July 11, 2023 - Day 192 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 212

Game: Dark Future: Blood Red States

Platform: Steam
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Library Date: Jan 5, 2020
Unplayed: 1283d (3y6m6d)
Playtime: 15m

Dark Future: Blood Red States is a car-combat RTS based on a TTRPG. Set in an alt-history post-apocalyptic wasteland thanks to the corporations that took over the United States when Nixon beat Kennedy, you are a road warrior, tasked with...

Yeah, honestly, I just kind of gave up trying to follow everything after a while.

You're a brain in jar, controlling a car that has to fight other cars until a boss car shows up, and if you win, you get cash to upgrade your car and run another mission.

Except you do not actually "control" the car. Your brain-in-a-jar tells the AI what to do, and the AI changes lanes, and fires the guns.

I did not win the first mission. I did not feel any desire to give it another try. I just found it frustrating to try and manage all the moving parts, before being overwhelmed by other cars while trying to kill the "boss" car.

I did not care for it, and it was the first game in a while that I was thankful when I hit the 15 minute mark.

Dark Future: Blood Red States is a:

1: Nope

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Some gameplay footage of homing missile/projectile. They work fairly well but could still be improved.

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https://youtu.be/8kHfeVGA1W4