This game had a very open ended conclusion in both endings where we didn't get to see how the mystery that has been brewing from the start resolves itself.
And that's the beauty of it.
The whole time you get an almost ethereal feeling from the setting to the events that occur, as if you're watching someone have a warped dream about a fond memory. The themes and symbolism becoming more important than the plot. I'm sure there is a lot of subtext I'm too dumb to analyze on my own. But personally I'm a sucker for thalassophobia and fucked up things in the ocean and I got chills by the end, the scale being well transmitted even through a simple artstyle.
Great game ( as always :D!) I liked the endings a lot also june marry me pLEASE. The overall story is pretty cool too I like how not everything is revealed but with a bit of extrapolation its possible to figure something out. No bugs or glitches, and the art is really nice + the characters are cool
I really was hoping there would be more to the endings but I guess that is a good way to end the story. I really liked the whole you don't really know if anyone has a good ending story.
I DONT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONLY 2 ENDINGS THERES GYAT TO BE 3 ENDINGS, RIGHT????? (BTW COOL GAMEPLAY AND CHARACTERS 10/10) IM GONNA GO FULL MATPAT MODE ISTG...
I've seen a lot of people say that they were disappointed or confused that things weren't explained by the game, but I think that's the point. Things feel more Lovecraftian horror here, so the threat being kept vague and unknown is where the horror comes from which I think works well. We know just as much as June does and we're meant to feel confused and frustrated or want more explanations and moments with June's friends by the end, because June does too. The "Her" (Which I assume is the ocean itself) and the supernatural elements are not the focus of the game but they're tools to highlight June and her relationship with her friends because that's where the real story lies. I think this game is an allegory for toxic friendships and how it can be hard to lose those close to you to something like an addiction or harmful mindsets and how difficult it is to leave them even when you know they're hurting and dragging you down with them if you stay, paralleling June's talk about her cousin who had to ditch her friend group recently during the bar scene.
People say this was Studio Investigrave's weakest game so far, but I think they're viewing the game too literally when the game is obviously trying to be metaphorical. It's refreshing to see that they're leaning more towards doing subtle, quiet but still disturbing horror compared to previous games. Keep up the great work!
I just finished the game and thought everything about it was amazing but the endings were just a bit disappointing, it never makes it exactly clear what caused the mass hysteria or who "she" is, it also doesn't make much sense as to why June was unaffected when she drank the resorts cocktails and drinks at the bar. However it makes sense to me when Ryan would try to drown himself as well, I think that he believed June was also infected when she was sitting in the water and he wasn't actually infected like the others, but he didn't want to leave the island alone? I don't know if any one else had this theory but I thought it was fun food for thought!
Haha just had another thought, was Von eating all the food in the buffet to sort of weigh herself down in the water? And did Mccoy try to flush the drinks out of his system using the water because it was almost as if he was still somewhat lucid when he attacked June, but I don’t really know why Carmen was laying on the floor? I understood when she was in the bath saying that she was impatient but didn’t get the floor
Dude.. I LOVED THIS GAME!!!! Tho the endings really left me hanging on a cliff.. who was this ''she''? Were they hipnotized by some entity? Would there be a way for June and Ryan to save themselves?.. alot of questions to ask..
I first thought that the effect that they (Vonnie, Carmen and McCoy) had were because of the drinks, but as seen June also drank them and seemed uneffected.
Both endings were really confusing, yet interesting. I do wonder what happened to June in the ending where she came back to the shore.. was she left to die in that island alone? Is that why this game is called rot in paradise?
Anyway... my final rating is that the game was really good but also left us on a cliff hanger,
The game is very well done but the endings just arent it. Idk if Im missing something but the game sets up an interesting mystery but it goes nowhere?? The story is too open ended and vague to matter. the music and art are top notch but the story feels more dissapointing than anyhting else
i like the plot premise, the vibes, music, and the characters -- I really do. however, I'm just left a little disappointed about how little to no knowledge you get from the story building and the endings. it was so confusing, I had to replay twice to figure out if there was an actual second ending or not because I was left puzzled :((
spoilers ahead but: . . . . .
