Rain World

Pros: Diverse and unique enemies - Great basic mechanics that are "expanded" upon as you play more - Great visuals - fun gameplay - Brutally difficult - You are at the bottom of the food chain
Cons: Those Birds (And leeches) - not knowing what to do

slugcat is sulagtc is life
really good exploration game :) (corn is tasty and is something in real life)
wiki has tasty food texture for something in da game

If there was a yellow review, id give it. Enjoy playin this with friends, but playing by myself to unlock the rest of the cats is a chore. Die, respawn, check if the enemy spawns are finally good enough so you can run to the next shelter. Losing an hour of progress from having to constantly restart for better mob spawns is annoying. I like the game, its funny, has great design and story. But theres just parts of it that really drag down the experience alot. If it, and its dlc, are on sale, id say go for it. Its not really all too worth it at full price imo.

This is a BEAUTIFUL game! Not only is the scenery and background beautiful, but the fact that this game has an entire ecosystem is wonderful! Predators attack predators as much as they attack you, which allows for some extremely funny fights and bets on which lizard will finish the duel. The DLC is a bit tricky to figure out multiplayer though, but overall 10/10! :3

This game's atmospheric storytelling and soundtrack are unparalled except by very few others. be warned, this is a very hard and challenging game. The gameplay loop is very difficult, and there are a few huge chokepoints that can frustrate you. If you love hard games, dystopian asthetics, or both, then you will love this game. This game is VERY long. A casual run of the game can take upwards of 20 hours, and 100% is a monsterous task.
One small gripe is that it's sometimes hard to figure out which way you are supposed to go to move the story along, but other than that, but that could just be me being stupid. this game is incredible.

This game had me mesmerised even before i got to play it. The struggle of trying to survive in an environment where i'm basically at the bottom of the food chain is just the challenge i've been looking for!!!

Amazing game, would recomend to everyone. Story is amazing, Campaigns are cool, truly a masterpiece

The longer I play it, the more things I love about it. The way that everything is thought out and that there's a reason for everything. the story and art work is beautiful, and honestly I can't find words to describe how much i love Rain world. Everyone should experience this masterpiece.

It is very hard though - make sure to take breaks if you get frustrated :)

The most complex and intelligent ecosystem in any game. It's actually amazing.

This is probably the most beautiful pixel art game that is sadly super underrated. I love Rain World and slugcars :)

Rain world was an experience and a lesson of sorts. The lesson I learned while playing was the cycle that is life and death. It can be quick or overbearingly stretched out. I think this game also highlighted the importance of that cycle, when we encounter a being that is a perpetual (to an extent) it is given a task that it can not fulfill but it can not die. As a consequence it suffers through each cycle. However other animals involved in the cycle clearly do not suffer, they live in rhythm with it having a purpose. I think what we as the player should take away is that life is going to end and it is difficult but to live forever is not as glamorous as it seems. The struggle will make you enjoy finishing it as to struggle is to be human. Give it a try it is challenging but it is also a learning experience in more ways than just playing the game, have fun.

In many ways, you are the young slugcat; learning to control your body to traverse the harsh terrain, discovering just how many creatures want to eat you, how to overcome them, and how to take advantage of the tools you find. Rain World is an immersive, difficult, and exceedingly rewarding experience.

Unlike many other games, Rain World is designed with emergent gameplay in mind. Creatures are not spawned to patrol fixed locations on the map, and instead explore in much the same way as you. You might traverse through a tunnel without issue, but find a predator lurking within when making your way back. Your meal of bats and fruit might be interrupted by a hungry lizard barging in and chasing you down, hoping for a feast of its own. What this means is that learning to play isn't about memorising sequences of actions to avoid or defeat enemies; it is about understanding their behaviour and adapting to the circumstances. It also means you occasionally find yourself in situations where your odds of survival approach 0.

There are some situations where the difficulty is a bit too punishing. I think Karma Gates are a terrible mechanic. The idea seems good: Prove you have sufficiently mastered one area before progressing to the next. The problem is that areas are not linearly ordered, leading to sudden spikes and drops in difficulty depending on which path you happen to take. Worse still, if you stumble into a hard area and want to backtrack to the easier one, you often need to get good at surviving the hard area regardless. There are also cases where the game requires you to interact with new creatures you encounter, but this is something you will be trained not to do by the other 99% of your encounters involving a pair of jaws closing down on you.

