At the time of this writing, there is only one review. It’s a negative one, and since many people read reviews before making a decision on a game, I suspect it's deferred at least a few purchases. Which, in my opinion, is a shame: I think that The Hour of the Rat is a great game, and I’d like lots of people to experience it. So I’ll try to counterbalance...
Death by a Thousand Cuts
The Hour of the Rat takes place in a single level - in any other game, this would be the final level, where you put your knowledge of enemies, techniques and strategies to the test. This game throws you straight into the deep end and says "figure it out." This wouldn't have been so bad on its own - there's an element of satisfaction...
The Hour of the Rat is a neat little game that feels more like a tech demo or high-level school project than a full-fledged game that was developed for commercial sale. There is only the 1 level and the visuals, sound design, and game mechanics are a bit 'basic.' That being said, I feel that the game was a good value for the sale price I purchased it...
I've tried to crack this for an hour and it's a rather horrible experience. The idea as cool but the implementation is just pure jank, let's just say that the main parkour mechanic is straight broken, it's ridiculously hard to control jump distance and the mechanic of jumping of street lights sometimes just doesn't work. In the tutorial it works fine,...
This is EASILY the most frustrating game I've EVER played. There is so much that either doesn't make sense or isn't explained. Why can't I jump on multiple lanterns? Why can I only open chests sometimes? Why is the turtle guy invurerable? Why can't I quick-restart? WHY DO MY KEYS DISAPPEAR WHEN I DIE???
The worst part is that has so much potential....