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early on in the game, it's almost led the players to believe that there might be something wrong with the drinks. however down the line, it just seems like that idea might be flushed down the toilet because June drank some the drink + we never got to really see Ryan drinking any and even say it himself he rather just drink his own beer he got from home
because of this, why was it that June seems unaffected yet Ryan, like the others, was ready to just drowns like that? wasn't it established that Ryan doesn't bother drinking from the resort as it was "too expensive" and it's much cheaper to bring your own drink from home?? June herself doesn't even seem barely affected at all despite taking some drinks along with Vonnie which makes it more confusing with where the game is leading towards.
this is a game jam, but sometimes it would be nice if there was more clarification of the story as to who is "she", is it the drink that possibly creating a lot of weirdness, why June seems to be immune to it (or probably hysterical herself and drowned by herself), and if the resort themselves purposely giving tourists these drinks to drown themselves or something. there's too many questions that doesn't seem to have enough supporting factors to help build a proper open-ended answer to all of these plot points. the ending itself seems unsatisfactory too like sure there is this one part where June can try to pull Ryan up or still hold on, we understand that she probably have some abandoment/being alone issue but I wish there was more options leading up to that point and if it was even possible to understand why Ryan seems to be leaving her behind.
this was a fun game! i honestly really liked how the main horror was left open ended in favor of saying something with the effects of the horror! the scariest stuff is the stuff left ambiguous to me, so this was a great treat. nice job!!
i hope we get some sorta part 2 because im so confused T-T. at first i thought it was the drinks but June ALSO drank some?? great game as usual! but pls make a part 2 explaining more of the lore im begging rn
Nice and short, but also very disturbing! Though there isn't much gameplay, the mystery of the story is very captivating. Of course, the music and art are wonderful as always.
I LAUV THIS SO MUCHHH I forgot to comment but I played this the second I got the announcement in the server. Though this will not be one of my fav games, I still enjoyed the experience and stuff. I love the characters, the metaphors/symbolism, the mystery, how after I first chose to follow them in the sea, my mind just went "WHAT THE HELL" and had so many more questions. Reading the discussion chat helped me understand it more, lmao. Thank you for another beautiful game <33
This is the same message I’ve given on the review, pasted because I really want someone else’s opinion too.
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I really wanted to enjoy this more, but I genuinely couldn’t. I believe it’s great for a game jam, but both endings are just…that?
I’m not going to explain everything I dislike for spoiler reasons, of course, and I always love the games SIG puts together, I’ve played every game currently released multiple times, but there’s SO much left of this game that could’ve been explained that wasn’t. It was very vague, TOO vague for a game standpoint. Morally? Yes, I understand the idea. But for a game? It doesn’t explain a majority of so many unseen points that it leaves you unfulfilled and wanting more, so much to the point that it’s just unsatisfying. I don’t see how people are saying they cried over the endings, when there’s nothing to cry over.
Aside from the story, I believe the art is gorgeous as always, and the music is as amazing as it always as. I just wish so much more was able to be explained, and I believe if it wasn’t made just for a game jam, it could’ve done just that.
NOW MAYBE I’m just not getting the memo, and if someone provides me another view later on, that would be amazing, I’m just very upset that it didn’t turn out to be as much of a banger compared to past games :(
I feel the same as you when it comes to how vague the the story is. I would have really liked more of a solid explanation on certain reasons for their behavior, it was a big mystery that I would have liked to solve during the game. Had that been explained or expanded upon a little, I would have accepted the endings a little more than I did. I did really enjoy the art and music too, the different representation for body types were also nice to see! But getting to the endings was just a little disappointing and left me feeling lackluster.
Now I completely agree with this. When I watched my friend stream this for me, both of us really didn’t give us much. If anything, we had to theorize majority of these things, which.. isn’t that much of a problem, but it was a painful “what is this?” Thing we both had until the end of it when we were scrolling through this page where we just had an “oh that’s what it is” moment. (It was that confusing)
And the crying thing as well, we (or at least I) couldn’t just feel emotional over this game. Yeah, there was a couple of shocks and whatnot, but crying was not one of them. Compared to the rest of these games, this isn’t much of a replay-able one, if you can like.. see what I’m trying to say.
Your comment/review on this is better than what I can word it and I’m glad I can find someone who expresses my thought on this game nicely! :3
WOW YOU GUYS PUMPED THIS OUT SO FAST!! Good job, crazy good how all the cgs are just so good and there is so many you're cracked! Great music too btw as always! Not gonna lie I nearly broke down after those endings but I thought about it and it worked rly well! Great buildup and mystery too! ALSO TY SO MUCH FOR JUNE, I LOVE HER DESIGN!!! (in as not weird way as possible I just like to see different types of people in games!) Anyways thanks for making another banger free game and good luck on your next project!
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This game had a very open ended conclusion in both endings where we didn't get to see how the mystery that has been brewing from the start resolves itself.
And that's the beauty of it.
The whole time you get an almost ethereal feeling from the setting to the events that occur, as if you're watching someone have a warped dream about a fond memory. The themes and symbolism becoming more important than the plot. I'm sure there is a lot of subtext I'm too dumb to analyze on my own. But personally I'm a sucker for thalassophobia and fucked up things in the ocean and I got chills by the end, the scale being well transmitted even through a simple artstyle.