Rain World is built to function as an open sandbox game, but there is a golden path you can take to progress through a semi-linear adventure. I think it's too easy to lose track of this golden path, to the point I would recommend finding a (spoiler-free) guide on where to go if you are most interested in following it rather than just exploring the world. In general, if things are getting difficult to the point of frustration then looking for tips or guidance online is a better option than dropping the game entirely!

In summary, this is a game that encourages you to put yourself in your slugcat's proverbial shoes and to overcome great challenges through careful adaptation. The difficulty can be frustrating at times, but also makes your achievements all the more rewarding. Persevering through the initial learning curve (and a couple of difficulty spikes) will be worthwhile, and can take you through one of the most unique and immersive experiences in gaming.

i really like the sound effect it makes when a green lizard falls all the way from the top of the screen to the bottom it reminds me of my own pet lizard jumping off of something stupidly tall and splatting on the floor (its ok shes a crested gecko she just does things like that) i like lizards a lot. rain world lizards. lizards. yes

It is very rare for me to leave negative reviews of a game, but I feel like I'm going crazy not seeing the appeal of something rated so high by so many people. Usually even if a game is not for me I can parse some redeeming qualities that might make someone else's experience very different and enjoyable, but for Rain World this is not been the case.
Starting off, i have the sneaking suspition that many of the players of this game are playing with a controller instead of mouse and keyboard, because I've found shockingly little complains on the inputs, especially the arrow keys. Most of my deaths in the first three hours of the game have been due to my inablity to control the slugcat as I expected entering screen transitions, pipes and tunnels. I feel like there is something off about the default movement assist that has thrown me off.
I'm ok with a game being punishing. I've taken my shot with Sekiro and understood that it required a far higher level of timing and input speed than mine in order to beat it, but I never had the impression it was unfair. Seeing how to avoid a fail state and being unable to execute the solution due to game controls feels far worse than a simple "skill issue".
I also found a severe lack of tutorialization baked in the game, and I don't mean the game should spell out everything to you: being free to engage in the game in the way it feels right to you is one of the things that made me enjoy Hollow Knight so much. I just think that it should not be expected for a player to have to figure out by himself how to do basic things as:
- Weapon swapping
- Item Storage
- Drop items
I'm fine with discovery when it comes to story, creature mechanics and exploration. Just don't force the player to go to external resources or make frustrating attempts for controls. Expand the tutorial after the leap section and include these.
Finally, I feel like the main way to progress in the form of losing and gaining karma in order to open gates is not helping people feel like they are getting better at the game. Since the quickest way to progress involves eating whatever is near and immediately go into hibernation, this is what the system is encouraging the player to do. Then, when the player stumbles into a quick source of food, they rapidly gain access to regions they have no business going to yet (because they have gamed the ecosystem instead of understanding it) and get greeted by an environment even more challenging.
This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that to exit the new environment they have to get beaten into submission until the karma gods are kind enough to let them go back: minutes of frustration of seeing all the progress they made until then thrown away because the game misjudged their knowledge of the environment.
Testing something else to progress might have been better to judge player knowledge of the game(like I don't know, manage to kill an hostile creature?).
All in all, I feel like the game is far too frustrating to play and I'm surprised by how many players seemingly didn't have the same experience.

I absolutely adore this game, quite possibly will be my favorite for a long time, if not all time. The lore is fascinating, and the environments in just about every single room in the game look incredible. Plus, I think all the creatures are so silly and I think they are all awesome.

Rain world is very difficult and you will probably die repeatedly and suffer, but atleast for me that just makes succeeding feel so much better. They don't tell you a whole lot, just kind of the basics and then they give send you out into the very harsh world, but I love that they do it this way, it makes learning the do's and don't's a lot more fun, finding out all the different things you can do to survive encounters with each creature and what they are weak to and not weak to and so on.

I totally understand this game may not be for everyone due to difficulty and such but I love this game to death.

This game is a masterpiece, video game equivalent of high art.
This game will also make you want to smash a hole through your computer screen.

