Posted on: July 26, 2018

mni

Games: Reviews: 3

Too buggy, yet I want to like it...

Reviewing Version 1.0, as it was released and is the only version now (Jul 26) on gog. (on a side note: seems there's an update to the Steam version, which gog did not get?) tl;dr: The game seems VERY UNFINISHED, it is bugged to a point where it seems game breaking to me (Istanbul map is comicly broken). MAYBE a patch will fix, meanwhile only buy for the Trabant nostalgia if you need to. My complaints in detail: * Istanbul map is fundamentally broken: entry to gas station is blocked of by a bridge pillar * Uncle does not leave the car, and if he does, he stays sitting on bed staring into the air. (WTF?!) * Extremely unbalanced gameplay, you either grind or cheat for enough money, neither is fun. * Trying to make money by salvaging parts from the road? Good luck with your almost non-existing inventory; I ended up just dropping parts in the car for selling (why is that not possible? I can fit a bottle in there easily, or uncle can hold....) * Maps seem to be generated somehow, but badly, I ended up passing the identical landscape twice many times. * Language selection required to quit the game * AI traffic honks at you on a 3-lane otherwise empty highway. Well, thank you... * gas stations should have a sign pointing to them (also: what point is there in putting one on top of a hill, miles from the highway?!) * Engine sound not even close to Trabant (why bother modelling it is such high detail otherwise then?) * Laika shop interface is an abomination: only images and prices, no explanation of stuff I'm buying. Also lets you buy stuff that never gets delivered. * A choice of 30 fuel tanks. Why was time spent on this instead of playtesting this game? * Numerous flaws in text (might be the translation) * Graphics are glitching every here and there, with objects flickering or clipping through others * No newspaper in hotels despite "tips and tricks" saying so On the good side: * lovely car * lovely radio music * lovely scenery I keep hoping for a proper version 2.

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Posted on: March 24, 2021

Vibor

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Games: 732 Reviews: 22

Very expensive. Very incomplete concept.

Neat idea hampered by a huge price and a LOT of missing quality of life features for a game these day. I'd love to get into it, but the game is so dark it's impossible to see what you're doing! The audio is super quiet, and the inventory system while cute at first becomes horrifically tedious at your very first stop: Trying to do your shopping in complete darkness is a joke...I guess shops in Europe don't have lights. Adding the simplest of options like gamma, and volume would probably make a huge difference to this title.

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Posted on: June 12, 2018

Angrierplatypus

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Games: 60 Reviews: 2

Avoid this as it is still bugged.

Cannot recommend this as you will still randomly run into game-breaking bugs: - Purchase an upgrade and it may not show up. - If it does show up you may be unable to install it and out much of your money. - Occasionally you'll lose the ability to interact with the world in any way..... All of these either break progression or ful on force the player to restart. Given the game's design, such bugs are totally unacceptable at this point.

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Posted on: August 14, 2024

Mark10

Games: 381 Reviews: 2

Lots of potential but it's abandonware

Got this on steam, it is one of the best games I played because if its unique concept but it's abandonware. Wouldn't work well with a controller unless you make some tweaks for hours, to make it work. So your best bet is to just roll with it on mouse and keyboard. It has a lot of potential, could've been better if there was dedication at all whatsoever. There is another game you can try that's similar to this called Under the Sand. Unique on its own as well.

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Edited on: November 6, 2025

Posted on: September 11, 2025

Burrito

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Games: 1514 Reviews: 54

Dread inspiring boredom

Jalopy is hard to play. Not that it's HARD, exactly, but it's dull enough to cause the kind of existential dread about your life wasting away that Russian and Eastern European games and literature sometimes strive for, but in a metatextual way independent of the gameplay itself. I should love this. I liked Quadrilateral Cowboy, so I should be all about the chunky graphics. I liked FTL and Oregon Trail, I enjoy the overall "get from A to B despite C D and E" playstyle. I enjoy Idle and Incremental games, a little time-sink-crunch shouldn't drive me away. I adore games with embodied interaction interfaces like Inscryption, the way the game handles managing 90% of the controls should really jive with me. I even like the occassional depressive narrative ala Pathologic, so the promise of constant oppression shouldn't be enough to turn me away. But Jalopy is just too unengaging to engage with. Play consists of Doing The Obvious to keep the car going, then holding W down to progress. Pay enough attention to not drive into a railing, but it's not exactly respendent with navigational challenges - it's more like turns in the road exist so you don't put a weight on the W key and wander off to do something else between moments of occassional low grade engagement. There's so little game here, and it needs so much attention, for so little payoff, with such little to endear it, with such a slow and unrewarding gameplay loop. It's not worth investing the time. Maybe try The Legend of Bear Truck Trucker instead for your 'drive around, getting by' fix instead?

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