Babycar Driver is a "template" flip. The "developer" filled out a basic template in the craptastic ClickTeam Fusion (a blight on gaming), changed the name/reskinned a couple of things, and put it on Steam as if it was their own game.
This time they ripped off a basic template for an endless runner/platform jumper... it's extremely bad, as we'll get into shortly, but of course this is what should be expected from known Russian asset flip scammers.
MCS/W.T.B. have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab, through this account or through closely linked/alt accounts. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/880370]Jetpack Dog[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/2d-endless-runner-game-kit-27256]2D Endless Runner Game Kit[/url] developed by SG Studio
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/760560]Happy New Year Clicker[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/clicker-game-example-33906]Clicker Game Example[/url] developed by Some Packs Team
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/880550]How To Be Best Russian Game Developer[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/clicker-game-example-33906]Clicker Game Example[/url] developed by Some Packs Team
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096000]Too White Basketball[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/dude-basket-104491]Dude Basket[/url] developed by Feat Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/823920]Kawaii Rainbow Portal[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/infinite-color-jump-game-54926]Infinite Jump Color Game[/url] developed by Puppeteer
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/868970]Cut The Ex-Girlfriends[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/cut-the-wood-82180]Cut The Wood[/url] developed by Mamadou Cisse
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/908120]W.T.B.[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/rgb-a-casual-one-touch-game-62891]RGB a casual one touch game[/url] developed by MAD Entertainment
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Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics.
The game features simple, cartoony 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low effort mobile apps. 3D graphics programming does require a degree of skill and competence and unfortunately not all developers have the budget or talent to deliver this, despite 3D graphics cards hitting the mainstream in the 1990's. Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.
The implementation here is of such poor quality, the developer couldn't work out how to make the game display in fullscreen, it only runs in a window.
The controls can't be customised because the game has such a dumbed down, simplified interface that it's just iPhone screen tapping stuff. The fact that the interface is this dumbed down might be seen as a problem in itself, however... this is a fairly shallow experience if you're the kind of gamer that likes to play games with deep, rich control schemes and interaction. You'll get none of that here.
Some of the defects in the game can be attributed to the choice of using the Clickteam Fusion game engine/toolset - the "No-Code" construction kit that "Anyone can make games with!!". Including, you know, people who aren't game developers. Which is a problem. This is a very poor quality toolset sometimes used by amateur developers as it's free (so they don't have to pay for GameMaker Studio) and doesn't require advanced game development skills, but unfortunately has very limited capabilities (it's arguably worse than GameMaker Studio). Just as you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, you can't make a great video game if you use a terrible engine.
This looks and feels like a mobile app, but I wasn't able to find it on the app stores. Maybe it was removed, maybe it was rejected by Apple and Google (they do have more rigorous quality standards than Valve does for Steam, after all).
Regardless, for all intents and purposes "Babycar Driver" might as well be a mobile app, it has the same limitations and dumbed down qualities. It's impossible to recommend such a game to PC gamers. We don't spend all this money building gaming rigs so we can pretend they're iPhones and play games that might as well be mobile apps.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 6 players. That's right, only 6. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is to be expected. Gamers just didn't take this low quality game seriously, and for good reason.
It's also important to note the "developer" here has connections to a number of shady Russian asset flippers and review manipulators who show an organised pattern to scam and defraud gamers with fake reviews and asset flipping the work of others for profit. While reviews are about the games, gamers should be informed when developers act unethically. Whether these connections are the same developer using multiple accounts, or just working closely with other unethical developers, gamers should be warned about the harm to gamers by this developer and their associates. Buying games from unethical developers puts your money at risk.
Babycar Driver is relatively cheap at about $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend. Because this is the kind of game you can just play for free on mobile phones, it's impossible to recommend anyone should pay money for the same experience on Steam.
