It’s a good reminder to ride whichever way you enjoy, expectations and pressures be damned.
Descenders is a game of high-speed, high-stunting downhill mountain biking.
Some improve your bike handling, giving it more off-road traction or bunny-hopping higher.
And some affect the campaign map, like scouting more map nodes farther ahead.
It’s fun to race downhill.
The bike fights a little at speed, so nailing a corner is rewarding.
And if I stack it, hey, I like ragdolling too.
So if a track isn’t interesting, cut to the end.
And if a jump looks too risky, ride round it.
A game offering uninteresting decisions is worse than offering none.
I’d still rather the core mode not be so bland.
I think that’s fine.
If a game has enough strong elements for you to enjoy it your own way, that’s grand.
In some games, I treated the challenge seriously and tried to win.
I was just happy to be on a bicycle, as I am in the real world.
To hell with that.
There are so many ways to enjoy bikes and I’ve tried to share it all.
I hope you’ve felt that too across this series.
Do you like bikes?
Are you enjoying what you’re doing with your bike?
Could we ride together sometime?
Real bikes or game bikes, your pick.
