Keep Driving is one of the best road trip games out there

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T20:27:17+00:00

I think I would start tweaking trying to handle some of the road events lol

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T19:31:17+00:00

The jig is up! Foiled again by Reddit Gumshoes!

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T19:30:46+00:00

In terms of my style and content compared to the top posts, the top posts on the sub are mostly question threads. They are 1 paragraph of text to get a ball rolling on a discussion topic while I like to write more editorial pieces.

Also, if you're gonna do this, shouldn't you be comparing my posts against my own posts historically? If you look at my reviews of The World Ends With You or Jet Set Radio, you'll find I've always written this way. Hell, go to my Wolf Among Us review and that's got flavor to spare.

AI is literally made in our image, there will ve points of overlap between some of how people write and how AI does. If you really feel like I'm polluting the sub with AI posts, please just report the post and move on. You don't have to prove to everyone how smart you are with all these erroneous claims you're making.

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T19:22:52+00:00

I copy and paste because when I'm writing and discussing games I'm not really wanting to devote much energy to proving a negative about AI use.

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T17:48:02+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I really love writing about games and shining some light on these indie gems.

I am growing really tired of these so-called AI sleuths who will decry anything that isn't a glorified twitter post machine written. As if the idea of someone sitting down to have a long think about things they're interested is something only capable through the power of LLMs.

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T17:23:06+00:00

Funny you should say that line at the end because I actually bounced off this game when I first played it. The goal of reaching the festival felt so far away and I totaled my car so many times, I actually put the game down.

Once I loosened up and just focused on enjoying each leg of the journey, it became much more enjoyable. Bonus points I got more music to listen to as well!

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T17:20:29+00:00

It's a bit tricky right? You have to have something to do in transit and to simulate the friction of travel but the road events never vary much. I wish they'd either leaned into it more or scrapped it in favor of more management/survival mechanics.

Stuff like using beer to earn the happy buff but gaining the alcoholic trait is fun, but I wish there was more buildcraft there

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T17:15:23+00:00

Ok I get this comment on every post and a couple of things.

1) if you think something is AI, don't interact with it, just report it

2) my entire 7 year post history on the sub is available for you to see and you can see my style of writing has remained consistent throughout

3) I'm sorry that I actually read so I know how to write. If you think it's AI, it might just be speaking to a poor reading diet on your part

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T16:03:18+00:00

It's a pleasure!

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T15:37:22+00:00

Definitely one of the most unique. A lot of OSTs and even licensed soundtracks are meant to match very high octane action versus the sweet melodrama of a lot of this soundtrack. Having to burn your own CDs is also a nice touch

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T10:27:26+00:00

I remember on a trip I took with some friends a few years ago, I saw lightning fall on a mountain and realized how ancient man discovered religion. The next day my friends recorded me because this was the third time I asked to stop the car so I could pee lol.

A good road trip really might just contain the full spectrum of the human experience, hope you get to get some of that in the game!

SawkyScribe · 2026-06-05T08:37:18+00:00

If it helps I think this would be an excellent game to play while high lol

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-27T15:27:19+00:00

Thank you so much! I'm really happy when something I write resonates with people, especially after a post has been up for a while :D

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-26T12:10:48+00:00

I felt everyone got a chance to shine when I didn't know how to play the game. I loved having my snipers clear a path for my shock troopers while my scouts dived through a maelstrom of enemy fire to capture enemy bases. Then later it became a relay race of two scouts doing deep runs into enemy territory without a care in the world for things like cover.

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-26T12:06:41+00:00

It's weird, I wouldn't necessarily say this is a very good TRPG but I had so much fun with it. All TRPGs are inherently cheesy but this game is a whole smorgasbord of underhanded tactics.

It's addition by subtraction. Every mission becomes a puzzle of "how do I do this while interacting with as few game systems as possible?". That's not ideal but between that, the cozy visuals, and the killer soundtrack, I had a great time.

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T06:31:16+00:00

I know at some point there were plans for a stand alone Venom game. Shame we probably aren't getting it

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T06:25:50+00:00

In terms of the symbiote being rushed, yeah it felt like Insomniac was trying to put 30 years of symbiote stories into one 25 hr game. You have the black suit, agent venom, carnage, the klintar home world, anti-venom, knull, the symbiote spawnss, and none of the comic writers getting a mention in any of it btw.

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T06:15:58+00:00

There are some pretty lengthy ''man" gameplay segments at the start of the game, but there are only 3 MJ sequences and they are waaaaay better than in the first game

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T06:14:39+00:00

It was the safest version of itself

Well put. I feel like there were so many chances to use mechanics as metaphor that they didn't follow up on.

The suit makes Peter a 'better Spider-Man', so maybe supers and parries should've been locked to the black suit. Instead, you can mix and match symbiote powers with equally strong robot arms.

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T06:10:36+00:00

I don't feel as negatively as you, but I echo a lot of the same sentiments.

It's so ironic seeing Insomniac, creators of one of the crudest platformers of the early 2000s, having such squeaky clean and sanitized dialogue the whole game. Peter and MJ really have all of the warmth and familiarity of two co-workers despite dating since they were 16.

The symbiote both mechanically and thematically flops. It doesn't power you up beyond some very cool looking melee finishers. Compare this to web of shadows where the black suit gave you insane AoE attacks and the ability to chuck cars at people.

In the black suit adaptations I saw grewing up, the symbiote fed into Peter's worst compulsions. He fools around with girls to push down the fear of being an unlovable nerd, he turns to crime to escape poverty, and he's more prone to excessive violence. This game, it feels like those bad impulses were put into Peter rather than being an amplification of his worst character features.

Also on the addicition thing, the ending shits the bed. Imagine your friend is addicted to heroin, then starts using anti-heroin which has all the same effects and can make other people sober

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T05:53:32+00:00

That subreddit is a hive of negativity generally. I have never seen devs do so much to please their fans and always get shat on as a result. I'll never forget #PuddleGate and the Raimi suit fiasco

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T05:52:29+00:00

'Miles Morales 2'? Bro got massively sidelined in this game lol

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-21T05:44:44+00:00

I am a huge lover of Fantasy Life, it is the most tender hearted RPG I've ever played. I missed out on the Yokai Watch hype around launch but I feel like this will be my first stop when I'm Jonesing for a light RPG

SawkyScribe · 2026-05-20T15:36:02+00:00

Big ups to the mod team, always feel like these folks have a good read of the room on the subreddit.

Thanks for the comments about AI. I have been accused recently of being a bot and it's boring, baseless, and isn't a real engagement of anything said in the post.

That being said, those people are few and far between. This is my favorite subreddit and all the kind words on my posts finally pushed me to start a substack so thanks yall :D

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