#open roads

[newrulesnewlife]

I'm playing Open Roads and I love how the area you investigate is a series of well stocked photorealistic homes, cars and gardens and the lead characters are simple drawings. They aren't even animated. It's great.

The story also really has me drawn in.

[endlessandrea]

Sondra Perry, OPEN ROADS with You Can Try It but I See You Comin' Hoe., April 20, 2023 Barbershop chair, plasticine, aluminum, incense, motor and reflective plexiglass corner dome 88.90 × 66.04 × 58.42 cm

[theoldcrowunderscore]

Open Roads: A Breath of Fresh Air

The third game in my series, Great Canadian Summer of Games.

Below the line you'll find a list of my loosely structured thoughts. Please keep in mind that my opinions are purely subjective.

1. The Acting 🎭

The first thing I noticed about Open Roads was it's unique animation style.

Initially, I felt iffy about 2D hand-drawn characters combined with 3D environments. But as I played the game, the art style very quickly grew on me.

The small cast of voice actors brought so much life to their characters. Even off screen characters, like Tess' dad, communicated with their own distinct style that made them feel alive.

2. The Environment 🌤️

As a certified hater of open-world games, the level design in Open Roads was absolutely perfect for me.

With only 3 hours of gameplay, Open Roads manages to include several environments that are interesting without being ridiculously large. Even closed-world games fall into this trap of making their levels too large, which in turn makes basic tasks tedious (re: my experience navigating the map in Kona).

Each level of this game felt like it was perfectly feng shui-ed; navigating the map felt intuitive and easy.

3. The Journal 📝

I loved the way Open Roads chose to track tasks.

You (Tess) jot down objectives in a to-do list format in your journal. Each task is no longer than a paragraph, and is written in the main character's voice.

You get exactly the amount of information you need to complete a task. As you get things done, Tess crosses off the items. The most ingenious part of this journal mechanic? You can scroll back up and read your completed tasks – this spells out the game's story.

4. Short and Sweet 🍰

Open Roads is a short game where no moment feels wasted.

I finished this game in 5 hours, across 3 streams. The game was enjoyable, memorable, and meaningful – the emotional impact of the plot wasn't lessened in the slightest by its short playtime.

In summary, I wholeheartedly recommend Open Roads, especially if you're a fan of narrative adventures like me :)

Bonus: Canadian Trash Talk

[sleepdepravity]

yeah that one reviewer doesn't know shit i love picking things up here

[themagikmirror]

Open Your Own Road🔓🚥

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[sleepdepravity]

started playing open roads. I looked at some reviews to see if I wanted to actually buy it or not, and one of the reviews complained about how there are too many useless things to pick up and i'm like, "fool. you will never know the joys of picking things up."

[theoldcrowunderscore]

The Great Canadian Summer of Games

spending my broke girl summer playing games set in 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦

🎥 currently streaming The Long Dark 🎥

Completed

A Short Hike

Venba

Tails Noir

Open Roads

Kona

Celeste