Rochard is an adventure developed by Recoil Games, released 27 September 2011 on PlayStation 3, Android, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 4.3 hrs to finish.
What Rochard is
Rochard is an adventure game developed by Recoil Games and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 3, Android, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
John Rochard, leader of the lowest producing team of astro-miners the Skyrig Corporation ever employed, accidentally discovers an ancient alien structure hidden deep in an asteroid, thus proving mankind isn’t alone in the universe. Soon afterwards, John’s team goes missing without a trace and he finds himself stranded on the asteroid and under attack by space bandits. John quickly realizes that dangerous forces are at work, determined to use the discovery for their own sinister means…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 18 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Rochard holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.6 GHz single core, 1 GB of RAM and DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. 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
Rochard launched on 27 September 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rochard 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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