RICE - Repetitive Indie Combat Experience™

Item: RICE - Repetitive Indie Combat Experience™
Rating: 57
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-12

Summary

Fun, charming, good value early access game
Responsive developer provides active post-launch updates
Complex upgrade system with synergistic elements
Severe performance and lag issues plague gameplay
Grindy meta-progression, unclear mechanics, poor explanations
Lacks content, replayability; poor enemy scaling

RICE - Repetitive Indie Combat Experience™ header

Reviews (sample size): 113
Helpful reviews: 93%
Unhelpful reviews: 6%
Protest reviews: 1%

57%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
43%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 177
Negative points: 209
Gameplay points: 46
Perf. points: 30
Rec. points: 75
Misc points: 16

Point	Description	Importance
Fun, charming, and good value Description The game is considered fun, enjoyable, and charming, with simple yet comprehensive gameplay and well-executed graphics. It's also praised for being a good value for its price, making it an appealing and entertaining experience overall. Importance 56%	The game is considered fun, enjoyable, and charming, with simple yet comprehensive gameplay and well-executed graphics. It's also praised for being a good value for its price, making it an appealing and entertaining experience overall.	56%
Good content for early access Description Despite being in early access, the game has a lot of content, build variety, and potential for a solid indie combat experience. It combines elements from various games and includes meta elements, showing promise and being worth the price for an early access title. Importance 21%	Despite being in early access, the game has a lot of content, build variety, and potential for a solid indie combat experience. It combines elements from various games and includes meta elements, showing promise and being worth the price for an early access title.	21%
Responsive and active developer Description The developers are responsive to user feedback, promptly addressing issues and implementing quality-of-life improvements. This includes fixing performance issues, adding HUD scaling options, and adjusting settings based on community input, demonstrating active development and support. Importance 20%	The developers are responsive to user feedback, promptly addressing issues and implementing quality-of-life improvements. This includes fixing performance issues, adding HUD scaling options, and adjusting settings based on community input, demonstrating active development and support.	20%
Appreciated humor and sarcasm Description The game's humor, sarcasm, and references to game tropes are appreciated by reviewers, making the game stand out. Clear information about badges and stats, combined with meta jokes, contribute to the game's engaging and humorous experience. Importance 17%	The game's humor, sarcasm, and references to game tropes are appreciated by reviewers, making the game stand out. Clear information about badges and stats, combined with meta jokes, contribute to the game's engaging and humorous experience.	17%
Enjoyable to 'break' the game Description Players find enjoyment in experimenting with builds and discovering ways to 'break' the game, particularly through the meta-progression board. This aspect encourages creative play and a sense of mastery as players understand and exploit the game's systems. Importance 7%	Players find enjoyment in experimenting with builds and discovering ways to 'break' the game, particularly through the meta-progression board. This aspect encourages creative play and a sense of mastery as players understand and exploit the game's systems.	7%