Traffic
released on Sep 02, 2022
Traffic is an Atmospheric First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way.
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TRAFFIC is a short indie game/walking "where the hell do I go simulator" with a story about domestic abuse, kidnapping, and a trade of some sort?. Truth be told, this game was kind of a confusing one, I went in blind and for the most part had no idea what I was doing, and by the end of the game I still have no idea what I did. I don't even know too much of what happened, as the story is kind of muddled and the most in depth plot explanation is that:
"TRAFFIC is about a family living in Wyoming as they traverse through the economic recession of 2008. You play as the single child in a family of three, along with your Mother and Father." Keep in mind that this is something you get from the steam page, otherwise this is what I got for those who care:
"You live in an abusive home, you dad's a piece of s h i t and an old man he had as a guest has set his sights on your family. Your mother dies, your father tries to lock you in the shed out back only to die later on, then you get kidnapped. This is in between paranormal shadow creatures watching you so my guess is dad made a pact with some sort of demon?"
I'm not sure, that's how I interpreted it but I'm sure anyone could interpret it with something more interesting to be honest.
The gameplay is basically another "walking simulator" where you follow through random objectives. I don't hate the game but it does get really vague sometimes, basically looking up a walk through to help along certain points when I get stuck. There was also a bug where I tried to talk to Mom and it wouldn't let me past the first sentence.
It's atmosphere is definitely creepy and as always I'm a sucker for PS1 graphics so I can't hate on the audio visual department.
Pros:
Cheap
Small game
Creepy
PS1 Graphics
Cons:
A big buggy here and there
Vague and confusing
Overall it's not a bad title; it's small, short and cheap at 2.99 US not on sale, so if you want a short horror experience and you have time to kill why not give it some time? I enjoy little romps like this on occasion. Just keep in mind it'll be a bit disturbing, and if someone has a better explanation for the plot feel free to put it out there.
UPDATE: Playing the Halloween Event I didn't know existed until recently, it's an interesting addition, you basically go to the TRAFFIC house, the creepy old man invites you in and you play a weird form of CoD: Zombies. One ending includes walking away, but if you continue on you can buy guns off the wall, open up doors, and fight a boss called the Deep One. Interesting Stuff.
UPDATE 2: The dev has now lowered the price to 0.99, which is an even better deal than before. Also if you want to follow the dev here are some links:
https://laudgames.com/About-Me/
https://www.youtube.com/@Laudplays/featured
https://twitter.com/zzzlaud
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/
"TRAFFIC is about a family living in Wyoming as they traverse through the economic recession of 2008. You play as the single child in a family of three, along with your Mother and Father." Keep in mind that this is something you get from the steam page, otherwise this is what I got for those who care:
"You live in an abusive home, you dad's a piece of s h i t and an old man he had as a guest has set his sights on your family. Your mother dies, your father tries to lock you in the shed out back only to die later on, then you get kidnapped. This is in between paranormal shadow creatures watching you so my guess is dad made a pact with some sort of demon?"
I'm not sure, that's how I interpreted it but I'm sure anyone could interpret it with something more interesting to be honest.
The gameplay is basically another "walking simulator" where you follow through random objectives. I don't hate the game but it does get really vague sometimes, basically looking up a walk through to help along certain points when I get stuck. There was also a bug where I tried to talk to Mom and it wouldn't let me past the first sentence.
It's atmosphere is definitely creepy and as always I'm a sucker for PS1 graphics so I can't hate on the audio visual department.
Pros:
Cheap
Small game
Creepy
PS1 Graphics
Cons:
A big buggy here and there
Vague and confusing
Overall it's not a bad title; it's small, short and cheap at 2.99 US not on sale, so if you want a short horror experience and you have time to kill why not give it some time? I enjoy little romps like this on occasion. Just keep in mind it'll be a bit disturbing, and if someone has a better explanation for the plot feel free to put it out there.
UPDATE: Playing the Halloween Event I didn't know existed until recently, it's an interesting addition, you basically go to the TRAFFIC house, the creepy old man invites you in and you play a weird form of CoD: Zombies. One ending includes walking away, but if you continue on you can buy guns off the wall, open up doors, and fight a boss called the Deep One. Interesting Stuff.
UPDATE 2: The dev has now lowered the price to 0.99, which is an even better deal than before. Also if you want to follow the dev here are some links:
https://laudgames.com/About-Me/
https://www.youtube.com/@Laudplays/featured
https://twitter.com/zzzlaud
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/