Road 96 🛣️

Wanted to do something engaging with my husband while he wasn't feeling well, so he stayed in bed and made the dialogue decisions while I worked the controls. Figured a walking sim style game with some meaningful choices would be the move, and Road 96 ended up being a solid bet! I really like how it handles escalation of tension and atmospheric stress. A few years ago, I would have said the political commentary was a little too on-the-nose, but considering where we are, I think media literacy might be dead and on-the-nose is VERY necessary. Lol. If I had to improve this game in 1 way, I would have included at least 1 teen with a highly developed story who wasn't [spoiler] directly related to someone in a position of power in the tyrannical government [/spoiler] because tbh, if Zoe has no haters, I'm dead.

Wow. This game's story is so well done, and it truly should be appreciated many, many years later. [h1] The Good [/h1] - Just like Road 96's prequel, "Road 96: Mile 0", the story and writing is phenomenal - The graphics enrich the game with a type of vibe you don't see from any other game. - The OST is amazing, and I will be listening to it outside of the game - The Minigames are so fun, the gas minigame might be my favorite lol [h1] The Bad [/h1] - The movement is super weird, just like Mile 0 - Sometimes I'll get a weird stutter that makes my mouse sensitivity cracked up a couple levels - The game doesn't display what piece of OST is playing in the current moment anywhere. It get's annoying going through every single song just to find one specific one. [h1] Overall [/h1] This game is **Really** well made. The story is engaging, and you feel like you are each of the 6 characters throughout the game. But the movement is weird, and it seems like it's a bug they can't / won't fix.

I'm going to get it out of the way at the start that I loved this game. It's a pile of really good ideas wrapped up in really good vibes. It's worth playing if you're into anything Telltale adjacent and the concept (random encounters played over several journeys made by different homeless teens) is SO rad. But the end product is WILDLY inconsistent in quality and execution. Every single metric by which one would review a video game is at any given moment oscillating between fantastic and terrible. Sometime the art style makes the visuals breathtaking. Other times characters stiffly wave their arms around like they're being operated by a bored marionetter. Sometimes the game hits these fantastic cozy road trip vibes, with great character moments with good voice acting and fun-if-silly activities packed between a tight and compelling political narrative - and other times it's awkward dialogue delivered with stiff performances toward flat emotional peaks and disappointingly milquetoast political messaging. Sometimes you're talking to characters you love that make the road feel like a home, and othertimes you're talking to Zoe. Sometimes the soundtrack is excellently placed and atmospheric, and sometimes Zoe hands you her headphones. Sometimes the game gives you a real sense of player agency, and other times Zoe is there Ultimately the concept and the execution does pull through into a genuinely great experience. it's whimsical, endearing, good hearted, and made honestly and with clear love from the creators. Through all the work the game does to draw you into having small moments of connection to its characters, the flaws become charming and colors get a little warmer. It's more than worth the price, time, and attention.

Very good single player game, such a good game to just chill and play.

I very much enjoyed this game. It doesn't hide its own political belief with an overt political narrative. However it maintains smaller character narratives that stand on their own. The game also has an interesting mechanic where your 'playable character' is actually an expendable non descript teenager. This allows you to 'fail' certain situations or runs without it affecting the game loop. Your first playthrough of this is going to be very enjoyable and I highly recommend playing through it once. However once you've completed the game it is possible/likely that you will have missed certain scenes or not completed a characters full story, if you want to see it you're going to have to do another full playthrough. There's no way to select certain character interactions or how to achieve a certain interaction and there's no way to skip some lengthy scenes you've just experienced. This is the most annoying part of the game for me. I should also mention the lighting engine doesn't seem to work and light will disappear at certain angles of vision. This annoyed me at first but there's only a few scenes where it makes a noticeable difference.

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♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. 10/10 game. goes unfornately hard when all the game ♥♥♥♥ is pretty much happening. loved the deep lore, how each and every character felt alive and unique, and how all the stories blended together in the end and throughout the game. 10/10, def game of the year material.

Я бы описал сия шедевр как интерактивное полу кино с очень интересными, глубокими персонажами каждый из которых очень отличается друг от друга, да даже третьестепенные персонажи могут заставить чуть ли не сидеть перед монитором находясь в полнейшем ♥♥♥♥ (как тот же Макс, который сначала меня бесил, а потом, а потом говорить не буду потому что спойлерыыы). Про персонажей закнчили, теперь про геймлей (если его можно так назвать), по факту он нулевой, но фоны невероятно красивы даже с такой ужасной порой графикой. Сюжет просто шелерален, наверняка у вас будет хотя бы 1 день-филлер, но даже он будет крайне интересным, а остальные дни порой заставляют решать дилемы вагонетки, где либо сдохнешь ты, либо напарник. Про концовку особо много много говорить не буду, скажу только то, что я сидел в ♥♥♥♥ больше чем когда проходил detroit become human

[h1]Отвратительные анимации с классной задумкой[/h1] Довольно классная игра где разнообразие прохождения играет первую роль. Каждая часть игрового процесса уникальна и не дает заскучать. Сюжет норм но над персонажами чуть больше поработали. Если вы хотите кинцо на денек то это то что нужно уж извините графон тут реально убл#дский и вы наверняка это заметите в финале игры . Саундтреки здесь классные спору нет и каждая под свое настроение.