Rain World - Why Critics Hated It But Gamers Loved It 

Seems like rain world’s been getting more popular recently. Something I really like about this game is that creatures will actually run if you hurt them badly enough.

The AI in this game is phenomenal, but just like everything else in Rain World, the game makes no effort to tell you any of it. Every single detail mentioned here about how cool and intricate the AI is gets 0 formal mention from the game, the game expects you to figure it out for yourself. Just like it expects you to figure basically everything out for yourself. That's part of the appeal of the game, and unfortunately a guy who works at IGN probably doesn't appreciate how exciting and liberating it is to figure it all out for yourself when they just want to get their review out on time. Glad you liked my video, btw!

some fun facts that were kinda missed: -The scavenger's reputation system is EXTREMELY in-depth. they've got dedicated tribes, a trading system, a community reputation alongside individual reputations, etc. -Lizards ALSO have a rep system, though it's not as convoluted. feed them and save them enough, and they might follow you around and help you out. -the Downpour expansion is actually a former *modification* to the game that was so awesome that the dev team added it to the base game and made the mod devs official RW devs.

I remember when i first entered the dark area of rainworld, i couldnt see a dang thing and thespiders were the bain of my existence, i remember finding this band of scavangers walking through, to avoid getting speared i layed down on the ground and let them pass, but one of them stopped looked at me, and then gave me a stone that produced light before moveing on, it saw that i didnt know where i was going and had trouble, and it gave me a gift to help me. I had never met them before i had never helped them and yet they helped me. Eventually i made it out and came back, i found the same scavangers and this time i traded them a peral and they gave me another stone, i gave them 2 perals and they gave me a stone and then one of their spears. It amazes me how i managed to do a trade with the scavangers and they eventually became my friends.

I loved this game! It's brutal, but in this one it feels like you're truly learning. Not getting artificial Exp, but real tough beautiful exploration game, where you really learn

The definition of ‘skill issue, but in a positive way’. The skill curve is what makes it fun, just learning to survive and then thrive is part of the experience, once you’re good enough to do lore stuff you’re already loving dominating the system and learning new skills, but you can’t become complacent as RNG and falling and being careless will still kill you immediately, so the stakes don’t go away completely.

Rain World is extremely artistically inspiring to me it's atmosphere, it's character designs, the mystery around every corner it really gives me that sort of, child like feeling of wonder it's really underrated honestly

Imagine if Elden Ring had this sort of AI. Enemies respawn, but not necessarily in the same way all the time because they're off doing their own thing and react to things separately from the player. Hell not even just Elden Ring but any open world game. This is something definitely needs more spotlight. Once refined we can finally have a more true "living" and "breathing" world.

Fun fact about the centipede at 4:58: It's actually a bunch of small spiders doing a hive-mind hunting tactic. It's arguably worse as far as how scary it is.

I've owned this game for a week and put 37hrs in it, I believe this speaks for itself. Incredibly brutal game. Doesn't give a damn about how good you want to do. But it bullies you in a way that makes it feel rewarding to get past the part you got stuck on by pulling a fast one on a bastardous lizard, simply because you reflected and changed tactics. The world feels very lively and does a great job at making everything seem intelligent and conscious. 10/10 will get bullied again

You need to submit this as a written review to some gaming magazines! Nailed it here!

I'm just new to the game, and is really hard at the beginning. Even to slug trough a pipe can be hard if you don't position yourself beforehand. Watching the slug cat was like watching a puppy, failing, learning how to walk or jump, how to enter a pipe head first instead of belly first. And the slug cat have the cutest animation.

Those reviews reminded me of how game reviewers and some AAA devs were baffled that gamers really liked Elden Ring even though it didn't hold their hands.

Something that makes this game even more terrifying (In a good way) is that those centipedes at 4:58 are actually a big mass of different spiders that come together to form those centipedes.

Another thing about ai, there is an advanced reputation system and personality system with each individual creature. Some creatures will notice if you help them in fights, feed them, hurt them, steal food from them, and more. The choices most creatures make are based off of the past experiences. For example if you have a slightly good reputation with a lizard and it sees 2 prey (you and another animal), it will pursue the other animal. If you had a bad reputation though, it will attack you. This can go so far that creatures can be completely tamed and will follow you around and protect you, to a creature devoting it's entire life to killing you.

