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Do you love it when a plan comes together?

- Andrew Duncan

Publisher: Curve Digital

Developer: Muse Games

Genre: Action

Platform: PC

Release Dates Out Now (Early Access)

Do you love it when a plan comes together? Then you should not join your friends for a game of Embr, because your plans are worth NOTHING in the eyes of a blazing inferno collapsing around your ears whilst people die on the toilet!

Ahem… Muse Games, the developer behind Embr, had an idea. Ridesharing, but the ride is a firefighter, and the share is saving your life from the warm embrace of fire. You, obviously, take on the role of said freelance firefighter - a Respondr - who is heading to various addresses that are currently on fire, with an amount of people trapped inside. Well, not trapped per se, more ‘not escaping because they’re on their phone’ for the most part…

Embr is basically a first person shooter, but the enemy is your environment, and to overcome this, it gives you access to a variety of useful gadgets. Your firehose, of course, which you can usually refill from sinks. An axe for breaking doors, windows and furniture. A ladder for climbing up or down. And more that you have to buy using your profits from saving people, such as a bounce pad, a water grenade and a grappling hook. Oh, and you have to buy the ladder, too. But it’s okay, because you can put Corsair RGB on your axe!