2 years 10 months ago
The idea of taking a road trip has always appealed to me. Not the kind where you just hop in your own car and go out for the day. I mean embarking on public transport, hitchhiking, and essentially any means of transportation possible to reach some distant location. There’s an err of mystery, intrigue and unpredictability about it all that just scratches my itch for adventure. Alas, as I’ve grown older, the prospect of taking a road trip has become less and less tenable, as bills and other commitments tie me down to a home and city. Enter Road 96, a CYOA game of sorts that takes you on an epic road trip adventure.
The premise here is simple: you must hitchhike your way to freedom from your country by any means possible. From what I could gather from the radio chatter and conversations with characters, the country was in political unrest due to Tyrak the current president who has made crossing the border illegal.
As such, the journey which you take is a perilous and risky one. One which means you’ll have to choose when to be a good Samaritan and help a fellow escapee, and when to keep your head down and avoid drawing attention.
In order to escape, you’ll be meeting a colorful cast of characters and in my hands-on preview playthrough, I first met Stan and Mitch. 181 miles from the border, and in a motorbike cart accompanied by the rather eccentric and dim-witted duo, we made some casual conversation… including what was in the bag behind me, though the bank notes peeking out the top of the bag, flailing in the wind answered that question.