RiME

Positives: I just finished the game. I was very moved by the end. You don't really know what's going on up until then, you can sort of make a guess that it's something like that, but it still hits hard! My laptop is a bit of a brick so I had to run it on the lowest settings but it still looked beautiful and the music was perfect. It sort of reminded me of the old Harry Potter games with all the jumping and running and finding secret areas. Negatives: I found the controls difficult. There were points where I'd have to do the same bit over and over just to try and get on a ledge - especially frustrating on bits where that bird is lurking (if you know, you know) or you're under water. Also for some reason I couldn't run it through Galaxy and it won't sync to Cloud so I'm missing acheivements and stuff. Not the end of the world but I like to see how much time I've been playing etc. Would guess it took about 6-10 hours to complete without getting all collectibles.

The game has quite interesting visuals and nice story but gameplay is somewhat lacking. Platforming is very easy and environmental puzzles simple and uncomplicated.

Simple puzzles, simple platforming. Relaxing game to play. Beautyfull graphics and colors. It feels like a fantasy adventure in an unkown world. Slowly a tragic ending eventually unfolds. Lots of exploring and walking around, but you never feel lost. Failry linear, easy to play, but never felt boring or repetitive.

Interesting exploration of the 5 stages of grief, the story was of few words but still touching.

Long story short, one of the best game I've ever played. A long time ago, I bought a PS3 solely to play Journey. An even longuer time ago, back in 2008, I bought my first console: a PS2 just to play Shadow of the Colossus. To me, Rime deserves a place among them.