It is unfair, unforgiving, and largely indifferent to you as the player.
On your own, you will have little guidance, no direction, no idea what you're "supposed" to be doing, on top of a desperate fight for survival.
And that's part of it, it would be a far inferior game without it.

Rain World is a unique combination of grit and beauty, with nothing else like it. It is, in my opinion, one of the best examples of video games as art, utilizing everything it has at its disposal to engross you into the world and communicate its message.

It taps on those primitive thoughts and feelings for survival and from there reaches to the highest thoughts. It is without comparison or equal to any other game I've ever seen. At the bottom, it forces you into a desperate pursuit for survival, "what will I do about that lizard?", or "how will I make it through this next section?". further up it brings questions as to why the world is the way it is, and it's history, at the top is the meaning of it overall, and what you grasp from your journey through it, what it all means.

Each of these has answers, for those with the persistence and eyes to see them. it's beautiful.

This game is not for those who aren't wiling to solve puzzles and be the little guy in the beginning, but as you learn and make mistakes you become one of the most powerful beings of this universe.

Chances are, you will not enjoy playing Rainworld, this being due to the incredible difficulty and unpredictability.

However if you are truly resilient enough for the monumental task ahead, you will find yourself in an awe-inspiring and beautiful ecosystem, teeming with life (which is determined to destroy you as much as physically possible).

10/10, would die infuriatingly to an offscreen Lizard again.

10 vultures out of 10.
Jokes aside this game is really good but its really difficult to learn. The artstyle is amazing and the locations are varied. From oceans to thigh pipe network and zero gravity supercomputers

This game is very good,you just have to take time to learn the game and the controls and listen to the story.Dont listen to what IGN says IGN does NOT know how to play a difficult game and needs to get good.

It's amazing. It's hard, which makes it even more fun.

goated game died thousands of times, all worth it too see the worm pond ig.

This game is weird, but in the best and most frustrating way possible. I have never wanted to progress in a game that has such frustrating platforming mechanics in my life.

Best to go in a game like this totally blind as the game quite literally has no intro, direction, goal, or anything. Other than a basic tutorial telling you to eat and then another showing how to jump, the game let's you make your own decisions from there.

It's impossible to pigeon hole this game and describe it in a way that makes sense without giving it away because part of the experience is understanding what to do and how to survive, but it's an exploration Metroidvania with platforming and puzzle elements with a splash of extreme difficulty and frustration from environment and controls.

One of the games of all time, its really something else. Would recommend buying on a sale.

It is quite frustrating, it is quite hard, but also so incredibly rewarding and atmospheric.

Very good, it takes a special kind of patience, but it is very rewarding.

A magnificent metroidvania puzzle platformer with lots of backtracking and the most deliberate sci-fi lore ever created in video game history up to this moment.

You know whats insanity like? Doing the same thing over and over again. That's probably how it will go for all of you that play this game for the first time. You will get stuck on a certain region or probably wander aimlessly without any clue what to do. After a few hours of just dying to the same enemies over and over, you'll lose any motivation to continue. And then you'll quit, never touching this game again... for a few month atleast. Then you'll play it again. You're determined to try to make it to the ending, no matter how hard it is, and by any means neccesary. You will try and try again no matter how frustrating or how almost pointless the struggle is. And when you finally beat the game, having reached the ending after hours of anxiety-inducing and table slamming experience... That's when you'll learn how to love this game for what is.

Worth a try. $25 is a bit steep but sale price is ok. Just not for me. As others have said if you don't have the motivation or persistence, it's not very worth it. "Beautiful, Unforgiving" (from critic review section) really sums it up

It sucks there's no third option. It's a cool game. Would I recommend it? No... you need to already know what you're getting into. Yes I know it has an *extremely* dedicated following who wants to tell you "git gud" and mark "funny" on reviews, and I like that it has mods. But it clearly takes a very intense level of dedication to want to play this, and good for you, if you like it

Played this during a time where no games felt interesting and found myself wanting to explore for the sake of exploring. Honestly a scary game at times

this game provides the same euphoria one would feel from shoving a fork in an outlet or throwing a toaster in a bathtub.

