RiME Reviews
A personal, touching journey wearing the bright red cloak of an intricate puzzle. For a game that doesnt utter a word, RiME says a lot - and its all wonderful.
It's an interactive metaphor for grief, and all those strange, complex emotions that all seem get balled into one when you're grieving. RiME is a beautiful game in so many ways, but this is what makes truly special.
What RiME does so well is marry pleasing puzzle platforming to a tender, understated story, and then puts it in a beautifully bleak world filled with mystery. RiME takes the baton from the likes of Journey and Ico, and strides to victory with ease.Tequila Works takes aspects of those classics, and puts a personal touch on the results to create something special.
RiME is the rare game that balances its spectacle and whimsy with a dose of quiet humanity.
I initially mentioned my affinity for games like Ico and Journey earlier in order to quickly paint a picture in the reader's mind of what kind of game Rime is. Using comparisons is a simple, if somewhat lazy, way to easily convey a genre or narrative direction of a game, and, much like those games are their own entities, Rime shares as much in common with those titles as it does its own thing.
RiME is a lesson of how to make video games. The soundtrack is a masterpiece, game mechanics are great and the story left no place to speculation. Without any doubt, one of the essential games of this year.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Marvelous! No other adjective describes the quality of RiME more appropriately. It may seem a little slow paced for those who are searching for an adventure with more adrenaline and action, but for those searching for a different, emotional, beautiful (graphically and musically speaking), with a great story, you’ll have a great time with RiME. It’s going to be a journey you’ll remember for a long time.
An intoxicating, memorable journey, with smart puzzles and a resonant story.
Tequila Works has created an adventure full of exciting moments and unforgettable scenes. Its music and artistic style turn it into a masterpiece. There is no doubt that it will become one of the best titles of this current generation..
Review in Spanish | Read full review
RiME places Tequila Works in the Olympus of Spanish development with an intense, emotional and difficult to forget adventure supported mainly by the visual narrative, excellent artistic direction and soundtrack.
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I haven't played anything like this since Journey. It is a stunning game to explore and exist in, and the story is going to move a lot of people.
Rime is a competent puzzler, but its real strengths are in its ability to draw emotions from the player using the combination of great art, music, and a thought provoking ending.
Tequila Works' poetic adventure delivers addictive exploration, gratifying puzzles, and a heart-wrenching tale that hits like a ton of bricks
After such a long and troubled development, many feared that RiME would be a failure, but Tequila Works proved that there can be light at the end of the tunnel. With peculiar storytelling, varied puzzles, well-crafted platforming elements and gorgeous presentation, RiME can rival with the unique beauty of Team ICO's games.
Rime is a beautiful ode to life, loss and childhood that's as much a pleasure to behold as it is to play. Genteel puzzling and exploration make for great bedfellows in a memorable adventure only let down ever so slightly by some minimal frame rate stutter and a final act that while emotionally resonant provides little challenge or escalation in terms of gameplay. Nearly four years on from its much-hyped debut, Rime proves itself to be have been absolutely worth the wait.
While it's reminiscent of Journey, The Wind Waker and Ico, RiME is so much more than a grab-bag of borrowed ideas. Combining art, craftsmanship, enigmatic storytelling and engaging gameplay, it does what the likes of Bound and ABZU couldn't: wrap a powerful experience inside a compelling game. I'm still working out whether RiME is a masterpiece and, if so, where it sits in the pantheon of greats – but one thing's for sure: if you love the games it's inspired by, you're going to love RiME as well.
RiME is a memorable game. A simple and attractive one that really moves us and let us as speechless as its protagonist once we realize the true meaning of the whole adventure.
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So, this leads us back to our long-debated question: are games art? Well, after playing RiME, I certainly believe so. RiME is a perfect example of just how impactful and important video games can be when looking to branch out and tell meaningful stories in new, unconventional ways. RiME joins an elite list in my mind of video games that everyone should experience in their lifetime. There's no question to me that video games are indeed art and RiME is a masterpiece of the medium.
Rime captures the essence of adventure through its mysterious locale's various paths, inviting visuals, and well-designed puzzles, but it also seeks to use its gameplay mechanics as a storytelling device. While variety isn't strong throughout its run, the world created offers an experience that—at least for one playthrough—is worth taking.