![]() One level is a stealth mission with the aesthetic of Metal Gear Solid’s opening section complete with codec conversations. Some of the levels are parodies of popular games, TV shows and movies. It also leans heavily on some pop culture references to both its benefit and detriment. Rain On Your Parade doesn’t just rely on its own mischievous humour to get by. ![]() This is a game designed around providing fun, smiles and cathartic roguery. There were less than an handful of moments throughout the entirety of Rain On Your Parade that felt even mildly frustrating or boring. This game takes an idea, does the best it can with it and doesn’t stretch it any further. A single level about ending the dinosaurs with meteors. One level about raising then guiding a flock of zombies through a city. What’s more, this game uses many of its design ideas just once and never returns to them, keeping all 50 levels fresh.Ī single level in which you’re raining down slices of bread in order to guide a flock of pigeons. The variety of game types and activities in Rain On Your Parade is impressive. These involve overcoming a series of ever more challenging courses packed with cloud tracking turrets. There’s also a series of boss battles against the cloud’s nemesis Doctor Dryspell. Others are tower defence levels which test the cloud to use their meteorologic moves to fend of waves of attackers. Some are like mini-games there’s bowling and timed rampage modes which track high-scores rather than star awards. There’s a hand full of levels that take a different structure too. Rain On Your Parade is chock full of mischievous activities to get up to that are fun to uncover and cathartic to execute. Trashing an upmarket restaurant by filling a mixing bowl with water from a mop bucket then shocking it to life with lightning. Knocking all the “hoomans” off a mountain after freezing them with snow. Extinguishing all of the camp fires at a camp site. Destroying everything in a warehouse by absorbing oil and then leaving a trail of flammable precipitation between an open flame and shelves full of crates. Ruining a wedding by soaking every guest. Much like Untitled Goose Game, the aim of this game is to explore the area, experiment with the mechanics and complete the required activities. Some activities on these lists are mandatory in order to progress while others are optional and sometimes secret side quests that unlock cosmetic items. Most levels of Rain On Your Parade begins with a shopping list of activities which will award the player with a ‘star’ once completed. Every so often, the cloud also gains a new ability – lightning, snow and a tornado – which deepens the game play layers. Acid, oil, paints, toxic waste and more can be found and absorbed throughout Rain On Your Parade and each does something different when rained back down onto the world. It’s not just water that can be absorbed either. In order to restore its water st(r)atus it can hover above bubbling fluids which will fill it back up again. ![]() The cloud can drop rain onto anything below that’s covered by its shadow – but as it does so, the cloud loses water. In order to reach this mythic place, the cloud (known as Cloudy to its friends) has to progress through 50 levels across a hub world map.Įach stop on this map represents its own challenge built up around a core series of systems. Unsatisfied with not being able to rain on whatever it wants, whenever it wants, it sets out on a quest to reach a fabled land where it rains all the time. The views of the moderation team do not reflect the view of Microsoft or its subsidiaries.In Rain On Your Parade, you play as a cloud. Note: We are not affiliated with Microsoft or its subsidiaries in any official capacity. Showoff Sunday - all pictures of achievements, gamerscore, controllers, custom art/mods, battle stations, and so forth are only allowed as posts on Sundays. posts must be within the weekly megathread. and posts must be properly tagged or they will be removed. No advertising, selling, buying, trading, self pomotion or asking for free stuff. Memes, image macros, reaction gifs, polls, petitions, friend requests, and surveys are not allowed as posts. Spoilers and NSFW must be properly marked.Įnabling piracy, jailbreaking, hacking, fraud, account trading/sharing, region switching, etc is not allowed. Posts must be directly related to Xbox and link to the source.įollow Reddiquette. News, reviews, previews, rumors, screenshots, videos and more! Follow us on Twitter! Subreddit Podcast! Join our club Check out our official wiki page Subreddit Rules
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