10/10, lowkey best SIG game to me.
the only way I could get it to work was by installing it on itch (the app). But it was a great game over all
Great game ( as always :D!) I liked the endings a lot also june marry me pLEASE. The overall story is pretty cool too I like how not everything is revealed but with a bit of extrapolation its possible to figure something out. No bugs or glitches, and the art is really nice + the characters are cool
I really was hoping there would be more to the endings but I guess that is a good way to end the story. I really liked the whole you don't really know if anyone has a good ending story.
I DONT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONLY 2 ENDINGS THERES GYAT TO BE 3 ENDINGS, RIGHT????? (BTW COOL GAMEPLAY AND CHARACTERS 10/10) IM GONNA GO FULL MATPAT MODE ISTG...
I've seen a lot of people say that they were disappointed or confused that things weren't explained by the game, but I think that's the point. Things feel more Lovecraftian horror here, so the threat being kept vague and unknown is where the horror comes from which I think works well. We know just as much as June does and we're meant to feel confused and frustrated or want more explanations and moments with June's friends by the end, because June does too. The "Her" (Which I assume is the ocean itself) and the supernatural elements are not the focus of the game but they're tools to highlight June and her relationship with her friends because that's where the real story lies. I think this game is an allegory for toxic friendships and how it can be hard to lose those close to you to something like an addiction or harmful mindsets and how difficult it is to leave them even when you know they're hurting and dragging you down with them if you stay, paralleling June's talk about her cousin who had to ditch her friend group recently during the bar scene.
People say this was Studio Investigrave's weakest game so far, but I think they're viewing the game too literally when the game is obviously trying to be metaphorical. It's refreshing to see that they're leaning more towards doing subtle, quiet but still disturbing horror compared to previous games. Keep up the great work!
I really liked it but the endings left me a little confused...
Rachel confirmed thats the point of the game!<3
I just finished the game and thought everything about it was amazing but the endings were just a bit disappointing, it never makes it exactly clear what caused the mass hysteria or who "she" is, it also doesn't make much sense as to why June was unaffected when she drank the resorts cocktails and drinks at the bar. However it makes sense to me when Ryan would try to drown himself as well, I think that he believed June was also infected when she was sitting in the water and he wasn't actually infected like the others, but he didn't want to leave the island alone? I don't know if any one else had this theory but I thought it was fun food for thought!
Haha just had another thought, was Von eating all the food in the buffet to sort of weigh herself down in the water? And did Mccoy try to flush the drinks out of his system using the water because it was almost as if he was still somewhat lucid when he attacked June, but I don’t really know why Carmen was laying on the floor? I understood when she was in the bath saying that she was impatient but didn’t get the floor
Dude.. I LOVED THIS GAME!!!! Tho the endings really left me hanging on a cliff.. who was this ''she''? Were they hipnotized by some entity? Would there be a way for June and Ryan to save themselves?.. alot of questions to ask..
I first thought that the effect that they (Vonnie, Carmen and McCoy) had were because of the drinks, but as seen June also drank them and seemed uneffected.
Both endings were really confusing, yet interesting. I do wonder what happened to June in the ending where she came back to the shore.. was she left to die in that island alone? Is that why this game is called rot in paradise?
Anyway... my final rating is that the game was really good but also left us on a cliff hanger,
i dont think she was left to die...cuz in that ending we heard the sound of a boat...so maybe the ferry came
BABE WAKE UP RACHEL DROPPED A NEW GAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEW RACHEL GAME !!!!
THAT WAS AMAZING I LOVE HORROR BEYOND UNDERSTANDING!!!
The game is very well done but the endings just arent it. Idk if Im missing something but the game sets up an interesting mystery but it goes nowhere?? The story is too open ended and vague to matter. the music and art are top notch but the story feels more dissapointing than anyhting else
this was horrifying, but i enjoyed it of course! i hope the next game will come out soonnn, 10/10
This is cool keep it up the plot is very interesting and it was really fun
i like the plot premise, the vibes, music, and the characters -- I really do. however, I'm just left a little disappointed about how little to no knowledge you get from the story building and the endings. it was so confusing, I had to replay twice to figure out if there was an actual second ending or not because I was left puzzled :((
spoilers ahead but:
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early on in the game, it's almost led the players to believe that there might be something wrong with the drinks. however down the line, it just seems like that idea might be flushed down the toilet because June drank some the drink + we never got to really see Ryan drinking any and even say it himself he rather just drink his own beer he got from home
because of this, why was it that June seems unaffected yet Ryan, like the others, was ready to just drowns like that? wasn't it established that Ryan doesn't bother drinking from the resort as it was "too expensive" and it's much cheaper to bring your own drink from home?? June herself doesn't even seem barely affected at all despite taking some drinks along with Vonnie which makes it more confusing with where the game is leading towards.
