Tacoma

 Xbox One
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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 18 out of 60
  3. Negative: 17 out of 60

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  1. Darmesis
    Aug 12, 2017
    7
    Played my friend's while dog-sitting for a couple of hours . Not bad. Can't wait for the next time he goes out of town and I get to the story's end to find out that my sister is a lesbian or my brother has transitioned to an Albanian vegetarian.
  2. ramb0_allstar
    Aug 15, 2017
    6
    Tacoma takes place aboard a space station in the year 2088.

    You play as Amy Ferrier sent by a large space corporation to retrieve on board data of what took place aboard the Space Station Tacoma in its final hours and what happened to the crew. Upon docking you will first come in to contact with Odin the onboard AI for everyone aboard Tacoma. You will make your way through a few    Tacoma takes place aboard a space station in the year 2088.

    You play as Amy Ferrier sent by a large space corporation to retrieve on board data of what took place aboard the Space Station Tacoma in its final hours and what happened to the crew. Upon docking you will first come in to contact with Odin the onboard AI for everyone aboard Tacoma. You will make your way through a few different sections of the space station unlocking the final moments of the crew and what actions they took, if any, to either save themselves or save the ones deemed most appropriate to live. You will gather data from each of the quarters and use that data on your journey to finding out what truly happened and what the crew did to stop it.

    The game itself isn’t very long at all. It does make the walking simulator a little more fun with the secret achievements and the oddity here and there. I must say that trying to play this game was a problem. Since launch, a little over a week ago, the game would not load past the boot screen where it says “press A to start”. I waited for a while and tried again and still the same thing, I then tweeted to the TacomaGame twitter handle and received a timely response that I should be happy very soon. That night and update came through allowing me to pass that boot screen and play the game. During my play through I did experience some alarming framerate problems where at times it would drop to 0fps (literally stopping and going) until the fps resumed. A couple of times the game completely crashed back to the home screen during one of these 0fps moments. I didn’t let that deter me in playing and enjoying the game but overall I do have to include that in my review for the game as it can affect another person’s enjoyment overall.    … Expand
  3. KcWright
    Aug 7, 2017
    4
    This game is very underwhelming Gone Home was fantastic Tacoma is not its very boring didnt care about any of the characters the story wasnt very good save ur money buy something else
  4. CoolDadTx
    Feb 27, 2018
    9
    Great and quick game to play when you don't want much action, just story telling. A few crashes during the game but otherwise solid. The ending seemed a little vague. Might have been on purpose but wasn't fulfilling to me. Would also have been nice to be able to track some of the stats in game for the achievements so I didn't have to keep going to the game hub.
  5. Pablogrind
    Aug 3, 2017
    10
    Interesting game an incredible story, great indie, a great bet of Fullbright in a spectacular atmosphere
    if you like firewatch and gone home this is your game
  6. guitarpaulo
    Aug 2, 2017
    10
    Num futuro onde a inteligência artificial está em todos os lugares que você vai e em todas os sistemas sociais nos quais vivemos, são essas consciências artificiais menos reais ou significativas para nós que as pessoas que conhecemos? Num futuro onde realidade aumentada sobrepõe nossa visão constantemente, nos mostrando um mundo através de lentes de informação digital, projeções 3D eNum futuro onde a inteligência artificial está em todos os lugares que você vai e em todas os sistemas sociais nos quais vivemos, são essas consciências artificiais menos reais ou significativas para nós que as pessoas que conhecemos? Num futuro onde realidade aumentada sobrepõe nossa visão constantemente, nos mostrando um mundo através de lentes de informação digital, projeções 3D e interfaces sobrepostas, essa percepção mediada do mundo, essa informação artificial que enxergamos diretamente em nossa visão, é uma experiência menos “real” de nossas vidas?… Expand
  7. CianGargan
    Aug 11, 2017
    9
    Great game. It's only 3 hours long but it's a fantastic 3 hours. It's also great for achievment hunters. Most achievments are easy and you get 200 for simply completing the game. Definetly worth €20
  8. primorandomguy
    May 19, 2020
    4
    Tacoma is a Sci Fi tale of a crew aboard a ship, and the challenges they face. I can tell you right from the start that this game lacks any kind of personality. You're main objective is to find out what happens to the crew, and to obtain an AI. Even after beating the game, and getting all 1000 gamerscore, I can't tell you a single person's name on the crew. They were that uninteresting.Tacoma is a Sci Fi tale of a crew aboard a ship, and the challenges they face. I can tell you right from the start that this game lacks any kind of personality. You're main objective is to find out what happens to the crew, and to obtain an AI. Even after beating the game, and getting all 1000 gamerscore, I can't tell you a single person's name on the crew. They were that uninteresting. And though there are some interesting plot developments throughout, it just cannot compare to other walking sims like: Oxenfree, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, etc. Even Gone Home is better, and I'm not the biggest fan of that game either. You go to certain areas of the ship and receive AR logs of what happened in that moment in time. While you watch, you can scrub through the log to find certain crew members bring up their own AR logs so you can read their files, emails, photos, etc. There are some passcodes you'll need to find to open certain doors/lockers to progress. Other than searching out for passcodes, and listening to AR logs, there's just not much to do. And as I've said, the crew themselves, and the overarching plot, just isn't interesting. I can't believe how anticlimactic the ending is. Overall the game just feels pointless, and I was bored through most of it. Unfortunately, the game is prone to crash as well. I only encountered one, but a lot of people have complained about multiple crashes and bugs. The graphics are ok, and the voice acting is good, and as I've said there are some interesting plot points, but other than that this game is wholly unremarkable. I played this game on Gamepass, but other than if you want an easy 10000 gamerscore, I'd skip this game completely, just not worth your time.… Expand
  9. Awanka
    Nov 21, 2020
    1
    This is the worst game I've played in many years. I'm giving it 1 star only because it's original in concept, even if the execution is horrid. Tacoma shares similarities with walking simulators as it's entirely interactive. You play the part of an investigator of some kind, and you have the ability to replay augmented reality type recreations of scenes in various environments throughoutThis is the worst game I've played in many years. I'm giving it 1 star only because it's original in concept, even if the execution is horrid. Tacoma shares similarities with walking simulators as it's entirely interactive. You play the part of an investigator of some kind, and you have the ability to replay augmented reality type recreations of scenes in various environments throughout the space station. By doing so you can unlock the secrets about what really happened and why everyone had to mysteriously evacuate.

