Rain World
Rain World
Sorti le 28 mars 2017, Rain World est un jeu d'aventure et de plateforme indépendant développé par le studio Videocult et édité par Adult Swim Games. Disponible sur PC (Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S et Nintendo Switch, le titre s'appuie sur le moteur Unity pour proposer une expérience de survie dans un environnement industriel abandonné, ravagé par un écosystème brisé où des pluies intenses et destructrices rendent la vie quasi impossible pendant la majeure partie de l'année.
Le joueur incarne un chat-limace, créature nomade à la fois prédateur et proie, séparé de sa famille à la suite d'un déluge dévastateur. L'intrigue suit sa quête pour retrouver les siens à travers les vestiges d'une civilisation ancienne, obligeant à chasser pour se nourrir et à trouver un abri avant chaque cycle d'hibernation forcée par les intempéries. Le monde de jeu s'étend sur plus de 1 600 écrans répartis dans une douzaine de régions distinctes, regorgeant de secrets et de dangers, où la conception procédurale et une intelligence artificielle sophistiquée promettent que chaque partie représente un défi unique.
Le gameplay mise sur la réflexion, la discrétion et l'exploitation de l'écosystème plutôt que sur la force brute, face à des prédateurs rusés et infatigables. Deux personnages jouables, le Moine et le Chasseur, permettent d'aborder l'aventure sous un angle plus accessible ou plus agressif. Au-delà de la campagne solo, un mode arène multijoueur accueille jusqu'à quatre participants en compétition ou en bac à sable, tandis qu'un bestiaire documente la faune hostile et comestible. Des mises à jour postérieures ont enrichi l'expérience avec le mode Remix, offrant des options exhaustives de personnalisation, d'accessibilité et de speedrun, ainsi que l'intégration du Steam Workshop pour les mods communautaires.
Côté durée de vie, la campagne principale demande environ vingt heures, tandis qu'une complétion exhaustive peut en exiger soixante-dix. Le jeu est proposé au tarif de 10,70 euros. L'accueil critique s'est révélé partagé, reflété par une note agrégée de 66 sur Metacritic et OpenCritic. La presse a salué l'impact de sa furtivité, GameSpew la comparant favorablement à Mark of the Ninja pour sa capacité à hanter l'esprit, tandis que GameCritics soulignait la nécessité d'apprivoiser le monde sur des dizaines de vies successives. Du côté des joueurs, les avis divergent : certains louent l'un des mondes les plus immersifs et beaux jamais créés, méritant selon eux la note maximale, quand d'autres regrettent une expérience jugée ennuyeuse, répétitive et entachée de blocages techniques obligeant à recommencer la partie.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Not since Mark of the Ninja have I played a stealth game that felt so impactful, lingering in my thoughts long after I put the controller down. »
« Rain World asks players to get to know its world over dozens and dozens of lives, to figure out each area one at a time, learning to time jumps and hurl spears to earn their right to survive in a ceaselessly hostile environment. It’s a gorgeous jaunt through an alien world full of horrors, like Another World crossed with the open map of a Metroidvania title. With its incredible art design, tight controls, and extremely deep set of gameplay mechanics, this is a truly special platforming experience that anyone with a high tolerance for constant failure owes it to themselves to try out. »
« Think Limbo, but more haunting and with better controls, and you'll have a basic idea of what Rain World is about. »
« A visually stunning and often satisfying game, but one with more than its fair share of irritating moments. Put up with its nonsense and you'll be rewarded. [May 2017, p.89] »
« Rain World may not be the most forgiving adventure, but stick with it through its trickier times, and when it all comes together it’s capable of producing some genuinely brilliant moments. [June 2017, p76] »
« The bountiful promise of Rain World’s grim world and the assortment of cunning creatures which inhabit it are summarily undone by fiddly controls and an overwhelmingly punishing level of difficulty. Underneath it all there’s an assuredly decent effort here; it’s just a shame that all but the most masochistically inclined will ever summon the requisite determination to plumb its intimidating depths. »
« Rain World is a maddening thing, because of quite how special it could have been. Beautiful environments, incredible animations and enticingly hazy mechanics are fantastic, but the sheer cruelty of how it’s pieced out to the player transcends challenge and becomes an unwanted trial. »
« Rain World has massive world that can be pretty easy to get lost in and enables some real survival adrenaline rushes. Unfortunately, these positive aspects – alongside its exquisite art direction – are at odds with some of the less satisfying aspects: the slightly awkward controls, the overwhelming feeling of almost too much freedom, and the fairly constant threat of losing large chunks of progress take away from the experience. The end result is complicated: it's a game we bounced off quite a lot but one we still greatly appreciate. The game does something new with the genre and it does it well for the most part, making the game worth at the very least giving a look. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« [SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.] »
« One of the most immersive and beautiful worlds I have ever immersed myself in. I don't think many games deserve a 10/10, but Rain World definitely does. While it has its flaws, and can be very frustrating at times, the creatures, lore, and general feeling of the world more than make up for it. One of the best games ever made, I recommend it for everyone who likes to immerse themselves into a world, and also enjoys a (sometimes unfair) challenge. »
« Deathes are absolutely unfair, but only from time to time (like 1/10). the more experience you have, the less you die. Accumulating experience is brutal, though »
« I am a Rain World lover. I love the story. But my review is 'lower' because of the pain you have to go through. you die once you've lost 10 minutes because you can't progress because your karmas too low. The controls can be fidgety and a pain but they are okay. The body's get in the way of doors. I'd say I'm pretty good at the game, but I still feel like bashing my head when playing »
« Rain World by far is the most unique game i ever played i never seen a game as unique as this one its ai is standard but utilized in a way that makes it seem revolitionary and is by far the prettiest game i ever played just Play Rain World »
« Rain world is just the best game ever created it's got good lore, good art , good gameplay, the best ecosystem and AI you'll probably ever see and procedural animation wich will make the game much more immersive. »
« Ambientação incrível e única junto com seu gráfico, possuí todo um ecossistema próprio e muito bem desenvolvido, e movimentação muito interessante, as IAs das criaturas muito interessante de se ver, e as expansões (DLCS) são muito boas pois adicionam áreas novas e mecânicas novas incríveis, Rain World é um dos meus jogos favoritos, para mim na mesma prateleira de jogos como RDR2 (que é meu jogo favorito) Homem Aranha e Uncharted 4. Agora se vc quiser ver tudo isso de incrível saiba que vai sofrer bastante pois é um jogo difícil e não te ensina nem o básico direito por isso entendo quem não goste. Para mim Rain World assim como Red Dead Redemption 2 não é só um jogo mas sim uma experiência, Mas é isso recomendo muito. »
« Clunky controls, lots of backtracking, unfair deaths, people praise exploring, but 80% you don't find anything interesting, you just go through repetitive locations »