Not only are you fighting the predators actively trying to eat you, you are also fighting yourself cause your damn sluggish cat can sometimes have the dexterity of a lobotomized squirrel.
This game somehow managed to have both the most beautiful scenery and world i have seen yet at the same time i came across the most horrifyingly put-together amalgamations of human imagination which make up the ecosystem of this game
The AI of the creatures in this game can be best described as a dude given 12 beers, LSD and car keys. The creatures genuinely do the stupidest shit and somehow manage to get away with it purely because you wouldn't expect them to be THAT DUMB. The amount of times I have found myself dying laughing at a creature falling out of the sky for no apparent reason, or crashing out because those same creatures falling out of the sky managed to somehow land directly on top of me, pluck me off a perfectly good pole and run off with my dead body is incredible.

This game can be your greatest friend, or your worst nightmare. The world and lore are much deeper than you would expect from a game about a silly slugcat with lanky arms. Explore freely and you will eventually find what you're looking for; there are tons of different pathways and routes around the map. The game will start off confusing at first, but you will get the hang of it pretty quick.

easy 11/10, and i haven't even started the dlc yet. Please play this game it is a life-changing experience

Rain world, my favorite game of all time. (that after over 350 hours I forgot to write a review for)
It exceeds in so many different elements, but where it strikes the hardest is it's themes and art. It's 2d with absolutely beautiful pixel art, at some spots I have found myself just stopping and enjoying the view for a minute. It's lore and story are immaculate.

(no spoilers) You are a small rodent, lower on the food chain than most things, and impossibly insignificant to the gods that you meet, with their visage cutting through the horizon into the lands beyond. You are stuck in a cycle, a never ending loop of death and rebirth, and you can deal with that however you want. Some may come at peace with their existence and realize that enjoying what you have now it better than constantly longing for something "greater". Yet some may find the repetitive existence of you disgusting. And attempt to break free, follow in the steps of many ancient beings did before you and become nothing.

It also tells the tale of 2 beings unimaginably more powerful than you forced to dealing with the problems of their creators and in the end doing more harm than good to the world around them. With them being prevented from finding the escape from the cycle due to their creators selfishness.

There is so much more to the game though, like it's advanced A.I. ecosystem, or the secrets throughout the land. Play the game for yourself and see it's beauty, but be warned! It is a very challenging game and not for those who quit easily, but it does include ways to decrease the difficulty. The theme and story of this game, along with it's content, and multiplied ten-fold by the dlc, almost tripling the games content and story. I hope I got at least 1 person to buy this masterpiece, and with a new dlc one the way, it's looking great for this quite Rainy World

I mostly played on Switch.

The main pro:

You are part of an intricate ecosystem of creatures all trying to survive. This game is very unique in the way it makes you feel vulnerable in this ecosystem, searching for food, trying to survive as you wander. Nothing really exists quite like this.

The main con:

This is both a pro and a con: Wandering. You will often not know where to go. Often you just should go where you have not been and eventually you'll find your way, but it can feel aimless to many players. The discovery can feel fun, slow, frustrating, intriguing, lax, maddening....it just depends on each in-game day attempt.

Overall, in my opinion, it's best played with the mindset of trying to survive and wander rather than trying to "hurry up and progress," taking breaks when you've had enough. It's fun in a unique way but is not the type of game where you can pick it up and hurry through it without breaks.

Rain World is a beautiful game like no that I've seen or experienced. I know I have little playtime in the game itself but ever since my brother introduced me to this game. I haven't been able to not think about it for long. The world is beautiful and generally alive much like our own. The ecosystems and it's inhabitants are cool as hell thanks to the dynamic AI, and I look forward to when I have the time to dive deep into the games depths and be a Slugcat desperately surviving in a hostile world, barley a few rungs above the bottom of food chain.

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I haven't been so captivated by the lore of a series and seen such a fun, creative and expressive fan base since I first got into Warhammer 40k. I enjoyed seeing the Iterators text logs, the echos of long gone people and the aftermath of the ancients trying to escape the mortal coil. I love the dozens of memes from Catboy 5 Pebbles to Rivulet being the ADHD ridden aquatic slugcat she is. And most of the tons of love and care people put into their fan animations for this game. And honestly I can fully see why.

