One Way Trip

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4

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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 2, 2016
    5
    One Way Trip
    A bit of a mess
    One Way Trip is a choose your own adventure visual novel… I personally wouldn’t really call this a game… but in 2016 this is kind of subjective… This visual novel is 6 hours long, and all you do is read and choose how to respond to dialog… And before we get too deep, if you watch my videos regularly, youll know im probably one of the worst readers of all    One Way Trip
    A bit of a mess
    One Way Trip is a choose your own adventure visual novel…
    I personally wouldn’t really call this a game… but in 2016 this is kind of subjective…
    This visual novel is 6 hours long, and all you do is read and choose how to respond to dialog…
    And before we get too deep, if you watch my videos regularly, youll know im probably one of the worst readers of all time… The only reading I do these days is with audio books…
    One Way Trip is an interesting concept.. the water supply has been poisoned and everyone who has drank any has 6 hours to live.. and during these 6 hours all of these people will experience hallucinations..
    Unfortunately as potentially thought provoking as this concept is…
    Nothing of that sort is ever accomplished….
    This is more of a stoners movie style adventure than it is a heart wrenching story with seemingly impossible decisions like the telltale walking dead series…
    And for that reason this story just couldn’t keep my attention…
    As stated already im a horrible reader… Its hard enough to pay attention to something im emotionally interested in…
    Here theres so much weird going on to try and keep up with as well as music in the background that doesn’t go with the game at all…
    Not saying overall it doesn’t fit.. it just doesn’t fit with the scenes 99% of the time…
    The music in this game is great and its almost worth buying the game for just the music alone.. but it’s the only sound the game makes.. theres no voice acting… no sounds to bring life to the images displayed on your screen as you read.. just a mixtape in the background seemingly on shuffle… and again while the music is great, its very distracting, especially for someone like me…
    And for some reason to jumble it up even more theres another story going on at the same time within the game… it is thankfully optional… but its so hard keeping track of whats going on in your world, that it doesn’t really make sense to follow another story of a game developer who lives with a roommate that seemingly does nothing but get high… and that’s all he wants to do with you…
    I did enjoy the strange things going on here though actually more than the main game itself…
    and you get to play this game within the game in short bursts as the main characters chase after the cure to save humanity
    One Way Trip is a strange game…
    I just wish it went for something more than just being a 6 hour long adult swim short…
    I give one way trip
    a 5/10    … Expand

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Metascore
41

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 9 out of 12
  1. GameCritics
    Oct 13, 2016
    15
    Nearly every aspect of its aesthetic was, paradoxically, both aggressively unpleasant and lazily innocuous. Its story switched between wild flights of hard-to-follow, drug-like fantasy and drudging resistance to do anything at all for long stretches of time. I’m certain that this work will connect with a very specific type of player, but it was like nails on a chalkboard to me.
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  2. TheSixthAxis
    Sep 16, 2016
    20
    While I struggle to play One Way Trip, I also feel a muffled yet ever present pangs of fascination. This is a rare specimen – an experimental approach to game design the likes of which we’re never likely to see again, at least not on consoles. Its incredibly niche appeal creates a barrier between Beret and a good 99% of those who own a Vita and PlayStation 4 (if not more). Then again, in some bizarre way, that seems completely intentional.
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  3. Brash Games
    Sep 13, 2016
    40
    It reminds me a lot of those choose you path Goosebumps books I used to read when I was a kid except for those books didn’t suck.
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