Reviewed on: PS VR
Playing on PSVR has had a very positive effect on puzzle games, because it gave a new perspective to this genre and attracted an even larger audience than players who try puzzles in regular experiences, such as on TV, thanks to the immersion that VR provides.
Rangi’s story begins with a call to adventure, with the purpose of saving the world, with you being introduced as Guruki and your mission to rescue something that existed long ago: the giants of music, who walked freely and made music beat and spread across the world, making everything even more alive, with this contagious music touching people’s hearts, bringing joy to children and making the warriors even stronger.
However, the Chúkwú, as this magical power is known, was stolen by the Matata and they imprisoned it, using secret riddles, causing the world’s music to be silenced and hope to be lost. Yet the prophecy spoke of a warrior who would break the secret riddles, recover the Chúkwú and return it to the giants of music, who would bring life to the world again, and that person is you, known as Guruki, earning a story score of 7.0.
The puzzles are solved as you trigger the beams of light of the correct color, to open the doors that are locked and thus advance through the puzzles. So, by moving blocks and completing circuits, you can switch on the breakers in order to complete the challenges. The puzzles start out simple and increase in difficulty as the game advances.
Although puzzles are the main focus and most important objective of the game, there is also dagger-throwing at enemies in some parts of the game, in a mix of gameplay that keeps the game renewing itself as you advance in the adventure. It can be played with the Move controller, using a single Move or both, or with the DualShock 4, with movement in the game using the predefined teleport method, earning a gameplay score of 7.5.
As for the visuals, although the game presents simple cel-shaded graphics, it does so competently, and the graphics, simple but well implemented, let the gameplay flow better, so here “less” is “more”, making the visuals immersive and letting the player feel transported to the game’s universe, earning a graphics score of 7.0
A game inspired by tribal art, with its puzzles built in ancient architecture, in an African setting, driven by rhythms and inspiring music, Rangi is a good choice for those who like simple but efficient gameplay, with inspiring visuals, in a world that is rich, not in details, but in the way simplicity is employed, earning a final score of 7.2.
Max Xavier
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