![]() Petrol and oil levels drop, which means making stops at periodic petrol stations to fill up (and buy canisters, as the stations don’t crop up half as often as they should). This is a road trip very much in that Jalopy mould: you drive with your partner Guu Ma on largely empty roads at speeds that are less Drivin’ USA, and more Driving Miss Daisy. There are some lightweight choices to be had in these sections, which lead to the family member visiting, or not visiting, your restaurant at a spring reunion party that takes place at the end of the game. To get these recipes, you have to travel to family members in Guangdong and help with small, personal dramas to gain knowledge of the dish. ![]() It’s not clear why Baa Baa didn’t do this himself, but let’s go with it (for a dead character, you’ll be questioning his decisions throughout). The menu has become stale, and Sunny has the idea of travelling to family members to gather ‘Tong recipes’: dishes that have been in the Tong family for generations, and would inspire the restaurant to success. The car, as it turns out, is key to the success of the restaurant. While I can’t imagine it going down this way with MY family, it adds to the friendly, heartwarming tone. ![]() Refreshingly, Sunny’s close family are fine with her inheriting the whole kit and kaboodle, and they all believe that her Art degree will put her in good stead for restaurant management. This includes a decrepit car called Sandy and a restaurant, also on its last legs. Sunny’s father, Ba Ba, has recently died, and – as becomes clear – has left everything to her in his will. You play the role of Sunny, newly graduated and arriving home to the Guangdong province in ‘90s China. The setup and story is certainly different. Does Road to Guangdong hew too closely to Jalopy? Does Road to Guangdong have anything of its own to say? Does any of the controversy matter? He has been at pains to point out that Road to Guangdong has nothing to do with him, Jalopy or the sequels he had planned.Īll of this adds a juicy dollop of drama to the launch, and makes for a fascinating game to review. That sentence should tell you why the road to Road to Guangdong has been a bumpy one: fans of Jalopy have been picking apart the similarities Steam scores have been review-bombed as a result Jalopy’s developer, Greg Pryjmachuk, has distanced himself from it and the publisher, Excalibur Games. ![]() ![]() From the publisher – but not the developer – of the wonderful road-trip simulator Jalopy, comes the road-trip simulator Road to Guangdong. ![]()
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