A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful yet rugged world of RiME, a single-player puzzle adventure. In RiME, you play as a young boy who has awakened on a mysterious island after a torrential storm. You see wild animals, long-forgotten ruins and a massive tower that becko...
A land of discovery stretches out before you. Explore the beautiful yet rugged world of RiME, a single-player puzzle adventure. In RiME, you play as a young boy who has awakened on a mysterious island after a torrential storm. You see wild animals, long-forgotten ruins and a massive tower that beckons you to come closer. Armed with your wits and a will to overcome—and the guidance of a helpful fox—you must explore the enigmatic island, reach the tower's peak, and unlock its closely guarded secrets.
Explore – Discover the mysterious island at your own pace. Interact with wildlife, search for hidden items or simply take in the sights and sounds.
Solve Puzzles – Make your way through the ancient ruins and its hidden marvels by solving puzzles with sound, light and shadow projection, perspective, platforming, and even time manipulation.
Find Secrets – Dive deeper into the boy’s backstory by uncovering dozens of secrets and collectibles.
Be Enchanted – Take in a beautiful world inspired by the wonders of the Mediterranean through a fusion of captivating music and color.
the game brings a very immersive environment, and gameplay itself is beautifully choreographed. the game ties its story telling with ingame trophy collection, meaning players like me who do not want to spend too much time exploring the environment easily get lost in the last few chapters. the overwhelming amount of plots at the end makes players feel greatly disconnected. Apart from the pace, the storyline itself is rather generic. overall a great game to spend some time with and immerse yourself in.
I really enjoyed this Adventure, and I'm very glad to have been able to experience it, but it's not without its flaws. It's mostly a 3D Platformer with an extremely heavy emphasis on exploration and puzzles, so it's really not even something I'd consider to be under the Action umbrella. At the beginning, you're dropped onto this beautiful island with relative freedom for exploration and completing objectives, and it is WONDERFUL. Puzzles were usually solid (you always have a few duds), and sometimes, the challenge was figuring out what the puzzle was, moreso than the solution, which was a neat approach. Later on, though, the game corrals you in, occasionally throwing up hazards that actively prevent exploration, and these segments were a bit of a drag, not even necessarily because they were all bad, but because of the incredible shift from the first area. There were even points that made me feel tired; drained; unwilling to really explore and find all of the hidden collectibles. That could be what the developers were going for - and that's all I'll say about that for the sake of avoiding spoilers - but I did still have to play it. Controls were occasionally clunky, and I fought with the camera, but it's mostly functional.
But every time, I was trudging along, I'd find something that reminded me why I like this so much. The visuals are absolutely GORGEOUS, which alone were worth the trip. You get to experience beautiful ruins, a full day-night cycle, billowing storm clouds, murky underwater chasms, and much more! The music went back and forth between a little pretentious and artsy; and lovely and fitting, a la ABZU, so while some of it stoked my cynicism, it did have points where it did a good job. The story is told surprisingly clearly, despite there being no text or speech, and while it's a little basic, and the ending causes the entire adventure to make no sense, I was definitely moved at the end, and that's not something that I say often.
Very good puzzle, touching story, the worl is very beautiful in exterior (way less in interior), music and FX create a nice ambiance.
PS : need a good computer to play it.
I've played a lot of games of this kind, and none of them were as charming and moving like this one.
Every small detail of the game has been treated with good taste, the combination of the oneiric mediterranean-like locations, alongside with the soundtrack create a wonderful world.
Specially recommended if you enjoyed Shadow Of The Colossus and ICO and Monument Valley.
The game runs smoothly and the puzzles are quite challenging, not to mention the great storyline.
As a Spaniard, it made me really proud to see such a masterpiece.
