{{Short description|2002 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = RHEM |image = File:RHEM_2003_Windows,_Macintosh_Cover_Art.jpg |developer = Knut Müller |publisher = Got Game Entertainment<br />Micro Application |designer = |engine = Macromedia Director |released = '''Windows'''{{vgrelease|NA|August 2002 <small>(Indie)</small>|EU|May 10, 2003|NA|June 28, 2003}}'''Mac'''{{vgrelease|WW|July 2003}} |genre = Graphic adventure |modes = Single player |platforms = Windows, Macintosh }}
'''''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. There are three sequels, called ''RHEM 2: The Cave'', ''RHEM 3: The Secret Library'' and ''RHEM 4: The Golden Fragments''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhem-game.com/en/rhem3/index.htm |title=RHEM 3: The Secret Library |website=RHEM |accessdate=November 11, 2008 |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119005910/http://www.rhem-game.com/en/rhem3/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
''RHEM'', like ''Myst'', is made up of a series of static images.<ref name=GameZone>{{cite web |last=Gerbino |first=Robert|date=July 30, 2003 |url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/rhem_pc_review/ |title=RHEM - PC - Review |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808001205/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r21534.htm |archivedate=August 8, 2007 |url-status=live |accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref>
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''<ref>{{cite web |last=Jong |first=Philip |date=March 17, 2008 |url=http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/333/ |title=Knut Müller |website=Adventure Classic Gaming |accessdate=November 13, 2008 |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509122609/http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/333/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Graphics:''' *Bryce 2-6 *StrataVision 3D *Silo *Amorphium *Final Cut Pro *Motion
'''Sound:''' *SoundEdit *Peak *Logic Pro
'''Scripting:''' *Macromedia Director
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | MC = 58/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/rhem/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=RHEM for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=December 3, 2017 |archive-date=February 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250227140503/https://www.metacritic.com/game/rhem/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |url-status=live }}</ref> | AdvGamers = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Tom |date=May 1, 2003 |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17609 |title=RHEM Review |website=Adventure Gamers |accessdate=May 1, 2018 |archive-date=April 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428010339/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17609 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> | GameZone = 6.5/10<ref name=GameZone/> }}
''RHEM'' received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.<ref name=MC/> Robert Gerbino of GameZone praised its similarity to ''Myst'' in terms of its puzzles but criticized the graphics and repetitive gameplay.<ref name=GameZone/>
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * http://www.rhem-game.com/en/rhem1/index.htm * {{moby game|id=/rhem}}
Category:2002 video games Category:Adventure games Category:Classic Mac OS games Category:First-person adventure games Category:Got Game Entertainment games Category:MacOS games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games developed in Germany Category:Windows games