Rain World is a genuinely beautiful game and I love engaging with it despite my minimal playtime. However I would be lying if I said that I didn't I have a very strong love but also very sad relationship with the game. And there hasn't been any other video game that's effected me so emotionally and can consistently bring me to tears as much as I'm hesitant to admit that.

The source of my sadness and depression? It's because of me deeply resonating with the tragedy of Artificer. Her story for me is VERY gut-wrenching. She's a character who loses everything her family and who she could've been. Now she's a reflection of deep grief and the unyielding desire for vengeance on the Scavengers for killing her Slugpups. Watching her journey feels personal. It’s a tragic emotional gut punch that stayed with me since learning about her.

I understand that Rain World thrives on its ambiguity, but it's been quite hard for me to not feel depressed and even frustrated with Artificer's endings. She either is consumed by her rage killing the Scavengers and their chieftain in a ending that for me doesn't feel rewarding or conclusive, even after she wears the leaders mask. I don’t know why it isn’t to me.

And the ascended endings even worse for me, where she goes deep into the void sea/after life and she reunites with her kids and hugs then… for like 5 seconds before she fades to oblivion, becomes an echo or whatever happens to her. She only gets a brief moments of peace... For a character who has lost so much, that’s hard to accept. There’s a deep part of me that just wanted to give Artificer the closure she deserved, it leaves me feeling as if the game punishes her just for being the victim of loss. As someone who has a deep connection to the idea of parenthood and the loss of children, Artificer’s pain hits me in a way that is hard to articulate. Artificer’s journey is a reminder of how raw and painful grief can be.

That being said, I can’t deny how much Rain World still captivates me despite how much it makes me sob. Its world is beautiful, it's fandom amazing and it's story especially Artificer’s is some of the best ever if it has such an effect on me. Ultimately, Rain World is a game that has both broken and moved me despite how little I've played it. It's a game that made me feel deeply, perhaps too deeply at times and yet, that's part of what makes it so unforgettable. I don’t think I’ll ever come to terms with the pain of Artificer’s story especially since it strikes very deep personal cords with my dreams and fears such as my Thanatophobia. But that’s what makes the game linger in my heart. It’s a bittersweet but mostly sweetly amazing experience. One that I would very strongly recommend, but only if you're prepared to die a million times to Rot or Lizards.

Game play and movement is good with controller (not good with keyboard). Game is fun up to "Five pebbles: Unfortunate development", which is very frustrating. If you make it through that part of the game, it becomes fun again. only experienced one bug when playing the game (electricity didn't kill me in "The Leg"). Overall, good game.

Controlling these little glorpos makes my brain squeeze through the eyes and deep-fries every single one of it's neurons individually.

I want to see them do a backflip in my living room.

The first 6 hours were pain, but once you figure out how to play, it starts getting pretty fun! Bring along a friend you want to get to know better with the Rain Meadow mod and you'll have an excellent time!

Completei o jogo com o sobrevivente. O início é imperdoável, mas com o tempo vc percebe que até da pra jogar e é muito bom. Só queria que tivesse um sistema de transporte melhor.

Highly recommended if you like 2D platforms with a cute protagonist, immersive level design and an entire ecosystem with a flushed out food chain. You will LOVE Rain World as much a I do. Not to mention the movement tech and amazingly subtle lore! AND THE DLC IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE BASE GAME!!! Rain World is a must play game.

Overview:
Rainworld is truly one of the most unique games in terms of gameplay, worldbuilding, and visuals. From my experience playing this game, while it was a little tricky to grasp at first, I eventually came to absolutely ADORE this game, and I find myself replaying it again and again just to re-experience it. The style and visuals are a very unique choice and I've come to love it over the course of my playtime.

Difficulty/Combat:
I wanted to put this topic near the top since this is usually the make or break of this game for most people.
THIS GAME IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY, don’t expect to start this game knowing what you are doing. Rainwold can be a very challenging game most noticeably with its unforgiving nature; you may die multiple times at the same spot over and over again, but with dedication eventually overcome it. You can at points feel above the ecosystem at some points despite being one step away from immediately dying, this can feel frustrating, however, the price is worth it in the end, and as you play you learn to overcome the obstacle that was initially causing you to die repeatedly. I will say that one of the best things about the difficulty is when you feel yourself start to get better at the game, not from weapons or upgrades, but from learning new mechanics or using items that were there that you previously didn't know about, when playing, the game often gives you more tools at your disposal than you realize, the best thing that you can do is play with the items at your disposal and figure out as many hidden mechanics as you can.

