RKGK / Rakugaki

Honestly the game is fun up until the later stages, where the platforming gets miserable. The last boss is an absurdly long slog that's just genuinely unpleasant to play. Waiting through incredibly long phases then getting hit with massive swarms feels less challenging and more plain unfair. Worth grabbing on sale and poking around a bit, but not worth finishing.

It goes without saying the artwork is some of the best I've ever seen in a video game. The platforming and combat is solid, a nice balance between needing to develop some skills to do well in the game while also being fluid and responsive.

got boring pretty quick

Very underrated and amazing hidden gem. I loved every moment. It has so much depth in it's movement. The soundtrack is great and it's visuals are awesome. It is very well programmed and has so much customization.

Great platforming moveset allied with great level design allows you to go through the stages in several ways, trying to shave seconds off your best time with each try! RKGK almost snatched my GOTY pick for 2024. The sense of flow is ridiculously satisfying once you get the hang of the movements and jumps. Each move is there for a reason, with their pros and cons, like using a basic (safer) jump for more precision while losing some momentum or going faster with the dash and risk overshooting the next platform. The soundtrack kicks major ass! Powerful, adrenaline-pumping Drum and Bass sounds to motivate you going faster and faster. The main character is cool and can be customized with lots of options, as well as her robot drone friend. The visuals ooze with urban style. The story has an impactful message that gets more relevant each day. The only thing I disliked are some boss battles which take too long and you have to avoid several patterns for a chance to attack. But that's about it! Wabisabi Games, you got yourselves a new fan. You definitely have the skills and creativity to make captivating movement-based games. I'm already looking forward to your next project!

Dear devs, it's your first game and it's a buggy mess. I can't play it. You get an F, for not having it fixed over a year since launch.

Giving this a negative, but it really just belongs in the category of 'okay.' It feels like it goes back and forth between pretty fun to play with nice movement and speed and just visually appealing to look at, to a total slog with terrible camera angles and weirdly unfair bosses and confusing level design. If they just stuck to what made the game good it would be fine, speed, music and visuals. Instead every once and a while it becomes something noticeably less fun. I don't think it's a bad game. I wish steam would give a choice for an in between rating, but for now this game gets a negative from me because the final thoughts I had when playing it was. "I'm not enjoying this anymore and I stopped caring a while ago."