Planet RIX-13 Reviews

A really nice little game and well worth the small purchase. It's a 2D adventure game where you move by using the arrow keys and interact with objects, including computer terminals, machines, and picking useful objects up and sometimes combining them in certain ways. Along the way you solve some surprisingly effective and involving puzzles. The sound is modest but the pixel-style graphics are very well done. There are several ways to die but the save system ensures you never lose any progress, so frustration is minimal. A very effective alien planet adventure.

A simple game but engrossing and enjoyable. Your character progresses and survives through observation, logic and memory. Shallow fun and worth the £0.59 that I paid.

Short, but long enough to tell its story. It's a vignette, not a feature film. Gameplay is very close to a text adventure (interactive fiction) game, translated to a 2D pixel environment. The artwork and soundscape are fine. Almost all puzzles are "encounter dog-shaped lock, wander around until you kind a dog-shaped key". Expect quite a bit of backtracking. The ability to "fast travel" back to the overmap without walking all the way to the edge of the screen would remove some tedium. The only [i]puzzle[/i] puzzle are the safes: * there are two safes - which is which? * Typing digits isn't enough, you have to hit the "En" key * How do you type a birthday (YYYY-MM-DD) in only four digits? * OK these are [i]American[/i] dates? Which pair of digits is the day again? Oh, also, there's a pressure lock that needs two people to open it. Don't worry -- it doesn't.

I liked this little adventure game. There is nothing new here -- it has all the same tropes that you have seen before in a hundred other games (restore power, fix the computer, read emails, find codes to unlock new areas, etc etc etc) -- but for what it is, it is nicely done, with a surprising amount of polish for what I assume was a first effort at game development. The only thing I would like to see added are some ambient sounds, or maybe a futuristic soundtrack to give the game a little more atmosphere, however I understand there was probably no budget for that sort of thing. Overall, a short and sweet adventure that can be 100% completed in under two hours.

Short, sweet, charming. The ambient noise and exotic environments were satisfying, I enjoyed the game's atmosphere quite naturally and it really did feel like the environment was complete in spite of the small explore spaces. The puzzles were entertaining, easily hinting or guiding at their solutions meant they weren't mind-bending in complexity, but they were fun. The graceful promise to reward a Steam achievement for each and every type of character death experienced was fun, and death was at minimal cost to game progress so it hindered nothing. I enjoyed playing this through, but I'd warrant to mention that there's not much content and the game is incredibly short, for those who might have cause to complain.

Cute little "walking" adventure game. It's really close to being a classic point and click adventure game, but there's a couple of "dexterity" sections involved (I mean, they're easy but if you try to rush them, your character's walking speed will kill you). The game is mostly inventory and note reading puzzles, with the most difficult couple of puzzles taking a minute to figure out. Took under an hour to beat the first time and then less than half an hour to beat again (could have sped that up even further by reusing some codes which don't change, but had a long pause between sessions) to hunt the few missing achievements (the endings are mutually exclusive so you'll have to do so if you want to go for 100%, but be warned they don't diverge too much). I've played longer and harder Flash adventure games, but there's enough charm to it for a recommend it if you want to support small devs and want to kill a bit of time.

[h1]Summary:[/h1] [i](longer version below)[/i] Short, simple and inconsequential deaths but still offering some pleasure in solving the puzzles. Mild atmosphere and minor flaws, but overall worth on sale. [table] [tr] [th]Achievements:[/th] [th]Cloud Saving:[/th] [th]Trading Cards:[/th] [th]Workshop:[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]YES[/td] [td]NO[/td] [td]YES[/td] [td]NO[/td] [/tr] [/table] Click [u][url=steamcommunity.com/id/neon_cacti/recommended/] here[/url][/u] to see my other Reviews or follow my [u][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33254425/]Curator Page[/url][/u] for more recommendations. [h1]In-Depth:[/h1] Despite featuring quite simplistic puzzles, Planet RIX-13 has still delivered some enjoyment from solving them. My main complaints were mostly the lack of a soundtrack, instead we have atmospheric noise which cuts off if you tab out, and I think I noticed some tiny spelling issues. Everything else was alright, especially considering the price, although it was short and it felt padded by forcing you to walk back and forth. The game can be fully completed within an hour and this is partly due to the fact that deaths do not affect you much, but had it been any different it would've made the game worse.

