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Rise & Shine
Released On: Jan 13, 2017
66
6.2
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
66
32% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
64% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
66
32% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
64% Mixed
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
I’m left here taking with me memories of a game that has shone throughout and risen enough to really put itself up there with the highest quality indie titles currently available. I’m utterly thankful that I stuck with the adventures of Rise & Shine, jumping, double jumping and pounding that trigger button right until the very end. Because you see, it delivers moments of magic throughout.
If you like a good challenge and value quality gameplay over length, which you should, Rise & Shine is a great little title and a great start to the gaming year.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
6.2
43% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
33% Mixed
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7 Ratings
24% Negative
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5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
6.2
43% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
33% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
24% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
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Rise & Shine offers a great visual look with lots of cameos and references to the video gaming world, all coupled with a good and challenging action-platform gameplay. The good action phases get hampered by more repetitive and long puzzle moments or by some frustrating trial and error sequences, though. But when it manages to really shine, it can be a great action game.
Despite its brevity ultimately doing some notable harm to it, Rise & Shine is still ultimately a solid platformer for the most part, one that has a lot of cute callbacks to classic video games while still having its own unique charm, along with some impressive graphics and nifty ideas sprinkled throughout. The action gets nice and intense, and save for the end, puts up a meaty yet fair challenge. So while it isn’t exactly the greatest at skewering gaming culture while also honoring it, it’s still an overall good game.
Rise & Shine may be an infuriating endeavor but it's also a memorable one full of humour and a fun mix of gameplay elements. That being said, it only appeals to those looking for a hardcore 2D action game that'll thoroughly test their patience.
Rise & Shine looked like an early sleeper for 2017, but its design holds it back more often than not. I wanted to love it, but after banging my head against it for the short duration it lasts, it wasn’t worth the tedium.
Gorgeous graphics but gormless gameplay leaves you wishing you were playing any of the dozens of other games this indie dud attempts to parody.
Summary Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Jan 13, 2017
Developer:
- Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team
Publisher: Adult Swim
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