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Made me miss my commute, December 13, 2020Weird confession: I’ve been a public-transit user all my life, and now that I haven’t had a commute in over six months – I kind of miss it? Despite the fact that What the Bus? presents public transit commuting (accurately, at least by my experience living in LA!) as a surrealistic nightmare of mysterious delays, interminable transfers, and subterranean disorientation, I sank into it like a warm blanket, partially because it was scratching an itch I didn’t know I had. Again and again I smiled in fond recognition at things that are, objectively, awful: Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Wacky idea with good writing but too fragmented, December 6, 2020by brwarner (Vancouver, BC) A silly game about trying to get to work. I don’t have too much to say about this one. The imagery and absurdity are fun and absurd, but after an ending or two I didn’t feel that motivated to go on. I think this world would be fun in a larger game but I don’t think it is, in and of itself, enough to carry it this micro-story for me. I was kinda hoping there’d be something more when I finally unlocked all the endings but alas, no. The humor is very reminiscent of something like Fallen London, which I enjoy (at least, I enjoyed Sunless Sea) but it’s missing the meat for me. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A Wicked Good Commute, December 6, 2020On my first playthrough, this transit nightmare about a confusing commute didn’t impress me too much. With somewhat minimalistic writing, a short playing time, and a bunch of choices that felt like they had no real emotional significance, I felt at first that this was a competently-built game but not a very engaging one. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Karl Ove Hufthammer (Bergen, Norway), December 4, 2020 0 of
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Mostly free from monsters, December 2, 2020In What the Bus?, “nightmare” is not a metaphor. A playthrough is essentially a typical bad dream that someone who does rely on public transportation in their daily life might have. At least here, the nightmare is quickly over, and mostly free from monsters. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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This is totally taking place in Boston, December 1, 2020This entry is quick and dreamlike for good reason: it's a transit nightmare. In your rush to arrive at work on time, you only see a brief slice of content before arriving at one of many endings. Multiple playthroughs uncover a much larger range of outcomes. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Delightfully surreal CYOA, October 15, 2020by deathbytroggles (Minneapolis, MN) What the Bus? is pure CYOA (about trying to catch the right bus to get to work) in that there are no puzzles to solve and no parser quirks. You just go through every potential story path until you find all the endings. When I was a child, I would use my fingers or paper clips to hold my place at different plot branches so I wouldn't have to start from the beginning. Joyce doesn't quite make things that simple, but the presence of an "Undo" button is incredibly welcome and makes this much more palatable. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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