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[Kvik]

WELCOME TO RENGKOK
A city where dreams come true. Where you can be whoever you want to be, flickering it its flame for five seconds of fame. Then disappear into the darkness.

Developer: Reikon Games
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Release Date: 26/09/2017
Platforms: Steam/GOG/PS4/XBOXONE
Genre: Isometric Action Shooter
Player count: 1 (Singleplayer)
Price: 19.99 USD/24.95 AUD (All platforms)

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend. Combine preternatural reflexes, augmented tools, and the arsenal of fallen foes to tear down and dismantle the corporate titans of virtuality dealers at HEAVEN.

Sophisticated & Brutal Combat: RUINER features lightning fast combat that requires a delicate balance of overwhelming, brute force, and elegant strikes to overcome all manner of savage opponents. Blast through crowds or slow down time and hand select your points of attack before unleashing a storm of violence on the battlefield.

Cyberpunk Inspired Arsenal: Equip all manner of high-tech firearms and melee weapons to ruin all that oppose you. Employ state of the art gadgets like energy shield, dash augmentations, and the switch gun stun or hack the opposition onto your side of the fight.

Story-Driven Action: Violent confrontation is a means to an end and trust is a devalued currency in Rengkok as you navigate a senseless world with the help of a mysterious hacker friend.

Exceptional Soundtrack: Explore and battle to the intense beats of Sidewalks & Skeletons, Zamilska, Antigone & Francois X, DJ Alina and famed anime composer Susumu Hirasawa.

1. Is there a preload?

From a Steam Community Post

We've decided that RUINER won't be available for pre-load. However, in order to make your lives a little bit easier (at least at the beginning, because later, it will be much tougher, believe us), we've reduced the game file size from 21 GB to 10 GB only.

2. Who is Susumu Hirasawa?

Hirasawa-sensei is a Japanese electronic music composer. The primary source of inspiration for his music can be traced back to the digital technology, the nature of man and machine, and philosophy. His most widely known work is the theme song for Berserk, a lesser known 1997 anime. He also composed the theme song for Paprika (dir. Satoshi Kon, 2006) and Millenium Actress (dir Satoshi Kon, 2002). His style can be described as techno/electro-pop. He can be found in twitter here, and his discography here

3. Why is this OT so barebones?

I wasn't planning to do this OT originally, so I quickly whip out this OT in a couple of hours after dinner. PM me if you feel any extra info should be included.


4. I'm downloading the game now, what anime should I watch in the meantime?

Cyber City Oedo 808

GAFFERS
Progressbar - http://progressbar.com.au/2017/09/ruiner-review/ - by Dmax3901
PlayStation Universe - http://www.psu.com/review/34295/ruiner-review-ps4 - by Bitsnark
AngryCentaurGamer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTHQdMY2eQI - by Karak
The Outerhaven Productions - http://www.theouterhaven.net/2017/09/ruiner-pc-review/ - by Shadowhaxor
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=250561487&postcount=283 - by daniel77733

OTHERS
PCGamer - http://www.pcgamer.com/ruiner-review/
Eurogamer - A powerfully grim, fleet-footed cyberpunk action odyssey that is caught in the spell of its own nihilism - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-26-ruiner-review
Gamespot - 8/10 - https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ruiner-review/1900-6416768/

Just to let people know, there's suppose to be a limited run of physical copies real soon from Special Reserve Games.

https://mobile.twitter.com/specialreserves/status/910192284221685760

Nice, GMG has 15% off so £12.74 UK

No official ultrawide support at launch.

Unofficial: http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=32318&p=170605

Messofanego, tusken77 for the gifs, spineduke for the OT title, More_Badass,Berzerkiymc for review collation.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Daft Punk is fucking pissed.

 

[Messofanego]

Bought, gonna play this after I come back from my date.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Stumbled across this last week, really did drop out of nowhere. Hope it's good!

 

[pa22word]

Wait, what? How in the hell did they cut the game in half like that on a whim? Just cut out all foreign language packs or something? I hope they didn't cut textures or something...

Also, can't wait for this to unlock on steam. Super pumped to play it.


Edit: REVOLVER DIGITAL

Such an awesome pub that even in typo form they manage to come across as badasses

 

[whyman]

So are there upgrades, XP etc in this game?

