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People hate downpour because it brings the otherworldly and complex lore and world building of this game closer to reality. By clarifying things, it simplifies them, if that makes sense. I think treating dp as semi-canon optional dlc it is is the best way to enjoy it.

I get that downpour shedding light on things makes it less mysterious, but I think that's a good thing. Sure, it leaves less things to the imagination, but it also allows for more educated interpretations of things. I'd go as far to say that it's actually very good for the iterator to have more sides of them shown. They're the main characters of rain world. It's good to know who your main characters really are.

Also, the details themselves are not the problem. It's how they make Rain World closer to the real world. Rain world has a bunch of interesting creatures, an alien civilization, and structures unlike anything we have on earth. Downpour confirms that some things work just like in our world, which makes them less interesting than some alternatives. Like, we know Rain World cosmology is weird, and it would be more boring if it worked the same as Earth.

That's why I hate that one specific room in Watcher's ancient urban (the window room). It's so mundane. It should have been weirder. But that's just my hot take, I haven't seen anyone else complain about this

Also, Spearmaster campaign is cool, infinite spears are amazing for more violent playstyle, Moon's final message is heart-wrenching and contrasts and completes Moon's Rivulet message so well. Looks to the Moon is one of my favorite regions, pre-collapse Moon is amazing. Also, I love broadcasts, I love iterator lore, and Spearmaster's campaign has the most of it. Without it, my fanfic would not exist.

And that's true I suppose. Truthfully, some things feel like too much of a real world analog, so I can get that. I liked the Ancient Urban room when I was going for the Spinning Top route, but looking back at it, it was a bit cheap. It's sorta like the ancient's silhouettes were revealed as shock value when before, they were mainly left up to interpretation besides for a few murals that didn't really give the player anything (in a good way)

Also I love the story of Spearmaster's campaign! I like the new lore, and it is really cool to explore Moon's inside and see a bunch of places that were seen in the base game, but functioning. It's really awesome, especially her final message and Pebbles reading the pearl (which honestly, I liked more than the final message). What I DO NOT like, however, is anything else about that mute rat's campaign. LTTM is kinda just FP again if you look at her before the luna or her inside. The vents are awful, there's way too many mother spiders, and the precipice is diabolical, especially considering that you're meant to go across it instead of going from the ground. That was meant for Artificer, not Spearmaster, and I couldn't even imagine traversing it for the pearl quest (I love passages)

Speaking of, THE PEARL QUEST. I hate it, not because it doesn't make sense story wise, but because it hinders your abilities so much. The main draw of Spearmaster is that you can hold two spears at once and pull infinite spears. Half of that gimmick is removed with the pearl. You're expected to always carry it, which means that you will never hold two spears until after the campaign is over. It doesn't even have a stomach cavity to hold the pearl! I wish you could just stuff the pearl back in it's chest or something. Good game design has you master your abilities, not take them away to give you a mcguffin that you have to deliver from point A to point B.

People hate downpour because it brings the otherworldly and complex lore and world building of this game closer to reality. By clarifying things, it simplifies them, if that makes sense. I think treating dp as semi-canon optional dlc it is is the best way to enjoy it.

I get that downpour shedding light on things makes it less mysterious, but I think that's a good thing. Sure, it leaves less things to the imagination, but it also allows for more educated interpretations of things. I'd go as far to say that it's actually very good for the iterator to have more sides of them shown. They're the main characters of rain world. It's good to know who your main characters really are.

Also, the details themselves are not the problem. It's how they make Rain World closer to the real world. Rain world has a bunch of interesting creatures, an alien civilization, and structures unlike anything we have on earth. Downpour confirms that some things work just like in our world, which makes them less interesting than some alternatives. Like, we know Rain World cosmology is weird, and it would be more boring if it worked the same as Earth.

That's why I hate that one specific room in Watcher's ancient urban (the window room). It's so mundane. It should have been weirder. But that's just my hot take, I haven't seen anyone else complain about this

Also, Spearmaster campaign is cool, infinite spears are amazing for more violent playstyle, Moon's final message is heart-wrenching and contrasts and completes Moon's Rivulet message so well. Looks to the Moon is one of my favorite regions, pre-collapse Moon is amazing. Also, I love broadcasts, I love iterator lore, and Spearmaster's campaign has the most of it. Without it, my fanfic would not exist.

