RHEM II SE: The Cave

tl,dr: If you don't mind your games doubling as homework, RHEM II will delight and confound you for hours on end. If you like your puzzles a little breezier and more flexible, look elsewhere -- perhaps Myst, or its sequel Riven? That first bit wasn't hyperbole, by the way. I played RHEM II the way I got through math courses in college and high school: notes on hand, constantly recording information and making visual aids. I've got a 40-page document full of instructions and screenshots and even a map to prove it. And even with all that information, I still missed some important clues I had to go back for, and there was at least one puzzle towards the end I had to seek help for. That should really tell you everything you need to know about the game. I don't want to make RHEM II sound like a chore. Far from it. The game looks quite good, with a firmly established visual language whose tightly controlled environments you can spend hours just wandering through. That's always been a substantial draw of Myst clones for me -- that rich, tactile exploration where you seem to stumble across something important every few feet, before taking a mental note of it and continuing on your wa…

Great game, much like RHEM I but new scenery and new challenging riddles. Enjoyed it very much!

If you like solving visual puzzles (similar to Myst and the Cyan series) you should consider the Rhem series. What they may lack (in comparison to Cyan games) in developed visuals and storylines (I personally PREFER the absence of storylines!) they more than make up for in the amount of puzzles contained within each game and they're challenging! I enjoyed the Rhem series very much - just annoyed with the promise of Rhem 5 (which I though was the point of the Rhem SE series) which has never (to my knowledge) been released.

Definitely a step up from the first game. I played this with my friend, and we had a great time figuring out the puzzles. I almost feel as though this is the best way to tackle this game! Its puzzles are dense and multi-step, but nothing ever feels too frustrating or obtuse. It isn't always clear what the purpose of the things you interact with are, so I recommend writing everything down, and keeping track of the state levers etc were in when you first encountered them. When things do come together, though, it feels awesome. Highly recommend for point and click puzzle lovers!

Very challenging and love the mathematical puzzles as well as challenging logic skills

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