 

[Messofanego]

Wait, what? How in the hell did they cut the game in half like that on a whim? Just cut out all foreign language packs or something? I hope they didn't cut textures or something...

"This has been done thanks to a compression. Not a single feature of the game has been removed, nor it is less complex than originally planned."

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Sidewalks and Skeletons is the best thing about this game, hands down. Witch house forever!

 

[lordfuzzybutt]

The publisher is Devolver Digital, not Revolver Digital.

No big deal, just something I notice

 

[Gowans]

It came out this morning on Xbox/Win10 and I played the first mission before work and absolutely loved it.

Its thick in style and deadly, ( I had to knock it down to easy).

Felt great and downloading on PC as its also Play Anywhere now for a go after work.

It seems to give you the first mission then open up to a hub with skill tree.

 

[DZ_b_EZ]

Just to let people know, there's suppose to be a limited run of physical copies real soon from Special Reserve Games.

https://mobile.twitter.com/specialreserves/status/910192284221685760

 

[Jim_Cacher]

This looks rad as heck. In!

A bit off topic due to the mention of Cyber City. Yoshiaki Kawajiri is the best action animation director. People, go watch his Vampire Hunter D and Ninja Scroll.

 

[Balmung421]

So hype

 

[DarkestHour]

So hyped for this I hope it doesn't suck. I have $30 in my Steam account that was for PCars2 but I think this may be a better use.

 

[The ๖ۜBronx]

Going to be buying this as soon as payday hits Friday. Best art direction in a game reveal for a long time imo. Wish it was there for the Switch but won't be waiting for an announcement, looks fantastic and want to run and gun.

Still liked BLADE GUNNER for the OT title.

 

[Kvik]

The publisher is Devolver Digital, not Revolver Digital.

No big deal, just something I notice

Thanks, edited.

 

[robotrock]

So hyped for this. Gosh I hope it’s as good as the trailers

 

[More_Badass]

How story focused is this outside of the combat? Because given the backstory, I really want to know more about the world and tech and all that

The game takes place in 2091 in a cyberpunk metropolis called Rengkok. The future has embraced Oculus-Rift-like virtual reality, but it is so advanced now that wearing the full helmet rig doesn't just deliver sights and sounds to the user, it can also deliver emotions.

Heaven, the monopolistic corporation that owns and creates the future VR, creates an underground black market for the rigs. The market delivers up the emotions of unspeakable horrors to the rich by kidnapping people and subjecting them to all sorts of things.

"Wealthy people who want to feel much stronger emotions like pain or death can feel what that's like in virtual reality," Stylinski said. "Heaven starts attacking people from the street, enclosing them in these simulation environments so people from all over the world can connect and watch them suffer.

"It's like human trafficking."

Enter the player, whose brother has been kidnapped by Heaven.

 

[dh4niel]

GAWD DAYUM. I was waiting for a release date for this for so long it kinda fell off my radar.

Can't wait to play it.

 

[pa22word]

"This has been done thanks to a compression. Not a single feature of the game has been removed, nor it is less complex than originally planned."

That still seems kind of crazy unless they were just rawdogging it before. My ssd definitely isn't going to complain any

 

[Kvik]

Just to let people know, there's suppose to be a limited run of physical copies real soon from Special Reserve Games.

https://mobile.twitter.com/specialreserves/status/910192284221685760

Will edit your info into the OT, thanks.

 

[Shock_Wave]

In.

 

[Noisepurge]

bought, downloading ->

 

[Vidal]

So in for this.

 

[Raptomex]

This looks sexy as fuck.

 

[spineduke]

i'm most likely in, just waiting to hear impressions from you fine people

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Soundtrack DLC on Steam page has N/A on the price - was it a preorder bonus, or are we able to buy it separately?

 

[The ๖ۜBronx]

Just to let people know, there's suppose to be a limited run of physical copies real soon from Special Reserve Games.

https://mobile.twitter.com/specialreserves/status/910192284221685760

.

 

[cleveridea]

Nice, GMG has 15% off so £12.74 UK

 

[kami_sama]

How story focused is this outside of the combat? Because given the backstory, I really want to know more about the world and tech and all that

God damn, that is a bleak future.

