Rym 9000

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Rym 9000 is a single player arcade shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Sonoshee and was released on January 15, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Rym 9000 is a single-player Science Fiction Shooter game, with good mechanics and pretty visuals inspired by Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Guxt. Players embark on a thrilling journey to the Moon to find the legendary Rym 9000 treasure, while unlocking achievements and logging world entries to learn about the game's unique world and history. The game features a fabulous music score that enhances the chaotic yet fun and stimulating experience."

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Audience ScoreBased on 87 reviews

music17 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Incredible visuals and art style that create a unique sensory experience, reminiscent of Akira and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
The soundtrack is highly praised, enhancing the overall gameplay and atmosphere.
Engaging gameplay with a variety of enemies and bosses, providing a satisfying challenge for players.

The game suffers from significant technical issues, including poor resolution options, bugs, and a confusing interface that makes it difficult to play.
The chaotic visuals can be overwhelming, making it hard to track the player's position and understand what's happening on screen.
Lack of a tutorial and clear instructions leads to frustration, as players struggle to navigate the game's mechanics and options.

music
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
49%
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The music in Rym 9000 receives widespread acclaim for its energetic and fitting electronic soundtrack, which enhances the game's frenetic visuals and gameplay. While some reviewers note that the soundtrack can become repetitive, many highlight its quality and recommend purchasing the soundtrack as a valuable addition. Overall, the music is considered a standout feature that significantly contributes to the game's appeal.
- “Rym 9000 is a game that wants to be experienced foremost, and the shooty part seems just a way to keep the player in a state of maximum alertness, while pouring the gritty and frenetic, flashing visuals and pulsating music onto them.”
- “The warm and droning, pulsing electric synths you'd expect from something like Möbius and Roedelius's 'Cluster' or 'Harmonia' with the heavy and bass-y old-school shmup beats akin to Manabu Namiki's 'Battle Garegga' soundtrack make Roex's audio backdrop an instant arcade soundtrack classic.”
- “Awesome art style, insane visuals, superb music!”
- “I love the soundtrack - but that's as far as it goes.”
- “If the business plan for a game is to compete with Spotify, which is free and has effectively unlimited music, all of which is better than the music here, it's failed before it even started.”
- “The music is praised but listen to the OST and it's just the same song the entire way through.”
graphics
25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of Rym 9000 are polarizing, with some players praising its unique and vibrant art style, which effectively complements the game's frenetic pace and music, while others criticize the use of outdated pixel art and lack of customization options. Many reviewers highlight the visuals as a standout feature, creating an immersive experience, though some find them overly stylized and chaotic, detracting from gameplay clarity. Overall, the game's aesthetic is a significant draw for many, despite mixed opinions on its execution.
- “Rym 9000 is a game that wants to be experienced foremost, and the shooty part seems just a way to keep the player in a state of maximum alertness, while pouring the gritty and frenetic, flashing visuals and pulsating music onto them.”
- “Appart from the music, another outstanding thing in the game is its visuals; they're so great and unique, and really create an outstanding game.”
- “Awesome art style, insane visuals, superb music!”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
- “How this game got a very positive review is beyond me. I love my shoot 'em ups, but this was awful. The graphics look like a ZX Spectrum puked all over it; it's not nice looking either. Good music though, has a lot of potential, but the graphics are bad!”
gameplay
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
41%
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The gameplay is a fast-paced, engaging schmup that features five stages with a variety of enemies and patterns to learn, though it suffers from technical issues and a cramped play area. While some players find the intense visuals and difficulty overwhelming, others appreciate the unique mechanics and satisfying power-ups that enhance the experience. Overall, the gameplay is characterized by its chaotic nature, requiring memorization and quick reflexes, making it both challenging and enjoyable for many.
- “The gameplay itself is a basic schmup composed of 5 stages that deliberately avoids any frills, though there is a good variety of enemies, bosses, and patterns to learn which keep the loop engaging and satisfying.”
- “Very unique and interesting STG with solid gameplay to match the excellent visuals and music.”
- “The single button mechanics are a familiar and accessible formula, but it doesn't take away from the chaos and overwhelming pace of your surroundings which make the game so hard and satisfying to master.”
- “Very bad at a technical level, unoptimized, glitchy, and they are aware of it because crashing is an achievement, which I got after barely playing in the middle of gameplay.”
- “In short, the awesome visual style becomes so intense and distorting that it gets in the way of gameplay, which is only made so much worse by a teeny tiny play area.”
- “It's the schmuppiest schmup there ever was with no mechanical variety that makes itself remotely evident, and it is stupid and obnoxiously hard in a totally unsatisfying way.”
story
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
29%
28%
43%
The game's story is described as an intriguing, albeit cryptic, narrative inspired by iconic sci-fi anime like "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "Akira," featuring absurd clans and cosmic entities. Players can unlock lore through achievements, which adds depth to the experience, though some reviewers feel the overall story is lacking and not fully developed, with a focus on gameplay over narrative.
- “I haven't gotten all the lore fragments yet, but the story is intriguing, and I love that the lore is tied to the achievements.”
- “The story is a bit cryptic, and very good, and requires you to unlock logs with different achievements, which is a really nice reward.”
- “The latter is compounded by unlocking log entries evoking an over-the-top story full of absurd clans, characters, and cosmic entities inspired by sci-fi anime/manga.”
- “Still, the price is too high for something without a proper tutorial nor a real story but pew pew guns and spaceships.”
- “[i]rym 9000[/i] states that it draws its inspiration from the likes of [i]Neon Genesis Evangelion[/i] and Katsuhiro Otomo's [i]Akira[/i], but with little story and bits of cryptic lore to speak of how exactly does this arcade shooter live up to those gritty sci-fi and post-apocalyptic anime epics?”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users report that the game suffers from stability issues, including bugs and poor controls, which can lead to a frustrating experience. However, switching to windowed mode appears to alleviate some performance problems, such as FPS drops and Steam overlay glitches. Overall, the game's stability is a significant concern for players.
- “In my experience, the game is buggy, the controls feel bad, and the difficulty is insane.”
- “Tinkering a bit and switching to windowed mode fixes both the FPS issue and Steam overlay glitches.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's humor is characterized by its chaotic and psychedelic nature, providing a fast-paced shooting experience that can be both amusing and overwhelming, particularly due to its intense light effects. Players find the unexpected achievement from game crashes to be a humorous touch, adding to the overall comedic experience.
- “I had the game crash a few times, which was annoying, but it gave me an achievement that is hilarious.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is severely lacking, with users reporting numerous glitches and crashes, to the point where achieving a crash is considered a notable accomplishment. Overall, the technical performance is described as very poor and unoptimized.
- “Very bad at a technical level, unoptimized, glitchy, and they are aware of it because crashing is an achievement, which I got after barely playing in the middle of gameplay.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere of the game is characterized by a striking blend of dystopian and cyberpunk elements, featuring smooth animations and a retro-futuristic aesthetic that enhances its heavy audio-visual experience.
- “It's a heavy audio/visual shmup affair with a dystopic, eccentric, and smooth art style, featuring animations that create a serious retro-future and cyberpunk atmosphere in its presentation.”