Midnight Road

[i]Midnight Road[/i] certainly is a [i]thing[/i]. I almost don't know what to make of it. It is a branching, choose-your-own-adventure-type of visual novel about a guy driving along a lonely road in the woods, heading to the city, who picks up a mysterious hitchhiker. I like the music. I like the style of the graphics. I like that there are many paths to take. The events that take place in the game are intriguing: they were not what I was expecting, so I was on my toes! Overall, I enjoyed my time with it, and I think it was a worthwhile interactive experience for what I paid for it. I do have one minor complain about an ending (minor spoiler): [spoiler]I did not like how abruptly the game ends if one chooses the 'blue pill' option. I didn't even realize that I was making a choice of an action, and I thought I was just bantering about with dialogue. Therefore, that was unpleasant. Not that I might've not taken that action, but that it caught me off guard.[/spoiler]

I like the idea and the setting. Like old school Outun, set at night, just driving 80s style. Its cool and relaxing. Reminded me a little bit of under the skin movie, but there is way too much repeating dialogue. The amount of times one of them says something and the other person repeats it......ah man it was way too much. Scrap all the repeating dialogue and it would have been a better length for a runthrough as it does drag on a bit. 5.5/10

Great, cost-effective game with compact storytelling and high replayability value. What's not to love? ;) Highly recommended!