Rituals

An interesting, atmospheric games that at times feels disjointed and random, only to come together later. Its unique, and a fun one sitting game that I admittedly underestimated.

meh. the game is not bad, but not really interesting either.

Rituals is a short experience. The environments were stylish, but low poly. Not really my style. The narrative is mostly environmental, but since i didn't really get along with the art, it didn't do much for me. The puzzles were fairly simple, and seemed pretty binary in terms of "you get it quickly or you never get it." There are other experiences I prefer more.

I dont particularly enjoy being critical of small games in general but Rituals felt undercooked, underwhelming and meaningless Rituals in essence is a simple point and click puzzle game which is very short and doesnt contain much of anything I wouldnt say the game is nessessarily "bad", but i come out of it feeling ive wasted an hour of my time

Sympathique petit myst-like lofi avec une très bonne ambiance bizarre. Très court, mais vaut son prix pour les amateurs de narration environnementale.

Rituals is a point and click adventure game (originally titled The Official) released by solo developer Tymon Zgainski in 2015. It is a fixed position exploration game where you move from a specific point to another specific point and can’t walk freely, but can completely swivel your perspective around wherever you are to explore the environment and find objects to interact with. The game’s premise is that you are an office worker, alone in your office late at night. As you try to leave the office building, you get caught up in strange events and journey to strange places. You try to unravel the mystery of what is happening to you, and why. The gameplay is standard point and click puzzle stuff. Find items, use them on the environment to progress. Sometimes you need to combine them. The puzzles were never very difficult, and I was able to solve all of them without a guide or help. There was one part that stumped me for a little while, but with patience and experimentation I was eventually able to figure out how to progress past it. The graphics are a low polygon, 90s sort of style with eerie ambient music to provide the tone as you slowly unravel what’s happening. The storyline is delivered entirely in the form of notes you find scattered around, but the game also has a David Lynch-esque aspect to it where you travel through areas that are more dream and metaphor than literal, leaving room for you you to interpret what is happening which I appreciated. Rituals is 4.99 USD at full price, and can be completed in about an hour. There are two different endings, and some secrets that you could potentially miss on one playthrough, so it does have a little bit of replayability if you want to thoroughly explore it. I appreciated the straightforward gameplay, and the strange storyline that almost seemed to be in opposition to one another. I think if you enjoy point and click games, or atmospheric “walking simulators” and want something a brief, tight narrative experience you’d like this game. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the game, and if you’re interested please follow my Steam Curator page [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45265204/]Hidden Gem Highlights[/url] for reviews of lesser known titles like this of all genres.

Es un juego con una atmósfera oscura y una historia interesante que consigue captar la atención. Sin embargo, su duración es demasiado corta como para desarrollar bien la narrativa (1h aprox.), dejando la sensación de que podría haber dado más de sí. Los puzles cumplen su función, aunque algunos se sienten forzados y poco integrados en la historia. En cuanto al precio, 5 euros resulta algo elevado para la experiencia que ofrece; habría funcionado mejor como un juego gratuito. En resumen, una propuesta curiosa y con buenas ideas, pero limitada en contenido y difícil de recomendar a precio completo.