Yeah, I finished the game a few weeks ago, and I couldn't believe the reviews when I saw them. It's an amazing game, but it's a brutal experience sometimes. I think the problem is that some reviewers played it like a metroidvania, but it's not that at all. It's more like a survival game mixed with dark souls. It doesn't give a fuck about you, but it's super rewarding when you finally outsmart the other creatures and become the hunter instead of the prey.

Actually, you can use the shelter with less food than required if you get there with a storm. I went into one left into a flooded mess and went right back in. the doors closed, and the game accounted for it by increasing the amount of food I needed to use the shelter the next time. Love the small details like this

Good thing this masterpiece survived such a rough review cycle.

Fun fact: In the video it is mentioned that you can only use the shelters to hibernate in case you ate enough. That, however, it isn't true. In case the rain is coming, you can sleep without eating enough and you will starve in the next cycle. If you die, the game doesn't save the cycle you were starving in and comes back to the one before, and to make it worst, the slugcat feels too weak for not eating and will fall and fail to do some basic movement as a consequence of it. There are places where starving just means plain death, since you can't really do anything, but then again, it only happens if you, the player, fail to get enough food.

First time comment on your channel: you are so spot-on with this assessment of how reviewers scale their estimation of a game based only on their capacity to review it. So happy to hear that refreshing take after years of watching Giant Bomb rate crap short games over so much out there, simply because they missed content. Thanks for everything you do.

My by far favorite part of this game is how everything is given to you at the start, you don’t gain a double jump, or have spears become stronger, you can’t store more food or breathe longer underwater just by upgrading. Everything is given to you, you can leap, jump, pick up items and throw them(to various benefits), all it allows you to do is learn and become more refined at dodging and mastering your knowledge of different enemies.

I’ve always felt the same about Darkwood. That game is in my top 10 games of all time. Easily one of the best horror games of the last decade and it’s way over slept on!

This is why we need more leisurely reviews, or reviews that are written outside of the hype of release. Rain World is amazing and I’m glad to see it get some love here.

It’s one of those few games that you can die so many times but still not mind. It isn’t like games where power is a tangible resource, xp, items, etc. but instead where your power in the game is your own capability almost entirely. Sure, you can have a bad run, enemies on the other side of a pipe, food respawns, or just time you have in a cycle, but in the end I don’t mind dying because it’s almost entirely on me. I adapt, learn, and improve to survive and not relying on builds, RNG, or good item drops really removes a lot of the frustration for me in an undoubtedly brutal game.

Honestly, when the game first came out I liked it enough to power through about 2/3 of it, but couldn't finish it because of how frustratingly punishing it was. Once the update with the difficulty settings was released, i had a lot of fun playing it on the easier setting. The game was still hard, as it is meant to be, but it was a lot less punishing when you failed, which made all the difference to me.

Completely agree, people don't understand how busy reviewers can be that a lot of games don't get enough time given to them. On top of that, once it's released, players start discussing it and making guides. Reviewers are totally alone when playing games, and at most only have other reviewers to talk with. They can't just Google mechanics or collectibles. That doesn't excuse a lack of basic spatial awareness like that Cuphead video though.

Started playing Rain World one year ago, and got basically kidnapped by a friend of mine who owned the "Jolly Co-OP mod" that allows you to play the game with up to 4 players. And she was really deep into the fandom. And damn if she didn't drag me along at first I would've given up. I was terrible at the game and would get frustrated easily over things she was able to do, and I couldn't figure it out myself. (As she had years of experience of paying the game) But as we kept playing, I got better and better. Recently, after finishing our first run, we started a new run with 2 more friends of ours, who never played rain world. (a 4/4 party of players) and seeing them struggle just as I did at the beginning made me realize how much better I got at the game as things I used to struggle with now are less hard for me to do. And I can say proudly I am part of the Rain World fandom and I can't thank my friend enough for literally dragging through the pain lmao.

These self proclaimed "professional game reviewers" hardly should be judging a game if they can't even play it properly.

This game is one of many examples of why mainstream review outlets just suck, in this case they all blamed the game for their own incompetence.

Thanks, man! It's really appreciated being able to dive back into the niche of gaming without sinking in hundreds of hours. It absolutely felt like I'd experienced it for myself. Cheers

I really do hope that this game gets more popular.

As someone who’s been quietly advocating for this game’s complexity and beauty for like two years, I’m SO GLAD it’s been getting more and more exposure as of late! I hope this game gets a huge resurgence! XOXO to the mod community keeping this game alive while they couldn’t add updates!

