Reviewers Liked
- Excellent Americana soundtrack
- Beautiful graphical style
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Clunky user interface
- Weak story mode
The Flame In The Flood
78
7.3
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Expert reviews and ratings
By nintendoworldreport.com
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I went into The Flame in The Flood, a recent Switch eShop release that originally came out in 2016, with a little bit of trepidation. Mostly due to the onslaught of great roguelike games on Switch, I've gotten back into that style of game a lot more...
By GameZone
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The Flame in the Flood has a unique premise and does a great job of establishing the world. Sadly, the game fails to click due to its repetitive...
By CGM
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The Flame in the Flood squanders a novel idea and fantastic aesthetic with mind-numbing repetition and a broken sense of...
By Gaming Illustrated
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The Flame in the Flood is quick to punish the overzealous and careless. Its gameplay rewards prudency and a strong sense of self preservation. Even the best laid plans can go awry by the presence of a striking snake at night or the charge of a boar, but...
By IGN
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Brutal and beautiful, The Flame in the Flood is a unique sort of survival game, with a few crucial flaws.
By ign.com
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The Flame in the Flood is a beautiful procedurally generated survival sim that gains a welcome sense of momentum from the need to stay on the move. Its unwieldy menus and tendency to crash ruins some of the fun, unfortunately, but not enough to diminish...
By EuroGamer
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And what sights! At night, the warm orange glow of a camping spot tethered to the green or blue lights cast by its dock can be almost impossibly romantic. Suddenly, you can see why so many people spent so long learning the river, even when they knew the river was only going to change again once they thought they were safe.
By Gaming Nexus
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The Flame and the Flood is not a game for hoarders. At times it will seem like your greatest enemy isn't the weather or the wolves, but the number of things you can carry. The gist of The Flame in the Flood is that you are a lonely survivor of a...
By GameInformer
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The Flame in the Flood has a beautiful aesthetic and a strong structure, welcoming a larger audience with its accessibility options. The trip down the river is a rocky, dangerous one, but there are rich treasures and exciting tales waiting to be discovered by those brave enough to take the journey.
By PCGamer
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Lovely and challenging with enjoyable crafting and survival elements, but poor river controls make it harsher than it should be.
By GameSpot
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The Flame in the Flood encourages you to put long-term goals aside and live in the moment, to make choices and overcome short-term problems with risky but satisfying spontaneity. Despite the awkward menu system, it’s an absorbing game that lets you experience a journey in the present, and fully appreciate the sights, sounds, and joys of floating down the river in its alluring world.
By HardcoreGamer
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Still, The Flame in the Flood offers a genuinely new variation on the survival game theme, tuned, focused and confident in its execution.
By gamergen.com
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Le titre est disponible depuis un bon moment sur PC, Xbox One et PlayStation 4, mais n'a fait son apparition sur Nintendo Switch qu'en octobre 2017, l'occasion de nous plonger dans ce The Flame in the Flood qui semble fort sympathique de prime abord,...
By gamestar.de
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Patrick Mittler@GameStar_deManchmal ist eine Reduktion auf das Wesentliche der Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Mit The Flame in the Flood haben die Entwickler von The Molasses Flood genau das gemacht und damit dem mittlerweile etwas abgedroschenem...
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