Jump down the esophagus of a body plagued by viruses and big bad bosses in this reverse vertical scrolling shoot'em up! Collect eye crusties, upgrade your pupils, and clear the screen of bullets with your cornea crushing eye blasts!
While Rheum has character and heart, the core gameplay is a bit too bland for me to tell my friends to run out and buy this. I like the artwork and universe, and some of the bullet patterns are quite remarkable. What I don't like is the mish-mash of enemy patterns that roll in, and the overall game mechanic structure is pretty ho-hum.
Essentially, how...
I've played over 200 shmups and plenty of those have been indie, Rheum is a wonderful experience for the price point. The game is oozing with love, you can tell the developer enjoys creating games. It's hard to quantify all the intangibles that produce that feeling, but it hits you from the very beginning. It's creative and different in all the right...
Rheum is a solid and fun game with a few little issues I'll address below. If you need a summary, though: I like it!
DISCLAIMER:
Obviously what you're getting are my first impressions. There's more content (like extra playable characters) that I haven't yet gotten to, but these are the things that stand out to me within minutes of beginning the game!
SETTING:
You...
Rheum is an atmosphereic fever dream ride down a fleshy expanse.
You play as an eyeball crying your way through funky little globs down a tube, dodging crazy crusty creatures and brilliantly designed bullet patterns all while trying to rack up a high score. The gameplay is pretty straight-forward starting out. The orientation of the game space (top...
Quick Score: 4/5
Notes: The UI is interesting, but also not super practical, I played for 2 hours before realizing there actually was a tutorial in the game. the tutorial should definitely be enabled by default for your first playthrough because i had a million questions and none of them were being answered.
Bosses are fun, the 3 stages are all kind...
