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After finishing it, I understand more of what people can love about this game, still is not a game I can say its fun, specially when all the movement it's up to you to discover... do yourself a favor and search the movement and tips online (fuck five pebbles btw, the worst area in any video game I've ever played.) discovering everything alone is not rewarding enough to stand the frustration.
One thing that this game does that is indisputably good is the immersion, you fight for your life like you would in real life... also the OST is good too. But that's about it. IMO this game is good but not the masterpiece that people say it.
Expect good ideas in a game extremely frustrating and full of unfair shit.

the ending is amazing and a bit scary if you have thalassophobia tho...

i just love this game so much. its just so unique and beautiful and so fun to learn. there is just no other game that fills this spot for me.

I fully respect everything about it but its not for me

I love this game but it's definitely a slow burn

No greater indictment of the gaming press than the scorn for one of the most innovative games to come out since Demon's Souls. It's a game all about intrinsic reward as really most platformers are but in something like Super Metroid there is a reward in the way of powerups, the reward in Rain World is simply living to the next area and seeing what practical joke will be played on you.

I haven't seen a game that showed this much restraint since Ico. The game could've given you upgrades, a final boss, a significant crutch, a more present story, really anything your usual metroidvania would do but it didnt. The few concessions to minimalism like the map and the titles of the areas being shown never dampened the extreme immersive quality this game granted me.

Despite being quite game-y, this game probably bridges the cold reality of the world to the player in the best way possible, not simply because the game is "unfairly designed" but because it does actually feel like a real breathing ecosystem, the scavengers or lizards arent just obstacles for the player to engage in, they act like how animals would in real life, they go on living their life independent of the protagonists existence.

Very sad that in the mid 2010s indie game hype wave, this genius title comparatively got left out. I had only learned about this game in 2019 from Matthewmatosis and put it on the backburner till now.


nothing beats the urgency of the rain

I love this game so much it's a technological wonder but very very hard. kinda hard to "get" imo but once you do you'll see this as one of the best games in the last decade

really really atmospheric game with good music a really fun gameplay

Good substitue for an abusive relationship.

Objectively perfect game to me. It has it all. Beautiful soundtrack, beautiful visuals, compelling storyline that incentivizes you to keep playing. This game makes you feel like prey and it's awesome. I can't say anything for spoilers but objectively perfect game. I love it so much.

Its like you watching national geography episode where theres two animal fighting, but you are the animal, also the animal in question is the one whos losing, yeah thats you

almost in every way shape or form, you are the weakest, run like shit, hungry all the time and need food, need go to shelter at night or you get swept by the floof cuz of rain (hehe very "rain world"), and get comfortable with these x-x on the face of your slugcat

but that is the charm i guess, overcoming hardship, just like my cockroach who keep struggling to stand up after i flip it, and inevitably get crush and tossed away

o jogo é bom eu que sou ruim p krl

The most unique, fascinating game I've ever played. Will forever go down as one of my favorites for its charm and beauty

I loved the difficulty of the game, in addition to the amazing landscapes, it was to be expected with Adult Swim who did a great job with the game, what stood out the most is how alive the ecosystem and the AI ​​of its creatures feel.

meu jogo preferido.
a história é linda, o jogo é lindo, as mecânicas são difíceis e ele é extremamente desafiador.
a platina dele é MUITO difícil e recomendo fazer quando tiver tempo livre.
JOGUE.

I loved my experience with rain world, it was brutally hard and I often left for lareg stretches of time to recoop but boy did it make me feel emotions just though the world itself

Creepy and amazing vibes. Really looking forward to giving this game a proper try in the future

Makes you feel like you’re on top of the food chain when you master the controls. Had a blast playing every character and story including DLC. Really cool lore and crazy world building. A hidden gem of an indie game.

Run slug cat run! A great example of a game worth sticking with. One of the few games where it felt the world's enviroment is just as alive as the character you're playing.

Pretty unique and absurdly difficult survival game by nature, where the journey itself is the reward.

It's not for everyone, but I appreciate how the developers managed to create such a deep and independent ecosystem, making it one of the most immersive experiences I've had in any game.

8.5/10

I want to give this game the focus and time it deserves and right now I just don't have it. Hopefully I can revisit before the end of the year

Weird, hard, frustrating, punishing, cryptic.
Cool survival game, like the world. Going in completely blind was frustrating but worth it, do not use a walkthrough. Half the fun comes from figuring out how the world works on your own.

This review contains spoilers

Kind of conflicted on this game. Definitely enjoyed my time with this one, but there were a lot of things holding it back for me to truly enjoy it. I get that it's meant to be difficult and making it easier might take away from the vision that it's trying to achieve, but some things felt a little inexcusable. The fixed camera led to more than a few frustrating moments, as did the controls. Got stuck a few times, but the worst was in the Submerged Superstructure. Apparently most of the area is inaccessible to the base slug cat, but the game does not signify this at all, so I had to ask someone in the Rain World discord for help. As for the controls, some minor inconsistencies led to a lot of frustration. Sometimes when climbing between poles you'll just fall for no reason. The leap move just never felt reliable enough to me, and there were a lot of gaps that felt leap able, but just weren't. Some gaps require you leap right on the very edge of a platform, which led to countless deaths of me overshooting it. I cant be the only person this happened to right?

Despite all this, I still ended up liking it. The world is surprisingly large, with a lot of variety between areas. The story was a bit incomprehensible, but I think that was intentional, and it didn't take away from the experience for me. The overall vibe and aesthetic was really great, and it's what kept me playing till the end. It feels like the developers had a very clear vision for the game, and despite some problems, they achieved that vision where it mattered most.


OK, so this score is based upon me playing it for 15 minutes, hating the graphics, disliking the gameplay, and then uninstalling. Apparently its one of the best fucking games ever made if you read everyone else's reviews though, so I guess ill re-install it and give it a proper go this time.

this game turned my frown upside down

It's hard to put into words how good this game is, there's truly nothing like it

this game made me scream like a little bitch but god it is so good.

everything from the aesthetic to the music, and the pixelated graphics scream perfection. And while this is a very difficult game where you WILL die a lot, those deaths are part of the experience that comes with playing this game. So if you haven't I would recommend you try this game at least once because I promise there is most likely at least one aspect of the game you will absolutely love