Descenders 4+

The port is not bad at all, performance is great and you definitely get the feel of the console game.

Some things that could be better explained;
- counter pump on landing isn’t mentioned unless you go looking in the menu; it feels important to know, particularly if you start using the hardtail.
- reset can be used to restart from previous checkpoint without losing a life.

A few things that aren’t great:
- touch controls; it feels like they’re trying to thumb too many actions into one control. It can be frustrating to use. There’s definitely a tonne of accidental inputs, like accidental no handers after a bunny hop. Or, accidentally releasing accelerate when the bonus is not to release, usually trying to hop. I think I’d prefer didtinct buttons for some things, particularly accelerate and pump. I’d also prefer fixed sticks and an option to cruise-control accelerate. It’d also be useful to be able to drop stick sensitivity.
- speedometer is covered by right hand; it’s pretty important for correcting mistakes on boss jump speed. It would be good at the top-center, or bottom center of the screen.

Really glad I get to play a mobile version of this, it’s really cool, but it’s not perfect yet. Fingers crossed these are just teething issues after a new release and will get fixed.

I’d also definitely suggest checking it out on other platforms if you like this.

Unfortunately, if you’re mid career and have to come off the game for a bit, you have to restart and you lose your progress.
I’ve never played the original and was hyped but I only really get to play in short bursts, so for me it’s really not ideal.
If you’ve got time to sit down with no interruptions go for it! It’s a really fun game, It’s just not really a pick up and play game.

Not played the PC/console version, but good to have an open-world type bike game for mobile. Unfortunately it is quite flawed. It seems to rely on you having played it on another platform to really understand what is going on, and seems to be unnecessarily complex in places. The worst part though is definitely the controls. Way too fiddly and trying to do far too much with two thumb areas essentially. Needs a bit of rethink or some more work, especially considering it was £9.