Rakuen
A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.
Rakuen is an adventure developed by Laura Shigihara, released 10 May 2017 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 10.3 hrs to finish.
What Rakuen is
Rakuen is an adventure game developed by Laura Shigihara and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RPG Maker XP.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Rakuen is an adventure game about a little Boy who lives in the hospital. One day, the Boy asks his Mom to escort him to the fantasy world from his favorite storybook, so that he can ask the Guardian of the Forest to grant him one wish. In order to receive his wish, the Boy must complete a set of challenges that revolve around helping his neighbors in the hospital by interacting with their alter-egos in the fantasy world... ...A cranky old man who guards a broken music box with his life while complaining that he never gets any visitors; a young woman in a coma whose husband hasn’t left her side in months; a little girl who laments over a friend she was never able to say goodbye to after…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Rakuen holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.3 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium III 800 MHz, 512 MB RAM and 1024x768 High Color +. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Rakuen launched on 10 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rakuen yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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