Evergate: Ki's Awakening

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Evergate: Ki's Awakening is a single player platformer game. It was developed by Stone Lantern Games and was released on October 29, 2020. It received neutral reviews from players.

Try this year’s must-play indie smash-hit for free, with Evergate Ki’s Awakening. Take on seven unique levels in this haunting precision puzzle-platformer, set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife, with an original score recorded by a live orchestra.

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graphics5 positive mentions

grinding1 negative mentions

Beautiful and pristine artwork with seamless animation and elegant visual effects.
Fantastic and atmospheric soundtrack that complements the game's mood and storytelling.
Engaging puzzle-platformer mechanics with unique abilities requiring thoughtful planning and precision.

Steep and unforgiving difficulty curve leading to frustration rather than enjoyment.
Controls can feel clunky and unintuitive, sometimes causing issues with gameplay execution.
The game experience is sometimes marred by poor explanations, unskippable dialogues, and design choices that negatively impact immersion.

graphics
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The graphics receive mixed feedback, with some praising the beautiful artwork and stunning visuals, while others find them lackluster and not up to modern PC standards due to the game’s mobile origins. Overall, the art and animation are highlighted as strong points that enhance the game's appeal despite some shortcomings.
- “The visuals are stunning.”
- “First impression: the beautiful artwork and interesting premise encouraged me to give this demo a try.”
- “Evergate has the potential to be an incredible game to play, with its beautiful artwork and animation, and intelligent and well-planned gameplay.”
- “While this is on PC, it has all the hallmarks and deficiencies of a console game, from the clunkier-than-needed control scheme to the less than cutting-edge graphics.”
- “The graphics are lacklustre because this was designed for mobile phones, not gaming PCs.”
- “I don't see the point of working on graphic design if you are not going to show your art properly.”
gameplay
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The gameplay features simple, easy-to-understand mechanics with one-screen platforming levels and a focus on timing, but it is hampered by unskippable story dialogue and poor tutorialization that can lead to frustration. Despite some frustrating level resets and difficulty spikes, many find the mechanics enjoyable and the overall gameplay well-designed and engaging.
- “There are way more mechanics in the actual game and it was lots of fun.”
- “Evergate has the potential to be an incredible game to play, with its beautiful artwork and animation, and intelligent and well-planned gameplay.”
- “Good: the game runs on simple mechanisms, allowing for easy initial gameplay.”
- “The game wastes a lot of your time with unskippable story dialog, but then doesn't explain the mechanics well.”
- “In the first level, you get all this stuff about challenges and unlockable skills, before you've even familiarized yourself with the game and its mechanics.”
- “Horrible gameplay with levels that constantly reset themselves.”
music
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The music in the game is highly praised, described as fantastic, mind-blowing, and elegant, significantly enhancing the overall experience alongside the artwork and visuals.
- “The soundtrack was fantastic.”
- “It's a free prologue of an indie game; its visual effects, art, music, and narrative are elegant and remind me of Ori.”
- “The art is nice, the soundtrack blows my mind, and I get the general concept of the mechanics.”
story
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The story centers on helping a lost soul named Ki escape the afterlife, featuring seamless animation that enhances its flow. However, players criticize the unskippable dialogue for wasting time and note that the game poorly explains its mechanics.
- “Story: You are supposed to help a lost soul named Ki to escape the afterlife and return home to Earth.”
- “Animation is seamless and creates a flow to the story.”
- “The game wastes a lot of your time with unskippable story dialog, but then doesn't explain the mechanics well.”
- “Story: you are supposed to help a lost soul named Ki to escape the afterlife and return home to Earth.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is considered tedious and monotonous, detracting from the overall experience.
- “Instead, it's tedious.”

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Evergate: Ki's Awakening is a platformer game.

Evergate: Ki's Awakening is available on PC and Windows.

Evergate: Ki's Awakening was released on October 29, 2020.

Evergate: Ki's Awakening was developed by Stone Lantern Games.

Evergate: Ki's Awakening has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Evergate: Ki's Awakening for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Evergate: Ki's Awakening is a single player game.

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