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I truthfully didn’t expect The Flame in The Flood to make the impression on me that it did. It’s easily the best survival game I’ve ever played, all the way from its satisfying gameplay to its masterful audio design. In the veritable long river of eShop games on Switch right now, this is one worth making sure you’ve got enough food and water to last a couple weeks.
What stands out most about The Flame in the Flood is that its form of survival isn’t candied up, but sits severe and plain about what chance most of us would have. It’s second even to the slice of America it presents, a piece of a soul set upon a shelf, hoping to be called upon once more. If nothing else, The Flame in The Flood allows that piece to have its moment with sincerity.
The Flame in the Flood is a rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America where you forage, craft, and evade predators.
The sun is sinking beneath the tops of the trees. A few days back you ate some rotten meat, and now you’ve got dysentery. A dog (your only companion in the wilderness) is whimpering at your side as you lay on a raft. You’ve been here a hundred times, and you’ll probably be here a hundred more. But it’s okay. Every life, you’re making it closer to the end, dragging your broken bones to the Promised Land inch by inch. You’ll get there one day.
There are times that The Flame in the Flood feels like the world is against you. And it is. But that’s the mechanic you are dealing with here. You will die, a lot. If that runs counter to what you find fun, this game might not be for you. But if you’d like to try something entirely unique, look no further.
From the creators of The Molasses Flood comes THE FLAME IN THE FLOOD which is a roguelike survival video game set in a post-apocalyptic America where the
The Flame in the Flood is beautiful, desolate, and it will kill you again and again.
While there are quite a few survival games out, the Flame in the Flood approaches the end of the world from a new perspective. Its an enjoyable survival game that always ends in peril; nevertheless, the Flame in the Flood is worth playing over and over again.
The Flame in the Flood successfully captures the intricacies of a better class of survival games and wraps them in a very neat, very pretty package, complete with an awesome alternative-country soundtrack by Chuck Ragan. It also adds a sense of urgency in its narrative, a unique and engaging challenge in the procedurally generated world, the ability to actually ‘complete’ the game via the campaign mode, and, ultimately, a great satisfaction in making it through to the other side and seeing just what truths wait at the river’s end.
While it's not a revolution in terms of survival gameplay, a strong sense of setting and great soundtrack make this a trip down the river well worth taking.
Overall, then, The Flame in the Flood delivers on the promise of its esteemed development team. The title may not be for everyone, particularly given the sometimes steep learning curve and reliance on random item drops, but the game generally works well, providing a challenging and tense gaming experience. Those after a daunting roguelike with more going on than the simple gaming mechanics need look no further, with interesting themes and visuals making The Flame in the Flood stand out from the crowd.
Molasses Flood's unique survival game The Flame in the Flood tells the story of Scout and her dog Aesop. A monumental flood has created a massive river over what was once civilization resulting in few patches of dry land left to provide a haven for the two travelers. A mysterious promise of refuge lies beyond the near-infinite river and Scout is determined to find out if it exists.
Great art, a brilliant soundtrack and a challenging, rewarding survival experience awaits those who have the patience.
The post-societal visuals of crumbling buildings, broken-down cars drifting along the flooded river, and menacing wildlife lurking in the distance, paired with an excellent folk rock soundtrack featuring Chuck Ragan, creates a unique atmosphere of exploring a desolate frontier. It’s easy to become absorbed in this world and end up spending much more time on this treacherous river than you initially intended. That is, until it swiftly kills you without remorse. It seems mother nature is a cruel mistress indeed.
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 the strength of the hopeful, riverbound journey at its core.
A harsh ride down an unforgiving river.
The Flame in the Flood is yet another survival game, similar to hundreds of others out there. Nice audiovisuals and an intuitive crafting system are not enough to completely forget about its repetitivness and lack of variety.
There are a number of technical issues still prevalent in the full release. Things like adjusting the SFX volume which then cut out 90% of the sound files requires a reboot to fix. When combined with the fact there is no manual save option, I was left a fair way back in my travels with a very confused inventory. I also got stuck on the terrain multiple times, once so far as to be rafting on top of one of the large islands. Rest assured rafting on land always leads to drowning.
I have a confession to make. I have been excited for The Flame in the Flood for quite some time now. The second the twanging trailer rippled across the internet I was hooked. As a young man from northern England my exposure to American country music is, well, limited. But the dark tones of Chuck Ragan are mysterious and intriguing, and I was immediately addicted to the name, song and eventually, the game.
Where I'm at with the game now is that I do enjoy playing and it's because it offers a beautiful and non-overwhelming survival option. I also find that the repetition of crafting and of landscape and of encounters combined with changes in biome end up feeling like verses in a song – familiar but with some of the beats changed up. But I also find that I feel I'm spinning my wheels a lot, that the systems aren't creating interesting or varied stories. I can't tell you about specific runs or particular events in The Flame In The Flood because they don't feel distinct from one another. The systems don't layer in a way that surprises me or prompts me to impose a narrative. It's comfy and I can play for hours, but it's just not that deep.