The world today has terrifying aspects like social networks that take over reality, and it is the group that shouts the loudest that becomes a truth recognized by all, however false, however superficial. be it. They are also responsible for the democratization of fads, tendencies which, if they may seem stupid to everyone, prevent, by a fashion effect, people from expressing their opposition under pain of being rejected by all.
Among these "modes", the democratization of certain professions which, by diverting certain rules, depreciate the initial profession without really bringing beneficial things to the aforementioned profession.
Yes, yes, don't worry, we are indeed testing a game, but that doesn't prevent us from introducing it in a somewhat serious and dramatic way, does it?
Now that this is done, imagine that providers are attacking on the front line of an essential public service: firefighters. This is the universe that the Muse Games studio has imagined by offering us Embr, a game where you are the Uber of the emergency services, brave fire soldiers, and whose primary motivation is not really to help the people but to glean a maximum of rating stars and tips for each intervention...
In this FPS view game, you play as one of those opportunists who wants to make ends meet and who will intervene at different incident sites to first save potential victims who are too busy looking at their phones to escape, but also save some material goods in order to get a tip that can be much more substantial than what the minimal save would bring you.
The game is played in co-op up to 4 players online, and you will probably not be too many to penetrate these disasters in which there can be a lot to do in the time allowed.
Unfortunately, as part of the test, it was impossible to try out multiplayer, due to a lack of players.
However, I had the opportunity to play 2 on an alpha PC present on the developer's stand at Gamescon 2019 and this arcade and party game oriented game had potential. To see therefore when it will be possible for me again, what the servers give.
Your earnings will be used to customize your character, as well as to invest in new equipment and upgrades.
For your outings, it will be important to choose your equipment carefully according to the additional risks that certain places may impose, such as electrical damage, toxic gas, specific fires and especially the weather which will be your worst enemy.
The levels thus have a certain replayability in order to earn more money, to obtain better performance thanks to the new accessories and equipment, and especially with secondary objectives and challenges available on each level. These challenges (rescue, destruction, food delivery, etc.) will allow you to earn 1 token per successful challenge. The tokens will be used to acquire, with money, certain elements and equipment.
Visually, the game is colourful, very cartoony to support the fun side of the game. However, there are display bugs that can greatly interfere, since parts of the decor can disappear depending on the camera angle. But that doesn't matter in the face of the number one concern: playability...
So no, the buttons remain distributed in a relatively classic way. Except that... the game is really not suitable for console playability (game tested on Xbox One) and it shows, controller in hand, since you have the impression of having mouse sensitivity with the controller, even if the latter is set to the minimum.
This makes the game difficult to play, at least with the flexibility that we are entitled to expect from a title of this kind. To be frank, Embr would lend itself even better to the game of VR because it feels like playing a VR game without VR, given the physics of the title which requires very high precision when passing valuables ,, by doors which may be more than limited in size.
This concern for gameplay with the controller, unless there is a future patch that reviews the management of the joysticks, greatly removes the fun capital from the title on console, but on PC, it's a safe bet that Embr should deliver the purest experience of the emergency service at 4 possible.
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