Pretty interesting but short point & click adventure. Definitely has a deep lore to it, but just like your character you are dropped into it with no prior knowledge and little time study. Only criticism is the translations could use a little work; it's not bad and you'll understand everything presented to you, just needs a touch of polishing. For about an hour of gameplay and a couple different endings, I'd say a few dollars is worth it.

Basically a Point and click game. Has a nice moody atmosphere, graphics and sound are nice enough, nothing amazing. I managed to finish the game once in about 45 minutes but there are multiple ways to end the game, so I'll be revisiting it for at least one more run. Puzzles aren't terribly taxing but require attentiveness. Overall just a nice little experience.

[u]This review was written in English and Russian in purpose to save your money and time.[/u] [i]I have mixed feelings about Planet RIX-13, it’s neither a great game nor a bad one. I’d like to give this game a “neutral” rating but Steam doesn’t allow me to do it.[/i] So I decided to «thumb up» the game because I hope the developer would polish his game. Planet RIX-13 pretends to be so called “old school pixel graphic point-n-click adventure” There’re few puzzles in the game and they are rather simple so you don’t need to look for the game’s walkthrough. The plot is a typical story about solving mysteries after the crash-landing on an alien planet abandon by humans. Planet RIX-13 is an extremely simple point-and-click adventure game. Sadly, the game doesn’t really have much to say in the end, though it lasts less than an hour. It is basically a short story in game form, being almost purely linear in nature (you have an alternative ending here). Graphically, it's exactly as presented at the screenshots. I don’t like pixel graphics but even for me the game’s graphics is pretty nice. There’s no music in the game at all and the developer used only three sounds in the game. Nevertheless somehow the game gave me a sensation of the sci-fi atmosphere while I was playing it. [i]Summary: I guess if you're a die-hard fan of the 1990s adventures and wish we were back there again, this would completely be the game for you.[/i] But even in this case you’d better buy it on sale because it’s too short. Really it looks like a demo-version and you can’t expect more than an hour of gameplay. By the way if you’re an achievement hunter Planet RIX-13 could be the next ideal game in your Steam profile. ______________________________________________________________ [i]У меня смешанные чувства в отношении Планеты РИКС-13: это и не отличная, и не плохая игра. Хотелось бы дать игре «нейтральный» рейтинг, но Стим не позволяет этого.[/i] Так что я решил «поднять палец вверх» этой игре, потому что надеюсь на то, что разработчик отшлифует свою игру. Планета РИКС-13 делает вид, что она – так называемая «пиксельная приключенческая игра старой школы». В игре есть немного загадок и они довольно просты, так что вам не нужно будет искать прохождение этой игры. Сюжет – это обычная история о решении тайн после аварийной посадки на чужой планете, заброшенной людьми. Планета РИКС-13 – чрезвычайно простая приключенческая игра. К сожалению, игра немногое может поведать в конце, хотя ее продолжительность – меньше часа. Это в основном короткий рассказ в игровой форме, почти линейный по своей сути (у вас здесь есть альтернативная концовка). Графически игра выглядит точно так, как представлено на скриншотах. Мне не нравится пиксельная графика, но даже мне графика игры показалась приятной. Музыки в игре нет (совсем) и разработчик использовал только три звука в игре. Тем не менее, во время игры я каким-то образом ощущал научно-фантастическую атмосферу игры. [i]Резюме: Предполагаю, что если вы убежденный поклонник приключенческих игр 1990-х годов и хотите, чтобы мы снова оказались там, то эта игра – для вас.[/i] Но даже в этом случае вам лучше купить ее со скидкой, т.к. игра – слишком коротка. На самом деле игра похожа на демо-версию, так что не ожидайте более часа геймплея. Кстати, если вы охотник за достижениями, то Planet RIX-13 может стать следующей идеальной игрой в вашем профиле Steam.