Rime
Rime’s superficial beauty and interesting mysteries provided enough enjoyment to make me willing to put up with its shallow and familiar elements under the hood. While nothing about Rime is necessarily bad, you can find more interesting versions of nearly every single element of it in other, better games.
-- As reviewed by IGN
Product details
- 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.
PROS
+ Fantastic visuals and music
+ Compelling platforming and puzzle gameplay
+ Immersive storytelling
+ Surprisingly emotive
CONS
- Owes much to its influences
- Never that challenging
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Expert reviews and ratings
By IGN on May 26, 2017
Rime’s superficial beauty and interesting mysteries provided enough enjoyment to make me willing to put up with its shallow and familiar elements under the hood. While nothing about Rime is necessarily bad, you can find more interesting versions of nearly every single element of it in other, better games.
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By TrustedReviews on November 13, 2017
RiME wears its influences heavily, even proudly. Fumito Ueda’s work on Shadow of the Colossus and Ico – particularly Ico – is the dominant one, but it isn’t difficult to see elements of The Legend of Zelda, especially
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