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Roundabout
Developer(s)No Goblin LLC
Publisher(s)No Goblin LLC
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
ReleaseWindows, OS X, Linux
September 18, 2014
Xbox One
February 20, 2015
PlayStation 4
May 26, 2015
PlayStation Vita
June 26, 2018
Genre(s)Open-world driving game
Mode(s)Single-player

Roundabout is an open-world indie driving video game developed and published by American indie studio No Goblin LLC. It was released for Windows, Mac and Linux on September 18, 2014, for Xbox One on February 20, 2015, and for PlayStation 4 on May 26, 2015. A PlayStation Vita port was released on June 26, 2018, as a cross-buy title with the PlayStation 4 version.

The game involves a constantly-rotating limousine which the player has to drive around an open world while completing miscellaneous objectives such as pick up and dropping people off or finding collectible items. The gameplay has been described as inspired by Kuru Kuru Kururin (where you also control a constantly-rotating vehicle), and Crazy Taxi (where the goal of the game is to drive NPCs from one location to another).

Gameplay

Players drive a constantly revolving limousine, and must deliver passengers (introduced through full motion video cutscenes, left) to their intended destinations while avoiding obstacles.

Plot

Roundabout is set in 1977 and follows the adventures of Georgio Manos; the world's first revolving limousine driver who drives around the citizens of the city of Roundabout on their daily needs. Though most of the jobs are unrelated and commuters are only seen once or twice, frequent passenger Elizabeth earns Georgio's deep admiration, and a romance begins to develop between the two.

Reception

Roundabout
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
MetacriticXONE: 74/100
PC:75/100
Review scores
PublicationScore
PolygonPC: 7.5/10
Push SquarePS4: 6/10
IGN SpainXONE: 5.5/10
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The game received positive reviews upon release. The versions for each console received different scores despite being identical to each other.

References

  1. ^ "Roundabout official press kit". Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. "Roundabout on PS4". IGN. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "Roundabout Xbox One". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Roundabout PC". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. Kennedy, Phil (10 June 2015). "I'm spinning around". PushSquare. Gamer Network Ltd. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  6. Artero, Javier (February 26, 2015). "El juego de conducción más raro jamás jugado" [The rarest driving game ever played]. IGN Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. Tach, Dave (September 25, 2014). "Roundabout Review: Taxi Driver". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

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