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Developed by Tequila Works, Rime is an adventure game that offers a fantastical setting dominated by a melancholic atmosphere, which gives allegorical undertones to the journey of its young protagonist. The game’s level design, however, is problematic in the way it discourages exploration with an abundance of points of no return.
The story begins with a shipwreck, when a young boy wakes up on the shores of a mysterious island. Towering above him is a gigantic tower with the symbol of a lock carved into its top. The boy proceeds to find a way to reach it, being occasionally accompanied by a fox and followed by a shadowy figure in clad red.
The game’s [...]