There are basics, like strength and stamina, as well as a morale meter that shifts as characters bicker or eat a good meal. The characters have a range of stats that are indicated with pleasantly vague faces. Much like past me, he wasn’t that great at surviving. My first character, Tighe, had bright blue hair and the qualities of being ‘charming’ and ‘friend of dog.’ He was basically a stylised version of me from about six years ago, when I was working as a dog walker and playing in a punk rock marching band. You can create your own player characters and followers or start with randomised ones, and custom characters can also appear as NPCs in your games. You can also get sucked into a vortex, make sweet jumps in an ice cream truck, stub your toe a lot, and tell a whole bunch of people to “cool it.” Along the way the little band loots buildings, fights off hordes of the shambling undead, and encounters friendly traders and not-so-friendly bandits. Rocketcat Games’ randomly-generated road trip game has you escaping zombie-ridden Florida to drive to Canada, where I assume Justin Trudeau was cool enough to ward off zombies. Given this, it’s probably no surprise most of my forays didn’t go that well, but I had a great time trying to steer a band of pixelated misfits to Canada.
In Death Road to Canada, I wanted someone who’d be fun to hang around with in a zombie apocalypse, rather than a simple zombie-clobbering machine. Or at least the dozen of us that are left.When games let me roll a character before I start, I always make someone who seems cool, rather than min-maxing stats. A definite buy for split screen and shared screen gamers.
It is tough but the addition of co-op means it’s never dull and always a laugh. Overall, for the price I have no qualms with Death Road to Canada. The thing that ties it all together is that it’s funny – whether that be banter between the group or a certain character trait leading to an hilarious outcome in a random encounter on the road. And the soundtrack is great, switching between heavy beats or some genuinely relaxing melodies. The game is also gorgeous, with the cartoony art and gore giving it it’s own style. Do you slow down? Or speed up and do a sick jump? It might lead to arguments when the car is destroyed, but it’s a less lonely apocalypse. And true, the AI companion is far more capable than me, but mowing through zombies as a pair is twice the fun.
DEATH ROAD TO CANADA SKILLS PLUS
On the plus side, to help you with these difficulties, the game offers shared screen vouch co-op! Truthfully, this was the selling point for me. It makes the brawls against the undead a very tense thing, and every room needs a certain amount of planning. So when you’re mashing the button to hit, make sure to watch your character’s face and see how red he/she is getting. There’s a myriad of cool melee weapons and a range of guns, and you can pick up objects to throw. The game has a surprisingly detailed combat system (in comparison to Organ Trail at the very least). Meaning that even if you take the best character types, conserve gas, collect enough food, and stock up on bullets – the gang might still get robbed by bandits or fall in a puddle. And do you scrounge the zombie infested town for the last slither or gas? Or risk breaking down in a worse spot further on? As well as these things to consider, the game is randomised. You have vital supplies like food and gasoline, but these can also be traded. There’s also an element of item management to consider. It takes a few attempts to learn which skills do which, and which characters to take.
So because of this, you’re very unlikely to get to Canada first time. So for example, having a character with a good mechanical skill will help if (more like when) the car breaks down. These effect the character’s many stats and the choices you have in certain situations. You can create your own character with a number of personality traits. But this is a little more in-depth than that in a few ways. If you’ve played Organ Trail, then you have a reasonably good idea what to expect – in a general sense. It sees you controlling a group of eclectic characters as they make their way from Florida to the safe haven of Canada, in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Death Road to Canada describes itself as a ‘ Randomly Generated Road Trip Action-RPG’ which sums it up pretty well, actually.
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