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Available on:PCDec 11, 2018
Nintendo SwitchDec 11, 2018
Xbox OneDec 11, 2018
PlayStation 4Dec 11, 2018
Xbox Series X/SNov 10, 2020
PlayStation 5Nov 12, 2020
Developer: Oscar Brittain
Publisher: Akupara Games
Genres: Simulation, RPG, Racing
Description:
You’re broke, you’re hungry, and your only friends are a vintage hoverbike and a bowl of ramen noodles.
In Desert Child, you are a young and talented hoverbike racer who needs to figure out how you can scrape enough cash together through racing and odd jobs to punch your one-way ticket to the Red Planet to enter the biggest race in the universe, the Grand Prix.
The world as we know it is slowly starting to become unhabitable, as many people on Earth have moved to Mars for a better quality of life, thanks to a government subsidy that assisted in relocating citizens by providing affordable passage. After several years of running this program, the government announces that in two weeks, tickets to Mars would go up in price, making the exodus to the Red Planet unobtainable for regular citizens.
You’ll deliver pizzas, collect gun parts, hunt bounties, and make some fans along the way. In between races, you’ll explore colorful cities where you can repair and upgrade your bike, dine on the local cuisine, and fight your way through gangsters, bounty hunters, and all sorts of interesting characters, just so that you can have a decent meal and keep your bike running.
Nothing’s free in Desert Child.
FEATURES
Hunt bounties, deliver pizzas, throw races - do anything you can to earn cash
Explore a pixel-art solar system inspired by Cowboy Bebop, Akira and Redline
Customize your beloved bike with Guns, Amplifiers and shameless advertising
Dine on a range of interplanetary cuisine with sweet buffs to help you win
Master deep combat and racing mechanics and define your own style
Race, shoot, and get better! Designed for replayability, with secrets that keep you coming back
Chill to a original lo-fi hip-hop soundtrack
Challenge your friends through local multiplayer
Desert Child Critic Reviews
View All (23 total)Desert Child has interesting ambitions that never quite develop into an enjoyable experience
A low-fi hoverbike racer with oodles of charm and style, but not a lot under the hood.
Desert Child is built upon the promise of solid ideas that don’t quite come together. And sadly, they’re so deeply intertwined that a mistake in one aspect of the game critically injures the other part of the game.
Desert Child certainly won't be for everyone, but players who approach the game without expectations will be treated to a lighthearted and amusing experience that doesn't overstay its welcome.
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