In Reus, you control powerful giants that help you shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains and oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices. You can shape their world, but not their will. Provide for them and they may thrive. Give them too much and their greed may get the upper hand. * Control four mighty giants, each with their unique abilities * Terra-form the planet to your will, experiment with different terrain types * A complex system of upgrades and synergies allows for endless styles of play * Observe humanity, let your giants praise or punish them * Enjoy an interesting art style and a strong soundtrack * Enrich the planet with over 100 plants, animals and minerals * Unlock new content by helping humanity achieve numerous developments
Reus is a "god"-sim puzzler game. It has nice hand drawn graphics and offera a particular style. Instead of 3D the devs has gone for 2D. You manage your planet from the side. A number of giants, each representing different bioms, helps you creating and controlling life. Including humans. The game offers an odd but nice and friendly game play. It is nice to see indie developers thinking outside normal ways of doing things. A dutch developer non the less.
There are plenty of unlocks and the game offers a fair replay value.
In my fair opinion Reus is a welcome addition to the plethora of niche games of today. A taste of retro days do not hurt it a bit :)