Unfortunately for players, Road Not Taken, while theoretically interesting, is flawed in practice. Successful roguelikes, at their core, require addictive gameplay that keeps players scratching that ever-present “just one more game” itch. Sadly, Road Not Taken plays more like a chore than an exciting puzzler, and its backstory and flawed attempts at establishing emotion give players little reason to actually care.
PS Blog: Hi folks! We’re pleased to announce the first major (free!) update to Road Not Taken is hitting your PS4s now!
Avoiderdragon:Thanks to games like FTL: Faster Than Light and The Binding of Isaac, roguelikes are now more prominent in recent releases. Some examples that have come out this year are Abyss Odyssey and the dancepad dungeon crawler Crypt of the NecroDancer. The roguelike express is not bound to stop anytime soon, and here’s another one for the road.
Continue Play's Brian Kale takes a look at Road Not Taken, the charming yet dark puzzle game about a Ranger who has been tasked to save the children a a remote forest village.
"Every year we loose a few, but we'll just have to make more."
Seems like it was a road to nowhere.
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Road not Taken. Now we know why.
love the art, hate the gameplay.