Great story line, eerie, challenging, cohesive – Rusty Lake Paradise Review

Each Rusty lake game is sort of tied together… It’s kind of creepy and a little bit dark when it comes to the plot but it’s really interesting and in a lot of ways not predictable. That’s good for me because, I can usually see where a game is going and then I get really bored. But this game had something interesting at every turn. There are easy, moderate and difficult levels incorporated throughout the game. The challenging parts satisfy my desire to accomplish something and feel proud about it. The moderate challenges give me the motivation to keep on moving through the game frame by frame like it’s a movie. The easy levels add a bit of relief and fun to balance out the more difficult levels. Sometimes the difficult areas will leave me with 1 million ?’s in my head... but then they’ll be something relatively easy and super entertaining that’ll make me laugh or smile or just leave me in awe. It’s a very good balance of entertainment, challenge and Beautiful graphics. In the three games I have played, I have not found any bugs at all. It’s a super smooth game… All of the rusty lake games that I’ve played are very consistently that way. If I could give it more than five stars I would. I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed, Inside, Limbo, da Vinci and the Room games but, I must add that it’s not fair to compare the RL games to those because the Rusty lake games have their own feel and flavor… The gaming style and controls are different and actually more enjoyable/accurate. I think that the controls can accommodate numerous skill levels. The storyline is much more complete and in depth as well as creative and the games are relatively long. So, you can enjoy them for some time, (even play over), and without getting bored. I never find the games repetitive or mundane. So many other games out there are basically just the same game with different pieces and players... The RL games are like interactive movies... you’re both an observer and a participant… You get to interact with the characters as well as review some of the crazy life scenarios of the characters who actually develop overtime throughout the game. Also worth mentioning is the music score… It’s both relaxing and eerie. It always fits the mood and yet calms me during times in the game when difficult challenges arise. I like that because it keeps me calm while I’m solving a hard puzzle as opposed to just getting me really frustrated and then putting the game down… I don’t want to have to “time out” on a game constantly because it’s ridiculously hard. I want the game to be enjoyable enough that even when I hit a hard spot I want to ride right through it until I’ve solved it and move forward in the game. That is very rewarding. If I have to stop and then go into the Internet to look and find the answers to some madcap puzzle I always stop and think to myself: “why am I paying money to play a game that I can just watch on YouTube? I shouldn’t have bought it. what a waste”. I want there to be enough hints, alternative routes, interesting moments and surprises to get around things so that I can keep playing the game and really enjoy it. If this company were able to incorporate “decision making” on the part of the player that would determine the outcome of the story at the end, then these games would surpass all others. They are Good value for the money and very fun. That actually keeps me coming back on top of all of the other good qualities mentioned above. Thanks, RL, for putting so much detail, creativity and effort into making a really rewarding game.
Review by Tdhlf on Rusty Lake Paradise.