And that's true I suppose. Truthfully, some things feel like too much of a real world analog, so I can get that. I liked the Ancient Urban room when I was going for the Spinning Top route, but looking back at it, it was a bit cheap. It's sorta like the ancient's silhouettes were revealed as shock value when before, they were mainly left up to interpretation besides for a few murals that didn't really give the player anything (in a good way)

Also I love the story of Spearmaster's campaign! I like the new lore, and it is really cool to explore Moon's inside and see a bunch of places that were seen in the base game, but functioning. It's really awesome, especially her final message and Pebbles reading the pearl (which honestly, I liked more than the final message). What I DO NOT like, however, is anything else about that mute rat's campaign. LTTM is kinda just FP again if you look at her before the luna or her inside. The vents are awful, there's way too many mother spiders, and the precipice is diabolical, especially considering that you're meant to go across it instead of going from the ground. That was meant for Artificer, not Spearmaster, and I couldn't even imagine traversing it for the pearl quest (I love passages)

Speaking of, THE PEARL QUEST. I hate it, not because it doesn't make sense story wise, but because it hinders your abilities so much. The main draw of Spearmaster is that you can hold two spears at once and pull infinite spears. Half of that gimmick is removed with the pearl. You're expected to always carry it, which means that you will never hold two spears until after the campaign is over. It doesn't even have a stomach cavity to hold the pearl! I wish you could just stuff the pearl back in it's chest or something. Good game design has you master your abilities, not take them away to give you a mcguffin that you have to deliver from point A to point B.

People hate downpour because it brings the otherworldly and complex lore and world building of this game closer to reality. By clarifying things, it simplifies them, if that makes sense. I think treating dp as semi-canon optional dlc it is is the best way to enjoy it.

I get that downpour shedding light on things makes it less mysterious, but I think that's a good thing. Sure, it leaves less things to the imagination, but it also allows for more educated interpretations of things. I'd go as far to say that it's actually very good for the iterator to have more sides of them shown. They're the main characters of rain world. It's good to know who your main characters really are.

Also, the details themselves are not the problem. It's how they make Rain World closer to the real world. Rain world has a bunch of interesting creatures, an alien civilization, and structures unlike anything we have on earth. Downpour confirms that some things work just like in our world, which makes them less interesting than some alternatives. Like, we know Rain World cosmology is weird, and it would be more boring if it worked the same as Earth.

That's why I hate that one specific room in Watcher's ancient urban (the window room). It's so mundane. It should have been weirder. But that's just my hot take, I haven't seen anyone else complain about this

Also, Spearmaster campaign is cool, infinite spears are amazing for more violent playstyle, Moon's final message is heart-wrenching and contrasts and completes Moon's Rivulet message so well. Looks to the Moon is one of my favorite regions, pre-collapse Moon is amazing. Also, I love broadcasts, I love iterator lore, and Spearmaster's campaign has the most of it. Without it, my fanfic would not exist.

And that's true I suppose. Truthfully, some things feel like too much of a real world analog, so I can get that. I liked the Ancient Urban room when I was going for the Spinning Top route, but looking back at it, it was a bit cheap. It's sorta like the ancient's silhouettes were revealed as shock value when before, they were mainly left up to interpretation besides for a few murals that didn't really give the player anything (in a good way)

Also I love the story of Spearmaster's campaign! I like the new lore, and it is really cool to explore Moon's inside and see a bunch of places that were seen in the base game, but functioning. It's really awesome, especially her final message and Pebbles reading the pearl (which honestly, I liked more than the final message). What I DO NOT like, however, is anything else about that mute rat's campaign. LTTM is kinda just FP again if you look at her before the luna or her inside. The vents are awful, there's way too many mother spiders, and the precipice is diabolical, especially considering that you're meant to go across it instead of going from the ground. That was meant for Artificer, not Spearmaster, and I couldn't even imagine traversing it for the pearl quest (I love passages)

Speaking of, THE PEARL QUEST. I hate it, not because it doesn't make sense story wise, but because it hinders your abilities so much. The main draw of Spearmaster is that you can hold two spears at once and pull infinite spears. Half of that gimmick is removed with the pearl. You're expected to always carry it, which means that you will never hold two spears until after the campaign is over. It doesn't even have a stomach cavity to hold the pearl! I wish you could just stuff the pearl back in it's chest or something. Good game design has you master your abilities, not take them away to give you a mcguffin that you have to deliver from point A to point B.

People hate downpour because it brings the otherworldly and complex lore and world building of this game closer to reality. By clarifying things, it simplifies them, if that makes sense. I think treating dp as semi-canon optional dlc it is is the best way to enjoy it.

I get that downpour shedding light on things makes it less mysterious, but I think that's a good thing. Sure, it leaves less things to the imagination, but it also allows for more educated interpretations of things. I'd go as far to say that it's actually very good for the iterator to have more sides of them shown. They're the main characters of rain world. It's good to know who your main characters really are.