Risk of Rain
Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Nov 08, 2013
Explore a hostile alien planet and build up your random arsenal of upgrades in this sci-fi "rogue-lite" side-scrolling platformer, where enemy forces get tougher the longer you stay alive.
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5 (3) 4 (0) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 5.0 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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Risk of Rain: A blast in space! 0
Your hurtling through space your about to crash land on a unknown planet the cargo of the ship is sprinkling all around it's surface and the only thing you can do is brace for impact. Now the easy part is over here comes the hard part. As you step out of the smoking wreck that was your ship you have to knuckle up if your going to survive the hordes of creatures that await you. This in a nut shell is the plot for "Risk of Rain" though if your coming to this title for a deep space odyssey then lo...
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Great rogue-lite with addictive progression system 0
While Risk of Rain may look like a simple horizontal shoot-em-up on the surface (my girlfriend remarked on seeing me play that it must be 20 years old), the different abilities and characters that you unlock while progressing through the somewhat randomly generated worlds really make you want to go back in time and again.Every stage has the same basic goal: find the teleporter to the next stage and activate it. Time is of the essence however, since the game gets progressively harder every 5 min...
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Risk of Rain is not a risky purchase 0
Risk of Rain is a fantastic game with a lot of delightful features hidden under the surface. Initially, there is very little story to speak of, but as you delve deeper, you begin to find more information about what is going on around you. Simply exploring the menus can lead you to the treasure trove of informative backstory found in the item or monster logs. Despite the great, though somewhat hidden, story bits, this game really shows what it's made of in the challenges it poses to the player...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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