Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
This is one of those games that really had me all over the place as I played it. On the one hand, the simple but pleasant presentation and yearly progression of the main character drew me in, as did the variety of interesting puzzles in this roguelike title. In the end however, I found its depth to be somewhat lacking, with a world that proved a little more shallow and far less interesting to me than I had initially hoped. In the end we wind up with a game that has its heart in the right place, but at the same time it seems to be suffering from a bit of an identity crisis.
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."
