Rendezvous Review (Steam)

For this Rendezvous Review, where we explore an adventure game set in a futuristic Indonesia. For Setyo to save his sister from sharing his own fate, he must return to the streets of Neo-Surabaya before it’s too late. Is it truly possible to redeem the sins of your past?

Rendezvous Review Pros:

• Gorgeous pixel art graphics.
• 1.07GB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Graphics settings – resolution, v-sync, screen mode, and graphics quality preset.
• Chapter selection of unlocked chapters.
• Six total chapters.
• Beautiful pixel art cutscenes.
• Good voicework.
• Can skip cutscenes.
• 2D perspective.
• A mix between an adventure game and a point-and-click game.
• Interactive points show a button prompt and generally have a brief description of said Interactive point.
• Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
• Your phone is used to track tasks.
• Full inventory system.
• Puzzle elements throughout.
• It has a wondrous world full of neon light, colorful characters, and a dark underbelly.
• Animated back and foreground.
• Ducking/sneaking allows you to go behind crates and walls to avoid enemies.
• The lighting and music set the atmosphere up brilliantly.
• Hacking mini-game.
• Simple shooting controls.
• Stamina-based system for running and other actions, it comes back on its own or you can eat food to speed it up.

Rendezvous Review Cons:

• The game can hang at loading screens thinking it’s crashed.
• Cannot rebind controls.
• You get no help with guiding you in a direction or hints to help with puzzles.
• No voice work when in the game and interacting with people or sights.
• The noise and pace of the in-game text is slow.
• As good as the music is, it doesn’t always change when the situation does so like an enemy could appear or a deadly obstacle and you are still getting this chilled soundtrack playing.
• No hard save button in the menu.
• The game thinks you know more than you actually do.
• Not always clear what to do.
• Feels like you get better results just walking around until you get a prompt or a new prompt rather than applying logic.
• Loading times are not great.
• You have to constantly remember to check your journal for tasks, you get no notifications of fi wishing or starting a task.
• Never sure when you’ve hit a checkpoint.
• Melee combat is very messy.

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Rendezvous:

Official website.

Developer: Pendopo Creations

Publisher: Hitcents

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Steam