Rime

 

Game name:	Rime
Developer	Tequila works
Publisher	Greybox
Platform(s)	PS4, Xbox One, Steam, Nintendo Switch
Score	10/10
Age Rating	7+

There are few things that will make me cry about something that I haven’t personally experienced and Rime is one of those things. This game had me in tears at the end and just for that, it deserves a 10/10 rating. In the game you play as a boy who washes up on an unknown island and from that point onwards the game has you completing all sorts of puzzles in all sorts of areas around the island. However, the best part is that it’s not just the puzzles that make this game so amazing (but don’t get me wrong the puzzles are incredible and I’ll talk more about them later) it’s the fact that the game doesn’t present you with a storyline- leaving you to figure things out for yourself, with some hints along the way this combined with the puzzles which have you wracking your brain for solutions makes this game perfect for the whole family. Well- sort of. This is the bit were I shout SPOILER ALERT! and warn you that if you plan on playing this game you’ll probably want to skip ahead. As you know I mentioned at the start, this game had me in tears at the end as it’s the ending that explains the storyline to you. on the last ‘level’ of the game, the boy comes to a large hole with souls jumping into it as the boy you then jump down the hole and fall down into space, The screen fades to black and you watch a cutscene of a man and a hooded figure on a boat. This cutscene has happened before and in it the hooded figure falls off the boat the man desperately grasping for him and ripping his coat. This time however, it’s different- the hooded figure is the boy. You play through the cutscene and the screen fades to black once again. when the game fades back in you are the man sitting on a chair with his head in his hands, you get up and you walk down a hallway to a locked door. You enter the room-it is a child’s bedroom and you walk around it looking at toys you’ve collected throughout the game (or not-these are only side-quests), you then head for the door but you hesitate the man sits on the bed and the boy appears but this time as a ghost, the man hugs him and he disappears. The man walks to the window and releases the piece of coat to the wind. The game ends, the credits roll, I cry. The game loads you back onto the menu screen where you can now view the level names denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance- the five stages of grief. Throughout the entire game, you are playing through representations of the father’s emotions. The boy you play drowned and the game is the father grieving for him.

For all of the people who didn’t read that part: THE SPOILER ENDS HERE. It’s now time for the end of the review. So then- in conclusion, the game has an incredible storyline that really hits you, incredible puzzles that boggle the mind, amazing characters and just genuinely amazing gameplay. so why does it deserve 10/10? because I’ve written a 560-word review and am still planning a part 2. That’s why.

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