter (and its sequel) both cover a similar concept too; a mother lynx has to help their babies grow up in the wild, teaching them to hunt prey and avoid predators. I'd be interested to see how Endling differs from Shelter, but to me it looks like retracing the same steps (with the only real difference being the human interaction).

@gloom I don't think the goal hear is to "give the viewer hope", but rather teach the viewer a lesson on what the impact of humans is on nature. A way to make you, the player, empathize with the ones suffering the consequences.

Hard pass from me. Way too preachy for entertainment.
Also, very derivative and pretentious, imo.

@msvt Saved me posting the same thing, thank you
(and you put it better than I would have)

Looks interesting.

I feel like the Indie presentation featured a trailer with some different scenes

Shelter (and its sequel) both cover a similar concept too; a mother lynx has to help their babies grow up in the wild

@DarkTron Interesting. Assuming you've played it - would you recommend Shelter?

I've spent a great deal of time in lynx country, but I have literally never seen one (hardly uncommon, that). OTOH, here in Eastern Canada, one can see foxes even in the cities, on occasion. I get to hear coyotes fairly often, but they tend to lay low; whereas foxes seem almost casual in their willingness to visit your campsite without taking every precaution (I've heard them rustling in tall grass often enough!).

In my neck of woods, at least, foxes are not a common symbol for "endangered charismatic furry species"...

Both this and Omori caught my eye, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate myself for it

@CANOEberry I don't like the Shelter games that much. They're short and go on sale pretty often, so you can give it a shot, but from what I've played, there doesn't seem to be a lot to them, and nothing is explained. The devs are big on wordless communication, including when it comes to tutorials ^^;;