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gaming1 year ago

"Exploring the Endless Roads of Pacific Drive: A Unique Survival Game Review"

The duration to finish Pacific Drive varies based on individual gameplay and luck with random events, anomalies, and road layouts. While the original review guide suggests a completion time of 12-14 hours, actual experiences indicate it could take 30+ hours due to factors such as supply runs, exploration, and resource scarcity. The game's unpredictability and the impact of upgrades on protection and repairs also influence the time needed to complete the game, making it reliant on both focus and luck during each playthrough.

gaming1 year ago

"Exploring the Uncharted Terrain of Pacific Drive: A Unique Survival Driving Sim"

Pacific Drive is a tough and original driving/survival/roguelite game set in the Olympic Exclusion Zone, blending elements of driving, survival, and crafting-focused gameplay. Players navigate hazardous conditions, gather resources, and upgrade their car while exploring the irradiated wilderness. The game's deep tech tree and crafting system focus on modifying and maintaining the car, making it a central element of the gameplay. With its specific setting, deep familiarity, and captivating car protagonist, Pacific Drive offers a bewitching and challenging experience for players on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC.

gaming1 year ago

"Reimagining Survival: Pacific Drive's Innovative Gameplay and Terrain"

Ironwood Studios debuts its game, Pacific Drive, which combines driving and survival elements set in the Pacific Northwest, aiming to create a unique bond between players and their station wagon. The game's development involved experimenting with player-car interactions and overcoming challenges in creating a believable and customizable car experience. The studio's founder, Alex Dracott, shares insights into the game's creation, the growth of Ironwood Studios, and the decision to partner with Kepler Interactive for publishing. While there are no firm plans for DLC or a sequel, Dracott sees potential for expanding the game in the future.

video-games1 year ago

"Pacific Drive: An Oddly Lovable Nightmare - A Review"

Pacific Drive is a punishing, off-beat love story between driver and car set in the relentlessly damp Pacific Northwest, where players must navigate a cursed and recalcitrant Zone while scavenging for resources and crafting upgrades to escape. The game's intentionally overwhelming systems, dark and bleak environment, and deliberately awkward user interface create an exhausting yet oddly enjoyable experience that shifts from sadism to masochism, ultimately offering a unique and challenging gameplay that players opt into.

gaming1 year ago

"Survive the Pacific Drive: A Review of the Car-Centric Atmospheric Game"

Pacific Drive is an atmospheric survival game that simulates the experience of driving a rusty station wagon through an abandoned region filled with paranormal phenomena and natural hazards. While the game effectively conveys the fragility of the car and the bond between the driver and the vehicle, it is criticized for being fiddly, long-winded, and mean-spirited, with laborious repair processes and an over-stretched gameplay loop. Despite its engaging premise and detailed driving simulation, the game is locked into a framework of repetitive and mundane tasks, detracting from its atmospheric qualities.

gaming1 year ago

"Steam Next Fest Highlights: Dungeonborne Tops February's Most Played Demos"

Dungeonborne was the most played game during February's Steam Next Fest demo, with over 19K concurrent players, propelling it from the top 500 to the top 50 most wishlisted games on Steam. The developers, Mithril Interactive, expressed gratitude for the feedback and outlined plans to address challenges identified during the playtest. Other popular demos included Stormgate, Pacific Drive, Homeworld 3, and Backpack Battles, showcasing the diverse range of games that captured players' interest during the event.

games2 years ago

"Exploring the Roguelite Road Trip of Pacific Drive"

Pacific Drive is a vehicle-based horror game that captures the essence of driving and isolation, set in an exclusion zone filled with reality-shifting anomalies. Players must scavenge for supplies to upgrade their car while navigating through the dangerous environment. The game's atmosphere and the bond formed with the car elevate the experience, despite some initial unclear objectives and overwhelming information.

gaming2 years ago

"Surviving the Cursed Wilderness: A Roguelite Road Trip on Pacific Drive"

Pacific Drive is a thrilling science fiction survival game set in the cursed wilderness of the Pacific North-West, where players cobble together old cars and navigate through a hazardous Zone filled with unexpected dangers and challenges. The game's fiddly and ingenious simulation requires players to constantly maintain and improve their vehicles while facing terrifying and unpredictable obstacles, making for a gloriously horrible and stressful yet brilliant gaming experience.

gaming2 years ago

"Unveiling the Surreal Journey of Pacific Drive: Launching on PS5 in February"

The driving-survival game Pacific Drive, developed by Ironwood Studios, is set to release on PS5 on February 22, 2024, after a delay from its original 2023 window. Players will explore the otherworldly 'Zone' in a customizable car, collecting resources while navigating dangerous terrain. The game joins a crowded early 2024 release schedule and offers a unique risk versus reward gameplay experience.

gaming2 years ago

"Surreal Driving-Survival Game Pacific Drive Set for February Release"

The driving-focused roguelite survival game, Pacific Drive, has been given a release date of February 22. Set in a surreal version of the Pacific Northwest, players navigate a forest filled with supernatural threats using a station wagon. The world shifts with each trip, and players must repair and modify their vehicle to survive encounters with dangers like the Zone Storm. Pacific Drive will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC.

gaming2 years ago

"PlayStation's Exclusive Pacific Drive Racing Game Delayed to 2024"

PlayStation exclusive game, Pacific Drive, has been delayed until Q1 2024, disappointing fans who were eagerly awaiting its release in 2023. Ironwood Studios, the game's developer, cited the need to prioritize the team's well-being and ensure the game is the best it can be. Despite the delay, fans have shown understanding and respect for the decision, with many looking forward to other upcoming releases like Baldur's Gate 3.