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Descenders

RageSquid, No More Robots
May 7, 2019 - Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S
Fair

OpenCritic Rating

74

Top Critic Average

50%

Critics Recommend

Areajugones
8.5 / 10
IGN Italy
8 / 10
God is a Geek
7.5 / 10
The Games Machine
8 / 10
PlayStation Universe
7.5 / 10
Push Square
7 / 10
DualShockers
7.5 / 10
Nintendo Life
8 / 10
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Critic Reviews for Descenders

Descenders is a fun and challenging mix between arcade and roguelike genders with freeride as the perfect excuse. High speed, risky tricks and an infinite amount of procedural tracks are the pillars of one of the best surprises of 2019 so far.

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Descenders is an essential experience of arcade racing, inspired by the great 90s classics, which relies on a crazy sense of speed and adrenalinic gameplay. It may be a little bit rough in terms of visuals, but it's hectic and fun.

Review in Italian | Read full review

Descenders is a little rough around the edges, and it can be punishing, but there's a lot to get stuck into, with a satisfying gameplay flow and a brilliant soundtrack.

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After each descent you want more. More speed, more show, more fun, Descenders is the classic easy to play hard to master game, embellished with rogue-like elements that exponentially increase its longevity.

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Descenders offers up some excellent arcade biking thrills in short bursts, with the multiplayer prolonging the fun. The simplistic nature of the gameplay will grate eventually, but it's worth investigating for those who want a two-wheeled adrenaline rush without too many frills.

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Descenders is a solid experience if you're looking for a time waster that you'll return to over and over. While constant screen tearing issues hamper its presentation quite a bit, the game has solid controls, as well as simple though endlessly entertaining mechanics. While the controls aren't the tightest we've seen, they do everything adequately and contribute to the fun. Add in the wide range of biomes to race through, including some more wacky ones towards the end of the game, and it makes for one fun package. And that's to say nothing of the fun little gimmicks, like the first-person mode and the trials-style courses. Descenders has everything you could possibly want in a downhill cycling roguelite.

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While Descenders offers a fun downhill mountain-biking romp, it's constantly held back by the Switch's lackluster hardware.

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Descenders is an addictive freeriding roguelite with plenty of content to keep players busy as they get to grips with its unique take on extreme biking action. It may be a little rough around the edges in places and this Switch port has certainly seen a graphical downgrade, but the core riding controls well, the framerate is solid and the procedurally-generated nature of courses keeps things feeling fresh. With a meaty campaign featuring eight diverse biomes, a decent multiplayer component and those all-important online leaderboards, this one's a surprisingly robust package that comes highly recommended.

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OpenCritic Coverage

Freestyle Biking Hit Descenders Comes to Switch in November

Freestyle Biking Hit Descenders Comes to Switch in November

After a successful run on other platforms, including a rise to Game Pass prominence as boasted by the publisher, Descenders is coming to Switch to entice more players with its downhill bike stunt gameplay.

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