I'm so glad you have done a video on this game. I've been saying for years to anyone who would listen how underrated this indie game is. I do find it interesting how with certain game types and games that have punishing difficulties, usually don't fair well with critics. This is why I value channels like this and also fellas like ACG 👍

My second favorite thing to do as a slugcat is walk into a room that's been thrown into chaos bc the lizards started fighting or bc there's a group of scavs waging war against lizards and vultures alike, and sit down and watch the fireworks. My first favorite thing to do is cause the problem lmao

I had this game in my library for ages, about a week ago I played it and man, it’s such a beautiful game. Very hard in areas, feels like being something not at the top of the food chain for sure. Definitely not for people who dislike unfairness or difficulties throughout, and it feels a little like a metroidvania rather than a basic platformer

Just wanted you to know that I purchased this game on your word. I've never seen your channel before but I like to keep my eye out for hidden indie gems, and a channel like yours is how I found Outer Wilds, which I think is one of the best games ever made. Plus, I remember playing Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee when I was a kid, and Rain World's oppresive brutality against the protagonist reminds me of poor Abe's struggles. So cheers, I look forward to enjoying the game!

Has anyone else noticed that the opening for Stray seems inspired by the opening of this game? Watching Stray, even before it gets to the fall, I thought it felt like Rain World (rain + post-apocalypse vibes).

Thank you for the perspective on how reviews are prepared from an industry perspective from that of a consumer. I always like learning these things.

I'm thankful that rain world happened because it's the only game i've ever played that makes me feel like an animal in a living breathing ecosystem. It's such a unique experience and I love the concepts like the world is not centered around the player and the fact that creatures are moving even when you're not on the same screen making the environment feel more alive. I could go on, but the lengths that this game goes to make an immersive experience is truly great.

absolutely adore this game - sunk 131 hours into it and it was worth every one, theres something abt a game that never gives a difficulty mode the barest of tutorials and says this is the experience are you up to it or not? unapologetically learn to thrive and read your environment or give up. (i also learned to backflip on accident my first cycle and was like oh dope what else can i do )

This game is an indy masterpiece.

Just bought this game & the DLC, super curious to see what the community has come up with for controller layouts on the Steam Deck! That handheld and its trackpads have been a gaming revolution I didn't know I needed but when you pair the right layout with a game you can play games on the Deck in ways you couldn't play on any traditional set-up. Really goes to show how much changing & testing alternative input methods alone can change the feel of a game and how movement in the game "feels" without actually changing how you move in-game. Thanks for putting this on my radar I'm looking forward to diving in!

Incredible video! I really enjoyed this!

Rainworld is one of the most unique and immersive games I have ever played. I only wish it was more clear as to where to go and also how to interact with the creatures. A good example is the Scavengers. After I played for a bit I realized that everything wants to kill me. So when I came across the scavengers I attacked and ruined my “reputation” with them. This could have been avoided if the game had let me known early on that not everything is hostile

Hell yes! This is my second favorite game of all time (Only behind HOLLOW KNIGHT). It's just an amazing game.

I’m obsessed with this game!! You will never play this game the same way twice - I am on my third play through! The first time I beat the game, I felt a combination of a massive sense of accomplishment mixed with grief lol hence why I continue to play! It’s definitely challenging, but is totally worth the frustration! Once you get into it, it’s hard to stop. Now to find some good Rain World merch!!!

it's quite difficult but so lovely to look at all the different things. the "airlock" things between larger areas are cool as hell :)

Would you look at that, I already have this in my Steam library. (Along with several hundred others.) I must have picked it up in one of the humble bundles. I'll have to give it a shot.

"There's too many games out there." "..." "The sponsor of this video is Prime Gaming!" (proceeds to list out a bunch of games) I appreciate the irony at work here 😂

Great video man. Kudos.

Oh my gosh this is my favourite open world of all time. Thank you for covering it, this absolute GEM needs more COVERAGE lol and thank you for doing the game absolute justice while you explained it.

