Endling - Extinction Is Forever Review: An Eco-conscious Tale That Hits Hard
Near the start of Endling - Extinction is Forever, the fox you control gives birth to four adorable kits, and you can customise each one by cycling through different skins. It wasn’t until later that I realised what this feature truly achieved — by taking the time to pick how each one looks, they feel more ‘yours’, making it sting a little more when one of them dies. That’s right. Your poor little fox kits can die if you’re not a capable mama fox and don’t ensure they get fed regularly, leaving you to continue the game with fewer mouths to feed.
It turns out I haven’t changed much from my childhood when I would cheat in those retro choose your own adventure books and flip back to the previous page if I made the wrong decision. When one of my cubs died, I booted right back out to the main screen and made sure I prioritised getting my little buddies fed when I reloaded my save. If one came close to death, I quickly learned to carry it so it wouldn’t fall behind, and then I ran to find food as soon as possible.
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Keeping them fed is easier said than done. Despite continually having a larger area to explore and more potential food sources and scents to scout, the further I progressed, the food seemed scarcer somehow. Your choices matter and could lead to a nice meal or empty stomachs. Depending on the path you choose to take each night, you might encounter some food, a trap, or a human that snaps your neck. Scavenging in the trash could feed your cubs or result in you getting a plastic bag stuck over your head, threatening to suffocate you. When hunting prey, timing your pounce right could be the difference between saving your cubs from starving or
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