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The road trip vibes are impeccable in turn-based RPG KEEP DRIVING

- By Christopher Livingston

Igrew up in a town with nearly no public transportation, so true freedom was only gained as a teenager when I got my first car. It was a hand-me-down from my grandfather, so it wasn’t cool, but it was the only real escape from the drudgery of school, the oppression (real or imagined) of parents, and the growing panic that adulthood, which meant a job, the military, or more damn school, was waiting at the end of the summer.

Keep Driving is a turn-based road trip RPG that perfectly captures the freedom and possibilities of being young and having a beat-up old car, just enough money to fill it with gas and snacks, and only the vaguest of destinations in mind. Just like in real life, road trips in Keep Driving feel like a carefree summertime journey where you blast some tunes, eat junk food, and watch your troubles shrink in the rearview mirror—until that check engine light starts blinking, at least.