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  • Release Date: July 07, 2003
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Style: First-Person Graphic Adventure
  • Similar Games: Riven: The Sequel to Myst (Hybrid Windows/Mac), Myst (IBM PC Compatible)

Game Description

Designed by Knut Müller, Rhem is a first person step-through adventure full of mysteries, puzzles, and riddles set in a surreal world with panoramic views and more than 5,000 rendered images. Featuring non-linear gameplay (although many puzzles must be solved to advance to specific locations and accomplish certain tasks), Rhem puts players in the role of a hijacked rail car rider who is deposited in this lonely world with almost no knowledge as to why. Before long, however, the realization sets in that escape is only possible by finding four hidden components of a letter, which must be pieced together and delivered to its intended recipient, Zetais.

Reminiscent of the highly detailed graphics in Myst, Rhem's gameplay involves a varied number of puzzles such as operating pumps to regulate water levels, finding hidden doors and unlocking them by solving combinations, rotating bridges and walkways, and interpreting coded icons. Manipulating geometric shapes, understanding units of water in a reservoir, finding secret passages, solving grid and mosaic puzzles, and many more mind-twisting challenges await even the most seasoned solvers. Installation options include English, German, and French, and the game recommends only 16-bit color in 640x480 resolution.
~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide

Roots & Influences

RHEM's first person step-through adventure is very similar in design to Myst and Riven: The Sequel to Myst.
~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Developer: Knut Müller; Founder of Got Game Entertainment: Howard Horowitz
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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RHEM
RHEM
Developer(s) Knut Müller
Publisher(s) Got Game Entertainment,
Micro Application
Engine Macromedia Director
Platform(s) Windows, Macintosh
Release date(s) May 10, 2003 (Europe), July 10, 2004 (North America)
Genre(s) First-person adventure
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: E
Media CD-ROM

RHEM is an adventure game from Knut Müller and Got Game Entertainment. It is distributed as a Macromedia Director file. The player explores a barren, maze-like landscape of water ponds, walkways, and brick buildings with the aid of a partial map. The game has several puzzles involving machines and symbols.[1] There are two sequels, called RHEM 2: The Cave and RHEM 3: The Secret Library.[2]

RHEM, like Myst, is made up of a series of static images.[3]

The object of the game is to locate four pieces of a letter, which must be pieced together.

Plot

The player enters the city of RHEM on a railway car. The car goes into a dead-end station with a rotatable track. The player is unable to leave because the track is not yet rotated. While the player is on his way to the switch to rotate the station track, a previous prisoner of RHEM beats the player to the switch he was after and leaves in the player's railway car. The player must then wander the city of Rhem in search of a second railway station.

Each of the quarters of the letter is located in a different area not shown on the map provided in the game's package.

Production

According to Müller, the following development tools are used to develop RHEM -- Graphics: Bryce 2-6, StrataVision 3D, Silo, Amorphium, Final Cut, Motion; Sound: SoundEdit, Peak, Logic; Scripting: Macromedia Director.[4]

References

  1. ^ MobyGames. Rhem.
  2. ^ "RHEM 3: The Secret Library". http://www.rhem-game.com/en/rhem3/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-11. 
  3. ^ Gamezone. RHEM Review.
  4. ^ "Knut Müller interview - Adventure Classic Gaming". http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/333/. Retrieved 2008-11-13. .
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