I discovered Rain World while it was still being developed back in 2015 when the devs posted weekly updates to the tigsource forums. For YEARS before it came out I read dev updates and looked forward to playing it; there is even an extremely minor feature in the game that was implemented from a comment i made to the devs. When it did I bought it opening day and played through the entirety of the map and explored the entire thing. Suffice to say I was quite a rain world superfan. 5 years later, my opinion on the game has really soured. That's not to say its a bad game--everything Force says about the AI, the incredible animation, the sound design and immersion--it's all extremely well done. It's absolutely unique from anything else on the market. However, the problems (and there are several big ones) stand out more and more that I no longer have the rose-tinted glasses from 5 years ago. Force doesn't go into enough depth on how difficult the movement controls are--for the first couple hours (even for me as a veteran player trying to get back into it), the CONTROLS will be your MAIN source of difficulty. Not the creatures, not the hostile weather pattern, not the risk of starvation. The controls. Rain world's control system is extremely intense; mastering it is like playing a different game. Once you master backflipping into a downwards spear throw, you can sequence break many of the areas and take routes that are otherwise completely impossible. Once you figure out consistent rolling, you can greatly increase the distance traveled each cycle. The reason behind all of this is because the developers were more interested in the environment than the actual gameplay. Initially they didn't want to have ANY on-screen HUD or tutorials--no map, no cycle length indicator, no food pips, no start-of-game tutorial on how to do long jumps or hibernate. All of those things had to be demanded by the audience enough to get them in the game. The developers got feedback for YEARS before the release that the movement was janky and needed a thorough tutorial, which they didn't really do, saying they would rather preserve the immersion. Ultimately, I think most of the reviews critiquing Rain world have actually aged well. Most games have flaws due to production constraints and developer oversight, but rain world's flaws are almost all intentional. I still like the game for how unique it is, but I 100% think the game could have been a much bigger success if the developers had been more willing to compromise their personal vision with the piles of audience feedback they got during development.

Rain World is an absolutely beautiful, enjoyable, and genius game. It's sad that it didn't get that much attention. At least the devs are happy from what I've heard.

Now on my wishlist, thankyou :)

Rain World is probably the most underrated game I’ve played so far.. and I have played tons of games. It’s also one of my favorite games due to how unique and different this game is compared to a lot of different metroidvania’s and 2d games. The AI of enemies in this game is so incredible. Enemies are actually smart and don’t walk back and forward a fixed path continually and will actually try to survive just like you (the slugcat) as well. The creatures in this game really makes the game come to life and created an even more fitting brutally environment

One of the best gaming surprises in the last couple of years. This game hits all the right buttons for me.

I've been trying to find this game again for months now. Markiplier played it years ago, and I could immediately tell it was gonna be good but then other stuff got in the way of watching it and then I kept putting it off until I had forgotten it's name and mark had done so many things since then that I wasn't about to go looking. Edit: At least a year later or more and I just bought it today. The controls are a lil iffy but I know what people can do in this game. In time it can be figured out.

That creature activity always in the background… some impressive optimization I’d say!

As a long time rain world fan with hundreds of hours sunk into this game, thanks for explaining what makes it so good!! I love this game because of how brutal and realistic it feels. It isn’t meant to be an easy game, or a fast game, or a game that appeals to audiences in the traditional sense. It’s an experience, and in a lot of ways a work of art as well!

This is how you know critics don't know a thing about video games and have the playing ability of 90-year-old grandmas. That is to say, if those 90-year-old grandmas never picked up a game in their life.

The thing I love about Rain World is that the devs worked really hard to make you feel like you’re at the very bottom of the food chain. You are so weak but it’s an incredible change of pace compared to every other game where you’re actually strong enough. Really fits the story that shows you that you were never meant to live there but the rain swept you away at the beginning of the game

Awesome review. I am a big fan of 2d platformers and I love the simplistic look of a pixelated art style. This game looks amazing and I am amazed I missed it. I am doing my bachelors in AI so I am really interested in the games creatures. Definetely am going to try out this game. Thank you.

1:12 When you read out the game journalists’ reviews I almost died on the spot while simultaneously having a panic attack

I feel like anyone who felt anything strong enough to make a review was someone who was able to overcome the learning curve, while those who didn't and left the game probably did so extremely early into the process and made it less notable. Just a theory. I adore this game's premise and artwork and stunning technical accomplishments but I am unfortunately one of those people who can't get over the learning curve. It's just not a game for me to play, but that's okay. Not everything is, and I have videos like these to continue to enjoy the game in a way that works for me!

