Question about how to enable Downpour's Content

[Eisenkraut]

Hey everyone, I have a (somewhat naive) question about accessing Downpour's content:
I just started my second playthrough and I haven't found anything new yet.
Thus my question:

- Is Downpour "just" the mods / remixes (not meant depreciating)?
- Do I have to enable the different mods in order for anything new to be added?
- Is there an "official" Downpour-Experience I can enable?

And if yes - can I enable the remixes for an already started game or do I have to start anew?

Thank you in advance for your help!
I believe I expected an "official" Downpour-Experience menu item or something similar.

[Kligan]

You need to go to the main menu, select Remix, and enable "Rain World Remix", "More Slugcats Expansion", "Expedition" and "Jolly Co-op".

Then click Apply Mods. After the game enables everything, you can go back to Remix menu, click on "Rain World Remix" or any of the others, and look through options and stuff to see if you want to tweak something.

I believe the reason why they did it like this is because some people started whining about "don't touch our game with your filthy expansions!"
So it's completely optional whether or not you want to enable things.

[Spirit]

even when you have activated these mods , you need to finish certain characters first to unlock the others (for me i have only 2 out of the 8 characters available)

[Kligan]

Originally posted by Spirit:

even when you have activated these mods , you need to finish certain characters first to unlock the others (for me i have only 2 out of the 8 characters available)

Well, not necessarily. You CAN unlock all characters in More Slugcats options. But it's hidden under "cheats" menu.

[Eisenkraut]

I see! Thank you for your help.

The idea of modifying and tinkering with the new Remix game parameters already felt a bit like "cheating" to me.
Having choices is great, but that freedom does feel atypical for Rain World - which is probably what confused me.