Rain World Reviews

Utterly amazing in every aspect, especially for such a simple game. The art style is dynamic, the animation is superb, and the gameplay is invigorating. Warning: This is a very hard game, especially later on. Highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a challenge.

This game can get very annoying but the satisfaction that comes with your survival and the complete uniqueness of this game makes it very very worth playing.

The game is pure pain, but it got SCUG so its amazing. 10/10 If you dont buy it, expect a pipebomb in your mail box.

great game, love the story and art

This game feels hard to describe by words. It took me nearly an entire year to beat the Survivor campaign personally. Throughout everything, the looks, sounds and lore is just PHENOMENAL! It scratches me in all the best ways (I love the look of abandoned industrial stuffs, go look at Half Life 2 beta concept art). I think a good preparation to have in mind that there is going to be a constant cycle of "I love this game!" to "I HATE THIS GAME RFKIOAWKRFOZSD", and reasonably so. Rain World is an incredibly hard game, so don't rush to play Hunter after you beat Survivor. And also, play Survivor first, not Monk. Gives you a better sense of the difficulty and if the game is for you. But, I cannot control you, go do whatever you want. I recommend Rain World.

This game is a must have hidden gem. I'm 34 years old and have been playing games since i was a kid and this game refreshed my love for video games. It's completely different and unique compared to most games in both environment and combat. When i first started playing this game i thought it was too hard and i had zero clue what any of the symbols meant or if it was some sort of countdown or what but once you learn that death doesn't really matter too much was when i started getting into this game, especially with my two younger brothers. I wish they made a dedicated co op mode instead of a dlc/mod that lets you co op with your own screen instead of having to split screen through a mod and lets play. But other than that, in all seriousness, if you enjoy punishing games like dark souls, this game is for you. One last thing i wanted to throw in is that you can draw your own sprites for this game and play as just about anything you can think of. My brothers and i have drawn south park characters, dragon ball z characters. I did megaman and zero and some dragons.

horrible fucking game made me lose hope for myself would recomend 9/10 for me it is only 9/10 because spiders and arachophobia don't really work together

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. ---SPOILERS FOR RAIN WORLD--- 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 or becomes an echo with only brief moments of peace... For a character who has suffered 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. 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 die a million times to Rot or Lizards.

Very frustrating and difficult game, but kind of fun though.

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.