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. You can visit the physical store at Plaza Singapore #03-65 (NomadX) to experience it.From Uber, to Just Eat, to Airbnb, there seems to be an app for just about everything these days. The Embr Wave retails in Singapore at S$449. I don’t think it’s a dud, and I think it should work for people who has a condition related to how their body feels about the temperature. While Embr Wave doesn’t work for me, I was rather fascinated with the gadget. Secondary audiences are people who suffer from: Embr Wave helps them manage hot flashes, sleep problems, thermal discomfort, and anxiety. I shared my feedback to the folks at Synced and they told me who the product’s target audience is: primary customer group is women 45-65 years old going through menopause – aka prime-time women. And because the best outcome requires the bracelet to be touching the inner wrist instead of outer, it tends to get in the way when using the computer or resting the arms on the table. My ExperienceĪfter wearing it for 3 days, I don’t really feel I get the benefit of the Embr Wave.
There is no remaining battery time, and it depends on how frequent you use the Embr Wave. I find that I am more sensitive to the “cold”: at -1 degree, I can already feel the bite on my skin, whereas for the “heat” mode, I need to turn up several degrees before I feel the heat.ĭuring the 3-day review period, I only need to charge the Embr Wave once. You can also change the temperature directly from the bracelet.
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The app lets you update firmware, set programs and timer on the usage cycles, indicates the battery life, as well as your usage summary in days, weeks and months, much like a fitness tracker.
The UI design looks good and achieves a rather calming view.
Control over Smartphoneĭuring the setup process on the smartphone app, it will capture your profile so that it can monitor your usage over time, learn from your usage, and improve the experience. It changes your perception of temperature so that in cold places like office, you do not feel as chilly, or during stressed up situations when one tends to feel hot, it might cool you down. Science shows that cooling or warming one spot on your body can improve your overall comfort without changing your core temperature. What this nifty wearable does is to change the way you perceive temperature, by applying heat or cold on the device which you wear on your wrist.