Road 96 depicts a grim and brutal reality in a superficial and cartoonish way, it doesn't really work.
The idea of a Rogue/Walking Sim hybrid is novel and interesting I think I got a fairly coherent run throughout but some storylines get repetitive.
The characters you meet are fine for the most part, I guess it depends on the episodes - some are very ridiculous: adults tell you to take the wheel and drive into traffic more than once.
I liked Zoe and Alex the least to a point I cared more about the random same face teenagers you meet on the road than those two annoying youngsters your character is supposed to related with. The game seems to really like Zoe - a character that frequently escalates situations and put her serrounding in danger she'll be immune to. The game then expects you to take a bullet for her, twice. I wasn't a fan.
Visually the game is stunning, though the animation is somewhat lackluster.
I really liked the soundtrack and thought it was used well through the game.
It's an alright experience that goes on a tad to long. It takes six runs to finish the game, I think four runs with adjusted encounters would have been enough. A full run is also not enough to complete all the encounters for some reason? I tried new game + and by the 2nd encounter I got a repeat event and lost interest.
The idea of a Rogue/Walking Sim hybrid is novel and interesting I think I got a fairly coherent run throughout but some storylines get repetitive.
The characters you meet are fine for the most part, I guess it depends on the episodes - some are very ridiculous: adults tell you to take the wheel and drive into traffic more than once.
I liked Zoe and Alex the least to a point I cared more about the random same face teenagers you meet on the road than those two annoying youngsters your character is supposed to related with. The game seems to really like Zoe - a character that frequently escalates situations and put her serrounding in danger she'll be immune to. The game then expects you to take a bullet for her, twice. I wasn't a fan.
Visually the game is stunning, though the animation is somewhat lackluster.
I really liked the soundtrack and thought it was used well through the game.
It's an alright experience that goes on a tad to long. It takes six runs to finish the game, I think four runs with adjusted encounters would have been enough. A full run is also not enough to complete all the encounters for some reason? I tried new game + and by the 2nd encounter I got a repeat event and lost interest.