PS4 Exclusive RiME Scheduled for 2015, Will Have No Combat and More

OnlySP: Tequila Works finally showed off some more of their mysterious PlayStation 4 exclusive, RiME, at Gamescom this past week and have been answering some fan questions via their Twitter account.

[Relientk77]

Sweet, this game I'm really excited for. It looks absolutely beautiful.

[Enemy]

It's worth noting that they said no combat, not that there will be no enemies. We already saw some shadow creatures in the reveal trailer. You do play as a child, after all. He also said there will be lots of action, with a huge focus on open world exploration and puzzle solving.

Microsoft must feel really dumb passing on this now after people have seriously begun to compare it to ICO, Wind Waker, and Okami.

[DanielGearSolid]

No combat is probably the main reason they passed

[Enemy]

Sad but true.

[iamnsuperman]

I am curious to see how no combat is going to work. This game looks interesting

[colonel179]

@DAnielGearSolid
More like no guns

I get more of an ICO vibe than Wind Waker and Okami. It feels more like an ICO without combat.

[MasterCornholio]

@Daniel

That's probably true. When will Microsoft learn.///

[SoapShoes]

Some of Sony's best franchises are because MS passed. They also passed on Media Molecule and Quantic Dream.

[mikeslemonade]

Pretty demotivating if they are really comparing it to Brothers. Brothers is a below average game.

[Darkfist]

theres no combat, but im pretty sure theres going to be some kind of enemy based on the first trailer.

[Potnoodle999]

If MS had made it it would have ended up a completely different game from the sounds of things, so I am SO glad they passed because its probably the game I'm looking forward to playing the most next gen. ICO and shadow are two of my very favorite games. And I also loved wind waker.
Cannot wait for this :D

[Evilsnuggle]

Im very disappointed that Rime has no combat . This game was one of my top 10 most wanted now i will most likely not purchased Rime . I was so hoping for a zelda type on PS4. Hope some great new action RPG and RPG are announced at TGS :(

[Wingsfan24]

@mikeslemonade

Brothers is certainly not a below average game. That game was one of the best indies of last year, and offered up some truly unique gameplay with a very touching story.

[medman]

Microsoft say no guns, no bullets, no explosions, no thank you. Sony smile and say, welcome home.

[nicksetzer1]

This game reminds me of Ico, and I loved ICO. Cannot wait to play this.

[ps5fanboy]

Looks awesome.

[LOL_WUT]

Wish there was still some sort of combat but regardless can't wait to see more ;)

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

Probably why MS passed on it because no shooting, fighting, or racing. Lol.

[memots]

No dudebro

[Potnoodle999]

Haha u did a funny
Its sad that both your comments are probably true though LOL

[DigitalRaptor]

To be fair, the design document they passed up on was quite different to what the game is now. Still, have a read of this quote from the director of Tequila Works:

"Then the Xbox One plans were announced and everything changed. The people at Microsoft say that the game doesn't fit in the strategy of the new console, that they are looking for "connected experiences" and the social factor. Rime didn't fit because it was a single-player game, a very traditional game experience."
http://www.reddit.com/r/Gam...

So really, it's adding up. LittleBigPlanet, Heavy Rain, RiME, and about a dozen of Rare's creative projects rejected. It's absolutely atrocious that Microsoft were hesitant on supporting "traditional" offline game concepts for Xbone. I mean that, in addition to the DRM, anti-consumer, non-gaming crap had to be the worst direction for a gaming console ever conceived.

RiME is really looking to be a gem of 2015. Hopefully it gets the due attention like Journey did in 2012, and Ico did back in 2001.

[CorruptBoyd]

was really hoping there would be combat

[WeAreLegion]

Fine with me! I was hoping for more of an adventure title where you explore the island and find secrets.

[ps5fanboy]

The lack of combat in a exploring, puzzle game is not a bad thing , as there is enemy(action segments) in the game but no combat ,this will lead to ingenuity over button bashing to dismiss them.

Awesome.

[system22]

looks awesome

[Soldierone]

Dudebros - "Like man, where is the explosions? I want to shoot stuff.... this is so boring! This game sucks! I can't comprehend the puzzles, it's so lame!"

Watch, it always happens, then they go pretend to hate COD while standing in line at the midnight release lol

[NotanotherReboot]

I live by the the motto:

"No guns = no purchase"

[system22]

what does that say about you as a person?

violent. narrow-minded. probably not a great combination.

[Rimeskeem]

Good, we don't like your kind anyways.

But seriously dude. How can you consider yourself a gamer with that kind of motto.

[Rimeskeem]

"no combat"

So that's why MS passed on this one

[sourav93]

I usually don't give indies a second look, but this one I couldn't take my eyes off ever since the reveal last year. Really looking forward to it.

[Predaking77]

Outlast, Limbo, Journey, Flower and many other games has no combat and still they are very good.

Only a fool can say or insinuate that this game is not good just because there is no combat.

Also, this is one of the reasons I prefer Sony, because they have diversity and take risks with artistic and different type of games.