    Now this had the potential to be interesting, but the way it plays out watching these people go about their daily lives is like watching paint dry. They have long drawn-out conversations about nothing, and the few surprises never rise about mild predictable drama. It's like eavesdropping on the teacher's lounge for a couple hours. I found myself fast-forwarding through almost all of it.    … Expand
  10. SuperkenGaming
    May 8, 2018
    7
    Tacoma
    Gone to Space?
    Tacoma comes from the same studio that made Gone Home and this is sort of a similar type of game. Its finally on PS4 and with it comes a new mode that allows you to play this roughly 1 hr. and 45-minute game with developer commentary I went into this game completely blind not knowing what to expect. having appreciated gone home but not loved it as much as everyone    Tacoma
    Gone to Space?
    Tacoma comes from the same studio that made Gone Home and this is sort of a similar type of game.
    Its finally on PS4 and with it comes a new mode that allows you to play this roughly 1 hr. and 45-minute game with developer commentary
    I went into this game completely blind not knowing what to expect. having appreciated gone home but not loved it as much as everyone else. I also had the whole set in space thing working against me. but I was surprised how interesting and new this experience ended up being..
    Here you play as a character named Amy, you enter the abandoned Tacoma station to retrieve AI data and figure out exactly what happened to the characters that were living here…
    Thankfully for you there was a surveillance AI called ODIN watching their every move…
    so as you explore the station you’ll be able to recreate important scenes, and as the scenes play out you have to collect important information from different characters, reading conversations and documents…
    this observing and finding the character in the area you need information from while the scene plays out is the entire game..
    what makes this so cool though is that you can freely pause and rewind.
    and characters don’t all stay huddled up in an area…
    they’re separated doing their own thing. and even each other.
    I found it fun to rewind and listen to individual conversations going on at the same time as the important conversation chunk I was supposed to be listening to…
    and this is what makes Tacoma such a unique experience.
    it feels real.
    the station feels as though it was lived in and every character having simultaneous conversations and having their own secrets and love affairs to uncover makes this feel like you’re observing something that really happened, and that you’re sticking your nose in places it doesn’t belong…
    But of course you can’t help yourself…
    I feel however not much was done here gameplay wise.
    This game felt more like a concept than something complete…
    a couple of times you’ll have to rewind to get a code for a locker, but these moments never had much of a payoff…
    and that’s all that’s really done gameplay wise.
    This really is just a game about collecting information
    but that’s what you’re sent there to do.
    IF you’re expecting a cool narrative experience you’re not going to get that here.
    The delivery of the story is great, but the story itself is pretty bland
    Ultimately, I feel like Tacoma more than anything is a neat experience with a cool concept
    you’re not missing much if you skip it, but it feels far from being a waste of time.
    And if you couldn’t tell, yes this was a hard game to write a review for.
    I give Tacoma
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  11. Joellemm
    May 26, 2019
    8
    Tacoma was far more engrossing than i expected it to be, offering truly interesting characters and unique gameplay mechanics. The story is okay, but most impressively, it manages to avoid the trap-fall of covering the same ground already paved by other sci-fi games (that i have played). The ship is detailed and fun to explore. Some framerate drops and an unnecessarily tedious path fromTacoma was far more engrossing than i expected it to be, offering truly interesting characters and unique gameplay mechanics. The story is okay, but most impressively, it manages to avoid the trap-fall of covering the same ground already paved by other sci-fi games (that i have played). The ship is detailed and fun to explore. Some framerate drops and an unnecessarily tedious path from each part of the ship to the next, are the only gripes i have with an otherwise enjoyable experience that i recommend to anyone who likes this type of game.… Expand
  12. SenorKoquonfaes
    Nov 24, 2019
    9
    The game reminds me of "What Remains of Edith Finch" or "Firewatch", except in outer space. It's a narrative driven, storytelling game where you play as Amy Ferrier, a sub-contractor working for Venturis, who is assigned to the Tacoma space station to investigate why the 6 person crew had to abandon the station.

