I mean, who isn't.... 
OK, the subject of this thread captured my attention. I'm not sure what this game's about. Is it about fighting aliens with a station wagon or more about upgrading a station wagon to fight aliens? The latter seems right up our alley here on the forums, though. :-)
I'm in.
I've been waiting on this one.
Looks kind of like STALKER with car-modding instead of gun-modding, and way more comedy 
Yup. Going to get that one.
Looks interesting, thanks!
Well, I wasn't but that looks neat!
Belongs in the Station Wagon thread?
We have a release date!
This is my GOTY. I am VERY much anticipating this. Been on it since it first broke cover last year.
ETA- don't mind me. I'm getting out of what is purportedly Covid (Can't confirm, didn't bother with a test but SWMBO popped hot and I felt like E36 M3 so....) and this is the first time I've sat in front of a PC in three days.
Three days. Physical deluxe edition for those of us still in console world. With the death of skull and bones, this is my 2024 game.
Tomorrow. I was getting ready to go get a physical copy at GameStop and realized THAT doesn't come out til April.
So I bought it anyhow and bought a digital too. Good news is with PlayStation Plus - it made it so I'm still only paying $60 for both copies landed and I still get to play ASAP.
Aaaaand...
Wow. So much more than I anticipated. This game is HARD.
It definitely was not designed for us console cavemen. The controls are a handful. You have to remember all sorts of unconventional E36 M3. Like...I left my car in gear, and shut it off. I did not engage the parking brake. It rolled away from me when I went to go get items. You need to be conscious of fuel, tires, panel condition, headlights.... it's intense. All of your tools have wear. Scavenging is the real deal.
I haven't gotten too much into the story to know what's really going on. I've completed one mission. In that time frame I died once, my car was kidnapped once with me in it, once with me NOT in it (some weird space robot picked the damn thing up and hucked it off in the woods because it could). Each run appears to be randomized to an extent- I did the same run twice and the loot was different both times in terms of what I found and where. The basics were the same. Only the second time did I find the weird robot that was stealing my car.
Overall, I think once I manage to get the hang of it, I'm going to really enjoy it. I enjoy rogue like games, and weird possessed cars seems to be the right answer. It's getting used to the games quirks that's proving the hardest for me.
I pre-ordered, and played today for about an hour. Way too much crafting for me, and I didn't enjoy it. Not sure what I was expecting, but I guess it wasn't this.
Racebrick said:I pre-ordered, and played today for about an hour. Way too much crafting for me, and I didn't enjoy it. Not sure what I was expecting, but I guess it wasn't this.
Glad to see this review. Crafting and scavenging is not my thing and I've fallen into that trap too many times.
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There is a lot of crafting. That doesn't bug me all that much (my last big time suck was pal world) but if it's not a you thing this may not be your jam.
I bought it and downloaded it this morning. getting ready to play it shortly. Edit: I played for a couple of hours last night. Note that crafting in games for me is not a put off. Slightly buggy but nothing that stops the game. The developers don't think much of people that have lives outside of games. That means that you can't just save the game anytime and move on with your life, if you have to quit where its not saved you just have to redo all that you have already done. I knew this going into the game so I was prepared for it but its going to get really annoying as I progress further. maybe they will patch that later on when enough people complain. I'll deal with it, but if thats a no go for you, you have been warned. Beyond that, it's a clever game. Looking forward to playing more.
After a few hours, many frustrated moments, a couple deaths....im beginning to understand.
I even got a big milestone today, all my panels are STEEL and not crude! And my car is painted fancy. This is definitely a long haul game, and reading is fundamental.
Just crossed 40 hours. Am at the mission to the deep zone. Car is pretty pimpin at this point. Have a pretty good grasp on the stuff that needs to happen. This game has its faults, but I am very happy with it.
Picture of "pretty pimpin" car needed.
as she rolled in from the final story mission. The flames were a one mission only paint job- I ended up going with Winnebago stripes not too long after this.
Of note - this is not end game gear. Apparently there's still two levels of armor better than what I had here. Apparently though armor bonuses stack, so the idea of mixing and matching is the whole idea, hence having 3 kinds.
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