Wheels of Aurelia

 PC
Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. Multiplayer.it
    Sep 23, 2016
    85
    Wheels of Aurelia is an interesting road game, more meaningful if you know the Italian history.
  2. Eurogamer Italy
    Oct 27, 2016
    80
    Wheels of Aurelia is an interesting experiment where the gameplay is not the core of the experience. The nice graphics, the soundtrack and the storytelling makes the latest game from Santa Ragione a compelling journey into the Italian history of the late Seventies.
  3. The Games Machine
    Sep 30, 2016
    78
    Abortion, women's rights and the fight against fascism are just three of the various themes that conduct the player along Wheels of Aurelia, a proud "on the road" adventure that tells about a difficult moment of Italian history. The game is fun, but you must be prepared to live the same dialogues many times to discover all the 16 finals.
  5. Vandal
    Sep 27, 2016
    75
    It's definitely a game those interested in storytelling have to try. Wheels of Aurelia has some shortcomings, but it's also a very unique and enjoyable ride.
  6. Game Informer
    Oct 5, 2016
    70
    Wheels of Aurelia is best when it’s immersing you in the culture it came from, and when it offers you a scope of choice that seems as boundless as the roads you drive on. While it succeeds at that more often than not, the unexciting driving, the stilted and ill-fitting conversations, and the few paths it forces you to take end up taking me out of its fascination with roads not taken.
  7. Hardcore Gamer
    Sep 28, 2016
    70
    Lella’s journey is compelling, and the game itself is unlike anything we’ve seen before.
  8. SpazioGames
    Sep 26, 2016
    70
    Wheels of Aurelia is an interesting storytelling experiment. It tells the story of fictional characters in the Italian Seventies through a dialogue system with multiple answers. It lasts 20-30 minutes but it has 16 endings.
  9. Edge Magazine
    Nov 15, 2016
    50
    It's a shame the journey itself can't match the poignancy of the final destination. [December 2016, p.123]
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  10. Kill Screen
    Sep 26, 2016
    45
    All in all, the game feels like a tourist trap rather than a destination.
  11. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    40
    When Wheels of Aurelia pretends to be a driving game, it’s an unwitting parody with awful collision detection. When it tries to be an adventure game, the choices it offers are too limited and shallow to be meaningful. [13/2016, p.65]
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  12. Games.cz
    Jan 4, 2017
    40
    The original road trip is crippled with its half-baked design. Atmosphere of the time period is lovely, experience wrapped in it is rather annoying though.
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  1. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Sep 23, 2016
    I love being exposed to new places and histories, but the distancing of Aurelia’s structure had me looking for a way to get closer; that brush with the familiar pulled me right in for a moment and I wanted more of the same.

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User Score
4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 25
  3. Negative: 10 out of 25
  1. calypsomob
    Jan 31, 2021
    0
    got the game for free ( thank **** god ) it broke the record of fastest game to become so obnoxious with pretentiousness i stop playing it (got the game for free ( thank **** god ) it broke the record of fastest game to become so obnoxious with pretentiousness i stop playing it ( ten 15 minutes or about 10 lines of dialogue ).
    theres virtually no gameplay ( yes i know i played 15 minutes but i've seen tiger electronics game with more in depth playability than this )
    it IMMEDIATELY becomes political without even acknowledge ANYTHING , who are we? where are we? why are we doing what we doing? doesn't matter art need to be controversial so here is a bunch of half assed comment about the history of inequality in italy in the 70s.
    WHAT ?
    there seem to be a idea floating around some peoples head, that " if you can draw , at least the most basic of things especially with pretty colors or artstyle that seem to be popular " YOU SHOULD MAKE A GAME.
    please stop this , the last 15 minutes where some of the worse wasted minutes of my life.
    worse than creating an account here and writing this review.    … Full Review »
  2. agojama1
    May 28, 2020
    2
    Game is bad. There is no penalty for reckless driving or hitting stuff in a game about driving. Try to turn 180 degrees and turn on Eurobeat.Game is bad. There is no penalty for reckless driving or hitting stuff in a game about driving. Try to turn 180 degrees and turn on Eurobeat. Dialogs options are slow and cant be put in faster. Overall its a story that never tried to get me and a game that deserves 1/5. Original artwork is all this game has.… Full Review »
  3. Cafe_8bits
    May 27, 2020
    4
    A great idea, not so well applied.
    Im sad, because i loved the aesthetic, and setting... But the dialogues are just too forceful, not genuine    A great idea, not so well applied.
    Im sad, because i loved the aesthetic, and setting... But the dialogues are just too forceful, not genuine ones.
    Like, they are all the time talking about historical events in a not natural manner, while no one ever talks like this.
    The characters are not well built and not so good.
    Still, i really appreciate the efforts of the devs in this game, i wish to see more italian games!    … Full Review »
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