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Rain World
Released On: Mar 28, 2017
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8.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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72% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
59
17% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
72% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Not since Mark of the Ninja have I played a stealth game that felt so impactful, lingering in my thoughts long after I put the controller down.
Rain World may not be the most forgiving adventure, but stick with it through its trickier times, and when it all comes together it’s capable of producing some genuinely brilliant moments. [June 2017, p76]
Rain World is a maddening thing, because of quite how special it could have been. Beautiful environments, incredible animations and enticingly hazy mechanics are fantastic, but the sheer cruelty of how it’s pieced out to the player transcends challenge and becomes an unwanted trial.
Rain World has massive world that can be pretty easy to get lost in and enables some real survival adrenaline rushes. Unfortunately, these positive aspects – alongside its exquisite art direction – are at odds with some of the less satisfying aspects: the slightly awkward controls, the overwhelming feeling of almost too much freedom, and the fairly constant threat of losing large chunks of progress take away from the experience. The end result is complicated: it's a game we bounced off quite a lot but one we still greatly appreciate. The game does something new with the genre and it does it well for the most part, making the game worth at the very least giving a look.
Rain World is a sluggish platformer with copious instant death situations and infrequent checkpoints. These factors all add up to a game which isn’t fun or easy and seems to actively frustrate any understanding of whats going on. Whilst the art style and interesting setting can pull you in, that alone isn’t enough to keep you coming back for more punishment.
Rain World is sloppy, clunky platformer. It's a game of fumbling controls, arbitrary deaths, and tedious repetition. Why should I bother figuring out what all those twee little glyphs mean? Why should I devote dozens of hours to figuring out what spitting up one kind of plant might do in a specific situation when the controls can't even be bothered to feel consistent?
Sadly, despite its pretty aesthetic, Rain World is a confusing and sluggish platformer that failed to give me any reason for what I was doing and just left me feeling bored and bewildered.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 131 User Ratings
8.2
79% Positive
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104 Ratings
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11% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 131 User Ratings
8.2
79% Positive
104 Ratings
104 Ratings
9% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
11% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
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Summary Assume the role of a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Rated E +10
for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 5
Initial Release Date: Mar 28, 2017
Developer:
- Warp Digital Entertainment
Publisher: Adult Swim
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