this is a game jam, but sometimes it would be nice if there was more clarification of the story as to who is "she", is it the drink that possibly creating a lot of weirdness, why June seems to be immune to it (or probably hysterical herself and drowned by herself), and if the resort themselves purposely giving tourists these drinks to drown themselves or something. there's too many questions that doesn't seem to have enough supporting factors to help build a proper open-ended answer to all of these plot points. the ending itself seems unsatisfactory too like sure there is this one part where June can try to pull Ryan up or still hold on, we understand that she probably have some abandoment/being alone issue but I wish there was more options leading up to that point and if it was even possible to understand why Ryan seems to be leaving her behind.
i love Ryan
this was a fun game! i honestly really liked how the main horror was left open ended in favor of saying something with the effects of the horror! the scariest stuff is the stuff left ambiguous to me, so this was a great treat. nice job!!
i hope we get some sorta part 2 because im so confused T-T. at first i thought it was the drinks but June ALSO drank some?? great game as usual! but pls make a part 2 explaining more of the lore im begging rn
Nice and short, but also very disturbing! Though there isn't much gameplay, the mystery of the story is very captivating. Of course, the music and art are wonderful as always.
Good job, once again!
the point of the game is to being vague and confusing. Rachel confirmed it.
Really liked it! Felt like a big ol metaphor that I'm too dumb to understand.
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME anyways june is hot
I LAUV THIS SO MUCHHH I forgot to comment but I played this the second I got the announcement in the server. Though this will not be one of my fav games, I still enjoyed the experience and stuff. I love the characters, the metaphors/symbolism, the mystery, how after I first chose to follow them in the sea, my mind just went "WHAT THE HELL" and had so many more questions. Reading the discussion chat helped me understand it more, lmao. Thank you for another beautiful game <33
OKAY IM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED TO TRY IT.
ending left me staring at my screen in despair for about 5 minutes. very good game 10/10 would cry again
I wasn't quite feeling this one story-wise at all, though love the cgs and art.
Yeah, real. Felt like it left us with too little. Just a couple crumbs more of direction and it would have been perfect!
i cried. the way June came out of the water and the jacket was back just made cry mans
wtf did i just witness and whos 'she'??
IKR
i woke up way to early for this but its okay new sig game
What the FUCK just happened...
IMCRYI NG IT WONT LET ME SAVEE
NOOOOO I WAS SO INVESTED TOO AND I DIDNT EVEN SAVE NOOIM CRYINGGG
I´m Criying
This is the same message I’ve given on the review, pasted because I really want someone else’s opinion too.
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I really wanted to enjoy this more, but I genuinely couldn’t. I believe it’s great for a game jam, but both endings are just…that? I’m not going to explain everything I dislike for spoiler reasons, of course, and I always love the games SIG puts together, I’ve played every game currently released multiple times, but there’s SO much left of this game that could’ve been explained that wasn’t. It was very vague, TOO vague for a game standpoint. Morally? Yes, I understand the idea. But for a game? It doesn’t explain a majority of so many unseen points that it leaves you unfulfilled and wanting more, so much to the point that it’s just unsatisfying. I don’t see how people are saying they cried over the endings, when there’s nothing to cry over.
Aside from the story, I believe the art is gorgeous as always, and the music is as amazing as it always as. I just wish so much more was able to be explained, and I believe if it wasn’t made just for a game jam, it could’ve done just that.
NOW MAYBE I’m just not getting the memo, and if someone provides me another view later on, that would be amazing, I’m just very upset that it didn’t turn out to be as much of a banger compared to past games :(
I feel the same as you when it comes to how vague the the story is. I would have really liked more of a solid explanation on certain reasons for their behavior, it was a big mystery that I would have liked to solve during the game. Had that been explained or expanded upon a little, I would have accepted the endings a little more than I did. I did really enjoy the art and music too, the different representation for body types were also nice to see! But getting to the endings was just a little disappointing and left me feeling lackluster.
Now I completely agree with this. When I watched my friend stream this for me, both of us really didn’t give us much. If anything, we had to theorize majority of these things, which.. isn’t that much of a problem, but it was a painful “what is this?” Thing we both had until the end of it when we were scrolling through this page where we just had an “oh that’s what it is” moment. (It was that confusing)
And the crying thing as well, we (or at least I) couldn’t just feel emotional over this game. Yeah, there was a couple of shocks and whatnot, but crying was not one of them. Compared to the rest of these games, this isn’t much of a replay-able one, if you can like.. see what I’m trying to say.
Your comment/review on this is better than what I can word it and I’m glad I can find someone who expresses my thought on this game nicely! :3
Just finished it! it was pretty good,I loved the characters and how to story is kinda open ended
i love it but im going to kms right now ughghg sobing
that blew my mind. how do you keep making these awesome games
i gotta say June is my favorite protag of all your games so far. that cute tummy~