Rabio Review | TheXboxHub

Trite. That’s most likely one of the best ways to explain Rabio. If I informed you it’ll set you again £4.19 then I’m certain you’ll be able to hazard a fairly good guess as to what you’re getting right here. Oh sure, you higher consider it’s one other 2D “retro-style” platformer. Simply the best way you prefer it. 

If I’m sincere, utilizing the retro tag as an excuse to ship very simple and dated visuals is nothing new. Nevertheless, Rabio is so unbelievably unremarkable in the way it seems, that it’s nearly offensive. There’s nothing to complement them both and the presentation is extremely, clinically primary. Put diplomatically, this isn’t a fairly sport.

Nevertheless, for causes I can not fairly compute, Rabio is optimised for Xbox Sequence X/S. Provided that it seems as if a house console from three a long time in the past might run this with out breaking a sweat, I’m undecided what’s been accomplished right here if something. Solutions on a postcard please. 

There isn’t any fluff round Rabio, it’s straight to the purpose. Your job is to information the titular rabbit by a sequence of hazardous trials as you enterprise from display screen to display screen. All he can do actually is bounce, nevertheless whenever you come near the highest of the display screen gravity will invert and he’ll keep on with the roof. Doing this in reverse will return little Rabio again to terra firma. This mechanic is how the puzzle ingredient of the platforming is realised. 

The sport can also be described as “hardcore”, which isn’t actually the case. There are just a few ranges (if you happen to can name them that) that are somewhat tough, however it’s extra pulling off the strikes versus determining what to do. After just a few seconds finding out the extent, you’ll work out the order it’s essential transfer round in to get from A to B.

By way of controls, Rabio is a slippery little mammal and transferring with precision takes somewhat getting used to. When you get the texture for it nevertheless, it received’t take lengthy to zip by the degrees though you’ll die a good few instances within the course of. Doing so carries no penalty in any respect so it received’t actually sluggish you up.

With reference to longevity, Rabio will most likely take you round thirty minutes to finish. There may be zero replay worth after getting completed the sport, and no different methods to play. There’s no stage choose choice both, so that you’ll simply have to start out taking part in the sport from scratch if you happen to want to. It’s a fairly unremarkable expertise and regardless of the low price ticket, nonetheless can’t be described as worth for cash.

As you gallop by the degrees, a handful of latest hazards shall be launched comparable to fireballs, spikes and falling packing containers. There are some respectable components of stage design, however the whole lot is so painfully primary and overwhelmingly mediocre it doesn’t really feel as if there may be any kind of development in any respect.

Essentially the most compelling cause to play Rabio, as you’re most likely not shocked to find a few sport at this worth level, is the Xbox Gamerscore. I don’t assume I’ve ever performed a sport which surrenders 1000G so simply and shortly. Just by taking part in, inside my first sixty seconds I had “earned” 900G, popping so shortly the achievements appeared on display screen again to again with no break in between. My poor Xbox might barely sustain.

We regularly focus on the best methods to spice up our Gamerscore, with many players taking the hunt very critically certainly. I can categorically say that Rabio deserves a spot close to the highest of everybody’s checklist of trouble-free methods to seize some achievements. It’s really ridiculous. 

There isn’t actually far more to say about Rabio. There’s nothing which demonstrates any tangible efforts to distinguish it from the handfuls of different generic platformers on the market. I’m undecided that builders have realised that throwing phrases comparable to “retro” and “hardcore” into their sport descriptions aren’t legitimate USPs. If something, this is likely one of the most typical genres on the market. This sport does nothing to forestall it from vanishing into the middle-of-the-road crowd.

There’s not quite a bit that’s particularly unhealthy about Rabio, however there isn’t a lot good to report both. It’s a forgettable, tolerable half hour which is made worthwhile due to the straightforward Xbox Gamerscore.

Rabio is on the Xbox Retailer