Pacific Drive is essentially Jalopy with more sauce. Starting out with this little shitcan strapped together with nothing but duct tape and a few prayers, you head out on a road trip into a beautiful depiction of the Olympic Peninsula.

I've personally driven those winding highways in a shitcan of my own - cruising through the pouring rain, the dreary morning barely lit by my shitty, clouded headlights; there's a very specific eeriness winding through those trees. Pacific Drive takes that innate emotion of the region and adds in legitimate paranormal threats and intrigue, the result is an incredibly compelling locale to base the core loop of the game.

Ducking into little shacks, scrounging for little bits of scrap, dodging the anomalies, racing towards the extraction, then heading back to the garage to upgrade the shitcan, my shitcan. Admittedly, Pacific Drive is often not exhilarating in its moment-to-moment gameplay, it's much more interested in building atmosphere as you crawl across the terrain. I doubt everyone will enjoy the gameplay here, and maybe I'm just too biased regarding the setting, but I'm overjoyed that a game like Pacific Drive exists. If you're a fan of titles like Jalopy, The Long Drive, or My Summer Car, do yourself a favor a give this one a try, I'm sure you'll fall in love.