Разработчик: Yaeko
Описание
Use new gameplay mechanics to puzzle your way through the game's beautiful world.
Created completely from scratch, based on Feedback, ReThink 2 features:
- 40+ completely new Puzzles
- Enhanced Gameplay
- Improved performance
- Improved Visuals
- Reworked Sound
- And much more
Your voice matters:
Feedback from players about the other games was taken into consideration while making this game.In addition to the new gameplay features, game mechanics from the first game were removed or enhanced based on how well they were received by the players.
Your feedback about this game will be heard, too.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or newer
- Processor: AMD Phenom / Intel Pentium
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD R9 270X / nvidia GTX 950
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requirements for 1080p, may also run on slower hardware.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or newer
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 / Intel Core i3
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD R9 290 / nvidia GTX 970
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Mac
Linux
Отзывы пользователей
ReThink 2 got me thinking twice about those trash cans found in many of the puzzle rooms. Let me explain: No matter how hard you look, you cannot find a restroom anywhere! Now, where are you supposed to do your *business*?
I hope you solve the puzzles in a timely manner before it becomes a concern...
44 levels, each more challenging than the last. Overall a nice and chill puzzle game.
For 100% achievement completion, it's enough to beat 33 levels.
This game is much difficult than the first one. Still it is playable.
Difficulty : 3.5/5 (Hard)
Global : 3/5 (Very Good)
The first half is easy like ReThink 1. But you quickly realize in the second half that the difficulty drastically went up at some point and you'll be stuck on some puzzles for a long time.
Fun lazer colour matching puzzle game with relaxing muse
Love these ReThink games. Really fun puzzles. If you like laser lights and mixing colors you will enjoy. The graphics are very nice.
As all previous games, this one is another excellent addition. Like in the very first ReThink, the cube positions are fixed - which does not make the puzzles any easier. Another great addition to the series.
Very obviously built from the same bones as the first game in the series, but this entry had better puzzle design leading to a much more consistent difficulty progression. Some interesting new mechanics to keep the core gameplay interesting. Like the first game in the series, it was very demanding for my PC. Occasionally blocks don't realize they've been hit by a beam. I found that when this happens, it can be worked around by staring at a wall or the floor for a second or two.
A surprisingly strong entry that brings significant improvements over the original as well as the first two ReThink | Evolve games. Unlike the Evolve series, the dificulty only keeps going up. The last few puzzles don't wow with their size, but with their difficutly. There are a few times towards the end when you'll logically come to the right solution, yet doubt yourself and your capabilities. The puzzles get complex enough, that even when solving them corectly, you'll still think you were lucky more than anything else. That is unfortunatelly not the feeling one want to have when one solves a puzzle though.
I recommend this game to puzzle fans. Also, played this on Linux via Proton, the game worked fine. There is a rather steep 20-30% performance drop from windows so take those recommandations with a grain of salt if you are going to play on linux, other than that, go solve puzzles.
This series gets better and better, and new mechanics keep being added, keeping things fresh without it getting overwhelming. Some really neat switching and 3D elements in this one compared to previous games.
This one had a couple of really hard puzzles, two of which took me several hours. But they are all solvable without a guide.
A good tip is to work out where there are places that a certain colour MUST go, and start to work backwards from there. It often eliminates a lot of possibilities and lets you focus on a much smaller problem space.
Now on to the next one!
ReThink 2 is a first person puzzle game where the basic concept of each puzzle requires the player to use a variety of cubes to redirect coloured lasers so that they touch switches with the same colour, which unlocks the door to the next puzzle chamber.
For example “I” cubes will shine the laser in one direction, while “V” cubes shine in two directions simultaneously. Lasers have three basic colours (red, green, blue), and by shining different colours into the same cube together you can create four more colours (yellow, purple, turquoise and white). If you shine one of the later four colours into a colour splitting cube, you get red, green and blue back out. More advanced puzzles also include cubes which can shine lasers in two or three different directions, but only one at a time, and you can change the active direction with a mouse click.
ReThink 2 also added a couple of new mechanics that weren’t in the previous games, such as the ability to place cubes on the walls and ceilings, and walls that have puzzle elements on both sides and can be rotated 180 degrees when a switch is activated.
I enjoy most of these first person puzzle games (including the likes of Portal, Talos Principle, Qube and others) because being able to walk around inside a 3D environment and look at a puzzle from different angles often helps to find the solution.
ReThink 2 took me 10 hours to finish, but that’s a bit misleading because I got severely stuck on two puzzles near the end. Puzzle 40 took me an hour and 44, which thankfully was the final puzzle, took me about 3 hours. Those two puzzles were very confusing and frustrating, but I don’t want that to change my recommendation because most of the others were enjoyable to solve.
If you enjoy puzzle games you should definitely take a look at the ReThink franchise. There have been seven of these games released and this is the fourth I’ve played so far.
