RymdResa

A little buggy at times, but an interesting, moody and fascinating game nevertheless.

It has taken me years to finally sit down and decide to beat this game. I'm glad I did, but it really shouldn't have taken that long. RymdResa is an art piece that is also a game. You come for the rogue-like asteriods-style exploration, but you stay for the enchanting atmosphere, surreal music, and ennui-fueled poetry. If you are someone who is put off by indirect storytelling or if you are not someone who will page through a book of poetry on a whim, you may not enjoy this game. If you dislike games where you lack the ability to fight, you also probably will not like this game. While there are items you can acquire that remove threats, there is absolutely no combat in this game. In fact, think of it less as lacking combat, and more that the gameplay loop involves avoided obstacles, much in the same way as a 2d platformer. In that way this is less Rogue and more Super Meat Boy with a health bar, to use as best an analogy I can conjure right now. My only complaints are this game are mechanical ones. Firstly, that resizing the windows makes the game restart. That is annoying. Also, whenever I died in a "boss fight" in chapter 3, my game crashed (though in such a weird way and with such consistency it makes me almost question the intentionality of it). But that's it; those are my only complaints for this game.

Surprisingly engaging and atmospheric as far as this breed of chill games goes, with some gorgeous pixel art to boot; definitely worth a look if you're in the market for a game to disengage your brain to.

Фрагмент моего обзора на отдельном сайте: [i]RymdResa — крайне необычная игра. Как по геймплею, так и на вид, и на слух. Она выполнена в эстетике ретрофутуризма и «украшена» линиями ЭЛТ-развёртки (можно отключить в настройках). Музыка меланхоличная, но очень подходящая этому холодному бесстрастному миру. Практически каждый проведённый в игре год сопровождается выдержками из дневника нашего героя, постепенно сходящего с ума. И, мало того, они ещё и озвучиваются роботизированным голосом, полностью лишённым всяких эмоций. Это потрясающее приключение, забыть которое будет сложно. Единственное, что не всем может понравиться такой неторопливый, тягучий геймплей.[/i] Полный текст при желании можно прочитать на https://yappy.fish/2019/12/28/rymdresa-review/

You can make this a relaxing exploration of space or a dial up the challenge and make every maneuver matter. It's a great game that I find at its best when you lower the difficulty and just fly.