    You uncover bits of the story through the Tacoma's AR device that allows    The game reminds me of "What Remains of Edith Finch" or "Firewatch", except in outer space. It's a narrative driven, storytelling game where you play as Amy Ferrier, a sub-contractor working for Venturis, who is assigned to the Tacoma space station to investigate why the 6 person crew had to abandon the station.

    You uncover bits of the story through the Tacoma's AR device that allows you to re-create events that happened on the station leading up to the evacuation by super-imposing the player into those events as if they were there with the crew. You travel from one station module to another through the main hub area and uncover more clues and information about the crew and their lives on the station.

    I won't spoil the ending because ultimately, I'm going to recommend you play this game, but the idea of a setting where megacorporations having a major influence on society (such as space travel/habitants and augmented reality) with the mentality of gaining political power, profits and pushing their own personal agenda at all costs, is all too real and insidious when you reach the game's conclusion.

    The voice acting in the game is well done. The performers do an excellent job of coming across as real people with genuine emotions, despite the character models looking like colour-coded, low-polygon creations.

    This is another game that I would love to explore in VR, specifically the hub area where you're floating around in zero gravity.

    Tacoma tells a really great story, despite it's length (you can finish the game in about an hour and a half) and putting it at the forefront was a smart decision that paid off.    … Expand
  13. Filmanwalt
    Oct 4, 2020
    6
    Walking simulator in a sci-fi setting. The story told is okay and you can really let off steam here with datapads, information and searching and exploring individual objects.

    I finished the game in about 3 1/2 hours, so I left the game relatively time. The atmosphere is actually quite well captured, but overall the spark did not really want to jump over.

    6/10 datapads.
  14. WilliamHaole
    Apr 11, 2020
    6
    Jogo bem fraquinho. Graficamente, muito fraco e bem curto o jogo. GT: WilliamHaole
  15. ewenr
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    Short but intriguing point and click type game with a good story. Not a great deal of game play, more of an interactive story, but enjoyable nonetheless.
  16. neomoonsevin
    Aug 20, 2023
    5
    An ok game but I'll have to play alot more before I can give my honest on this

Awards & Rankings

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#57 Best Xbox One Game of 2017
46
#46 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2017
90
#90 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2017

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Sep 19, 2017
    90
    A clever and absorbing interactive story set in an expertly built sci-fi world.
  2. GameCritics
    Aug 30, 2017
    85
    Tacoma is a great experience that’s not only wonderfully designed and produced, it’s one that that richly illustrates a side of videogames that’s worthy of further exploration. I would happily recommend it to nearly anyone – the themes and emotions here will resonate.
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  3. Gaming Age
    Aug 25, 2017
    91
    I may not entirely love where it winds up, but the journey getting to that point is so pitch-perfect, it'd be wrong of me to say it's anything other than a must-play experience for people who enjoy a good walking simulator.
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