The game was stolen! A Russian developer stole the game!

Yeah, definitely getting big Mirrors Edge vibes.

i put in 20 hours and its the most annoying thing ive ever played

Nice! Great review, Joe. Glad you dug it for the most part. 😊

I LOVE DRIVING!!!

freaky gooning love it !

Good to hear

The first quirk I noticed was that the left rear door opened every time I turned on the radio lol

Priceless reactions! 🤣🤣🤣

monster get you

1. It's a bug. 2. It's not a bug; it's a feature. 3. Are you sure you paid for that feature?

I once dove through the gateway right at the climax of the song Liminal Drifter with the red zone right on my ass, and I'm still riding that high. Absolute 10/10 experience.

My first quirk that I encountered was that every time I went in reverse, the hood would pop open. I fixed it, and then it happened again.

Lmao was that a BLM sticker on the back of that car...? Trash woke game, hope it fails

If i'm honest, what we need are more out of car scenarios for it. And I don't mean step out, scrap, loot, get back in and drive. I'm talking maybe you find a bunker that your car physically cannot enter, and can't get too close to. So you have to make a choice. Trust your car will survive without you for a bit and face the bunker for some rare goods? Or choose to let it be and keep driving.

I for one would love more in depth idle games with this kind of visual feedback.

1:32 and that's just the outer zone lol

Not only the gameplay is good but the music just fits exactly especially the song “Puzzle Pieces” because it fits so well even the lyrics bashes the fact that you and that lemon are in this together. “If you want to, I can be there for you”

Just got it last night on my switch. Definitely going to be playing this in my down time.

Has that 1999 Ubisoft look and feel. Like Tonic Trouble or Rayman 2.

honestly the main thing i wanted added to the game is probably alternate endings and more serious anomalies, a lot are basically speedbumps if ur well prepared more unpredictability and intimidating anomalies like the blacksmith

Just came out on Switch a few days ago it’s really good. The platforming seems like it would be a lot harder than it is. The platforming seems a lot easier than Mario 64 even if it looks like it should be harder to pull off

wish longer

Pacific drive has been my favorite survival craft game since Stranded Deep. I'm only sad that once I'm done beating it I won't see another like it for a long time. Nonetheless I've enjoyed the crazy ride 😂

bro did u amd graphics card, i have strange issue on game sprinkle issue

With all do respect I fucking hate this game but I still play it😂😂🤬

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What a great review. I was having trouble describing what I like about this game so much and did a excellent job of explaining why!

Just had my first failed extraction! Lost so much stuff but damn was it fun haha

love the way you write very descriptive :)

Pacific Drive isn't about the zone. It's not about you. It's not about the Station Wagon. It's about the connection and attachment one can share with an object, and one that many can relate to. Their first car, far from ideal, but you make the best of it and through nurturing it, that attachment manifests. Making an in-game lore piece out 9f that attachment cleverly played right into the thinking of many players. I spent more time in the garage than in the actual world, taking parts off, putting new parts on, spraying different colors, decals, attaching new abilities, jamming to the radio, patching the car up, test driving it, diagnosing quirks, perusing the upgrade trees, etc. It's all about that attachment.

Grammar is lost with this one....

Great format. Great review. Made it an easy purchase decision!

I think a good thing to mention is that the story drives a sense of urgency, as you progress, it is mentioned that your character gets more and more attached to the car to the point where it can become fatal. So you notice that the car itself starts to play little animations on the screen near the door, you get saved if you die by it's systems, it adapts to you as you do to it. That really sets the feel of how important this car really is to you. And they don't need to make the character talk or in any way portray that they are getting addicted to the car because YOU as the player are getting attached to it through the different elements mentioned. Same thing can be said for the instability barrier in a junction, it kind of ties into the story as well as it being and invisible barrier to the game world. It all kind of makes sense, so you get this huge sense of immersion as if you are the character instead of there being one crafted for you. Great Game, Buy it Great Short Review, Love it

I live in the northern hemisphere, during winter its a lot like this here, we barely get any sun everything looks grey and miserable, this game truly captures that feeling well, however im not eastern European, so the design of cities look slightly different, but from watching loads of travel vlogs involving those places it looks pretty bang on tbh

I thought the Black Lives Matter and the 78 different queer stickers was a weird touch for a single player horror survival game

Can confirm this game's accuracy

MWZ feels.

I'm looking to get this

This game is good but extremely frustrating

Glad you like what we have so far.

Its great but the save system sucks, 45 Minute into mission game crashes, need to restart the whole mission.

this game is honestly incredible. i personally love the flow between high octane escapes, creeping around anomalies, chill looting, and the relaxing upgrading back at the garage.

Bruh my doors kept opening and I didn't know why so I turned on the radio and leave it on and it seems to fix its quirk for now lol

Pacific Drive doesn't need to be turned into another shooter but I do agree another layer of gameplay outside the car would make it even more awesome.

I don't usually comment, but I had to for this. You are not just a talented reviewer; you are an incredible writer alongside that. As someone currently playing through Pacific Drive, the quirk system feels like the lifeblood of this game that sets it apart from everything else. Fire review, keep doing what you're doing, and something will hit.

Another thing about the quirk system some are also positive. I get a speed boost every time I turn my headlights on, yes you can spam it. When the car is in drive it starts almost immediately. Every time you use the shifter all the doors swing shut they only latch sometimes though.

By far my favourite anomaly in the game is the blacksmith just because of how imposing it is when it's readying up to slam down onto the ground

that feeling of punching through the forest, dodging trees and fence rails, hoping you don't hit a Tourist and Damn The Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead down a scree slope with the Red Death hot on your heels, YOWZA!

I love how it’s kinda close to the ones from lampoons vacations