Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches

Voilà exactement le type de jeu qui mériterait une notation "pouce neutre". J'aime les myst-like, donc je partais en territoire conquis, je voulais aimer ce jeu. PAs qu'il soit mauvais, le jeu est même bon sur certains aspects,mais il est complètement à la ramasse sur d'autres. - le bien: l'histoire, le lieu, l'ambiance - le moins bien: des énigmes de plus en plus wtf à mesure que le jeu avance, le coté fourre tout de certains composants de l'histoire (comme dit avant l'histoire est bonne mais les créateurs sont dans l'indigestion d'idée par moment) - le pire: le système de ramassage des objets... à savoir, devoir déclencher un trigger (lire une lettre, prendre un objet, passer un événement) pour pouvoir prendre l'objet dont on a besoin. Au début on se dit "cool ça va permettre de ne pas se perdre dans l'immensité des tableaux et des objets"....sauf que très vite cela montre toute sa limite: chapitre 3, je trouve que l'on doit faire, je sais où sont les 4 objets nécessaires...MAIS 3 d'entre eux sont non ramassables, pourquoi 3 / 4 mystère, tout ça parce que je n'avais pas lu un pauvre document INUTILE qui plus est planqué dans un endroit... et là, à partir de cet instant ce système broie les c*******... la progression se fait plus dans la douleur, à mesure que les énigmes deviennent wtf plus ce système pourri, et on finit par aller voir gamefaqs/walkthrough... Bien dommage tout ça, mais bon, le jeu est souvent soldé à 0.89 ok mais il faut être conscient de la tare que porte ce jeu. NB: ne vous fiez pas à mon temps de jeu j'ai joué offline.

I love exploring haunted houses first person point-and-click style and Rhiannon totally delivers in this department. The house and its surroudings are beatifully rendered and are a delight to explore. I don't know why this particular style of pre-rendered graphics with its low-res textures and occasional animations makes me happy, but it does. The interface looks rough though, and the inventory is annoying to use. But! The in-game map looks great, beatifully drawn. The devs had little resources but they put them in the right places. Gameplay is great. I used a walkthrough a couple of times, but in hindsight I didn't have to. I'm pretty sure I could've done it myself would I be a bit more patient and observant. Another thing I liked about this game is that you get to do a lot of things that you rarely do in games, like feeding a cat, baking a bread, identifying tree branches by their leaves, making kirlian photographs, and recording sounds of the environment. Also you defeat an ancient wizard, but you can do that in pretty much any fantasy game. Flushing a dead mouse down the toilet on the other hand... I bet you could count the games that let you do that on the fingers of one hand. This is a great game made by a small passionate team and their passion shines through.

It's an alright game, taking into consideration its release date. Compared to the newer HOG/PNCs, this one does not hold up well, mainly because of the absolutely horrendous and clunky camera movement controls. There's also the occasional bug where your UI disappears or your items go missing, which can prevent you from progressing the plot.

The game is very, very dated and in all the bad ways. And not the charming old-school type, but the "every photoshop filter applied" type. It is basically unplayable unless you want to power through it all (but to what purpose, I am not sure, the intro was just dull). It has bad letterboxed resolution, the intro text overlapped the video text. The tutorial is pathetic, it just dumps everything on you before you are even playing. Controls are a mess, navigation tedious. It's all the bad things a P&C game can do. And apparently this is 2008, I would expect more in 1995, you know, when Myst came out. It's like this game is a student project time-traveled from 20 years ago. May be it's not fair and may be the game is great later, but how is one to get to that point?

Nice story. Oldfashioned gameplay where your environment consists of photographs but it has a very nice atmosphere. Quests and puzzles are not straight forward (although per chapter it becomes quickly clear what you'll have to do and thus it becomes a bit repetitive). Loved the whole game though and it was quite a relaxing "walk in the park".

Amazing game, really enjoyed it! Combined a bit of Celtic lore with mystery and I'm hooked. I loved it and will probably play it again in the future.

2/10

I love finding weird little adventure games, and Rhiannon is definitely a weird little adventure game. It's not as towering as its contemporaries (certainly if we're comparing it to a game like Scratches it pales in comparison), but it manages to stand on its own two little legs with enough confidence and creativity to be worth your time if you're an enthusiast about this sort of game like I am. Puzzles are mostly fair and logical with mostly some pixel hunting in some places that act as sources of frustration. The story is a little simple and I think the game reveals the mystery of what's going on far too early, but its use of Welsh folklore and mythology gives it a unique identity, and it's clear the creators were passionate about the subject during development. I'd give this a solid 7.5 out of 10, if you were to ask me for a numbered rating. I should be transparent and say I did consult a guide at some points for this game, but I solved most of it on my own, and even puzzles I did have explained to me I've evaluated based on how much the solution makes sense even without having come to it organically.

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I played this game a few years ago. It has a really good story line. The spirits are not too scary and the game keeps you hooked all the way through. I love this game and will play it again.