Congrats on discovering this amazing game aswell :D Personally back in 2017 i was super disappointed when Markiplier dropped this gem so i went out of my way to find someone else who managed to see it through till the end

YOO more rain world content I've been starved of rain world yt content

Awesome review :)

I recently got into rain world and LOVE it Despite me not yet passing drainage. Edit: 5:00 *oh no* those arent centipedes, they are spiders 3 feet long, the run away from the slugcat. But in groups... They make the equivalent of the human centipede

One of the vids here in RU-vid about the AI drew me in, but the atmosphere and seeing that crushing rain sold me. Got Samurai Jack and Hyper Light Drifter vibes. Then after playing it... everything else is 👌except the unfair enemy spawn at times, especially in Hunter mode. Also, compared to a lot of video game characters, slugcats are badass for even surviving in Rain World's environment when the only real offensive move they can do is throw rocks or spears when anything else can pretty much one hit them. EDIT: Just to be a bit fair to game journalists, one comment said that they were reviewing it at the time of Rain World's release, and it lacked some of the quality of life changes, like the map updating even after you've died.

I discovered Rainworld at its launch on steam. It's one of the best experiences I had, and I love the game. But it's really harsh sometimes. It can put you in really tough situations where you can't save yourself. There are also those moments when savepoints are really far from one another and you're sometimes stuck in a die and try loop trying to overcome a section.

Does the game ever outright tell you that you can befriend certain creatures, how to trade with the scavengers, or how to store things in the slugcat’s stomach? I know it tells you that pearls are important to the scavengers but I’m not sure about the rest.Traversal and combat seem pretty simple to figure out through trial and error, but everything else I mentioned seems like it would be difficult for the average player to figure out with out SOME kind of tutorial. Especially since as the video mentioned, almost everything wants to kill you, so natural player instinct would tell you to either avoid or kill everything.

Well, this is a highly detailed game filled with dozens of complex hidden mechanics that could take dozens or hundreds of hours to explore and fully understand. And the reviewer has a Tuesday deadline, and they are obviously doing the review long, long before there are youtube channels with explanation videos. This is the basic curse of doing something for a job. Fun and interesting things might not fit into your 9 to 5, and that cool mechanic might mean overtime that makes you miss your kid's baseball game. It is a basic caveat of most reviews, and why you might want to temper your expectations with quick looks.

That UI though , I can't even imagine how they made it , such thing is even better than the majority of the AAA games coming out recently which is pretty impressive

This looks incredible, never heard of it. Thanks!

They need to make this into an 'ant farm' where you can just watch and observe all the creatures in their habitats in overview, and watch how they evolve and grow.

5:01 these arent centipedes, the centipedes in this game have orange/red electric plating that is actually like 50 small harmless spiders chained together, because on their own they cant kill you but in large amounts they can actually there are a lot of mistakes in this video but i honestly dont care enough to correct them.

I may not be able to finish story mode, but i got rain world for its safari mode. The way the creatures interact and hunt and the fact you can control a certain creature js facinatimg as i love games about ecosystems

I cant wait for the big update to come out and hopfully it blows up more than it did on launch, im also exited for the steam workshop support.

I quit it like 10 times but it was so worth it for the 11th time.

One thing I want to mention among ALL the other things I just want to gush about this game, is the fact that even though the game barely teaches you much about how you play the game besides how to walk around, feed, and pounce, this leads to you FINDING new mechanics and ways to move you've never even knew before! It's a lot like real life nature, not only with this harsh environment and creatures with minds of their own, but also that you know close to nothing besides your instinct when you are young! The story is about a young Slugcat who is taken away from their family and put in an unforgiving habitat and hence the fact that the Slugcat is YOUNG is why the game teaches you so little about it. You're put in the shoes of this young inexperienced Slugcat who only knows how to do very few things just like a REAL young creature. This forces the player to either find out themselves on how to do many of the unique movement mechanics and avoid enemies OR to go online and have people who have already learned everything to teach them how to do stuff like wall jump, backflip, and so many other mechanics that let the player move through the map A LOT faster! One thing I've learned from other people is that most lizards don't actually kill you in one bite but instead, two! If a lizard grabs you once, you are still alive, You can tell by seeing the eyes of your slugcat. If the eyes are like this > < rather than this x x, it means they're still alive. To escape the maws of your predator, you can wait until the lizard lets you go for any reason at all such as, fighting another lizard, grabbing more prey, or in some cases, you can shimmy your way out!

Great video, I was just screaming to my self every time he was fighting a lizard for him to crouch.

