Wheels of Aurelia

Release Date

2nd Nov 2017

No. of Players

1 (Single Player)

Genre

Adventure, Racing

Publisher

MixedBag

Developer

Santa Ragione

Content Rating

ESRB/Teen, PEGI/12

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Embark on an immersive road trip through the gritty western coast of Italy during the roaring 1970’s.

Playing as Lella, a bold, spunky woman, experience the sights and sounds of a tumultuous time in Italy’s history while uncovering events from Lella’s storied past. Take the road less travelled, while meeting an unpredictable cast of dynamic characters along your journey and making detours along the way.

An interactive visual novel based on short moments in time during Lella’s travels, each playthrough ends with one of 16 different endings based on your choices. Travel across the famous Via Aurelia and discover a new side of Italy in a thought-provoking game about the road trip, not the destination.

Uncover Lella’s fierce personality and mysterious past while choosing each line of her dialogue in the game
A compact game experience with 16 different endings, each with its own epilogue
An original Italian soundtrack provides emotional ambience to accompany the game’s narrative
Original art by renowned illustrators, handcrafted to bring Italy to life in new and unexpected ways
Rooted in researched and culturally accurate events during the 1970’s including kidnappings and extreme political turmoil

Wed 1st Nov 2017

Nintendo Life said:

As a visual novel, Wheels of Aurelia is a lacklustre experience. As a driving game, it’s even worse. However you wish to identify it, this title lacks genuine substance; it's a solid idea executed poorly. The key themes and settings are deceptive, making the title seem like it is built on strong foundations when in reality, it’s made up of a series of convoluted verbal exchanges between characters who forcefully touch on an array of dicey topics relevant but not always central to the time. The historical-links also suffer as this information is often overridden by an aggressive sense of agenda-setting that robs the exchanges of impact. Then there’s the main narrative focused on a person you’re likely to not even care about due to the concise nature of each road trip. It’s simply not on par with the best titles this genre has to offer, and although you could argue that the esoteric nature of the game means it will illicit wildly different emotional reactions from different people, the core package just isn't compelling, challenging or appealing enough to back up that line of debate.

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