Comparing Lonely Mountains to Descenders

[dom]

If you do not know what Descenders is, it is a downhill biking game that appears to have a first-person POV with more life-like graphics. I do not own or have ever played that game. I only heard about this game through browsing Xbox Game Pass today while trying to get Outer Worlds for PC.
Here is the link to the Descenders' Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/681280/Descenders/

I backed Lonely Mountains on Kickstarter without giving it a second thought. I have never played the test versions and have only started playing within the last 24 hours. I like it. It is a pretty light and beautiful game with fairly good controls.

How does Lonely Mountains compare against Descenders?
I have only watched a trailer and I found it pretty exciting as well. I am sure someone here has tried that game given that they interest similar groups of people.
The Xbox gamepass comes with both LM and Descenders so if anyone is interested in both, that is a good way to try them for 1 dollar.
I gladly await your input.

[Wingol]

I was stoked about Descenders, but it just for some reason didn't captivate. Perhaps it's the generic feel of the trails. They seem to be auto generated while the trails in Lonely Mountains are handcrafted and don't feel copy pasted in any way.
Perhaps it are the animations, there is, imo, a wooden feel to Descenders, even though there are tricks.
Perhaps a lack of real variation in how to complete a trail, not even talking about shortcuts. It seems it is just mindlessly pushing pedal to the metal rather than having parts where you got to finesse the brakes or you fly off the mountain.
Just my fiddy cents on top of my head.

[[FuT] Sandpuppy]

I did not play descenders a lot, but just because of the camera it felt completely different, more like a racing game, while lonely mountains somehow feels like a traditional shoot'em up without shooting :)

[Sheep]

Descenders is a pretty good game in its own right. It's way more about the stunts than Lonely Mountain, and obviously the camera is different and the trails are all procedurally generated. The biggest problem I have with Descenders is the awful soundtrack.

[DK37]

It's like comparing a rally and an f1 game, you can but you shouldn't

[dom]

Originally posted by DragonKiller37:

It's like comparing a rally and an f1 game, you can but you shouldn't

This hit the nail in the coffin. Haha. I've played more LM and have not tried Descenders, and so far I am liking LM a whole lot more.

[>-FISH-D]

Descenders is good fun but fits towards the "Tony Hawk" category of mtn bike games. Lonely Island on the other hand plays more like a fast ride through an extremely technical and dangerous trailhead. Half the challenge of LI also comes from the vantage point in which you play (making gameplay more interesting already IMO). Though Descenders is no slouch with it's super cool bike control and stunts.

It's really difficult comparing both games though as they play so vastly different. I say get both!

[dom]

Originally posted by -Fish-:

Descenders is good fun but fits towards the "Tony Hawk" category of mtn bike games. Lonely Island on the other hand plays more like a fast ride through an extremely technical and dangerous trailhead. Half the challenge of LI also comes from the vantage point in which you play (making gameplay more interesting already IMO). Though Descenders is no slouch with it's super cool bike control and stunts.

It's really difficult comparing both games though as they play so vastly different. I say get both!

I just want to say I hope referencing the game as Lonely Island was an honest mistake because Lonely Island are a band known for something... haha.

[>-FISH-D]

Originally posted by d0mX:

Originally posted by -Fish-:

Descenders is good fun but fits towards the "Tony Hawk" category of mtn bike games. Lonely Island on the other hand plays more like a fast ride through an extremely technical and dangerous trailhead. Half the challenge of LI also comes from the vantage point in which you play (making gameplay more interesting already IMO). Though Descenders is no slouch with it's super cool bike control and stunts.

It's really difficult comparing both games though as they play so vastly different. I say get both!

I just want to say I hope referencing the game as Lonely Island was an honest mistake because Lonely Island are a band known for something... haha.

Ummm yeah I probably shouldn't of been typing anything at 2am. :)

[Cornholio]

descenders was stupid with the randomly generated trail that you could never ride again.

[peter purvis]

I was looking at both games. I went with LMs because of this thread. Many thanks.

[DavidM]

Descender's weaknesses are the boring trails and the not so pretty visuals. I quickly uninstalled again.
Its pro is that you see where you are going, which is the major problem of Lonely Mountains where you don't know what's right ahead of you.

[Mahjik]

They are different focuses for games. Descender is more like a MX vs ATV type game. Not much on mountain bike physics per say and is just more about stunts/tricks than anything. That's not a bad thing per say, but just a different focus than Lonely Mountains.

[PLASMA McCOCH]

At first glance you could compare the two, but on closer inspection, I feel Lonely mountains is more like a platform game where you have to learn the level to get past and Descenders is more like an extreme sports game for a new generation as it does have procedural generation of tracks and such things.Both games I think are amazing and both games I think are vastly different with similar inspirations.