Sunset Routes
- November 16, 2022
- Renka
Get on Steam"Sunset Routes" is a rhythm-based driving game where you speed along neon-lit streets to the beat of J-pop music. Customize your vehicle and navigate through diverse cities across Japan, while mastering tricky routes and avoiding traffic. With a variety of songs and difficultly levels, this game offers a fun and challenging experience for fans of rhythm and driving games alike.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game is simple, relaxing, and engaging, making it enjoyable for casual play.
- It features a creative deckbuilding mechanic that allows players to choose their crew and make strategic decisions.
- The price point is very low, making it accessible and worth the experience despite its limitations.
- The game suffers from a lack of content and variety, relying heavily on repetitive procedural generation.
- Visuals and animations are subpar, resembling outdated browser games rather than modern PC titles.
- Technical issues and minor translation errors detract from the overall experience, making it feel amateurish.
- gameplay6 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
Gameplay is characterized by extensive reading and minimal interactive elements, often feeling more like a visual novel than a traditional game. While the core mechanics include a deckbuilding system and casual trading, many players find the experience shallow and bogged down by lengthy text cutscenes. However, the relaxing music and appealing art style contribute positively to the overall atmosphere.
“Pretty relaxing music that matches the relaxing gameplay, and I really appreciate how good the art is.”
“Core gameplay is an interesting deckbuilder of the ship's crew with some very casual trading.”
“The gameplay is fairly shallow but rewarding at the price point.”
“Gameplay here involves a lot of reading, and occasionally dragging and dropping crew around and interacting with other dialogs that represent various events in this contentless RNG procedural generation choose-your-own-adventure.”
“You'll spend a huge amount of time not playing the game, but clicking through endless lines of poorly written visual novel text cutscenes because the developers couldn't figure out how to relate their narrative through the game mechanics, and decided instead it would be better to compete with reading a book for your time.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are criticized for their simplistic 2D art assets, which offer little improvement even when resolution settings are adjusted. Reviewers describe the visuals as lackluster and comparable to outdated games, with a mediocre artistic presentation that fails to engage players. Overall, the visual quality is deemed insufficient, lacking substantial enhancements or animation.
“Music is kind of generic, but the artwork is nice, even if there is not a lot of it.”
“While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
“Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lackluster 2D visuals.”
“While the artwork itself might be considered passable, the visual presentation here is negligible; it might as well be a slideshow or a YouTube video.”
- music6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally described as nice and relaxing, complementing the gameplay well, though some users find it repetitive and generic. While the soundtrack is appreciated for its calming qualities, there is a desire for more variety and originality in the music. Overall, the art is praised, but the limited musical diversity detracts from the experience for some players.
“Pretty relaxing music that matches the relaxing gameplay, and I really appreciate how good the art is.”
“As for the soundtrack, like the other Ren'Py games, it was a bop until it wasn't, and it quickly goes not bop because it's just on repeat.”
“I would like there to be more variety to the music and maybe a randomized name generator for the crew we pick up.”
“Simple, short, and relaxing music.”
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game's story is criticized for lacking proper level design and a coherent plot, as it relies on repetitive procedural generation instead of crafting engaging content, resulting in a disjointed and uninspired narrative experience.
“The game features no proper level design or story flow, as they opted to use repetitive procedural generation algorithms instead of creating meaningful content.”
“The narrative feels disjointed and lacks depth, making it hard to engage with the characters or the world.”
“There is a noticeable absence of character development, leaving the story feeling flat and uninteresting.”
