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RiME Review Thread
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Boy Wander
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EDGE gave it 9. That's all I need to know. Purchase guaranteed.
Ah. Well, the former point still stands.
Edit: I'd actually take Agent's PC impressions with a small grain of salt as he's been experiencing performance issues in a variety of games lately. I've asked another GAFer to run a quick test. He has a 5820K and a 1080.
GwyndolinCinder
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Not really sure what they are on about to be honest, only about halfway through, but so far there's loads going on IF you explore and look for it.
another great review. Love your content. Though I do wonder. Where on earth do you find the time to play all these games!!
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
What lack of narrative? What are they talking about? Did they ever heard about environmental storytelling? I mean, yes, at first you don't know what is going on but closer to the end you'll understand almost everything what this game trying to tell you in terms of story. How on earth they cannot see all this?
Steve McQueen
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Karak ACG ( great review btw ) also mentioned it. Anyways, great game but fps has to be adressed imo.
Ah, right. Aforementioned other GAFer says it hovers around 40-50fps for him at 1080p and max in-game settings, so, yeah, it does seem that the PC version needs more time in the metaphorical oven.
Edit: Oh, the max AA setting is SSAA (i.e. supersampling). 110+fps when using TXAA, stable 120fps when using FXAA. It looks like Agent and Karak just got caught off guard by the rare inclusion of supersampling.
mickagau33
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It is not really the 6 from Gamekult that worries me but rather the review itself : Rime biggest fault is basically being a game that takes ideas left and right while never becoming its own thing.It was my biggest fear after the game first reveal.
Nobody (well, except me) complained when Horizon did that. I'm sure it'll be fine.
Waiting on Digital Foundry to figure out *what* version I'll get (I'd prefer it on Switch, I just hope it's up to the requirements!), but I'm pretty sure that's enough praise to convince me to make the purchase.
I'd say that's more of a negative with puzzley adventures given they in part thrive on 'aha!' moments which are less frequent if you've seen it all before - but for me, I've seen so much before in terms of puzzle design that it's really rare for me to see anything new, so old concepts in a new light are still pretty interesting.
I'd say that's more of a negative with puzzley adventures given they in part thrive on 'aha!' moments which are less frequent if you've seen it all before - but for me, I've seen so much before in terms of puzzle design that it's really rare for me to see anything new, so old concepts in a new light are still pretty interesting.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Well, no way on earth is it a bad thing in my eyes.
The game is simply structured in a way to let you figure some stuff on your own or think about things you see and then, closer to the end, it explanes you what's going on and honestly, you can't guess what the game will tell you and it's a huge plus. I'll even go as far as to say that adventure alone is more important than the story here which is icing on a cake along with soundtrack and stunning visuals, art and design.
CrimsonSquall
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Quick question, is there any fighting enemies in this game?
Patapwn
Member
Gamestop review: 6/10
This review has me on the fence. With games of these kinds I think it's important to have a clear goal pushing the adventure along. For Journey it was getting to the mountain, for Ico and The Last Guardian it was about escaping with a friend, with Shadow it was about resurrecting your dead girlfriend. I suppose a game of this kind can be great, something like The Witness which was very abstract but then that games puzzle aspect was great. From my understanding the puzzles in this game are pretty basic which could result in the the experience collapsing for some.
This review has me on the fence. With games of these kinds I think it's important to have a clear goal pushing the adventure along. For Journey it was getting to the mountain, for Ico and The Last Guardian it was about escaping with a friend, with Shadow it was about resurrecting your dead girlfriend. I suppose a game of this kind can be great, something like The Witness which was very abstract but then that games puzzle aspect was great. From my understanding the puzzles in this game are pretty basic which could result in the the experience collapsing for some.
Yeah, a slower, non-traditional approach to storytelling is going to be a "love it or hate it" thing.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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The part I read that worries me is the parts where you're climbing with only one path and it's very automatic/unchallenging ala uncharted. And that there's parts where you're walking aimlessly trying to figure out where to go. From the Polygon review: "It gets even duller between the puzzles, which include lengthy wall-scaling sequences with a single acceptable path and practically no chance of failure. This isnt the first game with this time-killing mechanic, but its prevalent enough here that I hope to never see it again in all my days.There are also big chunks where the player is expected to just lean on the thumbstick until the boy reaches something else interesting."
Patapwn
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The robot dinosaur combat of Horizon is very much it's own thing
Same for me, and I don't know why. I guess I'll give it a shot when it's on sale.
Vegetable Lasagna
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At this point what new product in the entertainment space, be it videogames, movies or music, are really doing ground breaking, truly unique things that are front-facing and obvious to the user? Especially in video games, as far as gameplay is concerned, the majority of products are just working to improve and build upon what something else before it has already done. Chances are nearly all practical ideas have been thought of and attempted before. Yeah, If we're talking about the tech behind it all this argument falls apart a bit, but I also don't expect a small indie dev to be pioneering that space either.
So yeah, I don't get this line of thinking. Even if Rime is a straight up clone of something else... Does it do it well? That's all that matters.
GAF going to be GAF. Rime threads were pure hate for a long while based on nothing more than internet gossip. Even the disaster that is No Man's Sky had more positive thoughts here post release when people had actually played that turd. Shrug.
who the hell gave that game a 10???
Any threads for that? Haven't been keeping up since it was announced
More_Badass
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Vegetable Lasagna
Member
Don't do that to yourself. Ignorance is bliss.
Jack Videogames
Gold Member
Solid if somewhat polarising reviews. I pre-ordered so i'm curious how i'll feel about it. I didn't read any reviews but i got a general idea of the game's positive and negative aspects (according to the reviews) by reading this thread. So i have adjusted my expectations accordingly 
If i didn't use the find button I would have posted in rage that yours wasn't in the OP
Awesome, will now grab. Thanks Karak!
Not really hard to look up
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/the-last-guardian/critic-reviews
GwyndolinCinder
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Is the
the last one ?
rainy world
Fixed. Christ almighty bro. Learn how to spoiler stuff.
BTW, I personally do not care that I highlighted that spoiler. To me that's not a spoiler at all. But I think it's really poor form to word it the way you did. It's like saying the following in an Uncharted review thread:
Is the
ninth circle of hell area where you fight Joel and Ellie clone zombies
GwyndolinCinder
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Well I had no idea that there was multiple of them so I'd consider that a spoiler.....
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