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Narrative adventure Open Roads has promise, but a demo leaves us unconvinced


In theory, Open Roads should be an easy sell to someone like me, because I love a stylised narrative adventure game - s…

In theory, Open Roads should be an easy sell to someone like me, because I love a stylised narrative adventure game - see As Dusk Falls from a couple of years ago. The promise is an engaging mystery told through slow-burn character development - the kind of set-up that might teach us a thing or two about our lives along the way. Open Roads is the game originated by Gone Home and Tacoma developer Fullbright, before co-founder Steve Gaynor faced a staff exodus over his management style and things fell apart.

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