Reus is an indie developed by Abbey Games, released 16 May 2013 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Reus is
Reus is an indie game developed by Abbey Games and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Microsoft XNA.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Reus is about shaping nature and about the greed of mankind. The player controls mythical giants, through which the player controls every aspect of nature. One can perform feats like terrascaping, creating life and genetic manipulation. However, eventually humanity enters a stage where they escape from the control of the giants. Change can still be made to their environment or oceans can be made underneath their cities, but their will is their own. The challenge is to let mankind and nature live in harmony, while encountering the many vices humanity has to offer. This means that as a player, some of the tasks are solving human wars, countering deforestation and even surviving attacks…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 123 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Reus holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom processor, 2 GB RAM and DirectX10(R) compatible card with 512MB of memory. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Reus launched on 16 May 2013, within three weeks of Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Reus 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.
Screenshots
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