Rain World: Underrated Masterpiece

foreign ever since I've beaten rain World a month ago it has been in my mind for quite some time before I played the game I'd heard some mixed thoughts on it on one hand you have people absolutely loving this game but you also have people that just couldn't get into it and called it stupid and unfair rain world is one of the most difficult games I've ever played maybe the hardest but it is also wasn't the best gaming experiences I've ever had so many aspects of this game are just done brilliantly today I want to talk about rain world and why I think it's one of the best games ever created I will also go slightly into some spoiler territory so proceed with caution with that said you might ask what is rain world what is this game about the best way I could describe to you what this game is is it's Unique it's unlike anything I've played you play as the small Slugger cat who has been separated from his family in a storm and now is in a dangerous environment full of predators that will hunt you down and your goal is to try and survive one of the first things I want to talk about in this game is the difficulty and controls and this is something that critics bash the game for being too difficult unfair and for having terrible controls so special it could have been beautiful environments incredible animations and enticingly hazy mechanics are fantastic but the sheer cruelty of How It's paced out transcends challenge and becomes an unwanted trial rain world isn't afraid to put you in unfair situations it happened to me way too many times and the game doesn't tell you where to go or what player should do the only thing game tells you is the controls and the rain mechanic and nothing else so that means the game is bad right no no no no no no rain World wants you to experiment because it will reward the player for paying attention to some environmental details and for experimenting as much as possible like how these exploding flowers could help you from distracting lizards and making them run away from you or putting these blue pebbles in the water will make them grow so you are able to eat them or grabbing these flying bugs will allow slug cat to jump higher and further this is one of the game's strong points because it doesn't directly tell you that oh you should grab this squid so you can swim faster or to hit this flower so you can eat its fruits of course it can go the other way for example you might see these weird snake things that love to steal sticks from you and if you try to attack them they will become hostile and try to kill you or eating this small mosquito will make the bigger one hostile and dangerous the fact that player doesn't know what they are supposed to do to survive is also very fitting for the game the slug cat we control is now alone not knowing how to survive and how to avoid the dangers of other Predators now must find a way to survive these dangerous circumstances and coming across some new threats makes you very uneasy because you don't know what these new threats will do to you will they hunt you down will they be passive or something else when it comes to the movement system it can take you some time to get used to its controls but it makes it more satisfying once you get used to them but what makes it more fascinating is what you can perform with these controls like a backflip roll slide and so much more and the game doesn't tell you that you can do these things it is yet another thing that is heavily rewarding for the player to help them with exploring this world now I mentioned in the beginning about the difficulty the game is hard and it's not afraid to put you in unavoidable situations you will die a lot but that's the point you are nothing but food for other animals that hunt you down the world is unforgiving and cruel for a reason now it doesn't mean that you are completely helpless like I said if you are experimenting as much as possible you will learn how to deal with these encounters with dangers maybe outsmarting them or trying to fight against them or distracting them or even turning some into your allies if you figure out how to do it trying to rush through the game will often get you killed so the best thing to do is to slowly explore and pay attention to the ecosystem another important mechanic in Rain world is well the rain that will start falling when the time runs out this mechanic means that you must find a shelter where you will rest at however to rest at these shelters your hunger bar must be at least up to 4 points or 3 depending on the difficulty you've chosen to play this game and successfully resting at these shelters will increase this meter of symbols which allows you to go to the next area you want to go but dying will make this meter go down at first glance this seems like a stupid and annoying system if you are trying to rush to the next area as fast as possible however if you explored the area that you are currently in you know where to find sources for food and how to safely get to it while avoiding the dangers in this ecosystem I mentioned the ecosystem quite a few times and that's because there is a reason for that this is one of the most impressive ecosystems I've seen in a video game and what makes it so good is the behaviors of the animals in this game which leads me to the next section I want to talk about about the world design and its masterly crafted AI you may have noticed that I was constantly saying animals and creatures instead of something like enemies and there is a good reason for that I was referring to them as animals and not enemies because that's what they are animals that are Scavenging around trying to find food or chasing other animals or are just chilling and this is all possible because of their phenomenal AI each animal has their own routine and what they want to do sometimes just walking around or maybe even trying to escape from other Predators or maybe even some fighting back to give you some examples of this fantastic AI I'll go through