Innovative Adventure Game Road 96 Appreciated by Players
Procedural adventure game Road 96 recorded a successful debut, meeting with a very positive reception on Steam. The game is also receiving good reviews in industry media.
Yesterday marked the release of Road 96. It is an adventure game enriched with procedural elements developed by Digixart.. Judging by the reviews and player impressions, the team has delivered a good game, which may appeal not only to fans of the genre.
The game was released on PC (both on Steam and Epic Games Store) and Nintendo Switch. Road 96 was appreciated by Steam users, as 91% of their reviews praise the game, which is categorizes as a "very positive reception" of the project. Below we quote the opinions of players:
"Its good. got my first teen killed, saved 3. Beat the kid at pong, lost at connect 4, made loads of cash on spinning cups. watched a man get beat to death. all in a day's adventuring towards Road 96."
"Nice road movie about life and struggle and young souls with strong Firewatch vibes and awesome music."
"I played Road 96 during beta the game was quite short, but very enjoyable. I've completed my first playthrough around 8 hours. Road 96 soundtrack was beautifully crafted as if it compliment the game itself just like TES V: Skyrim (Jeremy Soule) or Civilization 4 (Christopher Tin). This is where the soundtrack has transformed the game & the game has transformed the soundtrack."
The game also collects good reviews in the trade media. On Metacritic, the PC edition has an average rating of 78%, while the Switch edition has 76%.
Sample review scores for Road 96
- GamePressure - 9/10
- God is a Geek - 9/10
- Worth Playing - 9/10
- The Games Machine - 8.3/10
- RPG Fan - 82/100
- COGconnected - 80/100
- IGN - 8/10
- GamesBeat - 4/5
- NintendoWorldReport - 8/10
- Noisy Pixel - 8/10
- Shacknews - 8/10
- Twinfinite - 4/5
- Spaziogames - 7.7/10
- Checkpoint Gaming - 7/10
- GameSkinny - 7/10
- Nintendo Enthusias - 7/10
Reviewers praise the interesting story and intriguing characters. The procedural elements are also getting good reviews. They make the plot highly unpredictable, yet this randomness doesn't hurt the story. Criticism focuses on somewhat rough interface and technical issues, especially on Nintendo Switch. Some editors also point out that more could have been done with the concept in terms of gameplay.
