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 ready in a post-human world, inhabited by the form of rounded, fluffy rabbits you may see in a Sylvanian Households playset. Characters raid previous world tech for a residing, then go to church and study concerning the lifetime of Saint Peter and his battle in opposition to McGregor.
Stamp — formidably voiced on the Japanese audio observe by Yakuza’s Takaya Kuroda — balances out the cutesy type by treating his scrap gathering position very significantly. Utilizing a customisable exo-suit, he delves into human-made services to seek for elements and battle mechanised enemies.
Armed with a drill from the beginning, the principle loop of the sport is looking for out as many scrap cubes as doable. As you mash blocks to bits together with your drill, you’ll earn XP and elements to improve your swimsuit and weapons.
As the sport progresses, Stamp’s skill set grows, alongside a wholesome arsenal of weaponry. The ability tree is not notably deep, however slowly constructing out your swimsuit capabilities is satisfying. Enemies and hazards have a properly calibrated issue curve; there’s nothing insurmountable {that a} fast increase to assault/defence will not clear up.
Between salvage hunts, Stamp can return to the hub city. Throughout this downtime, he may swing by the diner to talk with NPCs, attend church to listen to the gospel of Saint Peter, or commerce in bounties on the bar, all earlier than tinkering along with his exo-suit and diving again into the expansive map. It’s an interesting, workmanlike loop — not genre-shaking by any means, however stuffed with humour and appeal.
Rusty Rabbit is a normal Metroidvania that does not stray removed from the method, however surprises with numerous customisation and light-weight social sim parts. It is price enjoying for its protagonist alone (within the Japanese dub a minimum of), a cute rabbit with the strict vocals of Kazama Kiryu.