some of the animals and talk about them the first Predator everyone will encounter are the lizards there are many types of lizards in the rain World green purple yellow cyan blue Invincible blind The Fearsome red lizards and other types that I haven't mentioned and each of them has a very unique Quirk to them for example green lizards while dangerous can be easily avoided by just climbing on the ropes because they are heavy and can't climb but the same cannot be said for pink variants who can easily climb on the walls and ropes trying to hunt you down but my favorite type of lizards are the yellow ones they hunt you down in groups and the leader will have longer horns so that he stands out among them and if you manage to kill the leader of yellow lizards the other lizards will stop continue down accordingly and will start going around without Direction lizards will also sometimes start fighting each other over territory or food making them even more interesting you can even tame them and they'll start following you around wherever you go the other animal I want to talk about are the Scavengers and this is the best example of how good the AI in this game truly is scavengers are always found in groups as they go around collecting food and hunting down other animals they will also sometimes try to attack you if they seal as a threat for example if you come to them with a spear in your hand they will view you as a threat and will start attacking you if you don't have a spear they can still hurt you and try to kill you to know if they will attack you you must pay attention as to how are they acting if they start waving their arm with a spear in their hand it means that they're warning you if you try to go past them however if they start with leaving their arm without holding the spear it means that you're allowed to go past them you can also give them pearls to show them that you are friendly and not a threat if you help scavengers against other Predators they will see you as a friend and will start following you and helping you around but if you start killing them every single scavenger in that area that you are in will try to kill you while the Scavengers and lizards can be befriended in some way the same cannot be said or the most dangerous predator in the rain world the vultures whenever you are exploring the terrains of rain world and you start hearing the sound of a gas leaking it means that they saw you and now you must hide from them but what makes vultures so terrifying besides being able to Kill You by just grabbing you is that vultures don't have their natural Predators aside from maybe Leviathan they don't just hunt you and some other small creatures they will also go after lizards and carry them away to devour them making them even more menacing you may try to fight them back but you will soon realize that it's not helpful at all and for last I want to talk about my personal favorite creature in Rain World daddy long legs previous creatures looked like animals while this thing can even hardly be called an animal it looks something like it shouldn't exist yet here it is roaming around dragging its long tentacles to try and grab something so that they can bring into their mouths and eat them of course these are not the only animals you'll be encountering but I wanted to give you some examples of a fantastic AI this game has as for the world itself it is also done phenomenally the art direction is simply beautiful and full of details and the areas themselves are memorable and unique in some way and very well designed most of them areas like shorelines underhang outskirts former Rays garbage raised and many others are some of the most well-designed and memorable areas in this game when you hear a word Citadel the first thing that comes to your mind is a beautiful city filled with life and joy and happiness while this is The Citadel in Rain world dark cold lifeless place that is now filled with spiders and scavengers that are also exploring this decrepit and dying place my favorite Zone in this game has to be the exterior I love the creatures that are in this area and going around with this worm that can act like a hook was a lot of fun the most memorable moment for me however in this game has to be getting to the wall visually it is the most stunning and beautiful place in this game and the music that plays there when you enter makes it even more memorable [Music] foreign [Music] speaking of the music the soundtrack in this game is memorable in so many ways whenever you enter into the new Zone and when the music starts to kick in it leaves such a big impact on the player like how when you finally get out of the garbage race and enter into shorelines you'll hear that short but memorable music foreign [Music] it honestly reminds me a bit of hyper light Drifter soundtrack which by the way that game is also phenomenal it's not just those soundtracks that are memorable but also the ones that play when you are attacked by a predator making it truly a life or death situation [Music] not many people talk about this aspect of the game that much but I really think they should because it really adds to the overall experience of rain world the game isn't without some problems the camera is always stationary meaning that when you go perhaps up there might be a lizard just waiting there without you knowing that it was there to begin with leading to your death and while it is visually incredible five Pebbles unfortunate development is definitely the weakest area in this game but when you look at this game as a whole with its fantastic visuals and animation with its phenomenal AI with its immersive world you get such a memorable experience that you will remember for a long time rain world is a masterpiece of a game and to anyone that hasn't played this game I only have one thing to say please please play rain world [Music]

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Length: 16min 53sec (1013 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 06 2022