Tacoma

 Xbox One
User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 60
  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. 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
  4. 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.
  5. WilliamHaole
    Apr 11, 2020
    6
    Jogo bem fraquinho. Graficamente, muito fraco e bem curto o jogo. GT: WilliamHaole
  6. 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.
  7. 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

57
#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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