History VideoGame / Rhem

''Rhem'' is a German series of PointAndClick [[AdventureGame adventure games]] for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Knut Muller, and published first by Got Game Entertainment, and later by Runesoft. The games in the series are:

* FullMotionVideo: Any human characters in this game are rendered in live action.

* NoPronunciationGuide: The actors for the two brothers pronounce each others names differently. Kales is mostly spoken as "Kay-les", while the 4th game has it pronounced as "Kah-les". Similarly, Zetais is initially spoken as "Zeh-tie-as", then "Ze-tay-is", then finally "Zee-tie-as" for the rest of the series.

In 2017, there was also an UpdatedRerelease of the first game, ''RHEM I SE: The Mysterious Land'', followed by the 2018's ''RHEM II SE: The Cave''.

** In the original version of the same game, Zetias hands you a live action prop of another [=MacGuffin=] at the start, which becomes a digital icon in your inventory. The same plays in reverse with him picking up the photograph you took in-game. The ''SE'' version replaces this with the EpilogueLetter entry above.

* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: Near the end of Rhem 2, the Lady in Red [[spoiler: [[ReachingThroughTheFourthWall reaches into your inventory]] and takes the keycard to your rail car, then hands you a token and releases you from the prison cell you fell into. She gives you back the card in exchange for the [=MacGuffin=] after you photograph it.]]

* AbortedArc: Around Rhem 3 are star-shaped keyholes on several devices and doors, with the implication that a key for them would show up at some point. Rhem 4 never reveals this key, though Kales admits in his journal that he couldn't find it.

* PublicDomainPaintings: A gallery in Rhem 4 contains eight real-life paintings with a certain variable to each one that must be set to a certain number to unlock a door.

** Rhem 1 Special Edition includes a few [[DoorToBefore shortcut mechanisms]] to alleviate some of the game's backtracking.

** Rhem 1 Special Edition includes a few [[DoorToBefore shortcuts]] to alleviate some of the game's backtracking.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The third and fourth games include the ability to copy clues down in-game.

* PublicDomainPainting: A gallery in ''Rhem 4'' contains eight real-life paintings with a certain variable on each one that must be set to a certain number to unlock a door

* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: Near the end of Rhem 2, the Lady in Red [[spoiler: [[ReachingBeyondTheFourthWall reaches into your inventory]] and takes the keycard to your rail car, then hands you a token and releases you from the prison cell you fell into. She gives you back the card in exchange for the [=MacGuffin=] after you photograph it.]]

* SequelDifficultySpike: Rhem 2 exponentially ramps up the puzzle complexity and places to explore over the first one. The later two level out in some aspects.

* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: Near the end of Rhem 2, the Lady in Red [[spoiler: takes the keycard to your rail car and hands you a token that unlocks the MacGuffin. She gives you back the card in exchange for the [=MacGuffin=] after you photograph it.]]

* LetsPlay: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiwG97748pQ&list=PLCdcBwzARVX2U045ax8nzmWi_IUbSJoHI J.B. Lewis]] did complete playthroughs of all 4 games.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: The actors for the two brothers pronounce each others names differently. Kales is mostly spoken as "Kay-les", while the 4th game has it pronounced as "Kah-les". Similarly, Zetais is initially spoken as "Zeh-tie-as", then "Ze-tay-is", then finally "Zee-tie-as" for the rest of the series.