I think in games like this there needs to be a captivating story or an atmosphere, something to pull the player in and give them the motivation to keep going. Because the gameplay itself consists of just searching locations to find an item that'll help you unlock a door, ad nauseam. Which is fun at first, but starts to get really old when you get stuck. And I'm not sure whether the story does get better, but in the first 40-ish minutes it's almost non-existent. By which point you ought to start asking yourself: "wtf am i even doing?"

Played via the UK PSN release on a Vita OLED model.

I don't know how many Sometimes You-published games I've played at this point but it seems there's a consistent theme of "1-2 hour long games people really wanted to make but lack solid polish, resulting in the feeling of a forgotten iPod Touch game from 2011" and Planet RIX-13 is no exception. Everything about this game is just kind of there, be it the narrative, the art direction, the audio or the gameplay. I wouldn't describe this as a bad game since it kept me engaged for the hour and ten I played it for but I also can't recommend it either due to the lack of any real substance.