As with the original Rain World, vital information is withheld: for example, the powers that differentiate the new characters – whose five campaigns form the centerpiece of this DLC – are given a quick once-over, but you’re left to discover their nuance (the kind of items the Gourmand can concoct; how the Artificer’s explosive spears interact with the environment) through trial and deadly error.Coming to grips with the inner workings of this world can be exhausting, but the sheer impenetrability perfectly captures the helplessness of an animal trapped in an environmental catastrophe engineered by humans, which explains how Downpour remains so utterly absorbing.It perfectly captures the helplessness of an animal trapped in an environmental catastrophe Even for someone like me, who’s much less ambivalent about their admiration, Rain World can be a draining experience.Every time I managed to reach a new shelter and successfully hibernate it triggered a mixture of elation and relief akin to discovering a bonfire in a Souls game, and I would instinctively quit, fearing something might happen at the last moment to take that hard-fought victory away.Occasionally even prior to that, such as the time when a Komodo-like predator snuck inside the room and slept with me, waking up the moment I tried to move its massive bulk from the exit and devouring me in an instant."