The Rig: A Starmap to Murder

I can't believe how few reviews there are for this little gem! The Rig is a great story, well told and with lovely artwork. The puzzles are not very difficult, but that is a good thing because that means they don't detract from the overall flow while simultaneously providing immersion. It is true that the game doesn't last longer than a movie - but then again it doesn't cost more than a movie either. Whereas I certainly wouldn't mind a longer adventure, I think what is here is great and well worth the money!

Very very cool story line. Sadly very short with only about 2h of one playthrough. I personally would like do let the story unfold a bit more. For Example: [spoiler] What happens if you have the letters and continue your brothers work? [/spoiler] I would like to see how it comes to an end. Otherwise If you love Space and or puzzly Story games this is great although not very hard.

Had good concept but had little gameplay and 'puzzles' were just try to figure out where this is and then be able to solve the rest. Potential for good game was there but needs more.

I initially gave this a negative review because of terrible performance that made it unplayable. Since then I've upgraded my PC with a faster CPU, which seems to have resolved most of the issues, but I think the game has also been updated since I last tried playing, so maybe a combination of both has made it playable now. However, now that I've been able to play and finish the game, I'm giving it a negative review because it's just a very shallow and short experience with very little "mystery", almost zero puzzles that require any real thought, and a story that lacks anything unique. They do a great job of editing the promo video to make it look like there's so much to see and do, but it's mostly fluff. There are exactly 3 rooms in this game. Well, 4 if you count the hallway that leads to the 2nd room, which is your office. There's a couple of puzzles that basically just involve you looking around a little to find the answer. After that, you are on a ship and you have to follow a series of steps, none of which are terribly puzzling because they basically tell you what to do, in order to get to a mining base where your brother is hiding out. Most of the story is given to you through news articles you find laying around, so there's a lot of reading, or you can listen to them be narrated, if you have the patience for it. Then you end up on the 3rd room/area (okay, 4th, whatever) but the scene is all scripted and you can't move or interact with anything until a specific moment were you make a choice which gives you one of two possible endings, which I won't spoil (not like there's much TO spoil), and they're pretty anticlimactic... and that's it. The game ends. I finished it in less than 2 hours and I even wasted a fair amount of time just looking at objects (props) that had nothing to do with the story. If you want a GOOD VR mystery/puzzler, go get Call of The Starseed and then Heart of The Emberstone, or Red Matter and Red Matter 2... not this game.

Beautiful, atmospheric, story-driven sci-fi adventure with excellent music and voice acting. This game is extremely underrated, especially for gamers that love a good ‘game noir’ and like their puzzling to be logical, fun and practical and secondary to the narrative and overall atmosphere. 7.5/10

The Rig macht Spass, inhaltlich und in der Umsetzung ein gutes Spiel. Nur nach 1h-1.5h is der erste Durchgang incl rumsuchen und orientieren durch. Die Story is anfangs etwas verwirrend, mir fehlte eine klaredie Orientierung, wer ich eigentlich bin. Aber Figuren, Settings etc passen. Die Geschichte wäre ausbaufähig, sowohl hier, als auch in möglicherweise folgenden Titeln. Am Ende ist The Rig in der vorliegenden Variante eher das Auftaktkapitel zu einer Weltraumjagd, als die ganze Geschichte. Ich hoffe dies war nur der Testballon, und wird weiter ausgebaut. Je nachdem wen man fragt ist in VR alles zu teuer. Aber gerade narrative Games sind aufwendig. Von daher darf man auch ruhig mal 13eur für 90min Kurzweil einwerfen, in der Hoffnung auf mehr Titel von Sunset.

Very nice story driven puzzle game. Took me ~2hrs to get all achievements and see all the endings, and hear all/most of the different dialogue so its a bit on the short side if you decide to not do all that. I got it on sale and i think it was a fair price. Voice acting is superb, graphics are really stylish and i liked how they looked. Puzzles are a bit on the simple side, but they are satisfying to solve, I feel like there could have been a few more puzzles. The story is easy to follow and its nice to have it as an incentive Performance was acceptable; 60fps on a 3600/1080 rig. The game crashed once when a fire broke out, after reloading it went fine but i got a dip in performance at that same part. Aside from that, an achievement didnt pop up when i think it should. But that was it. I found it interesting and worth my time, it could have been better of course, but it was a pleasant experience for the duration, i really appreciated that you can figure out whats happening before it comes to an end so its easy to choose the good ending. Recommended for anyone that wants a story based game with a few puzzles thrown in, that add to the story.

You couldn't really clal this an adventure it's over in 30 minutes, and puzzles? I would hardly call any of it puzzle worthy, I've had more fun in a 30 minute crossword, way over priced for the length of the game and to think I had high expectations for this one

I really liked this game. It's a narrative driven puzzler in line with a game like The Station, but the puzzles are easier. The game has multiple endings with a very nice pay off in the end scene. My only complaint is the game ends just as it's really taking off. You can probably get thru this game in a 1 hour play thru, maybe 2 if you really take your time. Game length is my only complaint. I'd really like to see some more from this developer.

Lovely little Sci-fi - noir game. I hope the continue with the rest of the story.