Austin recommends: 'Tales of Kenzera: Zau' (Review)

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Published 2024-04-22
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau is the debut game from Abubakar Salim's Surgent Studios, and while it cannot keep pace with genre's greats, it's a solid, well-made and heartfelt metroidvania that will likely strike a nerve if you've ever lost someone important in your life.

Video written, voiced and edited by Austin B.

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All Comments (21)
  • @SkillUp
    Thanks to SteelSeries for sponsoring the video. Get 12% of any purchase from www.steelseries.com/ when you use offer code SKILLUP at check out.
  • Loving that a lot of smaller games are getting reviews now that Austin is reviewing as well
  • @spooty75
    Knowing that it's "Father" that's behind this game already got me interested when he first mentioned he was starting a game studio. But that Game Awards presentation, and let's be fair, the drip on display, with the emotive and genuine speech really piqued my interest. I preordered on PS5 as soon as it was up and have been eagerly anticipating the launch. I hope the public embrace this game and support these smaller developers! My only request now is: please release the soundtrack! From what I've heard so far it's incredible!
  • @johnk.7836
    I wanted to purchase this Day one after Abu's speech, and playing the demo but then - Denuvo :(. Now I have to wait until Denovo is removed before I can purchase.
  • So glad this game is only 10 hours, I really want to support Abu and the new studio but don't have a ton of free time
  • @ichibi87
    Its so nice when you're reading character names and you know what they mean and the folklore behind it. "Baba" is pretty common for father but seeing "impundulu" as the boss name makes me wanna play this game way more especially since Austin says the story is solid.
  • Nice, have had my eye on this game. Abubakar Salim’s speech at the game awards made me want to try it
  • @TheLongestTake
    Abu was excellent in Raised By Wolves. I think it is really cool that he is getting into video game development. Glad the game is solid.
  • @vcprovost
    It's free on PlayStation plus extra. Imma play it day one! Thank God cuz I'm going through it financially right now😅.
  • @lancebaxter6612
    You had me at "ten hour Metroidvania." Short, tight games are severely underappreciated.
  • Playing this now, it's okay. Feels quite mushy and sloppy though gameplay wise, timings are off, combat is messy, checkpoints are odd, wall jumping is inconsistent.
  • @RatchetSly
    I greatly enjoyed the Nextfest demo of this one, with my only complaint about it being some frame drops. Good to see it spotlighted here
  • @TheLeaderX1
    i saw "Tales of" and th immediate thought in my head was "another tales game so soon?"
  • @bounceycake1
    When I heard the title, i honestly thought it was one of the JRPG Tales of games (Arise, Beseria, etc) looks interesting though nonetheless
  • @MolinaKojima
    I remember seeing him almost cry in stage and I REALLY wanted this game to be good! I’m excited
  • @blvd6969
    Abu is playing Alyn Valeryon on this upcoming season of House of the Dragon too
  • @ZephyrK_
    Never heard of this but it looks amazing.