Downward: Enhanced Edition

Fun little fantasy parkour game. Bought it a while back, came back recently for the Enhanced 2.0 update of the game, and it's been pretty nice. Easy to learn and difficult to master, straight-forward to beat the story but a lot of challenges outside of that. The story tries to be deep and dramatic, but it lacks a bit of punch. You can tell where things are going long before they actually get there, so it probably would've been more effective storytelling with either a different structure or with the presented structure tidied up a lot. Combat could've had more variation and required required more timing, rather than the same handful of "keep away from the attacks until the weak spot becomes clickable" golems. But still okay outside of the drones that blow up in your face until you learn to backward-dodge away. Pretty fun for the 10 hours or so that it took me to beat it.

本游戲是由小團隊製作的，整體已經達到了一定的合格程度，因此我給與肯定。 劇情： 🔳無劇情 🔳普通 ☑️還不錯 🔳精彩 遊戲性： 🔳無趣 🔳有趣 ☑️很好玩 🔳超級好玩 跑酷操作性： 🔳太單調 ☑️容易上手 🔳有點門檻 🔳手指要非常靈活 一周目時長： ☑️短（1～15小時） 🔳中等（15~30小時） 🔳長（30～45小時） 重玩/研磨的必要性： 🔳想重玩可以，但也沒有什麼能研磨的地方 ☑️值得重玩，也有研磨價值 🔳有研磨價值，但很花時間 難度： 🔳簡單 ☑️中等 🔳難 🔳很難 🔳難到懷疑人生 畫質： ☑️畫質不是重點 🔳普通 ☑️精美 🔳很逼真 🔳超級逼真 配置要求： 🔳能開小畫家就能玩 🔳低 ☑️中（偏低） 🔳高 🔳超級高 價格定位： ☑️已經夠便宜了 🔳內容值得這個價位 🔳等折扣才買 🔳內容不足以貼上這個價格 BUG： 🔳沒遇過 ☑️有，但還行 🔳中等，但還算搞笑 🔳多，但不至於破壞遊戲體驗 🔳不僅多，還會讓你怒退

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за первые 10 минут можно уже оценить следующее: на удивление приятно играется, хоть и немного неказистая графика. но всё же несёт в себе некое едва уловимое ощущение новизны и ностальгии 2010х, наконец то реализован паркур почти так как его представляли и хотели видеть в играх периода 2004-2012, игры того периода обещали паркур, но он был каким то не таким... хотя в этой интерпретации тоже не всё гладко... избыточная инерция персонажа словно у поезда. атмосфера в игре имеет лёгкий привкус: - Dark Messiah of Might & Magic - Gothic 3

Early Impressions – A Parkour Gem Worth Exploring 7/10 I just finished my first three hours with Downward: Enhanced Edition, and this game is fantastic if you enjoy parkour exploration! The movement is smooth and fun, and the entire world was practically designed to climb, vault and sprint through. It isn't just traversal, it's an open invitation to explore. It has its problems visually some textures and lighting are dated, and I ran into some mounting bugs here and there. But honestly, I can understand why this is a thing. The enhancements scrape away enough of the roughness that the experience feels fresh and is playable. There are some boss fights that might seem on the easier side (unplugging battery packs is a tricky puzzle more than a difficult challenge) but again, I didn't mind. Sometimes, a low stakes parkour game with a beautiful world is exactly what you want. The worlds are so well designed I could totally see wanting to 100% everything to uncover and see what secrets were locked away behind walls. If you like movement/running based games or simply want something atmospheric and relaxing give this a go. It's not perfect but it has heart and that's important.

would be nice if the parkour mechanics weren't as inconsistent and jank as they are.