# New PC (and other) game, Overland **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 20, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580 "2019-09-20T19:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/1 "2019-09-20T19:26:21Z")
Post-apocalyptic survival, turn-based, kind of like X-Com. You make your way through a wasteland US, occasionally meeting survivors (and friendly dogs!) to add to your party. Gasoline is paramount, but also weapons, medical supplies, and trade items. Slow-moving spiky monsters abound. So far I’m having fun. It’s quite difficult and death is frequent, but every replay is quite different. Recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/2 "2019-09-21T00:27:03Z")
It’s a post-apocalyptic Oregon Trail? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/3 "2019-09-21T14:24:07Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > It’s a post-apocalyptic Oregon Trail? Sort of? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/4 "2019-09-24T11:33:34Z")
Anyone else give this a try? I got a few levels into it over the weekend and I’m still enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/5 "2019-09-24T17:28:13Z")
I read a review that did the learning curve is punishing and the difficulty is unforgiving. It looks very interesting, what’s your experience been? Does it remind me of Fallout 1/2/Tactics? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/6 "2019-09-24T17:48:20Z")
I’m enjoying it, but I’m not sure if its got legs for me. I’ve made it to the second barricade, and it already feels like the game’s shown me everything its got. > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I read a review that did the learning curve is punishing and the difficulty is unforgiving. It looks very interesting, what’s your experience been? > > Does it remind me of Fallout 1/2/Tactics? Not particularly. There’s no real RPG element at all. The maps are very small, and play out more like puzzles than tactical combat. Killing an enemy causes it to summon reenforcements, so a lot of the game is about trying to maneuver around the monsters without fighting them. It feels a lot like _Into the Breach_, if explaining one obscure indie title by comparing it to a different obscure indie title is any help. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-pc-and-other-game-overland/840580/7 "2019-09-24T20:00:46Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’m enjoying it, but I’m not sure if its got legs for me. I’ve made it to the second barricade, and it already feels like the game’s shown me everything its got. > > Not particularly. There’s no real RPG element at all. The maps are very small, and play out more like puzzles than tactical combat. Killing an enemy causes it to summon reenforcements, so a lot of the game is about trying to maneuver around the monsters without fighting them. It feels a lot like _Into the Breach_, if explaining one obscure indie title by comparing it to a different obscure indie title is any help. Ok, so then more like X-Com. Ehhh…not sure if it’s for me. I have a backlog already anyway!