![]() ![]() It’s a blow to your ego when your package explodes feet away from the drop off box, yet the world feels so pleasant. What’s also done well is how the optimistic music and bright colorful environment juxtaposes the hectic and stressful gameplay. If you can avoid the tornadoes and other hazards, driving is quite enjoyable. This leads to nostalgia and a return to the game after time away. I applaud the developers for creating an environment that is simply fun to hang out in. Your curiosity can be rewarded with hidden collectibles to find. The inner kid in me got lost in the atmosphere when deliveries were clearly waiting for me. Or steering a helicopter over the mountains with one hand while the other holds onto the package that fell out. You could be driving a forklift through downtown carrying toxic waste. There are many different towns, and geographical regions which adds a ton of variety to the missions. I spent roughly half of my playtime simply driving around and seeing what is around the corner. This another potentially polarizing title, so let’s start with the good: What’s Totally Reliable From there you can go explore anywhere you like. The first couple of deliveries get your feet wet. The controls are designed for you to make many mistakes. Don’t expect a gold medal or a high reward each time though, even at the beginning. Use the reward money to unlock more areas of the map, vehicles to operate, and player customization options. And by “condition”, your parcel can only take a certain amount of dings and drops before diminishing in quality, thus yielding a smaller reward. Some are time based, and others are condition based. Once thrown into the world, you can explore and take up delivery tasks to earn rewards based on your performance. ![]() When you boot this one up, you’ll host a game, or join an online server. Get ready to laugh out loud or rip your hair out, depending on how you handle rage games. Totally Reliable Delivery Service (TRDS) uses frustratingly and purposefully bad controls to test your patience. Customize your character and embark on a silly series of deliveries that can and will go wrong. Well, We’re Five Games may not have provided an authentic representation of what goes on in the logistics department, but they sure put together an interesting and unique experience nonetheless. Totally Reliable Delivery Service is rated E for Everyone.Do you ever question why your package has a small dent at your doorstep? Or maybe you wonder why it was delivered past the expected time slot. Younger gamers may have trouble with the controls, too. Reading skill is needed for the text, and parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases. Your character can flop around but it never looks like they get hurt, thanks to the rag doll physics. I imagine this game might be more fun on consoles, but it certainly isn’t on mobile. The text is also too small and they don’t give you a good indication of where you are supposed to go once you get a package. I know these rag doll type games are supposed to have somewhat loose and ‘bad’ controls, but they’re totally unplayable with a touch screen set up. Unfortunately, the game is just not very good on the iPad. It kind of reminds me of the hub world cities in some of the LEGO games. Sometimes there are timed challenges but you can also mess around the town and do whatever you want. You’ll be rewarded with items you can use to customize your character. When you get a package, you must deliver it to the right place. You’ll grab onto levers to make packages appear from machines for you to deliver, and also to turn on vehicles you can drive. There are also buttons to raise and lower your left and right arms as well, which can be used to lift packages over your head. You have two buttons for your left and right hands, used to grab things. You also have buttons for jumping and diving. ![]() On the iPad you’ll use the touch screen virtual buttons to move around. It’s available for most anything you can play a game on, but reviewed on iPad here. Travel around a 3-D city and deliver packages anyway you can, or just mess around. Become a delivery worker in this haphazard rag doll physics-based sandbox game. ![]()
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