Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game
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Critic Reviews for Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game
Rooftops and Alleys is close to being a flipping great parkour game. This trick-filled, point-scoring, freerunning experience has a banging soundtrack and hilarious online play, but the fussy and frustrating controls stop it from climbing to the next level.
As it stands, I'm better off respecting the angle from a distance. Rooftops & Alleys isn't for me, but it's good at what it's interested in doing.
Sadly, R&A does not deliver the experience I have been dreaming about for so many years. What is here is a very promising technical demo of parkour in video game form, which is great in terms of the technical accomplishment, but it lacks the game experience. Instead, it becomes a test of your dedication and patience to walk away feeling anything but frustration.
Rooftops & Alleys builds an incredible foundation with its dynamic and exciting parkour & freerunning. Although it can be very difficult to learn and is rife with inconveniences, slowly understanding how to navigate across rooftops becomes such a thrilling time. What holds the game back is how few options the player has to test their new abilities. Despite some solid foundations, a notable lack of interesting missions or enticing exploration makes Rooftops & Alleys feel a bit too empty.
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game succeeds in creating a focused, technically demanding, and rewarding experience. It captures the adrenaline and freedom of real-world parkour while grounding it in a precise control scheme and performance-driven progression model. The result is a game that appeals to players who value mastery, fluid movement, and creative experimentation. It may not be for everyone, but for those who connect with its core principles, it offers a uniquely satisfying experience. It is a game about learning, control, and self-expression within movement. It's a bold, confident entry in a genre that's long overdue for a game this focused.
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game lets you live out your parkouring dreams across numerous environments. There are time trial and trick rush events to complete, but they can be frustrating thanks to finicky controls and mechanics. This is a game best enjoyed simply chilling out with others.
Whether you play solo or with friends, Rooftops & Alleys will suck you in with its varied and seamless movement mechanics.
