Topic: The Truth about Rime?

AdamNovice · 2016-03-29T10:55:54+00:00

I was watching the latest episode of the PS I Love You XOXO yesterday when the topic of conversation turned to the now former PS4 exclusive Rime came, as I'm sure your aware that developer Tequila Works gained back control of the IP but no real reason was given as to why, especially as the studio said on Twitter "we've chosen to take back ownership of the IP". But on the podcast they read out a Neogaf post from a " supposed" insider at the studio. Now obviously take this with a huge pinch of salt but what was written would seem to make sense. The post first said that everything that had been shown on Rime at this point were "cinematics" to mimic the gameplay and vision behind the game I.E. vertical slice. Since then the studio has been working hard to try to match the game to that but are finding it next to impossible to do so. Things seem to reach a head last month when the developer was told directly by Sony that their funding will be stopped and all the PS4 dev kits be sent back to them immediately. The reason for this is simple, Sony have not seen anything that resembles gameplay for nearly two years and are fed up. So what went wrong? The insider claims the fault lies at the feet of former MercurySteam developer Raul Rubio who likens himself to be the next Tim Schafer, although no doubt be wasn't hoping to mimic his idol's mismanagement skills. The insider says he has no clue on how to plan, manage or budget for game development, he just comes up with bright ideas but end up making no sense, the problem is further exasperated by Raul Rubio's wife been on of the key management figures at the company, meaning he has free reign to do what he wants. So if this post is to be believed then Tequila Works never "chose" to take back the IP in the first place, not like they had a choice to begin with because Rime wasn't there's for a start. I think most of us had a feeling something was up because Sony don't make a habit of letting go of IP's, the last time I can remember was ironically dontnod's Remember Me. Although if Sony had kept that they might have got Life Is Strange as an exclusive so it's a pity there. Some have started accusing the studio of been scam artists but what do you think went on? Personally I think if was an overly ambitious game that was mismanaged and led by someone who doesn't have the skills required.

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NoCode23
Thu 8th Feb 2018

After about 4 hours in i have found Rime a nice surprise. I knew nothing about the game except from the review video i watched here after it became a Plus game. I like the look and colors of Rime. The puzzles are fun, but maybe too easy for some.

Also i am enjoying that Rime has very simple controls and no inventory to fiddle with. Definitely a nice break from the inventory management most game i play have.

NoCode23