World:
The atmosphere in this game is truly astounding! Having some of the most beautiful pixel art I have EVER SEEN in a video game. I've played many games with a powerful atmosphere before but few games manage to move me the same way Rainworld did. The soundtrack is very nicely tied into it as well, as Rainworld’s soundtrack consists of ambient tracks to fill in on the visuals or style of the world. Adding onto this, the ecosystem is very well designed, while not perfectly simulated, the AI of the creatures shows how dynamic the ecosystem truly is, and it becomes a spectacle when playing. The game truly feels alive and the ecosystem feels like it's constantly moving and changing as you play!

Exploration:
Rainworld’s exploration is very unique, the karma system is made to respond to you based on how well your previous cycle went, this ties in well to Rainworld’s unforgiving nature, as the game checks you for dying. The game may feel pretty weird at first because the movement in the game is procedurally generated, but it's something that I came to adore while playing, as it eventually feels intuitive and fun. There are also lots of funny moments in the game when the AIs of two different creatures clash.

One last thing to note: Many people start playing this game thinking it's a standard 2D exploration game, but Rainworld really is its own beast. The game acts more like an immersive sim in that regard. One extra thing I will say is that Rainworld has some very nice modding support, if you want to get started modding games then Rainworld is a solid choice with starting out.

This was just a brief overview of my experience in Rainworld while trying not to give away spoilers, however personally for me, Rainworld is a truly one-of-a-kind experience that you don't get anywhere else. 10/10

Rain World is one of my favourite games.
But beware: looks like a metroidvania, but is moreso an immersive sim. In Rain World, you are soft defenceless mammal in an environment that rejects your existence. You will die a lot, and usually it isn't your fault, and this is by design. Depending on your tastes, this can be a pro or a con. It can be very frustrating to have no idea where you're going, what you're trying to do, or how the game works (the game won't hold your hand). It can also be immensely satisfying to slowly learn how the environment in this game behaves, how to navigate, what is friend/foe, etc. (again, the game won't hold your hand). For this game to work for you, your goal should be to explore extensive beautifully constructed pixel environments, learn in-depth lore from sparsely granted tidbits, and master un-intuitive controls that are far more complex than you first realise. If that sounds fun to you, play Rain World.

very good game,high sufferability rate and incredible difficulty.

if you hate your life and want to make it worse,this is justtt the game for you!

Rain World is literally one of the best games ever made.

The gameplay can be challenging but is definitely unique and cool, and the lore is even cooler.
(The pink guy wants you dead + he fat shames)

If you like really punishing platformers, you will like this game right off the bat. over and over again too. also understand your place in the ecosystem, too.

k so it's really hard but really fun and the enemy ai is unlike anything I've every seen.

the game tells you to eat shit and die every twist and turn and you usually do
10/10

The world and environment of this game are so immersive. It forces you to live another kind of life for a while, an animal life. It's a fascinating experience.

this is the most difficult game i, the worst gamer on this planet has ever played and oh my GOD i love it. i love suffering

this is peak gaming, the combination of the story and gameplay along with the detailed ecosystem really makes you feel like a spec in a massive universe. To say this game changed my life would be and understatement unlike any other. From the moment i finished my first game, i understood that this is more than just a game, it is art. i do not understand how big studios can choose to make boring and simple games when making a game like this is an option.
also: S C U G

i really recommend this game! it adds a whole new advanture to my pc and is completely different from most games. though you have to have skill and be able to avoid predators.
you are on the bottom of the food chain and it makes this the best game yet!! though i hope the creators would add more to the base game.

This game has become my religion and appears in my dreams at least once every week, life changing, 10/10. To me it feels like its world and ecosystem is real and runs parallel to ours because of how dynamic and well made it's AI is. The creatures feel like they are alive. Had them even teabag me several times even though they aren't programmed to. Amazing