Rule No 1 Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · November 2, 2022

For our Rule No 1 Review we attempt to massacre waves of sentient metallic geometry as you attempt to survive the first-person gunslinging challenges of Rule No. 1! In this arena-based FPS with a dash of rogue-lite randomness, your one job is to blast everything in sight while dodging incoming threats. Clear waves of metal menaces and their pixelated minions to keep your spicy female player character from biting the dust!

Rule No 1 Review Pros:

Decent pixel art graphics.
422.6MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.)
Controller settings – Invert the axis and sensitivity sliders, and enable the auto-reload option.
Five game modes – comp, arcade, bouncy Bois only, basketball, and God stilettos.
First-person wave-based shooter.
You are on a small platform and can move around to avoid and shoot the enemies as they come at you.
Earn points and unlock gallery entries.
Guns drop as you play.
Brief game mode description on the main menu.
Basketball is just a mess around mini-game but it’s definitely a good laugh.
The bizarre atmosphere from the enemies to the music and characters.

Rule No 1 Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
No seperate tutorial section.
The menus are fine but it’s hard to know what you have selected.
No story mode.
You don’t actually get told the controls or rules.

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Rule No 1:

Official website.

Developer: Walk Without Rhythm Games

Publisher: Eastasiasoft

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PlayStation

7/10

Graphics - 7/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
7/10

Accessibility - 7/10
7/10

Length - 7/10
7/10

Fun Factor - 7/10

7/10

Summary

A wave-based shooter where you can only move around a small platform area. Enemies will come at you from multiple angles and they are sometimes a weird shape so they bounce funny and make your life difficult. You can get power-ups like new guns from enemies and health. I’m never sure what I am doing as the game tells you absolutely nothing, not even the controls and it does suffer for that but il be honest, I kept coming back because of the sheer madness of it all, the music and characters were just so bizarre and weird I had to keep coming back to make sure no one had spiked my Weetabix. The trophies are easy to nab and the game plays well but it is very repetitive. Rule No 1 seems to be just bizarre.