Assigned a job in a particular location that contains more electrical hazards? Opt for an extinguisher that uses a safer foam rather than water. These range from simple, expected procedures with axes, extinguishers, and ladders, to more experimental methods of evacuation involving trampolines and bouncy slides. the boot of your own car) in order to earn a bigger cut to buy upgrades, but it’s better if no one sees you doing this.Įmbr offers 25 different levels, with alternating mission objectives and 5-star ratings to earn.Īs a hero for hire, you don’t need to worry about pesky regulations or standard-issue gear, and can instead choose to employ a variety of different items and tactics to help get the job done. You can also decide to place money outside of the designated rescue zone and somewhere more ‘private’ (i.e.
Puzzles and platforming challenges ensue as you dodge and restrain the flames – set on a timer before the entire building in question collapses – and you’ll get a rating with payment based on how successful you are in completing each objective.Īside from simply rescuing your, well, customers, I suppose, you’ll also be given additional bonuses for safely recovering expensive items, or even delivering meals on wheels through the ‘Embr Eats’ app - serving fire from the kitchen to those wishing to evade fire from their kitchen. The game establishes its humour as early as the Switch menu, both with a Tinder-esque parody icon and vowel-omitting name, and a clever app-based UI.Īs a firefighter-for-hire signing up to provide your services through the Embr app, the premise is simple: Answering the call of the app’s rather desperate customers, you’ll hose your way through 25 varying levels, each with its own structures and hazards that you’ll need to navigate in order to get residents to safety. Unfortunately, whilst humorous presentation and a quirky premise offer some chaotic multiplayer fun with friends, the gameplay is often frustrating, with performance issues and multiplayer hiccups that could leave players feeling burned by the Switch edition.įirst-person shooter-esque gameplay sees you running around a variety of burning buildings.Įmbr imagines the life of a firefighter through the self-employed ‘gig economy’ lens, taking clear inspiration from apps like Uber in its fictional in-game marketing, but with an air of sarcasm and disdain. But what if you were to take this formula and apply it to the heroic act of firefighting? With their tongues firmly placed in their cheeks, Muse Games and publisher Curve Games ( rebranded from Curve Digital as of October) have answered this definitely often-asked question in Embr. From Uber, to Just Eat, to Airbnb, there seems to be an app for just about everything these days.
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