Road 96

“My biggest problem is the complete lack of coherence between story and gameplay, and how each of those aren't even especially good in their own right.”

“For a game supposedly about freedom, choices and affecting people around us, you don't enjoy any freedom as the player; there are only three virtually identical endings, the cutscenes almost don't allow for any deviation, and there is no gameplay besides walking and interacting with a few objects in very railroaded and enclosed levels.”

“Overall, the gameplay itself is pretty simple, and while the story does change, I found the gameplay mechanics to be what stopped me from replaying.”

“The immersion is lacking, the storyline is ultimately boring, and the world feels absolutely soulless.”

“The emotional depth is non-existent, leaving players feeling disconnected from the characters and their struggles.”

“Despite attempts at emotional storytelling, the execution falls flat, resulting in a lack of genuine engagement.”

“Great game, wish it was longer but incredible story and fun to play, but there is no replayability.”

“Replayability is out the window; after beating the game once, I have no desire to try again with there being three endings that are very similar.”

“For a game that has a description that strongly indicates replayability, it leaves you really unmotivated to play again after you complete it once.”

“The atmosphere it creates really gives you the perception that you're one of Petria's missing teens.”

“Bought this on a whim because I'm a big fan of choice-based games, I really loved it in the beginning, but everything starts to feel obvious on what to do or say. Some characters really try too hard to fit the atmosphere, and it comes off as hard to watch and cringey. It just didn't work for me; everything felt dry for me, a little too much of a lighthearted take on politics.”

“The graphics are so-so, but the story, atmosphere, and experience are mind-blowing.”

“It's a decent game, but the developers overdid it on cringey humor and buzzwords that some characters love to repeat every other sentence.”

“The story has some moments where I started to think I might be building feelings for these characters, but then the game either immediately cuts to something that's supposed to be funny or never mentions it again.”

“I mean, for one, it’s not funny… it’s just sad. The central plot of the game is that a mass exodus of teenagers is attempting to flee the country after a brutal dictatorship has taken over, and the dictatorship is trying to round these teenagers up before they can escape and put them in concentration camps to kill them. I mean, that just doesn’t come across as a parody or satire.”

“There's no real character development, plot twists, or anything interesting happening here... a few NPCs explain their motivations to do something, but none of it really concurs with the main premise in a significant way.”

“However, the game falls short in the character development department, with characters lacking the depth needed to leave a lasting impact.”

“It’s just tedious and drastically cuts down on character development as each interaction with the NPCs in this game are always going to be with a new character.”

“I really enjoyed the game on my second playthrough, having different endings for key characters, but alas not the overall ending I wanted (free spirit is dull and pointless), so I will have to go through again I guess; however, with all key character interactions found at 100% and all achievements unlocked, I am certain it will be tedious.”

“The game has different scenes related to the different characters, so the only difference between playthroughs is the order of these scenes as you move towards your goal, which can make finding specific or all of the scenes a tad tedious on multiple playthroughs.”

“This honestly wasn't very tedious at first, but after a few times (and certainly after the first playthrough) it became repetitive, and the lack of a skip option became literal torture.”

“Finally: buggy, it failed to save a few times, which as you might imagine is very annoying.”

“The game runs smooth but almost every time it goes to a loading screen or does something besides talk to someone, it freezes and won't do anything; most of the time the screen just goes blank.”

“Please help me, I keep getting serious blank screen glitches in the brigade's meeting spot that prevents me from progressing the story, and all throughout the game key characters are just digital black holes.”

“The game has graphical and performance glitches that are apparent enough that you will notice.”

“Game needs to be optimized better; I can run GTA V on high and DBD, but I can barely run this game at 50 FPS on low.”

“The biggest flaw of the game right now, in my opinion, is the performance.”

“Feels like dishonest advertisement.”

“Sadly, once the story ends and you click on new game+ to get the scenes you missed, you start to notice all the flaws and half-baked things the game carries, with an advertising that straight up feels like a blatant lie, endings that are not different enough to compensate for extra playthroughs, mechanics that are in the game, but are never taken advantage of, and overall a product that feels like they shipped because they ran out of budget.”

“Even if we look past the broken promises by this dev team, the extremely dull replayability (in a game specifically advertising replayability), and the abysmal performance (many scenes dropped frames from 80+ to ~20)... this game is still nothing but blatant political propaganda created by serial hypocrites.”