Promising PS4 Exclusive RIME Is Still Alive

Time for RIME?

by Sammy Barker Thu 10th Dec 2015

RIME, the resplendent ICO-inspired PlayStation 4 adventure from Tequila Works, is still alive – despite it being absent from various press conferences all year long. Writing on Twitter in response to a fan, the Spanish studio re-iterated that the promising title is very much in development, and that there'll be more information soon.

Of course, we tend to write the same thing regularly, with Sony stating all the way back in June that it has a "master plan" for the title. The last time that we saw the release was at GamesCom in 2014, so it's definitely been out of the limelight for a long time. It would seem, then, that the developer took inspiration from Fumito Ueda in more ways than one.

[source twitter.com]

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LieutenantFatman
Thu 10th Dec 2015

Ooo, master plan? Interesting.

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get2sammyb
Thu 10th Dec 2015

I personally think this was either announced way too early or is in development hell.

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WARDIE
Thu 10th Dec 2015

The reason why we haven't seen RIME for a long time is because the developers had to do a redesign. When it was first shown people were comparing it to ICO and Zelda but aside from how it looked it was nothing like the two. The studio decided that maybe a redesign was in order because of all the attention the title was getting.

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get2sammyb
Thu 10th Dec 2015

@WARDIE Do you have a source for that? News to me.

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JesWood13
Thu 10th Dec 2015

I'm kinda getting tired of games being announced and then never showing their faces again, or for awhile at least. It's so annoying, especially when it's something you're absolutely lookin forward to.

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SaveAsDoc
Thu 10th Dec 2015

I'm worried for RIME. It has the potential to be marvelous, but the extremely lengthy development time is disconcerting. Here's hoping we'll actually hear something soon!

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Octane
Thu 10th Dec 2015

I somehow thought this was coming next year, apparantly not. Hopefully we'll get some info soon.

Also, is it just me or does that rock in the image look like an Octorok?

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NomNom
Fri 11th Dec 2015

I figured, just because they dont talk about a game doesnt mean they decided to cancel it...In most cases haha. I think it will release, but judging by the long stretches between information about it. I'd assume its still a few years away.

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SteveButler2210
Fri 11th Dec 2015

I'm just glad we've finally had an update of some sort. Looks really promising so would be a real shame if something goes wrong!

Thinking of promising games we've not heard from in a while, @get2sammyb don't suppose you've heard any news on what's happening with Salt and Sanctuary?