Not only can you design your own version of Cloudy by drawing your preferred facial design, you can also wear a variety of hats and accessories, doled out at the end of each level. The game also throws in some great customisation. You have to monitor how much water you expel, but you can hover over water sources to soak up a new supply, presumably via evaporation. You are a cloud, and you can use rain, lightning, snow or a tornado to achieve your objectives throughout. What’s great is regardless of the amusing variety in level design, the core gameplay loop remains the same. There’s even a wave based Tower Defence style level in there, just because the developers can.
#RAIN ON YOUR PARADE METACRITIC FULL#
It’s full to the brim of amusing references to other games Katamari Damacy, where you use your tornado power to pull everything and everyone into your chaotic vortex (just to help someone do their weekly shop) or Metal Gear Solid, tasking Cloudy with sneaking into a weapons facility and avoiding all the guards to destroy some sort of super weapon. Initially, I was sceptical that raining on folks could be entertaining enough to last, but I was surprised at the creativity here. Rain on Your Parade is primarily a puzzle game, but there’s some wonderful variation here that should be applauded. Each of these levels has a set number of challenges to complete some are necessary in order to unlock the next level, whereas others are bonus objectives that won’t hinder your progress if you don’t complete them. The game is a fairly bright, colourful and simple affair – control Cloudy on his journey, travelling from level to level via a 3D “map world”, unlocking new weather abilities along the way. The story of this heroic raincloud, such as it is, is told via some amusing cutscenes as a grandfather regales his grandson with the tale of the little raincloud that could. You can go on all sorts of adventures and achieve the impossible, live new experiences – save the world – all from the comfort of your sofa.īut Cloudy, our hero in Rain on Your Parade, just wants to visit Seattle, probably because he’s a big fan of the rain. The addition of Sun Mode adds to the game’s replayability factor due to the difficulty change as well as new objectives being added.I don’t know about you, but there’s something relaxing about playing video games when it’s pouring down and the weather is generally unpleasant. The Sun will follow Cloudy around and will knock off some of Cloudy’s life if it touches. Sun Mode adds an extra layer of difficulty, bringing in a nemesis to deal with in the missions. Rain On Your Parade can be completed within a few hours and once you do then you unlock New Game+ as well as Sun Mode.
There were no noticeable game breaking or hindering bugs that were encountered during Rain On Your Parade. There was also one mission where some humans could not be offed, but it could be overlooked as it did not hinder being able to complete that mission. The tornado power can feel a bit unwieldy when trying to place objects during certain missions, and its throw ability is inconsistent.
There are some minor issues within Rain On Your Parade. Even with the homages Rain on Your Parade is able to carve out its own identity. In one you could be filling a shopping trolley with goods, while in another you are wielding a black hole in a level inspired by Katamari Damacy. Some are unique, while others pay homages to other games like Breakout and Metal Gear Solid. The main positive to Rain on Your Parade is that it keeps surprising with its missions. Along the way he meets other characters like an older cloud, a grandma who does not mind Cloudy’s destruction as long as it helps her, and a frog. The narrative is quite basic, with Cloudy looking for friends which puts him on the road to the magical city of Seattle. Some missions will not have any replenishment sources, so you have to ration the rain to meet the objectives. Cloudy only has a set amount of stored rain per mission, but this can usually be replenished. Quite a few missions require Cloudy to take people out in order to succeed, like throwing a bunch of screaming snowballs off a cliff. You can use lightning to then strike the humans or a tornado to throw them great distances. Raining on someone will get them wet, while snowing on them will trap them in a snowball. Do not let Cloudy’s smiley face fool you.
The gameplay is simple and easy to pick up as you move around levels unleashing the weather of choice to cause all sorts of havoc.
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