For a first effort from an indie dev, this was pretty good. What stands out most at first are the visuals, Ember Lab has a background in animation and it shows with the stunning art direction and well produced cutscenes. The music is also lovely.

I was surprised by how solid the gameplay was though. The combat is simple and starts a bit dull, but it comes into its own as more abilities unlock and ended up being really fun by the end. Liked the bosses too, they were challenging but not unfairly so.

There’s some issues such as controls feeling a bit janky at times and the voice acting being a bit lackluster. Also the main currency is only used to buy hats for the Rot, which I can’t say I cared for. But overall I enjoyed Kena and look forward to what’s next from them.