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Horror car sim Pacific Drive, aka Jalopy meets STALKER, gets a release date and trailerIronwood Studios to give “off-road” new meaning in February 2024
Ironwood Studios to give “off-road” new meaning in February 2024
Image credit:Ironwood Studios
Image credit:Ironwood Studios
Pacific Drive | Release Date TrailerWatch on YouTube
Pacific Drive | Release Date Trailer
Pacific Drive is sort of a mixture ofMy Summer Carand Annihilation, in which you explore a mysterious Exclusion Zone in your station wagon, searching for parts, secrets and occult energy cores with which to activate the portal back to everyday reality, which triggers a battle royale-style race to escape an imploding map. You’ll occasionally have to ferret about on foot, and I’m guessing that crowbar in your right mitt isn’t just for performing repairs.
There seems to be a nice helping of automotive maintenance involved, though the game very much isn’t in thrall to the dark gods of Realism. You’ll have to worry about petrol, battery power, burst tyres and phantom octopus creatures - the aforesaid “abductors” - tearing off your car’s doors to get at the juicy human being inside. The developers also told Katharine that your car will pick up various quirks, such as the headlights turning on when you use the radio, and will “develop a personality”. I wonder how literal they’re being here.
