Rusty Rabbit opens with the brooding, atmospheric tone of a noir detective thriller. World-weary narration introduces us to Stamp — a grizzled, down-on-his-luck salvager with a darkish previous. Stamp is a speaking rabbit.
The sport is about in a post-human world, inhabited by the form of rounded, fluffy rabbits you would possibly see in a Sylvanian Households playset. Characters raid outdated world tech for a residing, then go to church and study in regards to the lifetime of Saint Peter and his battle towards McGregor.
Stamp — formidably voiced on the Japanese audio monitor by Yakuza’s Takaya Kuroda — balances out the cutesy type by treating his scrap gathering function very critically. Utilizing a customisable exo-suit, he delves into human-made amenities to seek for components and battle mechanised enemies.
Armed with a drill from the beginning, the principle loop of the sport is searching for out as many scrap cubes as attainable. As you mash blocks to bits together with your drill, you’ll earn XP and parts to improve your go well with and weapons.
As the sport progresses, Stamp’s capacity set grows, alongside a wholesome arsenal of weaponry. The ability tree is not notably deep, however slowly constructing out your go well with capabilities is satisfying. Enemies and hazards have a properly calibrated issue curve; there’s nothing insurmountable {that a} fast enhance to assault/defence will not remedy.
Between salvage hunts, Stamp can return to the hub city. Throughout this downtime, he would possibly swing by the diner to speak with NPCs, attend church to listen to the gospel of Saint Peter, or commerce in bounties on the bar, all earlier than tinkering together with his exo-suit and diving again into the expansive map. It’s an enticing, workmanlike loop — not genre-shaking by any means, however stuffed with humour and attraction.
Rusty Rabbit is a regular Metroidvania that does not stray removed from the formulation, however surprises with numerous customisation and light-weight social sim parts. It is price enjoying for its protagonist alone (within the Japanese dub not less than), a cute rabbit with the strict vocals of Kazama Kiryu.