Finally someone more talking of My favourite Game!!! THANK YOU

Why do you got to say “2D Pixel Art Game” like it’s some kind of insult? Games literally started out as “2D Pixel Art Games”!

the answer to why there is a disconnect between critics and gamers is that 90% of gaming critics that are not independent creators are products of nepotism and have no understanding of games or gaming and should have no business reviewing games or even be a part of the industry.

You got me interested when you explained the AI. Much cooler than preset enemies, especially in an open world type game like this

Loved the atmosphere of the game. It had a very unique style of art. Just wandering through the levels absorbing the sounds, music and looks of the levels felt already very satisfying. It had this melancholic feel to it with the subtle wind and the rain noises.

it's their literal JOBS, it doesn't matter if they only have a few days. it takes only a few hours to get over the initial difficulty of the learning curve, after that it's about exploring and learning how the creatures of the world work which again shouldn't take that long for someone whose entire job is playing games. i got to five pebbles in under 8 hours. the game is hard, but that's not an excuse.

+1 viewer interaction

Great to see this unsung gem getting more attention. In many ways it’s one of the best games I’ve ever played. Definitely a special creation and labor of love. And it was created mostly by two guys, I’d love to know more about them and what if anything they’re up to.

Awesome game i got for a friend recently that i now also have myself. I didn’t know about the storm counter on the map but I have found out that you can hold down to force a hibernation that will not save your game.

one of the most negative reviews i read was centered around a very good point: the karma system sucks. and it do. it's painfully obtuse and can easily give the wrong impression in a bunch of ways. it's meant to steer you away from difficult areas while you're still bad, but can outright fail due to luck or can make people assume they need to just grind out karma to get through doors, taking it as a punishment rather than a suggestion. and that's if they even understand how it works (i thought it was something else till i was almost at moon). plenty of people end up in drainage as a result of that. others i read were mostly made of good points as well. As much as this usually isn't my take, I feel a lot of it is down to them looking for and grading 'best practice design' rather than the effect of the game when experienced fully. Missing the forest for the trees, but it's hard to blame them in this case. When you have a game that just kills you like rain world does, it's easy to want to find fault. To people who play it, it's what you see through that that's so amazing. To a reviewer, though, you have to be concerned with how easy/reasonable it is to see through it in the first place. I think if there's anything Rain World is missing, it's not correction to its flaws, it's something that makes the tactile process of getting past the pain the game inflicts on you feel better in itself. At the very least, that's what won Dark Souls its crown despite the similarities. game might be top 1 to me, but it's entirely made of things that don't mix with reviews

It feels like critics expect the status quo of modern games to be easy and "accessible for everyone". One of the first games where I saw this was with Alien Isolation, where IGN complained that its frustating and also "too long". Personally I disagree with that idea, games DO NOT need to be for everyone! This has caused just one thing in the gaming world and thats stagnation. AAA devs dont seem to challenge the status quo anymore, but just release the next cookie cutter game we saw a million times before. Games should go for niches, explore new ideas, etc. We need more games like Rain World; this was done by a small indie dev, imagine what a big studio could do, if they broke from the status quo; Valve was (or is) like that and they defined so many genres we take for granted these days.

Rainworld deserves every bit of love thanks for making this!

Fun fact, knock off a vultures mask and it will hunt you endlessly, but if other vultures see the maskless beast they will attack it.

I think one big reason why player reviews are more positive is that players who aren't into very difficult games will hear that it's very difficult, and not play it, thus not leaving a review. Where as reviewers will play it regardless.

I swear to god, if game journalists got lost in the forrest for a week, they would all review it as a 3/10 for it’s “Lack of tutorial, lack of diverse creatures and punishing gameplay made them do nothing but get penalized by the starve mechanic”

This reminds me of when I first started, I quit since it was too hard and I had no clue where to go. However, I watched a few lore videos a few years and replayed the game. I'm really happy I did even though I couldn't figure out the lore for myself.

I am currently playing Rainworld, and I have to say: it´s easily one of the best games I EVER played! The gameplay is absolutely unique, and you get addicted even when you just have little progress. You get better and better no matter how much you are stuck. And the further you get (you WILL get further, even at the hard places), the more you are fascinated by the incredible world! Poeple say its very hard, that is true - but its also very balanced, since there are ALWAYS noumerous ways to get further, you just have to EXPLORE! The game is an absolute MASTERPIECE!!! 😍😱🤯 (I even bought the soundtrack on Vinyl!)

Who judges pixel art as immediately bad? Those people aren't real gamers imo

Professional games journalists fail the cup head tutorial. So their opinion is invalid