I've only put a few hours into it so far, but so far I find the game really interesting Conceptually it feels like a crossover between FTL, Into the Breach, and This War of Mine, where you have to continually scavenge for fuel to keep a vehicle going, but each scenario is like a short tactical RPG scenario, where you have some objective, like finding fuel, interacting with other survivors, trading, or moving barricades that stop your car from moving, all the while being hunted by these strange alien creatures. What reminds me of Into the Breach and This War of Mine in particular is that it is not at all combat focused. You can fight the monsters, but it's dangerous, your characters are super squishy, taking 2 hits to leave them in a downed/critical state, and even 1 hit severely impairing the amount of actions they can take, so it's best to avoid combat if possible and focus on the task at hand, and getting out of the scenario ASAP. This makes going over each action incredibly meaningful and making sure you are efficient with your actions is vital to surviving each encounter It's not perfect, theres definitely some jank here and there, perhaps places where the game doesn't clearly communicate well enough what is happening. For example, during the first barricade scenario, it was unclear how to actually interact with the barricades in question and I ended up blowing up my car thinking I was destroying the barricade, and had to figure out how to push and pull and destroy the blocks and hoof it to find a new car. There was also a scenario at a pharmacy where it was unclear that you can't just walk in the front door or climb in a window, and had to find the meds inside a dumpster outside, which is a strange interaction I'm looking forward to continuing the game. And might give it a better rating once I find the dog from the trailer....
I tried a few times to get it up and running, and it seems like the game takes no inputs from my keyboard or mouse no matter what I do, and I have to force shut down my computer to get out of the game. Not sure how to really fix it or where I would even start. Kind of unsurprising, it's an older game that seems to be running in some sort of Dosbox emulation, so it is gonna be janky no matter what.