 

[Shadowhaxor]

I will say that whoever picks this up is in for a treat. Tons of action, that OST goes in super hard, immersive and .... hard as all hell.

Loved it.

 

[JJShadow]

Waiting for Karak's review to decide whether to buy this or not, but it looks like I'll be all in

 

[Badpsychometry]

I didn't see this on psn

 

[More_Badass]

God damn, that is a bleak future.

It's very Altered Carbon, how that story explored the bleak and disturbing possibilites of its "sleeve" tech

 

[Uzzy]

I, for one, welcome this cyberpunk dystopian future.

Won't be able to pick this up till the end of the week, but hopefully there's some great impressions that'll have me start counting the hours.

 

[jett]

This is relevant to my interests.

 

[pa22word]

Its been a good few months for cyberpunk fans. Observer, this, and then blade runner in like a week's time.

 

[More_Badass]

As for length, the community manager in the Steam forums was saying 8-12 hours

 

[DarkestHour]

I will say that whoever picks this up is in for a treat. Tons of action, that OST goes in super hard, immersive and .... hard as all hell.

Loved it.

Can I lower the difficulty? I'm not a fan of overly hard games just to be hard.

 

[CHC]

Game looks amazing. I just hope it has some good variety and pacing - that's often a make-or-break quality for smaller games like this.

 

[pa22word]

As for length, the community manager in the Steam forums was saying 8-12 hours

Hmm I was honestly kind of hoping for something more along the 6 hour mark. These kinds of games are usually a lot better the shorter they are just for pacing reasons, also for speedrunning and replayability to have shorter iteration times between runs. I wonder if it's just the story that's getting the length that long... Also the 4 hour difference seems weird there. Are they just taking into account people getting their asses handed to them or something?

 

[epmode]

Soundtrack DLC on Steam page has N/A on the price - was it a preorder bonus, or are we able to buy it separately?

Considering they haven't mentioned any preorder bonus, I'd say that a price for the soundtrack will appear when this launches.

 

[TatteredHat]

I didn't even know this game existed this morning, now I'm suddenly hyped for its release.

Hirasawa Susumu is an amazing composer as well, double whammy.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Nice, GMG has 15% off so £12.74 UK

Thanks, and bought.

Considering they haven't mentioned any preorder bonus, I'd say that a price for the soundtrack will appear when this launches.

Cool, I'll keep an eye out for it.

 

[More_Badass]

Hmm I was honestly kind of hoping for something more along the 6 hour mark. These kinds of games are usually a lot better the shorter they are just for pacing reasons, also for speedrunning and replayability to have shorter iteration times between runs. I wonder if it's just the story that's getting the length that long... Also the 4 hour difference seems weird there. Are they just taking into account people getting their asses handed to them or something?

It doesn't seem to be a runs-focused game

From what I've played, you go to what feel like dungeons where it's all about combat. You go from one wave to another, with usually respite in between to heal up. When you go back to the city, it's a typical hub with quests, dialogue, etc.

 

[spineduke]

It doesn't be seem to be a runs-focused game

Bitch shop?

 

[pa22word]

It doesn't be seem to be a runs-focused game

Oh wow, that wasn't what I was expecting at all out of the game just from what I've seen of it plus the ot. I haven't really been following it at all other than the announce thread we got on here and various people mentioning it in threads here and there. I was totally expecting it to be laid out like max Payne or something. This works too though! Actually seems like a pretty novel idea, really. Openish top down shooter plus the style of the game has me getting GTA2 vibes, a game I think is sorely underrated by history.

 

[Dmax3901]

My review will be up in 20 mins or so, I'll be sure to post it in the review thread (or here if that's what ends up happening). Took me 7 hours to finish.

 

[Shadowhaxor]

Can I lower the difficulty? I'm not a fan of overly hard games just to be hard.

Yes, the game has several levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal and Hard. Those can be selected at the start of the game, or during.

It doesn't be seem to be a runs-focused game

It isn't, it's story based.

 

[Kvik]

My review will be up in 20 mins or so, I'll be sure to post it in the review thread (or here if that's what ends up happening). Took me 7 hours to finish.

PM me the link or whatever, I'll make sure it goes in the OP.