Road 96 🛣️ (2021)

[h1]Memorable premise, forgettable game[/h1] The strongest part of the game is the overall concept imo. Playing as different characters trying to cross the country, hitchhiking from place to place, meeting recurring characters and slowly learning more about them is genuinely interesting to me. Also the art direction was kind of nice, there were several moments where the Environments, lighting and general atmosphere looked genuinely beautiful. But thats where the positive aspects kind of end for me. What bothered me pretty quickly is that Petria never really felt like a believable place to me. It feels like the game took a bunch of completely different inspirations, threw them together and hoped they would somehow form a coherent setting. You have this supposedly oppressive authoritarian country + landscape that looks like the american southwest + very american-esque election campaigns + Soviet/North Korean influence on top of everything, which was mostly confusing to me. The 1996 setting didn't really convince me either. Every now and then the game reminds you what decade it's supposed to be through a car, a piece of technology or the abscence of one (,,small computer''...) o…

great atmosphere

This game is FIRE ASF. I bought it a while ago (Sept.23 2025) on sale for 5 bucks never played it till last night (sept.30) and tonight (Oct.1), I got all Cheevos in under 23 hours I left the game open for at least 12 hours while I slept so honestly played for 11 hours fr the game is really fun and very interesting and some not all choices felt like they held weight in corresponds to what my actions were previously and they're was some shocking plot twist between the characters my only complaint is that there was a bug with a half invisible l floating license plate but I seen it once and it happened after a mission involving the taxi driver but other than that I have no complaints. Its a fire game with a good story and cool characters and on a 1-10 scale on achievement hunting difficulty its a 2-10 only bc I missed 2 achievement's on my first playthrough so I had to play 2 times great time and money greatly spent 8.5/10 overall WOULD RECOMMEND

I reaaally want to like this game, it's got this awkward little charm that somewhat offsets the.... weird... voice acting moments and jilted "my first attempt is always good enough" style of animation. Like... in both categories, there's a LOT to love in here. It's got some real moments and small gems that make you really feel like the devs loved what they were doing... and then... you have otherwise loveable characters randomly deciding they REALLY need to make sure you caught their little schtick... dawg. See if you play the game, you'll know EXACTLY what I mean by "dawg". It was worth what I paid for it, which was $5, and I don't exactly regret the purchase. But I cannot bring myself to play the new game + mode because I feel like any variance I experience is just gonna be more awkward voice acting and jilted hand movements. If that doesn't sound like it would bother you, then totally check this out. But gahd damn man, it really bothers me.

I love the artstyle, the story is deep and talking about problems in our society. I love this game and also i love how diverse it is, no run is like the other run, and every little decision you make really has an impact :) The characters are also well written with some deep storys behind them :) Its totally worth playing.

honestly one of the most fun games i have played. super relaxing yet totally chaotic. 10000/10