RATSHAKER™

[spoiler] eu mato meus filhos e minha mulher?? não sabia q eu era o neymar gnt mdssss!!! [spoiler]

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.

I love the concept and this style of wacky psychological horror game, but RATSHAKER's execution leaves a lot to be desired. I'm almost inclined to call it a parody of walking-simulator horror games from how funny the attempts to be "scary" end up being. I got spooked a few times towards the start, but [spoiler] you end up walking through so many blood/♥♥♥♥-stained hallways and past so many stock corpse models[/spoiler] that you just start to feel over the whole affair about half way through. It's obvious where the game is going and what the "story" is, so I don't understand the need to stretch it out as long as they did (impressive considering I beat the game in 1.2 hours). I think there was potential to have something really short, sweet and neat, even if it still wasn't scary because of the rat. This just feels like it takes itself a bit too seriously to make it worth your time. The rat was cool though, I did enjoy the rat.

Squeeze a rat. Shake a rat.

I like the part where you shake the rat,

Played this blind without watching the trailer, since this was recommended to me and it's cheap. [spoiler] I thought it would be a quirky little game like [i]Stanley parable, Juice galaxy, or The looker. [/i][b] IT IS NOT!!! [/b] Also did not think I was going to vigorously shake my wrist walking through at least 5 pussCs, 10/10. If you liked the vibe I recommend [i]Cultic[/i] or [i]How fish is made.[/i] [/spoiler]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Came for the rat. Stayed for the plot. What started as "haha funny rat shaking game" somehow turned into one of the funniest and creepiest indie horror experiences I've played in a while. The game relies more on atmosphere and psychological horror than cheap jump scares, which made every weird moment hit even harder. Short, weird, unsettling, and surprisingly memorable. My first playthrough took less than an hour, but I ended up going back for all the trophies. 10/10. Shook a rat. Won the game. Got all trophies. [spoiler] I'm a Wife Shaker. [/spoiler]