Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is an atmospheric puzzle platformer and the first game to be developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people, drawn from a traditional story that has been shared across the generations. Nearly 40 Alaska Native elders, storytellers and community members contributed to the development of the game. It features two characters, and it can be played in single-player mode or play cooperatively with a friend as you trek through frozen tundra, leap across treacherous ice floes, swim through underwater caverns and face enemies both strange and familiar. You'll explore awe-inspiring environments, perform heroic deeds and meet legendary characters from Iñupiaq stories — all narrated by a master storyteller in the spoken Iñupiaq language.
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Much like the game, my review will be short, yet complete of information.
I received this game as part of a bundle, I had heard about it, but I didn't think it might do for me.
The game is not that long clocking in at 3 hours including the DLC and the completionism, but it's a wonderful indie product!
Although the duration isn't that important, especially in this case followed by such a touching plot. The game it's very linear and simple, yet beautiful. Throughout your adventure, videos will unlock that CULTURALLY explain the gameplay choices used in the game, therefore, each mechanic, except the owl that shows you the videos, has its own reason derived from the Inuit culture; educational, and above all a really good experience that also teaches the player! So, it doesn't just entertain you with the gameplay but gives you small gems of cultural knowledge.
The game isn't very long, and when it comes to gameplay it does not stray away from the genre.
The game is an original yet classic platformer, with a very linear yet beautiful plot with some unexpected "twists" especially when including the Inuit lore. It ends with a very special moral message, and, above all, if you see the extra movie content, education.
7/10
I remember getting stuck on the geometry multiple times before giving up on this game forever
Mind you that I played this on Switch, it might perform better on other platforms, just not on this one
That dark ice moving and crushing the player part (Ice Floes) infuriated the living out of me as I spawned outside of the camera over and over again. It also messed up the controls with my wireless controller because the game is setting it in coop mode by itself.