The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition is a wilderness survival game in which a girl and her dog travel on foot and by raft down a procedurally-generated river. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. I want to keep playing the game, because its core gameplay is actually so enjoyable, but now I’ve peeked behind the curtain, I can’t quite get enthused enough to do so.To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Actually, the very fact that I perceive a ‘formula’ and I now feel like I could easily beat the game every time is a problem in itself. I’ve certainly got value for money out of the game, but I feel I was ‘lucky’ not to crack the formula earlier. The resource gathering and crafting is enjoyable, and the sense of place is greatly enhanced by unusually detailed references to nature: parasites, ants, aloe, dandelions … seriously, this must be the only game in existence that features sumac, a plant I’d previously never even heard of! Ultimately, my biggest issue with TFITF is its ending. The Flame in the Flood still has several standout aspects, most of all the stunning soundtrack which really helps to evoke the solitary, tragic world the player is thrust into. Once the player gets reasonably experienced, threats are all but eliminated. Survival games are, at their heart, all about coping with various threats, and learning how to prepare for them. In the long-run, TFITF suffers from another problem often faced by survival games: how to maintain the challenge.
And, yet, balance can only achieve so much. I like that sleep is required, that fires offer several different benefits, that rain is present and annoying, but shelter is readily available. I An absorbing game which represents value for money, marred by bugs and flawed mechanics At its heart lies a very well-balanced game. An absorbing game which represents value for money, marred by bugs and flawed mechanics At its heart lies a very well-balanced game.
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