Downward: Enhanced Edition

A semi-open-world parkour game set in a fantasy universe. It was a very pleasant surprise, I really loved the formula. If you enjoy the gameplay of Mirror's Edge combined with a more intricate and open level design and a somewhat cryptic storytelling, you’ll likely appreciate Downward, though you must keep in mind that it's a small indie title with a few flaws. Your character can slide, dash, wall-run, wall-jump, and grab onto ledges. Right from the start, you have the ability to place a "mark" which allows you to create a temporary checkpoint you can teleport back to at will. Later on, you unlock new abilities that make possible to propel yourself toward glyphs, to double jumps, and to toggle platforms in and out of existence. There is also a skill tree that lets you, upgrade your health, improve your ability to spot certain artifacts, create more marks, etc... Downward features 4 semi-open levels. The level design is very good, there are shortcuts and hidden collectibles, and if you’re worried about getting lost or not knowing where to go, the story objective always provides a direction. The story is presented in a somewhat straightforward manner, without many details: the wor…

I don't think I can really recommend this to anyone. I was recommended this game cause I wanted a game similar to Metroid Prime. I heard that it has metroid like progression with Prince of Persia-esque parkour all in 1st person. Conceptually I should really like this game, and I really wanted to, but it hurts me to say it didn't really live up to my expectations. I will say graphically it's great for an indie game. It's also not too pricey either, I think I got it on sale for around a dollar, and the game is not too long. But the problems arise when it comes to the gameplay. The parkour is a bit too janky, and sometimes doesn't work when you want it to. The combat is not super engaging, just a lot of dodging and not much else, kinda chose to avoid it when I could. I found the voice acting a bit annoying, kinda gives me that "focus m" dialog, but at least it can be toggled off. Overall, I'd say you should skip this one.

This game is such huge disappointment. It starts really strong, it looks nice, it feels nice, it has a lot to explore and collect. And then everythning goes down. Wall jumping and climbing is so wonky that quite often you die/fall down not even knowing why. Fighting enemies is boring and their range is inconsistent. Boss is boring and annoying at the same time. Then you have some weird huge platforming level after boss that doesn't have savepoint. If you turn off game you need to do entire level from the begining. On that level you have wall jumping puzzle that seems to be impossible, there's just not enough momentum to jump 5-6 walls one after another. And bugs so many bugs, your mouse can stop working from time to time, tab key stops showing hud, selling items can give you infinite(max39999) currency so you don't need to collect anything, climbing sometimes stops working. Graphics has some problems too, it's technically not a bug but brightness, bloom or whatever is so intensive that quite often you don't see jumping/hooking elements also those things blink all the time so it's even worse to find them sometimes.

I BUY THE GAME BECAUSE I LOVE MIRROR EDGE 1&2 AND ALMOST NO GAME LIKE THAT EXEPET THIS GAME AND WHEN TRY IT I REALLY REALLY WANT TO GIVE HER A CHANSE BUT I CANT THE FRAME LIMIT IS 120 IN THE GAME AND EVEN THE 120 FPS O FELL LIKE 60 FPS

From the moment the game launched it was clear that there was no actual effort put into it: every line of voiceover feels like a trope being force-fed to the player, it simply makes no sense and invokes no interest. It's all bright and flashy colors and no substance. Jumping is okay, but that's it, and even then it's highly glitchy. Do not recommend.

This is not a polished game. You will hit a variety of bugs over the course of this relatively short game. I also found the enemy fights to be boring since you just have to move around until it performs an attack that allows you to take them out. It's repetitive and doesn't require significant skill. Now with all the bad out of the way, this is a fun parkour game. I would have put this game down due to the jankiness if it wasn't for how fun it was to explore and parkour throughout the map. I found the controls to be pretty satisfying and the levels to be compelling to explore. There's also a lot of collectibles and currency that can be collected, which can be used to upgrade your character or a base. I didn't find a need to upgrade the base; but some of the character upgrades were worthwhile. Overall, I played it through to an ending and had my fill of it after about 5 hours. I'd recommend it if on sale.