RT2 is in the continuation of RT1, but this title focuses only on the laser puzzles (whereas RT1 in which challenges included different kind of puzzles). The level design is interesting depite the difficulty being in sawblade at times.
I appreciated the relaxing mood, provided both by the visuals and the soundtrack. And this title is also bug free.
I missed the exploration part from the first episode, where you could unlock secret corridors to know a bit more about the lore. The title also don't reward players who have found a solution using less resources than provided.
No level editor is provided, which is sad as I would enjoy designing some puzzles.
I can't get passed the first level.. The cube loses its laser as soon as I rotate it!!
Got stuck on room 40 for anywhere from 2-4 hours, got bored and softlocked myself into room 39 using a laser from room 40. I'm just going to assume that's how the game was meant to end, since I'm not smart enough to figure out 40's actual solution and my pride doesn't allow yet for looking up solutions externally.
The first ReThink was easy enough that I assumed later games would similarly be walks in the park, but I cannot salute the developer enough for constantly finding ways to consistently step up the difficulty in every iteration. If you like indie first-person puzzlers, get every game in this series. The mechanics are simple enough to grasp, but still offer a lot of challenge.
It is challenging and frustrating at times, but the reward of finishing it is good.
Excellent puzzle game. I found a progress-stopping glitch though: placing and removing a block fast enough causes the tile it was on to to longer function correctly. Saving and loading won't fix this glitch either. The only option is to reload the game from a save before the glitch occurred. Good thing the game autosaves at the beginning of each level.
Every ReThink game I play I love it more and more. Such a simple premise for a game but the late levels are really hard by mixing those few concepts, what an elegant game design.
Definitely recommended for puzzle game lovers, it puts your brain to the test and if you are patient and figure out the solution, it's so satisfying. Even when it looks impossible to solve with the pieces you have keep trying, the solution is probably simpler than what you're trying (at least based on my experience). There are probably multiple ways to solve some of the puzzles, because I ended up with extra pieces after several of them.
No doubt these games deserve a spot in the puzzle games hall of fame, it only lacks a storyline to be in the same league as games such as Portal or The Talos Principle. If you don't mind the lack of story, buy it, it's a fair price.
Thank you Yaeko, keep them coming please.
Enjoyed it. Generally harder puzzles than previous ReThink games, but still achievable. Only had to "research" the solutions for 3 of the 40+ puzzles.
Some minor annoying bugs where some cubes temporarily retain colour after the source beam has been removed, but these are easily worked around and do not distract from the overall enjoyment.
Disclaimer: As a friend of the developer, i'm biased, so take this review with a grain of salt. And i haven't finished the game yet, because the later puzzles are quite a challenge to me (my playtime is higher then displayed because the time i playtested it didn't count), but i want to give my impression of it so far. And yes, i bought the game myself to support the developer. :P
Visuals:
I think that the ReThink game series is one of the best looking "only-one-developer-indie-games". Partly because the UE4 is well used here, and partly because most of the Assets are self-made and fit together perfectly. Every room is pleasant to look at and the visuals often compliment the puzzle design (or the other way around). And it runs decently well at 4k with 60fps at medium to high detail settings.
Sounds:
The music is beautiful and relaxing, the composer did a great job.
For the sound design though... you'll notice that free sounds were used. I understand that buying good sounds is very very expensive, but buyers should be aware of that. The sounds aren't annoying, they just could be a lot better, and many players might miss some kind of "victory sound" as a feedback when a puzzle is solved.
Gameplay:
The gameplay is the strength of this series. The puzzles are well done most of the time, the level design works well for the puzzles and you often get a "sneak preview" to future puzzles or you can look proudly at older puzzles you already solved.
As i wrote in the Disclaimer, it will get very challenging at the end though, but the game (as other games of its series) has quite a bit of content. I think it'll take most people 3-5 hours to finish this one.
The puzzles are mostly redirecting, combining and splitting lasers through sometimes big, complex and even changing levels. You have different tools you can use to redirect lasers in different ways and directions, and you can just click at the location where you want to spawn a "redirect-cube", regardless of distance (they can be only spawned at predefined places, but those can be all over the place - ground, walls, ceiling).
Conclusion
Is this game worth 10$? In my opinion, absolutely. I've bought games for more money that had less to offer. Beeing the latest game of the series (as of now), it's also the most polished one, but if you like puzzles games, i can recommend the entire series.
finally its getting challenging :D weaiting for ReThink Evolved 3
Pros: Excellent game series as always. The puzzles are much more difficult. I love these first person puzzle games.
Best price in the genre at $10
10/10
Cons:
I quit at lvl 40, it just seems too hard after several days.
EDIT: I beat lvl 40 finally realizing what I missed, will continue on
Game has laser glitches where changing a laser cube may leave connected laser colors that shouldn't be allowed to stay within the game rules.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Yaeko |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 18.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 100% положительных (26) |