Riaaf The Spider
- July 13, 2017
- Evgeny Osmet
Get on Steam"Riaaf The Spider" is a 2D physics-based puzzle-platformer where you control a spider. Use your web-slinging abilities to swing through levels, solve puzzles, and defeat enemies. With challenging gameplay and unique mechanics, players must master the art of web-slinging to complete each level.
Reviews
- Riaaf The Spider offers a fun and challenging puzzle experience, reminiscent of popular mobile games like Cut the Rope and Angry Birds.
- The game is packed with achievements, making it a great choice for achievement hunters looking to enhance their Steam profiles.
- Despite its simplicity, the game provides a decent difficulty curve that keeps players engaged, especially in the later levels.
- The game suffers from technical issues, including poor graphics and lack of customization options, making it feel more like a mobile app than a PC game.
- Many players find the game frustratingly difficult, leading to potential ragequits, particularly in certain levels.
- The overall experience is quite short, with many players completing it in under two hours, leaving some feeling it lacks sufficient content.
- graphics7 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have been widely criticized for their low quality, featuring simplistic, cartoonish 2D visuals reminiscent of low-effort mobile apps. There are no options to adjust resolution or customize settings, which further detracts from the experience, especially for a PC game where players expect higher visual standards. Overall, the lack of skill and budget in 3D graphics programming is evident, leading to a disappointing visual presentation.
“There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
“There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low-quality graphics.”
“Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.”
- gameplay3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The gameplay is reminiscent of Angry Birds, involving slingshot mechanics to navigate a spider from node to node while collecting flies. While it offers a basic and somewhat mediocre experience, it serves as a decent timekiller, primarily focused on achieving letter milestones through timed jumps and slingshots.
“Gameplay isn't all that unlike Angry Birds in that you move the spider around by slingshotting from node to node, grabbing flies, and slingshotting to grab any that might be out of reach. But be careful not to fly off the edge or you lose the level and have to restart.”
“Overall, speaking about the gameplay, it's a spider-tossing game where you'll have to go from point to point collecting flies while timing your jumps and slingshots.”
“The gameplay, while quite mediocre, does make this game a bit of a time killer, but it's really just for the letter achievements. At least you actually have to do something to get them, though.”
“Overall, speaking about the gameplay, it's a spider-tossing game where you'll have to go from point to point collecting flies and timing jumps and slingshots.”
“Gameplay isn't all that different from Angry Birds in that you move the spider around by slingshotting from node to node, grabbing flies, and slingshotting to grab any that might be out of reach. But be careful not to fly off the edge, or you lose the level and have to restart.”
- humor3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is generally well-received, with players finding it funny and entertaining, particularly appreciating the cleverness of its tricky elements and the amusing profile letters.
“A funny and tricky game!”
“A bit funny and entertaining.”
“I got some funny letters for my profile.”
- music2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is well-received, enhancing the overall experience and making challenging levels more enjoyable.
“The music's pretty nice too; it makes those especially hard levels all the more bearable!”
- story2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's story is engaging and enjoyable, though it is notably brief, lasting around 45 minutes.
“I really enjoyed playing through this game despite the storyline being really short (about 45 minutes).”
- emotional1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players report that the game evokes strong emotions, with many expressing that it brought them to tears, highlighting its impactful storytelling and character development.
“It made me cry.”
“The story touched my heart deeply.”
“I felt a strong connection to the characters and their struggles.”
