Beneath this paragraph is my full evaluation of Tiny Terry’s Turbo Journey—a brand new comedic open-world motion recreation out now on Steam and playable on Steam Deck. And it’s a superb evaluation. It does what you count on. However I can prevent a while proper now. In case you are a fan of The Simpsons: Hit and Run, then it is best to play Tiny Terry’s Turbo Journey. It’s a good recreation of that foolish open-world GTA-like collecton-a-thon expertise, simply with out Homer and Springfield. Anyway, for everybody nonetheless studying, right here’s the evaluation.
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Journey tells the basic story of an odd teenager who skips out on summer time faculty whereas his household is away on trip to give attention to his dream of driving a automobile into house. That’s the essential premise of Turbo Journey. You’re Tiny Terry and after mendacity to get a job with a taxi firm, you get a automobile. It’s now your job to go round gathering junk and money that will help you improve your taxi cab and make it go sooner and sooner. Should you improve all of it the way in which, you possibly can drive it up an enormous constructing and into house. In all probability. That’s the plan, at the very least. And that’s your aim in Tiny Terry’s Turbo Journey.
Nonetheless, to get all of the junk and money wanted to max out your taxi and attain outer house, you’ll have to discover a delightfully colourful and zany open-world stuffed with characters to assist and collectibles to search out. Instantly, Turbo Journey’s cartoon visuals impressed me. Even on a Steam Deck, the sport seems marvelous, like a trippy, vivid Saturday morning cartoon directed by Bizarre Al.
Every character I met on this odd world was a misshapen lump of vibrant colour and limbs. Even higher, all of them made me chortle, actually because they didn’t know learn how to react to Tiny Terry. His weird antics and dedication to being the weirdest one within the room result in a few of the greatest awkward pauses I’ve ever skilled in a online game.
I additionally appreciated that, for as bizarre and wild as Turbo Journey will get, it by no means feels prefer it’s doing issues simply to be random. It nonetheless appears like a (considerably) actual world with real folks residing in it. Even Terry has his moments of real progress and care. This all helps the sport keep away from the entice of being a group of web memes and dangerous jokes haphazardly stitched collectively, one thing different comedy video games can usually really feel like. There’s depth right here.
However nice writing, colourful visuals, foolish antics, and a pleasant lead character aren’t sufficient to make an ideal recreation. You additionally have to have enjoyable enjoying it, and Tiny Terry’s Turbo Journey excels at that, too.
It feels lazy, however one of the best ways to explain this recreation is: Simpsons: Hit And Run, however with out the copyrighted characters. Like Hit and Run, in Turbo Journey you discover a big however not large open world stuffed with random junk (on this case, literal junk) to gather. Typically the junk is simply sitting round. Different instances it’s hidden in out-of-the-way areas. Like Hit And Run, you do mild platforming to achieve these locations whereas additionally finishing foolish quests for townsfolk which frequently contain driving and leaping across the metropolis. Additionally like Hit And Run, you possibly can hop into any NPC’s automobile and experience about city as a passenger.
Turbo Journey truly expands on Hit And Run by including extra upgrades you possibly can unlock as you play, like a glider and completely different weapons. (Oh, don’t fear, there’s no fight on this recreation. You simply use weapons to interrupt open bins or annoy random NPCs.) I additionally drastically choose operating and driving in Turbo Journey as platforming genuinely feels good and is tremendous responsive in comparison with the stiffer controls in Hit And Run and even another large open-world video games on the market. ( you Murderer’s Creed…)
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Journey will seemingly take you lower than 4 hours to finish, although should you attempt to do and acquire all the things it would take nearer to 6. Both manner, you’re in for an superior and humorous open-world comedy recreation that truly made me chortle so much and which is a dream to play. It won’t be Hit And Run 2, however it’s a rattling high quality recreation by itself.
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