Down is Relative
- May 17, 2024
- Bret Swearengen
Get on SteamDown is Relative is a perception bending single player experience, with a heavy emphasis on challenging your current familiarity to gravity. DIR is set in a sleek test facility that you were unwillingly brought to. Your overseers seem to have your safety in mind, but something still doesn't sit quite right... You have found yourself with the space bending ability to generate your own gravitat…
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a fun and interesting concept with challenging puzzles.
- It works well on the Steam Deck and has a small file size, making it accessible.
- The game is complete and beatable, providing a worthwhile experience for its price.
- The controls are frustrating and can feel clunky, making gameplay difficult.
- There are numerous bugs and the user interface is not very user-friendly.
- The narration attempts humor similar to Portal but falls flat, detracting from the experience.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Gameplay features a mix of exploration and puzzle-solving, with players navigating complex environments like a "rats nest" of cubic pipes that introduces new mechanics. Some players have found themselves spending significant time figuring out these controls, indicating a learning curve associated with the gameplay.
“One is a very dark sphere that can be seen in one of the store screenshots, while the other is a rats nest of cubic pipes that introduces a new mechanic/control.”
“I spent quite a while wandering that rats nest before poking through the controls menu to discover that mechanic.”
“I spent quite a while wandering that rat's nest before poking through the controls menu to discover that mechanic.”
“One is a very dark sphere that can be seen in one of the store screenshots, while the other is a rat's nest of cubic pipes that introduces a new mechanic/control.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game attempts to emulate the sarcastic style of Portal, but many users feel it falls flat due to poor execution and lackluster narration. Overall, the comedic elements are criticized for not being effectively delivered, detracting from the overall experience.
