Risk of Rain Returns Review

Dec 04, 2023

I don’t think I ever came close to defining an enemy in a video game as my “nemesis” as much as “Risk of Rain” boss Magma Worm. “Who is supposed to enjoy this?”, I bursted out in anger back when the original game from Hoppo Games came out in 2013. With “Risk of Rain Returns”, I can understand why was — and still is — beloved by many. I am one of those who partially skipped “Risk of Rain” in favor of “Risk of Rain 2”. I wasn’t that good at platformers in 2013. The idea of doing runs after runs just to unlock something new wasn’t enticing to me. Besides, my brain works better within a 3D space (I also play racing games in first person because I have better spatial awareness, so don’t ask me how my brain works).