Road Not Taken
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| Developer(s) | Spry Fox |
| Publisher(s) | Spry Fox |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 4 Microsoft Windows Mac OS |
| Release | August 5, 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Roguelike, puzzle |
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| GameRankings | 72.05% (PS4) |
| Metacritic | 70/100 (PS4) |
Road Not Taken is an independent video game developed by Spry Fox for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows and Mac. In a take on the Robert Frost poem of the same name, the game is described as being about life's surprises, both positive and negative.
Road Not Taken combines roguelike and puzzle game elements with the hopes of exploring unexpected surprises in accordance to the game's theme. As players explore, they will come across wild animals, impassable barriers, lost children and other objects. An object's use is not explained upfront, players are encouraged to learn about each object's use as they discover them, in traditional roguelike fashion.
In development since at least 2013, the game was officially announced for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in August 2013. Developer David Edery cited recent games FTL: Faster Than Light and Don't Starve as inspirations for the game. Writing at the PlayStation.Blog, Edery explained the formulas the team used for creating the gameplay: randomness and hand crafted puzzles were used in conjunction.
Spry Fox organized a competition asking fans to submit audio of what they think a "spry fox" would say, the winner would be used for an in-game spry fox character. Spry Fox showed the game at PAX East in 2014 before launching on August 5th.
Despite the game's original announcement containing a release on PS Vita, that version of the game has not been released.
Road Not Taken received mixed reviews from critics, with a score on review aggregator Metacritic of 70/100. Critics generally praised the art and themes, but were divided on the design choices. Writing for PlayStation LifeStyle, Dyani Wood felt the game "proved to be a very unique game for its genre" and concluded it's "a great game to have in your PS4 library."
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