I have this one gamepass, and I mostly disagree with the conclusion. Barring a couple of minor difficulty spikes, the whole thing will last you three hours at most, not counting the pretty decent post-game content – new challenges on existing stages and a brand new mode that changes things up in a vaguely interesting way. The quickfire variety does the game a lot of favours, but you’ll smirk and snort with recognition at a Resident Evil reference or momentary flash of invention, rather than laugh out loud at the carnage as per the likes of Untitled Goose Game. Just like the weather, this one keeps changing. It’s far from perfect – and, to be frank, only just scrapes “good” – but the aforementioned variety does go some way towards making even the dull-as-rainwater early stages more palatable they may be a bit rubbish, but you’ll be playing them for about a minute apiece, tops. It’s nice, and a bit of a reversal of the usual outcome, to find a game with such an inauspicious start turn into something better. There’s also something to be said for the game’s unpredictability you won’t know where you’re going or what you’ll be asked to do next, and some of the diversions are good for a smile – there’s a full-level homage to a popular stealth series that was enjoyably out-there, and despite a few other whole-level references to other games ( Katamari Damacy, etc), Rain On Your Parade feels very much its own thing. As the game rolls on (like, well, a cloud), your objectives get a fair bit more diverse and require at least a little puzzle-solving and exploration a school-based level is an early highlight, seeing you undertake multiple disparate objectives as a pleasant preview of the more complex demands to come. However, despite the whole thing feeling a touch lacking, Rain On Your Parade absolutely isn’t without merit. It’s all very twee and affected in a wearyingly familiar sort of way. In fact, we found the tone and writing of the thing a little bit… what is it the kids say now? Oh, yes – cringe. Despite these, there’s never a whole lot to it and we got the impression that the aesthetics and humorous writing are intended to fill in the blanks. Later, you’re also able to create a tornado, blanket the world in snow and unleash lightning strikes. There’s a water metre on the right of the screen that empties as you do the same, but it can be refilled (on certain levels) by hovering over a source of moisture (usually water, but you're also able to rain poison, oil and other substances). Moving with the analogue stick, you press and hold 'A' to rain. All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game).Mostly, it’s just a little bit boring, in much the same manner as a wet weekend. Our problem is that we found it all came across as rather uninspired in its execution and occasionally downright irritating in its presentation.
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