RATSHAKER™

A game with brilliant mechanics, brilliant balance and use of tension, humor, and absurdity. Brought down substantially by a weak and stereotypical 'story' and ending. I loved so many things about this game. It is clear the developers put a great deal of time and effort into thinking about the players experience, balancing how and when the tone shifts and how the interactions between the player, the world, and the rat evolve over time. I have no idea what happened or how a game with such perfectly set up foundations and ingredients managed to just fall flat at the end. I still recommend the game and my hat is off to the dev team for the general concept and execution.

RAT + SHAKE = HAPPY... THIS GAME IS TIGHT

Who up shaking they rat 4 wives out of 5

#im14andthisisdeep

Was an interesting if short game.

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The game is visually and narratively compelling, but the gameplay of shaking the rat sucks. It's very fatiguing on the hand and arm, and there's no accessibility or QoL features to mitigate this issue. This is compounded by the fact that there are many ways to die by exploring and trying to further engage with the narrative, making you restart sections with prolonged shaking. I found myself just pushing through it and trying to avoid any optional content just so I wouldn't have to tire my wrist out anymore, which is a shame because visually the game is striking. I also didn't find myself being very scared a lot. I'm a very jumpy and easy to startle person, but there were multiple jumpscares I was fully lined up for and felt nothing; either there's a real lack of suspense with them or I was just so disconnected and frustrated that they couldn't land. Also, maybe an IGN moment but I did not understand that you had to shake to build charge, then squeeze to use charge to interact with things. Maybe if the opening didn't clear your ratshaker bar when you didn't squeeze it would've been clearer.

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